... TERENCE FEELY Author and television scriptwriter Terence Feely, whose work ranged from the violence of Callan to adapting the romantic novels of Barbara Cartland, died recently aged 72. Born in Liverpool, he was educated by Jesuits before gaining a First in English from Liverpool University. He went on to work as a journalist in regional, and then Fleet Street newspapers. During the fifties he ...

... Meriel Forbes Although she was a distinguished and elegant actress on the London stage, the career of Meriel Forbes, who has died at the age of 86, was perhaps overshadowed by that of her husband, Ralph Richardson. She excelled in light comedy, but her range was wide and she shared the stage with stars such as Vivien Leigh. John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier and, on many occasions, Richardson. Bom ...

... FRASER KERR Known as an actors actor, Fraser Kerr, who died on March 19, was born in Glasgow. It was there that he trained in drama and also made many appearances on Scottish radio as a youngster. Kerr joined the Fraser Neal Players in repertory at Edinburgh and Glasgow, featured in several pantomimes for the company and also appeared at the Edinburgh Festival with Sonia Dresdel in Miss Julie ...

... PAMELA INGRAM Always on schedule and budget, the work of scene designer Pamela Ingram, who died of cancer on March 8, was in demand from West End producers and provincial theatres throughout her career. Born before the Second World War, her parents were Harold Ingram who later became musical director for the Royal Shakespeare Company and soprano Christine Svendsen. She was a child of the ...

... Sir John Gielgud John Barber, former theatre critic of The Dally Telegraph (196SS6) writes: There were giants in the earth in those days. Of the great ones lately among us. the longest lived has now departed, and surely the greatest of them all. John Gielgud dominated the British stage for 70 years, and as actor-manager, director and controller of design, contributed more to the theatre than ...

... Julie Dawn Dance band vocalist and broad caster Julie Dawn has died at the age of 79. She sang fluently in four languages and, with her dark, striking good looks, featured prominently with several leading bands of the day. Bom Juliana Rosalba Theresa Mostosi in London, she studied at the Guildhall School of Music as a teenager before being hired to sing at the famous Quaglino's Restaurant with ...

... REG WILLIAMS Reg Williams, journalist and publi cist, died recently at his home in Los Angeles, aged 69. Reg was well-known in London in the seventies as a press and publicity manager for EMI with special responsibility for the Talk of the Town. He vyorked enthusiastically on the Spec tacular floor shows and with the many stars who appeared there. He also assisted David Jones at EMI with his ...

... Frank Patterson Although he was known as Ireland's Golden Tenor, and performed as a guest artist with many of the leading orchestras in Europe and various other countries around the world, Frank Patterson, who died recently aged 61. enjoyed the majority of his success in North America. After making his first public appearance as a boy soprano in his home town of Clonmel, County Tipperary. on ...

... NORMAN TYRRELL Actor Norman Tyrrell died on April 24, aged 82. Bom in South London, he grew up in, and was a committed member of, the Congregational Church. For many years a member of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the Christian pacifist group, he gave up an office job and joined the Pilgrim Players at the outbreak of war. On its one-night stands around the country, the company produced a ...

... WILLIAM FAIRCHILD One of Britain's most distin guished screen writers and a highly successful West End playwright, William Fairchild died at the age of 81 on May 9. His career in the Navy, where he held the rank of Lieutenant Commander, often provided the background and theme material for much of his writing. Fairchild was born on June 1, 1918 in Boscastle, Cornwall and attended Dartmouth ...

... FRASER KERR rrooaoiy oesi Known as one of the most prolific and best loved radio actors for more than 30 years, Fraser Kerr appeared in hundreds of broad cast plays and despite being an innate Scot who off stage had a mellifluous Scottish accent, he had one of the most versatile voices in the history of radio broadcasting. But running parallel with that distinguished career Fraser also had a ...

... TONY GUTTERIDGE For many years, Tony Gutter- idge, who was also known as Tony Luke, supplied animals, acts and equipment for vari ous functions and shows in particular a wide range of authentic horse-drawn vehi cles, harness and horses which were used in a string of major films and costume dramas. He was a schoolteacher before joining Ringland's Circus during the late forties, handling its ...