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Patrick Holt
Patrick Holt (31 January 1912 – 12 October 1993) was an English film and television actor. Biography Born Patrick G. Parsons in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Holt spent some of his childhood in India with his uncle, after which he was sent to Christ's Hospital, a famous charity school in Britain. Here he formed a close friendship with a boy in the same boarding house, the future film star Michael Wilding. He started his acting career in repertory theatres, and in 1939, landed a leading part on the London stage, but when the Second World War broke out he joined the army. His army service saw him in Burma, Singapore and India, often on secret missions behind enemy lines, and he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. Career After the war, he joined the J. Arthur Rank charm school and after supporting roles in films such as ''Hungry Hill'', '' Frieda'' and '' The October Man'' (all 1947), steadily established himself as a lead actor in films of the late 1940s, including ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheltenham
Cheltenham (), also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a spa town and borough on the edge of the Cotswolds in the county of Gloucestershire, England. Cheltenham became known as a health and holiday spa town resort, following the discovery of mineral springs in 1716, and claims to be the most complete Regency town in Britain. The town hosts several festivals of culture, often featuring nationally and internationally famous contributors and attendees; they include the Cheltenham Literature Festival, the Cheltenham Jazz Festival, the Cheltenham Science Festival, the Cheltenham Music Festival, the Cheltenham Cricket Festival and the Cheltenham Food & Drink Festival. In steeplechase horse racing, the Gold Cup is the main event of the Cheltenham Festival, held every March. History Cheltenham stands on the small River Chelt, which rises nearby at Dowdeswell and runs through the town on its way to the Severn. It was first recorded in 803, as ''Celtan hom''; the meaning has not been resol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungry Hill (film)
''Hungry Hill'' is a 1947 British film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Margaret Lockwood, Dennis Price, and Cecil Parker with a screenplay by Terence Young and Daphne du Maurier, from the 1943 novel by Daphne du Maurier. Plot A feud is waged between two families in Ireland – the Brodricks and the Donovans – over the sinking of a copper mine in Hungry Hill by "Copper John" Brodrick. The feud has repercussions down three generations. Copper John Brodrick wants to mine copper at Hungry Hill. Of his two sons, Henry is enthusiastic but Greyhound John is reluctant. The mine goes ahead despite opposition of the Donovan family. Fanny Rosa flirts with both John and Henry. The Donovans lead a riot at the mine which results in Henry's death. John becomes a lawyer and is the heir to the mine, but is reluctant to take over. He resumes his romance with Fanny Rosa. Cast * Margaret Lockwood as Fanny Rosa * Dennis Price as Greyhound John Brodrick * Cecil Parker as Copper Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serena (1962 Film)
''Serena'' is a 1962 black-and-white, British B film crime thriller directed by Peter Maxwell and stars Patrick Holt, Emrys Jones and Honor Blackman. The title of the film is the name of one of the characters, Serena Vaughan, who may have figured in a murder. ''Serena'' was part of a double bill and was later released to the home media market with ''Impact'' (1963), also directed by Peter Maxwell. Plot Detective Chief Inspector Gregory (Patrick Holt) from Scotland Yard, and his partner, Sergeant Conway (Bruce Beeby), are called in to investigate the shotgun murder of a woman at Rosehill Cottage, a remote Surrey cottage. The victim appears to be Ann Rogers (Honor Blackman), the wife of womanising artist Howard Rogers ( Emrys Jones). Her face, however, is so badly disfigured by the two shotgun blasts, it is hard to be sure of her identity. Rogers looks for a birthmark that would positively prove the body belongs to his wife, but it is not there. At first, Gregory had considered Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suspended Alibi
''Suspended Alibi'' is a 1957 black and white British crime film directed by Alfred Shaughnessy and starring Patrick Holt, Honor Blackman and Lloyd Lamble. The film was produced by Robert Dunbar for Act Films Ltd. It was reissued in the United States as ''Suspected Alibi''. Plot Paul Pearson's alibi for seeing his mistress Diana is with his friend, but when this friend is found murdered, Pearson is arrested for the crime, condemned by his own alibi and sentenced to hang. Fortunately, his story is believed by Sandy Thorpe, a diligent crime reporter, who helps to fight Pearson's case. Cast * Patrick Holt as Paul Pearson * Honor Blackman as Lynn Pearson * Valentine Dyall as Inspector Kayes * Naomi Chance as Diana * Lloyd Lamble as Waller * Andrew Keir as Sandy Thorpe * Frederick Piper as Mr. Beamster * Viola Lyel as Mrs. Beamster * Bryan Coleman as Bill Forrest * Wally Patch as Porter * Madoline Thomas as Granny * Edgar Wreford as Prison Chaplain * Brown Derby as Sergeant Roberts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Tulip Stays The Night
''Miss Tulip Stays the Night'' is a 1955 British comedy crime film directed by Leslie Arliss and starring Diana Dors, Patrick Holt, Jack Hulbert and Cicely Courtneidge. The screenplay concerns a crime writer and his wife who stay at a country house, where a mysterious corpse appears. It was also known as Dead by Morning. It was the last major feature film from director Leslie Arliss. Plot A novelist (Patrick Holt) and his wife (Diana Dors) are sleeping peacefully in their new cottage when a mysterious older lady (Cicely Courtneidge) arrives, apparently stranded in a storm. She hands the writer her gun and some jewellery for safe-keeping, and asks for a bed for the night. Unfortunately, someone shoots her during the night and the author is accused of the crime. He is forced to turn detective to defend himself. Cast * Diana Dors - Kate Dax * Patrick Holt - Andrew Dax * Jack Hulbert - Constable Feathers * Cicely Courtneidge - Millicent Tulip/Angela Tulip * A. E. Matthews - Mr Potts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stolen Assignment
''Stolen Assignment'' is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Terence Fisher and starring John Bentley and Hy Hazell. The film was produced by Francis Searle for Act Films Ltd, and was a sequel to Fisher's ''Final Appointment'' of the previous year, featuring sleuthing journalists Mike Billings and Jenny Drew. Premise When an artist's wife is murdered, rival reporters compete to solve the crime and win a scoop. Cast * John Bentley as Mike Billings *Hy Hazell as Jenny Drew *Eddie Byrne as Inspector Corcoran *Patrick Holt as Henry Crossley *Joyce Carey as Ida Garnett *Kay Callard as Stella Watson *Violet Gould as Mrs. Hudson *Jessica Cairns as Marilyn Dawn *Charles Farrell Charles David Farrell (August 9, 1900 – May 6, 1990) was an American film actor of the 1920s silent era and into the 1930s, and later a television actor. Farrell is probably best recalled for his onscreen romances with actress Janet Gaynor ... as Percy Simpson *Michael Ellison as Danny Hudson *Des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guilt Is My Shadow
''Guilt Is My Shadow'' is a 1950 British drama film directed by Roy Kellino and starring Elizabeth Sellars, Patrick Holt and Peter Reynolds. In the film, a woman is haunted by her conscience after she kills a man and hides the body. It is based on the 1943 novel ''You're Best Alone'' by Norah Lofts. Plot Jamie (Reynolds) is the getaway driver for a gang of robbers, but when the robbery goes wrong he drives off and makes his way by car and then train to a rural village, Welford, in Devon, where his estranged uncle, Kit (Holt), lives alone. Although Kit is not particularly pleased to see Jamie, he allows him to stay for a couple of days. A couple of days' stopover turns into an indefinite period, as Jamie, all the while sneering at Kit's rural life, gets a job (or is it a partnership?) at the local garage and eats Kit out of house and home. Things get momentarily worse for Kit as Jamie's estranged wife Linda (Sellars) turns up, hoping for reconciliation, but although Kit is wary o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Price
Dennistoun Franklyn John Rose Price (23 June 1915 – 6 October 1973) was an English actor, best remembered for his role as Louis Mazzini in the film ''Kind Hearts and Coronets'' (1949) and for his portrayal of the omnicompetent valet Jeeves in 1960s television adaptations of P. G. Wodehouse's stories. Biography Early life Price was born in Ruscombe in Berkshire. He had distant Welsh family connections, and was the son of Brigadier-General Thomas Rose Caradoc Price (1875–1949) CMG DSO (who was a great-grandson of Sir Rose Price, 1st Baronet and, through his mother, a descendant of the Baillie baronets of Polkemmet, near Whitburn, West Lothian) and his wife Dorothy, née Verey, daughter of Sir Henry Verey, Official Referee of the Supreme Court of Judicature."Mr Dennis Price – An actor of style", ''The Times'', 8 October 1973, p. 19Gaye, p. 1076 He attended Copthorne Prep School, Radley College and Worcester College, Oxford. He studied acting at the Embassy Theatre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Quinlan (film Critic)
David Quinlan is an English film critic, journalist, film historian and author. Quinlan was the film critic for ''TV Times'' from 1972 to 2006. Other contributions to film periodicals include ''Films Illustrated'', ''Photoplay'', ''Films and Filming'' and ''Film Review Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories: journalistic criticism that appears regularly in newspapers, magazines and other popular mass-media outlet ...''. (author notes) He co-edits the film review website PicturesThatTalk.com with Alan Frank.Pictures That Talk - About us Retrieved on 2008-03-20. Books Publications include: * ''Quinlan's Illustrated Directory of Film Stars'' (five editions from 1981) * ''Quinlan's Illustrated Directory of ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Boy, A Girl And A Bike
''A Boy, a Girl and a Bike'' is a 1949 British romantic comedy film directed by Ralph Smart and starring John McCallum, Honor Blackman and Patrick Holt. The film's art direction was by George Provis. The film concerns the romantic escapades and adventures of a Yorkshire cycling club. Plot Young couple Sue (Honor Blackman) and Sam (Patrick Holt) are members of a Yorkshire cycling club, the ‘Wakeford Wheelers’. Romantic complications ensue when wealthy David (John McCallum) becomes smitten with Sue, and joins the club to pursue her, much to Sam's dismay. The film is set in Wakeford and in the Yorkshire Dales. It features cycle sabotage and cycling tactics. Cast * John McCallum as David Howarth * Honor Blackman as Susie Bates * Patrick Holt as Sam Walters * Diana Dors as Ada Foster * Maurice Denham as Bill Martin * Leslie Dwyer as Steve Hall * Anthony Newley as Charlie Ritchie * Megs Jenkins as Nan Ritchie * John Blythe as Frank Martin * Hal Osmond as Mr. Bates * Thor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marry Me! (1949 Film)
''Marry Me!'' (alternative title: ''I Want to Get Married'') is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Terence Fisher, and starring Derek Bond, Susan Shaw, Patrick Holt, Carol Marsh and David Tomlinson. The film was formerly known as ''I Want to Get Married''. Plot Newspaper journalist David Haig is assigned by his Fleet Street editor to go undercover and write about the people behind the ads in the ''Marriage Chronicle'', a weekly newspaper published by the H & E Marriage Bureau. During his initial interview with owners Hester and Emily Parsons, he tells them he is an Australian sheepman and steals some of their files. Dancehall hostess Pat Cooper is fed up with her life. She is paired with self-described "country bumpkin" Martin Roberts. He makes a good first impression; then she learns he is a clergyman and backs out. However, he persists and wins her over. He is on the point of asking for her hand in marriage when Brenda Delamere, her flatmate, inadvertently reveals her tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Sister And I (1948 Film)
''My Sister and I'' is a 1948 British drama film directed by Harold Huth and starring Sally Ann Howes, Dermot Walsh and Martita Hunt. The screenplay concerns a woman who comes under suspicion when an elderly lady she lodges with dies and leaves her all her money. It is based on the novel ''High Pavement'' by Emery Bonett. Plot summary A young woman who acts in a small theatre comes under suspicion of murder when the elderly lady she lodges with dies and leaves her all her money. Cast * Sally Ann Howes as Robina Adams * Dermot Walsh as Graham Forbes * Martita Hunt as Mrs. Camelot * Barbara Mullen as Hypatia Foley * Patrick Holt as Roger Crisp * Hazel Court as Helena Forsythe * Joan Rees as Ardath Bondage * Jane Hylton as Elsie * Michael Medwin as Charlie * Rory MacDermot as Michael Marsh * Hugh Miller as Hubert Bondage * Ian Wilson as Horsnell * Niall Lawlor as Harry * Elizabeth Sydney as Phyllis * Jack Vyvian as Pomfret * Helen Goss as Mrs. Pomfret * Stewart Rome as Colonel Thu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
