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A Stitch In Time (1963 Film)
''A Stitch in Time'' is a 1963 comedy film directed by Robert Asher and starring Norman Wisom, Edward Chapman, Jeanette Sterke and Jerry Desmonde. It was produced by Hugh Stewart and Earl St. John. The film is set in a children's hospital and features an early role for Johnny Briggs. Plot Norman Pitkin is an apprentice to Mr Grimsdale, an old fashioned butcher. When the shop is raided by a young thug , Mr Grimsdale (at Norman's suggestion), puts his gold watch in his mouth for safe-keeping. This results in Mr Grimsdale accidentally swallowing the watch and being sent to hospital. Whilst visiting Mr Grimsdale, Norman inadvertently causes chaos all over the hospital. He meets a girl called Lindy who hasn't spoken since her parents died in an aeroplane accident. Banned from the hospital, Norman is unable to visit Lindy so he and Mr Grimsdale join the St John Ambulance Brigade which gives him the opportunity to visit her. The usual pandemonium ensues. In the end Lindy visits him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Asher (director)
Robert Asher (1915 – 1979)Brian McFarlabne (ed) ''The Encyclopedia of British Film'', London: Methuen/BFI, 2003, p.28 was a British film and television director, the brother of British cinematographer Jack Asher. Robert Asher began his career as an assistant director in 1934, working with Anthony Pelissier, Robert Hamer, Maurice Elvey and Roy Ward Baker among others. During World War II he worked on such films such as ''When We Are Married'' (1943), ''Medal for the General'' (1944) and '' Waltz Time'' (1945). Asher became a solo director with the Norman Wisdom vehicle ''Follow a Star'' (1959). He followed John Paddy Carstairs as the overseer of the Wisdom films, concluding with ''Press for Time'' (1966). The Morecambe and Wise film ''The Intelligence Men'' (1965), Wisdom's ''The Early Bird'' (also 1965) and the crime caper farce ''Make Mine Mink'' (1960) are among his other credits. In the late 1960s, Asher began working in television, directing episodes of ITC Entertain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patsy Rowlands
Patricia Amy Rowlands (19 January 1931 – 22 January 2005) was an English actress who is best remembered for her roles in the ''Carry On'' films series, as Betty Lewis in the ITV Thames sitcom '' Bless This House'', and as Alice Meredith in the Yorkshire Television sitcom '' Hallelujah!''. Early years She was born in Palmers Green, London and attended the Sacred Heart convent school at Whetstone. While attending, an elocution teacher spotted her potential and encouraged her to pursue a career in acting. She applied for the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and won a scholarship aged fifteen. Early career Rowlands began her career in the chorus of '' Annie Get Your Gun'', followed by a summer season in Torquay. She then spent several years with the Players' Theatre in London, before making her West End debut in Sandy Wilson's musical '' Valmouth''. It was at this time she met her future husband, the composer Malcolm Sircom. They divorced in 1967. Other West End the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinewood Studios
Pinewood Studios is a British film and television studio located in the village of Iver Heath, England. It is approximately west of central London. The studio has been the base for many productions over the years from large-scale films to television programmes, commercials, and pop promos. It is well known as the home of the ''James Bond'' and ''Carry On'' film franchises. History Pinewood Studios was built on the estate of Heatherden Hall, a large Victorian country house which was purchased by Canadian financier, and Member of Parliament (MP) for Brentford and Chiswick, Lt. Col. Grant Morden (1880–1932). He added refinements such as a ballroom, a Turkish bath and an indoor squash court. Due to its seclusion, it was used as a discreet meeting place for high-ranking politicians and diplomats; the agreement to create the Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed there. In 1934, building tycoon Charles Boot (1874–1945) bought the land and turned it into a country club. The ballroom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Grist (actor)
