Ned Willigan

Ned Willigan, the Royale Studio Model who appeared in the two, classic, Navy storyettes.

Ned Willigan was a good looking man with a chunky build which looked good in the trademark, Royale, damp bell-bottoms. There is some confusion about his correct name which is discussed in the blog post 'Identifying the Navy Romeo and DTS models'

  

As far as I know Ned Willigan did not model solo photos for Royale*, but he appears in a group shoot for the cast of Navy Romeo and also the Storyettes and sets below where he played the role of bully alongside Tom Harding.

 

Ned Willigan's Storyette Appearances 

Navy Gash (Oct 1959)

with Tom Harding (R) and 'Percy' (Centre)

Ned and Tom waken an untidy shipmate
and teach him a lesson in keeping clean

Navy Romeo (Jan 1960)

with Tom Harding (on top of him) and 'Ted' (R)

Ned and Tom spy on a vain shipmate
and decide he needs to be taken down a peg or two  

DTS (Jan1960)

with Tom Harding (L)  and 'Ted' (Centre)

The three sailors from Navy Romeo, pose as a group. 

 

 

Possible Solo Appearance by Ned Willigan

This thumbnail is attributed to * Spike Millican in the Royale Catalogue and there is a possibility that this is also Ned Willigan (after a heavy night by the look of it!). It's posed on the set used for Navy Gash

 
*see the Spike Millican section of

 Identifying Navy Romeo Models