The adventures of a voiceover

A lady in waiting?

In the meantime, I continued with photographic modelling. One day I was sent to a studio in Chelsea. To my surprise, the photographer was...

Kidnapped by a Hollywood actress

In my teens, I was a movie fanatic. My record was eight films in seven nights. Hollywood seemed like heaven and I never dreamt I would...

Gangsters tried to kill me.

One evening, I was waiting for a friend at the bar in a disco in Soho. Sitting at the next table was a beautiful girl who looked lonely....

How I lost a million dollars

One sunny morning (all mornings are sunny in California) I received a call from my agent, Bob Lloyd. I had been cast as the on-camera...

A very sad story

Michael Whittaker was recommended to me because he was instrumental in starting fashion shows in England and offered me a gig on a cat...

Talisman Tobacco

A few weeks later, my agent sent me to a casting for Talisman pipe tobacco, and I was lucky enough to be chosen. The location was...

Public Enemy No.1

Gigs in showbiz are not regular, so there’s always time to look at other options, one of which was stunt work, so I joined a stunt agency...

Timex - not so waterproof!

A discerning producer must have thought I looked like I was capable of digging up the M1, so he cast me as a navvy. The TV commercial was...

Oh, what a terrible mornin'!

Some time after the Mark Vardy commercial, I was introduced to a fabulous agent called Joan Reddin. She was wonderful and arranged for me...

My first on-camera job

My first on-camera job was at the Cineast Studios in Paris, the producers told me to have a sporting limp − don’t ask! It was for the...

Finding my feet in the world of work

When I left school, I had no idea about a career because no-one advised me, so I went to the Labour Exchange and attended several...