Paul Grist (born 1939) is a former British television actor.Parrill p.302 He also appeared in a handful of films such as ''Under Milk Wood'' and ''Are You Being Served?''. Selected roles Television * '' The Avengers'' (1961) * ''Richard the Lionheart'' (1962) * '' 199 Park Lane'' (1965) * ''Emergency Ward 10'' (1966) * ''Triton'' (1968) * ''The Champions'' (1968) * '' The Jazz Age'' (1968) * ''Pegasus'' (1969) * '' The Doctors'' (1970) * ''Doctor Who'' (1971) * ''Dixon of Dock Green'' (1971) * ''New Scotland Yard'' (1972) * '' Perils of Pendragon'' (1974) * ''Kidnapped'' (1978) * ''Blake's 7'' (1979) Film * '' A Stitch in Time'' (1963) * ''San Ferry Ann'' (1965) * ''Nobody Runs Forever'' (1968) * ''Under Milk Wood'' (1972) * ''Are You Being Served? ''Are You Being Served?'' is a British sitcom created and written by executive producer David Croft (Croft also directed some episodes) and Jeremy Lloyd, with contributions from Michael Knowles and John Chapman, for the BBC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Coombs
Patricia Doreen Coombs (27 August 1926 – 25 May 2002) was an English actress. She specialised in the portrayal of the eternal downtrodden female, comically under the thumb of stronger personalities. She was known for many roles on radio, film and television sitcoms and Children's ITV's '' Playbox'' and ''Ragdolly Anna''. Her authorised biography, written by Andrew Ross, was published in 2021. Early life Born in Camberwell, South London, Coombs was one of three children; her father worked in insurance for the Employers' Liability, the forerunner of Commercial Union. Coombs attended the County School for Girls in Beckenham, Kent. After leaving school, she began her working life as a student kindergarten teacher, but soon a keenness to act prompted her to take drama lessons during the Second World War with her friend and neighbour Vivien Merchant. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Goodliffe
Lawrence Michael Andrew Goodliffe (1 October 1914 – 20 March 1976) was an English actor known for playing suave roles such as doctors, lawyers and army officers. He was also sometimes cast in working-class parts. Biography Goodliffe was born in Bebington, Cheshire, the son of a vicar, and educated at St Edmund's School, Canterbury, and Keble College, Oxford. He began his career in repertory theatre in Liverpool before joining the company of the Stratford Memorial Theatre in Stratford upon Avon. He joined the British Army at the beginning of the Second World War, and received a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in February 1940. He was wounded in the leg and captured at the Battle of Dunkirk. Goodliffe was incorrectly listed as killed in action, and even had his obituary published in a newspaper. He was to spend the rest of the war a prisoner in Germany. Whilst in captivity he produced and acted in (and in some cases wrote) many plays ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Green (actor)
Danny Green (26 May 1903 – 1973) was an English character actor. He was best known for his role as the slow-witted ex-boxer "One-Round" Lawson in '' The Ladykillers''. He worked regularly in film, television and on the stage, including playing comic gangsters in the original London productions of ''Guys and Dolls'' (1953) and '' Do Re Mi'' (1961). One of his last roles was as ''Lord Surrey'' in the '' Randal and Hopkirk'' episode ''Just for the Record'' in 1969. Filmography * ''The Crooked Billet'' (1929) - Rogers * ''Atlantic'' (1929) - Passenger * '' The Fire Raisers'' (1934) - Stedding's Henchman (uncredited) * '' Wild Boy'' (1934) - Driver (uncredited) * ''Things Are Looking Up'' (1935) - Big Black Fox * ''Crime Over London'' (1936) - Klemm * '' Silver Blaze'' (1937) - Barton, Moriarty's Henchman (uncredited) * '' Midnight Menace'' (1937) - Socks, American Henchman * ''Gangway'' (1937) - Shorty * ''Jericho'' (1937) - Sergeant (uncredited) * '' The Squeaker'' (1937) - Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blythe (actor)
John Blythe (31 October 1921 – 24 November 1993) was an English character actor. Career He entered films as a stage hand aged sixteen and made his film debut with ''Goodbye Mr. Chips'' in 1939 as one of the schoolboys (uncredited). His second film role was the much more substantial role of Reg Gibbons, son of Robert Newton's and Celia Johnson's Frank and Ethel, in Noël Coward's and David Lean's ''This Happy Breed'' (1944). He had a brief part, too, as ''Jane Hylton's boyfriend in ''Dear Murderer, in 1947. He went on to specialise in playing spivs and fast talking wide boys, particularly during the late 'forties and early 'fifties when he enjoyed memorable roles in films such as ''Holiday Camp'' (1947), ''A Boy, a Girl and a Bike'', '' Diamond City'', '' Boys in Brown'' (all 1949) and ''Lili Marlene'' (1950). He was also the garage owner Gowan in the three Huggett films, ''Here Come the Huggetts'' (1948), ''Vote for Huggett'' and ''The Huggetts Abroad'' (both 1949). He fea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Matthews (actor)
Francis Matthews (2 September 1927 – 14 June 2014) was an English actor, best known for playing Paul Temple in the BBC television series Paul Temple (TV series), of the same name and for voicing Captain Scarlet (character), Captain Scarlet in ''Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons''. Early life Matthews was born in York on 2 September 1927, to Henry and Kathleen Matthews. His father was a shop steward at the Rowntree's chocolate factory near York. His parents took him often to the theatre, where he gained a love of acting. He attended St George's RC Primary School, then Mount St Mary's Catholic High School, Leeds, St Michael's Jesuit College in Leeds. He found work as a stagehand at the Theatre Royal, Leeds, Theatre Royal in Leeds, and made his theatrical debut in 1945 in the play ''The Corn Is Green'' before performing his national service in the Royal Navy. After leaving the military he returned to the stage, appearing in a 1954 touring production of the play ''No Escape'', wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Cargill
Patrick Cargill (3 June 191823 May 1996) was an English actor remembered for his lead role in the British television sitcom ''Father, Dear Father''. Career Cargill was born to middle-class parents living in Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. After education at Haileybury College, he made his debut in the Bexhill Amateur Theatrical Society. However, he was aiming for a military career and was selected for training at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. Cargill became a commissioned officer in the British Indian Army. The stage After the Second World War ended, Cargill returned to Britain to focus on a stage career, and joined Anthony Hawtrey's company at Buxton, Croydon and later the Embassy Theatre at Swiss Cottage in London. He became a supporting player in John Counsell's repertory at Windsor alongside Brenda Bruce and Beryl Reid and scored a huge hit in the revue ''The World's the Limit'', which was seen by the Queen and 26 of her guests one evening. He made his first West End ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penny Morrell
Penny Morrell (4 February 1938 – 3 January 2020) was a British actress. She was married to the actor George Cole until his death in 2015. Death Penny Morrell died at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Berkshire, England on 3 January 2020, aged 81. She is survived by her children Tara and Toby and her grandchildren Harry, Amelia and Thomas. Selected filmography *'' Reach for the Sky'' (1956) *'' Brothers in Law'' (1957) *''Lucky Jim'' (1957) *''The Bulldog Breed'' (1960) *''Make Mine Mink'' (1960) *'' Too Hot to Handle'' (1960) *'' Out of the Fog'' (1962) *'' Mrs. Gibbons' Boys'' (1962) *''A Matter of Choice'' (1963) *''The Wild Affair'' (1963) *'' A Stitch in Time'' (1963) *''The Comedy Man'' (1964) *'' Smokescreen'' (1964) *''The Early Bird'' (1965) *''The End of the Affair'' (1999) Television credits (partial) *''Minder'' - Daphne Mount *''An Independent Man'' - Mrs Bamford *''EastEnders'' *'' Heartbeat'' - Mrs. Roberts *''ChuckleVision'' - Lettice / Fairy Godmother *''Bramwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Williams (actor)
Frank John Williams (2 July 1931 – 26 June 2022) was an English actor, best known for playing Reverend Timothy Farthing in the BBC television sitcom ''Dad's Army'' (1969–1977). Often cast as a member of the clergy, Williams appeared in similar roles in '' You Rang, M'Lord?'', ''Hi-de-Hi!'', '' What’s Up Nurse'', '' The Worker'', and '' Vanity Fair''. He reprised the role of Farthing in the 2016 film adaptation of ''Dad's Army''. Early life Williams was born in Edgware, Middlesex, on 2 July 1931, to William Williams, a Welsh nonconformist, and his wife Alice (née Myles). He was educated at a school which temporarily functioned in St Andrew’s Church, Edgware, and two private schools before attending Ardingly College, West Sussex, and Hendon School (then Hendon County School). Williams was an only child and in 1956 bought a house one and a half miles away from his parents' house. Career Williams started his acting career in repertory theatre and worked with the Watfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
