Lionel Jeffries in pretty much everything he was in.
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As I said on a previous thread, Marty Crane in Frasier, played by John Mahoney.
According to the timeline of the show, he was born, went to school, served in Korea, joined the police, met,dated and married Hester Crane and fathered Frasier by the age of 15.
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As some on here will recall, Sandi Toksvig was playing a middle-aged housewife at age 23 on ITV Saturday morning kids' show No. 73 during the early eighties.
Rather oddly, she was credited as 'Ethel Davis' - which was the character's name - in the credits.
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Originally posted by Walt Flanagans Dog View PostAlthough the ages of the characters in Dad's Army were not given
Now, according to wiki. Jack Jones was born in 1870, Godfrey in 1871, Mainwaring in 1885, Wilson in 1887, Frazer in 1872. But I have serious doubts as to whether these are wiki inventions, back stories created by the writers, and indeed if anyone's age (apart from Pike's) or birth year was ever actually referred to in individual episodes.
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I don't know what age David Kelly was supposed to be when he played Albert Riddle in Robin's Nest but he was about 45-50 (so a good 5-10 years younger than me now) when he did. Id say he looked like he had a hard life but he made it to 82 and was still acting in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory when he was 75. I suppose it proves the adage that people just looked older then.
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Guy Pearce (45) playing the geriatric Weyland in Prometheus? Lashings of make up, prosthetics and whatever, but why not just get an old bloke to play the part? It's not like there are no actors over seventy knocking about.
Didn't think much of the film either, tbh.
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https://www.rte.ie/archives/exhibiti...strumpet-city/
Check out David Kelly playing rashers tierney in strumpet city. He's 50 years old in this picture.
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Originally posted by Sporting View PostWell, as stated on the parallel thread, Pike starts off the series as a 17 year old.
Now, according to wiki. Jack Jones was born in 1870, Godfrey in 1871, Mainwaring in 1885, Wilson in 1887, Frazer in 1872. But I have serious doubts as to whether these are wiki inventions, back stories created by the writers, and indeed if anyone's age (apart from Pike's) or birth year was ever actually referred to in individual episodes.
I definitely recall one episode in which Frazer and Jones were arguing about who was the younger, and an affronted Jones piped up with 'I'm not sixty yet!'
Given that the series is obviously set around 1940-odd, this would make his - and probably Frazer's - Wiki date completely impossible. (Unless Jones was lying by at least a decade.)
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Originally posted by The Awesome Berbaslug!!! View Posthttps://www.rte.ie/archives/exhibiti...strumpet-city/
Check out David Kelly playing rashers tierney in strumpet city. He's 50 years old in this picture.
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Originally posted by Jah Womble View Post(Belatedly...)
I definitely recall one episode in which Frazer and Jones were arguing about who was the younger, and an affronted Jones piped up with 'I'm not sixty yet!'
Given that the series is obviously set around 1940-odd, this would make his - and probably Frazer's - Wiki date completely impossible. (Unless Jones was lying by at least a decade.)
Wasn't Jones supposed to be a Boer War veteran, which would make the earlier date more likely?
Actually, I seem to remember him making comments about the "fuzzy-wuzzies" and if he fought in the Mahdist War the earlier date was definitely the more likely.
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