#presumably shot back to back). the shorter and less athletic Garrick Hagon was cast as Stuart's replacement 'Gavin' and besides the name | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

mariocki · 1 year ago

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Stuart Damon plays pretend as secret agent Vince in The Adventurer: Poor Little Rich Girl (1.2, ITC, 1972). Damon was initially cast as a recurring supporting character, one of a group of assistants that work with lead Gene Barry, but he was dropped from the series (almost certainly at Barry's behest) and appears in just two episodes

#fave spotting #stuart damon #the champions #the adventurer #craig stirling #poor little rich girl #itc #1972 #ok so the actual facts behind Damon's dismissal aren't entirely clear; certainly he believed it was Gene Barry's influence #and said as much in interviews (and for what it's worth i believe him). Damon and Barry had just one meeting before shooting started on the #series‚ at which Barry (who would alienate himself from pretty much the entire cast and crew during the course of production) expressed #shock at Stuart's height (he being much taller than Gene). in due course Damon was let go from the series‚ and whilst i dont have any great #source of behind the scenes material‚ it's fairly clear he'd only really been on one location shoot with perhaps some studio pick ups #he's in this episode and appears briefly and uncredited in the final ep (1.26‚ The Good Book)‚ but whilst it was last in transmission order #it had been probably the first episode shot‚ and crucially it shares the same location as this episode (and so the location work was #presumably shot back to back). the shorter and less athletic Garrick Hagon was cast as Stuart's replacement 'Gavin' and besides the name #change it's a safe bet that the scripts went unaltered. similarly‚ there's a couple of one off male helpers in a few eps each of whom is #given zero introduction and no discernable back story or development: quite possibly Damon's parts again‚ retro fitted for any available #character actor who could take the part at short notice and (most importantly) did not stand over Gene Barry....

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