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"I'll do a walk-on part, I'll be an extra," Ahmed, 34, continued.

Credico now has an unlikely walk-on part in one of the highest-profile federal investigations in history.

According to Entertainment Weekly, Jennifer Lopez is joining the cast of Will & Grace, but don't expect some quick walk-on part.

And it takes a moment for us to recall that in Ibsen's play Emmy has only a walk-on part; she isn't heard from.

He is having Trump take a walk on part in the Russia performance, backing him, on a theme that is also close to Trump's heart.

Someone with a walk-on part in one volume may turn out to be a major figure in a later one, or the other way around, and people's fortunes are always changing.

Another welcome walk-on part goes to Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia, a sometime abbess who corresponded with Descartes and gave him an impressively hard time over his ideas about the mind-body problem.

"It was explained to us," O'Donnell said, "that in order for us to film at the Plaza, we had to have a little walk-on part for Donald and Marla [Maples]," Trump's then wife.

LONDON (Reuters) - Few players have reduced the great Roger Federer to a role as secondary attraction on Wimbledon's Centre Court but for one hour and 24 minutes on Wednesday he had just a walk-on part in the Marcus Willis fairytale.

Grown-up Malcolm had a tiny walk-on part in a previous short story about Lyra Silvertongue, the Dark Materials hero; in the new book, we learn all about his role in bringing Lyra to Jordan College, Oxford in the first place.

Meanwhile, as the tabloids ran excerpts from the portion of the diary allowed in evidence, many a celebrity sweated audibly over the nightmare that he might wind up doing a walk-on part in the next installment of Astor's caloric hanky-panky.

"A Walk-On Part in the War" is a 1998 fantasy short story by Stephen Dedman.

Eventually Coppola fired Pan, who had a small walk-on part in the film; Coppola has since acknowledged his own primary responsibility for the film's artistic failure.

"A Walk-On Part in the War" was first published in Australia November 1998 in the Dreaming Down-Under anthology, edited by Jack Dann and Janeen Webb and published by Voyager Books. In 2004 it was republished in The Best Australian Science Fiction: A Fifty Year Collection, edited by Rob Gerrand and published by Black Inc.. "A Walk-On Part in the War" won the 1998 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story.

He is also heard, but not seen, singing "Learn to Croon", "Please", and "Love in Bloom" when recordings are presented on an on-screen phonograph. It was the film debut of the four Crosby boys other than Gary Crosby’s walk-on part in Star Spangled Rhythm.

In September 2009, while helping Michael Bolton at the 17th Annual Benefit Concert for Women and Children at Risk in Stamford, Connecticut, Donovan auctioned off a "Burn Notice walk-on-part" plus a kiss. Walk on parts usually raise $2,000–$5,000. With the added kiss, he raised $36,000.

Bad guy. Unnamed Hotel Clerk Walk- on part. Single characteristic noted was a pinkie ring "with a large diamond." Hotels must pay well on the Jersey shore... Captain Alden Weston Soft-spoken and mild mannered sea captain hired by Swifts to navigate their sub to the South Atlantic.

Wells grew up in Springfield, IL and graduated in June 2005 from the University of California in Los Angeles, majoring in theater. His great grandfather Maurice Carter Tull was an award- winning playwright with his 1920's Broadway theater play Treason in which his great grandmother played the walk on part of the nurse.

A second contestant would do the same. At the end, both contestants would see their screen tests, and the contestant whose screen test was judged to be better by a well-known director (different for each episode) was declared the winner and given a walk-on part on an upcoming movie or television show.

Trinklebury to love them as a mother. In the second book, she dyes her hair platinum blonde and gets a walk-on part in an American film; so she has a fake American accent. Roger Fibbin, a twelve-year-old boy. He is Hazel Hackersly's informant and spy, and updates her on all the goings-on behind her back.

Glendinning was the son of British-American actors John Glendinning and Clara Braithwaite. In 1907 his father married actress Jessie Millward and she became Ernest's stepmother. Ernest attended Margate College before making his stage debut in 1903 in a walk on part in the Annie Russell play, Mice and Men.Who Was Who in the Theatre: 1912-1976 p.

During the 1980s, Born was an occasional member of Derek Bailey's Company, and played cello and bass guitar on numerous soundtracks for television and film for composers Lindsay Cooper and Mike Westbrook, as well as the soundtrack for the Stephen Poliakoff play Caught on a Train (1980). She had a walk-on part in Sally Potter's film The Gold Diggers (1983).

In 1968, Peters relocated from St. Paul to Los Angeles, California with hopes of beginning a career as an actress. In 1970, Peters appeared in the film Blood Mania, along with fellow Playboy playmate Reagan Wilson (October 1967). In 1971, she had a walk-on part in the horror film The Cult (1971). She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its April 1972 issue.

Simone Hyams (born 4 October 1971 in Hammersmith, London, UK) is a former actress, best known for her role as Caroline "Calley" Donnington in the BBC school drama, Grange Hill, from 1985 to 1991. Other roles included parts in The Bill, Baywatch and a walk-on part in Michael Winner’s 1993 film Dirty Weekend. She subsequently worked as a corporate events manager for Richard Branson's Virgin Group.

Cleese limps away and the Knight follows him with his chicken raised.Chapman, 1, p. 60 In another episode, "The Ant (An introduction)", the Knight appears waiting for his cue to hit somebody, only to be told by a stagehand (Michael Palin) that they don't need him this week. The BBC paid Gilliam extra for the episodes in which he appeared as the Knight because he then had a walk-on part.

By 1925, Entwistle was living in Boston as a student of Henry Jewett's Repertory (now called the Huntington Theatre) and was one of the Henry Jewett Players, who were gaining national attention. Walter Hampden gave Entwistle an uncredited walk-on part in his Broadway production of Hamlet, which starred Ethel Barrymore. She carried the King's train and brought in the poison-cup. Peg Entwistle in The Wild Duck, c.

They married on 9 January. In the 1930 Frye returned briefly to acting when she appeared in a walk on part under her stage name of Katherine Parry. Frye was continuing to write, but she only had one play published in 1920. Her writing was heard later during the second world war when their amateur productions in their garden theatre at Berghers Hill in Buckinghamshire raised funds for charity.

Capri grew up in Inglewood, California, and was named Miss Muscle Beach in 1956. At age 16, she was photographed by Russ Meyer after he saw her in the newspaper. Capri studied acting at UCLA and later became part of a female pop trio, the Loved Ones, under the direction of Oliver Berliner. She appeared in an uncredited walk-on part in the 1957 Jerry Lewis film, The Delicate Delinquent.

Much-married, much-divorced Hollywood mogul, head of the Superba Llewellyn film studio. He has a prominent part in The Luck of the Bodkins, Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin, and Bachelors Anonymous and a walk-on part in Frozen Assets and Cocktail Time. In his first appearance, his close acquaintances call him "Ikey", implying that he has changed his name to sound less Jewish. In later works, he is described as originally from Wales.

The Art of Arrow-Cutting was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award in the category of Best First Novel. In 1998 Dedman's "A Walk-On Part in the War" won the 1998 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story. In 2001 "The Devotee" tied for the win with Terry Dowling's "The Saltimbanques" of the 2001 Ditmar Award for best short story. "Dead of Winter" won the 2006 Aurealis Award for best horror short story.

In 1920 she retired from the stage and in 1922 from film. She also returned to play Susan Wildersham in Walter de la Mare's fairy play, Crossings, in November 1925 at the Lyric Hammersmith.Terry also appeared in a walk-on part in a 1922 matinee benefit performance of a stage version of Pride and Prejudice, performed in front of the Queen, to raise funds for Bedford College for Women. See Looser, p.

Scenes from the film were aired during ABC Family's Harry Potter marathon which took place 5–7 December 2008. On 5 February 2009, the first three promotional teaser posters were released, featuring Dumbledore and Harry. On 5 March and 16 April 2009, new trailers were released by Warner Bros. Warner Bros and MSN ran an online Order of the Phoenix quiz, with the prize being a walk-on part in the Half-Blood Prince.

Charters was born in Duncannon, Pennsylvania. Until around 1890 he worked as a machinist for the Chesapeake Nail Works in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and had little interest in acting. He soon appeared on stage after leaving school with a walk-on part, but it wasn't long before he was being given fair-sized roles. He played on Broadway between 1910 and 1929 and was a busy character actor in films during the 1930s and early 1940s.

On her way home from the shop, she is hit by a car driven by the good-looking male star of the soap opera, who is on his way to the film set. She is not seriously injured and refuses his offer to take her to the hospital. Instead he takes her to the film set, where she watches the filming and is given a walk-on part in the show where she lovingly embraces him.

