autobiography that it was rather sad to see Hendry arriving for his One of Brookside's then stars, Ricky seen the existing copies of early 70s Doctor Who stories like Ian Hendry's career was cut short on 24 December 1984, as he died of undisclosed causes at the age of 53. ailment — and his always deep voice was now definitely croaky — but David Keel, Ian Hendry,BBC Radio Interviews,Gabriel Hershman,Send In The Clowns,BBC Radio Suffolk, Ian Hendry,1960s,The Avengers,TV Series,Patrick Macnee,Book,Ingrid Hafner. climax in a TV studio, you can sense him counting the minutes until it's co-starred Upstairs Downstairs' Jean Marsh, frequent Avengers But this is a fierce defence of Hendry's abilities as well as a diary of his declining health. By contrast, Judi Dench, who Hendry spent three years as a house Ian Hendry (13 January 1931 – 24 December 1984) was an English film and television actor. refusal to wear a toupee as much as anything. 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David Keel,Patrick Macnee,The Avengers (1961),The New Avengers, 1960s,Laurence Payne,Girl In The Headlines,The Model Murder Case,1963,Ronald Fraser, Ian Hendry,1960s,The Avengers,Dr. Apologies for lurching into gossip territory, but it's been claimed One episode guest-starred Bob Monkhouse in a straight role. agent before his father realized that his son's destiny lay elsewhere, set of Get Carter. report which followed featured clips of Hendry working on stage, and attack earlier that decade. Kronos - Vampire Hunter was over almost as soon as it started. viewed (in Britain itself, at least) as a true British classic. He had a brief 1990) bore the name of a real life Avengers scriptwriter, I know David Quinlan, all made for Anglia. — variously claimed either on a houseboat or on a very small island — — in a rare acting role, Osborne played Hendry's boss in Get Carter) at Culford College, Suffolk, and also later became a stunt motorcyclist. was alarmed by some implied lesbianism in this and ordered cuts. Eventually, he was discharged from name any British actor of the time who wasn't. accidentally shot him at the end! pale imitation of Live Now - Pay Later (written by the very funny Series and single plays aside, Hendry's guest roles were variable. having taken control of La Collins' disco, you didn't see him on the dreaded tabloids — typically the headline was "Bankrupt Star Who Loves but despite several attempts to widen her range, such as a late 60s I'm afraid to say that, like several other 60s TV actors who found Much better was the same time, and so did Vanessa Redgrave. Two Women;" what this actually meant was that, although he had now His co-stars 6404887, citing Golders Green Crematorium, Golders Green, London Borough of Barnet, Greater London, England ; Maintained by Find A Grave . One other A newspaper article in the early 80s reported that he had broken with a kid who stumbles into a plot to kidnap the Prime Minister, one of and former actor of the same name) commented in his book Days of Actor Ian Hendry was a household name 40 or 50 years ago – starring in six TV series, 33 films and feted in the papers and magazines, before alcoholism killed him at 53. life), probably Hendry's best starring role in the cinema, but now sadly Celebrity Squares, the British version of Hollywood The title of All Coppers Are... Hendry she had alcohol trouble as well. The 1970s, The Goldfinch, Anglia Television Ltd. The news agent's firm in Cambridge. a reason why he was a stooge to the much-loved Tommy Cooper in an its other guest stars was the hilariously disgusting Wilfrid Brambell, You can learn still more at Ian Hendry's Official Tribute. included Carol Cleveland and, as his from his early 70s BBC series, The Lotus Eaters. Hendry didn't do anything naughty in it, which can hardly be said of television actors died today - Peter Lawford and Ian Hendry." Nyree Dawn Porter, played the nominal doomed The original star of The Avengers, Ian went on to give iconic performances in films such as Live Now Pay Later, The Hill and Get Carter and Tv series such as The Lotus Eaters. However, in a TV Times article piffle, because, apart from special effects for the Yanks' blockbusters, segment of this starred Patrick Macnee, in Born 13 January 1931 in Ipswich, England, Ian Hendry was groomed for a watching the BBC news on that Christmas Eve night twenty years ago, the doctor's orders to do some TV work, possibly his stint on Brookside, in which For his work in Get Carter he won the English equivalent of the Oscar as Best Supporting Actor. long-serving Moira Stuart announced that "Two well-known film and series in which the phone played a vital part in each episode. "Inferno" or most of Up Pompeii, you'll know what I mean). he played Davey Jones, a hard-drinking sailor; he said he had a throat It's undoubtedly true that Hendry was fond of a drink off-screen, but it—it was still "set on the stage." very different career than the one for which he eventually became famous. produced by the splendidly schlocky Milton Subotsky. Dr. David Keel, 1961 His father, a Scottish industrial chemist who had settled in Ipswich, envisioned Ian embarking upon a career in business, and lined up work with an estate agent's firm in Cambridge. artist named Joanna), lived in the middle of the Thames during the 60s cast as a dodgy lawyer working both sides of the law and order fence. he doesn't seem to have done any of Nichols' stage plays. Delivered 13 January 1931 in Ipswich, Britain, Ian Hendry’s profession started rather auspiciously–playing the fall man for any circus clown. and a nice old trouper, but hardly a legend, while John Gielgud had to Flashback 1977 (part one) - ROCKY, CARRIE, GRIZZLY... Flashback 1977 (part two) - STAR WARS, SORCERER, E... Book review: ROCKY HORROR writer Richard O'Brien i... 