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I have just found out that William Simons has died. Any heartbeat fans will remember him as PC Alf Ventress. I used to like Heartbeat.
RIP William.
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RIP William.
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Sad news.
I used to like the period in the series when Oscar Blaketon (Derek Fowlds) was the station sergeant and he was always bawling Alf out "Ventressssssss. My office. Now!"
I think one of my favourite episodes was where Alf became the victim of a practical joke played by the younger PCs in Ashfordly nick. Alf always used to bring in two hard boiled eggs for his lunch (prepared by Mrs Ventress who was often referred to but - like "Er Indoors" in Minder - was never seen on screen). He used to crack one against the other to break the shells. One day his mates substituted two raw eggs for his cooked ones with the predicable result when he cracked them.
Another snippet is that William Simons played Inspector "Br'er" Fox in the Inspector Alleyn mysteries. In the pilot episode Alleyn was not played by Patrick Malahide (who played the part in the series) but by Simon Williams. So the police team was Simon Williams and William Simons. Not a lot of people know that (nor, I suspect, do they care!)
He was also good as
I used to like the period in the series when Oscar Blaketon (Derek Fowlds) was the station sergeant and he was always bawling Alf out "Ventressssssss. My office. Now!"
I think one of my favourite episodes was where Alf became the victim of a practical joke played by the younger PCs in Ashfordly nick. Alf always used to bring in two hard boiled eggs for his lunch (prepared by Mrs Ventress who was often referred to but - like "Er Indoors" in Minder - was never seen on screen). He used to crack one against the other to break the shells. One day his mates substituted two raw eggs for his cooked ones with the predicable result when he cracked them.
Another snippet is that William Simons played Inspector "Br'er" Fox in the Inspector Alleyn mysteries. In the pilot episode Alleyn was not played by Patrick Malahide (who played the part in the series) but by Simon Williams. So the police team was Simon Williams and William Simons. Not a lot of people know that (nor, I suspect, do they care!)
He was also good as
//NJ - I might be completely mistaken but didn't we see a fleeting glance of 'er indoors' ; in that episode when Arthur was in charge of the wedding day plans of a relative//
No you're not mistaken, Baz. In the wedding episode Er Indoors was seen behind a pillar in the church. I think you could see about one third of her (vertically as she stood up) and what would have been visible of her face was concealed behind a large hat!
No you're not mistaken, Baz. In the wedding episode Er Indoors was seen behind a pillar in the church. I think you could see about one third of her (vertically as she stood up) and what would have been visible of her face was concealed behind a large hat!
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