The Strange World Of Gurney Slade. Image shows from L to R: Sid Green, Gurney Slade (Anthony Newley), Dick Hills. Copyright: Associated Television
The Strange World Of Gurney Slade

The Strange World Of Gurney Slade

  • TV sitcom
  • ITV1
  • 1960
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Surreal sitcom starring Anthony Newley as Gurney Slade, an actor who interacts with animals, posters, dustbins, and all inanimate objects inbetween.

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Cast
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Anthony Newley Gurney Slade
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  6. Series 1, Episode 6 - Episode Six
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Guest cast
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John Bennett Napoleon
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Michael Brennan Herbert Pledge
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Erik Chitty Clerk
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Janine Faye Child
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Jeffrey Gardiner Richard Brown
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Keith Goodman Policeman
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Dilys Laye 'Mrs Petty'
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Charles Lloyd Pack Tinker
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Hugh Paddick Fairy
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Norman Pitt (as Norman Pitts) Sir Geoffrey
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Edwin Richfield Husband
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Lindsay Scott-Patton (as Lindsay Scott Paton) 'Alfie'
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Bernard Spear 'Ramsbothom'
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Graham Stark (as Graham Starke) Fairy
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Joy Stewart Wife
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Una Stubbs Vacuum Cleaner Girl
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Anneke Wills (as Annika Wills) Girl on Airfield
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Douglas Wilmer Prosecution
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Bernie Winters Albert (Best Man)
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Rose Alba Actor
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Gerry Alexander Actor
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Julie Alexander Actor
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Liane Aukin Actor
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Bryan Bada Actor
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Christopher Banks Actor
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Pamela Beckman Actor
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Newton Blick Actor
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John Bosh Actor
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John Bosh Actor
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Tom Bowman Actor
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Sherry Brind Actor
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Gerald Case Actor
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Carole Cole Actor
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Maureen Connell Actor
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Kenneth Cowan Actor
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Margaret Cox Actor
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Margaret Cox Actor
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Jay Denyer Actor
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John Dunbar Actor
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Hal Dyer Actor
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Wallas Eaton Actor
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Coral Fairweather Actor
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Fenella Fielding Caroline the Cow (Voice)
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Pauline Foreman Actor
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Moyra Fraser Actor
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Valerie Galbraith Actor
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Peter Glaze Actor
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Rosemary Grafton Actor
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Stephen Hancock Actor
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Dane Howell Actor
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Gillian Hoyle Actor
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Gaynor Jones Actor
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William Kendall Actor
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John Kidd Actor
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Ann Lancaster Actor
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Ann Lancaster Dog (Voice)
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Howard Lang Actor
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Robert Langley Actor
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Marjie Lawrence (as Marjorie Lawrence) Actor
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Graham Leaman Actor
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David Lott Actor
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David Ludman Actor
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George McGrath Actor
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Kenneth Nash Actor
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Melanie Newton Actor
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Audrey O'Flynn Actor
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Margaret Offord Actor
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Liza Page Actor
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Steven Patrick Actor
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Jackie Pearlman Actor
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Edna Petrie Actor
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Frank Pettit Actor
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Michael Phillips Actor
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Louie Ramsay Actor
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Fred Rawlings Actor
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Pamela Reece Actor
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Tracy Reed Actor
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David Rendall Actor
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Edwin Richfield Actor
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Joe Robinson Actor
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Harold Siddons Actor
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Keith Smith Actor
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Deborah Stanford Actor
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Vi Stevens Actor
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Joy Stewart Actor
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Derek Tansley Actor
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John Tyrrel Actor
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James Villiers Actor
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Geoffrey Wearing Actor
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Writing team
Person Role Episode count
Sid Green Writer
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Dick Hills Writer
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  6. Series 1, Episode 6 - Episode Six
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Production team
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Alan Tarrant Director
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Alan Tarrant Producer
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George Clark Editor
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Fred Pullen Editor
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Henry Graveney Production Designer
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Max Harris Composer
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Philip Hickie Production Designer
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Geoffrey Palmer Floor Manager
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Anthony Newley Creator

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