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John Horsley (actor)
John Lovell Horsley (21 July 1920 – 12 January 2014) was a British actor. He was born in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England. The son of a doctor, he made his acting debut at the Theatre Royal in Bournemouth. After appearing in repertory theatres he was called up for military service in the Royal Devon Yeomanry, in which he served in Sicily and Italy during the Second World War. He then contracted hepatitis and become a member of an Army drama company that toured military units. Horsley's early career as a professional career saw him playing a succession of doctors and policemen, including a doctor in the film '' Hell Drivers'' (1957) and a policeman in the television show '' Big Breadwinner Hog'' (1969). He was more prolific in television from the 1960s, and played character roles in many series and programmes including '' The Lotus Eaters'' (1972–73) and ''The Duchess of Duke Street'' (1976–77). He is perhaps best known for his role as Doc Morrissey in the BBC sitcom ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westcliff-on-Sea
Westcliff-on-Sea (often abbreviated to Westcliff) is an inner city area of the city of Southend-on-Sea, in the City of Southend-on-Sea, in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. It is on the north shore of the lower Thames Estuary, about 34 miles (55 km) east of London. Geography The cliffs formed by erosion of the local quaternary geology give views over the Thames Estuary towards the Kent coastline to the south. The coastline has been transformed into sandy beaches through the use of groynes and imported sand. The estuary at this point has extensive mud flats. At low tide, the water typically retreats some 600 m from the beach, leaving the mud flats exposed. History The southern area of what is now known as Westcliff, south of the London Road, was known as Milton or Milton Hamlet until the period 1860-1880 when the Milton Estate and surrounding land was sold to speculators who preferred the name Westcliff-on-Sea. By the time the station opened in 1895 it was named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Husband And I (1987 TV Series)
''My Husband and I'' is a British sitcom starring Mollie Sugden and William Moore that aired on ITV from 9 January 1987 to 20 May 1988. It was written and created by Pam Valentine and Michael Ashton. Background Following the end of '' That's My Boy'', the writers Pam Valentine and Michael Ashton wrote a new sitcom for Mollie Sugden titled ''My Husband and I'', which co-starred William Moore, Sugden's real-life husband. Like ''That's My Boy'', it was also made by Yorkshire Television. Cast *Mollie Sugden - Nora Powers * William Moore - George Powers *Deddie Davies - Bambi Bamber *Carol Hawkins - Tracy Cosgrove * John Horsley - Mr Munday *Isabelle Lucas - Pearl * Roberta Tovey - Samantha *Natasha Gray - Anita *Jane Ashton - Henrietta Plot Nora Powers is the head of personnel at Ashvale Advertising. However, when Nora's retired husband George joins Ashvale Advertising as chief commissionaire, she soon gets very embarrassed. Episodes Series 1 (1987) Christmas Special (1987) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackmailed (1951 Film)
''Blackmailed'' is a 1951 British drama film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Mai Zetterling, Dirk Bogarde, Fay Compton and Robert Flemyng. It was adapted from a novel by Elizabeth Myers. Cast * Mai Zetterling as Carol Edwards * Dirk Bogarde as Stephen Mundy * Fay Compton as Mrs Christopher * Robert Flemyng as Doctor Freeman * Michael Gough as Maurice Edwards * James Robertson Justice as Mr Sine * Joan Rice as Alma * Harold Huth as Hugh Sainsbury * Wilfrid Hyde-White as Lord Dearsley * Nora Gordon as Housekeeper * Cyril Chamberlain as Police Constable * Charles Saynor as Police Constable * Derrick Penley as Patrick * Peter Owen as Chief Printer * Dennis Brian as Sub-Editor * Arthur Hambling as Inspector Canin * Shirley Wright as Mary * Bruce Seton as Superintendent Crowe * Marianne Stone as Maggie * Helen Goss as Matron * Constance Smith as Nurse Anne * Edie Martin as Mrs. Porritt * John Horsley as Maggie's Doctor * Ballard Berkeley Ballard Blascheck (6 August 1904 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highly Dangerous
''Highly Dangerous'' is a 1950 British spy film starring Margaret Lockwood. The screenplay was written by Eric Ambler. It was released in the US by Lippert Pictures as ''Time Running Out''. Plot Frances Gray is as a British entomologist trying to stop a biological attack with the help of an American journalist. Cast Production Margaret Lockwood had not made a film in 18 months following ''Madness of the Heart'', and had been focusing on stage work. Earl St John wanted a comeback vehicle and commissioned Eric Ambler to write a film specifically as a vehicle for Lockwood. Ambler had recently specialised in melodramas, but ''Highly Dangerous'' was a comedy thriller in the vein of Lockwood's earlier hits, ''The Lady Vanishes'' and ''Night Train to Munich''. It was directed by Roy Ward Baker, who had served with Ambler during the war. "One thing about Eric is that he presents you with a script that is beautifully finished in every detail", said Baker. "I think Margaret Lockwood w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denville Hall
Denville Hall is a historic building in Northwood, a town in the London Borough of Hillingdon, England, which is used as a retirement home for professional actors, actresses and members of other theatrical professions. The present building incorporates part of a 16th-century house, which was substantially rebuilt in 1851 and later considerably extended after becoming a retirement home in 1926. Many well-known British actors and actresses have resided there. History and description The hall includes part of a 16th-century house called Maze Farm. In the 18th century it belonged to the judge Sir John Vaughan. In 1851 it was rebuilt in Victorian Gothic style by Daniel Norton, and renamed Northwood Hall. Alfred Denville, impresario, actor-manager and MP, bought the hall in 1925 and dedicated it to the acting profession in memory of his son Jack, who had died at the age of 26 after onstage complications with re-aggravated World War I injuries. He renamed the building Denville Hall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca (miniseries)
''Rebecca'' is a 1997 British-German television drama directed by Jim O'Brien. The teleplay by Arthur Hopcraft is based on the 1938 novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier. The serial was filmed for Carlton Television by Portman Productions in association with WGBH and Tele München. It was broadcast in the United States as a presentation of ''Masterpiece Theatre'' on PBS. Plot While vacationing in Monte Carlo in 1927, Maxim de Winter meets the young and somewhat naive British companion of Mrs. Van Hopper, a typical Ugly American whose bout of influenza frees the girl to spend time with the wealthy widower. When Mrs. Van Hopper announces plans to return to New York City, Max proposes marriage to the girl and brings her to his Cornwall coast estate known as Manderley. The large household staff is supervised by Mrs. Danvers, who was deeply devoted to Max's first wife, Rebecca. His young wife soon learns that Rebecca was the victim of a sailing accident some ten months before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hi-de-Hi
''Hi-de-Hi!'' is a BBC television sitcom shown on BBC1 from 1 January 1980 to 30 January 1988. Set in 1959 and 1960 in Maplins, a fictional holiday camp, the show was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, who also wrote ''Dad's Army'' and ''It Ain't Half Hot Mum'' amongst other programmes. The title was the greeting the campers heard and in early episodes was written ''Hi de Hi''. The series revolved around the lives of the camp's entertainers, most of whom were struggling actors and has-beens. Inspiration for the series were the experiences of Jimmy Perry, one of the programme's writers. After being demobilised from the Army, he was a Redcoat at Butlins in Filey and Pwllheli during the holiday season. The series gained large audiences and won a BAFTA as Best Comedy Series in 1984. In a 2008 poll on Channel 4, ''Hi-de-Hi!'' was voted the 35th most popular comedy catchphrase. In 2014, Jimmy Perry confirmed that ''Hi-de-Hi!'' would be repeated, and it began a rerun on 2 Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agatha Christie's Poirot
''Poirot'' (also known as ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'') is a British mystery drama television programme that aired on ITV from 8 January 1989 to 13 November 2013. David Suchet starred as the eponymous detective, Agatha Christie's fictional Hercule Poirot. Initially produced by LWT, the series was later produced by ITV Studios. The series also aired on VisionTV in Canada and on PBS and A&E in the United States. The programme ran for 13 series and 70 episodes in total; each episode was adapted from a novel or short story by Christie that featured Poirot, and consequently in each episode Poirot is both the main detective in charge of the investigation of a crime (usually murder) and the protagonist who is at the centre of most of the episode's action. At the programme's conclusion, which finished with " Curtain: Poirot's Last Case" (based on the 1975 novel ''Curtain'', the final Poirot novel), every major literary work by Christie that featured the title character had been adapte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hercule Poirot%27s Christmas
''Hercule Poirot's Christmas'' is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 19 December 1938 (although the first edition is copyright dated 1939). It retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6). It was published in US by Dodd, Mead and Company in February 1939 under the title of ''Murder for Christmas''. This edition retailed at $2.00. A paperback edition in the US by Avon books in 1947 changed the title again to ''A Holiday for Murder''. The book features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and is a locked room mystery. The premise is a family reuniting for Christmas, and they find the host of the gathering murdered in a private room. Most reviews at the time of publication were positive, referring to "the brilliance of the whole conception", and remarking that "never has his oirot'smighty brain functioned more brilliantly". Another considered this novel to be "a major Christie" and stated that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Marple (TV Series)
''Miss Marple'' is a British television series based on the Miss Marple murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie, starring Joan Hickson in the title role. It aired from 26 December 1984 to 27 December 1992 on BBC One. All 12 original Miss Marple Christie novels were dramatised. The adaptations were written by T. R. Bowen, Julia Jones, Alan Plater, Ken Taylor and Jill Hyem, and the series was produced by George Gallaccio. In addition to its availability on VHS and DVD, the series began to be released on Blu-ray Disc in October 2014, marking its 30th anniversary. Background Agatha Christie had never been very happy with most filmed adaptations of her works, and according to her grandson Mathew Pritchard, who handled her estate after her death, she "did not care much for television", either. Producer Pat Sandys of LWT first approached Pritchard and the Christie estate with a researched, detailed plan to film the novels ''Why Didn't They Ask Evans?'' and ''The Seven Dials Mystery'' i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemesis (Christie Novel)
''Nemesis'' is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie (1890–1976) and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in November 1971 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. The UK edition retailed at £1.50 and the US edition at $6.95. It was the last Miss Marple novel the author wrote, although ''Sleeping Murder'' was the last Miss Marple novel to be published. Miss Marple first encounters Jason Rafiel in ''A Caribbean Mystery'', where they solve a mystery. In his will, Rafiel leaves another mystery for Miss Marple to solve. ''Nemesis'' received generally positive reviews at the time of publication. It was described as "astonishingly fresh" with a "devilish fine" confrontation and overall was "quite worthy of the Picasso of the detective story". It is a "first-rate story" in a "traditional detective novel". The novel is "readable and ingenious" and "Miss Christie remains unflagging" at age 80. A later review by Barnard is the only neg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Box Of Delights (TV Series)
''The Box of Delights'' is a BBC Television adaptation of John Masefield's 1935 children's fantasy novel ''The Box of Delights'' starring Devin Stanfield, Patrick Troughton and Robert Stephens. It was broadcast on BBC1 between 21 November and 24 December 1984. The series was adapted from Masefield's novel by Alan Seymour, directed by Renny Rye and produced by Paul Stone. The series is a fantasy adventure about a schoolboy who is entrusted with a magical box which allows him to time travel and shapeshift to protect the box from an evil magician. An innovative mixture of live action and animation, the production made extensive use of the Quantel Paintbox and chroma key effects. The series cost £1 million to make in 1984 (£ in ), the most expensive children's series the BBC had made to that date, but it was widely acclaimed and won a number of BAFTA and RTS awards, in particular for its special effects. Production John Masefield was the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
