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James Grout

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WalesGuy	James Grout	Lead	[-]
Jul 3 12 1:19 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	British character actor James Grout died June 24th aged 84. Film credits included THE ABOMINABLE DR PHIBES, THE RULING CLASS TV Credits included SUSPENSE, MAN IN A SUITCASE, DIXON OF DOCK GREEN, MIND OF J G REEDER, JASON KING, ITC THRILLER, ORSON WELLES GREAT MYSTERIES, CROWN COURT, Z CARS, BORN AND BRED, JULIET BRAVO, AGATHA CHRISTIE HOUR, BOX OF DELIGHTS, YES MINISTER, A VERY PECULIAR PRACTICE, ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL, RUMPOLE OF THE BAILEY and a regular role in INSPECTOR MORSE
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kcor.tylerandjacksmo...		#1	[-]
Jul 3 12 3:31 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	He played Granville Bennett in All Creatures (although I did not know this until I looked up Grout to see who he was)--he got my respect because I pictured Granville Bennett as a completely different physical type in my head while reading the books and bristled a little when I saw Grout in the first appearence of that character on the TV show BUT within minutes was in love with the TV portrayal and was always gratified when the character appeared some more. Good work, Mr. Grout.
Stuart4th		#2	[-]
Jul 5 12 4:49 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	He was great as Inspector Morse's long-suffering superior. Too bad - I always hoped he'd turn up, presumably long retired, on Inspector Lewis someday. Stuart Galbraith IV's CINEBLOGARAMA
perfsol		#3	[-]
Jul 6 12 8:59 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Also, he was very memorable as "The Professor" in Andy Hamilton's great radio series, Old Harry's Game, a comedy about Hell. Ill health made him bow out after Series 4/Christmas Special in 2002, and the series lost the perfect optimistic counterpoint to Hamilton's sardonic Prince of Darkness. Great show. Episodes stream from BBC's Radio's site http://www.bbc.co.uk/sear...=Old%20Harry%27s%20Game. Welcome to Hell -where Oliver Reed can never quite catch the barman's eye.

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