Comic Strip LegendsThis
is a homage to those actors in the Comic Strip Films who have left us
before their time.
15 May 1961-7 September 2002
(appeared in Funseekers and Eat The Rich)
A character actress of unusual
intensity, Katrin Cartlidge moved seamlessly from early success on
Channel 4 to far more challenging big-screen work with
Mike Leigh and
Lars Von Trier. Her shockingly early death
robbed the British film industry of one of its most outspoken champions,
who used her increasing fame as a vehicle for tireless promotion of
unfashionable causes. [MORE]
16 December 1934-18 June 1991
(appeared in Oxford, South Atlantic
Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie! The Strike, Five Go Mad on Mescalin, Five
Go Mad in Dorset, The Supergrass, Eat the rich)
Ronald Allen also made a number of
guest appearances in
The Comic Strip Presents. In the first episode,
Five Go Mad in Dorset, which spoofed
Enid Blyton's
The Famous Five stories, he makes a surprise appearance as Uncle
Quentin; deliberately (and wonderfully!) sending up his staid image, he
most memorably told
The Famous Five, "Your Aunt Fanny is an unrelenting nymphomaniac -
and I am a screaming homosexual."[MORE]
...1937 - October 1997
(appeared in GLC, South Atlantic Raiders:
Part 1, Five Go Mad on Mescalin, Five Go Mad in Dorset, Eat the rich)
His first acting role was in the film
Carry On Girls in
1973 where he played an uncredited role as a Bearded Audience
Member. This was followed by appearances in many television series such
as
Doctor Who,
Blake's 7,
Are You Being Served?,
The Gentle Touch and
Dramarama. He also appeared in films such as the
James Bond film
A View to a Kill (1985) and
Willow (1988).[MORE]
 Malcolm
Hardee
5 January 1950 - 31 January 2005. The
photograph on this section used with permission by John Flemming.
(appeared in The Bullshitters, Private
Enterprise, The Yob, South Atlantic Raiders Pt1, GLC and The Crying
Game)
Much loved by all who knew him, described
as being to comedy what John Peel was to music, Malcolm was known as
a comic, an agent, a manager and a
club-owner. Please visit this website:
http://www.malcolmhardee.co.uk/ for all you need to know about Malcolm.
Sandra Dorne
Sandra Dorne was born
on 19 June 1924 in Keighley, Yorkshire. Famous for her platinum blonde
hair and husky voice she appeared in some 35 films
nearly always cast as trollops, good-time
girls, and "other women."
In 1954 She married fellow actor Patrick Holt, whom she was married to
up until her death.
If you would like to
finish this biography off please email me using the address on the
Contact page.
Coming Soon: Neil
Cunningham and Paul Bartel.
If I've missed any one off please let me
know. To qualify as a legend, the person must have been in at least two
Comic Strip Presents films and obviously deceased.
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