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Ray Barron
Raynor Alan Francis Barron (1 November 1940 – 13 February 2016) was a British actor. He typically played minor roles such as policemen or workmen. He was known for his work in films such as ''10 Rillington Place'' (1971) in which he played a workman, ''Poor Cow'' (1967), ''She'll Follow You Anywhere'' (1971) and ''Cry Uncle!'' (1971). In 1976 he appeared in ''Doctor Who'' as Sergeant Henderson in parts five and six of the serial ''The Seeds of Doom'', and in 1981 played a seaman in the series ''The Incredible Mr Tanner''. In 2008, Ray was the special guest at a 43tv Retro TV Sweeney Meet in Hammersmith, London. Ray gave an after dinner talk about his career in television and film, and in particular his part in ''The Sweeney ''The Sweeney'' is a 1970s British television police drama focusing on two members of the Flying Squad, a branch of the Metropolitan Police specialising in tackling armed robbery and violent crime in London. It stars John Thaw as Detective Insp ...''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10 Rillington Place
''10 Rillington Place'' is a 1971 British crime film. The film stars Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, John Hurt and Pat Heywood and was directed by Richard Fleischer, produced by Leslie Linder and Martin Ransohoff. It was adapted by Clive Exton from the book ''Ten Rillington Place'' by Ludovic Kennedy (who also acted as technical advisor to the production). The film dramatises the case of British serial killer John Christie, who committed many of his crimes in the titular London terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving his neighbour Timothy Evans. Hurt received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Evans. Plot The film begins in 1944 with John Christie murdering an acquaintance called Muriel Eady, he lures her to his flat in 10 Rillington Place by promising to cure her bronchitis with a "special mixture", then incapacitates her with Town Gas, strangles her with a piece of rope, and has (implied) sex with her corpse. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poor Cow
''Poor Cow'' is a 1967 British kitchen sink drama film directed by Ken Loach and based on Nell Dunn's 1967 novel of the same name. It was Ken Loach's first feature film, after a series of TV productions. The film was re-released in the UK in 2016. Plot 18-year-old Joy, who comes from a big family with a heavy drinking mother and womanising father, leaves home to marry Tom and they have a son, Johnny. Tom mentally and physically abuses Joy and shows little interest or affection. He has been in prison for four years and, when he is jailed again after being caught attempting a big robbery, Joy and her very young son are left on their own. After briefly sharing a room with her Aunt Emm, an aging prostitute, Joy moves in with Dave, one of Tom's criminal associates. Dave is tender and understanding, but the idyll is shattered when he is sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment for leading a robbery which results in a woman being blinded, and given his long criminal record, early relea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She'll Follow You Anywhere
''She'll Follow You Anywhere'', released in the United States as ''Passion Potion'', is a 1971 British comedy film directed by David C. Rea and starring Kenneth Cope, Keith Barron and Richard Vernon. The screenplay concerns two chemists working in a lab of a big corporation who accidentally stumble across a love potion while working to create a new aftershave. The potion makes a man irresistible to any woman who smells it. However, they soon have problems remembering the formula, and keeping their discovery from their bosses and wives. Plot summary One day on the way home from work, Mike Carter finds himself propositioned by a woman on the train. He has been working on developing a new aftershave for his company along with his friend and colleague Alan Simpson. When Alan has a similar encounter with one of the women scientists at their office, they both realise it is linked to one of the numerous aftershave formulas they have developed creating a love potion which makes them ir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cry Uncle!
''Cry Uncle!'', released in the UK as ''Super Dick'' (theatrical title) and ''American Oddballs'' (video title), is a 1971 American film in the Troma Entertainment library. It is directed by John G. Avildsen and stars Allen Garfield. The story, based on the Michael Brett novel ''Lie a Little, Die a Little'', follows the misadventures of a slobbish private detective who is hired by a millionaire to investigate a murder. The film features one of Paul Sorvino's first screen performances, and an early appearance from TV star Debbi Morgan. Plot Private detective Jake Masters is with his girlfriend Renee when he gets a call about a new case. The New York City Police Department is hunting for an eccentric millionaire, Jason Dominic, in connection with the murder of a cocktail waitress named Lucille Reynolds. Jason wants Jake to find the real killer. Jake goes to LaGuardia Airport to pick up Jason's bodyguard, Cora Merrill. After an initial case of mistaken identity, Jake, his trainee ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the universe in a time-travelling space ship called the TARDIS. The TARDIS exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. With various companions, the Doctor combats foes, works to save civilisations, and helps people in need. Beginning with William Hartnell, thirteen actors have headlined the series as the Doctor; in 2017, Jodie Whittaker became the first woman to officially play the role on television. The transition from one actor to another is written into the plot of the series with the concept of regeneration into a new incarnation, a plot device in which a Time Lord "transforms" into a new body when the current one is too badly harmed to heal normally. Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Seeds Of Doom
''The Seeds of Doom'' is the sixth and final serial of the 13th season of the British science fiction television Science fiction first appeared in television programming in the late 1930s, during what is called the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Special effects and other production techniques allow creators to present a living visual image of an imaginary ... series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 31 January to 6 March 1976. In the serial, the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) agrees to go on one final mission in his role as UNIT's scientific advisor to investigate a mysterious pod (botany), pod found in the Antarctic. However, the crazed millionaire and plant collector Harrison Chase (Tony Beckley) is also interested, and has sent his violent henchman Scorby (John Challis) and the botanist Arnold Keeler (Mark Jones (actor), Mark Jones) to acquire the malignant alien plant for his personal collection. Plot In Antarctica, British scientis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Incredible Mr Tanner
''The Incredible Mr Tanner'' was a short-lived British television sitcom which aired on ITV in 1981.Newcomb p.1270 It was scripted by the writing team of Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer, a remake of their earlier series ''Kindly Leave the Kerb'' about second-rate escapologist Ernest Tanner with Brian Murphy replacing Peter Butterworth in the role. Actors who appeared in episodes of the series include Patsy Rowlands, Talfryn Thomas, John Forgeham, Bryan Coleman, Willoughby Goddard, Jesse Birdsall, Lionel Murton and Ray Barron. Main cast * Brian Murphy as Ernest Tanner * Roy Kinnear as Sidney Pratt * Tony Melody as Archie * Rosie Collins as Prudence * Joseph O'Conor Joseph O'Conor (14 February 1916 – 21 January 2001) was an Irish actor and playwright. Early years O'Conor was born in DublinAlan Strachan ''The Independent'', 2 February 2001Stephen GilbertObituary ''The Guardian'', 25 January 2001 on ... as Peregrine References Bibliography * Horace Newcomb. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sweeney (TV Series)
''The Sweeney'' is a 1970s British television police drama focusing on two members of the Flying Squad, a branch of the Metropolitan Police specialising in tackling armed robbery and violent crime in London. It stars John Thaw as Detective Inspector Jack Regan and Dennis Waterman as his partner, Detective Sergeant George Carter. It was produced by the Thames Television subsidiary Euston Films for broadcast on the ITV network in the UK between 2 January 1975 and 28 December 1978. The programme's title comes from the real-world Cockney rhyming slang nickname "Sweeney Todd" used to refer to the Flying Squad by London's criminal fraternity in the mid 20th Century. The popularity of the series in the UK led to two feature films, ''Sweeney!'' (1977) and ''Sweeney 2'' (1978), both starring Thaw and Waterman, and a later film, ''The Sweeney'' (2012), starring Ray Winstone as Regan and Ben Drew as Carter. Background ''The Sweeney'' was developed from a one-off TV drama entitled '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venom (1971 Film)
''Venom'' (also known as ''The Legend of Spider Forest'', and ''Spider's Venom'') is a 1971 British horror film directed by Peter Sykes in his directorial debut. Plot A Nazi scientist and a woman known as a "spider goddess" attempt to develop a nerve gas made from spider venom. Cast *Simon Brent as Paul Greville *Neda Arnerić as Anna * Sheila Allen as Ellen *Derek Newark as Johann *Terence Soall as Lutgermann *Gerard Heinz as Huber *Gertan Klauber as Kurt *Sean Gerrad as Rudi *Bette Vivian as Frau Kessler *Ray Barron as Young Man *Billy Reid as Gang member *George Fisher as Gang member *Nosher Powell as Gang member Production Cupid Films was the company of Michael Pearson, son of one of the wealthiest peers in England. (Cupid had made ''Sympathy for the Devil'' and ''Vanishing Point''. Peter Sykes said when he was asked to make the film a script already existed. Sykes rewrote the script and the producers told him he had changed it too much from the original, which had receive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Second Victory (film)
''The Second Victory'' is a 1987 British drama film directed by Gerald Thomas, set in Allied-occupied Austria at the end of the Second World War. Anthony Andrews stars as a British officer accused of shooting his sergeant. With Helmut Griem and Max von Sydow Max von Sydow ( , ; born Carl Adolf von Sydow; 10 April 1929 – 8 March 2020) was a Swedish-French actor. He had a 70-year career in European and American cinema, television, and theatre, appearing in more than 150 films and several television .... External links * 1987 films 1980s English-language films 1987 drama films Films directed by Gerald Thomas Films scored by Stanley Myers Films shot at Pinewood Studios Films set in 1945 Films set in 1946 Films set in Austria British drama films Films based on works by Morris West 1980s British films {{1980s-UK-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Male Film Actors
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