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Father Brown (1974 TV Series)
''Father Brown'' is a British television series, which originally aired on ITV in 1974. It featured Kenneth More as Father Brown, a Roman Catholic priest who solved crime mysteries. The episodes were closely based on the stories by G. K. Chesterton. Main cast * Kenneth More as Father Brown * Dennis Burgess as Hercule Flambeau Production Portions of the series were shot in St. Clements Caves in Hastings, Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English ..., England. Episodes References External links * {{G. K. Chesterton Adaptations of works by G. K. Chesterton 1970s British drama television series ITV television dramas 1974 British television series debuts ITV crime dramas ITV mystery shows Television shows produced by Associated Television (ATV) Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth More
Kenneth Gilbert More, Order of the British Empire#Current classes, CBE (20 September 1914 – 12 July 1982) was an English film and stage actor. Initially achieving fame in the comedy ''Genevieve (film), Genevieve'' (1953), he appeared in many roles as a carefree, happy-go-lucky gent. Films from this period include ''Doctor in the House'' (1954), ''Raising a Riot'' (1955), ''The Admirable Crichton (1957 film), The Admirable Crichton'' (1957), ''The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw'' (1958) and ''Next to No Time'' (1958). He also played more serious roles as a leading man, beginning with ''The Deep Blue Sea (1955 film), The Deep Blue Sea'' (1955), ''Reach for the Sky'' (1956), ''A Night to Remember (1958 film), A Night to Remember'' (1958), ''North West Frontier (film), North West Frontier'' (1959), ''The 39 Steps (1959 film), The 39 Steps'' (1959) and ''Sink the Bismarck'' (1960). Although his career declined in the early 1960s, two of his own favourite films date from this time – ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Tronson
Robert Tronson (18 May 1924 – 27 November 2008) was an English film and television director, born in Chilmark, Wiltshire. Educated at Churcher's College in Hampshire, followed by the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, he served with the Royal Navy from 1941. After leaving the service at the end of the Second World War he determined to become a writer, but soon joined the BBC, where he produced children's television programmes. In 1955 he joined Associated-Rediffusion, and by the end of the decade he was working on television drama serials. From the 1960s onwards he worked as a freelance director in a career spanning almost 50 years. His final television credits were for directing five episodes of ''Hetty Wainthropp Investigates'' for the BBC, between 1996 and 1998. In 1965 Tronson married Nona Richards (died 1987). He died on 27 November 2008 and was survived by their son. Filmography Films *'' Shooting Star'' (1951), written with Hazel Adair *'' The Professor's Secret'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Copley
Peter Copley (20 May 1915 – 7 October 2008) was an English television, film and stage actor. Biography Copley was born in Bushey, Hertfordshire, son of the printmakers, John Copley and Ethel Gabain. After changing his mind about joining the Royal Navy, he studied at the Old Vic School and in 1932 started out as a stage actor. He made his first film appearance in 1934, going on to play a wide variety of characters from the villainous to the meek and mild. In 1946 he appeared on stage in "Cyrano de Bergerac" at the New Theatre in London. TV credits include: '' Thorndyke'', ''Danger Man'', ''The Saint'', '' The Avengers'', ''The Forsyte Saga'', ''The Troubleshooters'', ''The Champions'', '' Department S'', ''Doomwatch'', ''Z-Cars'', ''Fall of Eagles'', '' Survivors'', ''Bless Me, Father'' (episode "A Legend Comes to Stay"), ''Father Brown'' (episode "The Curse of the Golden Cross"), ''Doctor Who'' (in the serial "Pyramids of Mars"), '' Sutherland's Law'', '' Tales of the U ... [...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] |
Edward Evans (actor)
Albert Edward Walker Evans (4 June 1914 – 20 December 2001) was an English film and television actor. During the Second World War, he served with the British Army in North Africa and Italy, attaining the rank of Captain. Evans featured as Bob Grove in the 1950s soap opera ''The Grove Family'' and played the role of Lionel Petty in ''Coronation Street'' during 1965–66. He also appeared in episodes of ''Dixon of Dock Green'', ''The Saint'', ''Doctor Who'', ''Z-Cars'' and ''Dad's Army''. Selected filmography * ''London Belongs to Me'' (1948) - Detective Sergeant Taylor * ''The Small Voice'' (1948) - Police Inspector * ''The Case of Charles Peace'' (1949) - Police Sergeant (uncredited) * ''Mr. Denning Drives North'' (1952) - Second Patrolman * '' Secret People'' (1952) - Plain Clothes Man * '' 13 East Street'' (1952) - Van Driver (uncredited) * ''I Believe in You'' (1952) - Clerk of the Court (uncredited) * '' Hindle Wakes'' (1952) - Chauffeur * ''Cosh Boy'' (1953) - Sgt. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mel Martin
Mel Martin (born March 1947) is an English actress. Early life Her father was the artist Frank Vernon Martin, who died in 2005. Career Her breakthrough role was as the star of LWT's ''Love For Lydia'' (1977), adapted from the novel by H E Bates. She has appeared in British television programmes beginning with ''Special Branch'' (1969), ''Mystery and Imagination: Sweeney Todd'' (1970), then ''The Pallisers'', ''Love For Lydia'', '' Bergerac'', ''Cover Her Face'', ''Lovejoy'', ''Cadfael'', ''When the Boat Comes In'', ''Inspector Morse'' and ''The Men's Room'' (1991), as well as films such as ''Quincy's Quest'' (1979), '' Business As Usual'' (1987), ''White Hunter Black Heart'' (1990) and ''Tom's Midnight Garden'' (1999). She starred as Fiona Samson, the double agent and wife of Bernard Samson (played by Ian Holm) in the television adaptation of Len Deighton's trilogy ''Berlin Game'', '' Mexico Set'' and ''London Match'' (broadcast as ''Game, Set and Match''). She portrayed Viv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rupert Davies
