Showing posts with label Blake's 7. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blake's 7. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Michael Keating

Michael Keating (born 10 February 1947 in North London, England) is an English actor. He is best known as for his role as Vila Restal in the science fiction television series Blake's 7 (1978-81).

I met Michael at Collectormania Glasgow in August 2012.

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Friday, March 27, 2020

Paul Darrow

Paul Darrow (born Paul Valentine Birkby on 2 May 1941 in Chessington, Surrey, England; died 3 June 2019) was an English actor. He became best known for playing Kerr Avon in the BBC science fiction television series Blake's 7 between 1978 and 1981. His many television roles included two appearances in another BBC science fiction series, Doctor Who, playing Captain Hawkins in Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970) and Tekker in Timelash (1985).

I met Paul at Collectormania Glasgow in August 2010.

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Paul Darrow at the Entertainment Media Show in October 2012

Monday, March 2, 2020

Nick Joseph

Nick Joseph (born 28 August in London, England) is an English actor. His best known role is the small part of medal bearer Major Arhul Hextropho in Star Wars (1977). His other roles included small parts in the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and in the BBC sci-fi series Blake's 7 (1981).

I met Nick at the Something Bl**dy Awesome convention in Edinburgh in April 2014.

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Saturday, February 22, 2020

Julian Glover

Julian Wyatt Glover CBE (born 27 March 1935 in Hampstead, London, England) is an English classical actor, with many stage, television and film roles since commencing his career in the 1950s. He is a recipient of the Laurence Olivier Award and has performed many times for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Glover is known for portraying major characters in many popular movie and television franchises. His film roles have included General Maximilian Veers in The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Aristotle Kristatos in the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only (1981) and Walter Donovan in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). He also voiced the giant spider Aragog in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002).

Glover has also appeared frequently on television, especially in the UK, including guest appearances on such series as The Avengers, The Saint, Doctor Who, Blake's 7 and Remington Steele. From 2011-16, he played the recurring supporting role of Grand Maester Pycelle in HBO's Game of Thrones. In January 2013, he appeared as General Beauvilliers in the BBC drama Spies of Warsaw.

I met Mr Glover at the 2014 editions of Film & Comic Con Newcastle (March) and Collectormania Glasgow (August) and at Film & Comic Con Glasgow in August 2022.

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As Grand Maester Pycelle in Game of Thrones

At Film & Comic Con Newcastle in March 2014

As Aris Kristatos in For Your Eyes Only

Signing at Film & Comic Con Glasgow in August 2014

As Walter Donovan in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Signing at Film & Comic Con Glasgow in August 2022