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Man Of Straw (TV Series)
''Man of Straw'' is a British television drama series which first aired on BBC 2 between 30 January and 5 March 1972. It is an adaptation of the 1918 novel ''Der Untertan'' by Heinrich Mann.Baskin p.112 It takes place during the final years of Wilhelmine Germany. Main cast * Derek Jacobi as Diederich Hessling (6 episodes) * John Phillips as Dr. Heuteufel (5 episodes) * Denis Carey as Sotbier (4 episodes) * Judy Cornwell as Guste Daimchen (4 episodes) * Elizabeth Bell as Emmi Hessling (3 episodes) * Sheila Brennan as Frau Hessling (3 episodes) * Dave Hill as Napoleon Fischer (3 episodes) * Judy Loe as Katchen Zillich (3 episodes) * Karin MacCarthy as Magda Hessling (3 episodes) * Ian Ogilvy as Wolfgang Buck (3 episodes) * John Savident as Von Wulchow (3 episodes) * Juliet Aykroyd as Agnes Goppel (2 episodes) * Sam Dastor as Dr. Judassohn (2 episodes) * Mike Fields as Virsing (2 episodes) * Derek Francis as Herr Goppel (2 episodes) * Harry Hutchinson as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Der Untertan
''Der Untertan'' (; literally "the underling", translated into English under the titles ''Man of Straw'', ''The Patrioteer'', and ''The Loyal Subject'') is one of the best known novel A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...s of German author Heinrich Mann. The title character, Diederich Hessling, a dedicated 'Untertan' in the sense of a person subservient to a monarch or Prince#Prince as generic for ruler, prince, is an immoral man who is meant to serve as an allegory of both the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II, German Emperor, Wilhelm II and German Empire, German society of his time. The novel was completed during the July Crisis in 1914, shortly before the outbreak of World War I. Extracts had been published in the satirical magazine ''Simplicissimus'' from 1912 onwards, ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karin MacCarthy
Karin may refer to: *Karin (given name), a feminine name Fiction * ''Karin'' (manga) or ''Chibi Vampire'', a Japanese media franchise *Karin Hanazono, title character of the manga and anime ''Kamichama Karin'' *Karin Kurosaki, a character in ''Bleach'' media * Karin (''Dragon Ball''), a character in ''Dragon Ball'' media * Karin (''Naruto''), a character in ''Naruto'' media *Karin Kanzuki, a character in ''Street Fighter'' media *Karin Aoi, a character in ''DNA2 (Squared)'' media *Karin Asaka, a character in ''Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club'' *Karin, a fictional Japanese automobile manufacturer in the ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, primarily based on Toyota Places *Karin (Greater Armenia), an ancient Armenian city in Greater Armenia, modern-day Erzurum *Karin (historic Armenia), a region encompassing parts of the Erzurum and Muş Provinces in present-day Turkey *Karin, Armenia, a village near Sasunik, Armenia *Karin, Ardabil, a village in Iran *Karin, Kerman, a village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyril Shaps
Cyril Leonard Shaps (13 October 1923 – 1 January 2003) was an English actor of radio, television and film, with a career spanning over seven decades. Early radio Shaps was born in the East End of London to Polish-Jewish parents; his father was a tailor. Shaps was a child broadcaster, at the London School of Broadcasting providing voices for radio commercials from the age of 12. He was educated at Central Foundation Boys' School, then took an office job with the London Ambulance Service. Following service as a warrant officer in the Royal Army Educational Corps during World War II, he was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and then worked for two years as an announcer, producer and scriptwriter for Radio Netherlands. His short stature and round face then led to a steady flow of character roles in film and television in a career spanning nearly 50 years. Film Shaps's film appearances included bit parts in ''Lawrence of Arabia'' (1962), as the officer's club ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Roantree
Sean, also spelled Seán or Séan in Irish English, is a male given name of Irish origin. It comes from the Irish versions of the Biblical Hebrew name ''Yohanan'' (), Seán (anglicized as ''Shaun/Shawn/ Shon'') and Séan (Ulster variant; anglicized ''Shane/Shayne''), rendered ''John'' in English and Johannes/Johann/Johan in other Germanic languages. The Norman French ''Jehan'' (see ''Jean'') is another version. For notable people named Sean, refer to List of people named Sean. Origin The name was adopted into the Irish language most likely from ''Jean'', the French variant of the Hebrew name ''Yohanan''. As Gaelic has no letter (derived from ; English also lacked until the late 17th Century, with ''John'' previously been spelt ''Iohn'') so it is substituted by , as was the normal Gaelic practice for adapting Biblical names that contain in other languages (''Sine''/''Siobhàn'' for ''Joan/Jane/Anne/Anna''; ''Seonaid''/''Sinéad'' for ''Janet''; ''Seumas''/''Séamus'' for ''Jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eve Pearce
Eve Pearce (17 April 1929 – 13 January 2023) was a Scottish actress. She performed in many Royal Shakespeare Company productions. Early life Eve Pearce was born in Aberdeen to a very poor family and was brought up in a one-roomed tenement, her mother dying when she was seven years old. When she was twelve, her father remarried and she moved to London. She won an LCC Scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 1948 and got married in her second term to James Ormerod. She began her acting career in 1950 in Preston Rep and in 1951 was part of the first season at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre#Arts and culture, Pitlochry Festival Theatre. She made many appearances in television in the sixties including a squatter with six children in ''Coronation Street'', and also played Mrs Dunstable in the 1971 film version of the TV series ''Please Sir! (film), Please Sir!''. Her career spanned seven decades, including many roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company, RSC and in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart McGugan
Stuart McGugan (born 2 March 1944) is a Scottish actor. He played the roles of Gunner 'Atlas' Mackintosh in the BBC sitcom ''It Ain't Half Hot Mum'' and Bomba MacAteer in ''Tutti Frutti''. McGugan was a presenter on BBC's '' Play School'' from 1975; he regularly presented the programme for more than 10 years. McGugan appeared as Gordon Stewart in two series of the London Weekend Television (LWT) series ''Wish Me Luck'' between 1988 and 1989, in '' The Chief'' as Chief Superintendent Sean McCloud from 1993 to 1994, then in the mid-1990s was the pub owner Barney Meldrum in BBC Scotland's ''Hamish MacBeth''. He had a recurring role as a factory worker in the Perry/Croft sitcom '' You Rang M'Lord?''. In ''Family Affairs'' in 1997 he played the character Derek Simpson. He has been seen in a Middle Ground Theatre Company tour of a stage adaptation of the 1960 film ''Tunes of Glory''. Stuart McGugan played Colonel Jock Sinclair, originally played by Alec Guinness in the film. The p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Lebor
Stanley Harvey Lebor (24 September 1934 – 22 November 2014) was an English actor. He was best known for his roles as Howard Hughes in the 1980s BBC TV comedy series ''Ever Decreasing Circles'', the Mongon Doctor in ''Flash Gordon'' (1980), and as RSM Lord in '' A Bridge Too Far'' (1977). Before this he was better known for villainous roles in series such as '' Jason King'' and ''The Tomorrow People''. Life Lebor was born in East Ham, London. He studied acting at RADA in London. In 1961 he joined the Radio Drama Company by winning the Carlton Hobbs Bursary. He appeared in ''Minder'' in the Series 1 episode '' The Bengal Tiger'', '' The Naked Civil Servant'', ''Ever-Decreasing Circles'', ''Tarka the Otter'', ''Gandhi'', ''Grange Hill'', '' 'Allo 'Allo!'', '' Superman IV: The Quest for Peace'' and ''Last of the Summer Wine''. In 1986 he acted with Lynda Baron in a party political broadcast for the SDP–Liberal Alliance. Filmography *''The Deadly Affair'' (1966) – Lancaster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David King (actor)
David or Dave King may refer to: Entertainment *Dave King (actor) (1929–2002), English comedian, actor and vocalist * David King (theatre producer) (born 1956), British theatre producer *Dave King (Irish singer) (born 1961), Irish vocalist, member of the band Flogging Molly *David King (drummer) (born 1970), American drummer for Happy Apple and The Bad Plus Politics *David S. King (1917–2009), American politician, Representative for Utah * David Orr King (1938–2019), American politician, Representative for Pennsylvania *David King (chemist) (born 1939), British chemist, former chief scientific adviser to the UK government *David Thomas King (born 1946), Canadian politician, former minister of education in Alberta * David C. King, American author, political scientist, Harvard University professor * David W. King, (born 1946) American politician from New Mexico * David D. King (jurist), New Hampshire administrative judge Sports * Dave King (footballer, born 1940) (1940–2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Hutchinson (actor)
''HolbyBlue'' (also known as ''Holby Blue'') was a British police procedural drama series. The show revolves around the daily lives of a number of police officers working at Holby South police station. The cast for series one included Jimmy Akingbola as PC Neil Parker, Joe Jacobs as PC William "Billy" Jackson, David Sterne as Sergeant Edward 'Mac' McFadden, Cal Macaninch as DI John Keenan, James Hillier as Sergeant Christian Young, Kacey Ainsworth as Inspector Jenny Black, Richard Harrington as DS Luke French, Zöe Lucker as Kate Keenan, Chloe Howman as PC Kelly Cooper, Kieran O'Brien as PC Robert Clifton, Tim Pigott-Smith as DCI Harry Hutchinson, Sara Powell as Rachel Barker and Elaine Glover as PC Lucy Slater. Velibor Topić and Julie Cox joined the cast in a recurring capacity as drug baron Neculai Stenga and Mandy French, Luke French's wife. By the end of series one, Pigott-Smith and Topic both departed the show. Series two saw the introductions of Oliver Milburn as DC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Francis
Derek Francis (7 November 1923 – 27 March 1984) was an English comedy and character actor. Biography Francis was a regular in the Carry On film players, appearing in six of the films in the 1960s and 1970s. He appeared in ''The Tomb of Ligeia'' (1964), the last film in Roger Corman's Edgar Allan Poe series. He also took roles in several BBC adaptations of Charles Dickens novels. His last role was in the 1984 version of ''A Christmas Carol''. Other roles included parts in television series of the period such as ''Rising Damp'', ''Bless Me, Father'', '' Thriller'', '' The Professionals'', ''The Sweeney'', ''Sherlock Holmes'', '' The New Avengers'', ''Danger Man'', '' Jason King'', ''Up Pompeii!'', ''Wild, Wild Women'', ''Coronation Street'', and ''Z-Cars''. He also appeared as the Emperor Nero, a comic turn in the early ''Doctor Who'' story entitled '' The Romans'' opposite William Hartnell. Possibly his most prominent role was as Father Bernard, the Master of Novices in ''Oh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Fields (actor)
Maurice John Bernard Fields (12 August 1935 – 27 May 2014), known as Mike or Mickey Fields, was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Chester. Playing career A forward, Fields was offered a trial at Nottingham Forest as a youngster but accepted an offer from his hometown club of Chester to begin playing for their junior side.'Player Memories - Mickey Fields', Chester City v Bury matchday programme 18/10/94, p 15 Fields broke into Chester's first–team late in 1955–56, with his first and only league goal following against Chesterfield in September 1956. A year later he helped create history by scoring Chester's winner against Burnley in the final of the Lancashire Senior Cup as they became the first club from outside Lancashire to win the competition. Fields soon began to suffer cartilage problems, leading to his release by the club in May 1959 as he joined Borough United. Fields remained a part-timer throughout his career at Chester, working ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Dastor
Sam Dastor is an Indian-born British actor best known for his appearances in British television series. Life and career Dastor was born in India and raised in a Parsi family of Zoroastrian faith, though he later converted to Christianity. He graduated from the University of Cambridge. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and joined the National Theatre, where he was under the direction of Sir Laurence Olivier. Dastor has acted in the West End, including playing Ariel in a production of '' The Tempest'' while Paul Scofield played Prospero. Dastor also appeared in three of Simon Gray's plays: ''Melon, Hidden Laughter'', and '' Cell Mates''. Dastor is best known for his many appearances on British television, often playing characters of exotic origin. His most notable roles include Cassius Chaerea in the 1976 BBC adaptation of ''I, Claudius'' and Gandhi in both '' Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy'' and the film ''Jinnah''. Other credits include '' Softly, Sof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