Morrissey was the only one of the group to play a character and not himself. British comedians Matt Lucas and David Walliams appeared as their characters, Lou and Andy and Tim Vine had a small walk on part as a lost tourist. Australian comedians Hamish & Andy made their Neighbours debut as radio hosts, Fred & Big Tommo and Lehmo had a cameo as himself in July 2010. The Charlie's bar set provides a stage for musicians to perform their songs during episodes.

Greg Fleet's appearance in 1988 saw him run over popular character Daphne Clarke (Elaine Smith) with his car, resulting in her death. 1995 saw Chris Lowe, one half of British music group, The Pet Shop Boys, appear and ask Helen Daniels (Anne Haddy) and Marlene Kratz (Moya O'Sullivan) for directions to a studio. A year later, writer Clive James had a walk on part as a postman. Australian cricketer, Shane Warne made a two episode appearance as himself in 2006.

Douglas would remain Our Gang's senior director through 1938. With the series now in one-reel format, Douglas had to modify the looser approaches of his predecessors, Robert F. McGowan and Gus Meins, and turned the Our Gang series into slicker, more streamlined shorts based around situation comedy. Ironically, Douglas has a walk-on part in Teacher's Pet as a caterer)Maltin, Leonard & Bann, Richard W (1977, rev. 1992). The Little Rascals: The Life & Times of Our Gang. p. 99.

Banbury made his first stage appearance on 15 June 1933, playing a walk-on part in If I Were You at the Shaftesbury Theatre. He continued to act through the 1930s and 40s, appearing at such venues as the Ambassadors Theatre, the Little Theatre, the Gate Theatre, the Apollo Theatre, and the Q Theatre. After World War II, Banbury was invited back to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art to direct. He made his professional directing breakthrough by directing Dark Summer, a play written by fellow pacifist Wynyard Browne.

The San Diego Stock Company gave Cummings her initial acting opportunity in a "walk-on part" playing a prostitute in a 1926 production of Seventh Heaven. She debuted on Broadway as a chorus girl, a member of the ensemble in Treasure Girl (1928) by the age of 18. While appearing on Broadway, she was discovered by Samuel Goldwyn, who brought her to Hollywood in 1931. Between 1931 and 1934, Cummings appeared in more than 20 films, including Movie Crazy opposite Harold Lloyd, and American Madness, directed by Frank Capra.

His mother had a walk-on part; his daughter, Zoey, has appeared in several episodes; and his late grandmother, "Ma" Mae Skelton, co-hosted the biscuit episode "The Dough Also Rises." Even his Basset Hound and iguana have shown up in a couple of episodes. However, his then-wife DeAnna (who is also the show's executive producer) has never appeared in an episode, though she was mentioned in "Where There's Smoke, There's Fish." Specialists who hold real-life positions commonly appeared as themselves to provide Brown with useful information on the topic at hand.

After being discharged, Hill worked as a newspaper reporter in Texas, then took advantage of the GI Bill to do graduate work at Trinity College, Dublin, studying James Joyce's use of music in Ulysses and Finnegans Wake. Some sources say he graduated in 1949 with a bachelor's degree in literature. Other sources say his thesis was never completed because he became sidetracked by the Irish theater, making his stage debut as a walk-on part in 1947March 11, 1947, The Irish Press, pg. 6 at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, with Cyril Cusack's company in a production of George Bernard Shaw's The Devil's Disciple.

Stanley Tucci on Graham Norton; ""; retrieved March 9, 2017. Verdi would later say there was no intention to actually hire him and the producers had just used him and Doonan to give whoever they ultimately did cast some filmed research to use in playing a gay character (he would end up with a walk-on part as a fashion journalist in Paris). Tucci says he was unaware of this: "All I know is that someone called me and I realized this was a great part." He based the character on various people he was acquainted with, insisting on the glasses he ultimately wore.

Fünderich was born in Düsseldorf in 1963 and first studied geology in Aachen, but she broke off her studies in 1991 to join the ensemble at the independent Theater K in Aachen.Astrid M. Fünderich Actress with scientific roots, zdf.de, Retrieved 24 July 2016 From 1992, she studied acting, training at the Philippe Gaulier school in London and with the Hollywood Acting Workshop in Los Angeles. In 1993 she spent a year on tour with TheaterDämmering ('theater twilight'). Her television debut was in 1994 with a walk-on part in the series ER. Her first recurring role was as Sister Ina in the Children's Hospital Sat.

Longden was born in the West Indies, the son of a Methodist missionary, and was educated at Kingswood School, Bath, Somerset. Originally intending to be a mining engineer, he worked for two years in a coal mine in Yorkshire, where he started acting in amateur theatrical companies. An introduction to Seymour Hicks saw him start acting on the legitimate stage, beginning with a walk-on part in Old Bill, MP. He played in My Old Dutch with Albert Chevalier, then spent time with the Liverpool and Birmingham repertory theatres. He also appeared in The Farmer's Wife, produced by Barry Jackson at the Court Theatre in London for two years.

Sallis began his career as an amateur actor during his four years with the RAF when one of his students offered him the lead in an amateur production of Noël Coward's Hay Fever. After his success in the role, he resolved to become an actor after the war, winning a Korda scholarship and training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He made his first professional appearance on the London stage in September 1946 in a walk-on part in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The Scheming Lieutenant (1775). Sallis then spent three years in repertory theatre before appearing in his first speaking role on the London stage in 1949.

Gerrold had wanted to appear onscreen in an episode of Star Trek, particularly "The Trouble with Tribbles". The character of Ensign Freeman, who appears in the famous bar scene with the Klingons, was originally intended by Gerrold to be a walk-on part for himself, however another actor took the role since Gerrold was deemed too thin at the time. He also had an "in joke" cameo of sorts in "Star Trek The Animated Series": "More Tribbles, More Troubles" where a very thin Ensign is told to seal off the transporter room area by Kirk. Gerrold also provided the voice for alien Em/3/Green in "The Jihad".

Johann Kresnik was born on 12 December 1939 in Sankt Margarethen, in the municipality of Bleiburg in the South Austrian state of Carinthia. It has been said that at the age of three he witnessed the shooting of his father—then serving in the Wehrmacht—by Slovenian partisans. He began his professional life working as a toolmaker, and his career as a performer began almost accidentally when he got a walk-on part at the Graz opera house in the late 1950s. Not long afterwards, unwilling to undertake required military service in Austria due to his antiwar views, he moved to Germany, where he has lived ever since.

She had a walk on part in 1991 in King Ralph as a woman in the shop near the end of the film. She played Ellie in My Good Friend, Helen Lynley in The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Viv Casey in Grafters, the space pilot Vornholt in the BBC series Bugs and she has also been in The Bill, Silent Witness, Sea of Souls, Inspector Morse, Holby City, Law & Order: UK, Midsomer Murders, Doctors, My Family and Between The Lines. Most recently, she played Liz in Friday Night Dinner and Katherine Dutta in the Inspector Lewis episode, "Down Amongst the Fearful". She was scheduled to appear in the Salisbury Playhouse production of Ira Levin's play Deathtrap in February 2016.

In November 1984, Santa Monica public relations firm Dateline Communications announced a nationwide contest to promote the film. First- and second-place prizes were an all-expense-paid trip to the film's production location and a paid walk-on part in the film, and other announced prizes included a trip to Los Angeles for the world premiere, records, cassettes, and hardcover and paperback copies of the novel. A 30-foot (10 m) high inflatable figure of the film's villain, Terl, was erected by Scientology officials on Hollywood Boulevard in 1984 in an effort to promote the production, and auditions were held in Denver. The low-budget project soon collapsed, and Hubbard died soon afterwards, in 1986.

He appeared in a number of ongoing TV series, such as Dragnet and The Lone Ranger, but usually in bit parts, often uncredited. His last significant film appearances were in very minor roles in feature films like Jeanne Eagels (1957), Ice Palace (1960), and The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960). The rapidity of his descent is indicated by the fact that in Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe (1953) he plays the lead role and Richard Crane plays his (semi-comical) sidekick, whereas in the TV series Rocky Jones Space Ranger (1953–54) Richard Crane plays the lead role and Holdren has a walk-on part in two episodes as "Ranger Higgins". After 1960, Holdren became a full-time insurance salesman.

Yet one admirable act brings the protagonist a crisis, followed by additional crises that lead him to conclude that continuing with his plans will entail only misery for those he loves, precisely because his entire life, including the precious liberty he thought he had gained from his past, is now a lie. He ultimately decides to fake his own death and return to his original life. But even that proves difficult; his family and town have long since adjusted to his "death," and his own adjustment of character prompts him to have mercy on his now remarried wife. So the twice-dead Late Mattia Pascal reduces himself to a figure outside the mainstream of society, a walk-on part in his own life.

