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The Blakes Slept Here
''The Blakes Slept Here'' is a 1953 film directed by Jacques Brunius. Brunius also wrote the screenplay along with Roy Plomley. The 36-minute film chronicles the life of a middle-class British family from roughly 1850 to the end of World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin .... Cast and characters External links * 1953 films 1953 short films British short films 1950s English-language films {{short-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Brunius
__NOTOC__ Jacques B. Brunius (born Jacques Henri Cottance, 16 September 1906 – 24 April 1967) was a French actor, director and writer, who was born in Paris and died in Exeter, UK. He was cremated in Sidmouth, with a tribute by Mesens. Assistant director to Luis Buñuel on ''L'Âge d'or'', he appeared in more than 30 movies, using several alternate names: Jacques Borel, J.B. Brunius, Jacques-Bernard Brunius, Jacques Brunius, Brunius, J.B.Brunius. He acted in many of the early, more political, movies of his friend Jean Renoir. During World War II he broadcast from England to France over '' Radio Londres''. He married French-English actress Cecile Chevreau in 1951. Their son Richard was born in 1956. Member of the surrealist group in France and then in England, with his friend E.L.T. Mesens, Conroy Maddox, Ithell Colquhoun, Simon Watson Taylor and Roland Penrose. Brunius attacked Toni del Renzio, who was married to Colquhoun and who was attempting to reanimate an inactive Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screenplay
''ScreenPlay'' is a television drama anthology series broadcast on BBC2 between 9 July 1986 and 27 October 1993. Background After single-play anthology series went off the air, the BBC introduced several showcases for made-for-television, feature length filmed dramas, including ''ScreenPlay''. Various writers and directors were utilized on the series. Writer Jimmy McGovern was hired by producer George Faber to pen a series five episode based upon the Merseyside needle exchange programme of the 1980s. The episode, directed by Gillies MacKinnon, was entitled ''Needle'' and featured Sean McKee, Emma Bird, and Pete Postlethwaite''.'' The last episode of the series was titled "Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Islands" and featured Robbie Coltrane as English writer Samuel Johnson, who in the autumn of 1773, visits the Hebrides off the north-west coast of Scotland. That episode was directed by John Byrne and co-starred John Sessions and Celia Imrie. Some scenes were shot a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Plomley
Francis Roy Plomley, ( ; 20 January 1914 – 28 May 1985) was an English radio broadcaster, producer, playwright and novelist. He is best remembered for devising the BBC Radio series ''Desert Island Discs'', which he hosted from its inception in 1942 until his death. Early life Plomley was born in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, the only surviving child of pharmaceutical chemist Francis John Plomley (1868–1942) and Ellinor Maud (1880–1968; née Wigg). He was educated at King's College School, Wimbledon. On leaving school he worked first briefly for an estate agent, then for a London advertising agency, and then in publishing. His original aim was to be an actor, and he did secure very minor parts in a number of films, e.g. ''To the Public Danger'' (1948), ''Double Confession'' (1950), but he soon drifted into broadcasting, coming to public notice as an announcer, and later producer, for the International Broadcasting Company (IBC), starting on Radio Normandy in April 1936 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David King-Wood
David King-Wood (12 September 1913 – 3 September 2003) was a British actor. He was born in Tehran, Iran (then Persia), the youngest of four children. His father was William King Wood (CIE, CBE), Director of the Indo-European Telegraph Department and his mother was Daisy Adcock, daughter of Sir Hugh Adcock (who was once the physician to the Shah of Persia). He studied at Oxford University and was a keen member of OUDS (Oxford University Dramatic Society) appearing in ''The Radio Times'' in April 1936 whilst appearing as Richard II. David King-Wood (he apparently added the hyphen) appeared in British television and films during the 1950s. His Broadway credits include Friar Francis in ''Much Ado About Nothing'' (1959) and Adam Hartley in '' The Hidden River'' (1957). His British theatre credits include ''Measure for Measure'' and ''Richard III'' for ''The Old Vic'', seasons with the ''Birmingham Repertory Company'', the '' Oxford Repertory Company'' and the Worthing Repertory Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Gordon (British Actress)
Dorothy Gordon (born Dorothy Sharp; 13 March 1924 – 18 April 2013) was a British actress. She was the daughter of actors Leonard Sharp and Nora Gordon ''Nora Gordon'' (29 November 1893, West Hartlepool, County Durham – 11 May 1970, London) was a British film and television actress. She was married to Leonard Sharp. Her daughter was the actress Dorothy Gordon. She also appeared in a number .... Filmography References External links * 1924 births 2013 deaths People from Camberwell Actresses from London English film actresses English television actresses {{UK-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Coke
