+krezzybot My uncle was the former accountant of McGann Clones™ in 1968. Supposedly after it was found out how many UN human rights laws were being broken the company was liquidated and the subjects all given an arbitrary Christian name.
Sir John Mills and his wife, Mary, were both actors. Their 2 daughters were Juliet and Hayley, and their son, Jonathan, were all actors. Juliet is now married to actor Maxwell Caulfield and her daughter, Melissa, from her 2nd marriage, is also an actor. Hayley was married to British actor Leigh Lawson and is now married to American-Indian actor Firdous Bamji. One of her sons, Crispian Mills, is lead singer of Kula Shaker. Quite a dynasty!
Note that Emilia Fox also played Morgause in Merlin! She was on for more than half of the seasons and played a significant part in Morganna's character development!
You could probably add a few more acting families. I thought you would have included the Mill’s. But with so much acting talent in Britain, you’d need much more time. Loving your series, always fun and interesting.
Wow, recognized the McGanns but probably all this time I thought I was watching the same guy in all the different parts. They do look an awful lot alike. Wonder if Casting people get confused?? probably not.
Thank you, Wonder what you would have to look for specifically in order to decide on one versus another. I imagine some would decide one was a better actor, but sheesh that would be hard to take if you were not the chosen one.
It was during filming of the Sharpe series that Paul broke his leg and they ended up recasting the lead with Sean Bean From interviews I've heard, I don't think there was any confusion on the part of the people casting the Doctor Who movie, but Paul often makes that joke When I was looking up clips of Peter Capaldi right after he was announced as Twelve, one of the clips that came up was some TV movie about the Beatles...when they showed Lennon, I called out "That's a McGann! Not sure which one, but it's a McGann!…" (btw, it's Mark)
Joe McGann is easily my favourite. I watched him in the sitcom *The Upper Hand,* the soap *Night and Day,* and the sketch show *Harry Enfield and Chums* among other shows where he made cameos like in *My Family,* *All Creatures Great and Small,* *Heartbeat,* *Merseybeat,* *Casualty,* etc as well as the film *Liverpool Nativity.* I didn't even know he had any brothers until last year when I was looking for old British comedies from the 1990's that I'd forgotten about.
Suddenly the Redgrave thing makes sense! Whenever I see a Redgrave on TV I swear I've seen them in something before, but imdb gives me nothing. I never realised they're all related and look alike!
There's the Mills, the Troughtons and the Kemps (ex Spandau Ballet). Julie Dench has a daugther Finty by her late husband, Michael Dench, all three, actors .
There's also the Troughtons. Patrick Troughton (first TV Robin Hood and the 2nd Doctor in Doctor Who, was also in The Omen among other things), his sons David and Michael Troughton (who have both also appeared in Doctor Who - three times in David's case) and his grandsons Sam Troughton (Much in Robin Hood) and Michael Melling (best known as Dudley Dursley in the Harry Potter films)
You forgot the Thompsons. Eric Thompson who should be canonized for the Magic Roundabout (yes, the stop-motion is French but it's only funny because Eric messed about with it); his wife Phyllida Law, one of the great actors of her generation; the unfeasibly talented Sophie and the luminescent Emma.
My favorite acting family is our future family, Siobhan. Sorry to spring a proposal on you like this, but it was the only way to really make it a surprise.
Yayness! Another one! Love it. With how small, and I say that respectively, Britain is, It's no wonder how diverse and brilliant these families are. Whereas here in the States we have so many actors that our acting families aren't as diverse, In fact the only three that come to mind for me are the Fondas, the Baldwins, and the Sheens (having to remember that Emilio Estaves is in fact a Sheen)
Joe McGann is easily my favourite. I watched him in the sitcom *The Upper Hand,* the soap *Night and Day,* and the sketch show *Harry Enfield and Chums* among other shows where he made cameos like in *My Family,* *All Creatures Great and Small,* *Heartbeat,* *Merseybeat,* *Casualty,* etc as well as the film *Liverpool Nativity.* I didn't even know he had any brothers until last year when I was looking for old British comedies from the 1990's that I'd forgotten about.
What about the Mills family? About stage names, this down to Equity not allowing two actors to have the same name so they make up a name or insert middle names or initials.
5:00 I was panicking when The Redgraves have not been mentioned. Luckily you've stepped in and declare them as # 1 DYNASTY just seconds before I am almost going to have a heart attack.
I have to be honest.. even if I don't care at all about the subject I cant stop watching her talk ..lol umm I meant that in a nice not weird way 0_o I believe its best said as captivating. (I am having no audio issues whatsoever it sounds fine)
Also part of the Smith-Stephens is Patricia Quinn aka Magenta from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. she was his second wife after Maggie! And Vanessa Redgrave went out with Timothy Dalton (aka James Bond) for nine years :)
You could have done the allens, actor and musician Keith Allen (who payed the sheriff of Nottingham in that bbc Robin Hood series) is father to the pop star lily Allen and actor Alfie Allen who is known for playing theon greyjoy in game of thrones
Believe it or not Lily Allen is actually a third generation performer. Keith(and Kev)’s parents were part of an esteemed traveling circus or something like that.
+yarnycakes Sir Lawrence Olivia, Sir Michael Redgrave and Sir Ralph Richardson all joined the Royal Navy in World II (before they had their knighthoods). The Redgrave and the Richardson families are connected.
Also, the actors union, Equity, doesn't allow two actors to have the same name. 'Chris Stephens' may already have been taken. This same rule is the reason why a certain David McDonald had to change his name to David Tennant. And the rest is history.
A lot of the actors mentioned in this video are very diverse in terms of what they have done, not just stuff on stage. If you haven't heard of any of these names, then you, sir, are not paying attention to the extreme talent going on on this planet.
This foreigner was delighted to recognize so many actors she'd seen on television, in BBC series on PBS and in movies, so maybe you should broaden your horizons.
Seriously need to work on the sibilance, it makes otherwise very enjoyable videos nearly impossible to watch. Just move the mic, if that doesn't work visit your dentist.
