鄧肯·普雷斯頓：“我無家可歸，睡在邁克爾·廚房公寓的地板上”

彼得羅伯森(Peter Robertson) 寫道，78 歲的演員鄧肯普雷斯頓(Duncan Preston) 出演了維多利亞伍德(Victoria Wood) 的大部分電視節目，包括《晚餐女士》和《橡子古董》 。

Actor Duncan Preston, 78, featured in most of Victoria Wood's TV shows including Dinnerladies and Acorn Antiques.

78 歲的演員鄧肯普雷斯頓 (Duncan Preston) 出現在維多利亞伍德 (Victoria Wood) 的大部分電視節目中，包括《晚餐女士》和《橡子古董》。

He also starred in the sitcom Surgical Spirit and has had roles in EastEnders, Emmerdale and Coronation Street.

他還主演了情境喜劇《外科精神》，並在《倫敦東區》、《愛默戴爾》和《加冕街》中扮演角色。

Last seen in the Christmas Special of All Creatures Great And Small, he will next appear in The Good Ship Murder, also on Channel 5.

他最後一次出現是在聖誕節特輯《大小生物》中，接下來他將出現在第五頻道的《好船謀殺案》中。

Divorced from actress Susan Penhaligon, Bradford-born Duncan now lives alone near Ilkley.

出生於布拉德福德的鄧肯與女演員蘇珊彭海利根離婚，現在獨自住在伊爾克利附近。

What did your parents teach you about money?

關於金錢，你的父母教你什麼？

My father Sonny Preston was a haulage contractor, but much of his time was taken up with my mother Vera because she was schizophrenic and often required care. He tried his best to raise the three of us, but never talked to us about money.

我的父親桑尼普雷斯頓是一名運輸承包商，但他大部分的時間都花在了我母親維拉身上，因為她患有精神分裂症，經常需要護理。他盡力撫養我們三個人，卻從不和我們談起錢的事。

I taught myself how to manage money. I now live near the mental health hospital where Mum was treated. It's been converted into flats and I nearly bought one until my younger brother Alan talked me out of it.

我自學如何管理金錢。我現在住在媽媽接受治療的精神健康醫院附近。它已被改造成公寓，我差點就買了一套，直到我弟弟艾倫勸我放棄。

What was your first pay packet?

你的第一個薪資包是多少？

My first job was at 16 with the Halifax building society in Bradford and I started on £25 16s 8d per month. I spent that fairly quickly. I lasted two years and ended up in the Subscription Share Department. I had to work out all the interest in my head.

我的第一份工作是 16 歲時在布拉德福德的哈利法克斯建築互助會工作，起薪是每月 25 英鎊 16 先令 8 天。我很快就花掉了。我做了兩年，最後進入了認購股票部門。我必須在腦子裡計算出所有的興趣。

I wanted to do something more exciting so I joined an amateur theatre and someone said I should go to drama school. I couldn't believe it when I got into Rada.

我想做一些更令人興奮的事情，所以我加入了一個業餘劇院，有人說我應該去戲劇學校。當我進入拉達時我簡直不敢相信。

Have you ever struggled to make ends meet?

您是否曾為維持收支平衡而苦苦掙扎？

Yes, when I trained at Rada, I tried to add to my grant of £112 a term by gambling in a casino and lost it in about 10 minutes. That stopped me gambling.

是的，當我在 Rada 接受培訓時，我試圖透過在賭場賭博來增加每學期 112 英鎊的補助金，但大約 10 分鐘後就輸光了。這讓我停止了賭博。

I was homeless at one point and three fellow students let me sleep on the floor of their flat in Belsize Park, London. One was Michael Kitchen, who starred in Foyle's War, and we're still friends.

我一度無家可歸，三位同學讓我睡在他們位於倫敦貝爾塞茲公園的公寓的地板上。其中一位是麥可基欽（Michael Kitchen），他主演了《福伊爾的戰爭》，我們仍然是朋友。

I was on the breadline when I tested for the role of Maximillian Largo with Kim Basinger for 1983 Bond film Never Say Never Again, doing a love scene. I was in love with her for about 10 minutes, but her fella was always within 10ft! Sadly I didn't get the part.

當我在1983 年邦德電影《永不言敗》中與金貝辛格(Kim Basinger) 一起試演馬克西米利安拉戈(Maximilian Largo) 的角色時，我正處於救濟的邊緣，演一場愛情戲。我愛了她大約10分鐘，但她的傢伙總是在10英尺以內！遺憾的是我沒有得到這個角色。

Have you ever been paid silly money?

你曾經收到過愚蠢的錢嗎？

I was the male lead in ITV sitcom Surgical Spirit from 1989 until 1995, but Nichola McAuliffe was the real lead. My first pay packet for that was £2,500 per episode. By the fifth series, I was on £13,500 an episode which was ridiculous to me. It ran for seven series.

從 1989 年到 1995 年，我在 ITV 情境喜劇《外科精神》中擔任男主角，但尼古拉·麥考利夫才是真正的主角。我的第一筆報酬是每集 2,500 英鎊。到第五季時，我每集的片酬為 13,500 英鎊，這對我來說太荒謬了。它運行了七個系列。

What's been the best year of your financial life?

您財務生涯中最好的一年是哪一年？

I suppose it would have been the later years of Surgical Spirit. I didn't do a lot of telly – I was always a theatre actor. But I got that part because they'd seen me on Victoria Wood shows. She put me on the map. I used to say she was responsible for 80 per cent of my wages. In a group of actors Victoria regularly worked with, I was the token male! Julie Walters and I were an item at one point.

我想那是《外科精神》的晚年。我演的電視劇不多——我一直是個戲劇演員。但我得到這個角色是因為他們在維多利亞伍德的演出中看到了我。她把我放在了地圖上。我過去常說她承擔了我80%的薪水。在維多利亞經常合作的一群演員中，我是像徵性的男性！朱莉沃特斯和我曾經是一夥的。

I asked her to marry me but she wouldn't. But I look at her Christmas card with joy every year.

我向她求婚，但她不肯。但每年我看著她的聖誕卡都會很開心。

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