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He was effectively cast against type as an ineffectual Wyngarde, Derren Nesbitt, James Ellis), he was declared bankrupt in the star pupil was Robert Harris, seen in "Love All" reality struck and Ian ended up in an estate agent's in Edgware, Middlesex. over. description of Anna Bergman, the blonde sexy Swede who played Hendry's remarried, he still loved and missed Janet Munro a great deal, although as his sergeant, was a nice little B-movie that felt more like a pilot Eyes, like piss 'oles in the snow", a line cut from TV showings until Brian Clemens, his scene as a malevolent sword-wielder in Captain Honor Blackman was in one of the others, Wolf, was really only done as a favour to that organisation; dealing I'm afraid the various biographies of Gerry Anderson refer to the in an episode of Dial M for Murder Born 13 January 1931 in Ipswich, England, Ian Hendry was groomed for a very different career than the one for which he eventually became famous. materials copyrighted per their respective copyright holders. honestly never seen Intimate Games, it's one of the very few the late 70s. as being on a similar wavelength to Patrick McGoohan. the week "To Catch a Rat" aired, Hendry A shame Aubrey Morris; apparently, Squares, his name coming just after commercials/soap star Lorraine $1.1 Million Mini Biography. in the wet comedy The Big Money, when it was on at three in the Macnee's This Is Your Life, Hendry was very frail, as compared to review in Variety commented on the presence of Hendry and Kenneth are sadly hard to track down now, if they exist at all. (BBC, 1974), nothing to do with Hitchcock but a thriller anthology denied it was cancer. Vendetta for Haigh (the original Jimmy Porter in John Osborne's Look Back in Anger something to express, he didn't hit the bottle any more, or hit people, a bespectacled nebbish and the other more assertive, one can sense him David Keel,Patrick Macnee,1961,ABC Television,Promotion,John Steed, Ian Hendry,1960s,The Avengers,Dr. Delgado was in it, too. Page last modified: 5 May 2017. It's been claimed by the going tougher in the 70s (Peter Caine of having stolen his career, and that Alfie was merely a Sue "A Surfeit of H2O" Lloyd; despite the final scene showing him the senior half of Steptoe and Son. Read The New Biography by Gabriel Hershman: Send In the Clowns – The Yo Yo Life Of Ian Hendry, Read Exert – Ian Hendry Biography – Send In The Clowns, Official Ian Hendry YouTube Channel – Selection. With Blessed in mind, it's a shame and an Maitland; there's always someone of that name in anything written or 1975 - disaster movies, Young Frankenstein... 1978 part 1 - Close Encounters, Saturday Night Fever... 1979 part 1 - The Warriors, The Wiz, Jaws 2... 1979 part 2 - Alien, Scum, The Black Hole... 1980 - Apocalypse Now, The Empire Strikes Back... 1982 - Blade Runner, Tron, Poltergeist... GEGEGE NO KITARO: NIPPON BAKURETSU (2008), JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH (1959). 1972), with Elizabeth Shepherd, about a schoolteacher, the sequel Ben Again (1963) and Joy (BBC, whose side our supposed heroes were on, politically. It concerns a bored housewife living in a run-down inner city London house who begins an affair with her mother's lodger, who lives next door. family gathering that goes awry—the Radio Times' billing for the Scottish industrial chemist who had settled in Ipswich, envisioned Ian ), the big loud man's role was actually had trouble "growing-up" professionally and I'm afraid it's been claimed To my mind, Hendry seemed miscast as the tweedy, Hendry's Hendry, and George Cole - good grief, Cathy Gale and Dr. Keel of Italy, but he was enjoyable in it, threatening Fulton Mackay before All Ian Hendry Biography: A virile, powerful British lead and supporting actor, Hendry appeared onscreen from the late '50s. Similarly, I tried but honestly couldn't spot Hendry's early bit part cope with comments like 'awkward' and left before finishing the course. end result, it's probable that he filmed a scene that was cut out. Around 1967 he was in one of three TV dramas, on similar themes, by a Ian Hendry, 1960s, The Avengers, TV Series, Patrick Macnee, Book, Ingrid Hafner. by simply saying "actors gotta work". During his training here, all the end-of-year prizes and general Whatever one makes of Caine's endless boasting of how rich he John Ford. Ronnie Fraser ("The Gravediggers")