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Snow White 2
"Snow White 2" is a special episode"''The Complete Goodies''" — Robert Ross, B T Batsford, London, 2000 of the British comedy television series ''The Goodies''. This episode is also known as "''Pantomime''" and "''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''". This episode was made by LWT for ITV. Written by The Goodies, with songs and music by Bill Oddie. Plot Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the pantomime .... The Goodies live next door to ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. When ''Snow White'' runs away with a handsome prince, she arranges for the dwarfs to be garden gnomes. When only four of the seven dwarfs are left, they advertise for three other dwarfs to join them. Tim, Graeme and Bill pretend to be dwarfs and join, but they are unable to go through the front door of the dwarf's home without bumping their heads. Tim and Graeme then confess to Chief Dwarf that they are not dwarfs — while Bill comments: "I nearly am!" The Goodies are forced to lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Goodies (TV Series)
''The Goodies'' is a British television comedy series shown in the 1970s and early 1980s. The series, which combines Surrealism, surreal Sketch comedy, sketches and situation comedy, was broadcast by the BBC, initially on BBC2 but soon repeated on BBC1, from 1970 to 1980. One seven-episode series was made for ITV (TV network), ITV company London Weekend Television, LWT and shown in 1981–82. The show was co-written by and starred Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie (together known as "The Goodies"). Bill Oddie also wrote the music and songs for the series, while "The Goodies Theme" was co-written by Oddie and Michael Gibbs (jazz composer), Michael Gibbs. Directors/producers of the series were John Howard Davies, Jim Franklin (director), Jim Franklin and Bob Spiers. An early title which was considered for the series was ''Narrow Your Mind'' (following on from ''Broaden Your Mind'') and prior to that the working title was ''Super Chaps Three''. Basic structure The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ugly Sisters
The ugly stepsisters are characters in the fairy tale and pantomime, Cinderella. They are the daughters of Cinderella's wicked stepmother, who treat her poorly. The "ugly stepsisters" have been in variations of the story from as early as researchers have been able to determine. Early depictions In the ancient Chinese story of ''Ye Xian'', the "ugly sister" character is the titular character's half-sister and is named Jun-li. In contrast to the beautiful and talented Ye Xian, Jun-li is unattractive and too lazy to learn any particular skills. Jun-li and her mother, Jin, maltreat Ye Xian, forcing her to clean the cave in which they reside. Jun-li and her mother also put an end to Ye Xian's newfound happiness after they discover that Ye Xian's late mother has reincarnated in the form of a ten foot long golden carp, which grants her wishes. Jun-li and her mother slay and eat the fish, not knowing that Ye Xian has salvaged the creature's bones and buried them beneath her bed, and once a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Friel (actor)
Tony Friel (born 4 May 1958) is an English bass guitarist, known for his role in different new wave bands. He attended Heys Boys Secondary School, where he met Martin Bramah and attained an art . He and Bramah shared many interests. In the mid-1970s, they were introduced by their friend Barbara Smith to her brother and his friend Una ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Edmonds
Mike Edmonds (born 13 January 1944) is an English actor with dwarfism, known for his role as Little Ron in the children's television show ''Maid Marian and Her Merry Men''. Edmonds has appeared in several films, including ''Flash Gordon'' (1980), ''The Dark Crystal'' (1982), and ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' (1988). He played the role of Og in the Terry Gilliam film ''Time Bandits'' (1981). In ''Return of the Jedi,'' (1983) he performed as the Ewok Logray as well as the operator for Jabba the Hutt's tail. Edmonds can be seen dancing in the Men Without Hats music video "The Safety Dance" as a dwarf jester, wearing a shirt for their ''Rhythm of Youth'' album. With the death of Malcolm Dixon in 2020, Edmonds became the last surviving actor to have played one of the titular Time Bandits. Filmography *''Black Jack'' (1979) – Tom Thumb's Army *''Flash Gordon'' (1980) – Dwarf *''The Empire Strikes Back'' (1980) – Ugnaught (uncredited) *''Time Bandits'' (1981) – Og *''The Dar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Dixon (actor)
Malcolm Watson Dixon (1934 – 9 April 2020) was an English actor, best known for playing the role of Strutter in the 1981 film ''Time Bandits''. He had many roles which took advantage of his height, such as ewoks and dwarfs. Life and career Malcolm Dixon was born in Crook, County Durham, in 1934, as the youngest of seven brothers and the only child with dwarfism. He was raised in Crook. His parents died when he was young and he outlived all his brothers. Dixon worked on his parents' poultry farm and as a floral artist. He was discovered by a talent agent who was keen on Dixon's talents with ice skates at the Durham Ice Rink. He then worked in an ice show at Empire Pool, Wembley. His stature and physical abilities landed him work with Jim Henson's Creature Shop, where he worked in multiple films and television shows until becoming an independent actor, most notably starring in ''Time Bandits'' and also in ''Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory'' as an Oompa-Loompa (an uncredi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Cottrel
Mike may refer to: Animals * Mike (cat) Mike (Some sources have his date of birth as 1909. In the ''Evening Standard'' obituary, Wallis Budge says that Mike started hanging around the museum in 1910. However, in his foreword to the "Mike" pamphlet, Wallis Budge states that the cat app ..., cat and guardian of the British Museum * Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off * Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and documentaries Arts * Mike (miniseries), a 2022 Hulu limited series based on the life of American boxer Mike Tyson * Mike (2022 film), a Malayalam film produced by John Abraham * Mike (album), ''Mike'' (album), an album by Mike Mohede * Mike (1926 film), ''Mike'' (1926 film), an American film * MIKE (musician), American rapper, songwriter and record * Mike (novel), ''Mike'' (novel), a 1909 novel by P. G. Wodehouse * Mike (song), "Mike" (song), by Elvana Gjata and Ledri Vula featuring John Shahu * Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Claydon
