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Eric Campbell (other)
Eric Campbell may refer to: * Eric Campbell (actor) (1880–1917), Scottish silent film star * Eric Campbell (baseball) (born 1987), American baseball player * Eric Campbell (basketball) (born 1977), American basketball player * Eric Campbell (political activist) (1893–1970), Australian political activist, leader of the New Guard Fascist movement * Eric Campbell (reporter), Australian foreign correspondent * Eric Campbell Geddes (1875–1937), British Conservative politician * Eric-Campbell, a British car maker between 1919 and 1926 See also * Erik Campbell (born 1966), American gridiron football coach and former player {{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, Eric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Campbell (actor)
Alfred Eric Campbell (26 April 1879 – 20 December 1917) was a Scottish actor. He was a key member of Charlie Chaplin's film ensemble, invariably playing an intimidating bully, and appeared in eleven of Chaplin's films before he was killed in a car crash at the age of 38. He is the subject of a documentary by filmmaker Kevin Macdonald. Early life Campbell was previously believed to have been born in Scotland in Dunoon, traditional Clan Campbell country, but he is now thought to have been born in Cheshire. Most sources give his year of birth as 1879, but online birth records show that the birth of an Alfred Eric Campbell was registered in Altrincham in April–June 1880; no birth with this name was registered in Cheshire in 1879. Career Campbell began acting in "fit-ups" (local theatres) in Scotland and Wales, playing melodramatic roles. In this setting he was discovered by Fred Karno, the English impresario who was impressed by Campbell's size and baritone voice and took him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Campbell (baseball)
Eric Singleton Campbell (born April 9, 1987), nicknamed "Soup", is an American professional baseball utility player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets and Seattle Mariners, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hanshin Tigers. Early life Campbell was born on April 9, 1987, in Norwich, Connecticut, the younger of two children to Hugh Baird "Duke" Campbell and Amy B. Campbell (née Burgess). His father was a school principal at the Norwich Free Academy as well as a baseball and basketball coach, while his mother, a 1977 NFA graduate, served as assistant principal and principal at Hebron Elementary School until her 2015 retirement after previously having spent 27 years working in Preston School District at Preston Veterans School in a variety of roles, including as a onetime principal-designee. Baseball career High school Campbell attended the Norwich Free Academy and played on the school's varsity baseball team beginning in his fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Campbell (basketball)
Eric Campbell (born August 22, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Spring Hill College. Career Campbell began his professional career in 1999 in Israel with Elitzur Kiryat Ata, and played there three seasons. From 2002 to 2005 he played with Ironi Nahariya. In 2005, Campbell signed with Le Mans Sarthe Basket. With them he played for the first time in the Euroleague in the 2006–07 season, and was named MVP of week 2. In 2007–08 he played with Hapoel Holon. In summer 2008, Campbell signed with ASVEL Villeurbanne, and stayed there for two seasons. In January 2011, he returned to Israel and signed with Hapoel Holon, but played only five games, then signed with Orléans Loiret Basket Orléans Loiret Basket, formerly known as Entente Orléanaise and Entente Orléanaise 45 Loiret, is a professional basketball club that is based in the city of Orléans, France. "45" is the number of Loiret. The club plays in the French Pro A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Campbell (political Activist)
Eric Campbell, (11 April 1893 – 2 September 1970) was an Australian army officer and solicitor who was the leader of the far-right organisation, the New Guard in New South Wales. He created the New Guard as a deviation of an existing paramilitary group called the Old Guard. Campbell had grown frustrated with the direction the group was headed in and so he aimed to revive the Old Guard's original ideology within the New Guard. He also aimed to directly oppose Jack Lang's Labour Party in New South Wales and endorsed his fellow Guardsmen to interfere in Lang's public political activities. Campbell was born in Young, New South Wales. He became a solicitor in 1919 and worked in various regions around New South Wales. He was a popular figure among the communities he worked in and was a member of several social clubs in the area. Campbell also had success in his career as a business man and found himself in leading positions in many large Australian companies at the time. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Campbell (reporter)
Eric Campbell is a prominent Australian foreign correspondent, who began his career as a journalist at The Sydney Morning Herald.Eric Campbell His assignments have included reporting the wars in , and the , tracking polar bears in the Arctic, filming at secret military bases in Central |
Eric Campbell Geddes
Sir Eric Campbell Geddes (26 September 1875 – 22 June 1937) was a British businessman and Conservative politician. With a background in railways, he served as head of Military Transportation on the Western Front, with the rank of major-general. He then served as First Lord of the Admiralty (with the rank of vice-admiral, despite its being a political position) between 1917 and 1919. He then served as the first Minister of Transport between 1919 and 1921, in which position he was responsible for the deep public spending cuts known as the "Geddes Axe". Background and education Born in British India, Geddes was a son of Auckland Campbell Geddes, of Edinburgh, Scotland. Among his siblings were Dr. Mona Chalmers Watson and Auckland Geddes, 1st Baron Geddes. He was educated at Oxford Military College and Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh, until asked to leave. Geddes, Baron, The forging of a family. London: Faber & Faber, 1952 p. 124, pp.201-205, pp.221-250. Business career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric-Campbell
The Eric-Campbell was a British car made from 1919 to 1924 by Eric-Campbell & Co Limited of Cricklewood, London. The company was formed by H Eric Orr-Ewing and Noel Macklin, Noel Campbell Macklin. Manufacturing Eric-Campbell was formed by H Eric Orr-Ewing and Noel Macklin, Noel Campbell Macklin. Macklin subsequently founded Silver Hawk (car), Silver Hawk, Invicta (car), Invicta and Railton (car), Railton car manufacturers. Manufacturing took place in the factory of the Handley Page aircraft company in Cricklewood London. It is estimated that as many as 500 cars might have been made. Demise Macklin left the company in 1920 to concentrate on his Silver Hawk (car), Silver Hawk car and by 1921 Eric-Campbell were in financial difficulties. In 1922 production was taken over by Vulcan Iron & Metal Works Limited of Southall, Middlesex. Prices were reduced and a wider range of bodies offered. In its last year of 1924, Anzani engines could be ordered as well as the Coventry-Simplex. The n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
