I met this lovely man in the toilets of the White Swan, Alnwick, in the late 70's. I should explain, my pals and I were jobbing extras on Mr More's film 'The Spaceman and King Arthur'. We were scrubbing ourselves in the loos (camping nearby) when in walked Mr More and John Le Mesurier - well what gentlemen they were, kind thoughtful, funny and caring - old school!
@TheClassicalSymphony - no bless him - he and John Le Mesurier were the top billed actors staying at the poshest hotel in town ! They caught us scrubbing up in the loos - great and kind actors 💪🏻
Cracking little cameo interview. the more I read of and hear Kenneth More clips the better I like him. And Mavis Nicholson one of the best interviewers of all time. He afternoon show was a treat
Mavis plays Kenneth like a stringed instrument. This interview deserves to be remembered as a model of its type. An interviewer doesn't have to bully, or deceive, a guest into opening up about themselves.
I met Kenneth More at Shildon in 1975 when he like me was at the 150th Anniversary of Steam and a treasured memory is his autograph that i still have today .... just a nice man and a great actor.
@classicfilm In my life i`ve been very lucky to meet some great actors ...... James Stewart and Dianah Sheridan ........ have there autographs and some picture of them .......... they were true stars of the cinema and very easy to speak too ......... nice people.
Wow. I really enjoyed this. I really enjoy these old interviews, the way they spoke, the style. I do like Kenneth More, he was in one of my fave films as a kid "A night to remember" and he played Douglas Bader in Reach for the Sky.
A very Decent Human being. His performance in Reach for the Sky was Very impressive and Sadly died too young at 67in 1982,ironically the same year as Douglas Bader.
Mavis sadly died recently, Mavis Nicholson (née Mainwaring; 19 October 1930 - 8 September 2022) was a Welsh writer and radio and television broadcaster. She was born in Wales, and worked throughout the United Kingdom.[2]
His autobiography, More or Less, was originally published in 1978, so this interview dates from then. He died four years later in 1982. The interviewer, Mavis Nicholson, is still alive, but will be 86 later this year, 2016.
I could have watched so much more of that how delightfully interesting funny witty man I have been brought up been told he was a pompous arrogant man he may have been all of them things but I could have listened to his wonderful stories marvelous upload :-)
I just started watching his films, any I can find. Saw the Battle of Britain many times and didn’t realize that was him until I started watching his movies. My favorite so far is, Reach for the sky…and Flame over India….
First film I remember of his was Man in the Moon. I was 6, so 1991. Growing up I saw more old movies than contemporary so these films seemed 'new' then. Watching it a voice in my head says I like this chap, he's great. Now, 37, Kenny remains my favourite.
My favourite actor always thought he would have made a great Henry Higgins in my fair lady just couldn’t take to Rex Harrison.Kenneth was a fantastic actor a true British gentleman thanks for some great films .
Terry Court ,now that you mention it,that would have been great casting.Kenneth was an insightful actor who would have been convincing as the indifferent bachelor and with his natural warmth and charm, would have won us over in the final scenes.I have most of his films on DVD and I enjoy them all.In “North West Frontier”,he brought out a natural warmth in Lauren Bacall that I had never noticed before.
Interestingly (to me at least) I was watching something recently where some actor of the time (I forget who) mentioned Angela Douglas saying "oh yes she 'shacked up' with Kenneth More didn't she" which sounded a rather unnecessarily loaded/barbed comment, I knew they were together but seeing this tells me it was maybe seen as a bit scandalous at the time
Kenneth died in 1982, so this must have been recorded in the late 1970s. Mavis hosted a large number of daytime shows on ITV when they launched a daytime schedule in October 1972.
Yeah, deffo correct. It was October 16, 1972, and among the content were Crown Court (Granada), Emmerdale Farm (Yorkshire), General Hospital (ATV), Houseparty (Southern), Jim's World (Southern), Women Today (ATV), Lunchtime With Wogan (ATV), Songs That Stopped The Shows (Tyne Tees), Good Afternoon (Thames), Toolbox (Yorkshire), Music Room (ATV), Melody Inn (Grampian), Tell Me Another (Southern), Junkin (Southern) and many more too numerous to mention in this post.
I don't drink Kenneth more . I can speak the scottish gealic language and yet you say I don't have a brain . I have a brain but I don't know much general knowledge though .stop nodding no I'm not interested .I'm not doing Scottish gealic and I'm not going back to it either .
