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Douglas Simmonds, who played the lovable kid
Doughnut, followed his lifelong ambition for science and made it his career.
Until recently he was a researcher in medical computing at a major hospital in
the UK. For six years prior to that position, Doug was a theoretical physicist
and at one time was even a medical student. He held a very responsible
position with the Department of Health in England. Douglas has taken early retirement and is currently pursuing other interests."Hello, Doug!" |
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Peter
Firth, who played Scooper, has made for himself an
illustrious career in film and television. The following is taken from a
biography of Peter Firth:
"Peter Firth is perhaps best-known for his film and stage portrayal of Alan
Strang in Equus, a role which earned him a Golden Globe for Best Supporting
Actor, an Academy Award nomination, a Tony Award nomination, the Theatre World
Award and the Plays and Players Award for Best Young Actor.
Firth's other film credits include Franco Zeffirelli's Brother Sun Sister
Moon, Aces High, Tony Richardson's Joseph Andrews, Robert Altman's When You
Comin' Back, Red Ryder, Roman Polanski's Tess, Chris Bernard's Letter to
Brezhnev, John McTiernan's The Hunt for Red October and Richard Attenborough's
Shadowlands. Firth has appeared onstage in numerous productions including Bill
Bryden's Romeo and Juliet and Spring Awakening, both at the National Theatre,
and Peter Hall's Amadeus on Broadway."
See Peter Firth in the smash BBC series, Spooks (aka MI-5) as Harry Pearce. An extensive
list of Peter Firth's credits may be found on the Internet Movie
Database."Hello, Peter!" |
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Brinsley Forde,
who played Spring on the show, has made other television and
movie appearances to his credit including, "Leo the Last"(1970), "Please
Sir"(1971),"The Georgian House"(1976) and "Babylon"(1980). Brinsley is an
accomplised musician in his own right. He is the lead singer and rhythm
guitarist for the reggae group, "Aswad."
You can also hear
the music of Brinsley Forde with Aswad perform with Sting in the movie, "The
X-Files". He can be seen on VH-1 as the host of "Heart of Soul". I just found
out from Producer Frank Wilson from 6 Music (BBC digital radio) that
Brinsley is presenter of the program
"Lively Up Yourself". Tune in and show your support. "Hello, Brinsley!" |
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Michael Audreson, who played scientific genius Brains,
appeared in such hits as "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and "Good Bye Mr. Chips." in
uncredited roles. In 1972 he was in the movie, "Young Winston" where he played
Winston Churchill at age 13. Michael even had a part in the series, "The
Tomorrow People" as Flyn in the episode "The Thargon Menace." From the 1995
interview on French TV Michael reported that he produced shows in England. More
on Michael to come...Keep watching. "Hello, Michael!" |
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Gillian Bailey, who played Billie, also played many
roles on television in the years that followed the DD, such as Follyfoot and
Poldark among several others. More recently she has been doing work as a script
editor in England. She completed her university studies and received a degree in
English Literature and has since received her MA degree in Theatre Research. She
has also earned her doctorate in Theatre. Gillian wrote me and generously
provided this and more information about her life and career, as well as some
favorite moments on the DD. "Hello, Gilli" |
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Debbie Russ, who played Tiger appeared in the 1973
movie, "Go For a Take" where she appeared as "Tiger" from the Double Deckers.
Later on Debbie reportedly attended La Sainte Union where she earned a degree in
English, then went into Marketing. She is doing well for herself in Japan where
she now resides. She has been quite busy doing several radio programs there. I'd
like to know what else she has been up to. "Hello, Debbie!" | |
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Bruce
Clark, who played Sticks, was a great addition to the
gang. Bruce is alive and well and living in the United States. He is married and
the proud father of a lovely little girl. More about Bruce to come. "Hello,
Bruce!"
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Melvyn Hayes, who played Albert, the gang's street
sweeper adult friend, has had and continues to have an amazing acting career
in film and television. He even has an official website! You can check out his
official site at www.melvynhayes.com. "Hello, Melvyn!"
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