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Jerold Wells
Jerold Wells (8 August 1908 – 19 July 1999) was an English actor. He was born in Wallington, Hampshire, and died in Bath, Somerset. He appeared primarily in British comedies. Films included ''Adventures of a Plumber's Mate'' and the TV-made 'Carry On Kitchener'. Two of his best-known roles were in ''Time Bandits'', where he played Benson, a mentally disturbed follower of Evil, and in ''Jabberwocky'', in which he played a footless man known as "Wat Dabney". He also appeared on television, in ''The Two Ronnies'', ''Coronation Street'', ''The Old Curiosity Shop'', Catweazle and ''The Benny Hill Show''. Partial filmography * '' Three in One'' (1957) - Wally (segment "Joe Wilson's Mates") * ''The Naked Truth'' (1957) - 1st Irishman (uncredited) * ''High Hell'' (1958) - Charlie Spence * ''Law and Disorder'' (1958) - Cell Warder (uncredited) * '' Passport to Shame'' (1958) - Taxi Driver in Office (uncredited) * '' The Criminal'' (1960) - Warder Brown * ''Dangerous Afternoon'' (1961) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallington, Hampshire
Wallington is a village in Hampshire, part of the borough of Fareham. It is situated between Portsmouth and Southampton near where the River Wallington enters Portsmouth Harbour. The name Wallington probably means 'settlement of the Welsh' (or Britons) – ''Weala-tun'' / ''Walintone'' (Old English) and not 'walled town' as might be inferred. Industry The village is now an affluent residential suburb of Fareham, but was once a separate entity with a brewery and tannery as its main industries. Wallington was also important in brickmaking and pottery. The bricks known as " Fareham reds" were made locally – the most famous use of which is the Royal Albert Hall. Wallington also boasts the largest collection of ''Fareham pots'' – chimney pots. Fort Wallington In the 1860s the Royal Commission on the Defences of the United Kingdom recommended that a line of forts be built along Portsdown Hill. The western end of this line was Fort Wallington. Building of the fort was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crooks Anonymous
''Crooks Anonymous'' is a British comedy film from 1962. Directed by Ken Annakin, it stars Leslie Phillips and Stanley Baxter and is notably the feature film debut of Julie Christie. Plot Captain "Dandy Forsdyke" (Leslie Phillips) is a habitual criminal who can't resist a tempting robbery. His gifts are for pickpocketing and safecracking. He never uses his real name, of which he's ashamed. However, he is engaged to Babette (Julie Christie), a stripper who wants him to go straight before they marry. In love with Babette, he desperately wants to quit, but is always lured back into another crime by his associates. Babette comes across a society known as Crooks Anonymous which helps hardened thieves go straight. Founded by Mr Montague (Wilfrid Hyde-White), and funded by a generous legacy, they have an excellent track record. Babette agrees to help them cure Forsdyke. Forsdyke is picked up during a robbery by a Crooks Anonymous man, Brother Widdowes ( Stanley Baxter), who is dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell
''Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell'' is a 1974 British horror film, directed by Terence Fisher and produced by Hammer Film Productions. It stars Peter Cushing, Shane Briant and David Prowse. Filmed at Elstree Studios in 1972 but not released until 1974, it was the final chapter in the Hammer ''Frankenstein'' saga of films as well as director Fisher's last film. The film was released on U.K. DVD+Blu-ray on 28 April 2014, with all previously censored scenes restored to the film. Plot Baron Victor Frankenstein, having survived the fire at the end of the previous film, lives and works in an insane asylum as a surgeon and is given a number of privileges, as he holds incriminating evidence on Adolf Klauss, the asylum's corrupt and perverted director. Frankenstein, using the alias of Dr. Carl Victor, uses his position to continue his experiments in the creation of man. When Simon Helder, a young doctor and an admirer of Frankenstein's work, arrives as an inmate for the crimes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gawain And The Green Knight (1973 Film)
