Don — Summer Holiday Character Profile

About Don

Bus mechanic who persuades his employer to lend a double-decker bus for a European road trip. He leads the group, navigates travel complications, falls in love with Barbara, proposes to her in Athens, and plans to start a holiday bus company.

Don — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Cliff Richard

Appears in

Summer Holiday (1963)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (6)

• Don — Professional Official Contact — Wrightmore (Nicholas Phipps)

  British embassy representative coordinating the travelers' legal status.

• Don — Alliance Partner — Orlando (Ron Moody)

  Fellow traveler sharing the mobile home.

• Don — Alliance Teammate — Angie (Pamela Hart)

  Travel companion and bus crew member.

• Don — Alliance Teammate — Sandy (Una Stubbs)

  Travel companion and bus crew member.

• Don — Alliance Teammate — Steve (Teddy Green)

  Co-founder and fellow mechanic on the road trip.

• Don — Romantic Lovers — Barbara (Lauri Peters)

  Romantic progression from travel companions to engaged couple.

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• Barbara (Lauri Peters)
• Cryil (Melvyn Hayes)
• Sandy (Una Stubbs)
• Annie (Christine Lawson)
• Steve (Teddy Green)
• Magistrate (David Kossoff)
• Orlando (Ron Moody)
• Wrightmore (Nicholas Phipps)
• Man in Restaurant (James Payne)
• Angie (Pamela Hart)
• Shepherdess (Wendy Barry)
• Edwin (Jeremy Bulloch)