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For his role as veterinary surgeon James Herriot in All Creatures Great and Small, the actor required training in vet procedures for accuracy in the show. [8] " Straight off the bat with our on-set vet adviser Andy Barrett, we were up close and personal with horses, sheep, kind of going through the procedures and things that we would be doing.
James Alfred Wight OBE FRCVS (3 October 1916 – 23 February 1995), better known by his pen name James Herriot, was a British veterinary surgeon and author. Born in Sunderland , Wight graduated from Glasgow Veterinary College in 1939, returning to England to become a veterinary surgeon in Yorkshire , where he practised for almost 50 years.
Timothy was born in Bala, Wales in 1940. [1] He is the son of Anglican priest and BBC announcer Andrew Timothy and his first wife, Gwladys Marian nee Hailstone. [2] [3]When aged five Timothy moved with his family to south London, and at thirteen to Shrewsbury, where he attended Kingsland Grange Preparatory School and Priory Grammar School for Boys, [4] and trained at the Central School of ...
The actor, who was also well known for his roles in British sitcoms "Only Fools and Horses" and "The Vicar of Dibley," died of pancreatic cancer aged 69 in January 2014. Verne Troyer Warner Bros.
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The Oscar-nominated actor, best known for his roles in films such as Godzilla and Elf, died on 8 April at the age of 81. Lerner’s death was announced by his nephew, The Goldbergs star Sam Lerner ...
Died in his sleep following a short illness 1 Character killed off in his sleep while on his deathbed in Season 1, Episode 4. Anne Kirkbride: Deirdre Barlow: Coronation Street: 1,439 2015-01-19 Breast cancer: Character killed off, possibly with brain aneurysm. Monty Oum: Lie Ren RWBY: 2015-02-01 allergic reaction 3
Siegfried Farnon, based on Wight's real-life professional partner Donald Sinclair, is played by Robert Hardy.Writer Michael Russell sums up the character's composition thus: "He is capricious, cantankerous, whimsical, arbitrary, unreasonable, unpredictable, ill-tempered, extravagant, effusive, contradictory, etc., yet in the midst of all that, the most loyal and caring of friends."