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Post by Mr Jon on Mar 20, 2008 14:20:27 GMT
....actor Brian Wilde, who also played Mr. Barraclough in Porridge. He was 86. For those of us of a certain age, he was a fine actor who played 2 all-time great comic characters. Sorry joe-in-oz, have a beaten you to it mate?  |
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Post by serpico on Mar 20, 2008 14:24:43 GMT
People are dying that never used to.
rip.
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Mar 20, 2008 14:40:52 GMT
RIP Foggy. He is now getting on Compo's nerves in the afterlife.  |
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Post by frasier37 on Mar 20, 2008 14:50:18 GMT
"RIP Foggy" I never saw that coming |
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Post by BrianLeicsStokie on Mar 20, 2008 14:57:43 GMT
Miserable old show that was on every sunday, real crock of shit, get the remainder of the cast on next years dead pool, that one who did the voice for Wallarse and Grubpit is the same age as this one whos just popped, a banker me thinks!
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Post by JoeinOz on Mar 20, 2008 14:59:47 GMT
Last of the summer wine is utterly cak.
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Post by serpico on Mar 20, 2008 15:04:44 GMT
Last of the summer wine is utterly cak. A thoroughly depressing show, ... every episode ended with compo in a tin bath on wheels going down a steep hill. |
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Post by Mr Jon on Mar 20, 2008 15:05:35 GMT
Personally, I preferred Porridge to Last of the Summer Wine.
I guess he was best known as Foggy, but still sad that the guy's croaked.
RIP, or REP in the case of actors
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Post by JoeinOz on Mar 20, 2008 15:08:33 GMT
every episode ended with compo in a tin bath on wheels going down a steep hill.
Come on mate there was more to it than that. Another time he went down a hill on a skateboard. Another time on roller skates and another time on a bike whose brakes were knackered.
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Mar 20, 2008 15:16:52 GMT
Sod you all. I liked it. ;D
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Post by PotteringThrough on Mar 20, 2008 15:43:53 GMT
Porridge was brilliant, he'd played his part very well!
Not really seen Last of the Summer Wine - However
RIP Foggy
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Post by knowles on Mar 20, 2008 16:16:14 GMT
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Post by LL Cool Dave on Mar 20, 2008 20:59:13 GMT
For some unknown reason I never cottoned on to the fact it was the same actor that played the two parts
that moustache is decieving.
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Post by daverichards on Mar 20, 2008 21:32:03 GMT
RIP
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Post by Rebelliousjukebox on Mar 20, 2008 22:16:04 GMT
"For those of us of a certain age, he was a fine actor who played 2 all-time great comic characters."
For those of us of a certain age, he was a fine actor who played 1 all-time great comic character, and a part in a so-called comedy.
RIP Mr. Barraclough.
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Post by ricksastokie on Mar 21, 2008 1:02:29 GMT
 So that's all four of the finest ensemble cast now gone to the great comedy stage in the sky. Richard Beckinsale, a major talent that was stolen from us at too young an age. Fulton Mackay, a superb actor, although a bit of a perfectionist who hogged rehearsals to get his part right. Brilliant character. The Guv'nor Ronnie Barker. Simply the best comedy actor that this country has ever produced. And now Brian Wilde. Don't under estimate the contribution that he made to the success of Porridge. Porridge was originally shown in the early seventies. I believe that very few subsequent comedies have come close to the superlative Clement & La Frenais scripts and perfectly timed acting that this show demonstrated. This is what Ian La Frenais said about Brian Wilde. With so many comedy geniuses in the cast, it's quite east to overlook Brian Wilde (Mr Barrowclough)...
La Frenais: Brian belonged to that stock of character actors whose work, understated and subtle, is consistently excellent and consistently unheralded. I think of Brian as the civil servant overlooked for his expected promotion; the man in the raincoat at the bus stop who’s jostled aside and left standing in the rain.
Brian’s characters don’t stand out in the crowd. They blend in with the background, camouflaged against the spotlight. A little like the man himself whom we never got to know really well but grew to respect with growing affection for his dry humour and superb acting instincts. How many other comedies still stand the test of time 35 years later. RIP Brian and thank you for the laughter. |
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Post by tijuanabrass on Mar 21, 2008 1:32:53 GMT
People are dying that never used to. rip. You know, I think you're right there. This is the first time I can ever recall Brian Wilde passing away. |
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Post by njkk on Mar 21, 2008 11:04:27 GMT
People are dying that never used to. rip. You know, I think you're right there. This is the first time I can ever recall Brian Wilde passing away. In obituaries in the Sentinel they are dying in alphabetical order  |
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Post by Dr Oetcake on Mar 26, 2008 9:27:52 GMT
I`m sorry but LOTSW is one of those programmes that as a child I found crap, and have consistently managed to find it crap for the last 30 years, maybe in another 30 years, I will find it hysterical (presumably while I am hurtling downhill in a tin bath). Porridge was good though. And I think out finest ever comedy actor is David Jason (and he is good in Frost as well, which isnt supposed to be funny).
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Post by cymap on Mar 26, 2008 10:35:29 GMT
RIP Brian and thank you for the laughter. A great way of putting it and couldnt have said better myself. |
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