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Gareth Jones (6 June 1925 – 30 November 1958) was a British actor, born in Lampeter, Wales, chiefly remembered for the circumstances of his death. During a live television broadcast of the ''Armchair Theatre'' play ''Underground'' on the ITV network in the UK on 30 November 1958, Jones suffered a massive heart attack and died while off-camera between two of his scenes. Some contemporary news reports stated that he had suffered the heart attack while on-camera,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Miami News - Google News Archive Search )〕 although most references claim that he was stricken while in a make-up chair, between scenes. However, actor Peter Bowles, also in the cast, recalled that "During transmission, a little group of us was talking on camera while awaiting the arrival of Gareth Jones's character, who had some information for us. We could see him coming up towards us, but we saw him fall. We had no idea what had happened, but he certainly wasn't coming our way".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Live TV drama is resurrected as Sky shrugs off lessons of history )〕 Director Ted Kotcheff and the remaining cast were forced to improvise to carry the play to its conclusion, with producer Sydney Newman ordering Kotcheff to "shoot it like a football match". Coincidentally, Jones's character was to have suffered a heart attack during the play. Jones had appeared in three other ''Armchair Theatre'' plays in 1958 - "Noon On Doomsday" (6 July 1958),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Armchair Theatre - Noon on Doomsday (TV Episode 1958) )〕 "Trial By Candlelight" (22 June 1958),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Armchair Theatre - Trial by Candlelight (TV Episode 1958) )〕 and "Miss Olive" (6 April 1958).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Armchair Theatre Miss Olive (TV Episode 1958) )〕 Other TV appearances included the ITV Television Playhouse production of "Thunder On Sycamore Street" (October 11, 1957),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ITV Television Playhouse - Thunder on Sycamore Street (TV Episode 1957) )〕 the BBC Television adaptation of ''Under Milk Wood'' (May 9, 1957),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Under Milk Wood (TV Movie 1957) )〕 the BBC series "Onion Boys" (1957),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Onion Boys (TV Series 1957–1958) )〕 and "A Tale Of Two Cities" (1957).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A Tale of Two Cities (TV Mini-Series 1957) )〕 He earlier appeared in Dundee Repertory Theatre plays including "Petticoat Influence" (1952),〔http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/sta/search/detaile.cfm?EID=14833〕〔Dundee Courier, 29 July 1952〕 ''The Beaver Coat'' (1952),〔http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/sta/search/detaile.cfm?EID=14844〕〔Dundee Courier, 12 August 1952〕 "The Hollow Crown" (1952),〔http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/sta/search/detaile.cfm?EID=14848〕〔Dundee Courier, 26 August 1952〕 "The Queen's Husband" (1952),〔http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/sta/search/detaile.cfm?EID=14852〕〔Dundee Courier, 9 September 1952〕 "Young Madame Conti" (1952),〔Dundee Courier, 23 September 1952〕 and ''The Lark'' (1955).〔http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/sta/search/detaile.cfm?EID=26046〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gareth Jones (actor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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