Most people will remember him as Mr Hudson. But for me he always be George Cowley of The Professionals. RIP

He was absolutely fantastic in Upstairs Downstairs. He really made that programme the success that it was

In the early 80s my wife and I were standing outside of the Palais Theatre in Melbourne after just having seen a Barry Humphries show. We were waiting for taxis to start turning up and standing next to us was Gordon Jackson, on his own. He too was waiting for a taxi. At that time I was a film and TV critic for The Age newspaper; I couldn't pass up the opportunity to chat with one of my favourite actors of all time. I'd seen him in Whiskey Galore and then followed his career closely. When I told him this he seemed genuinely grateful for my words of praise. For well over 20 minutes or so my wife and I had a brilliant conversation with, "…call me Gordon.". Like us he was a big fan of Barry Humphries. He said he could have gone backstage to see Barry but didn't want to bother him when he saw Barry's dressing room was already crowded. Gordon displayed a quick and wicked sense of humour as we three observed the crowd streaming out of the theatre. Telling us he loved coming to Australia because, he said, very few people recognised him (even though Upstairs Downstairs was a huge hit in our country). He said he could go shopping or pop into a pub and be himself which, I think, he always was; self effacing in a dry, witty way. Gordon told us it was a pity that we could not meet up tomorrow for lunch because he was leaving for home the next day. I spent my time in newspapers interviewing some of the world's big stars and directors (I mentioned I'd had a few drinks with Robert Morley recently) he said he was great friends with Morley since they had worked together many years before. Out of all the 'celebrities' I'd met Gordon Jackson was one of the most 'normal', enjoyable people I'd ever encountered and I shall treasure our accidental meeting always. What a gentleman and what a truly talented professional, although I can't imagine him ever agreeing with that. I was so pleased to be able to thank him for the countless hours of entertainment he'd given me... and the rest of the world. RIP Gordon. Cheers, BH.

@americarsqueensland1667

2 жыл бұрын

What a nice experience.

@brucekilby9957

Жыл бұрын

Upstairs Downstairs Would never be the same without Gordon Jackson. A True Pro and so versatile. A Town Like Alice was another great series he was in and it was not long after he passed away. R.I.P Hudson.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍾 'Yes Ma Lady'.🍾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@BillHalliwell

Жыл бұрын

@@brucekilby9957 G'day Bruce, because of your comment, then seeing the comments I wrote 3 years ago, made me want to watch this video again and, of course, I did. It also made me recall something that Gordon said to my wife and I that was very funny and a wee bit risqué, so I left it out of my original comments. As we were waiting, endlessly, for taxis to turn up, we saw the guests of honour leave. It was Mr & Mrs Bob Hawke. I didn't have to explain to Gordon who he was as Barry had given him several good 'serves' during his show. Two big limos suddenly turned up as if out of nowhere. Then a strange thing happened. Mrs Hawke got into the first limo and sped off. Mr Hawke and an, unidentified, young lady swiftly got into the second limo while, to my amazement, my colleagues, among the assembled press photographers, out front of the theatre, as we and Gordon were, all started screwing on their lens caps and putting their cameras away. I turned to Gordon and said something like "Mmm, that's odd, perhaps Mr Hawke has an arrangement with the photographers." There was a slight pause (perfect timing) then Gordon said to us, with a wicked smile, "Ahhr, it's good to be the king." I've interviewed many actors, screenwriters and directors who, increasingly as the years roll by, pass away and I have to say that the deaths of only two others effected me like the passing of Gordon Jackson. Those notable inclusions are Audrey Hepburn and Sir Christopher Lee; both of whom were truly special people. The three of them were a real privilege to meet and share a chat. Gordon absolutely had much in common with Audrey and Sir Christopher, someone in the video said it far better than me. As one actor says in the video, "Gordon was a big star, but I think he just didn't know it." It is possible to gauge a person in 20-odd minutes and in that tiny slice of time both my wife and I felt as if we'd known him all our lives... and, in a way, we had. It was a tremendous bonus to meet him, in the flesh. Cheers, Bill H.

@martinmcdonald4207

Жыл бұрын

Splendid.

Gordon Jackson was one of those actors you knew if he was starring in a role then it was going to be brilliant. You weren't a 'jobbing actor' Mr Jackson you were a star. God bless you sir

Great face from my childhood, always makes me smile, When he said he was watching a film and said to his wife "this is the worst flm Ive ever seen" then he said he walked through the door in the next scene hahaha

I find myself crying watching this tribute to someone that I grew up watching on the telly. Just as I did on the day that he died. I remember it very well,as I was sat in a van,trying to defrost my hands on the heater as I had just been replacing a roof gutter on a freezing cold wet day in January of -1990. I nearly passed out with the pain in my hands,as they started to defrost. I had the radio on,and it announced that the actor Gordon Jackson had passed away,and the pain in my hands instantly subsided,and was replaced with an aching in my heart,and I am not ashamed to say I shed a few tears that day. He is the only person I ever remember crying for,that wasn't a close personal friend or relative. I am glad to hear that he was indeed a lovely man in real life,and it sounds like he was a wonderful father and husband. He went far too early. I would have loved to have met him,he was so humble and down to earth. I hope you are resting in peace Gordon Jackson.

I'm a Yank who's loved British comedy...and drama...since I was a kid. Gordon Jackson as "Hudson" is a legend to this day!

While he was opening a supermarket in Camden Town in 1970s, he recalled meeting my mum in a workers' cafe near the Roundhouse in 1969 (his Hamlet performance). He remembered my brother and I, "the blond boy and his brown haired brother", as he said. Lovely memories.

One of Britain’s very best actors 🇬🇧

This guy was brilliant. Would have loved to have had the opportunity to shake his hand.

When I was just a little boy, age 4 or 5, my parents let me stay up late to watch "Upstairs Downstairs" with them. I just adored Mrs. Bridges and Hudson, the cook and butler. Obviously, much of the plot was too mature for my young mind to comprehend, but these two characters were almost like my "tv-grandparents". Sadly, I never got to know my real grandparents very well; they were quite old when I was born. Angela Baddeley and Gordon Jackson were delightful actors.

Worked with Gordon on one of his last films 'The shooting party', he played the poacher & i supplied the rabbit he took out of the net he had caught, always had a smile & enthusiasm which made everything easy, true professional.

As Cowley he was part of my childhood. .thanks for the memories Gordon

He was one of those fine actors you take for granted - its only looking back you realise how amazingly versatile ha was

Amazing, I’m 22 and grey up watching Upstairs Downstairs well beyond the time and still enjoyed it

Gem of a man. Also in my favorite movie the prime of miss jean brodie.

Loved the professionals 💕

Such a beautiful actor and lovely man born not too far from where I was.Great speaking voice as well.R.I.P.Gordon and may your legacy live forever.

Mr.Gordon Jackson (my mums favorite x) and the utter boss of CI5 George Cowley (keeping Bodie and Doyle in check always) .... such a true gentleman and a great actor...very sorely missed R.I.P

Gordon was a fine actor who appeared in so many British films and TV series.

Mr. Jackson was such a lovely actor! I adored him in DS / US..............................

I had pleasure in meeting this gentleman, he used to come to my fish and chip shop in Belsize Park and have a takeaway and I said to him one day if you ring me up I make sure it's ready so you don't need to wait, so you don't get pestered and he said to me no that's ok I don't mind waiting absolute gentleman and it was a pleasure to know him.

Gordon was an immensely talented actor who is sadly no longer with us. His role as the ever dependable and loyal servant Hudson in Upstairs Downstairs was outstanding and unforgettable. A truly excellent performer.

Such a lovely man and great actor gone to soon r.i.p

He also held his own with Hollywood heavyweights like Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson in "The Great Escape" and Marlon Brando in ''Mutiny on the Bounty".

Wow. John Alderton. Still as handsome as ever. Gordon should’ve been knighted. Such a fine actor.

This guy in "A Town like Alice" was bloody brilliant. Just like the rest of the cast.

For me he will be ever remembered as Cowley one of the greatest TV characters in history

What a great tribute to a great actor. He somehow slipped under the radar, and never really got the acclaim he so richly deserved. RIP Mr. Jackson, your Star is undimmed.

I loved Jackson as Hudson in Up Down, his acting was first class.

I remember him as Hudson in Upstairs Downstairs, but especially as George Cowley in The Professionals. He was brilliant as Bodie and Doyle's boss, and like a true Scotsman he loved a pure malt scotch when the work was done. He was a fine actor, always gave fully committed performances: you never doubted he was the character he portrayed. RIP Gordon Jackson. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

A true gentleman and certainly dressed as one. Few sported a tweed jacket as well as Gordon. RIP

Amazing man. You don’t find em like that these days.

Fantastic actor one of my idols growing up. RIP Gordon Jackson

Gordon had such great screen presence, even if he wasn't saying much you couldn't ignore him. Marvellous actor.

