Comments on: The Museum of Cultural Waste: Quicksilver

By: fústar

fústar — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:27:55 +0000

Kashgar is d’winner (bad luck Grannymar). It is indeed John Alderton. The image does look Wodehouse-y alright but I haven’t a clue what it’s from specifically. It ain’t Zardoz though.

I had a childhood crush on Pauline “Downstairs” Collins…

By: copernicus

copernicus — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:28:56 +0000

That reminds me, “Friend”, Zardoz was on over the Crimbo on one of the channels far down the Sky box.

Awesome.

By: copernicus

copernicus — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:27:05 +0000

I have known from the off that it was John Alderton but as the Tony Kenny guy I felt I should leave the field to other players.

I remember when he was the chauffeur in upstairs downstairs that him and Pauline Collins used to have extra-marital relations.

But of course, they were married in real life so it wasn’t as delightfully filthy as my pubescent self bethunk me at the time.

By: Grannymar

Grannymar — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:04:51 +0000

John Alderton was my first choice and then I thought maybe it was an ‘Irish’ actor, if so my suggestion is a very young Tony Doyle.

By: Kashgar

Kashgar — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:58:36 +0000

‘Tis John Alderton probably in one of the P.G Wodehouse / Ben Travers adaptations.

By: fústar

fústar — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:26:04 +0000

Tom Conti then?

No he stole her real heart in real life.

By: Ithaca

Ithaca — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:56:08 +0000

Tom Conti then?

By: fústar

fústar — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:31:31 +0000

Not John Whitney (whoever he is).

Not Peter Bowles (but not far off).

He stole the heart of Shirley Valentine.

By: Ithaca

Ithaca — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:19:25 +0000

Peter Bowles in the ‘Irish RM’ series?

By: Niall

Niall — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:37:42 +0000

Is that John Whitney?

By: fústar

fústar — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:34:34 +0000

It’s never Alan Stanford?

It never is. See my previous comment for a massive, tv-show-sized clue.

By: Simon McGarr

Simon McGarr — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:38:46 +0000

It’s never Alan Stanford?

By: fústar

fústar — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:27:43 +0000

No takers on the above photo? No takers upstairs? None downstairs?

By: fústar

fústar — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:59:26 +0000

TK does have a touch of the Gabriel Byrne’s about him, ’tis true. Not sure GB has appeared as Aladdin in an RTE panto though. A black mark on his CV.

And Jimmy Stewart?? Miles off.

By: foolhardy

foolhardy — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:19:26 +0000

Jimmy Stewart.

I’d have sworn the other one was Gabriel Byrne.

Copernicus, I’ll be up in Dublin tomorrow for to be booking my berth on the coffin ship. Will give you a call later.