''Gawain and the Green Knight'' is a 1973 film directed by Stephen Weeks, and starring Murray Head as Gawain and Nigel Green in his final theatrical film as the Green Knight. The story is based on the medieval English tale ''Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'' and also ''Yvain, the Knight of the Lion'' by Chrétien de Troyes and the tale of Sir Gareth in Thomas Malory's ''Le Morte d'Arthur''. Locations used included castles at Cardiff, Caerphilly and Castell Coch, Wales; Peckforton castle, Cheshire; and St. Michael's Mount and Roche rock, Cornwall. St. Govan's chapel on the Pembrokeshire coast was also featured. Weeks remade the film in 1984 as ''Sword of the Valiant'' with Miles O'Keeffe and Sean Connery as Gawain and the Green Knight, respectively. Plot The mysterious Green Knight appears before King Arthur's court in the New Year and demands the head of Sir Gawain as the prize in a bizarre game. Given a year's grace, Gawain sets off in search of the Knight for a rematch. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vault Of Horror (film)
''The Vault of Horror'' (otherwise known as ''Vault of Horror'', ''Further Tales from the Crypt'' and ''Tales from the Crypt II'') is a 1973 British anthology horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker, and starring Terry-Thomas, Dawn Addams, Denholm Elliott, Curd Jürgens, Tom Baker, Michael Craig, Terence Alexander, Glynis Johns, Mike Pratt, Robin Nedwell, Geoffrey Davies, Daniel Massey and Anna Massey. None of the film's stories are actually from ''Vault of Horror'' comics. All but one appeared in ''Tales from the Crypt'', the exception being from ''Shock SuspenStories''. The film omits the Vault Keeper character from the comics. Plot Intro Five strangers board a descending lift, one by one, in a modern office block in London. They reach the sub-basement, though none of them have pressed for that destination. There they find a large, elaborately furnished room that appears to be a gentlemen's club. The lift door has closed; there are no buttons to bring it back, nor any ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Never Mind The Quality Feel The Width (film)
''Never Mind the Quality Feel the Width'' is a rarely seen 1973 British comedy film directed by Ronnie Baxter and starring John Bluthal, Joe Lynch and Bernard Stone. It was a spin-off from the ITV television series ''Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width'' about two mismatched tailors in the East End of London. Plot In the course of the film, Manny and Patrick hire a sexy new assistant Rita, seriously fall out after a gambling incident, experience woman trouble, find themselves burgled, and eventually end up on holiday in Rome after posing as priests. Rita is played by Wendy King Cast * John Bluthal as Manny Cohen * Joe Lynch as Patrick Kelly * Yootha Joyce as Mrs. Finch * Wendy King as Rita * Ann Beach as Bridie * Eddie Byrne as Father Ignatious * Bernard Stone as Nathan * Bill Maynard as Larkin * David Nettheim as Rabbi * Ivor Dean as Bishop Rourke * David Kelly as Murphy * Jerold Wells as Tramp * Vicki Woolf as Maria * Hilary Farr as Gina (as Hilary Labow) * Paddy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burke & Hare (1971 Film)
''Burke & Hare'', sometimes called ''Burke and Hare'' or ''The Horrors of Burke and Hare'', is a 1972 horror film, directed by Vernon Sewell, and starring Derren Nesbitt, Harry Andrews, and Glynn Edwards. It is based on the true life story of the Burke and Hare murders, and was the last film to be directed by Vernon Sewell. Typically for its time the film is considerably more sexual that most of its counterparts, and much of the plot focusses on brothel activities. It was shot at Twickenham Studios in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Scott MacGregor. Plot In Edinburgh, in 1828, there are two sides to society: men living in dirty hovels and grave robbing to make a living; and rich men going to the brothels. Meanwhile, the doctors dine together and drink wine. Surgeon Dr Robert Knox (Harry Andrews) needs bodies for dissection to satisfy the training needs of his medical students. As only hanging victims may be used, bodies are in short supply. In order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Of The Thousand Days
''Anne of the Thousand Days'' is a 1969 British period historical drama film based on the life of Anne Boleyn, directed by Charles Jarrott and produced by Hal B. Wallis. The screenplay by Bridget Boland and John Hale is an adaptation of the 1948 play of the same name by Maxwell Anderson. The film stars Richard Burton as King Henry VIII and Canadian actress Geneviève Bujold as Anne Boleyn. Irene Papas plays Catherine of Aragon, Anthony Quayle plays Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, and John Colicos plays Thomas Cromwell. Others in the cast include Michael Hordern, Katharine Blake, Peter Jeffrey, Joseph O'Conor, William Squire, Vernon Dobtcheff, Denis Quilley, Esmond Knight, and T. P. McKenna, who later played Henry VIII in ''Monarch''. Burton's wife Elizabeth Taylor makes a brief, uncredited appearance. Despite receiving some negative reviews and mixed reviews from ''The New York Times'' and Pauline Kael, the film was nominated for 10 Academy Awards and won the award for best costume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journey Into Darkness (film)
''Journey into Darkness'' is a 1968 British made-for-television horror film featuring two episodes derived from the 1968–1969 anthology television series ''Journey to the Unknown'' starring Robert Reed and Jennifer Hilary, directed by Peter Sasdy and James Hill. The film contains the following episodes: *"Paper Dolls" (original broadcast: November 7, 1968 on ABC) *"The New People" (original broadcast: November 14, 1968 on ABC) Patrick McGoohan is featured as host in a dark room setting who introduces the two episodes. Plot "The New People" A young American couple moves to New England and learns that everyone in their new neighborhood belongs to a cult which has chosen them as sacrifices. Based upon a story by Charles Beaumont. *Director: Peter Sasdy *Written by: Oscar Millard *Cast: Robert Reed (Hank Prentiss), Jennifer Hilary (Anne Prentiss), Patrick Allen (Luther Ames) "Paper Dolls" A set of quadruplets are telepathically connected as they feel one another's pain and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smashing Time
''Smashing Time'' is a 1967 British satirical comedy film starring Rita Tushingham and Lynn Redgrave. It is a satire on the 1960s media-influenced phenomenon of ''Swinging London''. It was written by George Melly and directed by Desmond Davis. The supporting cast includes Ian Carmichael, Michael York, Jeremy Lloyd, Anna Quayle, Irene Handl, Arthur Mullard, and Geoffrey Hughes. Plot Brenda (Rita Tushingham) and Yvonne (Lynn Redgrave), two girls from the North of England, arrive at St Pancras railway station in London to seek fame and fortune. However, their image of the city is quickly tarnished when they realise that they cannot pay for their meals in a greasy spoon café as Brenda has been robbed of her savings by a tramp. Yvonne visits Carnaby Street in the hope of catching the eye of a trendy photographer, Tom Wabe (Michael York), while Brenda has to stay behind and do the washing up. A messy scene ensues as washing-up liquid is mistaken for ketchup and everyone in the café ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masquerade (1965 Film)
''Masquerade'' is a 1965 British comedy thriller film directed by Basil Dearden based on the 1954 novel '' Castle Minerva'' by Victor Canning. It stars Cliff Robertson and Jack Hawkins and was filmed in Spain. Plot An Arab heir plots his own kidnapping in a desperate bid for peace in the Middle East. Cast * Cliff Robertson as David Frazer * Jack Hawkins as Colonel Drexel * Marisa Mell as Sophie * Michel Piccoli as George Sarrassin * Bill Fraser as Dunwoody * Charles Gray as Benson * John Le Mesurier as Sir Robert * Felix Aylmer as Henrickson * Ernest Clark as Minister * Tutte Lemkow as Paviot * Keith Pyott as Gustave Production Rex Harrison was originally meant to star but he dropped out and Cliff Robertson was hired to replace him. The film was the first screen credit for novelist William Goldman who had been hired to Americanise the dialogue for Robertson (Robertson had just commissioned Goldman to adapt ''Flowers for Algernon ''Flowers for Algernon'' is a sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cracksman
''The Cracksman'' is a 1963 British comedy film directed by Peter Graham Scott.Personal letter from Delia Derbyshire to Associated British Picture Corporation, dated 25 April 1963. Plot Charlie Drake plays honest but naive locksmith Ernest Wright who believes that everybody else is equally honest. First, he is duped by a debonair con man into opening a car. He is caught by the police but given probation. Next, the same man fools him into breaking into a house, and again he is caught while the villain escapes and he lands in jail. When he is released, he again gets tricked, this time by a woman, into opening a safe, for which he receives a three-year jail sentence. On arrival in prison, he has a reputation as a master thief. Upon his release, he finds himself as a pawn being manipulated by two gangs into a safe-cracking scheme but, with the help of undercover policewoman Muriel, he helps trap the crooks and clear his name. Portions of the film satirise the 1962 films ''Birdman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
