ANOTHER VERY FAMILIAR FACE FROM UK TV AND FILM SADLY LEAVES US . . .

SAD NEWS to report, actor Keith Barron has passed away at the age of 83. Keith had a long career in British television starting the 1960s. One of his best known series was the Yorkshire Television sitcom Duty Free (1984-86), also as Detective Sergeant Swift in The Odd Man. Others included Haggard & All Night Long. He was also a regular cast member on the ITV Drama Where The Heart Is.

With Peter Cushing Keith Barron as Dr. Haynes in 'Nothing But 

The Night' (1973)

KEITH BARRON guested in Dr Who, Benidorm and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and many more. Keith co-starred with Peter Cushing in two films, 'Nothing But The Night' (1973) as Dr Haynes & 'At The Earths Core' (1976)

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CUSHING CLIP: MYSTERY ON MONSTER ISLAND

OUR NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL is now open, and here is a recent upload and a clip that was shared on our Peter Cushing Appreciation Society Facebook Fan Page yesterday, for our #throwbackthursday post.

IT'S PETER CUSHING in the rarely seen film, Mystery on Monster Island (1980) loosely based on a Jules Verne novel and co-starring Terence Stamp....... It wasn't so  well received at the time, and certainly makes you think about who the producers were aiming this film at? For the kids, this was a miss. The special effects are quite dated, when you think families had been treated to the wonders of Indiana Jones and Star Wars sequels around this time. As you can see from the screen cap below, we are back in the land of At The Earth's Core-men-in-suits-monsters, and the whole film seems likely inspired by the Kevin Conner/John Dark monster-fantasy productions that began with THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT (1975) and ended with WARLORDS OF ATLANTIS (1978). BUT we do have Cushing, it's brief, but as usual even this late in his career...classy and he LOOK good too, take a look at  his script below, and again we see his knowledgeable hand in the choices of costume and  his props.

MYSTERY ON MONSTER ISLAND CAST:
Ian Sera (Jeff Morgan), Terence Stamp (Taskinar/Skinner), Peter Cushing (William T. Kolderup), David Hatton (Thomas Artelect), Gasphar Ipua (Carefinatu), Blanca Estrada (Dominique Blanchard), Ana Obregon (Meg), Frank Brana (Birling), Paul Naschy (Flynt), Gerard Tichy (Captain Turkott)
Directed by Juan Piquer Simon.