Richard Todd made many films in Borehamwood and was Elstree Studios’ longest-serving contract star. I first met Richard in the 1980s when his screen career was behind him, but he was still appearing around the country and on stage in the West End. Richard’s most famous film was playing Guy Gibson in The Dam Busters and he was always proud of the film. We had Richard wandering around Elstree Studios when out of a stage door stepped Harrison Ford dressed as Indiana Jones. “Everyone knows Richard wore lifts in his shoes or stood on a box to give him extra height, making him the same height as Sellers, who got upset so he started wearing lifts.