Far from the Madding Crowd (1967 film) fell off a steep cliff. Ignoring Gabriel's love, Bathsheba impulsively sends a valentine to William Boldwood (Peter Finch), a nearby gentleman farmer. When he misinterprets her capriciousness and proposes to her, Bathsheba promises to consider his offer. But she becomes enamoured of Frank Troy (Terence Stamp), a dashing cavalry sergeant. Troy was supposed to marry young Fanny Robin (Prunella Ransome), a maidservant pregnant with his child, but she went to the wrong church on their wedding day, and Troy was then posted out of town. Bathsheba marries him after his return. Troy gambles away most of Bathsheba's money and creates
Jay Simpson (actor) Jay Simpson (actor) Jay Simpson (born 1967) is a prolific English film, television and stage actor. Simpson is perhaps best known in television for portraying cockney desk sergeant Ian 'Brookie' Brooke in "Foyle's War", he has also appeared on television in "Recovery" with David Tennant and Sarah Parish, "Hot Money", "Bad Crowd", "A Touch of Frost", "Casualty", "Primeval", "The Bill", "Peep Show", "Rome", "Ashes to Ashes", "Murder in Suburbia" and "Soundproof". Jay also uses his charm and voice skills as he is the voice of 'The Tree of Temptation' in Big Brother. His films include "Hush Your Mouth", "The Holiday",