DALEY, LADY
Played by Margaret Nolan
The busty wife of Sir Roger Daley appears in Dick.
DALEY, SIR ROGER
Played by Bernard Bresslaw
Sir Roger is a member of the landed gentry who’s tasked with running the Bow Street Runners, a special police unit formed to stop the upsurge in crime. Seen in Dick, his main objective is to catch the master villain himself: highwayman Dick Turpin, who happens to rob Sir Roger of all his possessions, including clothes, on two occasions. Although Sir Roger is married to the delectable Lady Daley, he still likes a little fun on the side.
DANCING GIRLS
Played by The Ballet Montparnesse
When the Rumpo Kid takes over Belle’s Place in Cowboy, he transforms Stodge City’s hostelry into a rowdy, smoky establishment full of debauched customers, with entertainment provided by the dancing girls performing the cancan.
DANCY
Played by Peter Gilmore
One of the crooks in Cabby who hold Peggy and Sally at gunpoint.
DANDY
Played by Guy Ward
In Emmannuelle the effeminate dandy wanders by a sentry, makes a comment and receives a wink in return.
DANDY
Played by John Clive
In Henry a crowd at Speakers’ Corner gather to debate the new Sex Enjoyment Tax being imposed by the King. The Dandy, however, turns to his friend and remarks that it won’t affect them! (Note: the scene was cut.)
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
The Heckler, Young Man and a Dandy are standing at Speakers’ Corner, listening to debate about the newly proposed Sex Enjoyment Tax (S.E.T.).
EXT. ‘SPEAKERS’ CORNER’ OF THE TIME – DAY
Hampton is addressing an at-the-moment rather apathetic little crowd of men.
HAMPTON: I tell you, citizens, we’ve had some cruel taxes thrust upon us but this is one of the most infamous of them all! Are we going to take it lying down? No, let’s stand up to it!
HECKLER: Don’t matter which way you have it, you’ll still have to pay!
(This gets a laugh from the crowd.)
HAMPTON: You might find it amusing at the moment, friend, but will you still feel like going home and taking your wife in your arms regularly?
HECKLER: Yes.
HAMPTON: And afford it?
HECKLER: Yes. I’m knocking it off her housekeeping!
(This gets another laugh.)
HAMPTON: All right, all right. That may be all right for you friend, but what of you unmarried younger men? You, lad!
(He points to a YOUNG MAN in the crowd.)
HAMPTON: Are you married?
YOUNG MAN: No, fear.
HAMPTON: Ah! Well, do you ever take a young maid into the fields for a bit of dalliance?
YOUNG MAN: I’m going tonight.
HAMPTON: Knowing that with S.E.T. you’ve got to pay up for every little kiss and cuddle? No! Let’s have it off, I say!
YOUNG MAN: I intend to!
(Another laugh.)
HAMPTON: Then you’re a fool! Friends, I appeal to you! If the basic simple pleasures of life are to be taxed where’s it going to end? Soon we’ll be paying just to have a good scratch! We’ve got to put a stop to S.E.T. now!
HECKLER: How?
HAMPTON: Simple! Keep away from the women! Go on strike! Down tools!
(There are some ‘Hear hears’ and murmurs of approval from the crowd now.)
(C.S. of two dandies, looking on dispassionately. One looks to the other petulantly.)
DANDY: Oh come on, Cedric. It doesn’t affect us.
DANDY DESMOND
A fictitious name Captain Fancey adopts while travelling incognito trying to track down Dick Turpin in Dick.
DANE, ALEXANDRA
Roles: Female Instructor in Doctor, Busti in Up The Khyber, Stout Woman in Again Doctor, Emily in Loving and Lady in Low-cut Dress in Behind. (Note: Also had uncredited role in At Your Convenience but scene cut.)
Born in Bethlehem, South Africa, in 1946, Alexandra Dane always wanted to be a ballerina but her mother steered her towards an acting career. After graduating from Cape Town University with a degree and diploma in drama, she headed for England in the mid-1960s to begin her acting career.
Her first post was assistant stage manager at Bognor Regis, before progressing to juvenile lead and moving on to other reps. Theatre has dominated Dane’s career and during the 1960s she formed her own company, the Cambridge Shakespeare Group, and toured South Africa, affording her the chance to direct.
Her screen career has seen her appear in films such as Corruption, Confessions of a Handyman and, in 1977, Jabberwocky, while her small-screen credits include The Saint, Hazell and The Tripods, as well as semi-regular characters in Not On Your Nellie, Alas Smith and Jones and The Doctors.
In 1981, she formed her own puppet company, Pom Pom Puppets, and performed around the world, including Tenerife and India. After recently buying a farm in Spain, Dane, who’s retired from acting, is considering relaunching her puppet shows in the country.
MEMORIES
‘My first role was playing an instructor in Doctor, running antenatal classes. I was told to improvise but didn’t know anything about pre-natal in those days so I got them lifting their legs up and down. I’ve had children since then and know it’s one of the last things you’d do at antenatal class; any medical person would have been going mad!
‘One of the nice things about the Carry On films is that when they’d used you once, if they liked you it could lead to other parts, which is what happened to me. Along came Up the Khyber and I was offered the part of Busti.
‘I’ll always remember Nora Rodway, who was helping her husband, Geoff, with the make-up. I had to use a lot of body make-up but in those days you didn’t have these quick-tan methods, so Nora had to put it on with a sponge and water, and she had to do it every morning because I had so much of my body showing in Up the Khyber. I’ll always remember her saying: “This is like distempering a small room!” She pleaded with me not to bath each evening because I’d keep washing this water-based liquid off and she’d have to go through the job each morning.
‘In Again Doctor I had a nasty accident and suffered back problems for some time after. I was leaning back on a machine made to look like it was out of control and it came out of the floor resulting in me going to hospital.
‘Working on the Carry Ons was the happiest, happiest experience. Even when thinking about all the other bits and pieces I did in movies and on tele, I can’t remember being happier because everyone was so sweet