HAPPY BIRTHDAY COMMISSIONER SIMMONS

I was watching an old episode 'Murder She Wrote' on TV the other day and spotted the actor Roy Dotrice was among the guest cast (he played an eccentric vampire hunter).

Watching, I assumed that Mr Dotrice, best known to Space 1999 fans as Commissioner Gerald Simmonds, and seen in the episodes,  Breakaway and Earthbound was no longer with us.

Well, I'm happy to say I was totally wrong , and Roy, who's still working (the photo above is his portrayal as Pyromancer Hallyne in The Game of Thrones)  is celebrating his 94th birthday today.

So sir, we wish you many happy returns of the day.

(Roy was the subject of a 'This Is Your Life' show in 1974, when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews on the set of Space 1999 - here's a run down from the Space 1999 Catacombs site)
http://catacombs.space1999.net/main/crguide/vczrd.html