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A Horseman Riding By
''A Horseman Riding By'' is a sequence of 3 novels by R. F. Delderfield written between 1966 and 1968. It starts in 1902 at the tail end of the Boer War and is continued in the sequels to end in 1965. The first book is set in Devon in the early 20th century. It was to some extent an elegy for the traditional society which was blown apart by the First World War. After a three-part radio adaptation broadcast on the BBC Home Service and BBC Radio 4 in 1967, starring William Lucas, Josephine Tewson and Hilda Schroder, the first novel and the World War I portion of the second were dramatised as a BBC 13-part television serial, starring Nigel Havers, Prunella Ransome and Glyn Houston, broadcast on Sunday evenings from 24 September 1978. The series was never repeated on any BBC channel, but was released on DVD in 2004. The BBC did not adapt the remainder of the series of novels, but a few years later they adapted two more of Delderfield's novels, '' To Serve Them All My Days'' and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coronation Of King George V
The coronation of George V and his wife Mary as King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and as Emperor and Empress of India, took place at Westminster Abbey, London, on Thursday 22 June 1911. This was the second of four such events held during the 20th century and the last to be attended by royal representatives of the great continental European empires. Preparations Planning The overall planning of the coronation was theoretically the role of the Earl Marshal, a hereditary office held by the Dukes of Norfolk for several centuries. At the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902, the driving force had been Viscount Esher in his capacity as Secretary to the Office of Works, a position which had since been filled by Sir Schomberg Kerr McDonnell. However, in the interim, the Earl Marshal, Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, had reasserted his ancient right to organise the great state events, despite having a personal dislike of ceremonial and havin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olaf Pooley
Oloe Krohn "Olaf" Pooley (13 March 1914 – 14 July 2015) was an English actor, screenwriter and painter. As an actor, he appeared as Professor Stahlman in the seven-part ''Doctor Who'' serial ''Inferno'' (1970). Early life Pooley was born to an English father and Danish mother in Parkstone, Dorset. He studied painting at Chelsea College of Arts and at the Académie Colarossi in Paris under the tutelage of Marcel Gromaire, before training at the Architectural Association School of Architecture to enable a more financially secure career option. His paternal uncle Sir Ernest Pooley, the future Chairman of the Arts Council of Great Britain, secured him a job as a set designer at Pinewood Studios. During World War II, Pooley registered as a conscientious objector and volunteered as a fireman; he was subsequently discharged on medical grounds and began his acting career on stage. Career He wrote and appeared in the film ''The Corpse'' (released in the United States as ''Crucible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Hodson
Steve Hodson (born Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, 5 November 1947) is a British actor who played the role of Steve Ross in ''Follyfoot''. Hodson was working as a civil servant in Bradford when he won a place at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. From then-on he began appearing in roles on stage and later in television, appearing in ''The Grievance'' and '' The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes''. In 1971, he auditioned for role of Steve in ''Follyfoot'', but was initially unsuccessful. Another actor was employed, but later dismissed and Hodson was recruited to the part. He appeared in all three series of its run, from 1971 to 1973. During this period, there was a Steve Hodson fan club. In January 1973, he released a single called "Crystal Bay", written by Maurice Gibb and Billy Lawrie. Hodson appeared in a number of television series over the next few years, including '' All Creatures Great and Small'' and a six-episode children's series, ''Break in the Sun''. Hodso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret John
Margaret John (14 December 1926 – 2 February 2011) was a Welsh, BAFTA award-winning actress, known for her role as Doris O'Neill in ''Gavin & Stacey''. Early life Born in Swansea, as a child she wanted to be a nurse or vet, but she could not stand the sight of blood. She occasionally acted at school with her sister Mair. Spotted while acting in a chapel pageant competition, after an audition John trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, graduating in 1950. Career Margaret John's first public appearances were at Swansea's Grand Theatre, where she had small parts in weekly repertoire. Not being a fluent Welsh speaker, she at times found Welsh language productions challenging. After appearances on radio and in the theatre, she made her television debut in 1956 in a Welsh-language drama. Her television roles included appearances on episodes of '' The First Lady'', ''The Troubleshooters'', '' Softly, Softly'', '' The Mike Yarwood Show'', ''Doomwatch'', ''Blak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milton Johns
John Robert Milton (born 13 March 1938), known professionally as Milton Johns, is an English character actor who has worked almost continuously throughout his career. A versatile talent, he specialises in sinister or obsequious roles and has featured regularly in many British popular television series for both adults and children. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Biography Johns was born on 13 March 1938 in Bristol. He is known for being in ''Happy Families'' (1989) as Mr Alphonso, the café manager of Mrs Wobble, ''Coronation Street'' as Brendan Scott (1991–93), the shopkeeper who died of a heart attack while pedaling along the eponymous cobbled street. Other roles have included parts in ''Poldark'', ''Born and Bred'', ''Ever Decreasing Circles'', ''Home to Roost'', ''Dempsey and Makepeace'', ''Murder Most English'', ''Shoestring'', ''Yes Minister'', ''Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em'', '' Softly, Softly'', ''Going Straight'', '' The Good Life'', '' Don't Wait Up'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Moore (actor)
