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Live Now, Pay Later
''Live Now, Pay Later'' is a 1962 British black-and-white comedy-drama film directed by Jay Lewis and starring Ian Hendry, June Ritchie and John Gregson. It was loosely based on the 1961 novel ''All on the Never-Never'' by Jack Lindsay. However, the script was solely written by Jack Trevor Story, who subsequently authored the 1963 novel ''Live Now, Pay Later''. The film focuses on the life of a salesman who habitually seduces his female customers in order to convince them to buy his products. He is secretly embezzling money from the sales, and has a side career as a blackmailer. Plot Unsavoury door-to-door salesman Albert Argyle's technique involves bedding his female customers in an attempt to seduce them to buy on credit. As well as being unfaithful to his pregnant girlfriend, the unrepentant Argyle is also cheating his boss out of profits, and trying his hand at a spot of blackmail. Cast * Ian Hendry as Albert Argyle * June Ritchie as Treasure * John Gregson as Callendar * Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Lewis
Jay Gardner Lewis (1914 – June 4, 1969) was a British film director, producer and writer. Starting in the theatre, he joined British International Pictures in 1933. In 1940, he founded the documentary film company Verity Films with Sydney Box. He joined the Army Kinematograph Service in 1942, and subsequently began his feature film career with ''A Man's Affair'' (1949), using a crew mainly comprising ex-servicemen. He was married to actress Thelma Ruby. Filmography * ''Crime Doesn't Pay (film), Crime Doesn't Pay'' (short, c.1935) * ''Cooking Hints No.1: Oatmeal Porridge'' (Ministry of Information (United Kingdom), Ministry of Information (MOI) short, 1940), director * ''Cooking Hints No.2: Herrings'' (MOI short, 1940), director * Cooking Hints No.3: Potatoes, ''Cooking Hints No.3: Potatoes'' (MOI, short, (1940), director * ''Cooking Hints: Steaming'' (MOI short, 1940), director * Cooking hints: Casserole, ''Cooking hints: Casserole'' ''Cooking'' (MOI short, 1940) * ''Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thelma Ruby
Thelma Ruby (born 23 March 1925) is a British actress, best known for her long stage career and for co-adapting and starring in the one-woman show Momma Golda, about Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir. Early life and education Ruby was born Thelma Wigoder at Chapel Allerton in Leeds. She grew up in an Orthodox Jewish family in Leeds. Her mother, Ruby, was an actress; her father, Louis, from Lithuania, was a dentist. She was educated at Leeds Girls' High School and, after evacuation with her mother to the United States during the Second World War, at Finch College in New York City. Career Returning to Britain in 1944, Ruby joined the Entertainments National Service Association and performed to British troops. In 1958 she acted in Bernard Kops' play, ''The Hamlet of Stepney Green'', at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith in London, with Harold Lang, John Fraser, John Barrard and George Selway also in the cast. She also had a role in the British film ''Live Now, Pay Later'' in 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Bowles
Peter John Bowles (16 October 1936 – 17 March 2022) was an English screen and stage actor. He gained prominence for television dramas such as '' Callan: A Magnum for Schneider'' and '' I, Claudius''. He is best remembered for his roles in sitcoms and television comedy dramas, including: ''Rumpole of the Bailey'', '' Only When I Laugh'', '' To the Manor Born'', '' The Bounder'', '' The Irish R.M.'', '' Lytton's Diary'', '' Executive Stress'' and '' Perfect Scoundrels''. Early life and education Bowles was born in London, England. His father was Herbert Reginald Bowles, valet-companion and chauffeur to Drogo Montagu, son of the Earl of Sandwich, then a butler to the daughter of Lord Beaverbrook. His mother was Sarah Jane (née Harrison), from Scotland, who served as a nanny to the family of the Duke of Argyll before coming to England and working for Beaverbrook's family, which is where they met. Upon the outbreak of the Second World War, Bowles's father was sent to the Rolls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wood (English Actor)
