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R.I.P Anthony Valentine

Cleoriff — Sat, 05 Dec 2015 19:49:50 GMT

I missed this on the news... but Anthony Valentine died on Thursday He was 76.

Brilliant in Colditz and Raffles

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/dec/03/anthony-valentine

R.I.P Anthony....

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MI5 — Sat, 05 Dec 2015 19:57:09 GMT

Also in Corrie apparently RIP.

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Cleoriff — Sat, 05 Dec 2015 20:02:25 GMT

@MI5 wrote:
Also in Corrie apparently RIP.

Yes I had forgotten that. He played Simon Barlows grandad.....

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MI5 — Sat, 05 Dec 2015 20:06:35 GMT

George summat or other.....?

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Cleoriff — Sat, 05 Dec 2015 20:16:29 GMT

@MI5 wrote:
George summat or other.....?

Wilson....I had to check that...

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MI5 — Sat, 05 Dec 2015 20:22:48 GMT

Dunno as I never watch it but Mother said George out of Corrie had died, so I figured it was the same chap, although looks a bit different from your photo.

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Cleoriff — Sat, 05 Dec 2015 20:24:58 GMT

@MI5 wrote:
Dunno as I never watch it but Mother said George out of Corrie had died, so I figured it was the same chap, although looks a bit different from your photo.

Yes this was him in Corrie

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MI5 — Sat, 05 Dec 2015 20:28:21 GMT

That's the fella...

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jonsie — Sun, 06 Dec 2015 08:01:43 GMT

Seems to have been a really bad year for losing stars and celebrities 😕

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Anonymous — Sun, 06 Dec 2015 17:21:56 GMT

Yes, it does jonsie, I remember Anthony Valentine for his voice quality as well as his acting skills ... ... ... without looking it up, wasn't he in Smiley's People, a spy / thriller starring Alec Guiness

Anthony Valentine RIP

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jonsie — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:37:21 GMT

He was in so many things on TV....

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Valentine

He appeared in many films but it was his tv roles he will best be remembered for.

No Way Back (1949)
The Girl on the Pier (1953)
The Brain Machine (1955)
Fun at St. Fanny's (1956)
The Damned (1963)
Performance (1970)
Tower of Evil (1972)
To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
Escape to Athena (1979)
The Monster Club (1980)
The Plague Dogs (1982)
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988)
Jefferson in Paris (1995)
The House of Angelo (1997)
Two Men Went to War (2002)