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Diamonds On Wheels
''Diamonds on Wheels'' is a 1973 British family comedy film directed by Jerome Courtland and starring Peter Firth, Patrick Allen, George Sewell, Derek Newark, George Woodbridge and Barry Jackson. This was George woodbridge's last film and it was released 21 days before his death. Cast *Peter Firth as Robert "Bobby" Stewart *Patrick Allen as Insp. Cook *George Sewell as Henry Stewart *Derek Newark as Mercer * Dudley Sutton as Finch * Barry Jackson as Wheeler *Christopher Malcolm as Jock *Richard Wattis as Sir Hilary Stanton *Allan Cuthbertson as Gus Ashley *Ambrosine Phillpotts as Lady Truesdale *Maggie Hanley as Mrs. Maggie Stewart *George Innes as Insp. Timothy * George Woodbridge as PC Andrew *Patrick Holt as Steward *Andrew McCulloch as Billy *Arthur Hewlett as Benjy *Patrick McAlliney as Junkman * Mark Edwards as Whiteman *John Savident as Steward *Robin Langford as Peter Pitt *Spencer Banks Spencer Banks (born 1954 in Chesterfield) is a British television actor. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerome Courtland
Jerome Courtland (December 27, 1926 – March 1, 2012) was an American actor, director and producer. He acted in films in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, and in television in the 1950s and 1960s. Courtland also appeared on Broadway in the musical ''Flahooley'' in the early 1950s. He directed and produced television series in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He served in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Biography Actor Jerome "Jerry" Courtland was born Courtland Jourolmon Jr. on December 27, 1926 in Knoxville, Tennessee. At 17, he attended a Hollywood party with his mother, a professional singer. A chance meeting with director Charles Vidor led to a screen test at Columbia Pictures and a seven-year contract. Courtland's feature debut was in Vidor's 1944 screwball comedy ''Together Again'', before he joined the United States Army, U.S. Army, serving in the Pacific War, Pacific Theatre of World War II. After the War, Courtland starred opposite Shirley Temple in ''Kiss and Tell'', follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Wattis
Richard Wattis (25 February 1912 – 1 February 1975) was an English actor, co-starring in many popular British comedies of the 1950s and 1960s. Early life Richard Cameron Wattis was born on 25 February 1912 in Wednesbury, Staffordshire, the elder of two sons born to Cameron Tom Wattis and Margaret Janet, née Preston. He attended King Edward's School and Bromsgrove School, after which he worked for the electrical engineering firm William Sanders & Co (Wednesbury) Ltd. His uncle, William Preston (1874–1941), was the managing director and was the Conservative MP for Walsall from 1924 to 1929. Career After leaving the family business, Wattis became an actor. His debut was with Croydon Repertory Theatre, and he made many stage appearances in the West End in London. His first appearance in a film was ''A Yank at Oxford'' (1938), but war service interrupted his career as an actor. He served as a second lieutenant in the Small Arms Section of Special Operations Executive at S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walt Disney Pictures Films
Walt is a masculine given name, generally a short form of Walter, and occasionally a surname. Notable people with the name include: People Given name * Walt Arfons (1916-2013), American drag racer and competition land speed record racer * Walt Bellamy (1939-2013), American National Basketball Association player, two-time Basketball Hall of Fame inductee * Walt Bellamy (ice hockey) (1881-1941), Canadian hockey player * Walter Blackman, American member of the Arizona House of Representatives * Walt Bowyer (born 1960), American former National Football League player * Walt Brown (politician) (born 1926), American politician * Walt Clago (1899-1955), American football player * Walt Corey (born 1938), American former National Football League player * Walt Disney (1901-1966), American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur and philanthropist * Walt Dropo (1923-2010), American Major League Baseball and college basketball player * Walt Frazier (born 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Comedy Films
Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. * January 17 – Ferdinand Marcos becomes President for Life of the Philippines. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. Nixon is the only person to have been sworn in twice as President (1969, 1973) and Vice President of the United States (1953, 1957). * January 22 ** George Foreman defeats Joe Frazier to win the heavyweight world boxing championship. ** A Royal Jordanian Boeing 707 flight from Jeddah crashes in Kano, Nigeria; 176 people are killed. * January 27 – U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ends with the signing of the Paris Peace Accords. February * February 8 – A milit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Films
Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. * January 17 – Ferdinand Marcos becomes President for Life of the Philippines. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is Second inauguration of Richard Nixon, sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. Nixon is the only person to have been sworn in twice as President (First inauguration of Richard Nixon, 1969, Second inauguration of Richard Nixon, 1973) and Vice President of the United States (First inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953, Second inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957). * January 22 ** George Foreman defeats Joe Frazier to win the heavyweight world boxing championship. ** A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spencer Banks
Spencer Banks (born 1954 in Chesterfield) is a British television actor. He was mainly active in the 1970s, when he tended to play a geeky adolescent in glasses. He starred in two significant programmes: the popular children's science fiction serial ''Timeslip'' as Simon Randall, and the '' Play for Today'' ''Penda's Fen'' (1974) by David Rudkin directed by Alan Clarke. He also appeared in television series including '' Alexander the Greatest'', '' The Witch's Daughter'', ''Tightrope'', '' The Georgian House'', '' Crossroads'' and ''Backs to the Land'', films such as '' Diamonds on Wheels'' (1973) and '' A Christmas Carol'' (1984), and a 1981 radio version of ''The Chrysalids''. In 2015 he appeared as 'Reverend Simon Randall' in '' The Amityville Playhouse'' opposite former ''Timeslip ''Timeslip'' is a British children's science fiction television series made by ATV for the ITV network and broadcast between 1970 and 1971. It was first broadcast on Friday evenings at aroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Langford
