REMEMBERING BURGESS MEREDITH BORN THIS DAY

Today we remember Burgess Meredith, born on this day, a versatile actor whose career has coved multiple genres. Notable roles include The Penguin on TV Series Batman, servile appearances on The Twilight Zone, notable films include Rocky (1976), The Sentinal (1976)…. He co-starred with Peter Cushing in Amicus's Torture Garden (1967)

Peter Cushing as a guest on the UK Thames television programme 'Looks Familiar', broadcast 25th January 1979. Pictured here with presenter Dennis Norden are journalist, film and tv critic Dilys Powell and actor Burgess Meredith, who starred alongside Cushing in Amicus Films 'Torture Garden' in 1967. This was Peter Cushing's second appearance on the series, he first was with guests, Ernie Wise and Evelyn Laye broadcast on 23rd October 1975.

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IF PENGUIN PAPERBACK EVER PUBLISHED DOCTOR WHO . . .

Here is a great concept from Sheffield-based graphic designer and illustrator, Sean Coleman. Sean has designed a series of 12 postcards, using the familiar 'Penguin Book Format' as an imagined Penguin-style book cover. And bless him, he's included Peter Cushing's outing as the Dr, in 'Dr Who and the Daleks' (1965). If you'd like to grab yourself a set, follow the link to where you can bag them! JUST CLICK HERE! 

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