The Avengers International Fan Forum

Happy Birthday to Laurie Taylor jr, 77 today.

I see that someone has reset Rocky's year of birth on the Wiki to 1946 again, I'll change that to a different link now. :wink:

77 or 78 ? what the heck, I'm glad he's still with us...

That's for...

Definitely one of the Avengers people who had a more interesting and varying career.

We're still loosing a lot, I though maybe we had peaked in the past years.

Oh dear. That's sad to hear. She was in two really excellent episodes. Rest in peace.

Donald Gee, who appeared in the Tara King episode Super Secret Cypher Snatch, died on 14th January. In my opinion, he was the most memorable male guest performer as a villain in this Avengers episode. :cry:

Donald has appeared in many other...

According to Croucher's entry in the family tree on Ancestry by link below, Launa Bradish, the head of make-up at ABC TV, died yesterday at the age of 97.

Alas, I could not find any connection between Croucher and the Bradish family, perhaps...

I'll be watching THE CORRECT WAY TO KILL this evening (is there any better Steed episode?) Maybe even raising a glass to the life of the only man who could have given us John Steed.

Here is the obit. from The Times . The 1939 register reveals that her father's occupation was Managing Fish Buyer and that her mother's second husband's name was Scrivener, so there's no information on why Jo chose the name Kendall. Other than those...

Stuntman Joe Dunne sadly passed away January 15th in the US.

He’ll be remembered by many as the man who doubled Peter Sellers throughout his Pink Panther career. He was also a very important figure in his field in The Avengers/TNA. Sadly missed by...

Sad news. Only 78 which is young these days. He was brilliant in Vicar of Dibley, and he's now the 6th member of the cast to have passed away. I think only Dawn French and James Fleet are still here. I've watched Vicar of Dibley many times and I've...

Having rewatched recently I can say that they're both pretty good episodes - not the pinnacle of what seasons 2 and 3 have to offer, but far from the worst (and even when the Cathy/Venus era dips in quality, it's still far better than most stuff on...

For curiosity, I updated the sheets to see how things are on the first day of the current year. Results:

1. Joanna Lumley (who would doubt it, she was made a Dame (DBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to drama, entertainment and charity)....

Curious, I just noticed the following in the newspaper Stage from 6 May 1965:

JAMES DONNELLY is in Rediffusion's No Hiding Place (A Place in the Sun) on Monday. James married actress Caroline Hall (last Friday) and the marriage means that her...

Peter A. Kavanagh, of Vancouver, WA, passed away on Tuesday, September 1, 2009.

1/6/1941~9/1/2009

He is survived by his devoted wife of 41 years, Elizabeth Kavanagh; and 2 daughters, Kaihtlin Kavanagh of San Carlos, CA and Maihgan Kavanagh,...

Howard Blake had similar experience of lots of his score not being used, when he did Flash Gordon (along with Queen). As Wikipedia relates: In 1980, Blake was commissioned to write an orchestral music score for Flash Gordon, in collaboration with...

Even a small part on The Avengers seems to secure you from being lost in obscurity. Definitely, there will always be new fans discovering the series who will want to find out more about the people who helped make it.

exactly...and even old codgers...

Jacqueline Davis (TV producer, worked as a production assistant for the Avengers episode Death a La Carte) RIP

Jacqueline Davis obituary

The television producer Jacqueline Davis, who has died aged 89, is best known for the series Rumpole of...

Happy Birthday to avengers girl Julie Stevens.

I'm not surprised by his career, and eventual death of him..lots of drama, which sadly, added to his resume of sorts. Insulin death, is a sad and terrible way to die from. brutal. I only hope that he finally found the peace he was seeking..

Sadly, despite there is no doubt that actor Rowland Davies is gone based on his widow's obituary, I just don't have proper access to 192.com to see the full address of said Rowland in order to better analyze his possible year of death. :?

But, as...

Yes and especially being a writer. They seldom get recognition, maybe only from the cognoscenti who bother to look into the craft of creating a series.

exactly...and w/0 their input, there is no scripts, no series...and the actors are now...

That's sad, I chatted to Spike several times about the show, he had a great time on it with Dave Lee but didn't remember being in School for Traitors with Kenny Powell at all.

how cool is that ? getting the chance to talk to Spike, etc...wow.

Sad news, but thank you for finding this tribute on the wrestling site. A very interesting read.

The Avengers was a massive collaborative effort from so many skilled people, it would be a lesser thing without any single one of them, but the fights...

It's kinda charming that The Avengers as the first series with a female lead also had females playing such a part behind the scenes.

not only charming...but really un heard of...even in the States...