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Kingdom

No mention of his role in Kingdom? Jergosh (talk) 09:33, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Y There is a mention now. Andrew🐉(talk) 13:08, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Flawless

What, another page with this false Flawless credit? Ackland appears in Passion of Mind with Moore. Neither actor appears in Flawless. What's going on here? Soy Keymaster 09:05, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently you're wrong. Wildhartlivie (talk) 17:21, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My Changes

I changed Paul Scofield's name to those of two future Dames who were at the Old Vic with Ackland. Scofield never appeared at the Vic. Ackland worked with him at Stratford, but that was before he went to Africa. I also corrected the spelling of Aleister Crowley's forename.

Rogersansom (talk) 09:05, 5 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Year of birth

Birth year 1928 has been changed to 1924 throughout the article, yet the source we're relying on says 1928. What's going on? -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 03:10, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Y It's back at 1928 now. Andrew🐉(talk) 13:09, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Missing from TV credits

I clearly recall Joss Ackland in a TV Canterbury Tales series https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000722/?ref_=tt_cl_i_1 Perhaps someone can add this to his Wiki TV credits page.

The reason I recall this was the, for its time, outrageous statement his character made, something like "I will grind your balls[?] into a frog's turd".

Another recollection is that the music was written by Johnny Dankworth (and I can still recall the jaunty opening tune). Perhaps someone interested in completeness (after verifying it) will add this fact to Dankworth's Wiki page. Thank you.

As a matter of passing interest, Joss was televised in an interview about his house in (Devon?) where he related an incredibly coincidental tale about its previous ownership - but memory doesn't stretch far enough to say anything more about that. It was so very interesting it would be worth someone who delights in the byways of history spending time ferreting it out.

My apologies for now having a head full of useless knowledge but unable to cope with the intricacies of editing Wikipedia due to old age. Potterton6 (talk) 12:21, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the suggestion. There are various sources out there for this and the most interesting I've found is Russell Grant's reminiscence. I've made a start on adding this but need to figure out the BBC Genome Project for a solid source. Note also that Ackland returned to Chaucer on the radio in 2000 but I suppose that listing all his radio credits would be an even bigger challenge. Andrew🐉(talk) 12:52, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]