Posted by John Birch on July 14, 2000 at 15:12:50 from gateway1.gsi.gov.uk:
In Reply to: Re: Swallows and Amazons Film posted by David Shelton on July 14, 2000 at 09:25:51:
I'm sure I've seen some of the actors elsewhere (ie. on TV). Mind you they may just seem familiar because I've watched the film itself so often.
The trouble is that I think child actors often have to change their names to "stage names" when they reach a certain age (ie. if they have the name of another actor). This can make tracking them down a shade difficult.
Incidentally, was "John" played by a relative (son?) of Simon West (the one who played Churchill)?
And was acting in an AR dramatisation a similar kiss of death to the actors in the BBC's Coot Club/Big Six dramatisations?