A former translator has opened up about her time spent working with a Hollywood actor after he passed away over the weekend.
Dorothy Oliver, who lives in Winkfield, had the pleasure of meeting Richard Chamberlain whilst he was acting on a film set in Africa.
Richard Chamberlain was an American actor and teen 'hearthrob' who starred in various TV shows and films in the late seventies and eighties.
He sadly passed away on Saturday, March 29, at the age of 90.
Talking about her time spent with the Hollywood star, Ms Oliver said that he struck her as a modest and friendly man.
"Myself, and indeed many others, will have lovely memories of working with Richard throughout his working life," Ms Oliver said.
"However, working alongside him in the African bush, with many wildlife wandering around, proved to be a truly memorable experience."
Ms Oliver, who was living in Africa at the time, was contacted by the film studio to help out with an actor who couldn't speak English.
She had connections with the French embassy and had been recommended to the crew.
Ms Oliver was swiftly hired to be the interpreter of a Moroccan actor named Doghmi Larbi, who starred in 'The Man Who Would be King' with Micheal Caine.
Doghmi was given the role of 'Mountain Man' in the film 'Alan Quatermain and The Lost City of Gold', to be filmed in 1985 at the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe.
"The only English he could speak was 'hello' and 'ice cream,' so I had to be with him everywhere," Ms Oliver said.
"Richard was there with him acting alongside, so we often had breakfast together.
"He had no 'swollen head syndrome,' he was an absolute joy to work with and had a great sense of humour."
She recalled Richard making jokes on set, which kept everyone's spirits high during the three months of filming.
One example she gave was when the effects team would blow props up or the like, he would mutter 'abracadabra' under his breath, pretending he had caused the explosion.
"I really enjoyed it, it was a lovely time," Ms Oliver said. "The press would often come up to the Falls, and they did a few articles on us, and I still have them to this day."
Chamberlain earned the title "king of the mini-series" for his leading roles in Shogun and The Thorn Birds.
According to the BBC, he died late on Saturday night local time (10:15 GMT Sunday) in Waimanalo, Hawaii, after suffering complications from a stroke, his publicist Harlan Boll confirmed - just hours before he would have turned 91.
Martin Rabbett, Chamberlain's longtime partner, called him an "amazing and loving soul" in a statement.
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