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Croucher
Croucher is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Brian Croucher (born 1942), English actor and director * Charles Croucher, Australian journalist * Mel Croucher, British entrepreneur and video game pioneer * Norman Croucher, British mountain climber * Terence Croucher, British composer and performer See also * Cross (surname) * Crouch (surname) Crouch is a family name. It is an Anglo-Saxon name and derives from someone who lived by a cross. People with the family name Crouch * Andraé Crouch (1942–2015), American gospel musician * Anna Maria Crouch (1763–1805), English actress and mi ... {{Surname English-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mel Croucher
Mel Croucher is a British entrepreneur and video games pioneer. Originally an architect, he moved into computers and in 1977 launched one of the very earliest games companies, Automata UK, as an extension of his publishing business. He is now credited for setting up "the first games company in the U.K.", celebrated as "the father of the British videogames industry" and presented as "a pioneer in affective computing". His first broadcasts of computer game software were made over AM and FM radio. After the release of the Sinclair ZX81, his label published several games for the early home computer market, including three Computer Trade Association award-winners: ''Pimania'' (1982), ''Groucho'' (1983, a.k.a. '' My Name Is Uncle Groucho, You Win A Fat Cigar''), and the groundbreaking "multi-media" title ''Deus Ex Machina'' (1984). Croucher has championed immersive entertainment throughout his career as director and producer, mixing audio, video, spoken word, real-world locations and com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Croucher
Norman Croucher (born 1941) is a British mountain climber, a double amputee with two prosthetic legs below the knee. Early life Born in 1941, Croucher grew up at Mount Pleasant Farm at Carnkie, Redruth, and was educated at Redruth Grammar School. In 1960, at the age of 19, both of Croucher's legs were severed below the knee by a train after he collapsed in a drunken stupor and fell down an embankment onto a railway line in Wiltshire. He subsequently trained to be a teacher but was still determined to pursue his love of mountaineering in spite of his disability. He became the first person fitted with artificial limbs to walk the 900 miles from John O'Groats to Lands End in 1969 which he claimed also hardened his stumps for subsequent mountain climbing. Mountaineering Six months after the 900-mile walk to Lands End Croucher climbed the Jungfrau and the Mönch mountains in Switzerland and in 1972 he scaled the treacherous west flank of the Eiger. Two years later he also conquered t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Croucher
Charles Croucher is an Australian journalist. He is currently the Nine Network's chief political editor, a position he was appointed to in October 2022. Early life and career He grew up in Branxton, New South Wales. He attended Hunter Valley Grammar School, graduating in 2005. He studied a Bachelor of Sport Studies/Bachelor of Communication (Journalism) double degree at Charles Sturt University, where he graduated in 2009. While he was at university, he found employment with Bathurst radio stations 2BS and B-Rock where he worked as a news presenter, before becoming the host of a weekend breakfast show and then the presenter of the weekday morning program. In 2009, Croucher was a finalist in the "Best News Presenter (Country)" category at the Australian Commercial Radio Awards but lost to Lois Chislett from 3YB in Warrnambool, Victoria. Television career In 2010, Croucher began his long association with the Nine Network in Darwin when he was appointed as a sports reporte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Croucher
Brian Croucher (born 23 January 1942) is an English actor and director best known for his role as Ted Hills, which he played from 1995 to 1997, in the soap opera '' EastEnders''. Croucher also had a regular role in the science fiction series ''Blake's 7''. Biography Croucher has appeared in a number of science fiction programmes, including being the second actor to portray Travis in ''Blake's 7''. He played Borg in the '' Doctor Who'' story ''The Robots of Death''. He also appeared in the ''Doctor Who'' spin-off '' Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans''. Earlier, in 1973, he played a key protagonist in the children's adventure series '' The Jensen Code''. In 1978, Croucher played a major role opposite Tom Bell in the Thames Television/Euston Films thriller series '' Out''. He also played the role of Rooky in the Southern Television series ''The Famous Five'', in the double episode "Five Get into Trouble". One of Croucher's earliest film roles was in the Carol Reed film music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terence Croucher
Terence Croucher (born 1944 in Jutogh, India) is a British composer and performer based in north Cumbria, England. He has a BA Hons, a Certificate of Education and Licentiate of the Guildhall School of Music (LGSM). His varied musical output includes orchestral and ensemble music, solo instrumental music and numerous teaching materials. Terry Croucher has been a concert guitarist, playing classical music Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical music, as the term "classical music" also ..., rock music, blues music and jazz. For a number of years he wrote monthly columns in guitar magazines. Over his long musical career he has played in many bands including: * The Rod Davies Blues Band * Blind Dogs for the Guides * Shud B Banned * The Solway Band During his time with The Rob Davies Blues Band he played with man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross (surname)
''Cross'' is an English topographic surname for someone who lived on a road near a stone cross. Notable persons with the surname Cross include: By given name A–C * A.F. Cross (1863–1940), English poet, playwright, journalist and author *Alan Cross, Canadian radio broadcaster and author * Alex Cross (footballer) (1919–1998), Scottish footballer *Alexander Cross (1903–1973), Welsh actor *Amanda Cross, pen name of Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, an American academic and author * Amos Cross (1860–1888), American baseball player *Andrew Cross (footballer) (born 1961), Australian rules footballer * Anthony Glenn Cross (born 1936), English slavist * Anthony John Cross (born 1945), English cricketer *Art Cross (1918–2005), American race car driver *Arthur Henry Cross (1884–1965), English recipient of the Victoria Cross *Ben Cross (1947–2020), English actor *Ben Cross (rugby league) (born 1978), Australian rugby league footballer * Benny Cross (1898-1986), English footballer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crouch (surname)
Crouch is a family name. It is an Anglo-Saxon name and derives from someone who lived by a cross. People with the family name Crouch * Andraé Crouch (1942–2015), American gospel musician * Anna Maria Crouch (1763–1805), English actress and mistress of George, Prince of Wales * Bill Crouch (1910s pitcher) * Bill Crouch (1940s pitcher) * Blake Crouch (born 1978), American author * Colin Crouch, British professor of sociology * David Crouch British politician *David Crouch (historian) Medieval historian * Dennis Crouch (born 1975), American legal academic best known as author of patent law blog ''Patently-O'' * Dennis Crouch (bassist) (born 1967), American upright bassist * Eliza Emma Crouch (1836–1886), birth name of English courtesan Cora Pearl * Eric Crouch, American football player * Frederick Crouch, English composer and cellist * Gabriel Crouch, English baritone and former member of King's Singers * Jack Crouch (other), multiple people * Jan Crouch, wife of Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |