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Sad to read of the death of actor Richard Davies who was the science teacher in Please Sir
and The Fenn St Gang. His broad welsh accent also got him into Zulu.
and The Fenn St Gang. His broad welsh accent also got him into Zulu.
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He was also in Series 2 of Big Deal.
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The thespian's consummate thespian !
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also in fawlty towers and oh no its Selwyn froggat
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He was the police doctor in one episode of The Sweeney, trying to give Jack Regan his medical.
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He was Private Jones in the film Zulu.
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I used to go to school with his son.
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..but the opening post said that anyway
 R.I.P btw. |
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didn't see a lot of him but very much sticks in the memory. RIP
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Sad! Terrific character acting in what would today be a very un-pc programme
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RIP
I remember it well, what was the attraction, oh yes, lovely Sharon. |
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He was in Under Milk Wood. One of my favourite films.
RIP |
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Sad news
 Must have been knocking on a bit by now. |
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He still looked younger than Simon Pegg - aka twát...
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Prompted by this thread, I've watched a couple of Please Sir episodes on Youtube. What was the casting director thinking about? Even in episode 1, none of the kids look under about 30, and three or four of the staff look past retirement age.
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Two actresses played the lovely Sharon, Carol Hawkins and my favourite Penny Spencer.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbrWX-kPNE8
series 1 episode 1 Maureen  |
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Three of the pupils pre-deceased Davies, Liz Gebhardt was only 51 when she died.
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Any teacher would be driven to an early grave having to deal with complex 'problem pupils' like Dennis ('Bark Bark') Dunstable and Eric Duffy, the latter of whom appeared to be a good deal older than some of the teachers.
In my schooldays such pupils would be described by other pupils (and their parents) as 'the backwards'. |
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The 'Maureen' character would have been put into some sort of 'special measures' these days, because she was a Christian. Either that or 'excluded' for fear of upsetting followers of Peaceful Religions.
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No ethnics so would never have got past today's TV diversity police.
If you listen to the theme tune it fits the name of Tillakaratne Dilshan |
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If you listen to the theme tune it fits the name of Tillakaratne Dilshan
And the middle bit was nicked for Blankety Blank. Nice to see Bob Todd in the opening scene. Wasn't he briefly married to someone famous? |