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  Gareth Hunt, 65 - The Boston Globe
Hunt had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer two years ago and had fought the disease "privately and bravely," said the agent, Alexandra McLean-Williams.
Hunt joined the merchant marine at 15 and spent six years at sea before studying acting and later appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Hunt played Gambit and was joined by Joanna Lumley as Purdey, the series' glamorous martial arts expert.
www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2007/03/17/gareth_hunt_65   (262 words)

  
  Gareth Hunt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, and Patrick Macnee in The New Avengers.
Gareth Hunt (born 7 February 1943 in London) is an English actor, known for his roles as Frederick in Upstairs, Downstairs and Mike Gambit in The New Avengers which also starred a youthful Joanna Lumley as Purdey.
The curly-haired Hunt subsequently made a series of television ads for Nescafé, with a trademark move; to shake his clenched hand then open it and smell it, to reveal coffee beans.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gareth_Hunt   (178 words)

  
 Actor Gareth Hunt Dies (from Thisisdorset)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
ACTOR Gareth Hunt, who has died at the age of 65 from pancreatic cancer, had fought illness for several years.
Hunt, best known as star of TV's The New Avengers, made headlines back in 2002 when he collapsed on stage at the Pier Theatre in Bournemouth midway through a performance of the Alan Ayckbourn play Absurd Person Singular.
Hunt was last seen in Bournemouth in 2004 when he returned to the Pier Theatre to star in the Francis Durbridge thriller The Gentle Hook.
www.thisisdorset.net /display.var.1259233.0.actor_gareth_hunt_dies.php   (234 words)

  
 Gareth Hunt | Obituaries | News | Telegraph
Gareth Hunt, who died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 65, was the actor who played Mike Gambit in The New Avengers and subsequently sang the praises of instant coffee.
Hunt had some small television roles in shows such as Bless This House and Space: 1999 and played Arak in the 1974 Doctor Who episode Planet of the Spiders.
Hunt suffered mixed health in recent years; in 1992 he collapsed shortly before appearing in a thriller at the Theatre Royal, Windsor, and he had a serious heart attack in December 1999 and had to pull out of panto at Malvern.
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/03/14/nhunt214.xml   (862 words)

  
 New Avengers star Gareth Hunt dies
Actor Gareth Hunt, star of The New Avengers, has died of cancer aged 65.
Hunt is survived by his wife, Amanda, and three sons.
Hunt died at his home in Redhill, Surrey, in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
www.breitbart.com /?id=paHuntWed13GarethHuntud&show_article=1&cat=showbiz   (271 words)

  
 Classical Fencing and Historical Swordsmanship Exposition: Dusack
Gareth Hunt has been a member of the Dawn Duellists Society since 1995, achieved full member status in 1996, and is a leading member of the Swordplay Demonstration Team.
Hunt is met by double-handed parry by Mr.
Hunt executes finishing thrust to the chest of Mr.
www.martinez-destreza.com /expo/dusack.htm   (343 words)

  
 GARETH HUNT SUFFERS SUSPECTED HEART ATTACK ON STAGE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Former The New Avengers star Gareth Hunt is said to be “fairly comfortable” in hospital after collapsing from a suspected heart attack while appearing on stage Wednesday night.
The actor, who had a heart attack and needed a bypass opearation two years ago, is expected to remain in hospital for about a week.
Gareth, also famed for Nescafé adverts in the Eighties, was most recently seen in the ITV soap Night And Day, and made a cameo appearance on EastEnders.
www.hellomagazine.com /film/2002/07/25/garethhunt   (282 words)

  
 match
Gareth Williams and Eifion Jones combined well to create an opening but Carmarthen nearly managed a counter but were denied by Alan Goodall's timely interception.
Leading by a Gareth Williams goal at half time Bangor fell to 3-1 defeat against a TNS side who would be relieved to finish the match with eleven players.
Lee Hunt sped on goal with Gareth Owen at his heels, the resulting pull ended his advance and should surely have seen the fullback head for an early shower, but the card was yellow despite his last man position.
www.citizens-choice.co.uk /Matchrep2003.html   (11806 words)

  
 Gareth Hunt, star of the Avengers dies from cancer | the Daily Mail
Gareth Hunt, star of the Avengers dies from cancer
Gareth Hunt, the former New Avengers actor, has died at the age of 65, it was announced yesterday.
Hunt came to prominence for his role in the classic TV drama Upstairs, Downstairs in which he played footman Frederick Norton.
www.dailymail.co.uk /pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=442249&in_page_id=1773   (843 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Avengers actor Gareth Hunt dies
Hunt played the role of Mike Gambit in the TV series, alongside Joanna Lumley's Purdey and Patrick Macnee as John Steed.
In later years Hunt became well known as the face of Nescafe with a trademark handshake to reveal coffee beans.
Hunt's character Gambit was an expert marksman and athlete and his verbal sparring with Purdey became a running theme.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/6449881.stm   (367 words)

  
 match
City forced a couple of late corners and Lee Hunt fired wide from the right but on the balance of play a draw was about right and the 650 strong crowd left with the yellow and greens celebrating some unseen cup success.
In the middle of this dispute Lee Hunt replaced Marc Lloyd Williams on 65 minutes and five minutes later Alan Goodall was sent off for a second offence, a late challnege on the Lido centreback Carl Evans.
The tricky Gareth Williams was proving too hot to handle for the Black and Whites and his clever curling effort sailed a foot over from 25 yards.
www.citizens-choice.co.uk /Matchrep2002.htm   (13025 words)

