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Danger On Dartmoor
''Danger on Dartmoor'' is a 1980 British children's drama film directed by David Eady and starring Marcus Evans, Simon Henderson, Debby Salter, Barry Foster and Patricia Hayes. Plot Children lost in a fog on Dartmoor face dangers including a savage dog and an escaped prisoner. Cast *Marcus Evans as Robin Chudleigh *Simon Henderson as Jonathan Chudleigh * Debby Salter as Louise * Barry Foster as Green *Patricia Hayes as Mrs. Green *Sam Kydd *Michael Ripper *Michael Goldie * David Jackson *Jonathan Newth Jonathan Newth (born 6 March 1939) is an English actor. Early life Newth trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Career Newth's theatre work includes appearances with the RSC, in the West End and on Broadway. His television cre ... *Mitzi Rogers References External links * 1980 films 1980 drama films Films directed by David Eady British drama films Children's Film Foundation 1980s English-language films 1980s British films {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Eady (film Director)
David Eady (April 22, 1924 – April 5, 2009) was a British film director and producer. Born in London, he was the son of Sir Wilfred Eady (of the Eady Levy). His films include documentaries, dramas (often second features) and children's films. He received a BAFTA nomination for his short film '' Play Safe'' (1978), and an Oscar nomination was given to the short he co-directed with Geoffrey Boothby, '' Bridge of Time'' (1950). Filmography * '' Bridge of Time'' (1950) * ''Three Cases of Murder'' (1955) * ''The Heart Within'' (1957) * ''The Man Who Liked Funerals'' (1959) * ''In the Wake of a Stranger'' (1959) * ''The Crowning Touch'' (1959) * ''Zoo Baby'' (1960) * ''Faces in the Dark'' (1960) * ''The Verdict'' (1964) * ''Operation Third Form'' (1966) * ''Scramble'' (1970) * '' Betcher!'' (1971) * ''Anoop and the Elephant'' (1972) * ''Hide and Seek'' (1972) * '' Where's Johnny?'' (1974) * '' The Hostages'' (1975) * '' Play Safe'' (1978) * ''Danger on Dartmoor ''Danger on Dart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Kydd
Samuel John Kydd (15 February 1915 – 26 March 1982) was a British-Irish actor. His best-known roles were in two major British television series of the 1960s, as the smuggler Orlando O'Connor in '' Crane'' and its sequel ''Orlando''. He also played a recurring character in ''Coronation Street''. Kydd's first film was ''The Captive Heart'' (1946), in which he played a POW. He made over 290 films, more than any other British actor, including 119 between 1946 and 1952. Early life and career An army officer's son, Kydd was born on 15 February 1915 in Belfast, Ireland, and moved to London as a child. He was educated at Dunstable School in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. During the mid-1930s Kydd was an MC for the Oscar Rabin Band and one of his "Hot Shots". He would warm up audiences with jokes and impressions (Maurice Chevalier was a favourite) and even some tap dance routines then introduce the other singers and attractions on the bill. During the late 1930s he had joined the Terri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Drama Films
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Films Directed By David Eady
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Drama Films
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Films
The following is an overview of events in 1980 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1980 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Worldwide gross revenue The following table lists known worldwide gross revenue figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1980. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1980. Events * April 29 – Sir Alfred Hitchcock, known as "the Master of Suspense", dies at his home in Bel Air, California, at the age of 80. * May 21 – ''The Empire Strikes Back'' is released and is the highest-grossing film of the year (just as its predecessor, ''Star Wars'', was three years prior). * June 9 – Richard Pryor sets himself on fire while free-basing cocaine and drinking 151-proof rum. Pryor ran down his stree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Newth
