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No posts for this guy

posted 5 months ago by DoctorThirteen (13920)
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Very good actor. His big screen stuff was pretty much limited to horror (largely Hammer; Taste the Blood of Dracula, The Horror of Frankenstein, Lust for a Vampire, Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde, Fear in the Night), but he was a regular on UK TV. For years he did mainly drama, but he finally got a chance to show his comedy chops in his wonderful sitcom Dear John as a divorcee trying to start over. An all-round nice guy too, apparently. Taken far to young in 1991 at the age of just 51 (cancer). RIP

[–] [deleted] 5 months ago

He was great in Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde. That's actually one of my favorite Hammer movies. The casting of Bates and Martine Beswick was perfect.

[–] DoctorThirteen (13920) 5 months ago

Completely agree about the perfect casting of Bates and Beswick 👍

[–] Speedygonzales76 (78) 5 months ago

He was definitely taken far too soon,I have always been baffled that dear John didn't get a third series.

[–] DoctorThirteen (13920) 5 months ago

Absolutely. I'd have loved another series of Dear John. Kirk used to have me in stitches! (Peter Blake also now sadly gone)