Post by ChasWeazle on Feb 26, 2019 0:00:07 GMT
Let us remember...
Richard Michael "Kip" Carpenter, who passed away on this day (26 February) 2012.
He was an English screenwriter, author, and actor who created a number of British television series, including Robin of Sherwood and Catweazle.
Born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, Carpenter attended the Old Vic Theatre School before starting an acting career by working in repertory theatre.
He married Annabelle Lee (Annie) in 1954 and eventually lived in Hertfordshire.
They had two children and remained married until his passing.
Carpenter appeared in occasional films, but was mostly active on British TV in the 1960s as a character actor, on one occasion opposite Tony Hancock in one of his last shows for the BBC, commonly known as "The Bowmans".
Other TV shows in which he appeared in the 1960s included Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, Gideon's Way, Sherlock Holmes and The Baron.
In 1969, Carpenter created the brilliant Catweazle, the children's series about an 11th century magician who was transported to the present day.
This changed the course of his career..
Carpenter earned international recognition and a Writers' Guild award for creating the cult children's TV series.
During the 1970s, he wrote the series..
The Ghosts of Motley Hall (1976–1978),
Dick Turpin (1979–1982),
Parts of the series The Famous Five and Doctor snuggles..
.. and 17 episodes of The Adventures of Black Beauty for ITV;
...and Cloud Burst, The Boy from Space and The King's Dragon as part of BBC's Look and Read (1967–2004) programme for schools, some episodes of which he also presented.
In the 1980s came the historical adventures Smuggler and its later antipodean-based follow-up Adventurer and between them, the lavish HTV production Robin of Sherwood, which ran for three series.
Carpenter then worked on a number of series for children and families in the 1990s (The Winjin' Pom, Stanley's Dragon and Out of Sight), some of which (The Borrowers, The Return of the Borrowers and The Scarlet Pimpernel) were based on classic novels.
Carpenter wrote novelisations of many of the early series he created: Catweazle, Cloud Burst, The Ghosts of Motley Hall, Smuggler, Robin of Sherwood (two books) and two books of Dick Turpin.
His films, as an actor included..
Tarnished Heroes (1961) - Freddy
H.M.S. Defiant (1962) - Lieut. Ponsonby
The Password Is Courage (1962) - Robinson
Mystery Submarine (1963) - Lt. Haskins
Wings of Mystery (1963) - Ted
Clash by Night (1964) - Danny Watts
The Terrornauts (1967) - Danny.
We lovingly remember him and thank him for the brilliant and enchanting Catweazle.
His acting appearences can be seen here...
m.imdb.com/name/nm0139441/filmotype/actor?ref_=m_nmfm_2
.. and as a writer, here...
m.imdb.com/name/nm0139441/filmotype/writer?ref_=m_nmfm_1
Richard Michael "Kip" Carpenter, who passed away on this day (26 February) 2012.
He was an English screenwriter, author, and actor who created a number of British television series, including Robin of Sherwood and Catweazle.
Born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, Carpenter attended the Old Vic Theatre School before starting an acting career by working in repertory theatre.
He married Annabelle Lee (Annie) in 1954 and eventually lived in Hertfordshire.
They had two children and remained married until his passing.
Carpenter appeared in occasional films, but was mostly active on British TV in the 1960s as a character actor, on one occasion opposite Tony Hancock in one of his last shows for the BBC, commonly known as "The Bowmans".
Other TV shows in which he appeared in the 1960s included Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, Gideon's Way, Sherlock Holmes and The Baron.
In 1969, Carpenter created the brilliant Catweazle, the children's series about an 11th century magician who was transported to the present day.
This changed the course of his career..
Carpenter earned international recognition and a Writers' Guild award for creating the cult children's TV series.
During the 1970s, he wrote the series..
The Ghosts of Motley Hall (1976–1978),
Dick Turpin (1979–1982),
Parts of the series The Famous Five and Doctor snuggles..
.. and 17 episodes of The Adventures of Black Beauty for ITV;
...and Cloud Burst, The Boy from Space and The King's Dragon as part of BBC's Look and Read (1967–2004) programme for schools, some episodes of which he also presented.
In the 1980s came the historical adventures Smuggler and its later antipodean-based follow-up Adventurer and between them, the lavish HTV production Robin of Sherwood, which ran for three series.
Carpenter then worked on a number of series for children and families in the 1990s (The Winjin' Pom, Stanley's Dragon and Out of Sight), some of which (The Borrowers, The Return of the Borrowers and The Scarlet Pimpernel) were based on classic novels.
Carpenter wrote novelisations of many of the early series he created: Catweazle, Cloud Burst, The Ghosts of Motley Hall, Smuggler, Robin of Sherwood (two books) and two books of Dick Turpin.
His films, as an actor included..
Tarnished Heroes (1961) - Freddy
H.M.S. Defiant (1962) - Lieut. Ponsonby
The Password Is Courage (1962) - Robinson
Mystery Submarine (1963) - Lt. Haskins
Wings of Mystery (1963) - Ted
Clash by Night (1964) - Danny Watts
The Terrornauts (1967) - Danny.
We lovingly remember him and thank him for the brilliant and enchanting Catweazle.
His acting appearences can be seen here...
m.imdb.com/name/nm0139441/filmotype/actor?ref_=m_nmfm_2
.. and as a writer, here...
m.imdb.com/name/nm0139441/filmotype/writer?ref_=m_nmfm_1
. It's name could almost have been mistaken for "Rapkyn" Lovely to see her acting at that time of her acting career.