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Michael Parker (film Editor)
Michael Parker or Mike Parker may refer to: In arts and media *Michael Barrymore (born 1952), British television personality and entertainer born Michael Parker *Mike Parker (reporter) (1943–2018), Chicago television reporter *Mike Parker (writer) (born 1967), British travel writer *Michael Parker (novelist) (born 1959), American novelist and short story writer *Mike Parker (typographer) (1929–2014), American typographer and type designer *Worldwide (rapper) (born 1986), American hip-hop musician, real name Michael Parker Others *Michael Parker (politician) (born 1949), former U.S. congressman from Mississippi *Michael Parker (courtier) (1920–2001), private secretary to the Duke of Edinburgh, 1947–1957 *Mike Parker (hurdler) (born 1938), British hurdler *Michael Parker (bishop) (1900–1980), bishop in the Church of England *Michael Parker (event organiser) (1941–2022), producer of military tattoos and large-scale events *Michael Parker (basketball) Michael Parker born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Barrymore
Michael Ciaran Parker (born 4 May 1952), known by his stage name Michael Barrymore, is an English actor, comedian and television presenter of game shows and light entertainment programmes on British television in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. These included '' Strike It Lucky'', '' My Kind of People'', '' My Kind of Music,'' ''Kids Say the Funniest Things'', and his own variety show, '' Barrymore''. In 1993, he headlined the ''Royal Variety Performance''. At his peak, Barrymore was voted the UK's favourite television star several times, and became one of the highest-paid stars on television from the mid-1980s to the late-1990s. After his peak of popularity in the mid-1990s, Barrymore appeared on ''Celebrity Big Brother'' and other shows including ''The Friday Night Project'', ''Graham Norton's Bigger Picture'', '' This Morning'', ''The Sharon Osbourne Show'' and ''The Saturday Night Show''. He starred in '' Bob Martin'' from 2000 to 2001, a comedy drama in which he played the tit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Parker (reporter)
Michael J. Fishel (September 27, 1943 – November 4, 2018),Mike Parker, trusted anchor, reporter at CBS 2 for 35 years, dead at 75 ''Chicago Sun-Times'', November 5, 2018 known professionally as Mike Parker, was a news anchor and reporter for WBBM-TV in Chicago. Early life and education A native of , Parker earned a degree from[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Parker (writer)
Mike Parker (born December 1966, in Birmingham) is a British travel writer, living near Machynlleth in mid Wales. He grew up in Kidderminster, Worcestershire and graduated in 1989 in English and Drama from Westfield College, University of London. He was the co-author of the '' Rough Guide to Wales'', and has also written books on four British cities, and on the gay scenes of Scotland, Ireland and Northern England. In addition, Parker has worked as a stand-up comedian. After moving to Wales in spring 2000, he became involved in television, writing and presenting a one-off Saint David's Day special for HTV Wales in 2002. This led to him being commissioned to write and present two series of ''Coast to Coast'', where Parker took twelve journeys in different boats around the Welsh coast. He made four series of ''Great Welsh Roads'' for HTV Wales, which saw Parker and his dog tour the country in a camper van. Since 2007, he has concentrated on writing narrative non-fict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Parker (novelist)
Michael Parker is an American short story writer, novelist and journalist. Life Michael Parker was born in Siler City, North Carolina and grew up in Clinton, North Carolina. He attended Appalachian State University and graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with honors in Creative Writing. Parker received his MFA from the University of Virginia in 1988. Parker's short fiction has appeared in "''New England Review''," " ''The Oxford American,''" ''Five Points'', ''Shenandoah'', ''Carolina Quarterly'', ''Epoch'' and '' The Georgia Review'' and has been anthologized in the ''Pushcart Prize Stories'' and ''New Stories from the South.'' His stories have received three O. Henry Awards (2005, 2014, 2018). Parker's nonfiction has appeared in '' The New York Times Magazine'', '' Runner's World'', ''Trail Runner'', ''Men's Journal'', ''Gulf Coast'', ''Our State'', ''The Oxford American'' and other magazines. Parker taught for nearly 30 years at the MFA Creative Writing Program at UNC G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Parker (typographer)
Mike Russell Parker (1929 - February 23, 2014) was a British-born American typographer and type designer. Parker is known for rediscovering a "nameless Roman" type font and preparing it as a ''Starling series'' for Font Bureau. Life and career Parker was born in London in 1929, the son of a geologist Russell Johnson Parker. Russell Parker was murdered in the 1949 bombing of Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 108. He had intended to follow his father into the profession, but was prevented from doing do due to colorblindness. He attended Yale University. He graduated with a degree in architecture and a master's in design. He then worked at the Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp. Parker joined the Mergenthaler Linotype Company as Jackson Burke's assistant and heir; within two years becoming Director. Under Parker's leadership over 1,000 typefaces, including Helvetica, were added to the library making them available wherever Linotype equipment was in use, including complete s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worldwide (rapper)
Michael Parker (born March 2, 1986), better known by the stage name Worldwide, is an independent rapper, emcee, music producer & hip hop artist from San Antonio, Texas. In February 2012 he participated in a Red Bull sponsored tour of Texas featuring up-and-coming artists from the state such as Dallas duo A.Dd+ and fellow Central Texan rapper Kydd Jones. Worldwide opened for the Official XXL Freshmen Showcase for SXSW 2012, the StubHub Live Showcase with Big K.R.I.T. for SXSW 2013, was a performing artist for A3C 2012 & 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia and also performed at the Boiler Room Houston RapLife Showcase. He toured nationally alongside Rittz & the LOEGz in 2012, then toured nationally with Doughbeezy & Killa Kyleon in 2013. In 2014, Worldwide performed at the inaugural Weird City Hip-Hop Festival in Austin and coheadlined with Houston rap legends such as E.S.G. and K-Rino at the Optimo Radio Official SXSW Showcase. He released two projects in 2012, ''As the World Turn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Parker (politician)
