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The title 'Getting Sam Home' is not given onscreen, but is used in all reference books and television listings. First and only appearance of Sam. Guest appearance of Lynda Baron as Lily Bless'er. This episode marked the final appearance of Sid. John Comer's voice was affected by illness, so his lines were dubbed by actor Tony Melody.
Last of the Summer Wine. John Comer (Sid) was suffering from throat cancer and could not speak properly so Tony Melody dubbed his voice. Tony Melody would appear 20 years later in episode The Second Husband and the Showgirls (2003) The final episode to feature John Comer (Sid), who died on February 11, 1984, 6 weeks after the broadcast. After ...
Mar 26, 2014 · I don't have a list, but happen to know that John Comer's (Sid's) last was Getting Sam Home. By the time that episode was filmed, his throat cancer had advanced to the point where his lines had to be dubbed by another actor. He died in February of '84, a couple of months after the episode was aired.
Getting Sam Home was the best Christmas special of the show. It is so consistently funny with some great slapstick scenes, especially with Sam's creepy smile as his corpse gets moved about. Roy Clarke writes it so well, giving the characters some poignant or wistful lines. Actor John Comer who played Sid had died by the time this was broadcast.
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- Alan J.W. Bell
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- Lynda Baron, Olive Pendleton, Peter Russell
Comer died of throat cancer in 1984, at the age of 59. [4] The disease had so affected his voice that in his final television appearance, as cafe owner Sid, in the Last of the Summer Wine Christmas episode Getting Sam Home, his lines had to be dubbed by another actor, Tony Melody.
Comer died of throat cancer in 1984, at the age of 59. The disease had so affected his voice that in his final television appearance, as cafe owner Sid, in the Last of the Summer Wine Christmas episode Getting Sam Home, his lines had to be dubbed by another actor, Tony Melody. His funeral was held at Carleton Crematorium, Blackpool, where he is ...
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The title 'Getting Sam Home' is not given onscreen, but is used in all reference books and television listings. This episode sadly marked the last and final appearance of Sid. John Comer's voice was affected by illness, and so his lines were dubbed over by another actor, Tony Melody. Comer died 6 weeks after the broadcast.
