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Robert Pollock (Australian Actor)
Robert Pollack, Pollock or Pollok may refer to: *Robert Pollack (biologist), American biologist * Rocky Pollack, Manitoba judge *Robert Pollock (actor) (born 1960), New Zealand actor *Robert L. Pollock, business writer for ''The Wall Street Journal'' * Robert M. Pollock (1856–1920), Republican member of the North Dakota House of Representatives *Robert Mason Pollock (1926–2012), American television writer * Robert A. Pollock (1870–1956), American politician from Ohio *Robert A. Pollock (1930–2003), footballer turned writer-novelist who wrote the novel '' Loophole'' * Robert Pollok (poet) (1798–1827), Scottish poet best known for ''The Course of Time'' * Robert Pollok (British Army officer) (1884–1979), Irish-born British Army officer See also * Robert A. Pollak Robert A. Pollak (born 1 December 1938) is an economist. Pollak has made contributions to the specification and estimation of consumer demand systems, social choice theory, the theory of the cost of living index, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Pollack (biologist)
Robert Elliot Pollack is an American biologist whose interests cross many academic lines. He grew up in Brooklyn, attended public schools, and majored in physics at Columbia University, where he graduated from the College in 1961. He received a PhD in Biological Sciences from Brandeis University in 1966, and subsequently was a postdoctoral Fellow in Pathology with Howard Green at NYU Medical center, and at the Weizmann Institute in Israel with Ernest Winocour. He was then recruited to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory by James Watson to establish a research program on reversion of cancer cells. He became a tenured Associate Professor of Microbiology at the Stony Brook University Medical Center before returning to Columbia as a Professor of Biological Sciences in 1978. He served as Dean of Columbia College from 1982 to 1989, overseeing the enrollment of women in the College for the first time. He remains at Columbia as a Professor of Biological Sciences, and also serves as Director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocky Pollack
Robert (Rocky) L. Pollack was appointed to the Provincial Court of Manitoba on December 15, 2006. Judge Pollack began his legal career with the Manitoba Attorney General's department in 1972 and later worked as a Crown attorney until moving into private practice in 1976. Prior to his appointment to the bench, he was a partner in the Winnipeg law firm of Myers Weinberg LLP. He held the appointed position of Commissioner of the Manitoba Securities Commission from 2002 until 2006. Pollack's practice was focused on criminal law, but extended to other areas, including child protection, victims' rights, administrative law Administrative law is the division of law that governs the activities of government agency, executive branch agencies of Forms of government, government. Administrative law concerns executive branch rule making (executive branch rules are gener ... and civil litigation. He has also been an active member of the community serving on many boards and agencies over th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Pollock (actor)
Robert Pollock (born 1960) is a New Zealand actor. Life Pollock graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1986 with a Diploma in Acting. Filmography Film * ''Beyond Gravity'' (1988) * ''Once Were Warriors'' (1994) – Policeman * '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' – Orc Sergeant (Extended Edition only) Television * ''Shark in the Park'' (1990) – Dingo * ''Shortland Street ''Shortland Street'' is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera centring on the fictitious Shortland Street Hospital, first broadcast on TVNZ 2 on 25 May 1992. It is New Zealand's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously ...'' (1992/1999-2000) – Dennis Cracknell/Rex Yates * '' Riding High'' (1995) * ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' (1995) – Minos * ''City Life'' (1996/1997) – Marcus * ''Love Mussel'' (2001) – Roger Davies * ''Ike: Countdown to D-Day'' (2004) – 101st Airborne sergeant * ''Power Rangers S.P.D'' (2005) – Vine Monst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert L
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert M
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Mason Pollock
Eileen "Mike" Prince Pollock (March 22, 1926 – December 5, 2012) and Robert "Bob" Mason Pollock (March 19, 1917 – July 11, 2016) were an American married couple who worked as television screenwriters and producers best known for their work on the 1980s series ''Dynasty'' and its spin-off series ''The Colbys'', the latter of which the Pollocks co-created with ''Dynasty'' creators Richard and Esther Shapiro. The second-season additions of the Pollocks and actress Joan Collins (in the role of Alexis) are generally credited with ''Dynastys subsequent rise in the ratings; it became the number one series in 1985. According to '' The Soap Opera Encyclopedia'' written by Christopher Schemering, the Pollocks "soft-pedaled the business angle" of the show and "bombarded viewers with every soap opera staple in the book, presented at such a fast clip that a new tragedy seemed to befall the Carrington family every five minutes." The Pollocks brought the daytime series '' The Doctors'' i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert A
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loophole (1981 Film)
''Loophole'' is a 1981 British heist crime film directed by John Quested and starring Albert Finney, Martin Sheen, Susannah York, Jonathan Pryce, Colin Blakely and Tony Doyle. It was written by Jonathan Hales, based upon the novel by Robert Pollock. Music is by Lalo Schifrin. Plot The film opens with a safe-break that yields unexpectedly low gains for the robbers. Daniels (Finney) plots the bank robbery, having targeted this institution because he has discovered that the main subterranean vault, thought to be impregnable, lies within a short distance of a main sewer. Enlisting the services of a boat-dealer to supply equipment, he targets Booker (Sheen) who, as an architect, has the skill needed to pinpoint the exact location underground. Booker angrily rejects the first approach from Daniels but later, harassed by his bank manager (played by Robert Morley) and having to support a new business venture by his wife (Susannah York), he agrees on the undertaking, provided that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Pollok (poet)
Robert Pollok (19 October 1798 – 15 September 1827) was a Scottish poet best known for his work, ''The Course of Time'', published in the year of his death. Biography Pollok was born at North Moorhouse Farm, Loganswell, Renfrewshire, Scotland (now East Renfrewshire). Sources differ on the exact year of his birth, some giving 1789, some 1798,Robert Pollok, 1798–1827 ''Gazetteer for Scotland''. and some 1799. ''Significant Scots''. He studied at the for the |
Robert Pollok (British Army Officer)
Major-General Robert Valentine Pollok CB CBE DSO (1884–1979) was an Irish-born British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland District. Military career After attending Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Pollok was commissioned into the 15th Hussars in 1903. He was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Lieutenant Governor of United Provinces in India in 1908 and Aide-de-Camp to the Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Australia in 1913. He served in World War I with the Australian Forces in Gallipoli and then transferred to the Irish Guards in 1916. He became Commanding Officer of 1st Bn Irish Guards in 1917. After the War he attended the Staff College, Camberley from 1920–1921, was appointed Brigade Major for the 1st Guards Brigade at Aldershot Command and then, in 1926, he was re-appointed Commanding Officer of 1st Bn Irish Guards. He was made Commander of the 1st Guards Brigade at Aldershot Command in 1931 and Commandant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
