Clive Mantle "The Return of Shelley" and had a small role as Johnny Ladder in the Menahem Golan-directed film "Mack the Knife", a 19th-century set crime comedy which starred Raúl Juliá, Richard Harris, and Julia Migenes in the leading roles. He also appeared in the radio plays "Farewell, My Lovely"; "Frozen Assets"; and "The Rise and Fall of the Romanov Autocracy". In 1990, Mantle had a small role as an electric meter reader in the "One Foot in the Grave" episode "The Return of the Speckled Band", and played Harry, a man who "gave Clint Eastwood a pounding" in "White Hunter Black
One Foot in the Grave Most outside locations were filmed in and around Bournemouth and Christchurch. These include Richmond Hill, Undercliff Drive and Boscombe Pier, Bournemouth Town Hall, Lansdowne College, Christchurch Hospital and the former Royal Victoria Hospital (Boscombe). Later episodes, such as "Hearts of Darkness", were filmed entirely on location. Victor's death by a hit and run driver in the final episode was filmed at Shawford railway station, Hampshire. Fans left floral tributes at the site. Over the show's history, it featured a number of notable comic actors in one-off roles. These included Susie Blake, John Bird, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Peter Cook, Diana Coupland, Phil