For more than twenty years Robert Gillespie (star of Keep It in the Family) was stopped on the streets—on staircases, on tube platforms and while driving—recognised for his lasting contribution to television sit-com.
Butterflies, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads, Rising Damp, The Liver Birds, Agony, George and Mildred, The Fall and Rise of Reggie Perrin, The Harry Worth Show, Only When I Laugh... are just a few of the many, many shows in which he featured.
That didn't happen overnight. Nobody pops out of mummy's tummy, waves, and says 'Hey, I'm going to be an actor.
So... discover the Hungarian connection—and how, if Adolf Hitler hadn't interfered, Robert might have been French!
World War 2 kicks off and four American soldiers "invade" the family home.
School next—a firm first foot planted on a stage. Leading to the grand amateur society and its brilliant professional mentor—not to be missed
Robert's hopes for RADA were stratospheric—the reality is as funny as it is sad.
Unexpected— barely believable— came two years at the Old Vic. On stage with Richard Burton, Claire Bloom...!
One-of-a-kind Joan Littlewood hired him. Robert describes how younger actors gasp when he tells them he worked for the great guru. Well... what he writes is an eye-opener.
There's the Mermaid Theatre with her tail in the river, eccentric Bernard Miles, a cutlass fight with Errol Flynn's double, and Spike Milligan as Ben Gunn.
Robert gets the chance to walk down Bond Street dressed as a woman—twice.
