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Press For Time
''Press for Time'' is a 1966 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom. The screenplay was written by Eddie Leslie and Norman Wisdom, based on the 1963 novel ''Yea Yea Yea'', by Angus McGill. It was partly filmed in Teignmouth in Devon. It was the last film Wisdom made for the Rank Organisation. Plot Norman Shields (Norman Wisdom) is a newspaper seller in London, a job organised for him by his grandfather, the Prime Minister (also played by Wisdom). After causing chaos. he is found a new job as reporter on a newspaper in the fictional seaside town of Tinmouth (partly filmed in the real seaside town of Teignmouth). The newspaper owner, an MP, has ambitions to become a junior minister and so goes along with the Prime Minister's 'request'. During his time in Tinmouth, the well-meaning Norman gets himself into all sorts of trouble whilst reporting, such as starting an argument at a council meeting which develops into an all-out fight between members. He later becomes the repor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Asher (director)
Robert Asher (1915 – 1979)Brian McFarlabne (ed) ''The Encyclopedia of British Film'', London: Methuen/BFI, 2003, p.28 was a British film and television director, the brother of British cinematographer Jack Asher. Robert Asher began his career as an assistant director in 1934, working with Anthony Pelissier, Robert Hamer, Maurice Elvey and Roy Ward Baker among others. During World War II he worked on such films such as ''When We Are Married'' (1943), ''Medal for the General'' (1944) and '' Waltz Time'' (1945). Asher became a solo director with the Norman Wisdom vehicle ''Follow a Star'' (1959). He followed John Paddy Carstairs as the overseer of the Wisdom films, concluding with ''Press for Time'' (1966). The Morecambe and Wise film ''The Intelligence Men'' (1965), Wisdom's ''The Early Bird'' (also 1965) and the crime caper farce ''Make Mine Mink'' (1960) are among his other credits. In the late 1960s, Asher began working in television, directing episodes of ITC Entertain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Cuthbertson
Allan Darling Cuthbertson (7 April 1920 – 8 February 1988) was an Australian-born British actor. He was best known for playing stern-faced military officers in British films of the 1950s and 1960s. Early life Cuthbertson was born in Perth, Western Australia, son of Ernest and Isobel Ferguson (Darling) Cuthbertson. He performed on stage and radio from an early age. During the Second World War he served as a flight lieutenant with the RAAF from 6 December 1941 to 1 July 1947, including service with 111 Air Sea Rescue Flight. Career Cuthbertson arrived in Britain in 1947, and appeared shortly thereafter as Romeo in ''Romeo and Juliet'' at the Boltons. In London's West End, he appeared as Laertes in ''Hamlet'', Aimwell in '' The Beaux Stratagem'', and Octavius Robinson in ''Man and Superman'', among many other roles. He was often cast in military roles, which was quite common in actors of his generation, especially those with a military air about them. He was Captain Eric Sim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 Films
The year 1966 in film involved some significant events. '' A Man for All Seasons'' won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Top-grossing films North America The top ten 1966 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Outside North America The highest-grossing 1966 films in countries outside North America. Events * October 19 - Gulf and Western Industries acquire Paramount Pictures. * November - Seven Arts Productions reach agreement to acquire Warner Bros. for $32 million, later forming a new company Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. * December 15 - Entertainment pioneer Walt Disney, best known for his creation of Mickey Mouse, breakthroughs in the field of animation, filmmaking, theme park design and other achievements, dies at the age of 65. He died while he was producing '' The Jungle Book'', '' The Happiest Millionaire'', and '' Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day''; the last three films under his personal supervision. Awards Academy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Mirren
