Bobby Gray (actor)
Robert Gray, Robbie Gray, Bob Gray or Bobby Gray may refer to: Sportspeople * Robert Gray (discus thrower) (born 1956), Canadian Olympic athlete *Robbie Gray (born 1988), Australian rules footballer * Bob Gray (Australian footballer) (1943–2008), Australian rules footballer for Footscray * Bob Gray (cross-country skier) (born 1939), American Olympic skier * Bobby Gray (American football) (born 1978), former safety in the National Football League * Bobby Gray (boxer), boxer from San Jose, California Association football * Robert Gray (footballer, born 1927) (1927–2018), Scottish footballer * Robert Gray (footballer, born 1951), Scottish footballer * Robert Gray (footballer, born 1953), Scottish footballer * Robert Gray (footballer, born 1970), English footballer * Bob Gray (footballer, born 1872) (1872–1926), Scottish football player (Grimsby Town) * Bob Gray (footballer, born 1923) (1923–2022), English football goalkeeper * Bob Gray (soccer) (born 1952), former head men's so ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Robert Gray (discus Thrower)
Robert Gray (born 5 October 1956) is a Canadian former Sport of athletics, athlete. He competed in the Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw, men's discus throw at the 1984 Summer Olympics. References External links * * * * * 1956 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Canadian male discus throwers Olympic track and field athletes for Canada Track and field athletes from Toronto Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games Pan American Games track and field athletes for Canada World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada 20th-century Canadian people 21st-century Canadian people Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bob Gray (Australian Politician)
Robert John Gray (8 March 1898 – 2 August 1978) was an Australian politician. He was born in Brunswick, Victoria, Brunswick to farmer Matthew Gray and Susan Jane Saggers. He served in World War I with the First Australian Imperial Force, AIF, and after the war studied commerce in London. In 1920 he married Emily Myrtle Ireland, with whom he had four children. He worked for Shire of Nunawading, Nunawading Shire Council and City of Box Hill, Box Hill City Council as a health inspector. In 1943 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly in a by-election for the seat of Electoral district of Nunawading, Nunawading, representing the Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch), Labor Party. He transferred to Electoral district of Box Hill, Box Hill in 1945, but was defeated in 1947. He returned to the Assembly in 1952 and was briefly a minister without portfolio in 1955, in which year he was defeated for a second time. Gray had been widowed and married Mary Byrne in 1952. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Robert H
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Robert A
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Like It Is (film)
''Like It Is'' is a 1998 British gay-themed romance film. It stars Steve Bell (actor), Steve Bell, Ian Rose, Roger Daltrey and Dani Behr. Plot summary Matt (Rose) is a London, England, London music promoter who wants to one day own his own club. His flatmate is Paula (Behr), a pop singer whose music he helps promote. While accompanying her on a personal appearance at a gay club in Blackpool, Matt meets Craig (Bell), an unemployed youth who makes ends meet as a backroom bareknuckles fighter. They go back to Craig's place to have sex but it's Craig's first time and he freaks out. Matt leaves his card and takes off. Craig wins his next fight and the fight promoter plans to put him against an opponent Craig labels a maniac. Rather than fight, Craig goes to London and finds Matt. Matt invites him to stay, but Paula's not pleased about it. Also not pleased is Kelvin (Daltrey), Matt's boss, who wants Matt to help put over his new pop group ZKC and doesn't want him distracted. Matt ag ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Robert Gray (writer)
Robert Gray, Robbie Gray, Bob Gray or Bobby Gray may refer to: Sportspeople *Robert Gray (discus thrower) (born 1956), Canadian Olympic athlete *Robbie Gray (born 1988), Australian rules footballer * Bob Gray (Australian footballer) (1943–2008), Australian rules footballer for Footscray * Bob Gray (cross-country skier) (born 1939), American Olympic skier * Bobby Gray (American football) (born 1978), former safety in the National Football League *Bobby Gray (boxer), boxer from San Jose, California Association football * Robert Gray (footballer, born 1927) (1927–2018), Scottish footballer * Robert Gray (footballer, born 1951), Scottish footballer * Robert Gray (footballer, born 1953), Scottish footballer * Robert Gray (footballer, born 1970), English footballer * Bob Gray (footballer, born 1872) (1872–1926), Scottish football player (Grimsby Town) *Bob Gray (footballer, born 1923) (1923–2022), English football goalkeeper * Bob Gray (soccer) (born 1952), former head men's socce ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Robert Gray (sea Captain)
Robert Gray (May 10, 1755 – ) was an American Merchant Sea Captain who is known for his achievements in connection with two trading voyages to the northern Pacific coast of North America, between 1790 and 1793, which pioneered the American maritime fur trade in that region. In the course of those voyages, Gray explored portions of that coast and in the year 1790 he completed the first American circumnavigation of the world. He was also noted for coming upon and naming the Columbia River, in 1792, while on his second voyage. Gray's earlier and later life are both comparatively obscure. He was born in Tiverton, Rhode Island, and may have served in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War. After his two famous voyages, he carried on his career as a sea captain, mainly of merchantmen in the Atlantic. He intended a third voyage to the Northwest Coast, but his ship was captured by French privateers, during the Franco-American Quasi-War. Later in that conflict, Gray ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Robert Gray (poet)
