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Arthur! Arthur!
''Arthur? Arthur!'' is a 1969 British comedy film directed by Samuel Gallu and starring Shelley Winters, Donald Pleasence and Terry-Thomas. It is based on the 1967 novel '' The Man Who Killed Himself'' by Julian Symons. Plot A dull and unsuccessful inventor begins to develop a second identity as a man about town with a completely different life. Cast * Shelley Winters as Hester Green * Donald Pleasence as Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon * Terry-Thomas as Clennery Tubbs * Tammy Grimes as Lady Joan Mellon * Rafiq Anwar as Majordomo * Judith Arthy as Patricia Parker * Michael Bates as Mr - Harrington * Peter Bayliss as Doctor Hubble * Joan Benham as Mrs Payne * Mike Carnell as Postman * Erik Chitty as Uncle Ratty * Margaret Courtenay as Clare Brownjohn * Frank Crawshaw as Dustman * Mark Eden as Jack Parker * Robin Ellis as Ames * Angela Grant as Cynthia * Basil Henson as Coverdale * Raymond Huntley as George Payne * Stanley Lebor as Analyst * Garry Marsh as Golfer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Gallu
Samuel Gallu (March 21, 1918 – March 27, 1991) was an American writer and producer and director of film and television. He is also sometimes credited as Sam Gallu.Huckvale p.176 Selected filmography * ''Navy Log'' (1955–58, TV) * ''The Man Outside'' (1967) * ''Theatre of Death'' (1967) * ''The Limbo Line'' (1968) * ''Arthur? Arthur!'' (1969) * ''Give 'em Hell, Harry! ''Give 'em Hell, Harry!'' is a biographical play and 1975 film, written by playwright Samuel Gallu. Both the play and film are a one-man show about former President of the United States Harry S. Truman. ''Give 'em Hell, Harry!'' stars James Whi ...'' (1975) References Bibliography * Huckvale, David. ''A Green and Pagan Land: Myth, Magic and Landscape in British Film and Television''. McFarland, 2018. * Hyatt, Wesley. ''Short-Lived Television Series, 1948–1978: Thirty Years of More Than 1,000 Flops''. McFarland, 2015. External links * 1918 births 1991 deaths American film directors America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Bayliss
Peter Bayliss (27 June 1922 – 29 July 2002) was an England, English actor. Bayliss was born in Kingston upon Thames and trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, Italia Conti Academy and the John Gielgud Company. More than six feet tall, with a voice to match, he supplemented it with a barrage of wheezings, croakings, mutterings and, as the opera singer in ''Frontiers of Farce'' (The Old Vic, Old Vic, 1977), garglings. In 1956 he appeared on stage in "The Matchmaker" at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Royale Theatre in New York City, New York and in 1960 he appeared in "Ross" at the Haymarket Theatre, Royal Haymarket Theatre in London. His 20 films ranged from ''The Red Shoes (1948 film), The Red Shoes'' (1948) to ''Darling (1965 film), Darling'' (1965). He acted in more than 40 television productions including ''Please Sir!'' (he played the part of Mr Dunstable, Dennis Dunstable's father), ''The Sweeney'', ''Coronation Street'', ''Lovejoy'' and ''The Bill'', plus d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Marsh
Keith Marsh (1926 – 28 January 2013) was an English actor who appeared in numerous television productions over a 50-year period. Born in Blackpool, Lancashire, he is perhaps best known for playing Jacko in the Thames Television sitcom ''Love Thy Neighbour'' (1972–76), who had the catchphrase "I'll have 'arf!" Roles Other TV appearances include ''Coronation Street'', in which he appeared as a foreman (1961), George Chippendale (1966), James Dawson (1972), George Marsden (1980), Harry Ashton (1988) and Uncle Mervin (1999). He also appeared in '' George and the Dragon'', ''Edna, the Inebriate Woman'', ''Last of the Summer Wine'', ‘’Special Branch’' (1974, series4,ep12), and ''The Bill''. In 1985 Marsh appeared in ''The Beiderbecke Affair'' as "Harry" (the man with the dog called Jason). His film work included ''Quatermass and the Pit'' (1967), ''Arthur? Arthur!'' (1969), ''Taste the Blood of Dracula'' (1970), '' Scrooge'' (1970), the film version of ''Love Thy Neig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garry Marsh
Garry Marsh (21 June 1902 – 6 March 1981) was an English stage and film actor. Born Leslie Marsh Gerahty in St Margarets, Surrey, his parents were George and Laura. His elder brothers were the author Digby George Gerahty and the journalist Cecil Gerahty. Marsh began acting on the stage at the age of fifteen. He started off in films as a leading man but later became a character actor playing self-important roles. During the War he served as a Flying Officer in the RAF. In the mid-1950s, he chronicled his wartime adventures in North Africa in the memoir ''Sand in My Spinach''. Marsh married Adele Lawson in 1920 in Kensington, London. He married for the second time to Muriel Martin-Harvey in 1926 in Chelsea, London before divorcing in 1935. Selected filmography * '' Long Odds'' (1922) – Pat Malone * '' Night Birds'' (1930) – Archibald Bunny * ''The Professional Guest'' (1931, Short) – Seton Fanshawe * ''Uneasy Virtue'' (1931) – Arthur Tolhurst * '' Third Time Luc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Lebor
Stanley Harvey Lebor (24 September 1934 – 22 November 2014) was an English actor. He was best known for his roles as Howard Hughes in the 1980s BBC TV comedy series ''Ever Decreasing Circles'', the Mongon Doctor in ''Flash Gordon'' (1980), and as RSM Lord in '' A Bridge Too Far'' (1977). Before this he was better known for villainous roles in series such as '' Jason King'' and ''The Tomorrow People''. Life Lebor was born in East Ham, London. He studied acting at RADA in London. In 1961 he joined the Radio Drama Company by winning the Carlton Hobbs Bursary. He appeared in ''Minder'' in the Series 1 episode '' The Bengal Tiger'', '' The Naked Civil Servant'', ''Ever-Decreasing Circles'', ''Tarka the Otter'', ''Gandhi'', ''Grange Hill'', '' 'Allo 'Allo!'', '' Superman IV: The Quest for Peace'' and ''Last of the Summer Wine''. In 1986 he acted with Lynda Baron in a party political broadcast for the SDP–Liberal Alliance. Filmography *''The Deadly Affair'' (1966) – Lancaster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Huntley
Horace Raymond Huntley (23 April 1904 – 15 June 1990) was an English actor who appeared in dozens of British films from the 1930s to the 1970s. He also appeared in the ITV period drama '' Upstairs, Downstairs'' as the pragmatic family solicitor Sir Geoffrey Dillon, and other television shows, such as the ''Wodehouse Playhouse'', ('Romance at Droitwich Spa'), in 1975.. Life and career Huntley was born in Kings Norton, Worcestershire (now a suburb of Birmingham) in 1904. He made his stage debut at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre on 1 April 1922, in ''A Woman Killed with Kindness''. His London debut followed at the Court Theatre on 22 February 1924, in ''As Far as Thought can Reach''. He subsequently inherited the role of Count Dracula from Edmund Blake in Hamilton Deane's touring adaptation of ''Dracula'', which arrived at London's Little Theatre on 14 February 1927, subsequently transferring to the larger Duke of York's Theatre. Later that year he was offered the chance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basil Henson
Basil Henson (31 July 1918 – 19 December 1990) was an English actor. Henson had a lengthy career on stage and television. His stage performances included a number of parts in Shakespeare productions, including ''The Merchant of Venice'' opposite Dustin Hoffman in London's West End and on Broadway. He also played in the original West End production of Terence Rattigan's ''Separate Tables'' at the St. James' Theatre in 1954. He appeared frequently at the National Theatre, including a part in the world premiere of ''Amadeus'' by Peter Shaffer. He had the very rare honour of having a dressing room there named after him. He also appeared in many British films during his career. Among them ''Dr. Crippen'' (1962), the ''Edgar Wallace Mysteries'' series of second features, '' Darling'' (1965), ''The Frozen Dead'' (1966), ''Arthur? Arthur!'' (1969), ''The Walking Stick'' (1970), ''Cromwell'' (1970), ''The Final Programme'' (1973), and ''Galileo'' (1975). Henson's television appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Grant
Angela Grant (born 1950) is a British actress, best known for her appearances in four ''Carry On'' films, including ''Carry On Up the Khyber'' and ''Carry On Girls''. Prior to beginning her acting career, she was a teenage fashion model for Michael Whittaker. She now does public speaking and work for charity. She lives in Knightsbridge, London. Selected filmography * ''Follow That Camel'' (1967) - Harem Girl (uncredited) * ''Carry On Up the Khyber'' (1968) - Hospitality Girl (uncredited) * ''The Assassination Bureau'' (1969) - 'La Belle Amie' Girl (uncredited) * ''Arthur? Arthur!'' (1969) - Cynthia * ''Zeta One'' (1969) - Angvisa Girl * ''Carry On Camping'' (1969) - Schoolgirl * ''Tales from the Crypt'' (1972) - Susan Blake (segment 2 "Reflection of Death") * ''Carry On Girls'' (1973) - Miss Bangor * ''Spectre'' (1977) - Butler * ''What's Up Nurse!'' (1977) - Kim * ''What's Up Superdoc!'' (1978) - Helen Arkwright * ''The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood ''The Zany Adventures o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Ellis
Anthony Robin Ellis (born 8 January 1942) is a British actor and cookbook writer best known for his role as Captain Ross Poldark in 29 episodes of the BBC classic series ''Poldark'', adapted from a series of books by the British author Winston Graham. He also appeared in ''Fawlty Towers'', ''Cluedo'', ''The Good Soldier'' (an adaptation of the Ford Madox Ford novel), ''Elizabeth R'' (playing Essex), ''The Moonstone'', ''Bel Ami'', ''Sense and Sensibility'' (which also featured Clive Francis), ''The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes'', ''She Loves Me'' (in which he sings) and '' Blue Remembered Hills'' (written by Dennis Potter). In 2015–17 and 2019 he appeared in ''Poldark'' as Reverend Halse. Life and career Ellis was born in Ipswich, Suffolk. He was educated at the independent Highgate School in Highgate in north London, and at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge where he read history and appeared in over 20 plays. His first West End performance was in Sheridan's ''The Rivals'' at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Eden
Douglas John Malin (14 February 1928 – 1 January 2021), known professionally as Mark Eden, was an English actor. He was best known for his portrayal of villainous Alan Bradley in ''Coronation Street'' from 1986 to 1989. Early life Mark Eden was born Douglas John Malin in St Pancras, London, England on 14 February 1928. Career As Mark Eden, he appeared at the Royal Court Theatre and in repertory theatre in England and Wales. His television and film roles include the ''Doctor Who'' serial ''Marco Polo'' (1964) in which he played Marco Polo, a reporter in ''Quatermass and the Pit'' in 1958, Number 100 in ''The Prisoner'' in 1967, and Inspector Parker in the TV adaptations of several Lord Peter Wimsey stories in the 1970s. Having briefly played a short lived character named Wally Randle in 1981, he returned for a long-running role in ''Coronation Street'', in which he played Alan Bradley. Eden's time in ''Coronation Street'' came to an end in December 1989 after Bradley was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Crawshaw
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Margaret Courtenay (actress)
Margaret Courtenay (14 November 1923 – 15 February 1996) was a British actress best known for her British theatre roles during the 1970s and 1980s. She was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 1976, Courtenay won the Laurence Olivier Award for Supporting Artist of the Year for her stage role in the play ''Separate Tables'', by author Terence Rattigan, directed by Michael Blakemore, at the Apollo Theatre in London's West End. Courtenay retired at Denville Hall, a retirement home for professional actors set in Northwood in the London Borough of Hillingdon The London Borough of Hillingdon () is the largest and westernmost borough in West London, England. It was formed from the districts of Hayes and Harlington, Ruislip-Northwood, Uxbridge, and Yiewsley and West Drayton in the ceremonial county .... She died of cancer on 15 February 1996 at age 72. Stage work Filmography Film Television References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |