Vid: James Maxwell Tribute
I have been a bit AWOL, but for reasons and also now I have a vid! And, all right, so it is a vid of James Maxwell, BUT it is totally a vid containing cute children and animals, paper aeroplanes, stuffed toys, random barometers, wilful destruction of property, Emma Peel kicking ass, vampires, tea and coffee drinking, two Henry VIIs, rocks, Nazis, space ships, and an actual kitchen sink. Also epic hand-holding (but not anything like as much as there could have been).
James Maxwell Vid
Basically, multi-fandom obscure character actor love. (Girl on Approval, The Traitors, Espionage, Evil of Frankenstein, The Power Game, The Avengers, Portrait of a Lady, Otley, Dracula (ITV 1968), The Tower of London: The Innocent, The Shadow of the Tower, The Hanged Man, Raffles, Doctor Who, Enemy at the Door, and The Racing Game.)
3.37 mins. Warnings only for some scrappy old sources, plus some WWII German soldiers & Nazi salutes right at the end. Also I might have accidentally shipped stuff.
JM1 from lostspook1 on Vimeo.
(Password: maxwell)
Also here at YouTube and not looking as bad as usual (but it is prettier on Vimeo).
I was thinking it'd be nice to make a James Maxwell fanvid for August - it will be 20 years ago that he died this year, but then that seemed a bit morbid. (And, really, he should have a tribute for his theatrical work*, except that's not within my power.) But I still wanted to have a go and, since he apparently loved music and making people laugh, I wound up making a (hopefully!) amusing vid set to Mozart. For April, and let's forget the whole thing about people being dead, which shouldn't be allowed.
I couldn't fit in The Racing Game at the end, but was determined to include it because there is a Sid Halley micro-fandom around, so put in the quote. (But all his accents are fake, and that one's not my favourite. So I keep glaring at it for not having his SotT voice.)
Anyway, I had fun, & I hope some people who aren't me also have fun watching. There are no spoilers that I can think of (except maybe for one episode of The Avengers). I'd think a lot of it should be funnier out of context, too? Maybe...
And if I still don't know why I like him, I think this does at least show that there's more to James Maxwell than Underworld! Plus, yes, he really was in a lot of TV & film of which this is only a small selection - being basically things that I had legal access to at the time of making this vid. (So sadly, the glory that is his two Dangerman eps are not included, and let's not even get started on the masses of 60s things that don't exist any more.)
The sources:
Girl on Approval (1961; issues film about fostering a difficult teenage girl)
The Traitors (1962; spy B-movie)
Espionage (1963; ITC spy anthology)
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964, Hammer Horror.)
The Power Game (1965/66; ABC series. JM is a semi-recurring character in S1.)
The Avengers ("The Superlative Seven" 1967; ABC series)
Otley (1968, spy comedy)
Portrait of a Lady (BBC 1968; as Gilbert Osmond)
Dracula (Thames TV, 1968; as Dr John Seward)
The Tower of London: The Innocent (BBC 1968; as Henry VII, one-off drama)
The Shadow of the Tower (BBC 1972; as Henry VII 13 part serial)
The Hanged Man ("The Bridge-Maker" Yorkshire TV, 1975; drama serial)
Raffles (ITV 1975; as Inspector Mackenzie, pilot only)
Doctor Who ("Underworld" BBC 1978)
Enemy at the Door ("Treason" LWT 1978; WWII drama)
The Racing Game (Yorkshire TV, 1979; as Charles Roland, 2 eps. Adaptation of Dick Francis's Sid Halley series.)
With many thanks to Liadt for the kind loan of Raffles!**
Also featuring: Rachel Roberts (Girl on Approval), Patrick Allen (The Traitors), Rosemary Leach (The Power Game), Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg (The Avengers), Tom Courtenay (Otley), Suzanne Neve (Portrait of a Lady, Dracula), Denholm Elliott, Susan George, Bernard Archard (Dracula), Norma West (Shadow of the Tower), Christopher Strauli (Raffles), Tom Baker (Doctor Who), Simon Cadell, Alfred Burke (Enemy at the Door), and Mike Gwilym (The Racing Game). Plus others seen too briefly to mention.
* James Maxwell was one of the founding artistic directors of Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre. As well as helping to set it up and run it, he acted there, wrote translations, and adaptations of 19th C literature, and directed many plays, usually comedies. Which is why he was on TV less from the late 70s onwards. It doesn't really explain why people now claim that he haunts the Royal Exchange, but at least I get some bemusement and amusement out of mentioning it each time. And it does mean that he's in (what I assume is) a very rare category of actors who have made appearances on TV from beyond the grave. (If you believe Most Haunted, that is.)
** Amazon lied to me about which Raffles DVD set contained James Maxwell. I shall probably never forgive them. Or Victor Carin, who had the misfortune of not being James Maxwell.
And, at some point, I will catch up with other stuff a bit. (♥)
Crossposted from Dreamwidth -- Comments there:
James Maxwell Vid
Basically, multi-fandom obscure character actor love. (Girl on Approval, The Traitors, Espionage, Evil of Frankenstein, The Power Game, The Avengers, Portrait of a Lady, Otley, Dracula (ITV 1968), The Tower of London: The Innocent, The Shadow of the Tower, The Hanged Man, Raffles, Doctor Who, Enemy at the Door, and The Racing Game.)
3.37 mins. Warnings only for some scrappy old sources, plus some WWII German soldiers & Nazi salutes right at the end. Also I might have accidentally shipped stuff.
You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com
JM1 from lostspook1 on Vimeo.
(Password: maxwell)
Also here at YouTube and not looking as bad as usual (but it is prettier on Vimeo).
I was thinking it'd be nice to make a James Maxwell fanvid for August - it will be 20 years ago that he died this year, but then that seemed a bit morbid. (And, really, he should have a tribute for his theatrical work*, except that's not within my power.) But I still wanted to have a go and, since he apparently loved music and making people laugh, I wound up making a (hopefully!) amusing vid set to Mozart. For April, and let's forget the whole thing about people being dead, which shouldn't be allowed.
I couldn't fit in The Racing Game at the end, but was determined to include it because there is a Sid Halley micro-fandom around, so put in the quote. (But all his accents are fake, and that one's not my favourite. So I keep glaring at it for not having his SotT voice.)
Anyway, I had fun, & I hope some people who aren't me also have fun watching. There are no spoilers that I can think of (except maybe for one episode of The Avengers). I'd think a lot of it should be funnier out of context, too? Maybe...
And if I still don't know why I like him, I think this does at least show that there's more to James Maxwell than Underworld! Plus, yes, he really was in a lot of TV & film of which this is only a small selection - being basically things that I had legal access to at the time of making this vid. (So sadly, the glory that is his two Dangerman eps are not included, and let's not even get started on the masses of 60s things that don't exist any more.)
The sources:
Girl on Approval (1961; issues film about fostering a difficult teenage girl)
The Traitors (1962; spy B-movie)
Espionage (1963; ITC spy anthology)
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964, Hammer Horror.)
The Power Game (1965/66; ABC series. JM is a semi-recurring character in S1.)
The Avengers ("The Superlative Seven" 1967; ABC series)
Otley (1968, spy comedy)
Portrait of a Lady (BBC 1968; as Gilbert Osmond)
Dracula (Thames TV, 1968; as Dr John Seward)
The Tower of London: The Innocent (BBC 1968; as Henry VII, one-off drama)
The Shadow of the Tower (BBC 1972; as Henry VII 13 part serial)
The Hanged Man ("The Bridge-Maker" Yorkshire TV, 1975; drama serial)
Raffles (ITV 1975; as Inspector Mackenzie, pilot only)
Doctor Who ("Underworld" BBC 1978)
Enemy at the Door ("Treason" LWT 1978; WWII drama)
The Racing Game (Yorkshire TV, 1979; as Charles Roland, 2 eps. Adaptation of Dick Francis's Sid Halley series.)
With many thanks to Liadt for the kind loan of Raffles!**
Also featuring: Rachel Roberts (Girl on Approval), Patrick Allen (The Traitors), Rosemary Leach (The Power Game), Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg (The Avengers), Tom Courtenay (Otley), Suzanne Neve (Portrait of a Lady, Dracula), Denholm Elliott, Susan George, Bernard Archard (Dracula), Norma West (Shadow of the Tower), Christopher Strauli (Raffles), Tom Baker (Doctor Who), Simon Cadell, Alfred Burke (Enemy at the Door), and Mike Gwilym (The Racing Game). Plus others seen too briefly to mention.
* James Maxwell was one of the founding artistic directors of Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre. As well as helping to set it up and run it, he acted there, wrote translations, and adaptations of 19th C literature, and directed many plays, usually comedies. Which is why he was on TV less from the late 70s onwards. It doesn't really explain why people now claim that he haunts the Royal Exchange, but at least I get some bemusement and amusement out of mentioning it each time. And it does mean that he's in (what I assume is) a very rare category of actors who have made appearances on TV from beyond the grave. (If you believe Most Haunted, that is.)
** Amazon lied to me about which Raffles DVD set contained James Maxwell. I shall probably never forgive them. Or Victor Carin, who had the misfortune of not being James Maxwell.
And, at some point, I will catch up with other stuff a bit. (♥)
Crossposted from Dreamwidth -- Comments there: