Entertainment For Lively Minds
David Bowie's brief movie debut in The Virgin Soldiers
Posted by Ricardo on 21 October 2009 - 11:30pm.
Listening to Sir Danny Of Baker talk about The Dame on this week's Word podcast (plus the mention of his own cameo in the TOTP clip for Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick) made me think about Bowie's supposed appearance as an extra in the underrated 1969 Brit war comedy The Virgin Soldiers.
I've watched this fine film a fair few times before, but could never spot The Dame, and wondered whether this was all an urban myth or not. But thanks to the magic of Youtube, one Davie Jones can indeed be spotted in this brief scene.
Can you see him?
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Yeah he gets carried through the bar
I'll have to move on..
There's Wally!
wow
Nice use of freeze frame, Paolo :)
Cor
I've had me picture taken with a real fillum star!
That would be Geoffrey Hughes on the right. Met him at the bar at Cropredy.
hehe
Nice claim to fame Beany.
On a weird tangent, growing up I always used to confuse Roy Holder
( the character actor swigging from a glass on the left next to Hwyel Bennett and Geoffery Hughes ) with Animals singer Eric Burdon.