He was an amazing actor. My little brother and I sneaked into the movies in 1960 and loved his movies. Later on we loved him in Upstairs/Downstairs. RIP

We should all aspire to be like Mr. Jackson. What a class act.

He was a brilliant actor, a humble kind unique gentleman. Sadly he left us far too soon.

Love Gordon Jackson!

Loved upstairs and downstairs watched it for years since young.

Who can forget him in the professionals RIP Gordon Jackson.

@gwynnethcoan761

2 жыл бұрын

I couldn’t take him seriously in that as he would always remain Hudson. Perhaps if The Professionals had come first …..

When I was a kid I watched the professionals Bodie was my favourite! Now I'm older, I find Gordon Jackson to be the true talent, and he was amazing! He was the absolute essential element to that show

No mention of the 2 films and 2 mini series he made in Australia in the 50s and the 80s and his friendship with Aussie Icon Chips Rafferty. He and Chips appeared together in 3 films, Biiter Springs, Eureka Stockade, both made in Australia and Mutiny on the Bounty. In the 1980s he appeared in 2 Aussie mini series, A Town like Alice with Helen Morse and My Brother Tom. He was a frequent visitor to Australia during his career.

Brilliant actor. I never seen him in anything I didn’t like. My favourite though was Upstairs Downstairs. I just love that series and I am re watching it, for the umpteenth time. So many great actors in it, my favourites, Gordon Jackson, Pauline Collins, John Alderton, Angela Baddeley and Jean Marsh. Thank you for all the joy you gave during your career Gordon Jackson.

Consummate skill, & a decent individual - rare qualities then as now. Sadly missed :)

I didn't realise he did so many movies what a great man

Gordon Jackson, I knew, even just from seeing him on television and films, that sure, he must have been, a wondeful person in real life. God bless his soul🌳 Amen🙏

He was ferocious as Cowley, but such a great actor. RIP

One of the most great actors I knew in my life,Mr Gordon Jackson

Thank you for letting us "strangers" watch this marvelous, brilliant tribute for the GREAT actor Gordon Jackson.

That was a delightful tribute to te wonderful dear GORDON JACKSON Thankyou all... 🌟 💙❤🌒🌔

a phenomenal actor all his acting work was just incredible

Gordon Jackson Oh what wasn't he in a good man n actor ❤ very humble... The Professionals with Martin Shaw who had so much love n respect for Gordon. . Up Stairs Down stairs wow such dignity best butler ever Hudson great cast too never forget...Fabulous.. so many movies tv he was in big demand n so wonderful to watch ))thats it level headed look on acting.... A great man ❤🌟🌟 Thanku iwish these beautiful peoble could live forever..... Mar 22nd 💙💙 😙

great upload- Thanks. Always thought Upstairs Downstairs was the greatest period drama series ever made and Gordon Jacksons portrayal of Hudson was simply magnificant

super actor,and a gentleman

thank you Gordon Jackson.. upstairs downstairs was and still is a memory of family togetherness for me as we grew up watching this amazing series and all the characters hold a special place in my heart forever and a special thanks to Hudson for calming my OCD in later years.

He was class act and one of a kind.

Nothing here surprises me. "Gentlemans gentleman" sums it up. You see it less and less these days unfortunately.

Great Actor still very much missed RIP Gordon Jackson xx

It's so good to know that he was such a fine man on as well as off screen. I know him from Upstairs Downstairs, that I first watched in England in 1975. Then again in the 90s and again today - (I'm on episode 11 of Season 3 - and don't want it to end!) Gordon Jackson plays Mr. Hudson the Head Butler, and is by far my favorite character in a show where almost every single actor & actress is AWESOME!! Gordon Jackson made his mark & will be remembered not only as a Great Actor, but a Fine Man - May his soul rest in eternal peace. He doesn't need to be recycled/reborn - he fulfilled his Karma while he lived by thinking saying & doing it right, and now deserves a good rest - Amen, Ahmen, Ahmain!

The most underrated actor ever the great Gordon Jackson should have been sir Gordon Jackson

@iainmacdonald831

9 жыл бұрын

Could not agree more Alex.Gordon Jackson was a class act !

@4vepvik781

6 жыл бұрын

Alex Kerr They give peerages to any Numpty these days!!..Sadly overlooked with just an OBE!!😟

@ysgol3

6 жыл бұрын

He would have been probably, if he'd lived longer. No excuse of course.

@danw1374

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. A true 'Professional' - No pun intended.

the man is a legend, makes me proud to be a Scot.

