[THE_EPISTLE] I've found Hoppy!

[Martin Schwartz]

Its interesting that some people thought of Hoppy as black.  I wonder if 
its generational or locale based.  BeingBrooklyn born, vintage 1950's ,  
and having watched many of the old gangster movies on TV, I always 
thought of Hoppy as of that type.  Lionel Stander certainly could have 
played him and sort of played that type when he played a lesser version 
of "Archie Goodwin" in the Nero Wolfe movies.  Chaz Palminteri would be 
a good choice today.

Peter Sewell wrote:

> Absolutely.  When I watched Hart to Hart I had the same thought.
> It was only later reading other saint books that I realised "Hoppy" 
> was white.
>
> Peter
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Skelhorn" 
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> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 12:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [THE_EPISTLE] I've found Hoppy!
>
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> On 12-Jun-06, you wrote:
>
>> Interesting that Chris has picked Frank Bruno.
>> Many years ago when I read my first Saint book (Saint in Miami) I 
>> thought of Hoppy as a black guy.
>> Frank has the speech but would his face make babies cry.  Lets face 
>> it Hoppy was ugly so not sure Ross Kemp would fit the bill
>
>
> I think I've always thought of Hoppy as coloured!
>
> The only other actor I could think of is Lionel Stander, (played the 
> chauffeur in Hart to Hart) Got the looks (?) and that voice!!
>
> Lionel would be far too old, and I think he's dead anyhow!
>
> Can't think of anyone really ugly though!
>
> <sb>
> Take care,
>
> Chris, village idiot, Suffolk.
>
> Engineers do it by calculation and design.
> <sb>
>
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