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Aug 19, 2020 12:44PM
Guess on #108 - Don Stannard?
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Good job, Betsy. #112 looks like a British Victory Jory.
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Don Stannard, died young in a motor vehicle accident. He was action her, 'Dick Barton', a Hammer film series spun off from an earlier radio heyday. Looks pretty fun, I might try to find some of those audios.
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Yep Walter Coy, I think he was the grumpy jealous homesteader in 'the Searchers' who always wanted to fight Jeffrey Hunter.
That is exactly how I knew him........when I saw the picture I knew it was from The Searchers.How about an obscure clue on the Victor Jory look-alike. He doesn't look familiar at all.
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His thin, craggy looks find him often cast in the background of costume epics; he's often among the villagers and townfolk and peasantry of many a fine flick.
He makes a good quizzo because he's even been in some titles which are mega well -known by everyone (tho I have not mentioned them as yet).
Good work, Jill, on #114. He's also been on television a great deal as a slightly shifty character.
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He looked familiar even under the coaldust.
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He's in a famous noir of the 50s, a famous '50s sci-fi (uncredited stuntman). He's in a famous chic '60s romance (in the final scene, too!); as well as an excellent Cary Grant comedy. He's a Roman soldier in a big-budget costume epic. He's been in a Bond film, and a Mel Brooks film. Mighty hard-working 'nobody'.
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Edwards sure gave the American public more than his weight in laughs.
He was one of Penguin's(?) henchmen on the 'Batman' tv series.
So odd that it would be if it is true that (as Julie Andrews says) he committed suicide. Why would a stuntman committ suicide.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Cr...
Of course, Ken Curtis is probably best known as Festus Hagen, but I remember him in 'Horse Soldiers'.BTW, was my guess for #112 wrong? Just wondered.
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p.s. Great guns! You just taught me something re: Gunsmoke. I didn't know Ken Curtis would one day become 'Festus Hagen'.
He was handsome and dashing in his John Ford days. I wouldn't have recognized him as the same actor.
I'm probably a minor expert on the show's radio version but I've never seen a single episode of the TV series. The radio actors 'wuz robbed' when they cast the TV program.
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It was a terrific scene, but John Wayne was nothing like the Jack Marlowe of the book, which is a favorite of mine. The author was from my hometown.
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I thiink #112, #116, #118, and #119 could use another clue.
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#116 is often a playboy type in those "swinging" Brit films but one of these titles snagged a boatload of Oscar nominations in '65 --and he had a prominent part.
#118 is of royal blood and has a distinguished record of military service; he also appears in early Hitchcock films of the 1930s. He is the target of an innovative camera shot Hitch came up with (1937).
#119 worked frequently throughout 1930s-50s; she excelled in stern authoritarian roles like prison matrons and head nurses, or dowagers. You can find her in plenty of screwball comedies too. But that was after she returned from a dazzling start, as a classical vocalist in Germany.
Guesses for #116 - Alex Scott and #118 - George Curzon
One more guess - D'Arcy Corrigan for #112?
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Yes. Curzon was in 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' ('34) and later in a famous crane shot developed by Hitchcock. His family background is just astounding though. I'm stunned to learn how deeply British intelligence was involved with their movie industry.
And another win for D'arcy Corrigan. #112. Whew!
You can see why I held back clues for him; he came easy once you knew he carried torches and pitchforks in Universal horror ('Bride of Frankenstein', 'Invisible Man'). He was also in the '38 'Robin Hood'.
Great work!
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I don' hold out much hope but could #116 be either Christopher Greatorex or Tony Selby?
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She was in boatloads of films; but if I had divulged she was a cast member of 'The Women' (among her most notable) it would be been a shoe-in. So, I kept mum. But just look at that filmography. 'The Awful Truth', everything.
Another guess for #116 - Donald Weston?
Since I am not doing well on #116, could I ask you for clarification:1. Is the posted photo actually from the 60s?
2. You mentioned the 1965 movie that had lots of nominations; do you mean the year of the awards such as My Fair Lady or the year it would have been selected as Best Picture such as Sound of Music?
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~I can't date the photo but I'm sure it was from earlier, in the '50s, when he got his start.
~At the height of his public recognition, he was about ten years older than in the shot above.
I don't quite understand the question about 'My Fair Lady'. If I say, 'he was in a film of 1965 which was heavily nominated' ...I guess you might wonder whether I'm talking about a film from 1964; or whether I'm talking about films released during the early part of 1966 when the Academy Awards for 1965 are held.
But I don't see why this poses any dilemma. Don't overthink it. If I say 'a film from 1965', I'm referring to a film which had its actual release date within the 12 months which make up 1965.
Actually, I think it makes some difference, but if you say it was released in 1965, I will accept that. Thanks. Also, that's a help about his age.
Okay, let's try either Peter Bayliss or Peter Madden for #116? If I don't get it soon, I may wait for Jill to return.