Paul Michael Parker (born October 31, 1949) is an American businessman and politician from the U.S. state of Mississippi. He served in Congress as a member of the Democratic Party and, later, the Republican Party. He later served as Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Army, with authority over the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Biography Parker was born in Laurel, Mississippi and he graduated from William Carey College with a BA in English in 1970. Before entering politics, Parker owned and operated a funeral home business, insurance companies, land and timber companies, and a sand, clay and gravel business. Parker was elected to the House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1988 following a hard-fought primary with a wide field of contenders. The district included Jackson, Vicksburg, Natchez, McComb, and Brookhaven. Party switch As a Democratic congressman, Parker wore his party ties very loosely. His voting record was conservative even by Mississippi Democratic standards. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Parker (courtier)
Lieutenant-Commander John Michael Avison Parker, (23 June 1920 – 29 December 2001) was an Australian who served as an officer of the Royal Navy (RN) during World War II, and was Private Secretary to Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, from 1947 to 1957. Early life and education Parker was born in Melbourne on 23 June 1920. The son of Captain C. A. Parker, he was educated at Xavier College, Melbourne. Career Parker served in the Royal Australian Navy, and then the Royal Navy, between 1938 and 1947, reaching the rank of lieutenant-commander. He fought at the Battle of Narvik, and later was First Lieutenant of in 1942, then of in the 27th Destroyer Flotilla of the British Pacific Fleet. Parker first met the then Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark in 1942, when Philip was assigned to the destroyer HMS ''Wallace'' as a sub-lieutenant. They became close friends. In 1947, when Philip was created Duke of Edinburgh in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, Parker joined the Househ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Parker (hurdler)
John Michael Parker (born 2 May 1938) is a British former Olympic hurdler. Athletics career Parker represented his country at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics. Parker represented England and won a silver medal in the 120 yards hurdles, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston Kingston may refer to: Places * List of places called Kingston, including the five most populated: ** Kingston, Jamaica ** Kingston upon Hull, England ** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia ** Kingston, Ontario, Canada ** Kingston upon Thames, ..., Jamaica. References 1938 births Living people British male hurdlers Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Medallists at the 1966 British Emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Parker (bishop)
Clement George St Michael Parker (29 September 19005 March 1980) was a British Anglican bishop who served as Bishop of Aston and later Bishop of Bradford. Early life and education Parker was born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England on 29 September 1900. His father, W. H. Parker, was also a priest. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. Ministry Parker was made deacon on St Michael's Day 1923 (29 September) by Henry Wakefield (Bishop of Birmingham) and ordained priest in Advent 1924 (19 December) by Ernest Barnes, Bishop of Birmingham — both times at Birmingham Cathedral. He was an assistant curate at St Bartholomew & St Jude's Birmingham from 1923 to 1939; although due to the objections to the high church practices of the parish, he was only licensed by the bishop in 1937. During his curacy at St Jude's he and his vicar, Denis Tyndall, compiled ''Adoremus: A Book of Eucharistic Worship for the Young''.''Adoremus'', Denis Tyndall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Parker (event Organiser)
Major Sir Michael John Parker, (21 September 1941 – 28 November 2022) was a British businessman who was a leading producer of large-scale military tattoos and large-scale events in the United Kingdom and abroad. Life and career Parker was born on 21 September 1941. He was educated at Dulwich Prep London and Hereford Cathedral School, Parker went to Royal Military Academy Sandhurst The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS or RMA Sandhurst), commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is one of several military academies of the United Kingdom and is the British Army's initial officer training centre. It is located in the town of ... in 1959 and was commissioned into The Queen's Own Hussars. After a successful career in the Army he left in 1971, and has since been responsible for over 300 official national, international and royal occasions. Parker was producer of the Royal Tournament for 26 years, from 1974 to 1999. He also produced the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, from 1992 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Parker (basketball)
Michael Parker born December 5, 1981, is a US-born Japanese professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Gunma Crane Thunders of the Japanese B.League The B.League is a professional men's basketball league that began in Japan in September 2016. The league is operated by the Japan Professional Basketball League and was formed as a result of a merger between the National Basketball League that w .... Career statistics , - , align="left" , 2007-08 , align="left" , Fukuoka , 27 , , 22 , , 33.7 , , .601 , , .242 , , .587 , , 8.2 , , 1.1 , , bgcolor="CFECEC", 2.6 , , 1.6 , , 17.0 , - , align="left" , 2008-09 , align="left" , Fukuoka , 49 , , 49 , , 39.5 , , .484 , , .330 , , .691 , , 12.6 , , 1.8 , , bgcolor="CFECEC", 2.6 , , 2.1 , , bgcolor="CFECEC", 26.8 , - , align="left" , 2009-10 , align="left" , Fukuoka , 52 , , 52 , , 40.0 , , .476 , , .212 , , .690 , , 10.9 , , 2.9 , , bgcolor="CFECEC", 2.9 , , 1.7 , , bgcolor=" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
