A HAPPY #STPATRICKSDAY!
I was looking for any connections with Peter and Ireland... couldn't
find anything really. A few tours in theatre productions and the
filming of #Hammerfilms,
'Sword of Sherwood Forest' Robin Hood film in some beautiful
surroundings.. And then I realised I had missed the obvious . . Paddy
Smith! 😃
PADDY WAS A CLOSE friend to Peter for many years, was his driver, stand-in,
and extra in quite a few films, Hammer's 'The Curse of Frankenstein'
and 'Frankenstein Created Woman' , 'Captain Clegg' . . he drove the
coach to Château Meinster in 'Brides of Dracula' and did some work on
Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing's 'Nothing But The Night' .. sometimes
known under it's 'total give away title' 'The Resurrection Syndicate'
in 1973. Here is Paddy in costume, clowning around with PC during the
shoot. Paddy appeared in quite a lot of TV work too, usually 'walk
on-walk off' roles. BUT he always stands out! 😃 If you are celebrating today, have a grand and safe 😐 Happy St Patrick's Day 😊
A RARE AND CANDID photograph of Peter Cushing on a home visit to see his
friends, Nic Gadd and his wife in Whitstable in around 1991😊
.. this was a rare thing, as in his later years PC loved nothing better
than staying home, reading. During the 1950's up until his wife Helen
died in 1971, he 'upstairs studio' was his den of many, many hobbies and
activities . . painting, model making, stamps, postcards . . a man
happy to #stayathome