  
 Gareth Hunt - Obituary - New York Times
Gareth Hunt, in ‘New Avengers,’ Dies at 65
Hunt died after fighting pancreatic cancer for two years, said his agent, Alexandra McLean-Williams.
Hunt joined the merchant navy at 15 and spent six years at sea before studying acting; he later appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
www.nytimes.com /2007/03/15/obituaries/15hunt.html?ex=1331611200&en=15c968a5c2e6fa86&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss   (342 words)

  
 Competition and Grading Results   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In fact, Christel de Bruijn started judo with us as a beginner only three years ago and today she was fighting to get the last few points towards her 1st Dan.
Next was our other Gareth (Gareth Hunt) who sucessfully transferred his BJC grade into a proudly won 6th Kyu (green belt).
Gareth Hunt faired slightly better winning one out of the four fights he had.
www.shef.ac.uk /uni/union/susoc/jc/oldnews5.html   (832 words)

  
 Gareth Hunt - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
British actor Gareth Hunt has died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Redhill, southern England.
Hunt is best known for playing Mike Gambit in 1970s TV show The New Avengers alongside Patrick Macnee and Joanna Lumley.
In a statement, Hunt's agent says, "He fought the disease with great courage and through his strength of character and his wonderful sense of humor he continued to work right up until the end of 2006." Hunt is survived by his wife Amanda and three sons.
www.imdb.com /name/nm0402451/news   (137 words)

  
 'The New Avengers' TV Series - Gareth Hunt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Gareth appeared as the footman in the final season of this hugely popular WW1 series which contrasted the lives of an upper-class English family with that of their servants.
This episode features Gareth as a crooked businessman who finds that, due to 'debts' he has incurred with a gang of criminals, his son is being threatened.
Gareth presents a series of clips and interviews with the other cast members of the show.
www.mark-1.co.uk /NewAvengers/gareth.htm   (809 words)

  
 Bug in cfa_workflowExecute ?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
07/10/2001 03:08 PM Author: Gareth Hunt Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=m:17:713:2521 Evening all I apologise for the long mail, but I have hit what seems a rather complex problem which needs some background explanation.
07/11/2001 05:36 AM Author: Gareth Hunt Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=m:17:713:2524 Morning (at least where I am) I had a bit of a brainwave on the way home...
Cheers Gareth Evening all I apologise for the long mail, but I have hit what seems a rather complex problem which needs some background explanation.
www.houseoffusion.com /lists.cfm/link=m:17:713:2524   (632 words)

  
 RTÉ.ie Entertainment: New Avengers star Gareth Hunt dies
Gareth Hunt, the star of the 1970s TV show 'The New Avengers', has died.
Best known for his role as Mike Gambit opposite Patrick Macnee and Joanna Lumley in 'The New Avengers', Hunt also famously starred in a series of Nescafé TV ads and 'Upstairs, Downstairs'.
The actor is survived by his wife and three sons.
www.rte.ie /arts/2007/0314/huntg.html   (187 words)

  
 UKmother Forums - More gossip   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
I read on teletext that that Gareth Hunt was the hitman that shot Phil.
The man formerly known as boon is coming to eastenders to star as the cab drivers brother and ends up with Peggy.
..Gareth Hunt was in the New Avengers with Joanna Lumley and thingy with the bowler hat....went on to do the Nescafe ads (shaking 3 types of bean..LOL)......quite a sauce in his time....*ahem!*...so me mother tells me..LOLOL!
ukmother.com /forums/showthread.php?t=3417   (252 words)

  
 Gareth Hunt dead at 65 - TV Squad
Hunt died of pancreatic cancer this week in London.
Gareth recently did some commentaries for two of the episodes with Brian Clemens on a UK release.
Like you, I was first introduced to "The Avengers" via "The New Avengers." I lived in England from '76-79, and as an 11 year-old kid, TNA was great action fare, and even at that young age, I knew that Lumley was hot.
www.tvsquad.com /2007/03/17/gareth-hunt-dead-at-65   (1006 words)

  
 The Avengers Forever: Gareth Hunt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Born 7 February 1942 (some sources say 1943) in Battersea, London, England, Gareth Hunt served in the Merchant Navy for six years from age fifteen, before jumping ship in New Zealand and ending up in military prison for three months.
Returning to Britain, Gareth took the first steps that would eventually lead to his acting career: getting a job in an ITV studio, and later taking a BBC design course.
During this time he held a variety of jobs to make ends meet, ranging from stagehand to road digger to door-to-door salesman.
theavengers.tv /forever/bio-hunt.htm   (360 words)

