No.1: The Ian Hendry Files. Rare Scrapbook Extracts From The 1950s – 1980s
Note: This forms the first part of a series of articles which will share the complete contents of this rare scrapbook. Enjoy!
A year or so ago I was able to acquire a unique piece of memorabilia – a scrapbook covering the life and career of Ian Hendry from the 1950s right through to the 1980s.
And the backstory to the scrapbook is also fascinating, as it was collated over three decades by someone who was both a fan as well as a long-time friend of Ian’s – another Ian – Ian Scoones.
Ian Scoones worked in special effects, including Dr. Who, and was clearly a huge admirer of Ian’s work.
The scrapbook then sat on top of a bookcase at home as other projects began to take priority. Gabriel Hershman, Ian’s biographer, has been asking me when I am going to publish the material. So apologies for it taking so long but, finally, it is here. Or rather the first instalment, the complete scrapbook will be shared with you over the coming weeks.
The scrapbook contains some thirty or so pages, some which are still attached to the binding and some which are held loosely in place with yellow, dry Cellotape – brittle from the passage of time which those of a certain age will be able to picture.
It’s also held together by memories, both personal and collective, as it highlights the passage of time when a golden era of television and film formed such a key part in family and social life. This was long before there were multiple satellite channels, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Youtube and the endless options and alternatives to the two or three TV channels that dominated for so long, creating shared experiences and the topics of endless conversations.
The scrapbook is an eclectic mix of news cuttings, TV programme listings, stills/ photographs, theatre programmes and magazine articles. It’s also not in chronological order, so the best way to present it to you is as you would read it – from cover to cover.
So below is the first part and the rest will follow in order. Enjoy turning the pages and turning back the clock.
Ian Hendry Scrapbook – Cover + Pages 1 to 2
If you have any memories that relate to the contents of the scrapbook, the programmes, films, other actors, what life was like for you back then, then please feel free share them as comments on the Facebook page. And with your agreement, I’ll then add them to the articles.
Watch out for further instalments in this series.
Until next time,
Neil Hendry
Editor, Official Tribute To Ian Hendry
Further Reading
A detailed account of the life and work of Ian Hendry in the new biography:
Read: ‘Send in the Clowns – The Yo Yo Life Of Ian Hendry’ by Gabriel Hershman?
More From Ian Hendry
- The Hill (1965) – Australian Day Bill Poster
- Repulsion (1965) 50th Anniversary Tribute Part #3 – Catherine Deneuve + Ian Hendry + John Fraser + Yvonne Furneaux (dir. Roman Polanski)
- Birth Of The Avengers
- Get Carter (1971) – Original Screenplay [PDF Download]
- Children Of The Damned (1963) Original MGM Promotional Still – Ian Hendry + Alan Badel ‘Researchers’
- Wedding of Ian Hendry + Janet Munro: Today Magazine Article – February 23rd 1963
- The Avengers Series 1 (1961) The Search For The Missing Episodes – Ian Hendry + Patrick Macnee
- Repulsion [1965] – Original Italian Film Poster ‘Fotobusta’ Featuring Ian Hendry, Catherine Deneuve + Yvonne Furneaux
- Ian Hendry + Roy Thinnes + Lynn Loring – Journey To The Far Side Of The Sun AKA Doppleganger (1969) Universal Pictures Rare Promotional Photograph
- When Ian Hendry Met Ian Hendry! At The Premiere Of Live Now, Pay Later – ABC Cinema In Ipswich (1963)
- Ian Hendry – Portrait From The Late 50s/ Early 60s
- BBC Radio Suffolk – Gabriel Hershman Discusses His New Biography On Ian Hendry
- Ian Hendry – The Avengers Original Promotion Portrait (1960-1961)
- Theatre of Blood [1973] – Autographed By Milo O’Shea, Harry Andrews, Ian Hendry, Arthur Lowe, Robert Coote and Jack Hawkins
- Tom Clegg – Director – A Tribute: The Sweeney, McVicar + Much Much More
- Rare Still – Los Traidores de San Angel aka Traitors of San Angel (1967)
- J.P. Donleavy – Acclaimed Auther Dies At 91 – Ian Hendry Starred As Dangerfield In The BBC TV Film Version Of ‘The Ginger Man’ In 1962
- Ian Hendry + Janet Munro Interview [Showtime Magazine – September 1964] Plus Jack Lemmon, Susannah York, Cilla Black, Richard Chamberlain, James Bond’s Girlfriends – Honor Blackman + Jacqueline Jones And More!
- Tales From The Crypt (1972) – Ian Hendry, Peter Cushing And The Make-Up Of Roy Ashton
- Complete Rare Film: Download +/or Watch – Live Now, Pay Later (1962) – Ian Hendry + June Ritchie
- Ian Hendry – Rowing Home Across The Thames To ‘Sphinx’, Pharaohs Island, Shepperton [1966]
- Ian Hendry + Patrick Macnee – Rare Original ABC Television Still Discovered, Promoting The Return Of The Avengers ‘For A 13 Week Season’ [1961]
- In Memory – Patrick Macnee (6 February 1922 – 25 June 2015)
- The McKenzie Break (1970) – The Ultimate Escape? Brian Keith + Helmut Griem + Ian Hendry
- Ian Hendry + Liz Fraser – Live Now, Pay Later [1962] – Original Film + Promotional Still
- Ian Hendry – Rare Collection Of Photographs Discovered In Newpaper Media Archive In Iceland
- Ian Hendry + June Ritchie – Original Lobby Cards – Live Now Pay Later (1962)
- Ian Hendry + Janet Munro – Teddington Studios + Armchair Theatre’s ‘Afternoon Of A Nymph’ (1962)
- Assassin [1973] – Ian Hendry Played A Government Assassin In This British Film Directed by Peter Crane [Production By Pemini Organisation/ Soundtrack By Zack Laurence]
- Two Rare TV Interviews Discovered – Ian Hendry ’62 and Patrick Macnee ’64 – Both Interviews Discuss The Avengers