I was fortunate to receive his autograph. I must have been around 13 at the time. Gordon was filming The Professionals in Chambers Wharf, SE London. I sprang when he was heading towards his car. To be honest I was a little bit apprehensive to approach him, but I did. He obliged and I was taken aback by his wonderful charm. I was expecting him to be just like his character in the Professionals, but he was just a lovely man. It may have seem like seconds, but he didn't rush at all. All I remember was his lovely smile. I vaguely remember him saying something along the lines of 'Of course wee laddie, what's your name?' Over the years that line could have been altered. Memory fades but I'll never forget meeting the great Gordon Jackson. RIP

@Anja_Maria

3 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful and sweet memory of a great actor! Thank you very much for sharing it!

@hodgod1056

3 жыл бұрын

@@Anja_Maria Thank you so much for your kind words.

He really was a true professional

Thanks for the portrayal of George Cowley. ..my favourite shows as a kid...gone now is Lewis collins. .the guy I always wanted to be when I grew up...thanks for playing a happy part of my childhood...I turn 50 this year and can still remember the joy of playing bodie and Doyle with my mate rolling over car bonnets in a scrap yard...you both ain't truly gone if we remember you..r.i.p

I think its testament to his acting and his real self, that people still talk about him fondly and with enormous amount of respect and admiration. Long may it continue, he deserves it. RIP Gordon.

....and now Lewis has passed too. RIP Gordon & Lewis

@andrewisotope8146

5 жыл бұрын

I would never have believed old Lewis was gone and still cannot accept it even now when I watch these old episodes of the professionals on ITV4 , I mean you see him sprinting around with Martin Shaw? Who'd have thought it then that lousy cancer would do for him? Mind you, with cowley & bodie in Heaven, the place will be like dodge city with God wearing a flak jacket? Lmao

@danw1374

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewisotope8146 Shocked me too him passing away at still a relatively young age. A lovely guy too I've heard repeatedly.

I worked on a house of his many years ago. Gordon had passed away then , met his lovely wife though. For some reason you can really warm to actors and entertainers back then. Hard to do that now

Im watching him as george cowley right now itv4 he was a great actor and is sadly missed.

I first saw him as Hudson in Upstairs Downstairs, but then mostly in the Professionals as George Cowley. He was a brilliant actor who gave likeable performances, even when he was acting dour. RIP Gordon, and Thank You.

66 was no age, even 20 years ago, though he crammed in more than most of us would manage in 100 years. And to think most of us won't be able to retire until we're 67 or more! I was too young for The Professionals till the reruns which meant I had only just got to know and enjoy Gordon's tremendous talent when he passed. I work with someone now who was born after he died - doesn't it make you feel old! Gordon will always be around though thanks to TV and movies. Class lives forever...

@estabaescrito

3 жыл бұрын

true

Gordon was a very diligent and reliable actor, but most important was a good man, few wore a tweed jacket as well as him. RIP

rip Gordon,lewis gone but not forgotten

What a talent, what an actor.

Great actor,loved the proffesionals when i was a little boy and was the one adult programme my mum would allow me to watch as a kid as it was my fav show.

A great actor.......My mother worked with him,long before he became a well known TV and Film actor.

Oh I still got a bit sad although it's so many years... what a wonderful actor he was... one of those very few celebrities I would have loved to meet. Thank you angelfish!

Incredible actor, RIP never forgotten (written on 23-09-17)

Great gentleman.

I loved Gordon Jackson in anything he was such a gentleman and great actor has well RIP SIR YOU WERE SIMPLY THE GREATEST

RIP the lovely Gordon and Lewis xxxxx

Im 16 but my dad used to watch the professionals and im like addicted to watching them now. So sad Lewis and Gordon died really :(

Loved gordon he was a great cowley and lovely man rip you can order lewis about up there in heaven both gone way too soon 😢 💙

Cheers for this. Nice to see a short tribute to the great man, especially from Martin.

A legend.

Thanks for the upload!,

Amazing actor RIP Cowley 👍👍👍

He was great in Tunes of Glory, holding his own beside Alec Guinness and John Mills, and of course he was also superb in The Great Escape. I still cringe at the 'Thank you' line as he and Richard Attenborough get on the bus to pending freedom.

Great actor.

Gordon Jackson is a fantastic actors i watched upstairs downstairs on the Sunday night and the professionals on Fridays Saturdays and Sundays night sadly missed

Gordon was actually a very fine actor but underrated.

Was, a good character wonderful person

now r i p lewis also!

legend

My favourite actor

I just discovered this wonderful actor from .....watching episodes of Upstairs,Downstairs....

@elizebethjames Gordon Jackson died on January, 15th in 1990

Yet another fine actor who died too soon, he was only 66 but had some kind of bone cancer. Lewis Collins was 67 when he died, and he died of cancer, but as yet, it has not been disclosed what his cancer was. r.i.p. Gordon and Lewis.

@rationalsceptic7634

6 жыл бұрын

Gary Dunn Lewis died of bowel Cancer in November 2013 in LA, aged 68

Legendary actor and a great man.

Any The Professionals fans i can highly recommend it on Bluray. On a good TV looks like it was filmed yesterday. Bit creepy in a way.

@flybobbie1449

3 жыл бұрын

@@eckg7592 Well didn't like to say all my current BR HD stuff from you know where. But my comment was for those that want legal stuff.

Its a shame people have to die 😔 his generation are the last of the great actors who didn't need CJI technology i enjoyed watching 👀 THE PROFESSIONALS in the eighties RIP

He was one of Scotlands finest !!!!

he died a long time ago as did the lady who played Mrs Bridges.

Never thought I would be older than mr Hudson

Legend. Cowley rocks

RIP Gordon

Yeah so believable as George Cowley keeping Bodie and Doyle in check but allowing the occasional dram to be shared.......66 is young to go.......always remembered though.

@finnhere2 You're more than welcome! Oh, yes, I would have loved to meet Gordon Jackson as well.

@RTWUROTTS You're more than welcome!

Wonderful actor

yes so sad he went too early.so soon

He was also in whiskey galore

An excellent ector and seemed a nice man I liked the interview he did with Brian johnston.

@Lindafiddles You're more than welcome!

@Banner1979 You're very welcome!

@angelfish45 Cool. I'm sure News At Ten paid a slightly longer tribute to Gordon, they must have even showed a Pros clip.

Smashing bloke

Cowley in The Professionals.

@CI5AgentSweeps Can't forget the CI5 boss! ;-) You're welcome, Sweeps!

Wow quite young

Remember him in Mutiny on the Bounty.

mine too

Why has nobody mentioned The Great Escape?

A "stock jock" ??? what a fucking insult to Scottish people and to him as an actor.

what year did he die?

@keithmartin1328

10 ай бұрын

January 15th 1990

What year was this?

@chrishowell9821

5 жыл бұрын

2011

@WillScarlet1991

5 жыл бұрын

@@chrishowell9821 When he died in 1990?

Riposa in pace

Martin Shaw the hippocrite

@alisonscreen

2 жыл бұрын

Martin Shaw is no hippocrite he is always polite Lew Collins rude arrogant met him in a night club very rude about Martin Shaw he came over has being jealous of Martin Shaw i have met Martin Shaw he is a lovely person

66 was no bloody age, even 20 years ago, though he crammed in more than most of us would manage in 100 years. And to think most of us won't be able to retire until we're 67 or more! I was too young for The Professionals till the reruns which meant I had only just got to know and enjoy Gordon's tremendous talent when he passed. I work with someone now who was born after he died - doesn't it make you feel old! Gordon will always be around though thanks to TV and movies. Class lives forever...