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Room At The Bottom (1967 TV Series)
''Room at the Bottom'' is a British comedy television series which originally aired as a pilot in 1966 on the ''Comedy Playhouse'' and a single series of seven episodes on BBC 1 the following year. Set in the maintenance department of a large company tower block, it was the first sitcom by the writing team of John Esmonde and Bob Larbey. All episodes from this series are currently believed to be lost due to wiping. Cast Main * Kenneth Connor as Gus Fogg *Deryck Guyler as Mr. Powell * Gordon Rollings as Happy Brazier * Kenny Lynch as Horace Robinson * Brian Wilde as Mr. Salisbury * John Horsley as Lord Percy Guest * Patrick Newell as Cyril Culpepper * Yvonne Antrobus as Betty * Jack Bligh as Uncle Percy * Richard Coleman as Dillington * Frances Collins as Miss Edgeworthy * Eric Dodson as Director * John Dunbar as Mr. Walpole * Janina Faye as Gloria * Wendy Gifford as Miss Bryant * Bill Horsley as Slocombe * Len Jones as Boy * John Scott Martin as Morris Dancer * Henry McGee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esmonde And Larbey
Esmonde may refer to: People ;Given name * Esmonde Higgins (1897-1960), Australian communist ;Surname * A. M. Esmonde (b. 1977), a British movie writer and producer * Sir Anthony Esmonde, 15th Baronet (1899-1981), an Irish politician and farmer * Eugene Esmonde (1909-1942), a British aviator * John Esmonde (other), various people * Sir John Esmonde, 14th Baronet (1893-1958), an Irish politician * Sir John Esmonde, 16th Baronet (1928-1987), an Irish politician * John Gilbert Esmonde (1937-2008), a British television scriptwriter who was part of the duo of Esmonde and Larbey * John Joseph Esmonde (1862-1915), an Irish politician * Laurence Esmonde (other), various people * Laurence Esmonde, Lord Esmonde (1570?-1646) * Sir Osmond Esmonde, 12th Baronet (1896-1936), an Irish diplomat and politician * Thomas Esmonde (other), various people * Sir Thomas Esmonde, 11th Baronet (1862-1935), an Irish politician Titles * Baron Esmonde, a title in the Peerag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Newell
Patrick David Newell (27 March 1932 – 22 July 1988) was a British actor, known for his large size. Early life and education The second son of Eric Llewellyn Newell, of High Lodge, Hadleigh, Suffolk, an Oxford-educated physician who served as a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps, Newell was educated at Taunton School and completed his National Service, where a fellow recruit was Michael Caine, before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, alongside Albert Finney and Peter O'Toole. Career Newell began to be seen frequently on TV, usually cast as a fat villain or in comic roles. Given his rotund appearance and ability for playing slightly stuffy types, he was a natural stooge in several comedy shows, first for Arthur Askey, in ''Arthur's Treasured Volumes'' (ATV, 1960), then for Jimmy Edwards in ''Faces of Jim'' (BBC, 1962), with Ronnie Barker also supporting. He was originally cast as one of the inept recruits in the first of the ''Carry On'' films, 1958's ''Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorley Walters
Thorley Swinstead Walters (12 May 1913 – 6 July 1991) was an English character actor. He is probably best remembered for his comedy film roles such as in ''Two-Way Stretch'' and '' Carlton-Browne of the FO''. Early life Walters was born in Teigngrace, Devon, the son of Prebendary Thomas Collins Walters of Silverton, Devon and his wife Mary née Swinstead. He was educated at Monkton Combe School, Somerset. Walters appeared in the West End in the 1942 naval play '' Escort'' by Patrick Hastings and the 1949 musical ''Her Excellency'' at the London Hippodrome. Career Films He featured in three of the St Trinian's films, starting as an army major in ''Blue Murder at St Trinian's''. He later appeared as Butters, assistant to Education Ministry senior civil servant Culpepper-Brown (Eric Barker) in ''The Pure Hell of St Trinian's'' and played the part of Culpepper-Brown in ''The Wildcats of St Trinian's''. From the 1960s onwards he also appeared in several Hammer horror films, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Shine (actor)
