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Paperback edition of Bowles's funny, candid and un-ghosted personal memoir. One of Britain's best-loved actors, he's appeared in The Avengers, The Persuaders, Danger Man, The Saint, The Prisoner and To The Manor Born. Full of stories featuring Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Marlon Brando and many others.

Author Biography

One of Britain's best-known and best-loved actors, Peter Bowles has starred in many West End theatre hits and enjoys worldwide success from television series such as THE IRISH RM and TO THE MANOR BORN, and films such as Antonioni's BLOWUP and Tony Richardson's THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE, and is currently starring on the London stage in THE RIVALS with Penelope Keith, directed by Sir Peter Hall.

Review

'For all Peter Bowles's many triumphs on screen, it is clear from this book that the stage is where his heart is. He writes about life as an actor with elegance, wit and exceptional honesty' Sir Peter Hall 'Shrewd, witty and often hilarious. Peter is a born raconteur and writes as he speaks. Great entertainment' Richard Briers, CBE 'Magical and gloriously self-deprecating' Daily Mail 12/4 'Richly entertaining' The Stage 'Ask Me If I'm Happy is a model of the genre - witty, self-deprecating, revealing and brimful of theatrical stories' Daily Mail 28/5 'Bold and colourful' Good Housekeeping 'Retelling his 74 years as if it were a film, Peter Bowles writes candidly about the memories and feelings that have defined his life and career' Daily Express 18/3

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