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Roger Hill (artist)
Roger Hill may refer to: Politicians * Roger Hill (died 1608) (1545–1608), MP for Taunton and Plympton Erle *Roger Hill (judge) (1605–1667), English judge and Member of Parliament *Roger Hill (of Denham) (1642–1729), son of Roger Hill (judge), MP for Wendover Others *Roger P. Hill (1910–2001), Royal Navy officer; commander of various destroyers *Roger Hill (actor) Roger Hill (July 31, 1948 – February 20, 2014) was an American actor. Career Born in the Bronx, Hill played the role of Cyrus in the 1979 film '' The Warriors''.O'Connor, Tim (February 26, 2014)"The Warriors' actor, lifelong New Yorker Roger ... (1948–2014), American actor * Roger Hill (broadcaster), British radio presenter, producer and arts director * Roger Hill (speedway rider), English motorcycle speedway rider * Buck Hill (musician) (born Roger Hill, 1927–2017), American jazz saxophonist {{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Roger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Hill (died 1608)
Roger Hill (1545–1608) was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Plympton Erle in 1571 and for Taunton Taunton () is the county town of Somerset, England, with a 2011 population of 69,570. Its thousand-year history includes a 10th-century monastic foundation, Taunton Castle, which later became a priory. The Normans built a castle owned by the ... in 1572. References 1545 births 1608 deaths Members of the Parliament of England for Plympton Erle English MPs 1571 English MPs 1572–1583 {{16thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Hill (judge)
Roger Hill (1 December 1605 – 21 April 1667), of Poundisford Parkin Somerset, was an English judge and Member of Parliament. Hill was born at Colyton in Devon, the eldest son of William Hill of Poundisford Park, member of a family of Somerset squires who could trace their ancestry back to a Sir John Hill in the reign of Edward III. He was admitted to the Inner Temple on 22 March 1624, and was called to the bar on 10 February 1632, becoming a bencher of the Inn in 1649. In March 1644, he was the junior of the five counsel employed against Archbishop Laud, and from 1646 headed a set of Chambers in the Temple. Though named in the commission for the trial of the King he never sat on it, but he subsequently served as assistant to the attorney-general during the Commonwealth. He also represented Taunton in the Short Parliament and Bridport in the Long Parliament, remaining an active member of the Rump, and served as Recorder of Bridport. Hill was appointed a serjeant-at-law in 1655 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Hill (of Denham)
Sir Roger Hill (19 June 1642 – 29 December 1729) of Denham Place, Buckinghamshire was an English landowner, courtier and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1679 and 1722. Hill was the eldest surviving son of Roger Hill of Poundisford Park, Somerset and his second wife Abigail Gurdon, daughter of Brampton Gurdon of Assington, Suffolk. He was admitted at Jesus College, Cambridge on 8 June 1658 and admitted at the Inner Temple in 1657, where he was called to the bar in 1666. He was planning to follow his father into the legal profession, but his father died in 1667, and he succeeded to the Poundisfoot estate. In 1667, he married Abigail Lockey, the daughter of John Lockey of Holmshill, Hertfordshire, He was knighted in July 1668. He was appointed a Gentleman of the privy chamber in 1668, a position he held until 1685. In 1670, he bought the manor of Denham from the Bowyers and rebuilt the house there between 1688 and 1701. He sold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger P
Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ("spear", "lance") (Hrōþigēraz). The name was introduced into England by the Normans. In Normandy, the Frankish name had been reinforced by the Old Norse cognate '. The name introduced into England replaced the Old English cognate '. ''Roger'' became a very common given name during the Middle Ages. A variant form of the given name ''Roger'' that is closer to the name's origin is ''Rodger''. Slang and other uses Roger is also a short version of the term "Jolly Roger", which refers to a black flag with a white skull and crossbones, formerly used by sea pirates since as early as 1723. From up to , Roger was slang for the word "penis". In ''Under Milk Wood'', Dylan Thomas writes "jolly, rodgered" suggesting both the sexual double ente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Hill (actor)
Roger Hill (July 31, 1948 – February 20, 2014) was an American actor. Career Born in the Bronx, Hill played the role of Cyrus in the 1979 film '' The Warriors''.O'Connor, Tim (February 26, 2014)"The Warriors' actor, lifelong New Yorker Roger Hill dies at age 65" '' Daily News'' (New York). February 26, 2014, He also portrayed the character of Lil John in the 1974 film ''The Education of Sonny Carson'', and took on the role of Ernest Clay in the 1976 TV movie ''Hazard's People'' starring John Houseman. After his work in '' The Warriors'', Hill performed in the ABC Daytime soap opera ''One Life to Live'' playing the part of Alex Lowndes from 1983–1985. He was in Hart to Hart episode Murder, Murder on the Wall. Hill was chosen to portray the doomed gang lord Cyrus in '' The Warriors'' after the original actor chosen for the part, a real life gang leader, mysteriously disappeared just before filming started. In 2006, Hill filed a lawsuit of $250,000 against Take-Two Take ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Hill (broadcaster)
Roger Hill is a British radio presenter, producer and art director, from Leicester England. He is best known for presenting the UK's longest-running alternative music programme called 'The Popular Music Show' on BBC Radio Merseyside. Life Hill was raised in Leicester, England. He studied at Cambridge University, receiving a degree in English and Drama. Hill went on to become a teacher in Leeds, England. After he left the city, he was unemployed and put on one of the first job creation schemes, after moving in with his brother in Newcastle Upon Tyne, and found work in a theatre company in Liverpool. Career In the 1970s and 1980s, he helped local teenagers to act, write and direct as a director at Liverpool’s Everyman Youth Theatre. In the 1990s, he performed on stage as his alter ego Mandy Romero. Hill has presented 'The Popular Music Show' (or 'PMS') since 1982 when he joined BBC Radio Merseyside. It was previously called 'Pure Musical Sensations' and 'Rockaround'. It was fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Hill (speedway Rider)
Roger Alan Hill (born 9 March 1944) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from England. He earned one international cap for the England national speedway team. Biography Hill, born in Coventry, only ever rode for one team and that was his home city team, the Coventry Bees. He began his British leagues career for the Midlands team during the 1965 British League season. His first full season with Coventry was in 1966 and he helped the team win the Midland Cup. Hill experienced more success the following two seasons, as a member of the Knockout Cup A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ... winning team of 1967 and league champion team of 1968. By 1971, he had increased his average and won three successive Midland Cups with the Bees. In 1972, he crashed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
