- "I am a name not a number now where have I heard that before"
— Ian Wingrove, 25 February 2017
Photograph taken in 1965 at the Stirling Road film studio
This is a "who's who" of the people who worked at the Stirling Road studio at the time of filming Thunderbirds. It was taken in 1965.
Production Team by Numbers[]
There are at least ninety-three people in the photograph; listed below are those who have been identified.
- 3. Zena Relph (Dressmaker for Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward, with her Dachshund Fred)
- 4. Iris Richens (Tea Lady)
- 5. Elizabeth Coleman (Wardrobe Mistress)
- 6. Mary Turner (Puppet Supervisor)
- 8. Mel Cross (Puppeteer)
- 9. Christine Glanville (Puppetry Supervision, Puppeteer, and Sculptor)
- 10. Judith Shutt (Puppeteer)
- 11. Plugg Shutt (Puppeteer)
- 12. John F. Brown (Sculptor)
- 13. Wanda Webb (Puppeteer)
- 15. Terry Curtis (Sculptor)
- 16. Tim Cooksey (Sculptor)
- 20. Peter Dobson (Assistant Projectionist)
- 21. Mike Campbell (Assistant Editor or Assistant Projectionist)
- 22. Tony Stacey (Projectionist)
- 23. Ian Spurrier (Lip-Sync Operator)
- 24. Steve Mattick (Special Effects Technician)
- 26. Alan Perry (Camera Operator and Puppet Director)
- 27. John Bristow (Electrician on Puppet Units)
- 28. Ron Ashton (Special Effects Technician and Electrician)
- 29. Peter Hitchcock (Assistant Director, Script Continuity, Special Effects Assistant, and Lip-Sync Operator)
- 30. Garry Coxall (Camera Operator)
- 32. Julien Lugrin (Lighting Cameraman)
- 33. Eric Backman (Model-Maker)
- 34. John Howard (Special Effects Technician)
- 35. Bryan Loftus (Focus Puller)
- 36. Brian Smithies (Dirtying-Down Artist and Model-Maker)
- 37. Ian Scoones (Special Effects Director)
- 41. Harry Oakes (Lighting Cameraman)
- 42. Mike Trim (Model-Maker, Vehicle Designer, and Storyboard Artist)
- 43. Charlie Bryant (Model-Maker)
- 44. Albert Scott (Electrician)
- 46. Keith Payne (Art Assistant)
- 47. Grenville Nott (Art Department Assistant and Art Director)
- 49. Mike Borner (Art Assistant)
- 50. Bill Camp (Art Assistant and Special Effects Director)
- 51. Ken Turner (Art Assistant, Assistant Director, and Director)
- 52. Ian Wingrove (Art Assistant and Special Effects Technician)
- 53. Keith Wilson (Art Assistant and Designer)
- 54. Brian Johnson (Formerly Johncock, Special Effects Assistant and Director)
- 55. Shaun Whittacker-Cook (Special Effects Director)
- 56. Michael Wilson (Lighting Cameraman)
- 57. Doug Luke (Studio Photographer)
- 58. Robin McDonald (Clapper Loader)
- 59. Roger Dicken (Model-Maker)
- 60. Bob Bell (Supervising Art Director)
- 61. Ray Brown (Model-Maker)
- 62. Paddy Seale (Lighting Cameraman)
- 63. Frank Boston (Grip)
- 64. Ken Holt (Management Team Member)
- 65. Norman Foster (Management Team Member)
- 75. Alan Pattillo (Not Facing the Camera - Director, Script Editor, and Writer)
- 76. David Lane (Director and Editor)
- 77. Jimmy Elliott (Special Effects Director and Camera Operator)
- 78. Desmond Saunders (Director)
- 79. Peter Wragg (Special Effects Assistant and Special Effects Director)
- 80. David Elliott (Director)
- 81. Derek Meddings (Supervising Special Effects Director)
- 82. Len Walter (Supervising Editor)
- 83. Brian T. Hickin (Sound Editor)
- 84. Harry Ledger (Assistant Director and Editor)
- 85. Harry MacDonald (Editor)
- 86. George Randall (Editing Role?)
- 87. Len Cleal (Editing Role?)
- 88. Tony Lenny (Sound Editor)
- 89. John Read (Director of Photography)
- 90. Gerry Anderson (Co-creator of Thunderbirds)
- 91. Sylvia Anderson (Character Creation)