Rupert Davies FRSA (22 May 191622 November 1976) was a British actor. He is best remembered for playing the title role in the BBC's 1960s television adaptation of ''Maigret'', based on Georges Simenon's novels. Life and career Military service Davies was born in Liverpool. After service in the British Merchant Navy he was a Sub-Lieutenant Observer with the Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War. In 1940, the Swordfish aircraft in which he was flying ditched in the sea off the Dutch coast, following which he was captured and interned in the Stalag Luft III prisoner of war camp. He made three attempts to escape, all of which failed. During his captivity he began to take part in theatre performances, entertaining his fellow prisoners. Acting On his release Davies resumed his career in acting almost immediately, starring in an ex-prisoner of war show, ''Back Home'', which was hosted at the Stoll Theatre, London. In 1959, he played the role of the Colonel in Alun Owen's ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Incredulity Of Father Brown
''The Incredulity of Father Brown'' is a collection of eight stories by G. K. Chesterton, the third-published collection featuring the fictional detective Father Brown. It was first published as a book in 1926 by Cassell of London, whose monthly ''Cassell's Magazine'' featured the last of the eight stories in its April number, illustrated by Stanley Lloyd. Contents The 8 stories in this collection are: *"The Resurrection of Father Brown" *"The Arrow of Heaven" *"The Oracle of the Dog" *"The Miracle of Moon Crescent" *"The Curse of the Golden Cross" *"The Dagger with Wings" *"The Doom of the Darnaways" *"The Ghost of Gideon Wise" According to ''The FictionMags Index'', the first story was original to the collection; the last was published in the April 1926 number of ''Cassell's Magazine''; the six intermediate stories had appeared in ''The Pall Mall Magazine, Nash's Pall Mall Magazine'' from December 1923 to July 1925, in a different sequence. Summaries The Resurrection of Fath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Hall (actor)
Frederick Hall (10 May 1923 – 28 November 1995) was a British actor. His television credits include: ''Public Eye'', ''Z-Cars'', ''Doomwatch'', ''Spy Trap'', '' Survivors'', ''The Enigma Files'', '' Bergerac'', ''Doctor Who'' (in the serial '' The Awakening'') and ''Boon'', as well as playing PC Fred Hallam in early episodes of ''Emmerdale Farm''. Filmography * ''Note: Some of the filmography details are pulled from the British Comedy Guide British Comedy Guide or BCG (formerly the British Sitcom Guide or BSG) is a British website covering all forms of British comedy, across all media. At the time of writing, BCG has published guides to more than 7,000 individual British comedies ....'' References External links * 1923 births 1995 deaths British male television actors 20th-century English male actors {{UK-tv-actor-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Wing
Anna Eva Lydia Catherine Wing (30 October 1914 – 7 July 2013) was an English actress who had a long career in television and theatre, known for portraying the role of Beale family matriarch Lou Beale in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. Early life Wing was born in Hackney, London, and started out as an artist's model and later, during the Second World War, worked in East End hospitals. At age 30, she married the actor Peter Davey, by whom she had a son, actor-director Mark Wing-Davey, but the marriage ended in divorce after six years. Her seven years as the lover of Philip O'Connor, a surrealist writer and contemporary of Stephen Spender and Laurie Lee, saw her spend some time as a nursery teacher in West London. With her new lover she had a second son, Jon O'Connor. Career Wing is best known for portraying the Beale and Fowler family matriarch Lou Beale on ''EastEnders'' from the show's inception in February 1985, until the character was killed off in July 1988. She qui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Hawkins
Peter John Hawkins (3 April 1924 – 8 July 2006) was a British actor. During the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, he was one of the most sought-after voice artists for radio and television, becoming a regular face and voice around the Soho-based circuit of commercial production studios, and working regularly with actors including Patrick Allen, Edward Judd, and Sir David Jason. Early life A policeman's son, Peter John Hawkins was born on 3 April 1924 in Brixton, south London. He made his first stage appearance as a member of the chorus in a musical sketch at school in Clapham. At 14, he wrote, with three friends, a revue entitled The Five Bs. He ran with the Herne Hill Harriers. Hawkins joined the Royal Navy, and survived, though shrapnel pierced his clothing when HMS ''Limbourne'' sank after being torpedoed. While recovering he took part in plays, which resulted in his being taken into Combined Operations Entertainments. Career Hawkins worked at the East Riding Theatre, and then d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert James (actor)
Robert James (28 March 1924 – 31 July 2004) was a British actor, who was best known for his television work. Born in Paisley, Scotland, Robert James trained to be a lawyer, before being spotted by a professional director while performing in amateur dramatics. Although a handful have survived, many of James' television performances were amongst those discarded by UK broadcasters throughout the 1960s and 70s, including his iconic role as Lesterson in ''The Power of the Daleks'', which now only exists as still photographs and audio recordings. Marriage He was married to actresMona Bruce (1924-2008)until his death; they had one child. Clair Mcallister Death Robert James died in 2004, aged 80, from Alzheimer's disease in Middlesex, England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
