Robertson Hare the provinces, and in South Africa. He reached a new public in the late 1960s in a television series, "All Gas and Gaiters". He played the Archdeacon of St. Ogg's, the Ven Henry Blunt. His co-stars were William Mervyn as the Rt Rev Cuthbert Hever, Bishop of St Ogg's, Derek Nimmo as the Rev Mervyn Noote, the Bishop's chaplain, and John Barron as the Very Rev Lionel Pugh-Critchley, Dean of St Ogg's. George Melly wrote: His most famous catchphrase was: "Oh, calamity!" He was awarded the OBE in 1979. Hare died in London at the age of 87. Robertson Hare
Mervyn Cowie financial director. Cowie wrote the books "Fly Vulture" (1961), "I Walk with Lions" (1964), and "African Lion" (1965). The 1951 British-made film "Where No Vultures Fly" (renamed "Ivory Hunter" in the United States) was a fictionalised account of Cowie's work. Mervyn Cowie Mervyn Hugh Cowie CBE (13 April 1909 – 19 July 1996) was a conservationist who pioneered wildlife protection and the development of tourism throughout East Africa. Cowie was a descendant of Scottish farmers who migrated to South Africa. Cowie's father resigned as Chief Magistrate of Johannesburg, South Africa to settle in Kenya. Cowie was born in Nairobi on