Marc Martin wrote:

> I've been notified that the Mike Billington obituary in "The
> Independent" can be accessed via the Google cache.  Here is
> the text:

<snip>

> He spent his latter years living in Kent, encouraging his son Michael's
footballing aspirations,
> working on his autobiography and attending Cult TV events. He died just five
days before Ed Bishop.
>
> Toby Hadoke
>

Does anyone know how far he had gotten with his autobiography or if it was ever
published?
Lorraine


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Kevin, both versions are wonderful and I might get slammed but I am sure Ed and
Mike as well as the others were looking over your shoulder and approved.

                          bryan

croprobz <croprobz@...> wrote:
The drawing of Ed and Mike is finished.
I initially had in mind Ed (Straker)arriving in the next
life being greeted by Mike and other passed members of SHADO,
with some sort of background scene.But once the faces were
finished, adding bodies to the heads would have meant smaller
faces, and with the already low resolution on these uploads,
wouldn't have added anything to the effect.
So I hope the final result is acceptable for those wanting
a commemorative drawing without anything unnecessary added.
I had to leave David Warbeck out due to space, but he was
one of the less regular semi-regulars.
There are two versions, one with captions and one without any.
Some sections on the text version used thanks to Amelia.

Links: With captions:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SHADO/files/shado1.JPG

Without captions for a silent tribute:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SHADO/files/shado2.JPG

Regards, Kevin.





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He was doing it with Gareth Owen, from Roger Moore's office, who had more or
less become a sort of agent for Mike, if you go to the bondstars website there
is a little information, so whether the small amount he did with Mike will ever
be published, I don't know, I don't think there is enough material for that as
they had only been working on it since the beginning of the year.

Hope this helps,



Carie

Does anyone know how far he had gotten with his autobiography or if it was ever
published?
Lorraine


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Considering he is given credit for UFO, no one hardly mentions his name
here.

Can anyone give information about him?

Bruce

Hi all,

I see that Fanderson has announced 3 new UFO guests for their convention
this September -- Alan Perry, Dolores Mantez, and Jane Merrow.

    http://www.fanderson.org.uk/news2.html#Countdown

I thought I heard somewhere that Jane Merrow didn't even recall appearing
in UFO, although perhaps that was one of those false rumors...

Marc

Bruce Sherman wrote:
> Considering he is given credit for UFO, no one hardly mentions his name
> here.
> Can anyone give information about him?

There hasn't been much coverage anywhere (that I can recall) about
Reg Hill's contribution to UFO.

I know that in the DVD commentary, Sylvia implies that she ended up
doing the job that Reg was supposed to be doing, but who knows how
accurate that is...

Marc

Kevin wrote –
>The drawing of Ed and Mike is finished.
>I hope the final result is acceptable for those wanting a
>commemorative drawing without anything unnecessary added.

Very acceptable Kevin, thank you very much for doing the drawing.
I'll admit it brought tears to my eyes for the first time since
learning of Ed and Mike passing on.  I think seeing all of them
together was just too much – silly I know.  I'll also admit I
can't face watching UFO at the moment, hopefully this will pass!!


From Mike Billington's obit in the Independent -
>The part of the passionate yet sensitive Daniel Fogarty in the
>classic boating drama The Onedin Line (1971) was his personal career
>highlight. He relished playing such an earthy, well-rounded role in
>this immensely popular series, but left after three years.

For those of you that can access UK Drama channel, they are showing
this series currently and the omnibus is on right now (Sunday
morning).  I've just watched Mike having a long fist fight with
James Onedin, in order to persuade Daniel Fogarty to marry his sister
Elizabeth, who is "with child" by him.  She refused his
offer, preferring the workhouse!! You can see how Mike really does
relish the role. This series has wonderful music (Spartacus ballet by
Khatchaturian) ever since always used for sailing ships. Sorry if
this is too off-topic, but living on the UK South coast near to
Portsmouth and Southampton, we hear it a lot on local TV programmes!


Carie wrote -
>He was doing it (writing an autobiography) with Gareth Owen, from
>Roger Moore's office, who had more or less become a sort of agent
>for Mike, if you go to the bondstars website there is a little
>information, so whether the small amount he did with Mike will ever
>be published, I don't know, I don't think there is enough material
>for that as they had only been working on it since the beginning of
>the year.

I had wondered if either Mike or Ed had intended to write
autobiographies, or if someone was planning to write a biography,
maybe they kept journals(?) Ed said somewhere he begged Mike to write
about his James Bond experiences, is this what is being referred to
here?


David wrote -
>Reading this obituary, I'm curious about Michael Billington's
>conversion from 'cringing' at UFO to attending conventions. Does
>anyone know if he spoke about this change of heart and what it was
>that he was so uncomfortable with? Was it his own performance or the
>show itself?

Since Mike's death, I'd wondered if his change of heart might
have been due to his having cancer, this only being known to most of
us since he died.  Sometimes people change their values when they
face the fact that time may be short.  Also that he was living in the
UK in his final years and he did go to some in the USA when he was
living there.  I don't know, just mho.


Marc wrote –

>I see that Fanderson has announced 3 new UFO guests for their
>convention this September -- Alan Perry, Dolores Mantez, and Jane
>Merrow. I thought I heard somewhere that Jane Merrow didn't even
>recall appearing in UFO, although perhaps that was one of those
>false rumors...

I said this recently here; I believe I read it in the SHADO archives
originally.  I've wondered if anyone with primarily an interest in
UFO (cf Capt. Scarlet CGI and Thunderbirds) that was planning on
attending this event had changed their minds as Ed and Mike won't be
there, although it won't be the same as seeing Ed and Mike in person,
with these three UFO guests going, there might be some emphasis on
UFO and some new insights on the whole UFO series generally and
tributes to Ed and Mike, which might be worth hearing in person. Is
anyone on this list planning on going? Might be a way of
getting 'closure'(?) It would help if they said which day they were
appearing (assuming they would all be together) although it might be
too late to register now..

Sarah (UK)

> It would help if they said which day they were
> appearing (assuming they would all be together) although it might be
> too late to register now..

I believe that people can register at the door, but you're right --
you'd have to know which day they were going to be there.

Marc

Hi Sarah, charlie and I had made arrangements to go to the convention
several months before Ed and Mike died, mainly to see Ed and meet Mike
for the first time. When they both passed away, we discussed it and
decided that we still don't want to miss the convention. We are hoping
that they have a tribute to both Mike and Ed. I am thrilled to see they
are adding three more UFO guests. Alan Perry was charming and I would
love to meet Dolores Mantez and Jane Merrow as well. It will be difficult
being there and knowing Ed and Mike were supposed to be there. I am sure
I will cry. I am looking forward to meeting up with old friends we met at
the first two conventions and making new friends from the shado group and
edbishopfans group. So we are definitely still going and we invite anyone
from the groups to please introduce themselves if they see our nametags!

Lorraine and Charlie

moonbasegirl wrote:

> Marc wrote –
>
> >I see that Fanderson has announced 3 new UFO guests for their
> >convention this September -- Alan Perry, Dolores Mantez, and Jane
> >Merrow. I thought I heard somewhere that Jane Merrow didn't even
> >recall appearing in UFO, although perhaps that was one of those
> >false rumors...
>
> I said this recently here; I believe I read it in the SHADO archives
> originally.  I've wondered if anyone with primarily an interest in
> UFO (cf Capt. Scarlet CGI and Thunderbirds) that was planning on
> attending this event had changed their minds as Ed and Mike won't be
> there, although it won't be the same as seeing Ed and Mike in person,
> with these three UFO guests going, there might be some emphasis on
> UFO and some new insights on the whole UFO series generally and
> tributes to Ed and Mike, which might be worth hearing in person. Is
> anyone on this list planning on going? Might be a way of
> getting 'closure'(?) It would help if they said which day they were
> appearing (assuming they would all be together) although it might be
> too late to register now..
>
> Sarah (UK)
>
>

I have to agree that I would definitely buy any bios on or by Ed and Mike
orany other UFO actors. I bought all the books written by ex-Trek folks
(Shatner, Nimoy, Nichols, Doohan, Takai - oddly enough Koenig and Kelley
never did write their bios....). Could someone please post the place I can
order online the UFO book that came out last year? I would like to get it
now.....

