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RIP Terry McCann.....................

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bertiebertie Frets: 13569
edited May 2022 in Tributes
aka DS Carter..................and others

no more writing the theme tune, singing the theme tune.

not the greatest actor in the world but a massive part of, well most of my TV years really
just because you don't, doesn't mean you can't
 just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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  • KilgoreKilgore Frets: 8600
    edited May 2022
    I was a bit too young for The Sweeney. The intro music was the signal that I had to go to bed. I bloody loved Minder though, I watched a couple of episodes quite recently. 

    RIP. 
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  • rlwrlw Frets: 4715
    Forever DS Carter.. Youre nicked.  RIP. Dennis
    Save a cow.  Eat a vegetarian.
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  • DB1DB1 Frets: 5025
    Oh, blimey, that's sad news. I absolutely loved him and John Thaw together in The Sweeney. A great foil for George Cole in Minder, too. RIP Dennis and thanks for the memories.
    Call me Dave.
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  • Philly_QPhilly_Q Frets: 22987
    Oh wow, I hadn't seen this.  I don't (with respect) think he was a great actor, but he appeared in some great programmes.  There was a wonderful grimy, gritty feel to The Sweeney and the early series of Minder which I don't think we'll ever see in TV again.
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  • munckeemunckee Frets: 12400
    I wanted to be Terry McCann when I was a little kid. 
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  • scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 11318
    He was superb in The Sweeney. RIP. 
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  • NiteflyNitefly Frets: 4924
    Wow, that is a shock.  I never really got into The Sweeney (it was a time when I didn't have a telly), but Minder was brilliant.

    RIP indeed.

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  • tone1tone1 Frets: 5173
    munckee said:
    I wanted to be Terry McCann when I was a little kid. 
    Me too…..RIP Tel
    http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/59137/tone1#latest
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  • KittyfriskKittyfrisk Frets: 18850
    Very few people can maintain an acting career for over 30 years by effectively playing the same character in different situations.
    Good on yer Dennis, RIP.
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  • guitartangoguitartango Frets: 1027
    Banged to rights McCann. RIP
    “Ken sent me.”
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  • Devil#20Devil#20 Frets: 1966
    edited May 2022
    Very few people can maintain an acting career for over 30 years by effectively playing the same character in different situations.
    David Jason managed it. 

    Ian

    Lowering my expectations has succeeded beyond my wildest dreams.

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  • BellycasterBellycaster Frets: 5861
    Minder is still one of the funniest TV Programmes ever to grace our screens, in my opinion.

    Cor! Do leave off, Arfur!

    RIP.
    Only a Fool Would Say That.
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  • DominicDominic Frets: 16113
    He had quite a hit with the theme tune
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  • guitartangoguitartango Frets: 1027
    Bellycaster said:
    Minder is still one of the funniest TV Programmes ever to grace our screens, in my opinion.

    Cor! Do leave off, Arfur!

    RIP.
    Er indoors
    “Ken sent me.”
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  • usedtobeusedtobe Frets: 3842
    That’s really sad news. Almost an ever present on the telly box for about as long as I can remember.. 
    Sweeney was just great. Minder was good, too, but maybe went on too long.. also really enjoyed New Tricks..
     so if you fancy a reissue of a guitar they never made in a colour they never used then it probably isn't too overpriced.

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  • guitars4youguitars4you Frets: 14304
    edited May 2022 tFB Trader
    rlw said:
    Forever DS Carter.. Youre nicked.  RIP. Dennis
    Part of my teenage years, so yes I will always remember him as George - At least he can now go and have a chat again with his Guv'nor

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  • rlwrlw Frets: 4715
    guitars4you said:
    rlw said:
    Forever DS Carter.. Youre nicked.  RIP. Dennis
    Part of my teenage years, so yes I will always remember him as George - At least he can now go and have a chat again with his Guv'nor


    maybe they can now have their dinner....
    Save a cow.  Eat a vegetarian.
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  • axisusaxisus Frets: 28339
    Seriously? a supposed tribute thread and we don't even get the name Dennis Waterman in the title? 

    An iconic TV actor, sad to go relatively young at 74. RIP Dennis
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  • westwest Frets: 996
    Dennis waterman r.i.p ,  grew up watching him in the two obviously iconic series but i think he had more range than that , my favourite film of his is "up the junction"  with suzy kendall,  also loved him in the great tv series "the life and loves of a she-devil " with julie t wallace ... he also did a hammer with jenny hanley "scars of dracula "  and also british horror film peter collingsons "Fright " with the lovely susan george and interestingly george cole who even though they didnt meet on that film later became the classic duo ...

    its not that many child actors that transition and keep going with as long a career as he did , i was reading that he out lived john thaw by 14 years and the way both of them drank and smoked 74 is not a bad innings .... x
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  • westwest Frets: 996
    Loved it when as the character Terry he would say "blimey its taters "  took me ages to find out " taters in the mold " = Cold ...

    Also i read robin askwiths biog  its sounds like those london based actors in the end of the 60s / 70s had a wail of a time, george layton , dennis , richard O'sullivan and linda bellingham ( liked to get the girls out apparently lol )  playing footy and all the auditions etc ... Halcyon days ....
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