Jason Salkey is best known for his role in the British TV series about Napoleonic War soldier Richard Sharpe as Rifleman Harris, one of Sharpe’s (played by Sean Bean) “Chosen Men”. An outstanding description of the role and a biography of Mr. Salkey can be found at HERE. If you have read the books that…
–from http://www.riflemanharris.co.uk/ Do you wonder which of these two favorite actors of mine I will be interviewing soon?
I have just started the eleventh (chronological) Sharpe series book by Bernard Cornwell entitled Sharpe’s Fury. I am finished viewing all of the British TV series of Sharpe and have begun viewing The Video Diaries of Rifleman Harris created by actor Jason Salkey who played the educated Harris in the series. At this time, Sharpe’s…
Who is this Sharpe character? Richard Sharpe is a fictional character created by British author Bernard Cornwell and first introduced in Sharpe’s Eagle in 1981 (the 8th book chronologically). As of today, Mr. Cornwell has written 24 books/short stories with Sharpe as the main character. Sharpe is a British soldier serving under Arthur Wellesley (later the…
–from http://www.completeseanbean.com I just finished a most intriguing book that was first published in 1848. The full title is Recollections of Rifleman Harris (Old 95th) with Anecdotes of his Officers and his Comrades by Benjamin Randell Harris. Rifleman Harris was an English foot soldier from Dorset who served in the British army from 1803 to…
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