Peter John Coke ( "cook"; 3 April 1913 – 30 July 2008) was an English actor, playwright and artist. Early life Peter John Coke was born in Southsea, Hampshire on 3 April 1913.Tribute to Peter Coke, memorial ''Lasting Tribute''. URL last accessed 2008-08-01. His father was a commander in the , who took his family to to run a linen plantation, however, this venture failed and he began to run a plantation. Coke was educated at |
Ursula Howells
Ursula Howells (17 September 1922 – 16 October 2005) was an English actress whose elegant presence kept her much in demand for roles in film and television. Life and career Howells was born in London, the daughter of composer Herbert Howells, and was educated at St Paul's Girls' School, where her father worked as Director of Music. She made her first stage appearance at Dundee in 1939, in John Drinkwater's ''Bird in Hand'', then moved to Oxford in 1942 and three years later made her London debut at the Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage. In 1947, she appeared in the comedy ''Jane'' at the Aldwych Theatre The Aldwych Theatre is a West End theatre, located in Aldwych in the City of Westminster, central London. It was listed Grade II on 20 July 1971. Its seating capacity is 1,200 on three levels. History Origins The theatre was constructed in th .... After several years in the West End theatre, West End, and a brief stint on Broadway theatre, Broadway where she appeared in '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Richmond (actor) (real name John Richmond, born 1958), American professional wrestler
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John Richmond may refer to: * John P. Richmond (1811–1895), American Methodist missionary * John Richmond (diplomat) (1909–1990), British diplomat and author * John Richmond (fashion designer) (born 1960), English fashion designer * John Richmond (English footballer) (1938–2018), English footballer * John Richmond (Australian footballer) (born 1943), Australian rules footballer * John Richmond (lawyer) (1765–1846), friend of Robert Burns the poet * John Richmond (shortstop) (1855–1898), American Major League Baseball shortstop * John Lee Richmond (1857–1929), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Eli the Eliminator John Richmond (born 1961) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Eli the Eliminator. Richmond competed in North American regional promotions during the 1980s in Bill Watts' Universal Wrestling Federation and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamela Stirling (actress)
Pamela Stirling is a New Zealand journalist and editor. In 2004 she was appointed editor of ''New Zealand Listener The ''New Zealand Listener'' is a weekly New Zealand magazine that covers the political, cultural and literary life of New Zealand by featuring a variety of topics, including current events, politics, social issues, health, technology, arts, f ...'' magazine. Biography Stirling was a journalist for the ''New Zealand Listener'' for sixteen years before becoming editor in 2004. As a journalist, she received research scholarships to Cambridge and Stanford Universities. Recognition Stirling has won Best Editor – Current Affairs, Business & Trade at the Magazine Publishing Association Awards eight times. In 2019 she also won the Supreme Editor Award. References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) New Zealand journalists New Zealand writers New Zealand editors New Zealand women journalists 21st-century New Zealand women writers Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Markham
David Markham (3 April 1913 – 15 December 1983) was an English stage and film actor for over forty years. Markham was born Peter Basil Harrison in Wick, Worcestershire and died in Hartfield, East Sussex. In 1937 he married Olive Dehn (1914–2007), a BBC Radio dramatist. They had four daughters: Sonia, an illustrator; Kika (b. 1940), an actress, widow of actor Corin Redgrave; Petra (b. 1944), an actress; and Jehane, a poet and dramatist, widow of actor Roger Lloyd-Pack. In World War II, he was imprisoned as a conscientious objector, before being allowed to do forestry work. Markham appeared occasionally in cinema and often on television. He appeared in Carol Reed's film ''The Stars Look Down'' (1939) and in François Truffaut's films ''Two English Girls'' (1972), in which he plays a fortuneteller with his daughter Kika, and '' Day for Night (film), Day for Night'' (1973). He played the father of Robin Phillips in two films, ''Two Gentlemen Sharing'' (1969) and ''Tales From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Gurney
Rachel Gurney (5 March 1920 – 24 November 2001) was an English actress. She began her career in the theatre towards the end of World War II and then expanded into television and film in the 1950s. She remained active, mostly in television and theatre work, into the early 1990s. She is best remembered for playing the elegant Lady Marjorie Bellamy in the ITV period drama '' Upstairs, Downstairs''. Biography Early life and education Rachel Gurney was born in Buckinghamshire, England on 5 March 1920. Her father, Samuel Gurney Lubbock, was a housemaster at Eton ''The Daily Telegraph'', 29 November 2001 and her mother, , was a concert pianist. Due to her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