Jonathan Newth (born 6 March 1939) is an English actor. Early life Newth trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Career Newth's theatre work includes appearances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, RSC, in the West End theatre, West End and on Broadway theatre, Broadway. His television credits include ''Emergency Ward 10'', ''The Six Wives of Henry VIII (BBC TV series), The Six Wives of Henry VIII'', ''Ace of Wands (TV series), Ace of Wands'', ''The Troubleshooters'', ''Z-Cars'', ''Callan (TV series), Callan'', ''Van der Valk (1972 TV series), Van der Valk'', ''The Brothers (1972 TV series), The Brothers'', ''Softly, Softly (TV series), Softly, Softly'', ''Poldark (1975 TV series), Poldark'', ''Doctor Who'' (''Underworld (Doctor Who), Underworld''), ''Notorious Woman'', ''Secret Army (TV series), Secret Army'' (Barsacq), ''The Professionals (TV series), The Professionals'', ''The Nightmare Man (TV series), The Nightmare Man'', ''The Day of the Triffids (1981 TV ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Jackson (British Actor)
David Jackson (15 July 1934 – 25 July 2005) was an English actor best known for his role as Olag Gan in the first two seasons of ''Blake's 7'' and as Detective Constable Braithwaite in ''Z-Cars'' from 1972 to 1978. He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire (now Merseyside). His other TV credits include ''The Saint'', '' The Avengers'', ''The Sweeney'', ''Lord Peter Wimsey'' (''The Nine Tailors''), '' Space: 1999'', ''Only Fools and Horses'', ''Wyatt's Watchdogs,'' ''Edge of Darkness'', ''Coronation Street'' and ''Lovejoy''. Jackson made two appearances in '' Minder.'' His first appearance was in 1979 as Big Stan in the episode '' The Smaller They Are''. This was followed by a further appearance in 1985, in the episode '' Give Us This Day Arthur Daley's Bread,'' in which he played an ex-con named Marion. His film credits include roles in '' 10 Rillington Place'' (1971), '' Unman, Wittering and Zigo'' (1971), ''Blood from the Mummy's Tomb'' (1971), '' Night Watch'' (1973), ''The Big ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Goldie
Michael Goldie (26 February 1932, Edmonton, London – 17 June 2013, France) was a British character actor active between 1963 and 1996. He starred or appeared in numerous television serials including ''Coronation Street'' (as Bob Statham, owner of the Weatherfield Recorder, 1987/88), ''Doctor Who'' (in the serials ''The Dalek Invasion of Earth'' and ''The Wheel in Space''), '' Wycliffe'', ''Inspector Morse'', ''The Bill'' and ''Z-Cars''. His films included '' Doctor in Distress'' (1963), ''Where the Bullets Fly'' (1966), ''The Body Stealers'' (1969), ''The Horror of Frankenstein'' (1970), ''The Pied Piper'' (1972), '' Lady Jane'' (1986) and '' Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'' (1991). His stage work included various roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs over 1,000 staff and produces around 20 productions a year. The RSC plays r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Ripper
Michael George Ripper (27 January 1913 – 28 June 2000) was an English character actor. He began his film career in quota quickies in the 1930s and until the late 1950s was virtually unknown; he was seldom credited. Along with Michael Gough he played one of the two murderers in Laurence Olivier's film version of ''Richard III'' (1955). Ripper became a mainstay in Hammer Film Productions playing supporting character roles: coachmen, peasants, tavern keepers, pirates and sidekicks. Appearing in more of the company's films than any other performer, these included ''The Camp on Blood Island'' (1958), ''The Revenge of Frankenstein'' (1958), ''The Mummy'' (1959), ''The Brides of Dracula'' (1960), '' Captain Clegg'' (1962), ''The Scarlet Blade'' (1963), ''The Reptile'' (1966), ''The Plague of the Zombies'' (1966) and ''The Mummy's Shroud'' (1967). Some of his parts were little better than glorified bits (as in ''The Curse of the Werewolf''), but his penultimate role for Hammer Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debby Salter
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Audrey Erskine-Lindop
Audrey Erskine Lindop (26 December 1920, London – 7 November 1986, Isle of Wight) was an English writer of various forms of fiction, including crime, mainstream and historical. She was active from 1948 to 1970. She was married to the writer Dudley Leslie with whom she sometimes collaborated. Her novel '' I Start Counting'' won the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière in 1967, and was made into a film starring Jenny Agutter. Other novels which have been filmed are '' I Thank a Fool'' and ''The Singer Not the Song''. Selected novels * ''In Me My Enemy'' (1948) * '' Soldiers' Daughters Never Cry'' (1948) * ''The Tall Headlines'' (1950) * ''The Singer Not the Song'' (1953) (AKA ''The Bandit and the Priest'') * ''Details of Jeremy Stretton'' (1955) * ''The Outer Ring'' (1955) (AKA ''The Tormented'') * ''The Judas Figures'' (1956) * ''Mist Over Talla'' (1957) *'' I Thank a Fool'' (1958) * '' Nicola'' (1959) *'' The Way to the Lantern'' (1961) *'' I Start Counting'' (1966) *''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