William Aaron Moore (19 April 1916 – 24 April 2000) was an English character actor. He was best known for his role as long-suffering Sydney Lumsden in the popular 1980s comedy series '' Sorry!'' (in which he became known for the catchphrase "Language, Timothy!"). He also appeared in numerous other television programmes, including '' Coronation Street'' as Cyril Turpin, Betty Turpin’s husband from 1969–1970. The character put in two more appearances in 1972, then died off-screen in 1974. Moore was married to actress Mollie Sugden from 29 March 1958 until his death. Their twin sons, Robin and Simon, were born in October 1963. Moore starred with Sugden in '' My Husband and I''. Moore died on 24 April 2000 in London, five days after his 84th birthday. Television roles Selected filmography * ''At the Stroke of Nine ''At the Stroke of Nine'' is a 1957 British crime film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Patricia Dainton, Stephen Murray, Patrick Barr and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Browning
Alan Brown (23 March 1926 – 7 September 1979), known professionally as Alan Browning, was an English actor. He is best remembered for portraying Alan Howard in the television series ''Coronation Street'', a role he played from 1969 to 1973. He was married to his ''Coronation Street'' co-star Pat Phoenix from 23 December 1972, until his 1979 death from liver failure as a result of his heavy alcohol intake. Phoenix played his onscreen wife, Elsie Tanner, in ''Coronation Street''. Browning's other television appearances included ''The Plane Makers'' (1964), '' The Newcomers'' (1965), '' The War of Darkie Pilbeam'' (1968), two episodes of '' The Avengers'' (" Intercrime" in 1963 and "Who Was That Man I Saw You With?" in 1969) and '' Big Breadwinner Hog'' (1969) and a regular role in ''The Cedar Tree'' (1976-77). His film credits included ''Feet of Clay'' (1960), ''Fury at Smugglers' Bay'' (1961), ''Cleopatra'' (1963), ''Guns at Batasi'' (1964), and ''Julius Caesar'' (1970). His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyn Owen
Glyn Griffith Owen (6 March 1928 – 10 September 2004) was a Welsh stage, television and film actor, perhaps best known to British TV viewers for three roles: that of Dr Patrick O'Meara in ''Emergency Ward 10'' (ITV, 1957–61), Edward Hammond in '' The Brothers'' (BBC, 1972), and Jack Rolfe in ''Howards' Way'' (BBC, 1985–90). Biography Born in Bolton, Lancashire, the son of a Welsh railway guard, Glyn Owen left school aged 14 and worked in a telegraph office. He completed his national service in 1946-48 during which time he acted in the War Office's amateur dramatic company. For the next five years he was a police officer in London's Paddington district, and as a traffic officer he unofficially escorted Richard Attenborough under blue lights to a BBC recording. He continued in amateur dramatics and received acting training at the Actors' Studio in St John's Wood. where agent, Lew Grade signed him as a client. By 1955 he was performing with the George Mitchell Singers in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pam St Clement
Pamela Ann Clements (born 11 May 1942), known professionally as Pam St Clement, is an English actress. She is known for portraying the role of Pat Butcher in the BBC One, BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' from June 1986 until January 2012, with a guest appearance in May 2016, thereby becoming one of the programme's longest-serving cast members. Early life St Clement's parents, Ann Tribe and Reginald Clements, married in 1940. Shortly after St Clement's birth in 1942, her mother died of tuberculosis, and she was put into foster care when her father remarried. St Clement subsequently grew up in various different foster homes until she was taken in by a family who owned a farm in Devon. She has commented: "I was very fortunate in the end. I was always being farmed off to holiday homes, then when I was just pre-teens I went down to Devon to some people who were very good at taking on youngsters, and what originated as a business arrangement became my home." St Clement's father rose to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madge Ryan
:''She is sometimes confused with American actress Fran Ryan.'' Madge Winifred Ryan (8 January 1919 – 9 January 1994) was an Australian actress, known for her stage and film roles in the United Kingdom, including London stage productions of ''Entertaining Mr Sloane'' (1964), ''Philadelphia, Here I Come'' (1967), and ''Medea'' (1993). She also starred in the Broadway production of ''Summer of the Seventeenth Doll'' (1958). Her film appearances included '' Summer Holiday'' (1963), ''A Clockwork Orange'' (1971), ''Frenzy'' (1972), and ''Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?'' (1978). Between 1969 and 1975, '' Eric Idle'', (married to ''Lyn Ashley''), was Ryan's son-in-law. Early life Ryan was born in Townsville, Australia. Her daughter Lyn Ashley is also an actress. Career Already an established theatre actor in Sydney, Australia, Ryan emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1957 and starred in many British stage shows. She made over sixty appearances in films and on telev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Riddington
Ken Riddington (8 May 1922 – 26 December 2014)Simon Farquha ''The Independent'', 12 March 2015. Some sources give his year of births as 1920. was an English television producer, who worked predominantly in BBC television drama from the 1970s onwards. Riddington was born in Leicester. Originally a stage actor, "truly dreadful" according to Riddington himself, he moved to a back stage role managing the Adelphi Theatre from 1950 and then directing the musical ''Rendezvous'' at the Comedy Theatre in 1952. Later, he managed the London Palladium and Palace Theatres in London's West End."House of Cards producer Ken Riddington dies" ''Ariel'', 8 January 2015 After a period as a BBC television floor manager in the early 1970s, he became a producer. His first project as a producer to gain recognition was the 10 part seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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