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Slip-Up
''Slip-Up'' is a 1986 British television film directed by James Cellan Jones and starring Jeremy Kemp, George Costigan and Larry Lamb.Singer p.577 the film recounts the unsuccessful attempts of Jack Slipper to extradite the Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs from Brazil. It is also known by the alternative title ''The Great Paper Chase''. Cast * Jeremy Kemp as Jack Slipper * George Costigan as Sergeant Jones * Larry Lamb as Ronald Arthur Biggs * Nicholas Le Prevost as Mackenzie * Tony Doyle as Vine * Fulton Mackay as McColl * Barry Jackson as Hitchen * Desmond McNamara as Lovelace * Gwen Taylor as Charmian Biggs * Silvina Pereira as Raimunda * To-Zé Martinho as Garcia * Michael Aitken as Hinch * George Sweeney as Brennan * Valerie Braddell as Anthea * Philip Jackson as Purgavie * Jack Watling as Champion * Armando Cortez as Flat Superintendent * Suzana Borges as Lucia * Julian Curry as Edwards * Denys Hawthorne as Neill * Simon Cutter as Benckendorff * Ian Hastings as Steel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Cellan Jones
Alan James Gwynne Cellan Jones (13 July 1931 – 30 August 2019) was a British television and film director. From 1963, he directed over 50 television series and films, specialising in dramas. He was particularly associated with the "Classic Serial" during the golden age of BBC drama,"James Cellan Jones and the Classic Serial" ''''. November 1969; Vol. 10, Issue 6: pp. 33-44. and some of his most significant work was in televising late 19th-century and 20th-century British literary works. Two of his most ambitious and successful directorial adaptations were the miniseries '' |
Gwen Taylor
Gwen Taylor (born 19 February 1939) is an English actress who has appeared in many British television programmes. She is known for her roles as Amy Pearce in the sitcom ''Duty Free'' (1984–1986); Barbara Liversidge in the sitcom '' Barbara'' (1999–2003); Peggy Armstrong in the drama series '' Heartbeat'' (2005–2009), Anne Foster in the long-running ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' (2011–2012), and Vi Highway in BBC One soap opera ''EastEnders'' (2021–present). She was nominated for the 1990 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her role as Rita Simcock in the comedy series ''A Bit of a Do'' (1989). Her film appearances include ''Monty Python's Life of Brian'' (1979) and ''The Lady in the Van'' (2015). Biography Taylor was born in Crich, Derbyshire. Her initial career was in banking, but when she was an assistant area manager for the National Provincial Bank in Derby she became increasingly interested in amateur dramatics. Her first professional acting role was as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulton Mackay
William Fulton Beith Mackay (12 August 1922 – 6 June 1987) was a Scottish actor and playwright, best known for his role as prison officer Mr. Mackay in the 1970s television sitcom ''Porridge''. Early life Mackay was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. He was brought up in Clydebank by a widowed aunt after the death of his mother from diabetes. His father was employed by the NAAFI. On leaving school, he trained as a quantity surveyor and later volunteered for the Royal Air Force in 1941 but was not accepted because of a perforated eardrum. He then enlisted with the Black Watch and he served for five years during the Second World War, which included three years spent in India. Career Theatre work After being demobbed, Mackay began training as an actor at RADA. His first work was with the Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow, where he performed in nine seasons between 1949 and 1958. He also worked at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh before gaining notice at the Arts Theatre C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Jackson (actor)
Philip Jackson (born 18 June 1948) is an English actor known for his many television and film roles, most notably as Chief Inspector Japp in both the television series ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'' and in BBC Radio dramatisations of Poirot stories; as Melvin "Dylan" Bottomley in ''Porridge''; and as Abbot Hugo, one of the recurring adversaries in the cult 1980s series ''Robin of Sherwood''. Life and career Jackson was born in Retford, Nottinghamshire. He started acting while studying Drama and German at the University of Bristol, and has worked in the theatre in Leeds, Liverpool and London. His stage work includes Pozzo in Samuel Beckett's '' Waiting for Godot'' at the Queen's Theatre in the West End in 1991 and Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's ''Death of a Salesman'' at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds in 2010. He was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for his role in '' Little Voice'' (1998). His many television appearances have included ''Coronation Street'', ''Robi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Watling
Jack Stanley Watling (13 January 1923 – 22 May 2001) was an English actor. Life and career The son of a travelling scrap metal dealer, Watling trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts as a child; and made his stage debut in ''Where the Rainbow Ends'' at the Holborn Empire in 1936. He made his first film appearances (all uncredited) in ''Sixty Glorious Years'', ''Housemaster'' (both 1938) and ''Goodbye, Mr Chips'' (1939).Anthony HaywarObituary: Jack Watling ''The Independent'', 24 May 2001. In 1941, he played Bill Hopkins in ''Once a Crook'' in his West End debut. He starred as Flight Lieutenant Teddy Graham in the original 1942 production of Terence Rattigan's ''Flare Path''. Watling had a long career in low-key British films, originally in easy-going boyish roles. His early appearances were in ''Cottage to Let'' (1941). ''We Dive at Dawn'' (1943), ''The Demi-Paradise'' (1943) opposite Laurence Olivier, ''The Way Ahead'' (1944) with David Niven, ''The Winslow Boy' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Lamb
Lawrence Douglas Lamb (born 1 October 1947) is an English actor and radio presenter. He played Archie Mitchell in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'', Mick Shipman in the BBC comedy series ''Gavin & Stacey'' and Ted Case in the final series of the BBC drama ''New Tricks''. He also appeared on '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' in 2016. Early life Lamb was born in Edmonton, Middlesex, to Jessie White and Ronald Douglas Lamb, the eldest of four including his brother, Wesley, and a sister. Lamb had a turbulent childhood; he was verbally abused by his father and often had to keep his parents from fighting. In 2011, Lamb participated in the BBC series ''Who Do You Think You Are?'' and discovered that he is descended from a line of proprietors of a well-known travelling menagerie, Day's Menagerie, and a lion tamer named Martini Bartlett. Lamb attended Edmonton County School and later joined the oil industry, which resulted in his working in Libya and Canada, where he atte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Kemp
Edmund Jeremy James Walker (3 February 1935 – 19 July 2019), known professionally as Jeremy Kemp, was an English actor. He was known for his significant roles in the miniseries ''The Winds of War'' and ''War and Remembrance'', the film ''The Blue Max'', and the TV series ''Z-Cars''. Early life Kemp was born 3 February 1935 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, the son of Elsa May (daughter of Dr James Kemp, of Sheffield) and Edmund Reginald Walker, an engineer, of a Yorkshire landed gentry family that had owned at various times Aldwick Hall at Rotherham, Silton Hall at Northallerton, Ravensthorpe Manor, and Mount St John, at Thirsk."Jeremy Kemp Biography (1935–)" Film Reference. Retrieved 27 January 2017. Kemp attended Abbotsholme School in Staffordshire from 1943 to 1953. He studied acting at the |
Desmond McNamara
Desmond McNamara (1938–2022) was an English actor on the stage, radio, television and film. McNamara was born in 1938 in Hackney, London, to Arthur and Winifred McNamara. He took on National Service in the RAF before becoming a printer. In 1961 he married Pam Bentley, and they had two sons.. From 1966 he trained at RADA before joining Birmingham Repertory Company, then the Young Vic in 1970, then the Royal National Theatre, followed by an extensive theatre career ranging from the lead in Oliver Goldsmith's ''The Good Natured Man'' at the Old Vic in 1971 to the part of Merlin in ''Camelot'' in 1996. Films included '' The Great Paper Chase'' (1986), '' Staggered'' (1994), ''Shakespeare in Love'' (1998) and '' Lucky Break'' (2001). Television appearances included '' Hazell'', ''The Bill'', ''The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'', '' Fortunes of War'', ''Roll Over Beethoven'', and ''All at No 20 ''All at No 20'' is a British sitcom that aired on ITV (TV network), ITV from 10 Febr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Curry
Julian Burnlee Curry (8 December 1937 – 27 June 2020) was an English actor best known for playing Claude Erskine-Browne in ITV's legal comedy-drama ''Rumpole of the Bailey''. Early life The son of William Burnlee Curry (1900-1962), headmaster of Dartington Hall School from 1930 to 1957, and Marjorie Graham (née McIldowie), Curry was educated at Dartington Hall School and King's College, Cambridge. Television appearances Curry made his first television appearance in 1965 in an episode of the series ''For Whom the Bell Tolls''. Other TV appearances include roles in ''Pride and Prejudice'' (1967), '' Softly, Softly'' (1968), ''Nicholas Nickleby'' (1968), ''Z-Cars'' (1965 & 1975), ''The Floater'' (1975), ''The Way of the World'' (1975), ''Brassneck'' (1975), ''The Glittering Prizes'' (1976), ''Trilby'' (1976), ''The Onedin Line'' (1976), '' Campion's Interview'' (1977), ''Rumpole of the Bailey'' (1977–1992), ''The Life of Shakespeare'' (1978), ''Prince Regent'' (1979), ''The Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzana Borges
Suzana may refer to: *Suzana Al-Salkini (born 1984), Macedonian model *Suzana Alves (born 1978), Brazilian sex symbol *Suzana Amaral (born 1932), Brazilian film director and screenwriter *Suzana Ansar (born 1978), English singer and actress *Suzana Ćebić (born 1984), female volleyball player from Serbia, playing as a libero *Suzana Dinić (born 1986), Serbian singer and pianist, the member of the girlband Beauty Queens *Suzana Ferreira da Silva, Brazilian footballer *Suzana Jovanović, popular Serbian turbo-folk singer *Suzana Perović Suzana Perović (; sr-cyr, Сузана Перовић; born 16 August 1966) is a Serbian singer and television personality. Born in Belgrade, she debuted as a member the pop girl group Aska, with whom she released one studio album, titled ''Kat ... (born 1962), Serbian singer * Suzana, Senegal, a village in the Bignona Department of Senegal {{given name Serbian feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armando Cortez
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Denys Hawthorne
Denys Vernon Hawthorne (9 August 1932 – 16 October 2009) was an actor from Northern Ireland who was known for his work in theatre, film, television and radio. Life Denys Hawthorne was born into an upper middle-class Protestant family in Portadown, County Armagh in 1932; his father had a linen business. He studied law at Queen's University Belfast, and afterwards joined the Ulster Group Theatre; other actors in the company included Patrick Magee, James Ellis, Stephen Boyd and Colin Blakely. The company produced modern classics, and plays by new Irish writers including Joseph Tomelty and Brian Friel.Denys Hawthorne obituary ''The Guardian'', 1 November 2009, accessed 16 August 2017. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