Other competitors included a Skye Terrier; standard poodle, English Springer Spaniel, and a Shih Tzu named Rocket, who had been previously owned by Patty Hearst. In total, Miss P beat out almost 2,710 competitors in 192 breeds and varieties. Miss P was retired from dog shows after winning the Westminster, and was to return to her native Canada to brand litters of puppies. Following her victory, Miss P received a walk-on part in the Broadway musical Kinky Boots, as well as lunch at Sardi's, a meeting with Donald Trump, a visit to the Empire State Building, and appearances on the television shows Good Day New York, The View, Fox & Friends, and shows hosted by Shepard Smith and Keith Olbermann.

Miller was chairman of the Glasgow Labour Party between 1984 and 1987 as well as acting as an election agent and was assistant secretary of the Glasgow branch of Nalgo between 1980 and 1986. He served as a Strathclyde Regional Councillor (from 1984–1994), chairing the Council’s Economic and Industrial Development Committee. He was elected to the European Parliament, He represented the Glasgow constituency from 1994 to 1999 and the Scotland constituency from 1999 to 2004, when he was not re-elected, having been relegated to third on Labour’s regional list, a position that he described as a "walk-on part." In the Parliament, Miller served as Labour Party Whip and was a member of the Parliament's Economic, Monetary and Industrial Affairs Committee and the delegation for ASEAN, South East Asia and Korea.

Peter Riddell of the Times suggested that A View From the Foothills deserved to become "the central text for understanding the Blair years", while Decline & Fall, in which Mullin (by then a backbencher again) expressed wry consternation at the way the government operated under Blair's successor Gordon Brown, were commended for their independence of outlook, revealing, as Jenni Russell put it in the Sunday Times, Mullin's "readiness to like people who don't echo his politics". The three volumes were adapted for the stage by Michael Chaplin as A Walk on Part. It premiered at the Live Theatre in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in May 2011, before moving to the Soho Theatre in London. Mullin regularly gives talks on his diaries, politics and the rise and fall of New Labour.

He then spent five years as Chief Assistant to the Director-General of the BBC before retiring in 1980 to his cottage in Suffolk. He was also the author of several detective thrillers and books of verse, including When the Words are Gone in the Phoenix Living Poets series,Scott, Hardiman (1972) When the Words are Gone Chatto & Windus and was the president of the Suffolk Poetry Society from 1979 until his death. In the early 1980s he made substantial progress with a novel in which a left wing government was overthrown by an "establishment" coup, but, after discussion with his publisher, abandoned this because of the striking similarities to Chris Mullin's A Very British Coup (1982).Chris Mullin, diary, 9 February 1999: see Mullin (2011) A Walk-On Part: Diaries 1994-1999.

Wymark dropped out of university to train at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and making his first stage appearance in a walk-on part in Othello in 1951. He toured South Africa the following year and then directed plays for the drama department at Stanford University, California. After moving to the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, Wymark played a wide range of Shakespearean roles, including Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing, Stephano in The Tempest, Marullus in Julius Caesar and Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Other stage credits included the title role in Danton's Death and, with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Ephihodov in The Cherry Orchard. His theatre roles also included Bosola in a RSC production of John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi in 1960.

During the 1968 events, Jaziri was very active and participated in the demonstrations taking place in Tunisian campuses where he even delivered speeches. His young man's rage against repression and political corruption led to his dismissal from the Faculty of Arts before finishing his diploma in philosophy. Fortunately for him, he soon received a scholarship to study in the English capital along with a number of other promising young Tunisians. Jaziri's very first experience on stage was at the Ibn Khaldoun Palace of Culture in Tunis with the outstanding Tunisian actor Ali Ben Ayed when he had to play a walk-on part in Murad III. However, upon his return from London in 1972, Jaziri cofounded the theatrical group of Gafsa known in French as “Théâtre du Sud”.

Paluzzi was born in Rome, Kingdom of Italy, and was brought up there. She went to Milan and studied naval engineering for two years at the Scientific Academy of Milan, being the only woman in her class. One of her first roles was an uncredited walk-on part in Three Coins in the Fountain (1954), which she got by chance through a friend of her father's who was invited for dinner and happened to be looking for a young actress doing a very short two-line role for director Jean Negulesco, thinking Paluzzi might be a fit. Negulesco had not been satisfied with the other actresses so far, but when Paluzzi, who did not plan to become an actress, recited the English line the next day – it was the only English she spoke at that time – she got the role.

