[TV] Derek Fowlds RIP

[AmexRuislip]

Heartbeat actor Derek Fowlds has passed away

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Mr Derek to Basil Brush.

 

[WATFORD zero]

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

I remember him best for Yes Prime Minister.

RIP

 

[Lenny Rider]

Another part of our youth gone forever. RIP

 

[LlcoolJ]

I remember him best for Yes Prime Minister.

RIP

Indeed. He was excellent. RIP.

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[Beach Hut]

RIP

Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister were his finest TV hours

 

[GT49er]

I remember him best for Yes Prime Minister.

The last of the three stars of the show to go. RIP

 

[Mr Putdown]

I remember him best for Yes Prime Minister.

RIP

Frightening to think the last episode of Yes Prime Minister was broadcast 39 years ago.

 

[Dave the OAP]

Mr Derek has died.

Another brilliant actor from my generation shuttles off this mortal coil.

 

[Dave the OAP]

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

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[Frutos]

Frightening to think the last episode of Yes Prime Minister was broadcast 39 years ago.

The last episode of Yes Prime Minister was broadcast in 1988, so "only" 32 years ago.

 

[Beach Hut]

Poor man has died twice

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Do we really HAVE to do this every time some mediocrity us oldsters saw on the three-channel telly of the seventies shuffles off this mortal coil?

 

[jakarta]

Mr Derek to Basil Brush.

Didn't Basil refer to him as Mr Creases?

Wonderful in Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister, epitome of understated acting.

82 is a good innings but sad nevertheless.

 

[Brovion]

Do we really HAVE to do this every time some mediocrity us oldsters saw on the three-channel telly of the seventies shuffles off this mortal coil?

Yes. Yes we do. It is actually quite sad; I grew up with him from Basil Brush to Yes Prime Minister. Can't believe he was 82! Didn't know he'd been in Heartbeat though, slightly surprised that that is the only show referenced by the OP. (Wasn't that just a vehicle for that bloke off Eastenders? Nigel Berry?)


EDIT: If someone was proposing a minute's applause/silence/jumping etc then yes, I'd agree with you.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Do we really HAVE to do this every time some mediocrity us oldsters saw on the three-channel telly of the seventies shuffles off this mortal coil?

Yes.
What happens when the Krankies pass from this mortal coil, we'll have all the resident Jockos moaning that no one has mentioned it on here

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Was my friend's neighbour for years

 

[Giraffe]

I've literally only just realised that he played the character in Heartbeat. Never put the two together before now. I guess that's the sign of a damn fine actor.