Wilfred William Dennis Shine (20 October 1911 – 24 July 1997) was a British theatre, film and television actor. Shine was born into a family of theatre actors; among others, Shine's father, mother, grandmother, two uncles and an aunt had worked in theatre.Benedick, Adam ''The Independent'', 14 August 1997. Retrieved 20 February 2009. His father Wilfred Shine was a theatre actor who also appeared in films during the 1920s and the 1930s. Bill Shine made his film debut in 1929, since which he appeared in over 160 films and television series. Towards the end of his career, he was best known for playing Inventor Black on children's television series ''Super Gran''. In series two, episode four, of Mrs Thursday, 'The Duke and I', (1967), he played the Duke of Midlothian. Selected filmography * '' The Flying Scotsman'' (1929) - Barman (uncredited) * ''High Seas'' (1929) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''Under the Greenwood Tree'' (1929) - Leaf * '' The Loves of Robert Burns'' (1930) - ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Rowbottom
Jo Rowbottom (born 1942) is a British character actress, best known for guest roles in numerous British TV series, and as James Beck's wife in ''Romany Jones''. Film credits *''Night of the Prowler'' (1962) - Elsie *''The Bargee'' (1964) - Cynthia (credited as Jo Rowbotham) *'' You Must Be Joking!'' (1965) - Librarian (uncredited) *'' The Liquidator'' (1965) - Betty *''Follow That Camel'' (1967) - Harem Girl (uncredited) *''Two a Penny'' (1968) - Helen *''Along the Way'' (1972) (credited as Jo Rowbotham) *''That Summer!'' (1979) - Pub landlady Selected television credits *''Steptoe and Son'' (Series 2 - 1963) - 'Is That Your Horse Outside?' - Waitress *''Gideon's Way'' (1964, TV episode "The rhyme and the reason") - Mary Rose * ''The Sullavan Brothers'' (1964) - Joyce Warren *''Z-Cars'' (1964-1972) - Kate Gordon / Joyce Alty / Micki / Stella Aldridge *''Mogul'' (1965) - Kitt Body *''Dixon of Dock Green'' (1966-1976) - Julie Taylor / Joyce / Jessie Copeland / Rosie Everett / S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynn Rainbow
Lynn Carol Rainbow-Reid (born 19 September 1942) credited also as Lynne Rainbow, is an Australian-based former theatre and television actor who was educated at Ascham School, The Sorbonne and Dante Alighieri in Italy. Lynn was the daughter of Judge Alfred Rainbow and the granddaughter of Sir Benjamin Fuller a theatrical entrepreneur. During the 1970s she was married to actor Tom Oliver. Actress She became widely recognisable in the early 1970s on Australian television, taking many guest roles in the Crawford Productions police dramas '' Homicide'', ''Division 4'' and ''Matlock Police''. She also appeared in an episode of popular situation comedy series '' The Group''. From March 1972 played the original regular character of Sonia Freeman in the phenomenally successful sex-comedy television soap opera ''Number 96''. She stayed in the role until 1973 during which time Sonia engaged in an inter-racial kiss, lost her husband in a car accident, and was targeted by a woman pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard O'Sullivan
Richard O'Sullivan (born 7 May 1944) is an English comedy actor, who is known for his role as Robin Tripp in the 1970s sitcoms ''Man About the House'' (1973–1976) and '' Robin's Nest'' (1977–1981) and as the title character in the period family adventure series ''Dick Turpin'' (1979–1982). He also starred in '' Doctor at Large'' (1971), ''Doctor in Charge'' (1972–1973), ''Alcock and Gander'' (1972), '' Me and My Girl'' (1984–1988) and '' Trouble In Mind'' (1991). Early life O'Sullivan was born in 1944, to John and Ellen O'Sullivan (née Fleming) in Chiswick. His early education was at St John the Evangelist's RC Primary School in Brentford, West London . After a family holiday in Ireland as a boy, he returned with a strong Irish accent and was sent to the Corona Theatre School to soften it. He appeared in his first film at the age of eight. Career as child actor O'Sullivan's first film appearance was as an extra playing one of the children singing in the Sunday Sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geraldine Newman
Geraldine Newman (born 18 February 1934) is an English film and television actress who has acted in more than 30 television programmes and films. Career Newman attended drama school in Brighton. She is best known for her role as Hilda Hughes in the 1980s BBC TV series, ''Ever Decreasing Circles'' which ran from 1984 to 1987 with an extended Christmas series finale A series finale is the final installment of an episodic entertainment series, most often a television series. It may also refer to a final theatrical sequel, the last part of a television miniseries, the last installment of a literary series, or ... in December 1989. Personal life She was married to fellow English actor David Garth, who was 14 years her senior, until his death in 1988. Filmography Films Television References External links * 1934 births Living people English film actresses English television actresses Actresses from Brighton {{england-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry McGee
''For the American businessman and academic, see Henry W. McGee.'' Henry James Marris-McGee (14 May 1929 – 28 January 2006) was a British actor, best known as straight man to Benny Hill for many years. McGee was also often the announcer on Hill's TV programme, delivering the upbeat intro "Yes! It's ''The Benny Hill Show!''". He was familiar to British children throughout the 1970s as "Mummy" in the Sugar Puffs commercials, the catchphrase of which was "Tell them about the honey, Mummy". Biography Born in South Kensington, London, and educated at Stonyhurst College, McGee hoped to become a doctor, but the death of his father when he was 17 put financial strains on the family that ended his plans. Having enjoyed acting as a boy, McGee decided to follow his mother's side of the family, which could trace its involvement in acting back to Kitty Clive. He went on to play supporting roles in films and television series and dramas, including ''The Italian Job'' (1969), ''The Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Scott Martin
John Scott Martin (1 April 1926 – 6 January 2009) was an English actor born in Toxteth, Liverpool, Lancashire. He made many film, stage and television appearances, but one of his most famous, though unseen, roles was as a Dalek operator in the long-running BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Martin operated Daleks from 1965's '' The Chase'' through 1988's ''Remembrance of the Daleks'' making him the longest-running Dalek operator. He worked with eight different actors in the title role of The Doctor from William Hartnell to Sylvester McCoy, and also Richard Hurndall, who took on the role of the First Doctor in "The Five Doctors". Typically, Martin would operate the first Dalek when a group of three entered a scene, due largely to his long tenure on the programme. He also operated other ''Doctor Who'' monster costumes including the insectoid Zarbi in ''The Web Planet'', and the robotic Mechanoids in '' The Chase''. Martin made his first on screen appearance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Len Jones
Len Jones (born ) is a British former child actor and Voice acting, voice actor of the 1960s and 70s. In his youth, Jones appeared in television series such as ''Z-Cars'' (1964–68), ''Adam Adamant Lives!'' (1966), ''Dixon of Dock Green'' (1966–75), ''Softly, Softly (TV series), Softly, Softly'' (1967), ''The Magnificent Six and ½'' (1968) and ''The Adventures of Black Beauty'' (1972). His film credits included appearances in ''Seventy Deadly Pills'' (1964), ''Sky West and Crooked'' (1966), ''Spring and Port Wine'' (1970), ''Straw Dogs (1971 film), Straw Dogs'' (1971), ''Danny Jones (film), Danny Jones'' (1972) and ''Made (1972 film), Made'' (1972). He is notable for voicing the character of Joe McClaine in Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation television series ''Joe 90'' (1968–69). Filmography * ''Seventy Deadly Pills'' (1964) - Phil Streaker * ''Sky West and Crooked'' (1966) - Dusty * ''The Christmas Tree'' (1966) - Boy In Bed in Hospital (uncredited) * ''The Magnificent S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janina Faye
Janina Faye Smigielski (born 1948) is an English actress and director. She is a daughter of Florence Louisa Jonathan and Jan Smigielski. Her father was a Polish pilot from No. 303 Squadron RAF during the Battle of Britain. Faye began her career as an actress in 1956, and it includes theatre and television work in addition to many film appearances. She appeared in several major fantasy and horror films when she was young, such as Hammer Films' original version of ''Dracula'' (1958), as well as the same company’s ''Never Take Sweets from a Stranger'' (1960) and ''The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll'' (1960). In 1961 she appeared on stage as Helen Keller in the William Gibson play '' The Miracle Worker'', and in 1962 she appeared in the film thrillers ''Don't Talk to Strange Men'' and ''The Day of the Triffids''. In 1998, she teamed up with director Paul Cotgrove and Hammer co-star Ingrid Pitt Ingrid Pitt (born Ingoushka Petrov; 21 November 193723 November 2010) was a Polish-Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
