Sir Roger answers your questions Febuary 2005

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Dear Sir Roger
Noel here from Australia again. I trust you are well and happy.
Anyway, my question is:
I know your time is mostly taken up with UNICEF, but do you still have time to or like to draw anymore? You are very good at it, the drawing you did of your children as a Christmas card was wonderful.
Also, if I could ask, do you have a favourite artist?
Thanks for continuing to answer our questions considering your busy schedule.

Kindest regards
Noel Members name nhv007

Sir Roger. I doodle occassionally and make the odd little sketch on the back of a napkin ... unlike Picasso restaurants tell me they'd prefer the cash though!

I don't really have a favourite artist. I admire anyone who can draw, paint, sculpt or animate ... it's a skill I never really developed to any great extent, well I was fired from my first job, but I do find it quite relaxing.

 

 

 

 

 

Hello Roger
When you were spotted by the MGM talent scout in 1953, could you try to give us some idea how it felt for a young up-and-coming actor to go to such a large studios in Hollywood and rub shoulders with some of the greatest movie screen legends and specifically which people impressed you when you met them?
Cheers David. Member name David

It was on April 1st 1954 that I walked into MGM - there was on omen! It was, I guess, at the tail end of the great studio days, but it was still very exciting to meet people that I'd seen on the big screen at my local Odeon - Lana Turner, Elizabeth Taylor, Stewart Granger, Grace Kelly and so forth.
I must admit that I was in total awe of Stewart Granger. He was my idol. He was so charming and friendly towards me. Many years later we both appeared in The Wild Geese. Alas, we didn't share a scene, but we did meet. I told him that as a child he was my idol and how I'd announced, upon hearing I'd been accepted into RADA, that I was going to be "the next Stewart Granger". He seemed totally perplexed as to why anyone would want to be him - such was the charming, unassuming man.

Dear Sir Roger,

First of all I would like to say how much I admire you for your career (your James Bond was the ultimate hero of my childhood),for what you do as UNICEF ambassador and simply for the nice person and the perfect gentleman you have always been. You have what I call "ATC": A Touch of Class!
Thank you for beeing who you are.
I've had the joy to see you last year on a swiss show called "Fensterplatz" (by the way: congratulations for your pronounciation!); I was nevertheless surprised to see you in Cran-Montana as I know you live in Gstaad. So my question is:
What is your favourite place in Switzerland: Gstaad and the Bernese Oberland or Cran Montana and the Valais?
Anyway, I think you find Switzerland is a beautiful land, don't you?
Thank you for your answer.
Best whishes
Pierre

Well, I spent many years living in Gstaad and still visit there regularly - as my son and his partner Jamie have a restaurant there. Crans is equally beautiful, and peaceful. It's a very beautiful country all round to be honest, and I'm very fortunate to call it home.

 

 

Hello Sir Roger
I remember watching the clipping of you on the TV program called The Best of British in which we see you in I believe your very first film close-ups during the making of the film called Trottie True with the monical to your eye. It's was quite amusing to see the clip of the future James Bond in these more humble days. Was your involvement very brief in this film because I wondered if you could remember anything particular about making this film with you being a newcomer and were there any other particular well-known actors of the time on set?
Cheers Jim

 

It was my first film at Pinewood Studios - where I later spent many happy years. I played one of many "stage door Johnnies" (one of the others being Christopher Lee). Not a very starry start, as I think there were about 20 of us sharing a dressing room. I sort of shared a scene with Lana Morris, which was very nice. Other johnnies included Ian Carmichael and Patrick Cargill.

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Sir Roger:
I’m thirteen years old and I live in Chile (you visited us some years ago). Please forgive me if there are any spelling mistakes. First of all, I would like to thank you for taking the time to answer our questions, and of course congratulate you for your work at UNICEF. I have watched your Bond films since when I was five years old and I am very fond of them, but I wanted to ask you about the film Bullseye!. Is there any anecdote or interesting story that you could share with me about that film?

Thanks in advance, Mattjoes
The Sir Maurice Sir Roger is referring to below is of course Sir Michael Caine who's real name is Maurice Micklewhite. The Blind piano tuner Sir Roger enjoyed playing in Bullseye is in the top right of the picture. Bullseye was directed by Michael Winner bottom left, of "well, calm down dear it's only a insurance advertisement" fame Deborah Moore, Roger’s daughter plays Flo Fleming in the film and is pictured to the right of the name Moore above with dark hair.

 

Bullseye ... well, calm down dear it's only a film.

When I first heard about the film, it was set on the Orient Express travelling through Europe. What a great gig. But then as we got nearer to production, the money-men decided that was too expensive and instead it became a trip through Scotland! Not quite the same, but hey that's show business.

I did enjoy making the film though - with my old mate Sir Maurice. My particular favourite scene was when I dressed up as the blind piano tuner. I was quite outrageous.

Sir Roger-
I was lucky enough to meet you in University College Dublin some weeks ago, and on that occasion you light-heartedly bewailed the fact that you had forfeited that nights' episode of Strictly Come Dancing in order to be with us.
My question is, were you happy with the eventual outcome of Strictly Come Dancing? Did you feel the best couple won?
Many thanks,
Andrew .

Who was light-hearted?! I was deadly serious! I think Jill did splendidly well.

I love watching the show. They did ask me to do series one incidentally, but I'm a terrible coward plus devoting so many weeks was very difficult at that time, as I was travelling a lot with UNICEF.

 

 

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