70s Famous Five Extras

[marky2k12]

Ok so I thought I would create a thread on the "extras" who have appeared in the 70's version of the Famous Five. I have watched the whole series recently and a couple of people caught my eye as people I may have seen in things recently. The first person I spotted (actually more by voice than visual) was in Five Go Off To Camp. One of Jock's Step Fathers henchmen; a guy called "Peters". He is credited as being played by actor John Bardon who is more recently known as "Jim Branning" in Eastenders. The second person I spotted was in the final episode; Five Go Down To The Sea. The young lad called "Yan". I knew I had seen him in something recently. It was a real feeling of déjà vu and it had something to do with his eyes and facial expressions. Well when I looked up the actors name which is Rupert Graves I realised that I had seen him last year playing "DI Lestrade" in Sherlock. Has anybody else come across any interesting "extras"? No sifting through the actors profiles on IMDB either. You have to spot them in the series yourself and then look them up. I suppose acting is a small world sometimes?

Regards,
Marcus

[Moonraker]

Great idea for a thread. My other 'arf and I cannot watch anything without saying, "What has he/she been in?" I even have the IMDB app on my phone! Once the new DVDs come out, I will revisit the whole series.

[Paul Greaves]

I am a sucker for doing this too. When the DVDs finally make it out into the world (Christmas?*) I will definitely start actor-spotting

*gentle cynicism, sorry.

[poddys]

It's amazing when you watch old tv shows or movies, just how many actors you find who are now well known.

Just last month I watched The Who's "Quadrophenia" for the first time in many years, and as well as Sting, there was one of the main characters from Whitechapel, and a few other well known's.

[Fiona1986]

You should try watching Murder She Wrote I swear just about every episode has someone I recognise from another show, or who has played another character in MSW before. There's one guy who's been in it four times as four different people!

[Eddie Muir]

Just last month I watched The Who's "Quadrophenia" for the first time in many years, and as well as Sting, there was one of the main characters from Whitechapel, and a few other well knowns.

I watched it for the very first time last month (I don't know why I hadn't seen it before, especially as most of it was filmed in Brighton) and was quite surprised to see so many well known actors in it.

[lwindrush]

Love watching Inspector Morse and spotting British character actors doing a star turn. Once in Jericho glimpsing Colin Dexter crossing the road gave me a delicious thrill.

[chloe1]

I looked a load up on IMDB a while ago so I cant play but did you know that "Marybelle" ended up having a baby with Neighbours star Craig Mcloghlin (cant spell it)

[Katharine]

Cound't find anywhere else to post this, and didn't want to start a new thread.

While watching the 70s version of the FF, it crossed my mind to wonder whether Michele Gallagher really did wear boys clothes while playing the part of George. Well I think I've finally got my answer. In a couple of episodes I've watched recently she is wearing a green and navy rugby shirt with a white colour. It's identical to the one my husband wore on our first date back in the early 1980s!!!