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Gordon Salkilld
Gordon Salkilld (9 May 1927 – 14 May 2003) was an English supporting actor best known for his portrayal of carpenter Jack Wood in the 1970s BBC cult series '' Survivors''. He also gained fame in ''Red Dwarf'': series 2, episode 2 as Gordon—the incredibly intelligent computer aboard the S.S. ''F Scott Fitzgerald'', who is involved in a chess game with Holly—a part specially written for him by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, with whom he had previously worked on the Radio 4 series ''Wrinkles'', and as Petty Officer Parker in BBC children's series ''The Doombolt Chase''. He also made appearances in '' Thriller''; episode 'The Double Kill' (1975), ''A Touch of Frost'', ''A Very Peculiar Practice'', ''Jeeves and Wooster'', '' Shelley'', ''Ever Decreasing Circles'', ''Juliet Bravo'', ''Never the Twain'' and ''Only Fools and Horses''. Salkilld was active on the stage. He directed and starred in a production of Tom Stoppard's '' After Magritte'' at the Prince of Wales, Wimbledon in 1974 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century and has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century. The English language, the Anglican Church, and Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
