Quote: ProfessorH @ 17th September 2020, 11:51 PM
Well thank you - I wouldn't say film royalty exactly (although he did do a royal command stage show in 1964 in aid of the NSPCC in the presence of HRH The Princess Margaret (I've got the souvenir programme) and I was waving from my pram - really I was... but CJ did have quite a prolific run of c. 60 film features, 90-tv (inc. Dad's Army , Hugh & I Spy - see elsewhere on this site for the missing episode Checkpoint Charlies from 1968), dozens of stage and over 3000 radio episodes of his post WW2 English Lessons on the Radio for German audiences. Happy to share more anecdotes if you want and pix if you wish. MJ
His fame is spreading!
He actually gets a listing on my Virgin Digi-box as being one of the actors in "The Hostage" from 1956 in the fairly prestigious part of President Gonzuelo. HOWEVER.......................................
Out of the four reviews on the IMDb, only one gave it a 5 out of 10, the other three being quite scathing, and I quote one:-
|"Anyway this film it has to be said is truly dreadful.The script is truly awful and the denouement has to be seen to be believed.If you are in to truly bad films then you can catch this on the Movies4Men satellite channel."
So, like the man said, and as I'm a sucker for bad films, I've set my digi-box to record it - Wed. 23/9 1.25 AM. on TPTV