Sean Connolly :: Actor & Voice Artist

Sean Connolly :: Actor & Voice Artist

Wednesday 19 June 2013

Sean remembers meeting Spectrum's Captain Blue aka Ed Bishop ...


Sean meets American actor Ed Bishop whilst recording the independent radio drama 'Green Belt'.
My post from a few days ago when I mentioned Captain Scarlet reminded me of the time, when as a young actor, I had the pleasure working with actor Ed Bishop on an independent radio drama project. I love this picture for a few reasons, firstly because it proves that I once had hair and secondly I love the look on Ed's face, complete disdain!! Ed is remembered for being the ultimate Yank abroad, basing himself in this country, and was mostly called upon to play archetypal American characters on British television and film. He appeared in two Bond films; 'YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE' and 'DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER'as well as Stanley Kubrick's science fiction masterpiece '2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY'. But he was perhaps best known for his involvement in TWO Gerry Anderson productions; voicing Captain Blue in 'CAPTAIN SCARLET AND THE MYSTERONS' and playing Commander Ed Straker in 'UFO', as the head of SHADO (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organization) who defended the Earth from an alien threat. Childhood hero, completely!


Ed Bishop as Ed Straker in 'UFO', Captain Blue in 'CAPTAIN SCARLET' and appearances in 'YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE' & '2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY'.

Monday 17 June 2013

Sean's part in the movie spin-off based on the best selling game series ... 'ULTRAMARINES: A WARHAMMER 40,000 MOVIE' is released on DVD ..


'ULTRAMARINES: A WARHAMMER 40,000 MOVIE' is released on DVD.
'ULTRAMARINES: A WARHAMMER 40,000 MOVIE' is released on DVD on June 17th. I was thrilled to be asked to provide animation guide voices for this all star CGI film. Alongside the multi-talented Mike Hayley who was the Voice of The Mysterons & Colonel White in the CGI reboot of Gerry Anderson's 'CAPTAIN SCARLET', we shared all the character voices in the film between us. I think I remember being Terence Stamp and Donald Sumpter amongst many. The session was exhausting but very satisfying, the whole film all done in a single day in studio! The animators then went away and started to weave their magic. The film was produced by Codex Pictures under licence from Games Workshop. Writer was Dan Abnett, who went on to write the 'GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY' comic on which the recent box office hit was based. Director was Martyn Pick.


Some of cast of 'ULTRAMARINES: A WARHAMMER 40,000 MOVIE': John Hurt, Terence Stamp, Sean Pertwee and Donald Sumpter.

Here's the films trailer, pretty spectacular by all accounts. 

Sunday 9 June 2013

World Première for feature film 'WE ARE THE FREAKS' at Edinburgh Film Festival 2013.


'WE ARE THE FREAKS' receives its World Première at the Edinburgh Film Festival 2013.
I appear as the Desk Sergeant in the feature film ‘WE ARE THE FREAKS’ again for 104 FILMS. It’s World Première will be at this years Edinburgh Film Festival as well as being in competition for the prestigious Michael Powell Award. The film was written and directed by Justin Edgar and stars Michael Smiley (Kill List, Doctor Who), Jamie Blackley (Snow White and the Huntsman), Sean Teale (Skins), Mike Bailey (Skins) and Rosamund Hanson (This Is England, Life’s Too Short).