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Tamahine
''Tamahine'' is a 1963 British comedy film directed by Philip Leacock and starring Nancy Kwan, Dennis Price and John Fraser. It is a film about a Polynesian woman who believes she can change the culture of Hallow School, a British boys' boarding school. The story was filmed at Wellington College in county Berkshire. The film had its World Premiere on 18 July 1963 at the Empire, Leicester Square in London's West End.The Times, 18 July 1963, Page 2 Plot When her father dies, orphan teenager Tamahine is sent from her South Pacific island home to live with Charles Poole, her father's cousin and the headmaster of Hallow, a prestigious all-male school in England. Richard, Charles' son and school student, falls in love with her, but she considers him tabu because of the closeness of their family relationship. Another suitor is the art master, Clove, after he breaks up with Charles' daughter Diana. Meanwhile, Tamahine has trouble adjusting to the puzzling social mores of her new home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Kwan
Nancy Kwan Ka-shen (; born May 19, 1939) is a Chinese-American actress, philanthropist, and former dancer. In addition to her personality and looks, her career was benefited by Hollywood's casting of more Asian roles in the 1960s, especially in comedies. Biography Early life Born in Hong Kong on May 19, 1939, and growing up in Kowloon Tong, Kwan is the Eurasian daughter of Kwan Wing-hong, a Cantonese architect and Marquita Scott, a European model of English and Scottish ancestry. Kwan Wing-hong was the son of lawyer Kwan King-sun and Juliann Loke Yuen-ying, daughter of Loke Yew. He attended Cambridge University and met Scott in London. The two married and moved to Hong Kong, where Wing-hong became an eminent architect. In that era, society held a dim view of interracial marriage. Nancy has an older brother, Ka-keung. In fear of the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong during World War II, Wing Hong, in the guise of a coolie, escaped from Hong Kong to North China in Christmas 1941 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Stewart
Robin Stewart (9 October 1946 – 22 November 2015) was an English actor, game show host and reporter who was best known for playing Mike Abbott, the son of Sid James' character Sid Abbott in the 1970s sitcom '' Bless This House''. Early life Stewart was born in Calcutta, India to a Czechoslovakian father and English mother. Career Stewart acted on television and in feature films in both the UK and Australia. Some of his British film roles include ''Tamahine'', ''The Haunted House of Horror'', ''Cromwell'', ''Adventures of a Private Eye'', and ''The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires'' as Leyland Van Helsing. He played the role of Mike Abbott in sit-com series ''Bless This House'' during its entire 1971–76 run; due to prior commitments he did not feature in the film version of the series. After being asked to go to New Zealand for a telethon and subsequently taken back to host his own show, Stewart ended up being asked to relocate where he became involved with such soaps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Unsworth
Geoffrey Gilyard Unsworth, Order of the British Empire, OBE, British Society of Cinematographers, BSC (26 May 1914 – 28 October 1978) was a British cinematographer who worked on nearly 90 feature films spanning over more than 40 years. He is best known for his work on films such as Stanley Kubrick's ''2001: A Space Odyssey (film), 2001: A Space Odyssey'', Bob Fosse's ''Cabaret (1972 film), Cabaret'' and Richard Donner's ''Superman (1978 film), Superman''. Career Unsworth began his career working at Gaumont British from 1932 to 1937. Having joined Technicolor in 1938, he acted as assistant director of photography on many notable productions, such as Powell and Pressburger's ''The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'' (1943) and ''A Matter of Life and Death (film), A Matter of Life and Death'' (1946). After working on some of the Gainsborough melodramas, he worked at the Rank Organisation throughout the 1950s, notably on films such as ''A Town Like Alice (1956 film), A Town Like Alic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Leacock
Philip David Charles Leacock (8 October 1917 – 14 July 1990) was an English television and film director and producer. His brother was documentary filmmaker Richard Leacock. Career Born in London, England, Leacock spent his childhood in the Canary Islands. He began his career directing documentaries and later turned to fiction films. He was known for his films about children, particularly ''The Kidnappers'' (US: ''The Little Kidnappers'', 1953), which gained Honorary Juvenile Acting Oscars for two of its performers, and '' The Spanish Gardener'' (1956) starring Dirk Bogarde. He also directed ''Innocent Sinners'' (1958) with Flora Robson, ''The Rabbit Trap'' (1959) with Ernest Borgnine, and ''The War Lover'' (1962) with Steve McQueen, based on John Hersey's novel about a World War II pilot. He began to work mainly in Hollywood, where he made ''Take a Giant Step'' (1959) about a black youth's encounter with racism and ''Let No Man Write My Epitaph'' (1960) about an aspiring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bryan (art Director)
Eric John Bryan Pratt (12 August 1911 – 10 June 1969), known professionally as John Bryan, was a British art director and film producer. John Bryan was born in Kensington, London, England. He won the Oscar for Best Art Direction for the film ''Great Expectations'' in 1948. He was nominated twice more, for '' Caesar and Cleopatra'' in 1947 and for ''Becket'' in 1965. Bryan also won a BAFTA for ''Becket''. In 1959, he was a member of the jury at the 9th Berlin International Film Festival. He died from cancer at a hospital in Thames Ditton, Surrey, on 10 June 1969. Filmography Art director * '' Colonel Blood'' (1934) * ''Murder by Rope'' (1936) * '' Hearts of Humanity'' (1936) * ''The Captain's Table'' (1936) * ''Men of Yesterday'' (1936) * '' Things to Come'' (1936, assistant) * ''The Song of the Road'' (1937) * ''The Last Curtain'' (1937) * ''Talking Feet'' (1937) * ''Stepping Toes'' (1938) * ''Pygmalion'' (1938) * ''Inspector Hornleigh'' (1939) * ''On the Night of the Fire'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Mervyn
William Mervyn Pickwoad (3 January 1912 – 6 August 1976) was an English actor best known for his portrayal of the bishop in the clerical comedy ''All Gas and Gaiters'', the old gentleman in ''The Railway Children'' and Inspector Charles Rose in ''The Odd Man'' and its sequels. Life and career Mervyn was born in Nairobi, British East Africa, but educated in Britain at Forest School, Snaresbrook, before embarking on a stage career, spending five years in provincial theatre. He made his West End debut in '' The Guinea Pig'' at the Criterion Theatre in 1946, before parts in plays such as ''Lend Me Robin'' at the Embassy Theatre, the comedy ''Ring Round the Moon'', '' The Mortimer Touch'', ''A Woman of No Importance'' by Oscar Wilde at the Savoy Theatre in 1953 and ''Charley's Aunt''. Mervyn's later stage roles included those of O'Trigger in ''The Rivals'', Lord Greenham in the comedy ''Aren't We All?'' and Sir Patrick Cullen in '' The Doctor's Dilemma''. Although he was admired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Marion-Crawford
Howard Marion-Crawford (17 January 1914 – 24 November 1969), the grandson of writer F. Marion Crawford, was an English character actor, best known for his portrayal of Dr. Watson in the 1954 television adaptation of Sherlock Holmes. In 1948, Marion-Crawford had played Holmes in a radio adaptation of "The Adventure of the Speckled Band", making him one of the few actors to portray both Holmes and Watson. He is also known for his portrayal of Dr. Petrie in a series of five low budget Dr. Fu Manchu films in the 1960s, and playing Paul Temple in the BBC Radio serialisations. Career Howard Marion-Crawford was the son of an officer of the Irish Guards killed during the First World War. After attending Clifton College Crawford attended RADA and began a career in radio. His first film appearance was in '' Brown on Resolution'' (1935). During the Second World War he enlisted in the Irish Guards, his father's old regiment, but soon suffered a major injury to one of his legs that ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Cuthbertson
Allan Darling Cuthbertson (7 April 1920 – 8 February 1988) was an Australian-born British actor. He was best known for playing stern-faced military officers in British films of the 1950s and 1960s. Early life Cuthbertson was born in Perth, Western Australia, son of Ernest and Isobel Ferguson (Darling) Cuthbertson. He performed on stage and radio from an early age. During the Second World War he served as a flight lieutenant with the RAAF from 6 December 1941 to 1 July 1947, including service with 111 Air Sea Rescue Flight. Career Cuthbertson arrived in Britain in 1947, and appeared shortly thereafter as Romeo in ''Romeo and Juliet'' at the Boltons. In London's West End, he appeared as Laertes in ''Hamlet'', Aimwell in ''The Beaux Stratagem'', and Octavius Robinson in ''Man and Superman'', among many other roles. He was often cast in military roles, which was quite common in actors of his generation, especially those with a military air about them. He was Captain Eric Simps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Gough
