Yes, he's very much alive, as we finally managed to persuade everyone. He's actually got several acting credits to his name, so I might not be wholly accurate when I've said he was a talentless piece of slime not fit to be stuck to the bottom of Richard O'Brien's shoe.Ed Tudor Pole recently appeared in the Henry VIII drama on ITV, so it's an unfortunate coincidence if he IS dead, as it must have been since this topic started up! And in fact, I've always thought ETP was a dead ringer for Patrick Troughton.
Well, I don't know. I guess I've just said that he's pretty awful as a presenter. He does put on a bit of a persona for TCM, and I'd say it is at least partially convincing, so yes, maybe there's acting talent there. I just still think it was completely the wrong persona since it made him appear so damn annoying and me want to whack him repeatedly over the head with the shoe he'd become removed from.
I don't really think he looks like Patrick Troughton, but I'm no real judge since I try to avoid watching the old cosmic handshaker wherever I possibly can.