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Solo For Sparrow
''Solo for Sparrow'' is a 1962 crime film directed by Gordon Flemyng and produced by Jack Greenwood and Abhinandan Nikhanj, part of the Edgar Wallace Mysteries series of British second-features. It stars Glyn Houston, Anthony Newlands and Nadja Regin, and features Michael Caine in an early supporting role. The film was released in America in 1966, when the producers capitalised on Caine's new-found fame and released it with his name above the title. Plot Inspector Sparrow (Glyn Houston) is a provincial detective who sets up his own private-eye firm when Scotland Yard meddles with his business. When crooks accidentally kill a shop cashier while stealing the keys to the jewellery shop where she works, Sparrow goes to work. He successfully tracks down the criminals and turns them over to Scotland Yard. Cast * Glyn Houston as Inspector Sparrow * Anthony Newlands as Reynolds * Nadja Regin as Mrs. Reynolds * Michael Coles as Pin Norman * Allan Cuthbertson as Chief Superintendent Symingt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Flemyng
Gordon William Flemyng (7 March 1934 – 12 July 1995) was a Scottish television and film director. He was also a writer and producer. He directed six theatrical features, several television films and numerous episodes of television series, some of which he also wrote and produced. Career Flemyng directed episodes of various British TV series, including ''The Younger Generation'', , ''The Saint'', '' The Avengers'', '' The Baron'', ''Crown Court'', ''ITV Playhouse'', ''Target'', ''Screenplay'', '' Take My Wife'', ''Cribb'', ''The Brack Report'', ''One Summer'', ''Wish Me Luck'', ''The Bill'', ''Emmerdale Farm'', '' Bergerac'', ''Taggart'', ''Peak Practice'', ''Lovejoy'', ''Minder'' and ''Ellington'' (also produced). Flemyng directed two entries in ''Edgar Wallace Mysteries'' (US: ''The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre'') series of second features and the two Dalek feature films of the 1960s, ''Dr. Who and the Daleks'' (1965) and ''Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.'' (1966). Flemyng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack May
Jack Wynne May (23 April 1922 – 19 September 1997) was an English actor. Early life and education May was born in 1922 in Henley-on-Thames, and was educated at Forest School in Walthamstow. After war service with the Royal Indian Navy in British India, he was offered a place at RADA, but instead went to Merton College, Oxford. Here, with the OUDS, he played parts that included John of Gaunt in '' Richard II'' and Polonius in ''Hamlet''. Career May became familiar on television as the butler William E. Simms in two series of the BBC 1 fantasy/adventure television series ''Adam Adamant Lives!'' from 1966 to 1967. He provided the voice for Igor, long-suffering butler to Count Duckula in the cartoon series of the same name. He also appeared as the waiter Garkbit in the television version of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', Théoden in the 1981 BBC Radio adaptation of ''The Lord of the Rings'', as General Hermack in the 1969 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Space Pirates'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Gordon Flemyng
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Black-and-white Films
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Briton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Crime Drama Films
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 Crime Drama Films
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 Films
The year 1962 in film involved some very significant events, with ''Lawrence of Arabia'' winning seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1962 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * February – Warner Bros. buy the film rights for ''My Fair Lady'' for the unprecedented sum of $5.5 million plus 47¼% of the gross over $20 million. * May – The Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards are officially founded by the Taiwanese government. * June 18 – MCA Inc. finalize their merger with Decca-Universal. * July 25 – Darryl F. Zanuck, one of the founders of 20th Century Fox, becomes president, replacing Spyros Skouras. Skouras becomes chairman of the board. * August 5 – Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe is found dead of a drug overdose. * September 7 – Filming of Sergei Bondarchuk's ''War and Peace'' begins and will continue for another 5 years. * October 5 – '' Dr. No'' launch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Dodson
Eric Norman Dodson (1 December 1920 – 13 January 2000) was an English actor born in Peterborough, Northamptonshire, who played many roles in films and on television. After amateur acting he joined the Royal Air Force in 1941. Following training in Canada he served in RAF Coastal Command, flew bombers and was a liaison officer in Yugoslavia. He then returned to acting with a repertory theatre in Edinburgh. He appeared as bar owner Jack Pomeroy in Series Three to Five of ''Rumpole of the Bailey''. He also appeared in the sitcom "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" as a Brigadier, the ''Doctor Who'' story ''The Visitation (Doctor Who), The Visitation'', in ''Porridge (1974 TV series), Porridge'' as Banyard and many other roles. His film appearances included ''The Dock Brief'' (1962), ''Danger by My Side'' (1962), ''Strictly for the Birds'' (1963), ''Battle of Britain (film), Battle of Britain'' (1969), ''The Mirror Crack'd'' (1980), ''The Masks of Death'' (1984) and ''Adaptations of Stran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanda Ventham
Wanda Ventham (born 5 August 1935) is an English actress with many roles on British television since beginning her career in the 1950s. She played Colonel Virginia Lake in the 1970s science-fiction television series ''UFO'' and had a recurring role as Cassandra Trotter's mother Pamela Parry in the sitcom ''Only Fools and Horses'' between 1989 and 1992. Her many other television appearances include ''The Sweeney'', '' The Avengers'', ''The Saint'', ''Doctor Who'', ''The Gentle Touch'', '' Heartbeat'' and ''Holby City'', and she appeared in two ''Carry On'' films. In April 2014, ''People'' magazine featured her in its "Most Beautiful People in the World" edition. Early life Ventham was born in Brighton on 5 August 1935, the daughter of Gladys Frances (née Holtham) and Frederick Howard Ventham.Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916–2005 atabase on-line Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartlett Mullins
Bartlett Mullins (13 August 1904 – 15 May 1992) was a British actor. Career He is best remembered by British TV viewers as Mr Clough ''"Cloughie"'', Bob and Terry's workmate in the sitcom ''The Likely Lads''. He also appeared on episodes of ''Z-Cars'', ''Danger Man'', ''Maigret'', ''The Saint'', ''Dixon of Dock Green'', '' Doctor Who'' (in the serial ''The Sensorites''), ''Adam Adamant Lives!'', ''The Prisoner'', ''On the Buses'', ''Steptoe and Son'', '' Secret Army'' and ''Worzel Gummidge''. His stage work included Dorothy L. Sayers '' The Zeal of Thy House'' at London's Garrick Theatre in 1938; and Sacha Guitry's ''Don't Listen, Ladies'' at the Booth Theatre on Broadway in 1948–49. Selected filmography * ''Dancing with Crime'' (1947) - Club Barman (uncredited) * '' Daughter of Darkness'' (1948) - Irish Shopkeeper (uncredited) * ''The Three Weird Sisters'' (1948) - Dispenser * ''No Room at the Inn'' (1948) - Councillor Medlicott (uncredited) * '' The Case of Charles Pea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvonne Buckingham
Yvonne Buckingham is an English actress who appeared in a number of minor or background roles on episodes of British television series or in British films. She played the title role, though only briefly appearing as the deceased victim, in the 1959 film ''Sapphire'', but did appear in the lead role as Christine Keeler (who was not allowed to play herself) in the critically panned 1963 film '' The Christine Keeler Story''. Career 1950s In an early role, Buckingham played the part of a saloon girl in the Jack Lee direct film ''Robbery Under Arms''. In 1958, she played Mario's girlfriend in the comedy ''Next to No Time''. In 1959, Buckingham played the eponymous role in the film ''Sapphire'' about a young woman found murdered on Hampstead Heath, but she did not have a speaking part and appears only briefly, as a dead body and in photographs. 1960s In 1962, she had a minor background role as “pretty girl” in the Neo Noir film, ''The Frightened City''. In 1963, Buckingham pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy O'Neil
Nancy O'Neil (born Nancy Muriel Smith; 25 August 1907 - 5 March 1995) was an Australian-born British actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek .... Partial filmography Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' film''. British Film Institute, 2007. External links * Nancy O'Neil Obituary in ''The Independent'' 1907 births 1995 deaths British film actresses British stage actresses Australian film actresses Australian stage actresses Actresses from Sydney 20th-century British actresses Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Australian emigrants to the United Kingdom {{UK-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
