Talk:The Adventures of William Tell/Archives/2020/April

Detail of guest stars
I've only just seen this article, and have added some info about ITC Entertainment and re-worded a few sentences. There seems to be a lot of info on guest stars, with is great, but it seems to be presented in a bit of a somewhat clunky (for want of a better word) way, e.g. "in her usual cute little girl role", "in a small part at the end", "who only spoke four words in the show" etc. I think it would be better to have guest appearances noted, but not in so much detail - just which episode and if they played a major or minor guest role. Howie &#9742;  09:56, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

I have added an image reformatted the page by adding an episode guide that should address most of the concernsREVUpminster (talk) 18:24, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Casting of Supporting Parts
I don't want to edit the article now, which would require refreshing my memory of the series to do it properly. But Frederick, Gessler's henchman, was played by Norman Mitchell in the first episode (see IMDb) and thereafter by Derren Nesbitt - or such was my contemporary memory. When the series became available on video, I found that there was another Frederick, I think between the two above, who was Willoughby Gray. I see from the article there was at least one other.

There is an exact parallel with Howard, the Sheriff's lieutenant in "The Adventures of Robin Hood", who had about ten portrayers, of whom the first - I have only recently discovered - was also Willoughby Gray. In fact Ralph Smart had created "Tell" in the pattern of "Robin Hood", using a pool of actors and a pool of characters, or at least character names, without great consistency.

What I would like to know more about is why Ernest Milton was dropped after one episode as Judge Furst, William's father-in-law. Personality too way-out, I suspect. What I was not in a position to know then, but realised when I watched the videos was that, in that one episode, they dubbed him with someone else's voice - but not I think Jack Lambert who inherited the part!

Rogersansom (talk) 12:05, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

The series was never known as The Adventures of William Tell, but simply as William Tell, as per the opening titles on each episode and all publicity at the time in TV Times, et al. David Rayner.

No plot details?
No information at all about the plot and overall storyline? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.200.239.75 (talk) 18:14, 7 May 2016 (UTC)