Francis Michael Gough ( ; 23 November 1916 – 17 March 2011) was a British character actor who made more than 150 film and television appearances. He is known for his roles in the Hammer Horror Films from 1958, with his first role as Sir Arthur Holmwood in ''Dracula'', and for his recurring role as Alfred Pennyworth in all four of the ''Batman'' films from 1989 to 1997. He would appear in three more Burton films: in '' Sleepy Hollow'', voicing Elder Gutknecht in ''Corpse Bride'' and the Dodo in ''Alice in Wonderland''. Gough also appeared in popular British television shows, including ''Doctor Who'' (as the titular villain in ''The Celestial Toymaker'' (1966) and as Councillor Hedin in ''Arc of Infinity'' (1983)), and in a memorable episode of '' The Avengers'' as the automation-obsessed wheelchair user Dr. Armstrong in "The Cybernauts" (1965). In 1956 he received a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor. At the National Theatre in London Gough excelled as a comedia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Fox
William Fox (born 19 May 1939), known professionally as James Fox, is an English actor. He appeared in several notable films of the 1960s and early 1970s, including '' King Rat'', ''The Servant'', ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' and ''Performance'', before quitting the screen for several years to be an evangelical Christian. He has since appeared in a wide range of film and television productions. Early life Fox was born on 19 May 1939 in London, the second son of theatrical agent Robin Fox and actress Angela Worthington. His elder brother is actor Edward Fox and his younger brother is film producer Robert Fox. His maternal grandfather was playwright Frederick Lonsdale. Like several members of the Fox family, he attended Harrow School. After leaving Harrow, Fox took a short service commission in the Coldstream Guards. Career Early career Fox first appeared on film in ''The Miniver Story'' in 1950. His early screen appearances, both in film and television, were made under his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justine Lord
Justine Lord (born Jennifer Schooling; 8 March 1937) is an English actress, active on television throughout the 1960s. She began her acting career in repertory theatre, and in the 1960s made guest appearances in “Live Now Pay Later” (1962)”,'' The Avengers'' (" Propellant 23", 1962), '' The Saint'', ("The Bunco Artists" and "The Saint Plays with Fire", 1963; "The Saint Steps In" and "The Imprudent Politician", 1964; "The Checkered Flag", 1965; The Fiction-Makers, 1968), ''The Prisoner'' ("The Girl Who Was Death", 1968) and ''Man in a Suitcase'', as well as playing regular roles in ''Crossroads'', ''Compact'', ''The Troubleshooters ''The Troubleshooters'' (titled ''Mogul'' for the first series) is a British television series made by the BBC between 1965 and 1972, created by John Elliot. It recounted events in an international oil company – the "Mogul" of the title. Th ...'' and '' The Doctors''. Lord married James Ridler in 1971. She retired from acting in the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Nimmo
Derek Robert Nimmo (19 September 193024 February 1999) was an English character actor, producer and author. He is best remembered for his comedic upper class "silly ass" and clerical roles including Revd Mervyn Noote in the BBC1 sitcom ''All Gas and Gaiters'' (1966–71). Career Nimmo was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, the son of an insurance salesman, and grew up in Mossley Hill in an environment he described as "old merchants' houses, comfy English suburbia". He was educated at Booker Avenue Infants and Junior School as well as Quarry Bank High School for Boys, then a grammar school under headmaster R. F. Bailey, who brought with him, from his previous position as assistant headmaster at leading independent school Shrewsbury School, "the finest traditions of public schools". He then followed his father into the insurance business, and after National Service in Cyprus, became a salesman for a paint company. He began his stage career at the Hippodrome Theatre in Bolton, Lancas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