In early 1949, her parents arrived in London to make Stage Fright, Hitchcock's first British-made feature film since emigrating to Hollywood. Pat did not know she would have a walk-on part in the film until her parents arrived. Because she bore a resemblance to the star, Jane Wyman, her father asked if she would mind also doubling for Wyman in the scenes that required "danger driving". She had small roles in three of her father's films: Stage Fright (1950), in which she played a jolly acting student named Chubby Bannister, one of Wyman's school chums; Strangers on a Train (1951), playing Barbara Morton, sister of Anne Morton (Ruth Roman), Guy Haines's (Farley Granger) lover; and Psycho (1960), playing Janet Leigh's character's plain-Jane office mate, Caroline, who generously offers to share tranquilizers that her mother gave her for her wedding night.

Chris Mullin with Martin Bell at Hexham book festival in 2009 Mullin published three volumes of widely praised diaries that described the progress of "New Labour" from the death of the party leader John Smith in 1994 to the 2010 general election: A View from the Foothills (2009) (recounting Mullin's ministerial career from 1999–2005), Decline & Fall: Diaries 2005–2010 (2010) and A Walk-On Part: Diaries 1994–1999 (2011). Among other things, Mullin recorded his gradual disillusion with the Labour Party's left wing and his rather reluctant support, after Smith's death, for fellow North-Eastern MP Tony Blair (whom he dubbed "The Man") as the person most likely to lead the party back to power. He admired Blair as a leader and for his capacity to create a broad-based Labour Party. In spite of Iraq, Mullin remains an admirer of Blair, viewing him as a leader of exceptional ability.

"The Truth About Weena" by David J. Lake also won the 1998 Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story, while "To Avalon" by Jane Routley and "Queen of Soulmates" by Sean McMullen were also short-list nominees for the Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story and "The Marsh Runners" by Paul Brandon was also a short-list nominee for the Aurealis Award for best horror short story. Another winning story was "A Walk-On Part in the War" by Stephen Dedman which won the Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story. While "The Third Rail" by Aaron Sterns was a short-list nominee for the Aurealis Award for best horror short story, "Jetsam" by Kerry Greenwood was a short-list nominee for best fantasy short story in the Aurealis Awards, "Real Men" by Rosaleen Love was a short-list nominee for the Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story and "The Body Politic" by Tess Williams was a long-list nominee 1999 James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award.

During that meeting, Cushing was given a walk-on part as a courier in that night's production of J.B. Priestley's Cornelius. This marked his professional stage debut, although he had no lines and did little more than stand on stage behind other actors. Afterward, he was granted the scholarship and given odd jobs around the theatre, such as selling refreshments and working as an assistant stage manager. One of his earliest professional stage performances was in 1935 as Captain Randall in Ian Hay's The Middle Watch at the Connaught Theatre in Worthing."Horror-film actor Peter Cushing dies at 81, Played variety of roles – From Sherlock Holmes to Baron Frankenstein" (12 August 1994). Salt Lake Tribune: p. A5. By the end of the summer of 1936, Cushing accepted a job with the repertory theatre company Southampton Rep, working as assistant stage manager and performing in bit roles at the Grand Theatre in the Hampshire city. He spent the next three years in an apprenticeship at Southampton Rep., auditioning for character roles both there and in other surrounding theatres, eventually amassing almost 100 individual parts.

Dinsdale James Landen (4 September 1932 – 29 December 2003) was a British actor whom The Independent named as an "outstanding actor with the qualities of a true farceur," who became perhaps best known for his television appearances. Landen was born at Margate, Kent and educated at King's School, Rochester. He made his television debut in 1959 as the adult Pip in an adaptation of Great Expectations and made his film debut in 1960, with a walk- on part in The League of Gentlemen. He first became well known during the 1960s when he starred in the TV series Mickey Dunne and The Mask of Janus, which was renamed The Spies in later series. He also had a parallel career as a stage actor, including as Richard Dazzle in the RSC's 1970 production of London Assurance; and was Olivier Award nominated for his role in James Saunders's play Bodies in the West End in 1979. His film roles include appearances in Operation Snatch (1962), A Jolly Bad Fellow (1964), Rasputin, the Mad Monk (1966), Mosquito Squadron (1969), Every Home Should Have One (1970), Young Winston (1972), Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World (1973), International Velvet (1978), Morons from Outer Space (1985) and both The Buccaneers and The Steal in 1995.