{"id":55627,"date":"2018-11-18T15:44:40","date_gmt":"2018-11-18T05:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/?p=55627"},"modified":"2018-11-18T15:45:40","modified_gmt":"2018-11-18T05:15:40","slug":"vale-john-bluthal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/2018\/11\/18\/vale-john-bluthal\/","title":{"rendered":"Vale – John Bluthal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Polish-born English-Australian actor John Bluthal, best known as the incredibly boring Frank Pickle on British television sitcom Vicar of Dibley<\/em>, has passed away.<\/p>\n

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Emigrating to Australia at the age of nine, Bluthal became involved with a number of theatre companies in and around Melbourne, before he relocated to Britain in 1960. He co-starred with legendary comic Spike Milligan for a stage play, The Bed-Sitting Room<\/em>, and appeared regularly on Milligan’s Q<\/em> and a number of popular radio shows.<\/p>\n

Among Bluthal’s many television appearances, he co-starred in The Avengers, The Saint, ‘Allo ‘Allo, Inspector Morse<\/em> and Jonathan Creek<\/em>, as well as a supporting role in an episode of The Goodies<\/em>. Mr Bluthal’s film roles include appearances in three Carry On<\/em>…. movies, both Beatles films (A Hard Day’s Night<\/em> and Help<\/em>), and appeared in both Luc Besson’s The Fifth Element<\/em><\/a> and Alex Proyas’ Dark City<\/em><\/a> in minor but memorable roles. A more recent film role was opposite George Clooney in the Coen Bros’ Hail Caesar!<\/em>,<\/a> in 2016.<\/p>\n

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Bluthal (left) with Roger Lloyd-Pack (Center) and Trevor Peacock (right) in The Vicar Of Dibley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

John Bluthal’s most popular role (at least to modern audiences) was as the fastidious, utterly boring and entirely homosexual Frank Pickle in the 90’s television sitcom The Vicar Of Dibley<\/em>, in which he co-starred with Dawn French, Roger Lloyd-Pack and Gary Waldhorn. Vicar<\/em> ran for 2 seasons and a number of specials between 1994 and 2006.<\/p>\n

At the time of his passing on November 15th, John Bluthal was 89.<\/p>\n

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John Bluthal in Luc Besson’s The Fifth Element.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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