tolf Posted May 24, 2017 Posted May 24, 2017 Great in Bond as 007, and also in the Saint. Another good actor passed on 1 Quote
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted May 24, 2017 Posted May 24, 2017 A sad passing, almost lost in a bad day. Such an amazing public speaker too. The Bond I grew up with, so always my favourite. I still remember seeing the Spy Who Loved Me at the cinema while on holiday with my parents, a huge build up to the films release had me bouncing off the walls with excitement, and I wasn't disappointed! After the film, dragged my dad around half the toy shops of Bournemouth as I had to have the toy Esprit and matching "Stromburg" Jet ranger helicopter, to shoot down with the little toy missiles the Lotus fired. happy days. And another little piece of childhood gone. 3 Quote
jeff oakley Posted May 24, 2017 Posted May 24, 2017 Agree with all the comments, but above all he seemed a genuinely nice man who did not take his success for granted. He did a lot of work for Unicef as he aged. reading some of the stories about him he was always generous with his money and time for fans and the needy. His Bond was perfect for the time where the gadgets were a big part of the story where good always overcame evil, no matter what the odds against him. Seems fitting to remember that after yesterday. Quote
SootySport Posted May 24, 2017 Posted May 24, 2017 6 hours ago, Ian Tolfree (tolf) - North London AO said: Great in Bond as 007, and also in the Saint. Another good actor passed on He wasn't really an Actor Ian, he just played out his characters as himself, a rare gift. 1 Quote
jeff oakley Posted May 24, 2017 Posted May 24, 2017 The role he had in The Cannonball Run, where he played a man pretending to be James Bond was so funny sending himself up. And as usual at the end of the film the outtakes were even funnier with him in them 1 Quote
pistonbroke Posted May 25, 2017 Posted May 25, 2017 I can go back to his "Ivanhoe" TV series days , (giving my age away now ) One of britains better exports 1 Quote
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted May 25, 2017 Posted May 25, 2017 Is that when TV's had a porthole on the front to watch the picture on, and a cabinet big enough to use as a dining table? Quote
Northwarks Posted May 25, 2017 Posted May 25, 2017 21 hours ago, SootySport said: He wasn't really an Actor Ian, he just played out his characters as himself, a rare gift. Well said - nails it for me Quote
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted May 25, 2017 Posted May 25, 2017 He used to be seen in The Bridge Hotel on Western Avenue, Greenford quite often. He had the same model Volvo (P1800) as he drove as 'The Saint' - perhaps the very same car - and it was often in the Bridge car park. Nobody had a bad word to say about him with possible exception of his ex-wives... Quote
pistonbroke Posted May 25, 2017 Posted May 25, 2017 10 hours ago, Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary said: Is that when TV's had a porthole on the front to watch the picture on, and a cabinet big enough to use as a dining table? Aye , it were an home built kit from plans , the ally chassis was pre drilled with cut outs for the valves , all ex army EF50 type stuff . We couldnt afford the cabinet kit so that was home grown and was moohassive about 3ft long X 18inch deep to house 7 inch screen ! Only 1 channel , BBC ! , the "Interlude" (the potters wheel etc. ) was shown along with Test Card C for most of the day in lue of programs , all the street came in to watch the Coronation in glorious black and white . 1953 ? later we fitted a convertor for ITV when that came out https://youtu.be/jUzGF401vLc Quote
John K Posted May 29, 2017 Posted May 29, 2017 He was my favourite Bond, always got out of a scrape with a gadget, a quip or a seduction... The "Gentleman Bond" is how I'll remember him. And the jealousy I felt when a mate got the underwater Lotus with the orange firing missiles. Quote
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