Robin W. J. Langford (12 September 1953 – 22 November 2014) was an English actor, writer and director. His acting work included with the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Company in Stratford-upon-Avon; at the Moscow Arts Theatre in Russia at the age of 12; and in his first film, '' The Comedians'', at the age of 12, as Elizabeth Taylor’s son (with Richard Burton, Sir Alec Guinness and Sir Peter Ustinov). He subsequently played many film and television roles, as well as directed in the theatre. Notable TV credits include the leading role in a BBC adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's ''The Black Arrow''; as well as appearances in ''The Duchess of Duke Street'', ''Smiley's People'', ''The Tripods'' and ''War and Peace ''War and Peace'' (russian: Война и мир, translit=Voyna i mir; pre-reform Russian: ; ) is a literary work by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy that mixes fictional narrative with chapters on history and philosophy. It was first published ...''. Filmogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Savident
John Savident (born 21 January 1938) is a retired British actor, known for his numerous television roles, including his portrayal of Fred Elliott in the soap opera '' Coronation Street'' from 1994-2006. He is also known for his performance as Monsieur Firmin in the West End debut of The Phantom of the Opera and ''The Lion King.'' Early life Savident was born in Guernsey and still lived there at the time of the German occupation of the island in 1940. He and his family escaped to England in a fishing boat. During his early years, he was a police officer before turning to acting as his profession. Career Savident created the role of Monsieur Firmin in the original production of ''Phantom of the Opera'', which opened on 9 October 1986 at Her Majesty's Theatre in Haymarket, London. He appeared as the renegade scientist Egrorian in a 1981 episode of the cult science fiction TV series ''Blake's 7''. He also had other television appearances in '' The Saint'', ''Callan'' and '' Doc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Edwards (actor)
Mark Edwards (born 1942) is an Australian actor best known for his appearances in British horror films of the early 1970s. He was cast as Cassio in a production of ''Othello'' at the Old Tote. He studied at Bristol in the mid 1960s then moved to England and was in steady work. He moved back to Australia in the mid 1970s. Select Film and TV Credits *''Consider Your Verdict'' *'' Rusty Bugles'' (1965) *''The Recruiting Officer'' (1965) *''Adventures of the Seaspray'' - A Strange Charter (1967) *''ITV Playhouse'' - Bon Voyage (1968) *'' The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder'' - The Troupe (1969) *'' Counterstrike'' - Backlash (1969) *''The Wednesday Play'' - All Out for Kangaroo Valley (1969) *''ITV Sunday Night Theatre'' - Hester Lilly (1969) *''W. Somerset Maugham'' - Virtue (1970) *'' A Family at War'' (1970) *''Cromwell'' (1970) *''The Troubleshooters'' - The Bent Bonanza (1971) *''Blood from the Mummy's Tomb'' (1971) *'' The Last Valley'' (1971) *''Tower of Evil'' (1972) *'' Love S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Hewlett
Arthur Hewlett (12 March 1907 in Southampton, Hampshire – 25 February 1997 in London) was a British actor. Hewlett made his stage debut in 1930 at Plymouth Rep, and his theatre work included the original British production of Bernard Shaw's ''Buoyant Billions'' at the Malvern Festival in 1949. In 1954 he appeared in the West End in William Douglas Home's political comedy '' The Manor of Northstead''. He is perhaps best remembered for his roles on television, including '' Quatermass and the Pit'', '' Police Surgeon'', '' The Avengers'', ''The Saint'', ''No Hiding Place'', '' The Baron'', ''The Troubleshooters'', ''Follyfoot'', '' The Changes'', ''Blake's 7'', ''Doctor Who'' (in the serials ''State of Decay'' and ''Terror of the Vervoids''), '' Shoestring'', ''Juliet Bravo'', ''The Black Adder'' and '' Moondial''. Arthur Hewlett also played Dr Grant in ''Emmerdale Farm ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew McCulloch (writer)
Andrew McCulloch (born 1945), often credited as Andy McCulloch, is a Scottish television writer and actor. Biography Born on 27 October 1945 in Ayr, Scotland, Andrew McCulloch was educated at Bedford School and trained as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Career McCulloch's film credits include the 1969 version of ''David Copperfield'', where he played Ham Peggotty, ''Cry of the Banshee'' (1970), ''The Last Valley'' (1971), Roman Polanski's ''Macbeth'' (1971), ''Kidnapped'' (1973), '' Nothing But the Night'' (1973), '' The Land That Time Forgot'' (1974) and ''Cry Freedom'' (1987). His television credits include Colonel Leckie in the BBC series ''By the Sword Divided'' and parts in ''Taggart'', '' Softly, Softly: Taskforce'', ''Messiah'' and the cult comedy ''Father Ted''. McCulloch's first television writing credit was for the ''Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Holt
Patrick Holt (31 January 1912 – 12 October 1993) was an English film and television actor. Biography Born Patrick G. Parsons in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Holt spent some of his childhood in India with his uncle, after which he was sent to Christ's Hospital, a famous charity school in Britain. Here he formed a close friendship with a boy in the same boarding house, the future film star Michael Wilding. He started his acting career in repertory theatres, and in 1939, landed a leading part on the London stage, but when the Second World War broke out he joined the army. His army service saw him in Burma, Singapore and India, often on secret missions behind enemy lines, and he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. Career After the war, he joined the J. Arthur Rank charm school and after supporting roles in films such as ''Hungry Hill'', '' Frieda'' and '' The October Man'' (all 1947), steadily established himself as a lead actor in films of the late 1940s, including ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