Dame Helen Mirren (born Helen Lydia Mironoff; born 26 July 1945) is an English actor. The recipient of numerous accolades, she is the only performer to have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting in both the United States and the United Kingdom. She received an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in '' The Queen'', a Tony Award and a Laurence Olivier Award for the same role in '' The Audience'', three British Academy Television Awards for her performance as DCI Jane Tennison in '' Prime Suspect'', four Primetime Emmy Awards and a Children's and Family Emmy Award. Mirren's stage performance as Cleopatra in '' Antony and Cleopatra'' at the National Youth Theatre in 1965 provided her an opportunity to join the Royal Shakespeare Company, before making her West End stage debut in 1975. She subsequently went on to achieve success in film and television, appearing in films such as '' The Madness of King George'' (1994), '' Gosf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imogen Hassall
Imogen Hassall (25 August 1942 – 16 November 1980) was an English actress who appeared in 33 films during the 1960s and 1970s. Early life Named after Shakespeare's ''Cymbeline'' heroine, she was born in Woking, Surrey, to a financially comfortable family of artists and businessmen. Her grandfather, John Hassall, and her aunt, Joan Hassall, worked as illustrators, while her father, Christopher Hassall, was a poet, dramatist and lyricist. She had a brother, Nicholas. Her godfather is said to have been the composer Ivor Novello, with whom her father had worked extensively as lyricist; conversely, on occasion Hassall would proudly claim that this distinction was Sir William Walton's with whom her father had collaborated in the early 1950s, denied by Lady Walton. Career Hassall boarded and attended Elmhurst Ballet School, Camberley 1952–1954 and the Royal Ballet School, White Lodge, Richmond Park 1955–1958. Later in 1958 (aged 16) she studied in New York City, then re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Rollings
Gordon Charles Rollings (17 April 1926 – 7 June 1985) was an English actor who mainly appeared on television, but also appeared on-stage and in feature films. He was born in Batley, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England in 1926 and started his career in radio in Palestine. It was in Palestine while serving in the British Army during the Mandate that he was shot by a sniper of the Stern Gang. He later trained as a clown in Paris, appearing in the Medrano Circus. Rollings made an uncredited screen appearance in the Beatles' film '' A Hard Day's Night''. He played the man in the pub who is shocked to find that Ringo has thrown a dart into his lunch. Director Richard Lester later used him in both ''Superman'' films he directed: in the first, he plays a fisherman who is stunned to see General Zod walking on water and in the second, he appears as a pedestrian in a flat cap who upsets a display of toy penguins that triggers the slapstick chaos in the opening credits scene. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Totti Truman Taylor
Totti Truman Taylor, born Dorothy Leah Truman (7 September 1915 – 5 March 1981), was a British actress. Her mother’s 2nd husband’s surname was Taylor, and this is where her stage name came from. In 1953, she played Aunt Sally in the BBC television series ''Worzel Gummidge Turns Detective''. She was born in the Mapperley Park area of Nottingham and died at Denville Hall, Northwood, in Middlesex. She also played various roles in ''Hancock's Half Hour''. Selected filmography Passenger to Tokyo, Scotland Yard series (1954) Series 1 Ep 10 ...Headmistress * ''Eight O'Clock Walk'' (1954) ..... Miss Ribden-White * ''The Crowded Day'' (1954) ..... Ernest's Wife * ''The French, They Are a Funny Race'' (1955) ..... Miss Fyfyth, the nurse * '' Not So Dusty'' (1956) ..... Charlotte Duncan * ''Town on Trial'' (1957) * '' Rx Murder'' (1958) * '' Undercover Girl'' (1958) * ''Moment of Indiscretion'' (1958) * '' There Was a Crooked Man'' (1960) ..... Woman in a taxi * ''Compelled'' (1960) . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Bilton
Robert Michael Bilton (14 December 1919 – 5 November 1993) was an English actor best known for his roles in the British television sitcoms ''To the Manor Born'' (playing the gardener and sometime butler Ned) and '' Waiting for God'' (playing Basil, a septuagenarian satyr). Early life He attended Hymers College, Hull. In the Second World War he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and was wounded at the Battle of El Alamein. After his recovery he began his acting career in repertory theatre. Career He had a strong comedic bent and featured in ''Keeping Up Appearances'', ''One Foot in the Grave'' and ''Grace and Favour'' (1992). He also appeared in ''Brideshead Revisited'', '' Pennies From Heaven'', '' The Saint'', '' The Avengers'', ''The Prisoner'', ''Quatermass II'', ''The Champions'', the doorman at a hotel in ''Terry and June'', in the '' Doctor Who'' stories, ''The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve'', ''Pyramids of Mars'' and ''The Deadly Assassin'', ''Wodehouse Pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Selby
Anthony Samuel Selby (26 February 1938 – 5 September 2021) was an English actor. He was best known for his roles as Clive Mitchell in ''EastEnders'', Corporal Percy Marsh in '' Get Some In!'', and Sabalom Glitz in ''Doctor Who''. Life and career Selby was born in Lambeth, London, in February 1938, the son of Annie Elizabeth (Weaver), a waitress, and Samuel Joseph Selby, a cab driver. After training at the Italia Conti Stage School, he made his adult stage debut in 1956. His theatre work included the original production of Edward Bond's controversial play '' Saved'' at the Royal Court Theatre in 1965. He has appeared in many television programmes including a starring role in RAF National Service comedy '' Get Some In!'', and a recurring role in the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' as the intergalactic conman Sabalom Glitz. In 1965, he appeared as a convict under sentence of death in the BBC television drama ''Three Clear Sundays'', directed by Ken Loac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Balfour (actor)
Michael Creighton Balfour (11 February 1918 – 24 October 1997) was an English actor, working mainly in British films and TV, following his TV debut in the BBC's ''The Marvellous History of St Bernard'', in 1938. He was a recognisable face, often in small character parts and supporting roles, in nearly two hundred films and TV shows, from the 1940s to the 1990s, often playing comical heavies or otherwise shady characters notable for their "loud" clothes, sometimes convincingly cast as an American. He worked for a roll call of film directors, including Tony Richardson, Pete Walker, Billy Wilder, Lewis Gilbert, Roman Polanski, Leslie Norman, Tim Burton, John Frankenheimer, François Truffaut, John Gilling, Stanley Donen, Ken Annakin, Cavalcanti, Lance Comfort, Terence Young, Gerald Thomas, Pasolini, John Paddy Carstairs, Terence Fisher, Val Guest, Frank Launder, John Huston, Basil Dearden and Howard Hawks. Balfour had parts in many popular TV shows of the era including '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances White (actress)
Frances White (born 1 November 1938, Leeds) is an English actress, perhaps best known for her roles as Kate Hamilton in ''Crossroads'' and as Vera Flood in the BBC sitcom ''May to December''. A graduate of the Central School of Speech and Drama her TV appearances have included '' Juliet Bravo''; '' Trevor's World of Sport''; '' Dangerfield''; ''Holby City''; ''A Very Peculiar Practice''; as Cassandra, prophetess of Troy, in the ''Doctor Who'' story ''The Myth Makers''; as Julia, daughter of Augustus, Emperor of Rome, in '' I, Claudius''; and as Queen Charlotte, wife of George III, in ''Prince Regent''. Her film credits include roles in '' The Pumpkin Eater'' (1964), '' Press for Time'' (1966) and ''Mary, Queen of Scots'' (1971). She plays Granny Pig in the children's animated series ''Peppa Pig ''Peppa Pig'' is a British preschool animated television series by Astley Baker Davies. The show follows Peppa, an anthropomorphic female piglet, and her family, as well as her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Unwin (comedian)
Stanley Unwin (7 June 1911 – 12 January 2002), sometimes billed as Professor Stanley Unwin, was a British comic actor and writer. He invented his own comic language, "Unwinese", referred to in the film ''Carry On Regardless'' (1961) as "gobbledygook". Unwinese was a corrupted form of English in which many of the words were altered in playful and humorous ways, as in its description of Elvis Presley and his contemporaries as being "wasp-waist and swivel-hippy". Unwin claimed that the inspiration came from his mother, who once told him that on the way home she had "falolloped (fallen) over" and "grazed her kneeclabbers". Early life Unwin's parents, Ivan Oswald Unwin (1880-1914) and his wife Jessie Elizabeth ( Brand; 1883-1968) emigrated from England to the Union of South Africa in the early 1900s. Their son was born in Pretoria in 1911. Following his father's death in 1914, due to the family's poverty Unwin's mother arranged for the family to return to England. She worked a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
