VERY SAD TO HEAR ROY SKEGGS, one of the very few left of the Hammer
films 'home guard' sadly passed away on the weekend. Roy was a producer
for Hammer Films and began his connection with the company way back at
Bray studios in 1963 as production accountant. Roy was then promoted
to 'company accountant' and secretary. He became production supervisor
in 1970 and (with Brian Lawrence) took over the reins of the company
when it fell into receivership in 1979. Was latterly chairman of Hammer films, based in Elstree.
ROY WAS BORN in 1934. He was a very capable and respected producer and
production manager, and probably best known for his work with Hammer
films. He was responsible for Peter Cushing's last return to the company
with the tv series, Hammer House of Horrpr' in 1980. The series
expanded into 'Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense' in 1984, and became
a winner overseas and the US. He worked alongside Peter on
'Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell' (1974), Dracula AD 1972 and The
Satanic Rites of Dracula.
A PERIOD OF ILLNESS took Roy away from his
love of Hammer films in the 1990's... but in the last few years,
although always having been a very shy man, he stepped out to one or two
conventions and signing days .. and was surprised not only how much he
enjoyed the attention...but how fans and the public remembered him and
his work with Hammer films. A hard worker, very good at 'math' and was
responsible for bringing Hammer back to the small screen and Cushing's
final bow as Frankenstein. Thank you Roy
