The Saint: The Invisible Millionaire
12:35 am - 01:35 am, Friday, June 19 on That's 20th Century (71)
Add to Favourites
About this Broadcast
The Invisible Millionaire
Season 2, Episode 22
A millionaire survives a car crash, but needs to have his face constantly wrapped in bandages. His daughter fears he has been replaced by an imposter. Jane Asher guest stars
General
Movie/Drama
More Information
Did You Know..
Roger Moore
(Actor)
.. Simon Templar
Born:
October 14, 1927
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing James Bond for a record 12 years.
Early-life:
Roger George Moore was born on October 14, 1927, in Stockwell, London, the only child of a policeman. He originally wanted to be an artist, gaining experience as a tracer at an animated film company. After National Service spent in military intelligence, he worked as an extra in the films Perfect Strangers and Caesar and Cleopatra. The director Brian Desmond Hurst arranged for him to train at Rada, which helped get rid of his cockney accent.
Career:
Moore's first important film role came in the 1949 musical comedy Trottie True, but he supplemented his income by modelling. In 1953 he moved to the US, gaining a contract with MGM. He appeared alongside Elizabeth Taylor in The Last Time I Saw Paris before concentrating on TV work. Ivanhoe made him a star and he followed that with Maverick and The Alaskans. After moving back to the UK, Moore starred in The Saint and The Persuaders before becoming James Bond in 1973's Live and Let Die. He stuck with the role until 1985's A View to a Kill. Other films include Gold, The Wild Geese and The Cannonball Run, as well as plenty of comic turns as parodies of himself. He died on May 23, 2017 at the age of 89.
Quote:
'My acting range? Left eyebrow raised, right eyebrow raised.'
Trivia:
Moore became a UNICEF ambassador in 1991.
Jane Asher
(Actor)
.. Ellen Chase
Born:
April 05, 1946
in
London
Best Known For:
Her cakes.
Early-life:
Born in Marylebone, central London, on April 5, 1946. Her father, Dr Richard Asher, was the first psychiatrist to identify Munchausen syndrome. Her mother Margaret taught at the Guildhall School of Drama and Music and counted Beatles producer George Martin among her pupils. Her brother Peter was a member of 1960s band Peter and Gordon, her sister Claire also dabbled in acting before becoming a teacher. She's a descendant of Richard III and is also distantly related to Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
Career:
Asher made her film debut aged five in the film Mandy. By the age of 15 she had featured in eight movies, nine TV shows and numerous radio plays. She gained more grown-up roles during the 1960s in productions such as The Masque of the Red Death, Alfie and The Mill on the Floss. She also appeared in several episodes of The Saint, required a body double for the nude scenes in Deep End, was frightened to death in cult horror The Stone Tape, and starred in both Brideshead Revisited and the revamped Crossroads. She's also made various stage appearances.
Quote:
'Despite what you might think, my life is not perfect. There are socks in my fruit bowl at home.'
Trivia:
Away from acting she has a cake-making business, has written three novels and is President of the National Autistic Society and the Parkinson's Disease Society.
