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Dudley Sutton RIP

Bedsaddick
Bedsaddick Posts: 24,892
in Not Sports Related
Has died today aged 85

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  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,892
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  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,427
    RIP. A great character actor.
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    RIP
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Not tinker :-(
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,143
    RIP always enjoyed watching him
  • addickfanatic
    addickfanatic Posts: 1,113
    Was great in Lovejoy. RIP
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,858
    RIP, he played a great character in Lovejoy, one of my favourite shows back in the day.
  • alan dugdale
    alan dugdale Posts: 3,086
    RIP. Loved him in Lovejoy.
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 34,023
    edited September 2018
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  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,543
    Lived just off Kings Road and was a real local character, often to be seen out and about.
    Loved frequenting The Chelsea Arts Club and The Phoene Arms back in the day.
    Loved a pint or two did Dudley.
    RIP......Dudley......RIP.

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  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,249
    Appeared in some 60s classics too, like Rotten to the Core and Leather Boys. RIP Dudley.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,429
    a face you could never forget .. R I P
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,082
    A random scene from Lovejoy was filmed in my mate's garage... Tinker was in it. Lovely guy, RIP
  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    RIP Dudley
    Great character actor
  • Bangkokaddick
    Bangkokaddick Posts: 4,315
    Always played the support role but often stole the scene, the sign of a very good actor.

    RIP Dudley
  • mattaddick
    mattaddick Posts: 655
    Great actor but responsible for possibly the lowest point in my life. In the early 90s I was an impoverished journalism student in Essex and working in a long forgotten rubbish supermarket called Leo's in a town called Great Dunmow. I had to wear a terrible 'uniform' and stack shelves. One evening I was on my knees stacking very cheap dog food (Chappie I believe) onto a bottom shelf. At the time Lovejoy (anyone remember that?) Was filming in the area. Near closing time Dudley Sutton who played Tinker came in the almost empty supermarket and strolled casually down the dog food aisle. He was lost in his own thoughts - maybe learning his lines - and proceeded to tread heavily on my heel and ankle causing me to yelp with pain. He looked down at me disdainfully as my eyes watered with pain and humiliation. No words were spoken. No apology forthcoming. I knew my place. I reflect on this as a low point in my life. Ie being trodden on by Dudley Sutton while wearing a horrendous supermarket uniform, on my knees, shovelling cheap dog food onto the bottom shelf of a low ranking supermarket. Dudley Sutton would have forgotten the encounter within seconds. I still carry it. Why Dudley. Why?
  • uie2
    uie2 Posts: 4,596
    Loved him in Lovejoy and great in Porridge too RIP
  • Taxi_Lad
    Taxi_Lad Posts: 3,793
    Was great as Danny Dyer’s grandad in The Football Factory
    RIP
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    And a fine performance in the Sweeney amongst many other roles. Lovely words on Twitter from Chris Jury who played Eric in Lovejoy.
    Dudley was basically not out of work from the late 60’s until his sad demise.
  • Horsfield9
    Horsfield9 Posts: 3,084
    RIP Dudley

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  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    RIP
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,143
    Been watching The Beiderbecke Affair over the last couple of days ... forget Dudley Sutton was in it and how good he is in each scene.
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    Is that on TV or you watching DVD's?
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,143
    Riviera said:

    Is that on TV or you watching DVD's?

    DVD, got a box set of the trilogy and includes a four-part mini series Get Lost! which was a prequel starring Alun Armstrong.

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