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Post by ChasWeazle on Feb 6, 2019 0:01:30 GMT
Let us remember...
Neil McCarthy, who passed on this day (6th February 1985) aged 52.
He was in many films from 1959 to 1981 including Zulu (1964), Where Eagles Dare (1968), The Ruffians (1973),
Clash of the Titans(1981) and Time Bandits(1981)
His television credits include:
Man of the World, Danger Man, The Avengers, The Saint, Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), My Wife Next Door (A Sense of Movement), Softly, Softly:Taskforce,
Department S, Who Pays the Ferryman?, Return of the Saint, Doctor Who (in the serials The Mind of Evil and The Power of Kroll), Enemy at the Door, Shogun, The Professionals, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, Only When I Laugh, The Gentle Touch and Emmerdale Farm, and the television adaptation of the Lord Peter Wimsey novel, The Nine Tailors.
.... But we remember him as Sam Woodyard, the farm hand, in the first series of Catweazle.
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Post by ChasWeazle on Jan 7, 2020 0:40:00 GMT
Neil and Geoffrey worked together again in the 1973 film 'Steptoe and Son Ride Again' as a Rag and bone man and a Vicar, respectively.
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Post by Carol Barnes on Jan 7, 2020 14:35:41 GMT
Neil was a very clever chap. He spoke various languages and could play the piano. I would have loved to have had the opportunity to invite him along with Robin and Geoffrey etc. Alas it was not to be.  |
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Post by BomberCommand on Mar 12, 2021 22:16:44 GMT
Neil plays a superb part in Enemy At The Door currently being shown on TPTV. Great charactor actor who is sorely missed.
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Post by Alan Hayes on Mar 12, 2021 23:34:01 GMT
His memorable, affecting performance in the Doctor Who story The Mind of Evil as Barnam, a prisoner who undergoes a mind altering process and ends up like an innocent child, was released as part of the Doctor Who: The Collection - Season 8 recently. My wife and I watched the story this week and it holds up well, with Neil's performance one of the highlights.
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charley
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Post by charley on Mar 25, 2021 20:52:54 GMT
He had a role in the forerunner to the Beiderbecke Affair series, "Get Lost". He was also in "The Pot Carriers" (1962) alongside Alfred Burke which was on TPTV last week.
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Post by skully123 on May 3, 2021 14:26:05 GMT
I've just been watching The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972) on YouTube. Neil Mccarthy appears on Episode 20, series one called "The Ruffians" written by Richard Carpenter. His character is called Gates.
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Post by BomberCommand on Jun 6, 2021 11:02:29 GMT
Was going through The Two Ronnies on dvd yesterday and decided to watch the entire mini series of The Worm That Turned. Do you remember Deidre played by Neil in episode 4? He's wearing a fetching dress as are all the men. So hilarious seeing butch Neil in something frilly.
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Post by ChasWeazle on Jun 6, 2021 11:40:33 GMT
Was going through The Two Ronnies on dvd yesterday and decided to watch the entire mini series of The Worm That Turned. Do you remember Deidre played by Neil in episode 4? He's wearing a fetching dress as are all the men. So hilarious seeing butch Neil in something frilly. Yes, I remember the mini series, within the two ronnie's show. Here's a link to that episode of the worm that turned (ep 4). Neil can be seen at 4 min 50secs & 11 min 20 secs. |
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Post by BomberCommand on Jun 8, 2021 11:07:51 GMT
Got to confess that my attention was on the state police most of the time. What with the hot weather and me reaching 60, it's too bleedin' much!  |
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Post by skully123 on Jun 18, 2021 13:13:24 GMT
I remember Neil in Who Pays The Ferryman? (1977) playing a Greek lawyer called Babis Spiridakis. He was well suited to the role as he spoke fluent Greek and was probably casted for this reason.
I also remember him in Time Bandits as a robber, one of his last roles, I believe.
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