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Anthony Green (actor)
Anthony Green (born 4 April 1970) is an English actor known for playing Station Officer Mick Callaghan in series 14 of '' London's Burning''. Early life Green was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. He began acting at the age of 6, playing The Wizard in '' The Wizard of Oz'' at Daisyfield Primary School. At St. Mary's College, Blackburn, he played Oscar Lindquist in ''Sweet Charity''. He continued to act while studying law at the University of Nottingham, playing John Proctor in ''The Crucible'', Jimmy Porter in ''Look Back in Anger'' and I in a stage adaptation of ''Withnail and I''. At the Edinburgh Fringe Festival he played Sheriff Baldwin Rawel in Richard Davidson's Storybook which won a Fringe First and was nominated for the Independent Theatre Award. Career In film, he played the leading role of Jonathan Berkoff, opposite Emily Lloyd, in the independent British feature '' The Honeytrap''. He played parts in '' The Bourne Identity'' and the James Bond film ''Tomorrow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackburn
Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and north-northwest of Manchester. Blackburn is the core centre of the wider unitary authority area along with the town of Darwen. It is one of the largest districts in Lancashire, with commuter links to neighbouring cities of Manchester, Salford, Preston, Lancaster, Liverpool, Bradford and Leeds. At the 2011 census, Blackburn had a population of 117,963, whilst the wider borough of Blackburn with Darwen had a population of 150,030. Blackburn had a population of 117,963 in 2011, with 30.8% being people of ethnic backgrounds other than white British. A former mill town, textiles have been produced in Blackburn since the middle of the 13th century, when wool was woven in people's houses in the domestic system. Flemish weavers who settled in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amit Gupta (director)
Amit Gupta is an Indian playback singer and Bollywood performer. He is known for the song "Radhe Radhe" from the 2019 film '' Dream Girl'' featuring Ayushmann Khurrana and Nushrratt Bharuccha. He has also sung for movies including ''Saansein'', ''Game Paisa Ladki ''Game Paisa Ladki'' is a Bollywood Thriller erotic film Produced by Atul Patel & released on 21 September 2018 -shoot in Surat -starring Zakir Hussain, Sitaram Panchal, Ashraful Haque (actor) and Sezal Sharma. Zakir Hussain plays the role o ...'' and '' Janhit Mein Jaari''. Gupta was nominated for the 12th Mirchi Music Awards in the category of ''Upcoming Male Vocalist of The Year'' for the song "Radhe Radhe". References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gupta, Amit Indian playback singers Year of birth missing (living people) Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bill
''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, first broadcast on ITV from 16 August 1983 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, '' Woodentop'', broadcast in August 1983. The programme focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work. ''The Bill'' was the longest-running police procedural television series in the United Kingdom, and among the longest running of any British television series at the time of its cancellation. The title originates from "Old Bill", a slang term for the police. Although highly acclaimed by fans and critics, the series attracted controversy on several occasions. An episode broadcast in 2008 was criticised for featuring fictional treatment for multiple sclerosis. The series has also faced more general criticism concerning its levels of violence, particularly prior to 2009, when it occupied a pre-watershed slot. ''The Bill'' won severa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard E
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", " Rich", "Rick", " Rico", " Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Scarlet Pimpernel (TV Series)
''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' is a series of television drama programmes loosely based on Baroness Emmuska Orczy's series of novels, set during the French Revolution. It stars Richard E. Grant as Sir Percy Blakeney, and his alter ego, the eponymous hero. The first series also starred Elizabeth McGovern as his wife Marguerite and Martin Shaw as the Pimpernel's archrival, Paul Chauvelin. Robespierre was played by Ronan Vibert. It was filmed in the Czech Republic and scored by a Czech composer, Michal Pavlíček. Cast * Stuart Fox as Monsieur Jouvin * Sarah Berger as Madame Jouvin * Dalibor Sipek as The Dauphin * Suzanne Bertish as La Touraine * Jonathan Coy as Prince of Wales * Richard E Grant as Sir Percy Blakeney * Elizabeth McGovern as Lady Marguerite Blakeney * Anthony Green as Sir Andrew Foulkes * Beth Goddard as Lady Suzanne Foulkes * Jerome Willis as Baron Valdemar * Martin Shaw as Chauvelin * Ron Donachie as Mazarini * Gerard Murphy as Planchet * Ronan Vibert as R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Jacobi
Sir Derek George Jacobi (; born 22 October 1938) is an English actor. He has appeared in various stage productions of William Shakespeare such as ''Hamlet'', ''Much Ado About Nothing'', '' Macbeth'', ''Twelfth Night'', '' The Tempest'', ''King Lear'', and '' Romeo and Juliet''. He has also performed in Anton Chekhov's ''Uncle Vanya'' and Edmond Rostand's ''Cyrano de Bergerac''. He was given a knighthood for his services to theatre by Queen Elizabeth II in 1994 and is a member of the Danish Order of the Dannebrog. In addition to being a founder member of the Royal National Theatre and winning several prestigious theatre awards, Jacobi has also made numerous television appearances, starring in the 1976 adaptation of Robert Graves's ''I, Claudius'', for which he won a BAFTA; in the titular role in the medieval drama series ''Cadfael'' (1994–1998), as Stanley Baldwin in '' The Gathering Storm'' (2002), as the Master in '' Doctor Who'' (2007), as Stuart Bixby in the ITV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cadfael (TV Series)
''Cadfael'' is a British mystery television series, broadcast on ITV between 1994 and 1998, based on ''The Cadfael Chronicles'' novels written by Ellis Peters. Produced by Central, it starred Derek Jacobi as the medieval detective and title character, Brother Cadfael. The complete series was released on DVD on 24 August 2009. The series aired in the United States as part of the ''Mystery!'' series. Plots and setting This detective series is set in the 12th century in England, mainly at the Benedictine Abbey in Shrewsbury where Brother Cadfael lives. The titles are from books by Ellis Peters, who wrote ''The Cadfael Chronicles''. The television programmes were filmed in Hungary, as the original abbey in Shrewsbury no longer stands, just the church. The episodes aired in the UK from 1994 to 1998. The novels were written in sequence, marking specific years beginning in 1137 and ending in 1145. Not all the 21 novels were filmed, and there are differences between the plots and cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus Macfadyen
Angus Macfadyen (born 21 September 1963) is a Scottish actor. His roles include Robert the Bruce, both in ''Braveheart'' and ''Robert the Bruce'', Komodo in ''Warriors of Virtue'', Vice-Counsel Dupont in '' Equilibrium'', Jeff Denlon in the '' Saw'' franchise, Robert Rogers in the AMC historical drama '' Turn: Washington's Spies'', McCreedy in Cameron Crowe's ''We Bought a Zoo,'' and biologist James Murray in '' The Lost City of Z''. He has made appearances on several television series such as ''Californication'', ''Criminal Minds'', the final season of ''Chuck'' and ''Superman & Lois''. Early life Macfadyen was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and was brought up in the Philippines, Africa, Singapore and France. His father was a doctor in the World Health Organization. Macfadyen attended the University of Edinburgh and the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Career 1990s Macfadyen's first role was Philip in the film made for television '' The Lost Language of Cranes'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackbeard (2006 Film)
''Blackbeard'' is a 2006 American adventure-drama television miniseries based on the pirate Blackbeard, directed by Kevin Connor from a screenplay written by Bryce Zabel. It premiered on Hallmark Channel on June 17, 2006. The miniseries was shot on location in Thailand and the town of New Providence was built on a coconut plantation, and includes many factual names and places, but it is essentially a fictional story since Blackbeard's most notable exploits took place in North Carolina. Plot In the first quarter of the 18th century, Blackbeard, otherwise Edward Teach was seen as the most notorious and dangerous seafaring pirate of all, plying his trade around the West Indies and the eastern coast of England’s North American colonies in his ship ''Queen Anne's Revenge''. Blackbeard wreaks havoc looking for Captain Kidd's treasure, and his dark presence causes controversy in the port town of New Providence, especially for Governor Charles Eden and his adopted daughter Charlotte, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hallmark Channel
The Hallmark Channel is an American television channel owned by Crown Media Holdings, Inc., which in turn is owned by Hallmark Cards, Inc. The channel's programming is primarily targeted at families, and features a mix of television movies and miniseries (mainly in the romance genre), original and acquired television series, and lifestyle programs. As of February 2015, Hallmark Channel was available to approximately 85,439,000 pay television households (73.4% of households with television) in the United States. Despite largely being an apolitical brand, Hallmark Channel has garnered a following among politically conservative viewers in suburban and rural areas who, according to Manhattan Institute for Policy Research's Steven Malanga in a ''Los Angeles Times'' op-ed, feel the network and its original programming feed their desire to "express traditional family values and also to steer away from political themes and stories that denigrate religion." Their biggest conservat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel Hands
Israel Hands, also known as Basilica Hands, was an 18th-century pirate best known for being second in command to Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard. His name serves as the basis for the name of the villainous sidekick in Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel ''Treasure Island''. Biography Hands' first historical mention was in 1718, when Blackbeard gave him command of David Herriot's ship ''Adventure'' after Herriot was captured by Teach in March 1718. During the winter of 1717–1718, Blackbeard harassed shipping to and from the port of Vera Cruz, Mexico and traversing the Bay of Honduras. On April 4 or 5th of 1718, at Turneffe Atoll, Blackbeard captured the ten-gun log-cutting sloop ''Adventure'' and forced captain Herriot to join him. Also on board was Edward Robinson, the ship's gunner, who would later be involved in the Battle of Cape Fear River. Blackbeard then made Israel Hands captain of the ''Adventure'' and began sailing for North Carolina. Later, in June 1718, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crystal Allen
Crystal Allen (born Orange County, 13 August 1972) is an American film and television actress. Biography Allen is from Alberta, Canada. She is an actress who has starred and appeared in guest star roles, including episodes of such TV series as ''Sex and the City'', '' Ed'', ''The Sopranos'', '' Boston Legal'', ''Star Trek: Enterprise'', '' JAG'', '' Desperate Housewives'' and others. She has also appeared in television commercials, including ads for Tic Tac Mints, Nissan and Almay. She starred in the Hallmark Channel The Hallmark Channel is an American television channel owned by Crown Media Holdings, Inc., which in turn is owned by Hallmark Cards, Inc. The channel's programming is primarily targeted at families, and features a mix of television movies a ... original movie, ''Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door''. In 2020 she was one of the single mothers in ''Beware of Mom.'' Filmography Film Television References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