John Lamin Wood (5 July 1930 – 6 August 2011) was an English actor known for his Shakespearean performances and his lasting association with Tom Stoppard. In 1976, he received a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in Stoppard's ''Travesties''. He was nominated for further Tony Awards for his roles in ''Sherlock Holmes (play), Sherlock Holmes'' (1975) and ''Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'' (1968). His films included ''WarGames'' (1983), ''The Purple Rose of Cairo'' (1985), ''Ladyhawke (film), Ladyhawke'' (1985), ''Jumpin' Jack Flash (film), Jumpin' Jack Flash'' (1986), ''Orlando (film), Orlando'' (1992), ''Shadowlands (1993 film), Shadowlands'' (1993), ''The Madness of King George'' (1994), ''Richard III (1995 film), Richard III'' (1995), ''Sabrina (1995 film), Sabrina'' (1995), and ''Chocolat (2000 film), Chocolat'' (2000). In 2007, Wood was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's New Year Honours List. Early l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Cruickshank
Andrew John Maxton Cruickshank (25 December 190729 April 1988) was a Scottish actor, most famous for his portrayal of Dr Cameron in the long-running UK BBC television series ''Dr. Finlay's Casebook'', which ran for 191 episodes from 1962 until 1971. He was born in Aberdeen and died in London. Life and career Andrew Cruickshank (Junior) was born to Andrew and Annie Cruickshank (Cadger),Stage performances (1930–1987) and other biography: ''Filmreference.com'' website. and was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School. He was to have entered the profession of |
Justine Lord
Justine Lord (born Jennifer Lily Schooling; 8 March 1937) is an English actress, active on television throughout the 1960s. She began her acting career in repertory theatre. In the 1960s she made guest appearances in '' Live Now, Pay Later'' (1962), '' The Avengers'' (" Propellant 23", 1962), '' The Saint'' ("The Bunco Artists" and "The Saint Plays with Fire", 1963; "The Saint Steps In" and "The Imprudent Politician", 1964; "The Checkered Flag", 1965; "The Fiction-Makers", 1968), ''The Prisoner'' (" The Girl Who Was Death", 1968) and ''Man in a Suitcase'', as well as playing regular roles in '' Crossroads'', ''Compact Compact as used in politics may refer broadly to a pact or treaty; in more specific cases it may refer to: * Interstate compact, a type of agreement used by U.S. states * Blood compact, an ancient ritual of the Philippines * Compact government, a t ...'', '' The Troubleshooters'' and '' The Doctors''. Lord married James Ridler in 1971. She retired from acting i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgina Cookson
Antoinette Georgina Cookson (19 December 1918 – 1 October 2011) was a British film, stage and television actress. She died in Sydney, aged 92, on 1 October 2011. Family Cookson was the daughter of racing driver Roger Cookson and Sybil Taylor. Her mother, using the pseudonym Sydney Tremayne, was a novelist and contributed to ''The Tatler''. Cookson left Benenden School at the age of 15 to train at RADA. She was the great-granddaughter of the psychiatrist Sir James Crichton-Browne. She was married four times; she was twice divorced and twice widowed. She had two children, a son and a daughter. Theatre After graduating from RADA, she found constant work in both the regions and the West End theatre, appearing alongside Hermione Gingold in the wartime revue ''Rise Above It'' at the ‘Q’ (1940) and at the Comedy Theatre (1941). In the same decade, she was in ''Love Goes to Press'', with Irene Worth, at the Embassy Theatre (in Swiss Cottage) and Duchess Theatre (1946) and br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Kendall (actor)
William Kendall (born 26 August 1903 in London, England – died 1 April 1984, aged 80) was a British film, stage and television actor. He appeared in the West End in several musicals starring Jack Buchanan including '' Mr. Whittington'', '' Castle in the Air'' and ''This'll Make You Whistle''. He starred in the 1953 play '' Four Winds'' by Alex Atkinson and the 1956 play '' Towards Zero'' by Agatha Christie. Filmography * '' Face to Face'' (1922) as Bert Manners * '' Goodnight, Vienna'' (1932) as Ernst * '' The King's Cup'' (1933) as Captain Richards * '' That's a Good Girl'' (1933) as Timothy * '' Doctor's Orders'' (1934) as Jackson * '' Debt of Honour'' (1936) as Paul Martin * ''This'll Make You Whistle'' (1936) as Reggie Benson * '' Sweet Devil'' (1938) as Edward Bane * '' The Sky's the Limit'' (1938) as Thornwell Beamish * '' Blind Folly'' (1939) as Raine * '' Dance, Little Lady'' (1954) as Mr. Matthews * '' Jumping for Joy'' (1956) as Blenkinsop * '' Strictly Confidentia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Hibbert
Geoffrey Hibbert (2 June 1922 – 3 February 1969) was an English stage, film and television actor. Biography He made his screen debut with the lead role in John Baxter's '' The Common Touch'' (1941) and appeared in two other Baxter films, '' Love on the Dole'' and '' The Shipbuilders''. After the war he appeared in supporting roles in films as well as many television performances. He was also active at the Players' Theatre in the 1950s and 60s, acting in, among other things, the musical revue "Child's Play" with all words by Sean Rafferty. He was also in the original Broadway production of Sandy Wilson's '' The Boyfriend'', starring Julie Andrews, which ran for over a year at the Royale Theatre, in 1954–1955. He was the father of the actor Edward Hibbert Edward Hibbert (born September 9, 1955) is an American-born British actor and literary agent. He played Gil Chesterton in the TV series ''Frasier'', later reprising the role in 2024. He also voiced Zazu in several in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Brennan (actor)
Michael Brennan (25 September 1912 – 29 June 1982) was an English film and television actor. Born in London, Brennan was married to actress Mary Hignett. He appeared in such films as ''Tom Brown's Schooldays'', ''Ivanhoe'', '' Thunderball'', '' Tom Jones'', '' The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders'' and '' Doomwatch''. On television, he made guest appearances on '' All Creatures Great and Small'' (which featured his wife) and ''Dixon of Dock Green''. Partial filmography *'' "Pimpernel" Smith'' (1941) - Camp Guard with Lantern (uncredited) *''They Made Me a Fugitive'' (1947) - Jim *'' Captain Boycott'' (1947) - Jim O'Rourke (uncredited) *'' Brighton Rock'' (1947) - Crabbe (uncredited) *'' Blanche Fury'' (1948) - Farmer *'' Escape'' (1948) - Truck Driver (uncredited) *'' My Brother's Keeper'' (1948) - Police Constable at Roadblock (uncredited) *''Noose'' (1948) - Ropey (uncredited) *'' Brass Monkey'' (1948) - Wilks *'' Cardboard Cavalier'' (1949) - Brother Barebones *'' For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Heal
Joan Heal (17 October 1922 – 12 April 1998) was an English actress and singer, known for her appearances in revue in the 1940s and 1950s. Life and career Heal was born in Vobster, Somerset, and educated at Bath High School and later the Old Vic School.Gaye, p. 720 She made her first professional appearance as Mrs Terence in Emlyn Williams' psycho-thriller ''Night Must Fall'' in 1940 at the Garden Theatre, Bideford, after which she was in the chorus of a revue at the Saville Theatre, London."Joan Heal", ''The Times'', 23 April 1998, p. 25 Her first prominent role in revue was at the Cambridge Theatre in ''Sauce Tartare'' in 1949. This was followed by ''Sauce Piquante'' at the same theatre in 1950. In 1951, she was in the ''Lyric Revue'' with Ian Carmichael, Dora Bryan and Graham Payn at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. The show transferred to the Globe Theatre in the West End, and was followed by a sequel in 1952. After further revue work, Heal was cast in the leading role of V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Furse
Judith Furse (4 March 1912 – 29 August 1974) was an English actress. Career She was a member of the Furse family; her father was Lieutenant-General Sir William Furse and mother Jean Adelaide Furse. Her brother, Roger, became a stage designer and painter who also worked in films. She was educated at St Paul's Girls' School and studied theatre at the Old Vic in the early 1930s. By the end of that decade, she became a stage actress. One of Judith Furse's earliest film roles was as Sister Briony in '' Black Narcissus'' (1947). She was known for her heavy-set, somewhat masculine looks, and was often cast as overbearing types such as the villainous Doctor Crow in '' Carry On Spying'' (1964). Other films included ''The Man in the White Suit'' (1951), '' Mother Riley Meets the Vampire'' (1952), '' Blue Murder at St Trinian's'' (1957), ''Carry On Regardless'' (1961), '' Live Now, Pay Later'' (1962) and '' Carry On Cabby'' (1963). One of her more sympathetic roles was as Flora, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |