I took my 1947 Bentley Mk VI to the local car show on the heath and parked next to my friend and fellow Bentley Drivers Club member Simon Leach, it was a hot day.
I was asked if I would do a quick interview about the car on camera and as if drawn like a spider to a fly I found myself in front of the camera. Having had a modicum of experience in front of a camera I did ask before we started if they wanted to do a sound check but they said no, so if you actually want to hear my answers you my have to listen slightly intently. Now, I don’t want to make a big thing of this but I got no wardrobe check, or makeup check and as for the lack of a Winnebago trailor to rest in before going on set, what can I say. Except the two young ladies who did the interview were very pleasant and it’s not their fault they had a limited budget for the shoot!
And after all that build up the thing won’t upload here, but I have seen it and I have to say I was brilliant, a legend in my own lunchtime, if I say so myself.
I am a retired actor, although to be honest I only retired because I wasn't getting any work due to losing my agent when I became a full time carer to my mother who had dementia. and the option of becoming an unemployed actor/waiter at my age was ludicrous, especially as my waiting skills are non-existent.
Having said I’m retired, I don’t think there really is such a thing as a retired actor for I am still available for work, I just don’t have an agent or any connections with regards to obtaining any worthwhile work.
I have over the years done student films when there is nothing else available, always low paid (if at all) the only incentive was always the promised copy of the finished film for your show reel which nine times out of ten always failed to materialise.
I spent many years looking after my aged mother and shortly after her death I was lucky enough to run into an ex-girlfriend of many years ago and our romance blossomed once again, resulting in us getting married in 2013.
My move to the countryside inspired me to write The Diary of a Country Bumpkin which tells of my continuing dilemmas in dealing with the rigors of the countryside from the unexpectedly large number of pollens, fungal moulds and hay products waiting to attack the unsuspecting townie.
I enjoy writing, see my play Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori on The Wireless Theatre Company, The Plays Wot I Wrote and The Battle of Barking Creek both available on Amazon.co.uk and am very fond of classic cars so my ideal occupation would be acting in a film I had written set in the 1930s/40s, we live in hopes.
I am delighted to say that since venturing to the countryside where space is not quite the premium it is in town, I have due to the availability of two double garages acquired more classic cars to form a small collection the pride of which are a 1947 Bentley Mk VI and a 2000 Bentley Arnage.
My various blogs and websites are continually evolving and I’m sure that by following the appropriate links you will find something which will edify or amuse.
I have written a number of different books all available on Amazon, so don't be shy should you feel the urge to purchase. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mr-Joe-Wells/e/B06XKWFQHT/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1
