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He was great in Flash Gordon too. What a voice.
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I remember him, vividly, in two early 1960's films. 'BURN, WITCH, BURN!' and as the Ghost, 'Quint' in Jack Clayton's 'THE INNOCENTS'. He still scares me whenever I view 'The Innocents'.
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Department s was the one!
Altho the theme music was superior to the series, he was a great character, suave, - and the frilly shirts and velvet jackets were the true inspiration for Austin powers, not all Bond!
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The obituary link at the bottom of the link provide by Grecchus is a mean-spirited, shameful and spiteful piece of "journalism". I remember the days when The Guardian was considered to be a quality newspaper.
R.I.P. Mr Wyngarde.
Whilst 'nihil nisi bonum' is always the watchword, in the UK Peter's character of Jason King became a millstone for him, once that 'medallion man' style disappeared. That is the principle way he's remembered, and he was undoubtedly one of the templates for Matt Berry's 'Toast of London' satire. He was a very good actor, but JK was, well, ludicrous but successful. Its main appeal to some now is the nostalgia.
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Jan 19, 2018 - 5:33 AM
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Rameau
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There was a very good obituary on the Radio Four 5'clock news program yesterday, lots of stage work in the fifties with some big hitters. I think he had an interesting past, but it's hard to pin down, as he lied & made up stories about it at all the time. His original name was Cyril Goldbert & as a child in WW2 he was interred by the Japanese in the same camp (Lunghua, Singapore) as JG Ballard. He was gay, but also had some relationships with women, & he shared a flat for a couple of years with Alan Bates in the sixties (Bates also swung both ways, but they maintained that it was just a flat share). And as many people have said...what a voice!
I loved Department S & Jason King, & believe me, we all got the joke at the time (I had my fair share of kipper ties).
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Jan 19, 2018 - 11:47 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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I remember him, vividly, in two early 1960's films. 'BURN, WITCH, BURN!' and as the Ghost, 'Quint' in Jack Clayton's 'THE INNOCENTS'.
BURN, WITCH, BURN unfolds on a quiet college campus, where troubles abruptly beset a young professor (Peter Wyngarde). Two students, out of spite and frustration, are out to ruin him. Since he's up for promotion, the faculty eye him jealously over tea and bridge. A truck barely misses him. Meanwhile, at home, the teacher's pretty, imaginative wife (Janet Blair) has been secretly experimenting with some "black magic" souvenirs from their Jamaica honeymoon—for his "protection," she insists.
Reportedly, Peter Wyngarde was only cast in the film when the originally chosen actor became ill. Sidney Hayes directed this creepy 1962 supernatural thriller, written by Richard Matheson and Charles Beaumont. William Alwyn's score remains unreleased.
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I know there was hardly a duff t.v theme back then, but peter musve had it in his contract that he could only star in t.v series with excellent themes - coz Department S and Jason King were two of the best
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