'Film star bullied gay neighbour' runs a Daily Mirror headline.But like ye olde 'Famous writer dies' newspaper hoarding, if they really were famous you'd only need to print their name.
"A former film star who "wickedly" harassed his homosexual neighbour has been spared jail.
"Patrick Westwood, 85, constantly goaded Barrie Boxell, 57, the manager of his block of flats in Wandsworth, South London. Westwood - who acted with Michael Caine in The Last Valley and Vincent Price in The Pit And The Pendulum - had a cordial relationship with the victim until a row over a satellite dish in 2002.
"He has since provoked and humiliated Mr Boxell, calling him names and squaring up to him."
If you look up Mr Westwood on IMDB, he's had a long career, but he ain't no star.
Some highlights: Genevieve (1953, Mechanic uncredited), Reach For The Sky (1956, RAF corporal/driver uncredited), Carry On... Up The Khyber (1968, Burpa in crowd uncredited), Love Thy Neighbour (1975 TV series, dustman), Shelley (1980 TV series, second ambulance man)...
Does turning the bit-part actor Mr Westwood into a "film star" - like headlining the fact that Mr Boxell is gay - turn a non-story into a newstory?
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Yes he had a long career and maybe he had small parts but he played in movies you could never do. I don't agree with what he did but he has his own opions as you do. I've never met this man but he is a 5th cousin and I will stand by him. I am an american cousin and would be proud to meet him. Barbara Westwood Lyons
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