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- John Comer (Sid) was suffering from throat cancer and could not speak properly so Tony Melody dubbed his voice.
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Due to John Comer 's advanced throat cancer his voice sounded so poor that Tony Melody re-dubbed all his lines. In most scenes he says nothing to avoid the need for re-dubbing. Broadcast details. Date.
John Comer's voice was affected by illness, so his lines were dubbed by actor Tony Melody. Comer died 6 weeks after the broadcast, and Tony Melody would later appear as a landlord in the 2003 episode The Second Husband and the Showgirls .
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)
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- Comedy
- Alan J.W. Bell
- 1983-12-27
Mar 29, 2012 · The question is, does anyone know what happened to the mobile chip van as seen in Getting Sam Home? Does it still exist? And, had John Comer lived, would it have appeared in later episodes?
The title 'Getting Sam Home' is not given onscreen, but is used in all reference books and television listings. This was the 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.
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.
Actor John Comer who played Sid had died by the time this was broadcast. He was so ill, his voice had to be dubbed by another actor. Some of the regulars have little to do in this episode such as Nora and Wally Batty. Ivy gets her moment at the end when she saves the day for everyone.
