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Payroll (film)
''Payroll'' is a 1961 British neo-noir crime thriller starring Michael Craig and Françoise Prévost. Directed by Sidney Hayers, it was based by screenwriter George Baxt on a novel by Derek Bickerton. The story is about a gang of villains who stage a wages robbery that goes disastrously wrong. Plot Four crooks (Johnny Mellors, Monty, Blackie and Bert) plan and execute a robbery on a payroll van, using the inside knowledge of Dennis Pearson, who works as an accountant at the firm concerned. Pearson is under pressure to support his wife Katie (Françoise Prévost), who demands a higher standard of living. However, the van driver, Harry Parker, is killed during the heist, while Bert is fatally wounded by Parker's colleague Frank Moore. Nevertheless, the gang manages to get away with £50,000. Having found out that Pearson was the 'inside man', Parker's widow Jackie (Billie Whitelaw) starts posting threatening letters to him. Katie in the meantime has become involved with Johnny, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidney Hayers
Sidney Hayers (24 August 1921 – 8 February 2000) was a British film and television director, writer and producer. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Hayers began his career as a film editor. Among the films he directed are ''Circus of Horrors'' (1960), the occult thriller ''Night of the Eagle'' (1962), a musical ''Three Hats for Lisa'' (1965), and the adventure films '' The Southern Star'' (1969) and '' The Trap'' (1966). In British TV, his credits included ''The Persuaders!'' and '' The New Avengers''; he later directed several American TV shows, including episodes of ''Magnum, P.I.'', ''The A-Team'', ''Knight Rider'', ''T. J. Hooker'', ''Baywatch'' and ''The Famous Five''. Hayers died of cancer in 2000 in Altea, Spain. His wife was the actress Erika Remberg. He had two children, Susan and Robert from his first marriage, to Patricia.Obituaries: Sidney Hayers Lentz, Harris M, III. Science Fiction Chronicle; Radford Vol. 21, Iss. 4, (Aug/Sep 2000): 51. Filmography As writer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Bell (actor)
Thomas George Bell (2 August 1933 – 4 October 2006) was an English actor on stage, film and television. He often played "menacing or seedy roles, perhaps most memorably playing sexist Detective Sergeant Bill Otley, antagonist to Helen Mirren's DCI Jane Tennison in ''Prime Suspect''". Early life Bell was born on 2 August 1933, in Liverpool, Lancashire. His family was large, and he had little contact with his father, a merchant seaman. Evacuated as a child during the Second World War, he lived with three different families in Morecambe, Lancashire. In 1948, at age 15, Bell began to act in school plays. His younger brother Keith also became an actor. On leaving school he trained under Esme Church at the Bradford Civic Theatre; fellow pupils included Billie Whitelaw and Robert Stephens. He later worked in repertory in Liverpool and Dublin. Career Michael Coveney described Bell as a "naturally gifted and unusually reserved leading actor", with a "quiet, mesmeric brand of actin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murray Evans (actor)
Murray Charles Evans (June 23, 1919 – March 10, 2004) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Hardin–Simmons University Hardin–Simmons University (HSU) is a private Baptist university in Abilene, Texas. It is affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas (Southern Baptist Convention). History Hardin–Simmons University was founded as Abilene Baptist ... from 1952 to 1954, compiling a record of 15–14–2. Evans died on March 10, 2004, in Abilene, Texas. Head coaching record College References External links * Sports-Reference coach profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Murray 1919 births 2004 deaths American football quarterbacks Detroit Lions players Hardin–Simmons Cowboys football coaches Hardin–Simmons Cowboys football players People from Goodlettsville, Tennessee People from Wichita County, Texas Coaches of American football from Texas Players of American football from Texas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Beeby
Bruce Edward Beeby (21 October 1921 – 20 October 2013) was an Australian actor who worked primarily in British films and television. He was probably best known for portraying Stephen "Mitch" Mitchell in the 1950s BBC radio serials '' Journey into Space''. He was married to Madi Hedd. They acted together in Britain for six years before returning to Australia in 1957. In the late-1950s, he appeared in several live plays for Australian television, including ''Ending It'', ''Rope'', ''In the Zone'', '' Shadow of Doubt'', '' Sixty Point Bold'', ''Citizen of Westminster'' and ''Black Limelight''. He also compered quiz shows. Selected filmography * ''Harvest Gold'' (1945) - Harry Johnson * ''Women of Twilight'' (1952) - Minor Role (uncredited) * '' The Intruder'' (1953) - 2nd Detective * '' The Limping Man'' (1953) - Kendall Brown * ''Impulse'' (1954) - Harry Winters * ''Front Page Story'' (1954) - Counsel for the Defence * ''Johnny on the Spot'' (1954) - Terry Dunn * ''The Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Faulkner
Keith Faulkner (born 25 July 1936) is a British-born Australian actor. Early life Faulkner was born in Richmond, Surrey. He started his career at Corona Academy at the age of eleven and moved on to a career in film and television in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Career Faulkner later left acting and moved to Australia, where he worked for a telecommunications company. In the late-1940s, he appeared at the London Coliseum in ''Annie Get Your Gun'' playing Annie Oakley's brother Little Jake. In 1951, he appeared at Stratford-upon-Avon's Memorial Theatre during the Festival of Britain Season, playing Falstaff's Page in ''Henry IV'' and the Boy in ''Henry V''. This was followed by an extensive tour of Britain with the Elizabethan Theatre Company, performing various Shakespearean productions. In the 1950s, Keith Faulkner was known for his roles as Ginger in ''Just William'' and Bob Cherry in ''Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School'' (both BBC TV series) and also featured in juvenile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Morton (actor)
Hugh Morton (28 June 1903 – 11 July 1984) was an English actor, best known for his work on BBC Radio for which he made more than 3,000 broadcasts, beginning in the 1920s. His career spanned more than sixty years and also included theatre, cinema and television. Life and career Morton was born in Ivybridge, Devon, the son of a naval officer."Hugh Morton", ''The Times'', 13 July 1984, p. 16 The family was from the upper classes; its members included Morton's first cousin, Anthony Eden, who became British prime minister in the 1950s."Broadcaster and actor", ''The Guardian'', 13 June 1984, p. 2 Morton was educated at Haileybury and Queens' College, Cambridge, studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and secured his first professional engagement in a touring company run by Violet and Irene Vanbrugh. According to Morton's obituary in ''The Times'', his cinema career began in the days of silent films. He was frequently cast in supporting roles as judges, bank managers or butl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian McDermott (actor) , child who was murdered in Belfast in 1973, case still unsolved
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Brian McDermott may refer to: * Brian McDermott (footballer) (born 1961), footballer and former manager of Reading F.C. * Brian McDermott (rugby league) (born 1970), footballer and coach of Leeds Rhinos * Brian McDermott (murder victim) Brian McDermott was a 10-year-old schoolboy who disappeared in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1973. He was last seen at Ormeau Park on 2 September 1973. He failed to return to his home on Well Street in the lower Woodstock Road area of Cregagh, Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Meadows
Stanley Meadows (born 14 July 1931 in Stepney, London, England) is a British film and television actor. He graduated from RADA in 1955. Meadows made frequent appearances in British films and became something of a stalwart of British television series including ''Public Eye'', '' Undermind'', '' Randall and Hopkirk'' and ''Widows A widow (female) or widower (male) is a person whose spouse has died. Terminology The state of having lost one's spouse to death is termed ''widowhood''. An archaic term for a widow is "relict," literally "someone left over". This word can so ...'' (Eddie Rawlins). Filmography References External links * 1931 births Living people British male film actors British male television actors Alumni of RADA {{UK-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanda Godsell
Vanda Godsell (17 November 1922 – 2 April 1990) was an English actress. Hal Erickson writes in Allmovie, "Vanda Godsell specialised in playing disheveled housewives, busybody landladies and blowsy domestics." She appeared as Mrs Weaver in ''This Sporting Life'' (1963), Mrs Pitt in '' Bitter Harvest'' (1965), Mrs Goodge in ''The Wrong Box'' (1967) Early life She was born in Bognor Regis into the Godsell family, best known for its brewery based in Stroud. Her father was an officer in the Navy and served in the Battle of Jutland whilst her mother, Muriel, was the sister of novelist and actress Naomi Jacob. Godsell's sister Felicia was also an actress, and her other sister was an editor in the publishing world. Career Godsell began acting when she joined the Bristol Repertoire aged 14 making her film debut in 1953 in ''Flannelfoot'' starring Ronald Howard. She also appeared in ''Hell Is a City'', '' A Shot in the Dark'', ''The Earth Dies Screaming'', ''The Wrong Box'', '' B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Rice
Joan Rice (3 February 1930 – 1 January 1997) was an English film actress. Rice is best known for her role as Dalabo in the film '' His Majesty O'Keefe'' (1954) which co-starred Burt Lancaster. Apart from that she played Maid Marian in ''The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men'' (1952), played the graverobber's wife in ''The Horror of Frankenstein'' and appeared in ''Operation Bullshine''. For several years in the early and mid-1950s, Rice was considered one of 'Rank's top stars'. She was loaned to Adelphi Films to make ''The Crowded Day''. She was reputedly discovered working as a waitress in a Lyons Corner House in London, where she was crowned "Miss Lyons, 1949"; and thereafter trained at the Rank Organisation The Rank Organisation was a British entertainment conglomerate founded by industrialist J. Arthur Rank in April 1937. It quickly became the largest and most vertically integrated film company in the United Kingdom, owning production, distrib ...'s "charm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyn Houston
Glyn Houston (23 October 1925 – 30 June 2019) was a Welsh actor best known for his television work. He was the younger brother of film actor Donald Houston. Early life Glyndwr Desmond Houston was born at 10 Thomas Street, Tonypandy, Glamorgan, Wales. He served in the army during the Second World War, and was briefly a stand-up comedian performing for soldiers during the war. He made his first film appearance in ''The Blue Lamp'' in 1950. Career In the 1970s Houston played Lord Peter Wimsey's valet Bunter opposite Ian Carmichael in television adaptations of several of Dorothy Sayers tales. His performance was praised in ''The New York Times''. Later, he had a role as a literary agent in the 1980s British sitcom '' Keep It in the Family''. He appeared in a number of films including ''The Great Game''. Other credits included ''My Good Woman'' (1973–1974), ''A Horseman Riding By'' (1978), ''Inspector Morse'', ''It Ain't Half Hot Mum'', ''Minder'' and ''Doomwatch'', as well as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Peacock (actor)
William Peacock may refer to: *William Peacock (businessman) Peacock & Son was a tanning and wool-brokering business in the early days of South Australia. Three members of the family were notable public figures: William Peacock (c. 1790 – 20 January 1874) was a successful businessman and one of the colony ... (1790–1874), Australian businessman and politician * William Peacock (water polo) (1891–1948), British water polo player * William D. Peacock (1933–1998), Native Canadian newspaper publisher * William Peacock (biologist) (known as Jim Peacock, born 1937), Australian scientist * Billy Peacock, boxer, see United States national amateur boxing flyweight champions {{hndis, Peacock, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
