Pink Floyd: The Wall - actors, characters and roles
All actors and their roles in the film "Pink Floyd: The Wall"
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
Timing:
1:35 (95 min)
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Actors and characters
Christine Hargreaves
Character Pink's Mother
James Laurenson
Character Pink's Father
Eleanor David
Character Pink's Wife
Kevin McKeon
Character Young Pink
David Bingham
Character Little Pink
Alex McAvoy
Character Teacher
Ellis Dale
Character English Doctor
Robert Bridges
Character American Doctor
Ray Mort
Character Playground Father
Marie Passarelli
Character Spanish Maid
Winston Rose
Character Security Guard
Nell Campbell
Character Groupie
Emma Longfellow
Character Groupie
Lorna Barton
Character Groupie
Rod Beddall
Character Roadie
Peter Jonfield
Character Roadie
Dennis Fletcher
Character Minder
Jonathan Scott
Character Registrar
Joanna Dickens
Character Dancing Teacher
John Scott Martin
Character Dancing Teacher
Marilyn Thomas
Character Teacher
Brenda Cowling
Character Teacher
Michael Burrell
Character Teacher
Malcolm Rogers
Character Teacher
John Broughton
Character Teacher
Jon Paul Morgan
Character Housekeeper
Vincent Wong
Character Paramedic
Mark Newman
Character Paramedic
Lucita Lijertwood
Character Smash & Grab Lady
Betty Whelan
Character Smash & Grab Lady
David Fleeshman
Character Man on Station
Joanna Andrews
Character Wedding Witness
Diana King
Character Wedding Witness
Roger Kemp
Character Wedding Witness
David Smythe
Character Pink's Friend
Keith Wray
Character Pink's Friend
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on Pink Floyd’s double album — “The Wall,” which achieved platinum status 23 times and has sold a total of 11.7 million copies worldwide.
- In the scenes for the song “The Happiest Days of Our Lives,” the lyrics recited by the teacher and laughed at by the class are taken from Roger Waters’ song “Money” from the album “The Dark Side of the Moon.”
- The most famous and charting song from “The Wall” is “Another Brick in the Wall, Part II,” which sings about the oppression of schoolchildren by teachers.
- The film is partially based on the biographies of Roger Waters and Syd Barrett.
- Throughout the film, Pink can be seen watching clips from the 16th episode of the “Tom and Jerry” cartoon series (1940-1972), which is also owned by MGM.
- In the film, the main character wears an Ingersoll Mickey Mouse watch from the 1930s, which can be noticed at the beginning of the film.
- Bob Geldof wrote in his autobiography that he first heard about the project from his agent while riding in a taxi, and that he initially refused it on the grounds that he simply didn't like Pink Floyd's work. Roger Waters found out about this not because he read it in Geldof's autobiography, but because the taxi driver turned out to be his brother.
- Bob Geldof cut himself badly during the filming of the scene where his character trashes a hotel room, but to the surprise of everyone present, he only allowed a doctor to be called after director Alan Parker (1944-2020) finished filming the scene.
- In the scene where Pink calls home from America and hears a male voice on the other end of the line, they actually used a real international call to the UK through an unsuspecting telephone operator. The conversation was recorded and overlaid on the footage. However, on the album, the call comes at the end of the song “Young Lust,” while in the film it is shown first, followed by the song.
- Bob Geldof is afraid of blood, so filming the scene with the razor was difficult for him. Initially, it was supposed that he would only shave his eyebrows, but the actor got into the role and shaved his entire body. This is a reference to the band's founder, Syd Barrett (1946-2006), who suffered from a mental disorder caused by excessive drug use and left the band in the early 1960s. According to the other members of the band, once during some dinner party, Barrett got up from the table without saying a word to anyone, went out, and went home, shaved his head, and returned to the table as if nothing had happened.
- Many of the extras in the scenes filmed as visuals for the songs “Run Like Hell” and “Waiting for the Worms” were actually members of neo-Nazi groups (they were hired for greater realism). Artist Gerald Scarfe was genuinely frightened when they once arrived on set with a two-crossed-hammers symbol shaved on one side of their heads. In the late 1980s, a fascist group called Hammerskins even emerged, using crossed hammers as their symbol, which Parker, Scarfe, and Waters strongly disapproved of, as they had originally intended to make this scene in the film an anti-fascist anthem.
- The music video for “Hey You” features British police officers in full riot gear, equipped to disperse protesting crowds. During editing, Roger Waters and Alan Parker reviewed the footage and concluded that the film's atmosphere was becoming increasingly bleak. They immediately decided to cut the song altogether – to make the overall atmosphere of the film less depressing, and because the footage sometimes duplicated shots already used in the visuals for other songs. The cut material was considered lost for some time, but was later found, albeit in black and white.
- In the music video for “The Thin Ice,” Bob Geldof’s character is shown lying on his back on the surface of the water in a pool. Geldof was known for his dislike of water and couldn’t swim (nor could he stay afloat), so his body was supported from below by a clear plastic mattress, similar to the ones used during the filming of the flight scenes in Richard Donner’s (1930-2021) science fiction film *Superman* (1978).
- Throughout the film, footage from the 16th episode of the "Tom and Jerry" (1940-1972) cartoon series, which is also owned by MGM, can be seen on Pink's television.
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