daggers Posted 8 December , 2018 Share Posted 8 December , 2018 Is that the comedian F. HowErd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 8 December , 2018 Share Posted 8 December , 2018 Stanley Holloway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 9 December , 2018 Share Posted 9 December , 2018 Raymond Chandler the American/British “hardboiled” crime novelist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 10 December , 2018 Share Posted 10 December , 2018 On 08/12/2018 at 16:48, daggers said: Is that the comedian F. HowErd? That's the beggar Fawlty!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 10 December , 2018 Share Posted 10 December , 2018 On 08/12/2018 at 19:29, seaJane said: Stanley Holloway? No-not Stanley Holloway (Local to where I live). An interesting feature of WIT is that we seem not to have picked up former officers playing Other Ranks in film,theatre and TV. Holloway was an officer- but his portrayal as the dismal jonah in "The Way Ahead" is the better as acting when one realsies he had been an officer in the Great War. Similarly, Victor McLaglan. I first noticed this with an officer of the Second World War- the late,great Lionel Jeffries. He was an officer of the Rifle Brigade in Burma during the latter part of WW2 and,as I am sure Mark Brockway would point out, the Rifle Brigade is noted for certain standards of dress and drill. Thus, the awkward gait and wrong drill that Jeffries displays as Prison Officer Crout in "Two Way Stretch" is all the better-as you can see that he had worked at it to get the drill wrong. 21 hours ago, Knotty said: Raymond Chandler the American/British “hardboiled” crime novelist? Bingo- Now you and Pete can explain the clues!! Esp. the Frankie Howerd one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 10 December , 2018 Share Posted 10 December , 2018 Hah - Chandler was my second choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 10 December , 2018 Share Posted 10 December , 2018 (edited) Raymond Chandler Admiralty, he spent approx a year (1907/8) with the Admiralty. - egg, is a reference to what is known as “hardboiled” crime writing,where the detective is a bit of a rebellious type as is Chandlers character Philip Marlowe. - Flower = his only screen play The Blue Dalhia & I believe that Frankie Howerd’s loose connection is from the quotation “But he's as convincing a Marlowe (Philip) as Frankie Howerd would be a Hamlet.”....but totally out of context. Edited 10 December , 2018 by Knotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 10 December , 2018 Share Posted 10 December , 2018 Incidentally, Frankie Howerd's actual surname was Howard. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 10 December , 2018 Share Posted 10 December , 2018 (edited) Hi Ron I decided to use his stage name as opposed to his birth name, (Francis Alick Howard) for which he is probably better known, and no doubt he will be searched for on the web. John Edited 10 December , 2018 by Knotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 10 December , 2018 Share Posted 10 December , 2018 2 hours ago, Knotty said: I believe that Frankie Howerd’s loose connection is from the quotation “But he's as convincing a Marlowe (Philip) as Frankie Howerd would be a Hamlet.”....but totally out of context. Bravissimo on the rest- but this,alas,is wrong. Keep digging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 10 December , 2018 Share Posted 10 December , 2018 How about the fact Raymond Chandler was first cousin of Max Adrian, stage,film and tv actor, and a founder member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Max went on to play Senator Ludicrus Sextus in Up Pompeii with Frankie. I’m still digging Mr V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 10 December , 2018 Share Posted 10 December , 2018 Well if that isn't the correct answer, it bloomin well should be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 10 December , 2018 Share Posted 10 December , 2018 I have another possible answer: Frankie Howerd once made a pass at Bob Monkhouse, who, like Raymond Chandler, was a pupil of Dulwich College ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 11 December , 2018 Share Posted 11 December , 2018 17 hours ago, seaJane said: I have another possible answer: Frankie Howerd once made a pass at Bob Monkhouse, who, like Raymond Chandler, was a pupil of Dulwich College ... Jane-Have you been watching Channel 5 again? 18 hours ago, Knotty said: How about the fact Raymond Chandler was first cousin of Max Adrian, stage,film and tv actor, and a founder member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Max went on to play Senator Ludicrus Sextus in Up Pompeii with Frankie. I’m still digging Mr V Spot on. I thought that would be easy-as the Max Adrian connection is on Chandler's entry by Mr. W.I. Kipedia-which is,of course, the favourite source of reference for all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 11 December , 2018 Share Posted 11 December , 2018 14 minutes ago, voltaire60 said: Jane-Have you been watching Channel 5 again? Only for the Navy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 11 December , 2018 Share Posted 11 December , 2018 28 minutes ago, voltaire60 said: Mr. W.I. Kipedia- Not my first port of call, but must confess to finding the reference to Max on there.....eventually. Where did the image of him in uniform originate from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 11 December , 2018 Share Posted 11 December , 2018 20 minutes ago, Knotty said: Not my first port of call, but must confess to finding the reference to Max on there.....eventually. Where did the image of him in uniform originate from. Follow this link for a very good article about Raymond Chandler and the Gordon Highlanders (of Canada) https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2018/08/14/When-Chandler-Came-Fight-Great-War/ 37 minutes ago, seaJane said: Only for the Navy Jane-Your interest in sailors will get you into trouble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 11 December , 2018 Share Posted 11 December , 2018 Too late! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 11 December , 2018 Share Posted 11 December , 2018 13 minutes ago, seaJane said: Too late! We know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 11 December , 2018 Share Posted 11 December , 2018 OK, Chaps- another obscure one. Trying to be a bit fiendish with the clues. This chap? Clues? You'll regret it. 1) Served MESPOT in the Great War. Served in WW2 2) In 1939 he was a Captain but by 1944 he had got to Colonel 3) There is a link to the film "Master and Commander" 4) As a Colonel, he was involved a few years after the Second World War in a very well-known attempted murder in London (There is a very obscure clue here-Barratt Homes) That should worsen your insomnia,Knotty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 12 December , 2018 Share Posted 12 December , 2018 23 hours ago, voltaire60 said: That should worsen your insomnia,Knotty. Update.....still working on it👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 12 December , 2018 Share Posted 12 December , 2018 (edited) Me too, but getting nowhere fast Edited 12 December , 2018 by neverforget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 12 December , 2018 Share Posted 12 December , 2018 I have started working the clues from back to front and I might have something, I need to checkout the Barratt Homes link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 12 December , 2018 Share Posted 12 December , 2018 39 minutes ago, Knotty said: I have started working the clues from back to front and I might have something, I need to checkout the Barratt Homes link. Good- a working knowledge of repeats on daytime TV will come in useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nepper Posted 12 December , 2018 Share Posted 12 December , 2018 On 11/12/2018 at 15:42, voltaire60 said: 2) In 1939 he was a Captain but by 1944 he had got to Colonel I believe he got as high as General between the wars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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