Pam the Canuck

Walter Koenig is still alive.. and can still write one :)

I know James Doohan wanted to write one, never knew he did.

Bruce
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From: "Pamela McCaughey" <mccaug@...>
To: <SHADO@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 5:40 AM
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Thoughts on recent posts......


> I have to agree that I would definitely buy any bios on or by Ed and Mike
> orany other UFO actors. I bought all the books written by ex-Trek folks
> (Shatner, Nimoy, Nichols, Doohan, Takai - oddly enough Koenig and Kelley
> never did write their bios....). Could someone please post the place I can
> order online the UFO book that came out last year? I would like to get it
> now.....
>
> Pam the Canuck
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>

--- In SHADO@yahoogroups.com, "moonbasegirl" <shaded2cinders@y...> wrote:

> David wrote -
> >Reading this obituary, I'm curious about Michael Billington's
> >conversion from 'cringing' at UFO to attending conventions. Does
> >anyone know if he spoke about this change of heart and what it was
> >that he was so uncomfortable with? Was it his own performance or the
> >show itself?
>
> Since Mike's death, I'd wondered if his change of heart might
> have been due to his having cancer, this only being known to most of
> us since he died.  Sometimes people change their values when they
> face the fact that time may be short.  Also that he was living in the
> UK in his final years and he did go to some in the USA when he was
> living there.  I don't know, just mho.

>
> Sarah (UK)

Sarah,

I was thinking  along the same lines. I was surprised that he attended
a Prisoner convention (was it last year?) especially as he had such a
minor role (a non-speaking one at that) in one episode of that series.
I wondered to what extent he might have been motivated by a desire to
ensure that his son knew about his life and career and had the
opportunity to meet people who knew him when he was in the shows and
also to allow his son to enjoy the recognition accorded to his father
as a respected actor. Likewise, I guess the autobiography could be
seen in that light – intended for his son rather than anyone else who
might read it. All of this all the more vital (and sad) given that his
son's mother died in 1998.

David

> I was thinking  along the same lines. I was surprised that he attended
> a Prisoner convention (was it last year?) especially as he had such a
> minor role (a non-speaking one at that) in one episode of that series.

Mike did speak in that episode of The Prisoner:

   http://ufoseries.com/films/change.html

Marc

--- In SHADO@yahoogroups.com, "Marc Martin" <marc@u...> wrote:
> > I was thinking  along the same lines. I was surprised that he attended
> > a Prisoner convention (was it last year?) especially as he had such a
> > minor role (a non-speaking one at that) in one episode of that series.
>
> Mike did speak in that episode of The Prisoner:
>
>   http://ufoseries.com/films/change.html
>
> Marc

You know, I was debating with myself about whether to get the video
out and check but it's buried under a big pile of everything else and
then thought 'I bet I'm going to wish I had...'

Thanks for the clarification,

David

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--- In SHADO@yahoogroups.com, Charles and Lorraine <airtime25@c...> wrote:

> Does anyone know how far he had gotten with his autobiography or if
it was ever published?
> Lorraine
>

There are a couple of VERY brief snippets on the Bond Stars website:

http://www.bondstars.com/michaelbillington/michael.htm

David

IMDB sadly updated their Ed and Mike pages.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0084042/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0082545/

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Hi all,

Jeff Leroy sent me scans of the obituaries which
appeared in "Variety" magazine for Ed Bishop (June 27)
and Mike Billington (July 10)

    http://ufoseries.com/temp/variety.jpg

Marc

Not sure if this has been posted before but -

http://www.productenterprise.com/anderson-gayellis.html

Looks interesting!!

KP

Hi all,

Here's the next UFO music + effects track... for the episode
A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES:

    http://ufoseries.com/musicEffects/question.mp3

Marc

Hi, Ken,

Saturday, July 9, 2005, 5:25:55 PM, you wrote:

K> Not sure if this has been posted before but -

K> http://www.productenterprise.com/anderson-gayellis.html

K> Looks interesting!!

Oooh! And Product Enterprises uses a variation of the Takara/BBI
"Cy-Girl" body, so that's good.

Here's hoping they get the head-to-body proportions better than they
did with John Steed and Emma Peel!

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Does anyone know if this is on DVD/video,
particularly in the UK?

Hello

I had the fortune to meet George Sewell this afternoon and he expressed his
shock and sadness at the deaths of Ed Bishop and Michael Billington. I dont
know whether he had kept in touch with them since the showm but he was
genuinely saddened that they have died.

Not officially released on DVD. VideoAccess has it available.

http://www.videoaccess.biz/
bluesbland@...

They charge $15 / DVD plus $3 shipping in the US. Don't know the
shipping to the UK. IIRC, the shipping is one charge for as many DVDs as
you purchase. They have a pretty good selection of videos.

Kevin Lazenby wrote:

>Does anyone know if this is on DVD/video,
>particularly in the UK?
>

Hi, I'm Santiago from Argentina , and I had shocked too at the dead of Ed Bishop
and Michael Billington, I saw the UFO tv series when I was child and they were
part of my childwood. Its very sad
Reggard to all te group

Santy


Gareth Bevan <man_in_a_suitcase@...> escribió:
Hello

I had the fortune to meet George Sewell this afternoon and he expressed his
shock and sadness at the deaths of Ed Bishop and Michael Billington. I dont
know whether he had kept in touch with them since the showm but he was
genuinely saddened that they have died.





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> Not officially released on DVD. VideoAccess has it available.

This movie was indeed officially released on DVD in the US,
but has been out of print for years.  You can find several
people selling it at the Amazon.com marketplace (at $100
or more!), and it probably shows up on eBay too.

I remember when this title was being closed out for $10.
I guess I should have stocked up!  :-)

Marc

Hi all,

It's been a while since I've heard anything about the UFO remake
from Trilogy Entertainment, so I emailed Roger Nygard, who is
one of the folks who was working on it.  Roger replied that
that Trilogy is still attempting to setup the project at the
right network, but these things sometimes take time.

So, not much new, but it hasn't been shelved...

Marc

That is SO cool! I need to get that figure, and meet Lt. Gay Ellis!


Not entirely unrelated... my moonbase tracker costume is getting refitted,
I've got a new wig that is going to be cut by a real hairdresser this year,
and Moonbase Tracker Lt. Joyce will be making a come back at DragonCon this
year!

http://www.perlgurl.net/aboutme/costuming/UFO/index.cfm

Anyone else planning on being there??


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>> Not sure if this has been posted before but -
>>
>> http://www.productenterprise.com/anderson-gayellis.html
>>
>> Looks interesting!!

Hi all,

On my "UFO Series Home Page", some of you may have seen some
short excerpts of Ed Bishop's appearance on "Late Night Late",
when he was interviewed before and after a broadcast of UFO
in the 1980's (the episode was "The Man Who Came Back").  Well,
I have been experimenting a bit with video encoding lately, and
have now put the entire 15-minute interview into a 32 MB DivX
movie:

    http://ufoseries.com/temp/edbishop.avi

If you are unable to play this file, you might want to check
http://www.divx.com/divx/ and see if you need to install something.
On my Windows XP computer, I'm able to view this on Windows
Media Player and BS Player, but I probably installed the
DivX codec at some point in the past.

And if a lot of people are unable to play this file, I'll try
and re-encode it into Quicktime or something more fool-proof
(not MPEG-1, as the file would be too big)

Marc

Thank you marc for making this available. Is Late Night Late a UK series or
US series?

Marc Martin <marc@...> wrote:Hi all,

On my "UFO Series Home Page", some of you may have seen some
short excerpts of Ed Bishop's appearance on "Late Night Late",
when he was interviewed before and after a broadcast of UFO
in the 1980's (the episode was "The Man Who Came Back"). Well,
I have been experimenting a bit with video encoding lately, and
have now put the entire 15-minute interview into a 32 MB DivX
movie:

http://ufoseries.com/temp/edbishop.avi

If you are unable to play this file, you might want to check
http://www.divx.com/divx/ and see if you need to install something.
On my Windows XP computer, I'm able to view this on Windows
Media Player and BS Player, but I probably installed the
DivX codec at some point in the past.

And if a lot of people are unable to play this file, I'll try
and re-encode it into Quicktime or something more fool-proof
(not MPEG-1, as the file would be too big)

Marc



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