do it, it was fine by him. ‘I had to entertain Christopher Lee on the Return of Captain Invincible. I had to keep him company because they didn’t want him to get bored while he was waiting to go on set. ‘I was utterly transfixed. He had a wonderful speaking voice, it had great resonance. ‘He was very courteous. But what do you talk about to someone like that? We talked about music. He was a fantastic singer, he could sing opera.’
Bosie worked in the movie business for more than 40 years, specialis- ing in marine action, stunts, special effects and large crowd control. He said: ‘I loved being a first assistant, and I remained one for my entire career. I have directed movies and commercials of course, but I didn’t enjoy it as much being a first assistant director – I really enjoyed that role as you have to use your organisational skills as well as your creative skills in directing background action and crowd scenes.’
He has been assistant director on many box office hits including The Return of Fu Manchu, The Persuaders, The Riddle of the Sands, Revenge of the Pink Panther and Goodbye Paradise. He was also the associate producer on the short film, The Dollar Bottom, which won an Academy Award in 1981 for Best Short Subject.
‘It was absolutely wonderful to win an Oscar, it was the pinnacle of my career,’
‘It was absolutely wonderful to win an Oscar, it was the pinnacle of my career,’ Bosie said.
He has worked all over the world but cites India as his favourite loca- tion.
‘I particularly liked working in India because of their wonderful organisa- tion skills,’ Bosie said. ‘It takes a long time to get anything done but it is always done, and they are very gentle people.’
In 1981 Bosie and Felicity also
spent time filming in Dartmouth for the TV film Drakes Venture starring John Thaw. ‘A lot of it was shot in Dartmouth and I used local people as extras at Blackpool Sands,’ Bosie recalled. Felicity’s two children with Ridley, Jake and Luke, also have success- ful careers in the film world. She said: ‘They were brought up in the film world. They would sit having breakfast with David Bowie and meet all sorts of stars.
‘My grandchildren were recently playing football with Russell Crowe on the set of Robin Hood.’
Felicity and Bosie lived in Australia for 10 years during the 1980s and it was there she began painting again. Since then Felicity has brushed her way to two awards. In 2004, a self-portrait was accepted for the Not the Turner Prize competition organised by the Daily Mail and in 2006 her portrait of the Queen to celebrate Her Majesty’s 80th birthday won third place in a competition organised by the Daily Mail Weekend.•
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