Disappearing Celebrities.

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  • marlingmarling Posts: 3,690
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    soran wrote: »
    Love Real Genius, I have it on dvd :) In a similar vein Ilan Mitchell-Smith, who played Wyatt in Weird Science is now a Uni Professor.

    Also, does anyone remember the TV show "In Bed With Medinner"? Whatever happened to it's presenter Bob Mills?

    I saw him shopping in Waitrose in North Finchley a couple of years ago. Much errr..broader and much greyer.
  • paulsh1paulsh1 Posts: 2,245
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    I suppose being a celebrity it much like any other job and a lot of the older ones have retired or sadly died.
    I couldn't believe it when I recently saw an advert at a theatre.It was for a old style variety show.
    Top of the bill was Freddie "Parrot Face" Davies!
    No one under the age of 45 will have a clue who he is,but in the early 70's he appeared on almost every TV programme.
    I would have sworn he died 30 years ago!
  • Bedsit BobBedsit Bob Posts: 24,344
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    about 5 years ago, I saw a play called Noises Off, at a small theatre in Newcastle.

    In the cast was, Colin Baker.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7,734
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    TOONARMY12 wrote: »
    A few obscure ones
    Andi Crane
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    He's been the main presenter on BBC Radio Manchester for years.
    No offence, but most of the names in the thread are so easy to google, it's only when I don't find any google reference to their activities for 10 or 20 years, not even them dying, that I genuinely wonder about a lost celebrity.
  • soransoran Posts: 1,644
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    TOONARMY12 wrote: »
    A few obscure ones
    Andi Peters
    Andi Crane
    Violet Berlin
    Josy D'arby.

    Looks like times are tough for Violet, as it appears that she can only afford half a haircut on her homepage :D
    http://www.whizzbang.tv/violetberlin.htm
  • rtavy73rtavy73 Posts: 439
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    TOONARMY12 wrote: »
    A few obscure ones
    Andi Peters
    Andi Crane
    Violet Berlin
    Josy D'arby.

    Violet Berlin I remember her she had one hell of a lisp she did a kids tech program in the 90s..... what was that program called, just googled it ....Bad influence what a hard name to pronounce if you have a lisp:D
  • EStaffs90EStaffs90 Posts: 13,722
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    TOONARMY12 wrote: »
    A few obscure ones
    Andi Peters

    Isn't he the narrator for The Big Reunion?
  • Lou KellyLou Kelly Posts: 2,778
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    EStaffs90 wrote: »
    Isn't he the narrator for The Big Reunion?

    He was a Producer at Channel Four at one time too (he produced "Shipwrecked") and also a Producer at BBC1 producing TOTP.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 8,510
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    Tracy shaw
  • Lou KellyLou Kelly Posts: 2,778
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    Tracy shaw

    Didn't she have alcohol problems?
  • Prince MonaluluPrince Monalulu Posts: 35,900
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    Lou Kelly wrote: »
    Emma Wray who played Brenda in the 80's/90's sitcom 'Watching'

    That's a recurring name on here.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7,341
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    Former soap stars
    Brian Hinsliff=Coronantion Street
    Spider=Coronation Street
    Reg Holdsworth


    They should have kept The Last Of The Summer Wine Old British TV Actors' home open. That's where Jean Alexander ended up
  • Prince MonaluluPrince Monalulu Posts: 35,900
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    marling wrote: »
    I saw him shopping in Waitrose in North Finchley a couple of years ago. Much errr..broader and much greyer.

    He was on Radio 4 in the last month or so, might have been the News Quiz.
    He probably still knocking about on the comedy circuit.
  • SecretLifeoBeesSecretLifeoBees Posts: 50,685
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    I have been wondering whatever happened to Diane Burke who played Katie Rogers in Brookside. Tried googling but not found anything.

    Spider from Corrie was in an episode of Doctors last week, motsy :)
  • Prince MonaluluPrince Monalulu Posts: 35,900
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    motsy wrote: »
    Former soap stars
    Brian Hinsliff=Coronantion Street
    Spider=Coronation Street
    Reg Holdsworth


    They should have kept The Last Of The Summer Wine Old British TV Actors' home open. That's where Jean Alexander ended up

    Spider turned up a couple of weeks back in Being Human as one of the men with sticks and rope.
    Gate keepers of the 'other side' when you die and pass over.
  • rick182rick182 Posts: 11,092
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    What happened to Dale Winton.. and Jermery speight the Airport documentary guy?
  • jackoljackol Posts: 7,887
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    [QUOTE=ganderpoke66;64579461]Isla St.Clair ?

    I think we all had a thing about Isla.


    Gabby Roslin.
    Dougie Donnelly
    Judith Hann[/QUOTE]

    http://www.islastclair.com/
  • IzzySIzzyS Posts: 11,045
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    rick182 wrote: »
    What happened to Dale Winton.. and Jermery speight the Airport documentary guy?

    See:- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-109116/Where-now.html
    that mentions Jeremy Spake.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 776
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    What ever happened to Steve Guttenberg.

    He was in so many films in the 80's 90's.
  • Dusk1983Dusk1983 Posts: 708
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    Goldie Hawn?
  • Urban BassmanUrban Bassman Posts: 2,230
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    Anneka Rice gave up TV work to bring up her kids and study art, but I think she has started to reappear a bit now.

    Anneka does the early morning saturday show on Radio 2, just before Sounds Of The Sixties.
  • BungitinBungitin Posts: 5,356
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    Gordon the Gopher (rumoured to have disappeared before he was to publicise a list).
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7,734
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    At the risk of repeating myself, Google is everybody's friend. :)

    If you Google and still can't find anything on said celebrity since 1999, then I'll start getting worried. :yawn::p
  • ackeracker Posts: 8,809
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    You used to know they were disappearing when they got plonked in the bottom right hand corner on " Celebrity Squares " :o
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7,734
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    acker wrote: »
    You used to know they were disappearing when they got plonked in the bottom right hand corner on " Celebrity Squares " :o

    Ugh that programme was horrible. Apart from Danny Baker, I don't think I knew who anybody was. They'd announce 'from the world of comedy, Bozo McGuire!' and I'd be like 'what 'world of comedy'? What the hell has he been in?'

    My mum's reason for having it on was 'they used to do this in the 70s and they were all well known people!' :confused::rolleyes:
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