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   Message 229 of 629   
   Jerry Kohl to Gordon Davie   
   Re: Peter Woodthorpe (voice of Pigsy in    
   16 Aug 04 21:33:56   
   
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   From: jeromekohl@comcast.net   
      
   Gordon Davie wrote:   
      
   > Uthur wrote:   
   > >>>>> Peter Woodthorpe, the actor who so famously dubbed the English   
   > >>>>> voice of Pigsy in the cult Japanese TV show Monkey, very popular   
   > >>>>> in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, passed away on Thursday 12   
   > >>>>> August 2004, less than a month after finishing work on the 13   
   > >>>>> unseen Monkey episodes.   
   > >   
   > > That's really sad.  He did amazing work in Bakshi's Lord of the Rings   
   > > and the BBC radio version.  He never got the recognition he deserved.   
   >   
   > I've been trying to place him ever since I heard this. It's sad that most   
   > people will probably remember him as Del and Rodney's dad in OF&H.   
      
   In just that one episode from Christmas 1983? I should have thought   
   many more people would know him from the role of Max, the phlegmatic   
   pathologist in Chief Inspector Morse.   
      
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   Jerry Kohl    
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