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Oliver McGreevy
Oliver John MacGreevy (25 July 1928 - October 1981) was an Irish actor who appeared in many British films and television series from the mid 1950s until he retired in 1980, often as brutish, shaven-headed villains. Among his roles he played Housemartin in ''The Ipcress File'' (1965) and made an appearance as both the Gardener and the Electrician in the first episode of ''The Prisoner'' TV series ("Arrival", 1967). He also appeared in an episode of '' Thriller'' (1975). On stage, he appeared in Tom Murphy's '' A Whistle in the Dark'' at Joan Littlewood's Theatre Royal, Stratford East, in London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ..., 1961. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Macgreevy, Oliver 1928 births 1981 deaths Irish male stage acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 census of Ireland, 2016 census it had a population of 1,173,179, while the preliminary results of the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census recorded that County Dublin as a whole had a population of 1,450,701, and that the population of the Greater Dublin Area was over 2 million, or roughly 40% of the Republic of Ireland's total population. A settlement was established in the area by the Gaels during or before the 7th century, followed by the Vikings. As the Kings of Dublin, Kingdom of Dublin grew, it became Ireland's principal settlement by the 12th century Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland. The city expanded rapidly from the 17th century and was briefly the second largest in the British Empire and sixt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girl With Green Eyes
''Girl with Green Eyes'' is a 1964 British film, which Edna O'Brien adapted from her novel ''The Lonely Girl''. It tells the story of a young, naive country girl's romance with a sophisticated older man. Directed by Desmond Davis Desmond Stanley Tracey Davis (24 May 1926 – 3 July 2021) was a British film and television director, best known for his 1981 version of '' Clash of the Titans''. Early life and career Desmond Davis joined the British Army film unit serving a ..., the film stars Peter Finch, Rita Tushingham, Lynn Redgrave and Julian Glover. As the film is in black and white the green eyes are never seen. The film studies the blossoming relationship between a young girl and a man twice her age, but with her controlling much of the relationship. Plot Kate Brady, a young girl just out of convent school, moves from her family home in the rural Irish countryside to Dublin, where she works in a grocery shop and rooms with her friend and schoolmate, Baba Brennan. The gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ruling Class (film)
''The Ruling Class'' is a 1972 British black comedy film. It is an adaptation of Peter Barnes' satirical stage play '' The Ruling Class'' which tells the story of a paranoid schizophrenic British nobleman (played by Peter O'Toole) who inherits a peerage. The film co-stars Alastair Sim, William Mervyn, Coral Browne, Harry Andrews, Carolyn Seymour, James Villiers and Arthur Lowe. It was produced by Jules Buck and directed by Peter Medak. The film has been described as a "commercial failure ... hathas since become a cult classic"; Peter O'Toole described it as "a comedy with tragic relief". Plot Following the death from accidental asphyxiation of Ralph Gurney, the 13th Earl of Gurney, Jack Gurney becomes the 14th Earl of Gurney. Jack, a paranoid schizophrenic, thinks he is Jesus Christ and shocks his family and friends with his talk of returning to the world to bring it love and charity, not to mention his penchant for breaking out into song and dance routines and sleepi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tales From The Crypt (film)
''Tales from the Crypt'' is a 1972 British anthology horror film directed by Freddie Francis. It is an anthology film consisting of five separate segments, based on stories from EC Comics. It was produced by Amicus Productions and filmed at Shepperton Studios. In the film, five strangers (Joan Collins, Ian Hendry, Robin Phillips, Richard Greene and Nigel Patrick) in a crypt encounter the mysterious Crypt Keeper (Ralph Richardson), who makes each person in turn foresee the possible manner of their death. It is one of several Amicus horror anthologies produced during the 1970s. Plot Intro Five strangers go with a tourist group to view old catacombs. Separated from the main group, the strangers find themselves in a room with the mysterious Crypt Keeper (Ralph Richardson), who details how each of them may die. "...And All Through the House" * Taken from '' The Vault of Horror'' #35 (February–March 1954). Joanne Clayton (Joan Collins) kills her husband Richard (Martin Boddey) o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When Eight Bells Toll (1971 Film)
''When Eight Bells Toll'' is a 1971 action film directed by Étienne Périer and starring Anthony Hopkins, Jack Hawkins, Robert Morley, and Nathalie Delon. Set in Scotland, it is based upon Scottish author Alistair MacLean's 1965 novel of the same name. Producer Elliott Kastner planned to produce a string of realistic gritty espionage thrillers to rival the James Bond series, but the film's poor box office receipts ended his plans. Plot British Treasury secret agent Phillip Calvert (Anthony Hopkins) is sent to investigate the hijacking of five cargo ships in the Irish Sea, tracking the latest hijacked ship—the ''Nantesville'', carrying £8 million in gold bullion—to the Scottish Highlands and the sleepy port town of "Torbay" on the "Isle of Torbay" (actually filmed in Tobermory, on the Isle of Mull). Posing as marine biologists, Calvert and his partner Hunslett (Corin Redgrave) find the local inhabitants suspicious and hostile. They suspect that Cypriot tycoon and shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nine Ages Of Nakedness
''The Nine Ages of Nakedness'' is a 1969 British sex film, directed by Harrison Marks, and also starring Marks as himself and several of his (fictional) ancestors.Simon Sheridan, ''Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema'', Titan Books 2011 p 64-65 Originally entitled ''The Seven Ages of Nakedness'', a title inspired by John Gielgud’s one man show ''The Seven Ages of Man'', in order to increase the film’s running time two more stories/ages had to be added. The film's publicity materials claimed the film featured "150 topless international lovelies;" however, as several female cast members make repeat performances in several of the film's stories, that number might be an exaggeration. Not long after he completed the film, Marks declared bankruptcy and sold all rights to it. The film is not owned by Marks's estate, and the current rights owner is unknown. A DVD of the film was released in America in 2006; however, this release was unauthorized. Plot The Wrap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fixer (1968 Film)
''The Fixer'' is a 1968 British drama film based on the 1966 semi-biographical novel of the same name, written by Bernard Malamud. It was directed by John Frankenheimer and stars Alan Bates. Plot The film is based on Bernard Malamud's novel '' The Fixer'', which in turn was inspired by the 1913 trial of Menahem Mendel Beilis, a Russian Jew who was falsely accused of having ritually murdered a Ukrainian boy named Andrei Yushchinsky, an example of the Blood Libel. Cast Oscar nomination Alan Bates was nominated for an Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ... for Best Actor in a Leading Role. External links * * References British drama films British biographical films 1968 films Films directed by John Frankenheimer Films based on Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Catherine (film)
''Great Catherine'' is a 1968 British comedy film directed by Gordon Flemyng, based on a 1913 one act play by George Bernard Shaw, and starring Peter O'Toole, Zero Mostel, Jeanne Moreau and Jack Hawkins. Like the play, it is loosely based on the story of Sir Charles Hanbury Williams and his time spent as an envoy at the Russian court. It was shot at Shepperton Studios near London with sets designed by the art directors John Bryan and William Hutchinson. The score was composed by Dimitri Tiomkin. Synopsis A British officer, Captain Charles Edstaston, is sent to the Russian court of Catherine the Great as an envoy, where he has to contend with the crafty machinations of her chief minister Potemkin. Cast * Peter O'Toole as Charles Edstaston * Jeanne Moreau as Catherine the Great * Zero Mostel as Potemkin * Jack Hawkins as British Ambassador * Akim Tamiroff as Sergeant * Marie Lohr as Dowager Lady Gorse * Kate O'Mara as Varinka * Angela Scoular as Claire * Oliver MacGreevy as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salt And Pepper (film)
''Salt and Pepper'' is a 1968 British comedy film directed by Richard Donner and starring Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Michael Bates, Ilona Rodgers and John Le Mesurier. It was shot at Shepperton Studios and on location in London and at Elvetham Hall in Hampshire. The film's sets were designed by the art director Don Mingaye. It was followed by a 1970 sequel '' One More Time'' directed by Jerry Lewis. Plot Chris Pepper (Lawford) and Charlie Salt (Davis) own a nightclub in Swinging London, operating under the suspicious eye of the intrepid Inspector Crabbe. One night, Pepper finds an Asian girl on the floor of the club. Assuming she's drunk or high, he makes a date with her and thinks she responds. It turns out the girl is dying, and her death sets off a chain of events that puts the unlucky Salt and Pepper onto a plot to overthrow the British government, with the girl's dying words the key. Cast * Sammy Davis Jr. as Charles Salt * Peter Lawford as Christopher Pepper * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Whisperers
''The Whisperers'' is a 1967 British drama film directed by Bryan Forbes and starring Edith Evans. It is based on the 1961 novel by Robert Nicolson. Although the fictional setting of the film is not named, it was mainly shot on location in the Lancashire town of Oldham, a once-thriving textile centre near Manchester which by 1967 had fallen into decline. Star Edith Evans received many honors for her leading performance, including her third Oscar nomination. Plot Mrs Margaret Ross, an impoverished, elderly, eccentric woman, is living in a ground floor flat, in an unnamed town in northern England. Aged 76, she is dependent on National Assistance from the British government. She is visited by her criminal son, who hides a package containing a large sum of money in her unused spare room. The son confesses to the police of his robbery, then is sent to jail. Meanwhile, Mrs Ross finds the money. Thinking the money is a windfall intended for her, Mrs Ross makes elaborate plans. She c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Frozen Dead
''The Frozen Dead'' is a 1966 British science fiction horror film written, produced and directed by Herbert J. Leder and starring Dana Andrews, Anna Palk and Philip Gilbert. In this film, Nazi scientist Dr. Norberg (Dana Andrews) attempts to revive a number of frozen Nazi soldiers at his English estate so that the Third Reich can arise anew 20 years after the end of World War II.John Hamilton, ''The British Independent Horror Film 1951-70'' Hemlock Books 2013 p 178-180 Norberg is unsuccessful, however, as his thawed Nazis are only zombie-like creatures, including his vicious brother, Prisoner no. 3 ( Edward Fox), who attempts to strangle anyone who comes near. Norberg reduces Elsa ( Kathleen Breck), the best friend of his niece Jean (Anna Palk), to a living head as part of the Nazi plot. The film was released in the UK in 1966. In the U.S., ''The Frozen Dead'' was released in 1967 as a double feature with '' It!'', a film which Leder also wrote, produced and directed. Plot F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Se Tutte Le Donne Del Mondo
''Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die'' (Italian: ''Se tutte le donne del mondo... (Operazione Paradiso)'') is a James Bond spoof film released in 1966 as an Italian-American co-production between Dino De Laurentiis' Cinematografica and Columbia Pictures. Directed by Henry Levin, with stars Mike Connors, Dorothy Provine, and as the villain, Raf Vallone, it was originally filmed from January to March 1966 under the title ''Operation Paradise'' and distributed in some parts of the English-speaking world as ''If All the Women in the World''. Plot Financed by Red China, a Brazilian industrialist (Vallone) plans to sterilize the United States through massive doses of radiation courtesy of his satellite. He double crosses the Chinese by scheming to sterilize the entire Earth, then personally repopulate the planet with beautiful women he has kidnapped and is holding in suspended animation. A down-to-earth CIA agent (Michael Connors), an aristocratic female MI-6 agent (Provine), and her c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