George Claydon (4 September 1933 – 4 October 2001) was a British actor notable for his dwarfism. His television roles included that of Photographer George in The Beatles' ''Magical Mystery Tour'', a television film that initially aired on BBC1 on Boxing Day 1967, Ginaarbrik in the 1967 ITV adaptation of ''The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'' (1967) (which he followed by playing Nikabrik many years later in the 1989 BBC adaptation of ''Prince Caspian''), and the miniseries ''The Last Days of Pompeii'' (1984). His film appearances included the Joan Crawford horror film '' Berserk!'' (1967), as one of the Oompa Loompas in ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'' (1971), and as Hercules in ''I Don't Want to Be Born'' (1975). He was "World Cup Willie", the official mascot of the England Football Team in 1966. Death Claydon died on 4 October 2001 at the age of 68, at Charing Cross Hospital Charing Cross Hospital is an acute general teaching hospital located in Hammersmit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Burroughs
Peter Burroughs (born 27 January 1947) is a British television and film actor and the director of Willow Management. He is the father-in-law of actor and TV presenter Warwick Davis. Early career Burroughs initially ran a shop in his village at Yaxley, Cambridgeshire. His first dramatic role was that of the character ''"Branic"'' in the 1979 television series ''The Legend of King Arthur''. He also acted in the television shows ''Dick Turpin'', ''The Goodies'', '' Doctor Who'' in the serial ''The King's Demons'' and ''One Foot in the Grave''. Film career Burroughs played roles in Hollywood movies such as '' Flash Gordon'', George Lucas' '' Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi'' (a swinging ewok), ''Willow'', ''The Dark Crystal'', ''Labyrinth'' and ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''. In 1995, Burroughs set up Willow Management, an agency for short actors, along with co-actor Warwick Davis. He portrayed a bank goblin in the Harry Potter series (''Harry Potter an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Baker (English Actor)
Kenneth George Baker (24 August 1934 – 13 August 2016) was an English actor, comedian and musician. He portrayed the character R2-D2 in the '' Star Wars'' franchise and also appeared in ''The Elephant Man'', ''Time Bandits'', ''Willow'', '' Flash Gordon'', ''Amadeus'', and ''Labyrinth''. Early life Baker was born and educated in Birmingham, Warwickshire, and at a boarding school in Kent. He was the son of Ethel (1906–1990), a pianist and dress maker, and Harold Baker (1908–1985), an artist, musician and draughtsman. He went to live with his father, stepmother and half-sister in Hastings, Sussex. Although his parents were of average height, Baker stood as an adult. Career Beginnings In 1951, Baker was approached on the street by a woman who invited him to join a theatrical troupe of dwarfs and midgets. This was his first taste of show business. Later, he joined a circus for a brief time, learned to ice skate and appeared in many ice shows. He formed a successfu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Wars
''Star Wars'' is an American epic film, epic space opera multimedia franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the Star Wars (film), eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide popular culture, pop-culture Cultural impact of Star Wars, phenomenon. The franchise has been expanded into List of Star Wars films, various films and Star Wars expanded to other media, other media, including List of Star Wars television series, television series, Star Wars video games, video games, List of Star Wars books, novels, List of Star Wars comic books, comic books, List of Star Wars theme parks attractions, theme park attractions, and Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, themed areas, comprising an all-encompassing fictional universe. ''Star Wars'' is one of the List of highest-grossing media franchises, highest-grossing media franchises of all time. The original film (''Star Wars''), retroactively subtitled ''Episode IV: A New Hope'' (1977), was followed by the sequels ''The Empire Strik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaws 2
''Jaws 2'' is a 1978 American thriller film directed by Jeannot Szwarc and co-written by Carl Gottlieb. It is the sequel to Steven Spielberg's ''Jaws'' (1975), and the second installment in the ''Jaws'' franchise. The film stars Roy Scheider as Police Chief Martin Brody, with Lorraine Gary and Murray Hamilton reprising their respective roles as Martin's wife Ellen Brody and mayor Larry Vaughn. It also stars Joseph Mascolo, Jeffrey Kramer, Collin Wilcox, Ann Dusenberry, Mark Gruner, Susan French, Barry Coe, Donna Wilkes, Gary Springer, and Keith Gordon in his first feature film role. The plot concerns Chief Brody suspecting another great white shark is terrorizing the fictional seaside resort of Amity Island, following a series of incidents and disappearances, and his suspicions are eventually proven true. Like the production of the original film, the production of ''Jaws 2'' was troubled. The first director for the film, John D. Hancock, proved to be unsuitable for an action f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaws (film)
''Jaws'' is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley. It stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, who, with the help of a marine biologist ( Richard Dreyfuss) and a professional shark hunter ( Robert Shaw), hunts a man-eating great white shark that attacks beachgoers at a summer resort town. Murray Hamilton plays the mayor, and Lorraine Gary portrays Brody's wife. The screenplay is credited to Benchley, who wrote the first drafts, and actor-writer Carl Gottlieb, who rewrote the script during principal photography. Shot mostly on location on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, ''Jaws'' was the first major motion picture to be shot on the ocean, and consequently had a troubled production with issues such as going over budget and past schedule. As the art department's mechanical sharks often malfunctioned, Spielberg decided mostly to suggest the shark's presence, employing an ominous and minimalist theme cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