As Cowley in "The Professionals" Hard,arrogant,cynical,tough Scotsman.What was there not to like.

He was a fabulous actor....loved his Fine fare advert....lovely stuff

Gordon Jackson, one of lifes true gentleman...

Best show on the planet! Loved it. Never missed a show!

A pure gent in every way ....

That was so very moving. I'm sure a lot of us didn't know half of what work he had done. Such a lovely man. Thank you so much for sharing.

@rahenyman

6 жыл бұрын

I liked him

Gordon Jackson was clearly a great kind person. This shone out in his performances, even as Cowley in The Professionals. Without him The Professionals would have been largely forgettable.

This is simply lovely. Gordon Jackson was a wonderful actor. He made me cry when Lily rebuked him.

One of my all time favourite old school British Actors and underrated on an international scale and could of been big in Australia and the US not just UK and Europe.

A legendary, always wonderful gentleman actor of the old school!

Like all the truly great actors, he never seemed to "act". He was always believable.

a real treasure

He was fab as Hudson. The programme was really an all time great of British TV.

I am sad to say, that i have only seen him in one thing, The Great Escape, a shame because he was brilliant in that. Il have to watch more of Jackson's work The scene where the German says good luck, and he says thank you, it gets me everytime to say, you bloody prat.

Wonderful actor; thank you for the memories.

Oh, that was absolutely marvelous for me to be able to watch so many great moments, interviews, witnesses and homages rendered to the great actor and man who Gordon Jackson was. The documentary perfectly succeeded in showing the real person, the friend, the father and the true gentleman behind the professional. Thanks thousand times for this gift I'll save preciously among my most cherished documents.

A proper great actor, underrated for sure, but not by his peers, who all rated him very highly, as he was tremendously versatile and gifted in playing many different roles and characters. I grew up in the late 1970s so I fondly remember him as the hard CI5 boss Cowley in the hit series The Professionals, and as the prim and proper head Butler Hudson in Upstairs and Downstairs. A great actor, and a lovely person.

Great actor and gone well before his time!

@garryjeffries5525

3 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace Mr Cowley!

R.I.P. TO GORDON JACKSON FOREVER REMEMBERED IN ALL MOVIES AND TELEVISION. "UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS" THE VERY BEST " BUTLER" INDEED !! FROM U.K. (2022).

Many years ago there was a shopping centre in a town in Scotland. Part of the opening was was a draw for an air flight to somewhere. Gordon picked the winner who happened to be my mother. She managed to get the flight changed to Canada so that she could come visit us.

Brilliant actor in everything he ever did, so underated in my opinion

@valobrien3281

6 жыл бұрын

His son has a rather strange look, I got the impression he might be gay !

Gordon IS The Man

My favourite actor and I was so sad to miss this, delighted when I looked and found some kind soul had put it on youtube. Thank you so much. What a marvellous actor and clearly a sweet, sweet man.

What a great tribute. I keep coming back to this documentary after watching Upstairs Downstairs. Gordon was a kind, gentle soul and a wonderful actor, husband, father and friend.

***sigh*** Thank you so VERY much, Greenheart! ***double sigh***

One of the greats

A wonderful actor. Held in such high esteem - and love.

he had a great presence

An actor has a choice to make early in the career path: do I want to eat regularly or do I want to be a star? He chose wisely. ☺

My favourite scene was as the dying beater/poacher in the "Shooting Party". Probably one of the most moving and convincing performances I have ever watched.

I just watched Blind Spot from 1958. He had a rather large supporting part. At the very last of the film, I was so surprise to see Michael Caine! I have noticed that once Micheal Caine deservedly became a huge star, Gordon Jackson was often a supporting role! My guess is that it is not a coincidence.

My mother worked with him at the Rolls-Royce Hillington.

Geodon reminds me of my favourite show '' yo Rang Me Lord''.

Such wonderful tribute, thanks for sharing!

Gordon Jackson and Kenneth Williams were great friends

OMG!!!He was on Morcambe and Wise ??? Well if that isn't confirmation that you've made it then nothing is!!! RIP Mister George Cowley. Hat's off to ya sir.

I just "stumbled" on to this series recently. I am amazed at the quality of acting that has seldom been equaled in an "American" TV series. I read the book, "Below Stairs" and was fascinated at how accurately the series followed the book. Thanks to all who made the series--many of whom are gone now--Jean is still with us; hope she is well. Again, thank you for all who made it possible.

Anything he did was magic he brought the character to life ,, bodie Doyle wouldn’t be the professionals without his character,,, Cowley