Robert William Geoffrey Gray (born 23 February 1945) is an Australian poet, freelance writer, and critic. He has been described as "an Imagist without a rival in the English-speaking world" and "one of the contemporary masters of poetry in English". Biography Gray was born in Port Macquarie, grew up in Coffs Harbour and was educated in a country town on the north coast of New South Wales. He trained there as a journalist, and since then has worked in Sydney after settling in the 1970s as an editor, advertising copywriter, reviewer and buyer for bookshops. His first book of poems, ''Creekwater Journal'', was published in 1973. As a poet Gray is most notable for his keen visual imagery and intensely observed landscapes, known as a very skilful imagist. Les Murray has said about Gray, " ehas an eye, and the verbal felicity which must accompany such an eye. He can use an epithet and image to perfection and catch a whole world of sensory understanding in a word or a phrase." His wi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Robert Gray (ornithologist)
Robert Gray FRSE (15 August 1825 – 18 February 1887), was a Scottish banker and famed amateur ornithologist. Life Gray was born at Dunbar on 15 August 1825, the son of Archibald Gray, a Dunbar merchant. He was educated at the parish school in Dunbar. At the age of fifteen he became an apprentice in the branch of the British Linen Company Bank. Five years afterwards he joined the head office of the City of Glasgow Bank. Here he attained the position of inspector of branches, an appointment which had an important influence upon his scientific pursuits. From early years he had been addicted to the study of natural history. He soon adopted ornithology as his speciality. He became the inspector of the bank's branches and during his frequent inspections he studied the local birds. The note-books and their illustrations by his skilful pencil, formed the basis of his ‘Birds of the West of Scotland,’ published in 1871. In 1851 Gray was one of the founders of the Natural History Soci ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Robert Gray (bishop Of Cape Town)
Robert Gray (3 October 1809 – 1 September 1872) was the first Anglican Bishop of Cape Town. Biography Gray was born in Bishopwearmouth, north east England, the 12th child and son of Robert Gray, Bishop of Bristol, who made him deacon in Wells Cathedral on 11 January 1834. His first parish was at Whitworth. In 1845 he became the vicar of Stockton-on-Tees. As a priest he was interested in mission, and was local secretary for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. In 1847, he was consecrated Bishop of Cape Town in Westminster Abbey, along with three bishops for Australia, and arrived in his diocese, the boundaries of which were undefined, in February the following year. Soon after arriving he set out on a journey to explore his diocese, accompanied by James Green, who was to be rector of Pietermaritzburg in the Colony of Natal. On reaching Grahamstown he ordained William Long, with whom he was to come into conflict later. In 1849, he visited St He ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Robert Gray (bishop Of Bristol)
Robert Gray (1762–1834) was an English Bishop of Bristol. Life Born 11 March 1762, he was the son of Robert Gray, a London silversmith. Having entered St Mary Hall, Oxford, he graduated B.A. 1784, M. A, 1787, B.D. 1799, and D.D. 1802. Soon after 1790 he was presented to the vicarage of Faringdon, Berkshire. In 1796 he was appointed Bampton lecturer, and his discourses were published the same year, under the title of ''Sermons on the Principles upon which the Reformation of the Church of England was established''. Through the favour of Shute Barrington, Bishop of Durham, he was promoted, in 1800, to the rectory of Crayke, Yorkshire, and resigned Faringdon; in 1804 he was collated by Barrington to the seventh stall in Durham Cathedral, and again, in 1805, to the rectory of Bishopswearmouth, and resigned Crayke. He held this living, in which he had succeeded William Paley, until his elevation, in 1827, to the bishopric of Bristol. In 1815, when he was Vicar of Bishopwearmouth, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Robert Gray (actor)
Robert Gray (February 10, 1945 – October 31, 2013) was an American actor. Biography He began his career with minor roles in TV-series such as ''The Incredible Hulk'' and ''The Dukes of Hazzard''. In the John Carpenter-directed miniseries ''Elvis'' (1979), he played Elvis Presley's best friend Red West. He also had a recurring role as "Cliff Willoughby" in the TV-series ''Harper Valley PTA''. He had supporting roles in a few obscure movies like '' UFOria'' (1985) and ''Omega Syndrome'' (1986). His movie-credits also include minor roles in ''The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension'' (1984), '' Hamburger: The Motion Picture'' (1986), '' Armed and Dangerous'' (1986), and ''Innerspace ''Innerspace'' is a 1987 American science fiction comedy film directed by Joe Dante and produced by Michael Finnell. Steven Spielberg served as executive producer. It was inspired by the 1966 science fiction film ''Fantastic Voyage''. It sta ...'' (1987), which also marked h ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |