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Castaway
1 appearance
An English actor who began his stage career at the Palladium, Edinburgh, and worked in twice-nightly repertory.
On the island
Eight records
Peter Severs, isn't it? Mm-hmm. Um. Setting fire to a policeman.
Jenny Garland Come rain or come shine.
played by another dear friend of mine, Alan Clare, whom I've Followed around various clubs and places and hangouts he's been playing in for years.
Listen to and spent a lot of time in her company over the years. I think she's a lovely person and a great talent.
The keepsakes
No book or luxury recorded for this episode.
In conversation
Presenter asks
0:31How did you start [acting]?
I managed to get myself into Fair Compton's studio of dramatic art, because I thought it would be smaller than the Royal Academy, so I might have a little bit more attention, as I knew absolutely nothing.
Presenter asks
0:41What was your first job?
I got a job. At the Palladium Theatre, Edinburgh.
Presenter asks
4:31When you were demobilized, John, how did you find things in the profession?
Well, I like um thousands of other people, it was uh difficult to, you know. pick up the threads and so on. Yes. Um it took a bit of time.
Presenter asks
6:16How many Dad's Army episodes have you done?
Well, I think we must have done about fifty or so. It's been I think it's been going about four years or nearly five years. And it's a very, very happy assignment.
Presenter asks
7:40In comedy, your professional personality is that of a desperately worried man. In real life, do you worry a lot?
I do, yes, I do tend to worry, yeah. Um … You know, the usual actor's worries, but they go beyond that. You know, I worry if I've got nothing to worry about.
Presenter asks
10:41Could you look after yourself in these unfortunate circumstances on the island?
I doubt it. … I'm not doing I'm being u useless, really. I just have to sort of stand around and wait for some. For allow of a man or woman to come by in a boat or something like that.
“I did an awful lot of rep. Possibly too much, but I didn't I don't regret it at all, because I like to think I might have learnt something.”
“I think everybody in it will agree that we didn't think it would come. you know, so successful because we thought it would only appeal to people of my sort of age group, but children seem to dig it”
“so often as you know people get put in tight little compartments and they say always that man's needs all right in comedy we don't touch him in drama he's no useless so it was nice to be asked”