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Roger Avon
Roger Avon (23 November 1914 – 21 December 1998) was an English stage, film and television actor born in Jarrow, County Durham. Some of his television appearances include ''Hancock's Half Hour'', ''Dad's Army'', ''When the Boat Comes In'', '' Department S'', '' Doctor Who'' (serials '' The Crusade'' and ''The Daleks' Master Plan''), ''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)'', ''Our Friends in the North'' and ''Blackadder the Third''. He appeared in the films ''Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.'', ''The Likely Lads'', ''Mutiny on the Buses'', '' Quatermass and the Pit'' and ''Curse of the Crimson Altar'', among others. Avon was still acting up until his death, aged 84, his last role being in the TV series '' Grafters'', starring Robson Green. Selected filmography * '' Fun at St. Fanny's'' (1955) – Horsetrough * '' The Time of His Life'' (1955) – Prison Warder (uncredited) * ''Stars in Your Eyes'' (1957) – Grimes * '' The Scamp'' (1957) – Constable * ''Kill Her Gently'' (1957 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarrow
Jarrow ( or ) is a town in South Tyneside in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. It is east of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is situated on the south bank of the River Tyne, about from the east coast. It is home to the southern portal of the Tyne Tunnel. In 2011, Jarrow had a population of 43,431. Jarrow is part of the historic County Palatine of Durham. In the eighth century, the monastery of Saint Paul in Jarrow (now Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey) was the home of Bede, The Venerable Bede, who is regarded as the greatest Anglo-Saxon scholar and the father of English history. From the middle of the 19th century until 1935, Jarrow was a centre for shipbuilding, and was the starting point of the Jarrow March against unemployment in 1936. History and naming Foundation The town's name is recorded around AD 750 as ''Gyruum'', representing Old English language, Old English ''[æt] Gyrwum''="[at] the marsh dwellers", from Anglo-Saxon ''gyr''="mud", "marsh". Later spellings are Jaruum in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hellfire Club (film)
''The Hellfire Club'' is a 1961 film inspired by the historical Hellfire Club, Sir Francis Dashwood's infamous 'Gentlemen's' society of the 18th century. It starred Keith Michell and featured Peter Cushing in a small cameo as enigmatic attorney Mr Merryweather. According to the film, the club was famed for its depravity, debauchery, and devil worship. Although not a Hammer Film Productions, Hammer Films production, there are visual similarities. The script was co-written by Jimmy Sangster, and co-stars Hammer regulars Miles Malleson and Francis Matthews (actor), Francis Matthews. Cast *Keith Michell as Jason *Adrienne Corri as Isobel *Peter Cushing as Merryweather *Peter Arne as Thomas *Kai Fischer as Yvonne *David Lodge (actor), David Lodge as Timothy *Bill Owen (actor), Bill Owen as Martin *Miles Malleson as Judge *Martin Stephens (actor), Martin Stephens as Jason as a Boy *Andrew Faulds as Lord Netherden *Jean Lodge as Lady Netherden *Francis Matthews (actor), Francis Matth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Night And Sunday Morning (film)
''Saturday Night and Sunday Morning'' is a 1960 British kitchen sink drama film directed by Karel Reisz and produced by Tony Richardson. It is an adaptation of the 1958 novel of the same name by Alan Sillitoe, who also wrote the screenplay adaptation. The film is about a young teddy boy machinist, Arthur, who spends his weekends drinking and partying, all the while having an affair with a married woman. The film is one of a series of "kitchen sink drama" films made in the late 1950s and early 1960s, as part of the British New Wave of filmmaking, from directors such as Reisz, Jack Clayton, Lindsay Anderson, John Schlesinger and Tony Richardson and adapted from the works of writers such as Sillitoe, John Braine and John Osborne. A common trope in these films was the working-class " angry young man" character (in this case, the character of Arthur), who rebels against the oppressive system of his elders. In 1999, the British Film Institute named ''Saturday Night and Sunday Morning' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ugly Duckling (1959 Film)
''The Ugly Duckling'' is a 1959 British science fiction comedy film, directed by Lance Comfort and starring Bernard Bresslaw, Jon Pertwee and Reginald Beckwith. The film is a comic adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 '' Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' storyline and the opening credits include "with ideas stolen from Robert Louis Stevenson". The film has no connection to the Hans Christian Andersen story. The tagline on posters was "He's a changed man after taking Jekyll's family remedy." Plot Joe Loss and his Orchestra are playing at a dance. Joe Loss then introduces the Henrietta Jekyll Old Time Dance Team and her brother Henry Jekyll, who is a rather incompetent last-minute stand-in. They give a display of formation ballroom dancing with their brother Victor Jekyll (Jon Pertwee) taking over the conducting, but Henry turns it into a disaster, much to his sister's dismay. Henry (Bernard Bresslaw) is a bungling, awkward and socially inept man. He is working in his brother’s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dial 999 (TV Series)
''Dial 999'' is a British television series that ran for one series of 38 episodes from 1958 to 1959. The series was a co-production between ITV (TV channel), ITV contractor ABC Weekend TV, and American television producer Ziv Television Programs. It stars Robert Beatty as Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canadian Mountie Mike Maguire, and follows his work fighting crime alongside London's police. Named after the 999 (emergency telephone number), emergency telephone number for the United Kingdom, Beatty was essentially reprising his role in the 1946 film ''Appointment with Crime'', in which he played Detective Inspector Rogers, a Canadian police officer attached to Scotland Yard. The show contrasted Beatty's muscular brand of policing with that of his British colleagues, but failed to sell to North American markets. In 2021, Network DVD released the whole series on DVD in a five disc set. External links * 1958 British television series debuts 1959 British television serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Night To Remember (1958 Film)
''A Night to Remember'' is a 1958 British docudrama film based on the eponymous 1955 book by Walter Lord. The film and book recount the final night of RMS ''Titanic'', which on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic and then sank in the early morning hours of Monday, 15 April 1912. Adapted by Eric Ambler and directed by Roy Ward Baker, the film stars Kenneth More as the ship's Second Officer Charles Lightoller and features Michael Goodliffe, Laurence Naismith, Kenneth Griffith, David McCallum and Tucker McGuire. It was filmed in the United Kingdom and tells the story of the sinking, portraying the main incidents and players in a documentary-style fashion with considerable attention to detail. The production team, supervised by producer William MacQuitty (who saw the original ship launched) used blueprints of the ship to create authentic sets, while Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall and ex-Cunard Commodore Harry Grattidge worke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman Eater
''The Woman Eater'' (also known as ''Womaneater'' on its original UK release) is a low budget 1958 British horror film directed by Charles Saunders and starring George Coulouris and Vera Day.John Hamilton, ''The British Independent Horror Film 1951-70'' Hemlock Books 2013 p 56-61 Produced by Guido Coen, the film recounts the story of a crazed scientist who feeds women to a flesh-eating tree in return for a serum that can bring the dead back to life. The film was released in the UK in 1958 by Eros Films on a double bill with the Swedish crime drama ''Blonde in Bondage'' (1957). Plot At the Explorers' Club in London, Dr Moran tells the other members about 'a tribe in the depths of the Amazon jungle' which has 'a miracle-working JuJu that can bring the dead back to life' and that he's going on an expedition to get it. He finds the tribe and witnesses a secret ceremony in which a young woman, entranced by beating drums, is consumed by a large carnivorous tree. Moran then nearly die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kill Her Gently
''Kill Her Gently'' is a 1957 British thriller film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Griffith Jones, Maureen Connell and Marc Lawrence. Plot A motorist picks up two convicts who have just escaped from prison. He recognises the men from descriptions given of them on the radio. He hires them to murder his wife. The plan goes wrong, and he and the convicts meet their doom. Cast * Griffith Jones - Jeff Martin * Maureen Connell - Kay Martin * Marc Lawrence - William Connors * George Mikell - Lars Svenson * Shay Gorman - Doctor Jimmy Landers * Marianne Brauns - Raina * Frank Hawkins - Inspector Raglan * John Gayford - Truck Driver * Roger Avon - Constable Brown * Patrick Connor - Detective Sgt. Thompson * Jonathan Meddings - Bank clerk * Peter Stephens - Bank manager * Susan Neill - Barmaid * David Lawton David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Scamp
''The Scamp'' is a 1957 British drama film directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Richard Attenborough, Terence Morgan, Colin Petersen, and Dorothy Alison. It was based on the play, "Uncertain Joy," by Charlotte Hastings. It was released in the U.S. as ''Strange Affection''. Synopsis A schoolteacher and his wife take in the tempestuous child of an abusive drifter. When the father returns their lives become complicated by issues of corporal punishment, physical abuse, strained relations and various crimes. Cast * Richard Attenborough as Stephen Leigh * Dorothy Alison as Barbara Leigh * Colin Petersen as Tod Dawson * Terence Morgan as Mike Dawson * Jill Adams as Julie Dawson * Maureen Delany as Mrs. Perryman * Margaretta Scott as Mrs. Blundell * David Franks as Eddie * Geoffrey Keen as Headmaster * Charles Lloyd-Pack as Beamish * June Cunningham as Annette * Sam Kydd as Shopkeeper * Victor Brooks as Inspector Birch Critical reception ''TV Guide'' wrote, "S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stars In Your Eyes
''Stars in Your Eyes'' is a 1956 British musical film directed by Maurice Elvey. Plot As the world of vaudeville gradually loses its attraction, more and more entertainers are losing their jobs. In hopes of fixing their financial problems, a group of entertainers band together and buy a run-down theatre to attract customers by showcasing their various talents on the grand opening night. Along the way their show is threatened by a gang of crooks but the show finishes successfully with each entertainer given a happy ending. Cast * Nat Jackley as Jimmy Knowles * Pat Kirkwood as Sally Bishop * Bonar Colleano as David Laws * Dorothy Squires as Ann Hart * Jack Jackson as Cecil Rigby * Vera Day as Maureen Temple * Hubert Gregg as Crawley Walters * Joan Sims as Walter's Secretary * Ernest Clark as Ronnie * Gerald Harper as Dicky * Meier Tzelniker as Maxie Jago * Gabrielle Brune as Effie * Aubrey Dexter as Farrow * Roger Avon as Grimes * Jimmy Clitheroe James Robinson Clitheroe ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Time Of His Life
''The Time of His Life'' is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Richard Hearne, Ellen Pollock, Richard Wattis and Robert Moreton. The screenplay concerns a man who is released from prison and goes to live with his socialite daughter. Plot When newly released prisoner Mr. Pastry (Richard Hearne) arrives to stay, he proves an embarrassment to his social climbing daughter Lady Florence (Ellen Pollock). As president of the society for the rehabilitation of ex-convicts, she attempts to hide the fact her father is an ex-con. She locks Mr. Pastry in his bedroom, and even plots to have him sent to Australia. But Lady Florence's children see Mr. Pastry differently, and he helps them through a problem, prompting even his daughter to see Mr. Pastry in a new light. Cast * Richard Hearne as Charles Pastry * Ellen Pollock as Lady Florence * Richard Wattis as Edgar * Robert Moreton as Humphrey * Frederick Leister as Sir John * Peter Sinclair as Kane * John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
