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A VERY SPECIAL HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my favorite DS actor, Humbert Allen Astredo,
born April 4, 1929.
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Elizabeth-
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Happy Birthday to HAA! [ghost_smiley]
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I'll bet he's still intimidating. Happy Birthday!
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Happy Birthday To The greatest actor on dark shadows!!!!! Humbert A. Astredo!!!! What an amazing actor he was!!!!
He is just so amazing!!!!!!
Evan H.
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Many happy returns to Humbert Allen Astredo! One of the true greats.
G.
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Happy Birthday Humbert!!!! We are BOTH Aries! [beer]
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We are BOTH Aries! [beer]
Another April Aries! It's great to have another member of the club. [ghost_cheesy]
(And someone else who's into Emma Peel as well. I suspect we have more than a bit in common. [ghost_smiley])
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Happy b-day to the greatest Nicholas Blair ! He was the best !
Love Anne [ghost_smiley]
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I went through Avengers season five not long ago, the Emma Peel color ones, plus half the last Honor Blackman season. I'd join an Avengers or Emma Peel club/board if I could find any.
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I went through Avengers season five not long ago, the Emma Peel color ones, plus half the last Honor Blackman season. I'd join an Avengers or Emma Peel club/board if I could find any.
Let me know if you find one! That would be AWESOME!!!! [spin]
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I'm not an Aries, but I *am* a huge Emma Peel/Avengers fan. I'm also a huge fan of Honor Blackman and have been revisiting some of Linda Thorson's shows recently and finding them better than I had remembered (both in terms of Thorson's performance and as shows). I also recently discovered Julie Stevens who appeared as Venus Smith in a few episodes during the 1962-63 season.
A friend told me that there are discussion boards where you can write reviews and share chat with fellow fans on A & E's "Original Avengers" site. If I have the chance to check it out, I'll post the link in this thread.
I think that although the Avengers had a much more substantial budget and much glossier production facility than DS, both series share a number of attributes in common, including the ability to deploy distinguished veteran character actors in juicy guest roles and a look, sound, and style that become iconic. Each in its own way, both also were definiing exemplars of facets of the mid to late Sixties cultural ethos. I'm very pleased to see that both shows continue to find new fans!
G.
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I'm not an Aries, but I *am* a huge Emma Peel/Avengers fan. I'm also a huge fan of Honor Blackman and have been revisiting some of Linda Thorson's shows recently and finding them better than I had remembered (both in terms of Thorson's performance and as shows). I also recently discovered Julie Stevens who appeared as Venus Smith in a few episodes during the 1962-63 season.
A friend told me that there are discussion boards where you can write reviews and share chat with fellow fans on A & E's "Original Avengers" site. If I have the chance to check it out, I'll post the link in this thread.
I think that although the Avengers had a much more substantial budget and much glossier production facility than DS, both series share a number of attributes in common, including the ability to deploy distinguished veteran character actors in juicy guest roles and a look, sound, and style that become iconic. Each in its own way, both also were definiing exemplars of facets of the mid to late Sixties cultural ethos. I'm very pleased to see that both shows continue to find new fans!
I agree totally!!! But my favorite will always be Diana Riggs! [ghost_smiley]
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In 1980, I saw Astredo on Broadway, in the Liz Taylor production of The Little Foxes.
God, he was good!
Around 1998, a friend of mine in Connecticut realized that the older gentleman he kept seeing around the neighborhood was indeed old Nick Blair from DS!
We both wrote him fan letters, and we each got lovely handwritten replies from the man himself.
My letter is now attached to the back of my HODS poster.
Happy Birthday to a GREAT actor, who never got his due.
David