Dec 27, 2022
RIP Stephen Greif (26.8.1944 - 23.12.2022)
"I think [Blake's 7] was character-driven, and that’s really what counts in the end. The fact that the effects were fairly – you know – not slick in the way that Star Wars was…but then they had a hundred times more budget than we did, and rightly so. That doesn’t really come into it. It’s the stories, really, and the interrelation of characters which I think always interests people.
Oh I loved it. I loved every minute of it. I loved it because of the people. We all became great friends and we all wanted it to work. We all worked very hard on it. The director was great, the producer was a good guy, and yes, I loved it. It was good fun."
#stephen greif#rip#death ment tw#blakes 7#blake's 7#travis i#armchair thriller#rachel in danger#special branch#citizen smith#the persuaders!#the merchant of venice#the protectors#treasure island#dixon of dock green#thriller#the new avengers#spaghetti two step#the sandbaggers#return of the saint#and so the b7 family gets a little smaller once again :( and so soon after chris boucher#stephen was a superb villain in b7 and a consummate character actor across various old tv guest spots#but he was also a stage actor of subtlety and range‚ and spent several years with the National Theatre#working with Olivier and Peter Hall and all manner of theatre legends across his long and distinguished stage career#i usually try and rec something lesser known in these posts but Travis really is such a wonderful performance#i would say that his comic turn in Jack Rosenthal's Spaghetti Two Step is something very wonderful and deserves to be more widely seen#rip stephen <3
