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Battle Of The V-1
''Battle of the V-1'' (also known as ''Battle of the V.1'', ''Battle of the V1'', ''Missiles from Hell'' and ''Unseen Heroes'') is a British war film from 1958, starring Michael Rennie, Patricia Medina, Milly Vitale, David Knight and Christopher Lee. It is based on the novel ''They Saved London'' (1955), by Bernard Newman. Retrieved 2011-11-27 Plot The film tells the story of a Polish Resistance group, which discovers details of the manufacture of the German 'Flying Bomb' at |
Vernon Sewell
Vernon Campbell Sewell (4 July 1903 – 21 June 2001) was a British film director, writer, producer and, briefly, an actor. Sewell was born in London, England, and was educated at Marlborough College. He directed more than 30 films during his career, starting with '' Morgenrot'' (1933) and ending with '' Burke & Hare'' (1971). He worked chiefly in B-movies, some of which were, according to the BFI Screenonline, "well above the usual cut-price standards of film-making at this level." He was married to the actress Joan Carol (born Joan Roscoe Catt 1905-1986) in 1950. Vernon Sewell died on 21 June 2001 in Durban, South Africa, at age 97. Filmography (director) *1933: '' Morgenrot'' *1934: ''The Medium'' *1937: ''A Test for Love'' *1938: ''Breakers Ahead'' *1939: ''What Men Live By'' *1943: ''The Silver Fleet'' *1945: ''The World Owes Me a Living'' *1945: '' Latin-quarter'' *1945: ''Frenzy'' *1947: ''The Ghosts of Berkeley Square'' *1948: ''Uneasy Terms'' *1949: ''The Jack of Dia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Knight (actor)
David Stephen Knight (January 16, 1928 – December 20, 2020) was an American film and television actor who worked for many years in Britain. He began his screen career as a contract player for the Rank Organisation who used him as the male lead in several of its productions. He was married to the Scottish actress Wendy McClure (1930–2022). Selected filmography Film * '' The Young Lovers'' (1954) * ''Out of the Clouds'' (1955) * '' Eyewitness'' (1956) * ''Lost (film)'' (1956) * '' Across the Bridge'' (1957) * '' Battle of the V-1'' (1958) * ''Clue of the Twisted Candle'' (1960) * ''A Story of David'' (1961) * ''The Devil's Agent'' (1962) * '' Nightmare'' (1964) Television * '' A Mask for Alexis'' (1959) * '' Interpol Calling'' (1960) * ''Sergeant Cork'' (1966) * ''Mrs Thursday'' (1966) * '' The Newcomers'' (1966-67) * ''Emergency-Ward 10 ''Emergency Ward 10'' is a British medical soap opera series shown on ITV between 1957 and 1967. Like ''The Grove Family'', a series sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Chater
Geoffrey Michael Chater Robinson (23 March 1921 – 16 October 2021) was an English film, television and stage actor. He appeared in the crime drama series ''Callan'', ''Foyle's War'' and '' Midsomer Murders''. Biography Geoffrey Michael Chater Robinson was born in Barnet, Hertfordshire on 23 March 1921 and lived in Iden, East Sussex and London. His father, Lawrence Chater Robinson, was a composer of music for dance bands and his mother Peggy was an actress. It was seeing her perform at London St Martin's Theatre when he was 11 that made him want to follow her onto the stage. Chater was educated at Marlborough College, and joined the Royal Fusiliers in 1940. He served as a captain in India and Burma, where he wrote and performed in revues for the troops during time off. He served in the British Army from 1940–1946. After the Second World War, he focused on his career in the entertainment industry. He became an assistant stage manager at the Theatre Royal, Windsor, where in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Clegg (actor)
Tom Clegg (1927–1996) was an English actor, who had a number of small roles in film and television during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He is known for appearing in a number of ''Carry On films'', especially ''Carry On Screaming!'', where he played the role of Oddbod. Born in Leeds, Clegg was a member of the Household Cavalry and a professional boxer before getting into films as a stuntman in films such as ''Ivanhoe'' (1952). His size and tough guy persona led to film roles, including ''The Flanagan Boy'' (1953), '' The Fake'' (1953), ''John of the Fair'' (1954), ''The Stateless Man'' (1955), ''The Extra Day'' (1956), ''Moby Dick'' (1956), ''The Hideout'' (1956), '' Saint Joan'' (1957), ''Battle of the V-1'' (1958), ''Mark of the Phoenix'' (1958), ''This Sporting Life'' (1963) and '' Thunderball'' (1965). He was also cast as a number of toughs and henchmen on television, including supporting turns in ''Quatermass II'', ''Sword of Freedom'', '' The Four Just Men'', ''Dixon of Doc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Conrad
Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Number, a barcode standard compatible with EAN * Japanese Accepted Name, a Japanese nonproprietary drug name * Job Accommodation Network, US, for people with disabilities * ''Joint Army-Navy'', US standards for electronic color codes, etc. * ''Journal of Advanced Nursing'' Personal name * Jan (name), male variant of ''John'', female shortened form of ''Janet'' and ''Janice'' * Jan (Persian name), Persian word meaning 'life', 'soul', 'dear'; also used as a name * Ran (surname), romanized from Mandarin as Jan in Wade–Giles * Ján, Slovak name Other uses * January, as an abbreviation for the first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar * Jan (cards), a term in some card games when a player loses without taking any tricks or scoring a mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Vidon
Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal (father of Portugal's first king) ** Prince Henry the Navigator, Infante of Portugal ** Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra (born 1949), the sixth in line to Portuguese throne * King of Germany **Henry the Fowler (876–936), first king of Germany * King of Scots (in name, at least) ** Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545/6–1567), consort of Mary, queen of Scots ** Henry Benedict Stuart, the 'Cardinal Duke of York', brother of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who was hailed by Jacobites as Henry IX * Four kings of Castile: **Henry I of Castile **Henry II of Castile **Henry III of Castile **Henry IV of Castile * Five kings of France, spelt ''Henri'' in Modern French since the Renaissance to italianize the name and to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Pastell
George Pastell (13 March 1923 – 4 April 1976) was a Cypriot character actor in British films and television programmes. Sources vary as to whether his real name was Nino (IMDb) or George Pastellides (BFI). His marriage record gives his name as Georgiou Pastellides while his RADA record lists his name as George Pastel. Early life Born to a French mother and Greek father, Pastell began his career spending two years in banking. Aged 21, he joined the Greek National Theatre. Leaving Cyprus a few years later with only £50 in his pocket, Pastell came to England, scarcely able to speak much English. However, he studied the language by taking evening classes at the Pitman School and soon graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Career He made his film debut in '' Give Us This Day'' (1949), credited as Nino Pastellides, and played villains in film and television. He was often cast by Hammer Film Productions as Eastern characters such as Mehemet Bey in ''The Mummy'' (1959), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Duering
Gerald Percy Fox (29 May 1923 – 1 September 2018), better known as Carl Duering, was a German-born British actor whose best-known role is as Dr. Brodsky in Stanley Kubrick's ''A Clockwork Orange (film), A Clockwork Orange''. He died in London in September 2018 at the age of 95. Selected filmography * ''Appointment in London'' (1953) - German Duty Officer (uncredited) * ''The Red Beret'' (1953) - Rossi * ''Twist of Fate (film), Twist of Fate'' (1954) - 2nd Sailor (uncredited) * ''The Divided Heart'' (1954) - Postman * ''The Colditz Story'' (1955) - German Officer * ''Let's Be Happy, Lets Be Happy'' (1957) - Customs Inspector * ''Seven Thunders (film), Seven Thunders'' (1957) - Major Grautner * ''Escapement (film), Escapement'' (1958) - Blore * ''Battle of the V-1'' (1958) - Scientist * ''The Great Van Robbery'' (1959) - Delgano * ''Strip Tease Murder'' (1961) - Rocco * ''The Guns of Navarone (film), The Guns of Navarone'' (1961) - German Radar Operator (uncredited) * ''Fate Take ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Sterne
Gordon may refer to: People * Gordon (given name), a masculine given name, including list of persons and fictional characters * Gordon (surname), the surname * Gordon (slave), escaped to a Union Army camp during the U.S. Civil War * Clan Gordon, aka the House of Gordon, a Scottish clan Education * Gordon State College, a public college in Barnesville, Georgia * Gordon College (Massachusetts), a Christian college in Wenham, Massachusetts * Gordon College (Pakistan), a Christian college in Rawalpindi, Pakistan * Gordon College (Philippines), a public university in Subic, Zambales * Gordon College of Education, a public college in Haifa, Israel Places Australia *Gordon, Australian Capital Territory *Gordon, New South Wales * Gordon, South Australia *Gordon, Victoria *Gordon River, Tasmania *Gordon River (Western Australia) Canada *Gordon Parish, New Brunswick *Gordon/Barrie Island, municipality in Ontario *Gordon River (Chochocouane River), a river in Quebec Scotland *Gordon ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Pravda
George Pravda (19 June 19161 May 1985) was a Czechoslovak theatre, film and television actor. Early life He began his career in Czechoslovakia, where he was credited as Jiří Pravda, and then emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1956. Career He appeared in numerous British films and television series. His film credits include: '' Battle of the V-1'' (1958), '' Thunderball'' (1965), ''Inspector Clouseau'' (1968), ''Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed'' (1969), ''The Kremlin Letter'' (1970), ''Taste of Excitement'' (1970), ''Dracula'' (1974), ''The London Connection'' (1979), '' Hanover Street'' (1979) and ''Firefox'' (1982). TV appearances include: ''No Hiding Place''; '' The Avengers''; ''The Saint''; '' The Baron''; ''The Prisoner''; ''Special Branch''; '' Department S''; ''Callan''; '' Softly, Softly''; ''Doctor Who'' (in the serials ''The Enemy of the World'', ''The Mutants'' and ''The Deadly Assassin''); ''Doomwatch''; ''Codename''; ''Public Eye''; ''Spy Trap''; ''Moonbase 3''; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Madden (actor)
Peter Madden (9 August 1904 – 24 February 1976) was a British actor who was born in Ipoh in the Federated Malay States (now Malaysia). Birth The son of Frederick Charles Linnet Butler-Madden and Margaret Teresa ( McCabe), Peter Madden's name at birth was Dudley Frederick Peter Butler-Madden. Career Madden was a character actor who made several appearances in Hammer films and was a familiar face in British film and television during the 1950s and 1960s. He appeared as the innkeeper Bruno in ''The Kiss of the Vampire'' (1963) and as the stern Police Chief in ''Frankenstein Created Woman'' (1967). His last Hammer role was brief, as a coach driver in ''Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell'' (1973). In the cult television series ''The Prisoner'' (1967), Madden, uncredited, plays the sinister undertaker in the opening sequence. On television he was seen in ''Danger Man'', ''Z-Cars'', '' The Avengers'', ''The Saint'' and ''The Champions'', ''Out of the Unknown'', ''Orson Welles Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |