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Keith Faulkner
Keith Faulkner (born 25 July 1936) is a British-born Australian actor. Early life Faulkner was born in Richmond, Surrey. He started his career at Corona Academy at the age of eleven and moved on to a career in film and television in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Career Faulkner later left acting and moved to Australia, where he worked for a telecommunications company. In the late-1940s, he appeared at the London Coliseum in ''Annie Get Your Gun'' playing Annie Oakley's brother Little Jake. In 1951, he appeared at Stratford-upon-Avon's Memorial Theatre during the Festival of Britain Season, playing Falstaff's Page in ''Henry IV'' and the Boy in ''Henry V''. This was followed by an extensive tour of Britain with the Elizabethan Theatre Company, performing various Shakespearean productions. In the 1950s, Keith Faulkner was known for his roles as Ginger in ''Just William'' and Bob Cherry in ''Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School'' (both BBC TV series) and also featured in juvenile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipal Borough Of Richmond (Surrey)
The Municipal Borough of Richmond or Richmond Municipal Borough was a municipal borough in Surrey, England from 1890 to 1965.Vision of Britain – Richmond MB historic map ) History 
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Johnny On The Run
''Johnny on the Run'' is a 1953 adventure film directed by Lewis Gilbert. It was produced by the Children's Film Foundation It includes documentary footage of streets in the south side of Edinburgh in the early 1950s and of rural Perthshire. Plot In Edinburgh, young Polish boy Janek/Johnny lives with his aunt and cousins. He feels an outcast in the home. One day when he is out pushing his baby cousin in a pram a group of boys start to taunt him about being Polish and a fight begins, during which the pram rolls off. Janek chases after it with a growing crowd chasing. He catches the pram at the head of a flight of steps. His aunt materialises and calls him a wicked boy. The crowd mills behind her. Janek is scared and runs off through the alleys. He ends on Princes Street and sees a poster for trips to his homeland of Poland in a travel agent. He goes in and is told the cheapest way to travel is a ship from Dundee to Danzig which costs £17. He sneaks into the back of a removal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Emigrants To Australia
English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national identity, an identity and common culture ** English language in England, a variant of the English language spoken in England * English languages (other) * English studies, the study of English language and literature * ''English'', an Amish term for non-Amish, regardless of ethnicity Individuals * English (surname), a list of notable people with the surname ''English'' * People with the given name ** English McConnell (1882–1928), Irish footballer ** English Fisher (1928–2011), American boxing coach ** English Gardner (b. 1992), American track and field sprinter Places United States * English, Indiana, a town * English, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * English, Brazoria County, Texas, an unincorporated community * Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1939 Births
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidden to work with Germans. *** The Youth Protection Act was passed on April 30, 1938 and the Working Hours Regulations came into effect. *** The Jews name change decree has gone into effect. ** The rest of the world *** In Spain, it becomes a duty of all young women under 25 to complete compulsory work service for one year. *** First edition of the Vienna New Year's Concert. *** The company of technology and manufacturing scientific instruments Hewlett-Packard, was founded in a garage in Palo Alto, California, by William (Bill) Hewlett and David Packard. This garage is now considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley. *** Sydney, in Australia, records temperature of 45 ˚C, the highest record for the city. *** Philipp Etter took over as Swi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's All Happening (film)
''It's All Happening'' is a 1963 British musical film directed by Don Sharp and starring Tommy Steele, Michael Medwin and Angela Douglas. It is sometimes known under the alternative title ''The Dream Maker''. Premise A talent scout for a record company is frustrated by his lack of progress with his career. When the orphanage where he was brought up is threatened with closing, he decides to organize a concert featuring all the most up-to-date singers and bands. Selected cast * Tommy Steele - Billy Bowles * Michael Medwin - Max Catlin * Angela Douglas - Julie Singleton * Jean Harvey - Delia * Bernard Bresslaw - Parsons * Walter Hudd - J.B. Magdeburg * John Tate - Julian Singleton * Janet Henfrey - April * Richard Goolden - Lord Sweatstone * Keith Faulkner - Mick * Edward Cast - Hugh * Anthony Dawes - Cyril Bong Production Produced for $430,000, the film was shot and ready for release in cinemas in only six weeks. Director Don Sharp had made a similar musical '' Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pot Carriers
''The Pot Carriers'' is a 1962 British comedy-drama film directed by Peter Graham Scott and produced by Gordon Scott for ABPC. It stars Ronald Fraser, Paul Massie, Carole Lesley and Dennis Price. The film is largely set in Wandsworth prison and is a remake of the ''ITV Play of the Week: The Pot Carriers'' (1960), which writer Mike Watts based on his own prison experiences. The film centres around a young prisoner called Rainbow as he struggles to adjust to his first stretch behind bars. Cast * Ronald Fraser as Red Band * Paul Massie as Rainbow * Carole Lesley as Wendy * Dennis Price as Smooth Tongue * Paul Rogers as Governor * Davy Kaye as Mouse * Eddie Byrne as Chief Officer Bailey * Campbell Singer as Prison Officer Mott * Alfred Burke as Lang * Patrick McAlinney as Dillon * Neil McCarthy as Bracket * Vanda Godsell as Mrs. Red Band * David Davies as Prison Officer Tom * David Ensor as Judge * Keith Faulkner as Young Prisoner * Norman Chappell as Prisoner Robert * Alist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Payroll (film)
''Payroll'' is a 1961 British neo-noir crime thriller starring Michael Craig and Françoise Prévost. Directed by Sidney Hayers, it was based by screenwriter George Baxt on a novel by Derek Bickerton. The story is about a gang of villains who stage a wages robbery that goes disastrously wrong. Plot Four crooks (Johnny Mellors, Monty, Blackie and Bert) plan and execute a robbery on a payroll van, using the inside knowledge of Dennis Pearson, who works as an accountant at the firm concerned. Pearson is under pressure to support his wife Katie (Françoise Prévost), who demands a higher standard of living. However, the van driver, Harry Parker, is killed during the heist, while Bert is fatally wounded by Parker's colleague Frank Moore. Nevertheless, the gang manages to get away with £50,000. Having found out that Pearson was the 'inside man', Parker's widow Jackie (Billie Whitelaw) starts posting threatening letters to him. Katie in the meantime has become involved with Johnny, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sinister Man
''The Sinister Man'' is a 1961 British crime drama film directed by Clive Donner and starring Patrick Allen and John Bentley. It was one of the series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries, British second-features, produced at Merton Park Studios in the 1960s. Plot The body of an Oxford professor is found floating in the river Thames. He had previously been studying an archeological artefact known as the ''Kytang Wafers'', and this is now missing. Scotland Yard investigates. The wafers are bits of ancient text that could alter the relations between Red China and a Tibetan type nation called "Kytang". An autopsy reveals that the professor was murdered by a karate blow. Cast * John Bentley as Superintendent Wills * Patrick Allen as Dr. Nelson Pollard * Gerald Anderson as Major Paul Amery * Edward Atienza as Clerk * Wilfrid Brambell as Lock keeper * Yvonne Buckingham as Miss Russell * Michael Deacon as Angus * Jacqueline Ellis as Elsa Marlowe * Keith Faulkner as Lock keeper's assi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
The ''Edgar Wallace Mysteries'' is a British second-feature film series mainly produced at Merton Park Studios for Anglo-Amalgamated. There were 48 films in the series, which were released between 1960 and 1965. The series was screened as ''The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre'' on television in the United States. Synopsis Producers Nat Cohen and Stuart Levy acquired the film rights to all of Edgar Wallace's books and stories in 1960. The original intent was that 30 of the films would be produced by Independent Artists at Beaconsfield Studios while a further 20 would be made by the Film Producers Guild at Merton Park Studios. In the event, Independent Artists' only contribution to the series would be The Malpas Mystery while more than double the intended 20 were made at Merton Park. The resulting adaptations were loose, with very few using Wallace's original titles. Like the concurrent Rialto Film series then being produced in Germany (see ''German crimis''), there was no atte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda (1960 Film)
''Linda'' is a 1960 British teen Adolescence () is a transitional stage of physical and psychological development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to adulthood (typically corresponding to the age of majority). Adolescence is usually associated with the te ... drama film, directed by Don Sharp and starring Carol White and Alan Rothwell. The film was shot on location in South London and Brighton, and played in cinemas as the support feature to ''Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (film), Saturday Night and Sunday Morning''. Unseen for decades, this is currently considered a lost film, and is on the British Film Institute's "BFI 75 Most Wanted, 75 Most Wanted" list of missing British feature films. Plot Bored South London teenager Phil (Rothwell) joins a gang led by the Chief (Cavan Malone) and begins to be drawn into a world of petty crime and violence. When he meets Linda (White), his interest begins to shift away from the gang and towards her. She tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunes Of Glory
''Tunes of Glory'' is a 1960 British drama film directed by Ronald Neame, based on the 1956 novel and screenplay by James Kennaway. The film is a "dark psychological drama" focusing on events in a wintry Scottish Highland regimental barracks in the period immediately following the Second World War. It stars Alec Guinness and John Mills, featuring Dennis Price, Kay Walsh, John Fraser, Duncan MacRae, Gordon Jackson and Susannah York. Writer Kennaway served with the Gordon Highlanders, and the title refers to the bagpiping that accompanies every important action of the battalion. The original pipe music was composed by Malcolm Arnold, who also wrote the music for ''The Bridge on the River Kwai''. The film was generally well received by critics, the acting in particular garnering praise. Kennaway's screenplay was nominated for an Oscar. Plot Set in January 1948, the film opens in an officers' mess of an unnamed Highland Battalion, Jock Sinclair announces that this is his last day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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