My mam was an operator. Once, a payphone making a call overseas was on a line that kept breaking. Mam kept monitoring and kept managing to reconnect them immediately. When the call ended, the person rang back to thank her, and put some money in the slot saying “There’s something for yourself”.

Gregory’s Girl or Witness for the Prosecution

Can’t help you with his hair but there’s a story behind his beard youtu.be/iIFWRrzVCGU?...