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George Armstrong (actor)
George Andrew Clark Armstrong (7 September 1962 – 11 July 2023) was an English actor. His first role was as Hubert Lane in ''Just William'' (alongside Bonnie Langford as Violet Elizabeth Bott) in 1977. He was best known for the part of Alan Humphries in the BBC series ''Grange Hill'', a part he played between 1978 and 1982, and again in 1983 in the spin-off series ''Tucker's Luck''. His last role was as PC Driscoll in ''The Bill'' in 1989. After giving up acting, he became a technical theatre manager at a public school. Armstrong died in London on 11 July 2023 after a long battle with leukaemia Leukemia ( also spelled leukaemia and pronounced ) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and result in high numbers of abnormal blood cells. These blood cells are not fully developed and are called ''blasts'' or ' .... He was 60. References External links * 1962 births 2023 deaths English male television actors 20th-century English male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just William
''Just William'' is the first book of children's short stories about the young school boy William Brown, written by Richmal Crompton, and published in 1922. The book was the first in the series of William Brown books which was the basis for numerous television series, films and radio adaptations. ''Just William'' is also sometimes used as a title for the series of books as a whole, and is also the name of various television, film and radio adaptations of the books. The William stories first appeared in ''Home'' magazine and ''Happy Mag''. Short stories The book contains the following short stories: * William Goes to the Pictures – William's aunt gives him a shilling, so he buys sweets and goes to the cinema. On his way home he is obsessed with acting out what he has seen. * William the Intruder – William steals the attentions of his brother's new crush. * William Below Stairs – William runs away from home after reading a book about a boy who ran away and made a fortune ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |