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Secret Weapon (film)
''Secret Weapon'' is a 1990 American-Australian film.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p138 It is the true story of Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli nuclear technician who revealed to the world his country's nuclear weapons capabilities. Cast * Griffin Dunne as Mordechai Vanunu * Karen Allen as Ruth * Jeroen Krabbe as Asher * Stuart Wilson as Peter Hounam * John Rhys-Davies as Mossad Chief * Brian Cox as Andrew Neil Andrew Ferguson Neil (born 21 May 1949) is a Scottish former journalist and broadcaster who is chairman of ''The Spectator'' and presenter of '' The Andrew Neil Show'' on Channel 4. He was editor of ''The Sunday Times'' from 1983 to 1994. He f ... * Joe Petruzzi as Felix Romero * Iain Mitchell as Robin Morgan * Patrick Bailey as Leo Perkins * Ronnie Stevens as Professor Barber References External links * Australian television films 1990 films 1990s English-language films {{Australia-tv-film-stub ...
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Griffin Dunne
Thomas Griffin Dunne (; born June 8, 1955) is an American actor, film producer, and film director. Dunne studied acting at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City. He is known for portraying Jack Goodman in '' An American Werewolf in London'' (1981) and Paul Hackett in '' After Hours'' (1985), for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Early life Thomas Griffin Dunne was born in New York City, to Ellen Beatriz (née Griffin) and Dominick Dunne. He is the older brother of Alexander and Dominique Dunne. His mother founded the victims' rights organization ''Justice for Homicide Victims'' after Dominique's murder in 1982. His father was a producer, writer, and actor. He is also a nephew of writers John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion. Raised in Los Angeles, Dunne attended the Fay School in Southborough, Massachusetts and then went to Fountain Valley School in Colorado Springs, Colorado where ...
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Karen Allen
Karen Jane Allen (born October 5, 1951) is an American film and stage actress. After making her film debut in ''Animal House'' (1978), she portrayed Marion Ravenwood opposite Harrison Ford in '' Raiders of the Lost Ark'' (1981), a role she later reprised for ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' (2008). She also co-starred in ''Starman'' (1984) and ''Scrooged'' (1988). Her stage work has included performances on Broadway, and she has directed both stage and film productions. Early life Allen was born in Carrollton, Illinois, to Ruth Patricia ( Howell), a university professor, and Carroll Thompson Allen, an FBI agent. She is of English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh descent. Her father's job forced the family to move often. "I grew up moving almost every year and so I was always the new kid in school and always, in a way, was deprived of ever really having any lasting friendships", Allen said in 1987. Although Allen says her father was very much involved in the fam ...
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Jeroen Krabbe
Jeroen () is a Dutch male given name originating from the Greek Hieronymus, and is equivalent to the English name Jerome. In the Netherlands, there are around 52,000 people who are named Jeroen, while in Belgium there are around 11,000 people of that name. Jeroen may refer to: Belgian people *Jeroen Van Herzeele (born 1965), jazz saxophonist Dutch people * Jeroen Bleekemolen (born 1981), professional racing driver * Jeroen Blijlevens (born 1971), cyclist * Jeroen de Lange (born 1968), politician * Jeroen Delmee (born 1973), field hockey player * Jeroen Dijsselbloem (born 1966), politician * Jeroen Dubbeldam (born 1973), equestrian *Jeroen Duyster (born 1966), rower *Jeroen Groenendijk (born 1949), philosopher * Jeroen Hoencamp (born 1966), businessman *Jeroen Krabbé (born 1944), actor *Jeroen Lenaers (born 1984), politician *Jeroen Oerlemans (1970–2016), photojournalist * Jeroen Recourt (born 1970), politician *Jeroen Smits (born 1972), cricketer *Jeroen Paul Thesseling (born ...
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Stuart Wilson (actor)
Stuart Conan Wilson (born 25 December 1946) is an English actor of film, television, and stage who is best known for his villainous and supporting roles in popular films like ''Lethal Weapon 3, The Age of Innocence, No Escape, Death and the Maiden, The Mask of Zorro, Enemy of the State'', and ''Hot Fuzz''. Early life Wilson was born in Guildford, Surrey, to an RAF family, and consequently had a varied educational history, spending much of his early childhood in Rhodesia where his father worked as a mining engineer. Having moved to London, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. After leaving RADA he played in theatres during the 1960s and 1970s. He has played major roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Court Theatre, London's West End, regional, touring and many Fringe productions, most particularly at London's Bush Theatre. Career Wilson's first break was when he was chosen for the leading role of Johann Strauss II in the 1972 ITV costume drama ''The ...
