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Red, White And Zero
''Red, White and Zero'' is a 1967 British anthology film made by Woodfall Film Productions. It consists of three segments, directed by Peter Brook, Lindsay Anderson and Tony Richardson. Plot The film is split into three sections of the following stories. ''Ride of the Valkyrie'' An opera singer (Zero Mostel), dressed in full costume and dress, must navigate through the busy city streets to get to the theater in time for his performance. * Zero Mostel * Frank Thornton * Julia Foster ''The White Bus'' The main character, only referred to as 'the girl' (Patricia Healey) leaves London, goes north on a train full of football fans and takes a trip in a white double-decker bus in an unnamed city she is visiting, although it is clearly based on Manchester, Delaney was born and grew up in nearby Salford. The Mayor (Arthur Lowe), a local businessman, and the council's ceremonial macebearer ( John Sharp) happen also to be taking the trip while they show the city to visiting foreigner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Brook
Peter Stephen Paul Brook (21 March 1925 – 2 July 2022) was an English theatre and film director. He worked first in England, from 1945 at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, from 1947 at the Royal Opera House, and from 1962 for the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). With them, he directed the first English-language production in 1964 of ''Marat/Sade'' by Peter Weiss, which was transferred to Broadway theatre, Broadway in 1965 and won the Tony Award for Best Play, and Brook was named Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play, Best Director. He also directed films such as an iconic version of ''Lord of the Flies (1963 film), Lord of the Flies'' in 1963. He was based in France from the early 1970s on, where he founded an international theatre company, playing in developing countries, in an approach of great simplicity. He was often referred to as "our greatest living theatre director". He won multiple Emmy Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, the Japanese Praemium Imperiale, the Prix It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodfall Film Productions
Woodfall Film Productions was a British film production company established in the late 1950s. It was established by Tony Richardson, John Osborne and Harry Saltzman to make a screen adaptation of Osborne's best known play. The film version of ''Look Back in Anger'', directed by Richardson and produced by Saltzman, was released in 1959. Following its critical success, Woodfall, under the effective control of Richardson, produced several of the most significant British films of the 1960s. These include ''Saturday Night and Sunday Morning'' (1960), ''A Taste of Honey'' (1961) and ''The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner'' (1962). A later Woodfall film, '' Tom Jones'' (1963), won four Academy Awards in 1964. According to film director Desmond Davis, Woodfall Films brought a new era of realism to British films, strongly influenced by the French ''nouvelle vague''. Woodfall became dormant after Richardson's death in 1991, but in 2014 his surviving family agreed that the films be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Evans (actor)
Barry Joseph Evans (18 June 1943 – 9 February 1997) was an English actor best known for his appearances in British sitcoms such as ''Doctor in the House'' and ''Mind Your Language''. Biography Early life Born in Guildford, Surrey, and orphaned as a baby, Evans was educated at the orphanage boarding schools run by the Shaftesbury Homes, first at Fortescue House School in Twickenham in a Dr Barnardo's Home, and then at Bisley Boys' School in Bisley, Surrey. His acting ability was recognised at an early age and he often played the leading roles in school plays. He briefly lived in Yalding before moving to London. Evans attended the Italia Conti Academy and later won a John Gielgud Scholarship to study at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Career One of his first film credits was the lead role in Clive Donner's film '' Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (film), Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush'' (1968) where he was cast as Jamie McGregor, a teenager who finds it difficu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Hopkins
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins (born 31 December 1937) is a Welsh actor, director, and producer. One of Britain's most recognisable and prolific actors, he is known for his performances on the screen and stage. Hopkins has received many accolades throughout his career, including two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, a British Academy Television Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Laurence Olivier Award. He has also received an honorary Golden Globe Award and the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. In 1993, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to the arts, and in 2003, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his achievements in the motion picture industry. After graduating from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 1957, Hopkins trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. He was then spotted by Laurence Olivier who invited him to join the Royal Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanny Carby
Fanny Carby (2 February 1925 – 20 September 2002) was a British character actress. She had two different roles on ''Coronation Street'': she played Mary Hornigold in 1965, then in 1987 she took the role of Vera Duckworth's domineering mother, Amy Burton, a role she played into the following year. Fanny's other credits include ''Street'' spin-off ''Pardon the Expression'', ''On The Buses'', ''Sykes'', ''The Bill'', ''In Sickness and in Health'' and '' Goodnight Sweetheart''. On stage, she was a founder member of Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop, and appeared in ''Oh, What a Lovely War'' in London and on Broadway; and also in its film version, for director Richard Attenborough. Selected filmography *''Operation Diplomat'' (1952, TV Series) as Mrs. Dobson *''The Pickwick Papers'' (1952-1953, TV Series) as Mary *''BBC Sunday-Night Theatre'' (1952-1959, TV Series) as Prostitute / Waitress / Maisie / Party guest / Joan / Agnes / Gwen *''Meet Mr. Lucifer'' (1953) as Lady in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Savident
John Savident (born 21 January 1938) is a retired British actor, known for his numerous television roles, including his portrayal of Fred Elliott in the soap opera '' Coronation Street'' from 1994-2006. He is also known for his performance as Monsieur Firmin in the West End debut of The Phantom of the Opera and ''The Lion King.'' Early life Savident was born in Guernsey and still lived there at the time of the German occupation of the island in 1940. He and his family escaped to England in a fishing boat. During his early years, he was a police officer before turning to acting as his profession. Career Savident created the role of Monsieur Firmin in the original production of ''Phantom of the Opera'', which opened on 9 October 1986 at Her Majesty's Theatre in Haymarket, London. He appeared as the renegade scientist Egrorian in a 1981 episode of the cult science fiction TV series ''Blake's 7''. He also had other television appearances in '' The Saint'', ''Callan'' and '' Doc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Henry (actor)
Victor Henry (30 July 1943, in Leeds, Yorkshire – 20 November 1985, in Wakefield, West Yorkshire) was an English actor. Career Educated at RADA, Henry appeared from the mid 1960s in various stage roles and was praised by Laurence Olivier. He also worked in a number of TV shows such as ''Diary of a Young Man'', ''The Gamblers'' and ''The Contenders''. He also appeared sporadically in films, notably playing a lead role in the comedy drama ''All Neat in Black Stockings ''All Neat in Black Stockings'' is a 1969 British comedy film directed by Christopher Morahan and starring Victor Henry, Susan George and Jack Shepherd.British Film Institute Film & TV DatabaseAll Neat in Black Stockings./ref> Based on a novel ...'' with Susan George, released in 1969. His career continued until the early 1970s, when he was severely injured in a road accident. While he was walking from a theatre a car struck a concrete lamppost which fell and struck his head sending him into a coma. Victor wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Moore (actor)
Stephen Vincent Moore (11 December 1937 – 4 October 2019) was an English actor, known for his work on British television since the mid-1970s. Biography Moore was born in Brixton, London, the son of Mary Elisabeth (née Bruce-Anderson) and solicitor Stanley Moore. He attended the Archbishop Tenison's grammar school in Kennington. He was married four times. His half-brother Mark Moore performs with S'Express and his brother-in-law was the actor James Hazeldine. Acting career Moore was known for his appearances in ''Rock Follies'' and other TV series such as ''The Last Place on Earth'', the children's series ''The Queen's Nose'' and the drama ''Mersey Beat'' and the British TV comedy series ''Solo'', as well as numerous appearances on stage at the Royal National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company and London's West End. He was known for his distinctive speaking voice in a wide range of roles, notably Marvin the Paranoid Android in radio and television adaptations of ''The H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sharp (actor)
John Herbert Sharp ( – ) was a British actor who made numerous appearances on television during a career spanning 42 years. Biography Sharp made more than 130 appearances in television and occasionally films between 1949 and 1991. Although active in theatre, Sharp began as a film actor in 1949 and appeared in films throughout the 1950s. By the mid-1960s he mostly appeared in British television on popular shows of the era such as '' The Avengers'' ''"Murdersville"'' episode, the ''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)'' episode ''"The Ghost Who Saved the Bank at Monte Carlo"''; ''The Prisoner'', ''Not on Your Nellie'' opposite Hylda Baker, ''Z-Cars'', and in 1976 in ''The Sweeney'' episode ''"On the Run"'' in which he played ''Uncle,'' a homosexual retired Magistrate who becomes embroiled in the escape of a psychopathic prisoner having befriended the prisoner's former accomplice. He performed in Charles Dickens TV adaptations in the 1980s. In 1991, he made his last television appearan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macebearer
{{Short description, Royal court official with a ceremonial or real mace A mace-bearer, or macebearer, is a person who carries a mace, either a real weapon or ceremonial. Armed When the mace was still in actual use as a weapon, it was deemed fit for close-protection, and hence a mace-bearer could be a bodyguard. Thus in French and Dutch, a ''massier'' (armed with a ''masse d'armes'' 'weapon-mace') could be a member of a formally so-styled guard corps, as in the court of the Dukes of Brabant. In Spain, a macero were originally an armed guard protecting the King of Castile; they were called ''macero'' due to the weapon they wielded, a ''maza'' (i.e., a mace). Otherwise, a normally more domestic servant could double (arming trusted household staff was not unusual) as macebearer, as in the case of the prophet Mohammed's first muezzin, Bilal ibn Ribah Ceremonial As for ceremonial maces, which symbolise the power or status of a monarch, institution or high dignitary, the duty to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Lowe
Arthur Lowe (22 September 1915 – 15 April 1982) was an English actor. His acting career spanned 36 years, including starring roles in numerous theatre and television productions. He played Captain Mainwaring in the British sitcom ''Dad's Army'' from 1968 until 1977, was nominated for seven BAFTAs and became one of the most recognised faces on UK television. Lowe began acting professionally in England in 1945, after army service in the Second World War. He worked in theatre, film and television throughout the 1950s but it was not until he landed the part of Leonard Swindley in the television soap ''Coronation Street'' in 1960 that he came to national attention. He played the character until 1966, while continuing theatre and other acting work. In 1968 he took on his role in ''Dad's Army'', written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft. The profile he gained from the role led to further character roles. Despite increasingly poor health in his final years, he maintained a busy p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Foster
Julia Foster (born 2 August 1943) is an English stage, screen, and television actress. Life and career Foster was born in Lewes, Sussex. Her first husband was Lionel Morton, once the lead singer with the 1960s pop band The Four Pennies. She is the mother of television celebrity Ben Fogle with her second husband, veterinarian Bruce Fogle. Foster also built up her own antique furniture business. Foster's credits include the films ''The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner'' (1962), ''The System (1964 film), The System'' (1964) with Oliver Reed, ''The Bargee'' (1964) with Harry H. Corbett, ''Alfie (1966 film), Alfie'' (1966) with Michael Caine, ''Half a Sixpence (film), Half a Sixpence'' (1967) with Tommy Steele, and ''Percy (1971 film), Percy'' (1971) with Hywel Bennett. On television, in 1969, she appeared in the second episode of series 1 of the ''Doctor in the House (TV series), Doctor in the House'' for London Weekend Television. She also starred as the eponymous heroine in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
