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Post by theatrefan62 on Feb 23, 2024 21:17:02 GMT
Although best known as Fred Elliot I'm Coronation Street, he was also the original Monsieur Firmin in OLC of Phantom
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Post by Jan on Feb 24, 2024 9:04:10 GMT
He was a stalwart at the NT for few years during the Peter Hall era appearing in multiple productions ranging from Jean Seberg (1*) to the McKellen Coriolanus (4*). I also recall his one-man show about Jerome K Jerome.
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Post by alece10 on Feb 24, 2024 12:03:24 GMT
Fred Elliott and Ashley Peacock together was comedy gold. Oh for the old days when Corrie was good.
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Post by TallPaul on Feb 26, 2024 10:54:31 GMT
When a teenaged Sheridan Smith played Annie at the world-famous Crucible Theatre, John Savident was her Daddy Warbucks.
I have very few claims to fame, but I did once, literally, almost bump into him. One Saturday afternoon, I was coming down the steps out of the Royal Exchange in Manchester. As I reached the pavement, John Savident was there. We both looked at each other. He seemed to be preparing himself for me saying something. I didn't, of course.
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Post by ceebee on Feb 26, 2024 13:03:01 GMT
Hear hear to all of this, I say, hear hear.
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Post by talkingheads on Feb 26, 2024 14:13:01 GMT
He was a wonderful Widow Twankey in the ITV panto Aladdin, well worth a watch:
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