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John Rhys-Davies
John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944) is a Welsh actor best known for portraying Sallah in the ''Indiana Jones'' franchise and Gimli in ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy. His other roles include Michael Malone in the 1993 series ''The Untouchables'', Vasco Rodrigues in the miniseries ''Shōgun'', Professor Maximillian Arturo in ''Sliders'', King Richard I in ''Robin of Sherwood'', General Leonid Pushkin in the James Bond film ''The Living Daylights'', and Macro in ''I, Claudius''. In voice acting, he portrayed Treebeard in ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy, Cassim in '' Aladdin and the King of Thieves'', Ranjan's father in ''The Jungle Book 2'', Macbeth in '' Gargoyles'', Man Ray in ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', Hades in ''Justice League'', and Tobias in '' Freelancer''. Early life John Rhys-Davies was born in Salisbury on 5 May 1944, the son of Welsh parents. His mother, Phyllis Jones, was a nurse, while his father, Rhys Davies, was a mechanical engineer and colonial officer. ...
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Brian Cox (actor)
Brian Denis Cox (born 1 June 1946) is a Scottish actor. He has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre extensively, where he gained recognition for his portrayal of King Lear. He played supporting roles in '' Rob Roy'' (1995) and Mel Gibson's Academy Award-winning '' Braveheart'' (1995). He was the first actor to portray Hannibal Lecter on film in '' Manhunter'' (1986). A winner of two Olivier Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award, he has also been nominated for a British Academy Television Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2003, he was appointed to the Order of the British Empire at the rank of Commander. Cox won the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series for his portrayal of Hermann Göring in ''Nuremberg'', and received nominations at the Golden Globe Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards. His performance in ''L.I.E.'' earned him an AFI Award nomination and an Independent Spir ...
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Mordechai Vanunu
Mordechai Vanunu ( he, מרדכי ואנונו; born 14 October 1952), also known as John Crossman, is an Israeli former nuclear technician and peace activist who, citing his opposition to weapons of mass destruction, revealed details of Israel's nuclear weapons program to the British press in 1986. He was subsequently lured to Italy by the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, where he was drugged and abducted. He was secretly transported to Israel and ultimately convicted in a trial that was held behind closed doors. Vanunu spent 18 years in prison, including more than 11 in solitary confinement, though no such restriction is mentioned in Israel's penal code, nor imposed by his verdict. Released from prison in 2004, he was further subjected to a broad array of restrictions on his speech and his movement, and arrested several times for violations of his parole terms, giving interviews to foreign journalists and attempting to leave Israel. He claims having suffered "cruel and ba ...
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Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea, and shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the southwest. Israel also is bordered by the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to the east and west, respectively. Tel Aviv is the economic and technological center of the country, while its seat of government is in its proclaimed capital of Jerusalem, although Israeli sovereignty over East Jerusalem is unrecognized internationally. The land held by present-day Israel witnessed some of the earliest human occupations outside Africa and was among the earliest known sites of agriculture. It was inhabited by the Canaanites ...
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Peter Hounam
Peter Metcalfe Hounam (born 1944) is a British journalist who has worked for ''Sunday Times'', ''Daily Mirror'', the ''London Evening Standard'', and BBC Television, as well as having published several books. In 1996, Hounam founded Vision Paperbacks, of which he is the chairman. Bibliography *''Secret Cult'', with Andrew Hogg, about the School of Economic Science, *''The Mini-Nuke Conspiracy: How Mandela Inherited a Nuclear Nightmare'' about nuclear weapons in South Africa, Viking (1 October 1995) (with Steve McQuillan) *''Who Killed Diana?'' with Derek McAdam, 1998, *''Operation Cyanide: Why the Bombing of the USS Liberty Nearly Caused World War III'', (2003) suggesting that USS Liberty attack by Israel, with the connivance of President Johnson (USA), was to be blamed on Egypt, to justify attacking that country. . * ''The Woman from Mossad: The Torment of Mordechai Vanunu''. paperback edition title: ''The Woman from Mossad: The Story of Mordechai Vanunu & the Israeli N ...
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Andrew Neil
Andrew Ferguson Neil (born 21 May 1949) is a Scottish former journalist and broadcaster who is chairman of ''The Spectator'' and presenter of '' The Andrew Neil Show'' on Channel 4. He was editor of ''The Sunday Times'' from 1983 to 1994. He formerly presented BBC political programmes and was chairman of GB News. Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Neil attended Paisley Grammar School, before studying at the University of Glasgow. He entered journalism in 1973 as a correspondent for ''The Economist''. Neil was appointed editor of ''The Sunday Times'' by Rupert Murdoch in 1983, and held this position until 1994. After this, he became a contributor to the ''Daily Mail''. He was formerly chief executive and editor-in-chief of Press Holdings Media Group. In 1988, he became founding chairman of Sky TV, also part of Murdoch's News Corporation. He worked for the BBC for 25 years until 2020, fronting various programmes, including ''Sunday Politics'' and '' This Week'' on BBC One and ''D ...
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Ronnie Stevens (actor)
Ronald Stevens (2 September 1925 – 11 November 2006) was an English revue artist, character actor and voice artist credited professionally as Ronnie Stevens. Life and career Stevens was born in London, England, the son of Fanny Elizabeth (Carpenter) and Henry Edward Stevens. He served in World War II in both the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Royal Engineers of the British Army.Ronnie Stevens - Gifted and versatile character actor at home in theatre, films and television.
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He appeared in many television comedy series in regular roles, including ''



Australian Television Films
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