  
 So Pet Shop Boys - The Film
Neil appears with his bicycle, cycling to a kiosk ('It Couldn't Happen Here' is playing), where he buys some postcards while the kiosk keeper (Gareth Hunt) moans about politicians and the faults of the modern world.
He runs downstairs and waits for the landlady (Barbara Windsor) to bring him breakfast while clearly irked by the appalling jokes being made by a novelty salesman (Gareth Hunt, again) at the next table.
They arrive at a transport cafe where they're sat next to a traveller (Gareth Hunt, once again).
www.sopetshopboys.co.uk /film.htm   (1048 words)

  
 Upstairs, Downstairs - Documentaries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Jackson and Baddeley, being the old pros that they were, manage the best here, as they affirm their delight on working with each other.
Gareth Hunt comes off worst as Harty charges blindly forward and presses him on his theatrical family background which he is obviously reluctant to promote.
As a record of the cast as they were (exactly half of those appearing are now dead, including Harty), this programme is an interesting experience (to hear Jackie Tong's real-life posh accent, if nothing else!) but it could have been far better with a different presenter and a longer running time.
www.updown.org.uk /Do.htm   (1864 words)

  
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Gareth now enjoys the distinction of being the first-ever student to win a bursary from the REACT Foundation - established to commemorate REACT Engineering Ltd’s tenth anniversary in 2004.
Wendy Andrews, Head of Wyndham School Sixth Form, described Gareth as an “excellent ambassador” for the school.
2004 Bursary winner Gareth Hunt receives his £1,000 cheque from Pete Woolaghan, Foundation Chairman.
www.reactfoundation.org.uk /?artID=57   (227 words)

  
 Westray.org Gareth Hunt Page
IMDB - Gareth Hunt's listing in the Internet Movie Database.
Gareth also appeared in Nescafe commercials with Diane Keen.
Gareth Hunt biography - Avengers Forever by David K. Smith
calwestray.tripod.com /gareth_hunt.htm   (199 words)

  
 VH1.com : Movies : Movie : The New Avengers: House of Cards : Main
Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Peter Jeffrey
Steed (Patrick MacNee), Purdy (Joanna Lumley) and Gambit (Gareth Hunt) foil the latest mission of Soviet agent Perov (Peter Jeffrey).
In retaliation, and in defiance of his superiors, Perov reactivates several "sleeper" agents who have been squirreled away throughout the U.K. for the past 20 years.
www.vh1.com /movies/movie/241714/moviemain.jhtml   (124 words)

  
 William Hill Press Office   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Bookmakers William Hill have decided to re-open the betting on 'Who Shot Phil Mitchell' after closing the book to check out rumours that actor Gareth Hunt will be revealed as the would-be assassin.
"We have slashed Gareth Hunt's character's odds from 16/1 to 4/1 but if we receive a flood of bets for him we may have to stop betting for good - we are imposing a maximum stake of #25 per bet to limit any potential liability.
It is also worth reiterating that we are betting on who will be convicted of the shooting".
www.williamhillmedia.com /index_template.asp?file=648   (168 words)

  
 About Britain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Gambit (Gareth Hunt) is waiting in his car so Purdey gets in and they chase after the assassin.
Steed (Patrick Macnee), Purdey (Joanna Lumley) and Gambit (Gareth Hunt) are waiting at the airport to hatch a plot to steal Professor Vasil (Gordon Sterne) away from Perov (Peter Jeffrey).
Vogeler and his men begin to hunt for Drake in the woods, but he is later able to escape in the helicopter with Lisa.
avengerland.theavengers.tv /about.htm   (10037 words)

  
 Pet Shop Boys at dead of night, PSB and film - It Couldn't Happen Here - story and pictures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The film begins on Clacton beach early one morning; some dancers are limbering up (the song "It Couldn't Happen Here" is playing).
Neil appears with his bicycle (1), cycling to a kiosk where he buys some postcards (the song "Suburbia" is playing) while the kiosk keeper (Gareth Hunt) moans about politicians and the faults of the modern world (2).
They arrive at a transport cafe (the song "Love Comes Quickly" is playing, then "Suburbia") where they're sat next to a traveller (Gareth Hunt, once more) (12).
psb-atdeadofnight.net /film/e_film_ichh_sap.html   (941 words)

  
 Gareth Hunt; British television star; 65 | The San Diego Union-Tribune
British actor Gareth Hunt, best known as secret agent Mike Gambit on the 1970s spy series “The New Avengers,” died March 14, his agent said.
Hunt, who died at his home south of London, had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer two years ago and had fought the disease “privately and bravely,” said the agent, Alexandra McLean-Williams.
He is survived by his wife, Amanda, and three sons.
www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20070328/news_1m28hunt.html   (241 words)

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