His best role was in Flash Gordon, where he wordlessly closed the plane door for Flash and Dale at the start of the film.

Rhul in Krull was his ultimate role.

My sincerest contrafibularities

Quote from: Kankurette on October 14, 2022, 08:38:24 PMI'll always remember him for the Comic Strip. "You remind me of my naughty granddaughter..."

It's the hand grab at the same time that makes it:

https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxuDQMzc3F5kfxNUn4PU0Bfay8-JpkqJCK


Still the best as Max in 'Gino' though.


And as a complete aside, I discovered from the YT comments that 'Gino' was inspired by the story of Dino Babouris, and not the David Martin manhunt (although the police shooting up the Mini is definitely a nod to the Stephen Waldorf shooting):

QuoteOrestes Babouris, a 17-year-old of Brandon, Suffolk, who was also known as Dino. In the period of a week in August 1979, Babouris carried out a number of armed robberies and stole several cars. Initially he and another 17-year-old, Andrew Ross, stole £700 from a man using imitation guns. They booked themselves into the Golden Galleon Motel at Oulton Broad to lie low, and fired at two policemen when they arrived to question the youths on 16 August. Dino's mother, Mrs. Pearl Babouris, pleaded to her son on television and radio to hand himself in, and the "most wanted teenager in Britain" continued to evade capture until 23 August when he was stopped at a roadblock at Thrapston and taken to Huntingdon Police Station. Babouris was given a six-year sentence, whereas Ross, who was captured at an earlier date, was given a four-year sentence.

Interestingly not only did he inspire Peter Richardson and Pete Richens, but also Steve Harley's Star For A Week (Dino), and seemingly also both the Fall song Flat Of Angles, and the name of the album it comes from, Dragnet. So that's nice.