John Clive, who played Lennon, tells of how he used to compere bands in Liverpool in the early 60s when the then Silver Beatles were on the scene. They were each part of the 60s Mersey scene.
BEATLES YELLOW SUBMARINE FILM TV
The other three, all actors at the time, are now working in theatre, TV and film. Towards the end of the production, Batten was in bed with one of the young women on the production team when the military police burst in and arrested him for desertion. He cast him on the spot as George Harrison, although Batten had never acted before.
One of the quartet, Peter Batten, has completely disappeared.ĭirector George Dunning had overheard Batten talking in a Liverpudlian accent in a London pub. The half-deception was aided by the opening credits: "Apple Films present a King Features production, The Beatles, Yellow Submarine," they trumpet, and then simply list the voiceover artists without saying who played which part.īut the artists who became Beatles for the day - or rather for almost 15 months, since they had to record the whole film twice, improvise scenes and recapture the quick-fire wit that was the Beatles' trademark, have a story to tell. The story of the Beatle impostors was never kept secret, but then it was never really publicly stated, either. That's John Clive, Geoffrey Hughes, Paul Angelis and Peter Batten - Yellow Submarine's unsung heroes, the Beatles' voiceover actors.
So John, Paul, George and Ringo handed vocal responsibility to John, Geoff, Paul and Peter. They wouldn't be required for a shooting schedule - and since they were giving up their characters to cartoon drawings, why not give up the responsibility of their voices too?
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