Thread: Harry Towb RIP
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25th Jul 2009, 5:49 PM #1
Harry Towb RIP
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8168967.stm
83 is a good age, of course, but I'm rather sad about this. The first BBC Video I ever bought was The Seeds of Death back in about 1987, and for whatever reason his was one of the names from the guest cast that stuck in my mind. I've seen him pop up in various things over the years too.
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25th Jul 2009, 7:07 PM #2Captain Tancredi Guest
Slightly surprised to see it on the front page of BBC News, but I'd guess it may well be important news in Northern Ireland. I think he once gave an interview where he said that as practically the only actor in Equity who could do both Northern Ireland and Jewish, he'd carved himself out a nice little niche.
I have to say that I think of Harry Towb every time I see one of those inflatable armchairs- needless to say I've never bought one...
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25th Jul 2009, 10:42 PM #3Pip Madeley GuestSlightly surprised to see it on the front page of BBC News
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26th Jul 2009, 11:46 AM #4
Poor old Harry Towb. He had an amazing career and seems to crop up in the most surprising of places, The Ghosts of N-Space notwithstanding!
RIP
Si xx
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26th Jul 2009, 2:04 PM #5
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Fond memories of him in You And Me, of all programmes; but then he was good in all the things I've seen him in.
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26th Jul 2009, 6:30 PM #6
Strange that Ceefax's headline calls him an "Eastenders star" when he was only in one episode!
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26th Jul 2009, 7:01 PM #7
His death is all over Ceefax, BBC News and Digital Spy! Not being cruel, but is it a slow news day? Cyril Shaps never got this coverage.
Si.
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27th Jul 2009, 9:36 AM #8
RIP Harry. Very sad news
You were really good as McDermot in Terror of The Autons, not standing any nonsense from The Master, but then falling victim to that horrible plastic chair'Steed is one of my most valuable subjects he's too valuable to lose'
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27th Jul 2009, 1:07 PM #9
He would have been 84 today. It's sad that he died 3 days before.
Harry Towb was really good in both of his brief televised roles in Doctor Who where he came to a sticky end in both at the hands of the villains. He was quite funny as Mario in the radio serial The Ghosts of N-Space as well.
It's unusual that the BBC calls the former serial Doctor Who and the Seeds of Death, very Target-like.
Another fine actor gone. R.I.P.
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