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by Bluestein·5y ago·view on hn ↗
Merchant Navy, milkman, nude model, lifeguard, truck driver, bricklayer, boxer, bodybuilder, street brawler (he once beat a gang of four while hanging out with Michael Caine, and another time, he defeated six people in a street fight.) ...

... and, finally, backstage maintenance worker at the King’s Theatre in Edinburgh. The rest is history.-

A 20th century icon.-

RIP.-

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He also recorded lovely narrations for Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG4wWO5HV3c&list=PLVJ2vTa3CV... and Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKjQlF-2WiA&list=PLVJ2vTa3CV... , apparently for charity in a spare evening between Bond shoots.
Thank you so much for the link to him narrating Peter and the Wolf. I’m listening to it now, and it’s fantastic!