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The Body In The Library (film)
''The Body in the Library'' is a 3-part 1984 television film adaptation of Agatha Christie's 1942 detective novel ''The Body in the Library'', which was co-produced by the BBC and the A&E Network. The film uses an adapted screenplay by T. R. Bowen and was directed by Silvio Narizzano. Starring Joan Hickson in the title role, it was the first film presented in the British television series ''Miss Marple'' and premiered in three parts from 26 to 28 December 1984 on BBC One. In the United States the film was first broadcast on 4 January 1986 as a part of PBS's ''Mystery!''. In his review in ''The New York Times'', critic John J. O'Connor wrote: Miss Christie would no doubt approve of Joan Hickson, the veteran British character actress who plays Miss Marple... This BBC/Arts & Entertainment co-production offers an especially good example of Agatha Christie in adaptation. The characters are nicely realized and the suspense holds. Miss Hickson is lovely, neither as awesome as Miss Ruthe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Film
A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for initial showing in movie theaters, and direct-to-video films made for initial release on home video formats. In certain cases, such films may also be referred to and shown as a miniseries, which typically indicates a film that has been divided into multiple parts or a series that contains a predetermined, limited number of episodes. Origins and history Precursors of "television movies" include ''Talk Faster, Mister'', which aired on WABD (now WNYW) in New York City on December 18, 1944, and was produced by RKO Pictures, and the 1957 ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'', based on the poem by Robert Browning, and starring Van Johnson, one of the first filmed "family musicals" made directly for television. That film was made in Technicolor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moray Watson
Moray Robin Philip Adrian Watson (25 June 1928 – 2 May 2017) was an English actor from Sunningdale, Berkshire. Life Watson was born in Sunningdale, Berkshire, to Gerard Arthur Watson (1901–1940), a ship broker, who was killed during World War II at Anzegem in Belgium as a Captain in the Royal Sussex Regiment, and Jean, née McFarlane. His two elder brothers - the younger being J. N. P. Watson (1927-2008), author, hunting correspondent for Country Life magazine and formerly polo correspondent for The Times) - were Majors in the British Army. He was educated at Eton College. He met his future wife Pam, daughter of silent film star Percy Marmont, at The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. They went on to marry in 1955 and had two children, Emma in 1957 and Robin in 1959, both of whom went into the theatre. Career Watson made his first appearance on stage while still a student at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art at a matinee performance in memory of Ellen Terry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Churchett
Stephen George Churchett (10 April 1947 – 11 January 2022) was an English actor and writer. Life and career One of his most notable roles was as solicitor Marcus Christie in ''EastEnders'', on and off from 1990 to 2004. He reprised the role in 2014 and again in 2015. He has also appeared in various television programmes, including '' The Brief'', ''Together'', ''Minder'', '' Campion'', ''Up Pompeii!'', '' Enemy at the Door'', '' Specials'', ''The Professionals'', ''C.A.T.S. Eyes'', ''Lucan'', ''Casualty'', '' Moon and Son'', '' Bugs'', ''The House of Elliot'', ''Peak Practice'', ''Silent Witness'', '' Dangerfield'', ''Pie in the Sky'', ''The Bill'', ''Preston Front'', ''Boon'', '' Monroe'', ''Dalziel and Pascoe'' and '' Porkpie''. He also appeared in the ''Doctor Who'' episode titled ''Attack of the Cybermen'' in 1985. He voiced Wing Commander Belfridge in the '''Allo 'Allo!'' episode titled " The Sausages in the Trousers". He appeared in various episodes of ''The Brittas Em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Bostrom
Arthur Bostrom FRGS (born 6 January 1955) is an English actor, best known for his role as Officer Crabtree in the long-running BBC TV sitcom '''Allo 'Allo!''. Biography Early life Bostrom was born in Rugby, Warwickshire and attended Lawrence Sheriff School, where he was a contemporary with Kevin Warwick. He graduated from St Chad's College, University of Durham. In 1977 he performed at the Edinburgh Festival as part of Durham University Sensible Thespians (DUST). Besides his television career, he acted on the stage regularly, also being a trained life coach. He lived in Manchester for a long time. Professional career Bostrom had a small role in ''Miss Marple'' series 1 ''The Body in the Library'' in 1984. Bostrom had a recurrent character in '''Allo 'Allo!'', first appearing midway through the second series and remaining until the show's finale. Officer Crabtree was played as an hopeless British undercover officer, disguised constantly as a French local policeman during the Sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Moffatt (actor)
Albert John Moffatt (24 September 1922 – 10 September 2012) was an English character actor and playwright, known for his portrayal of Hercule Poirot on BBC Radio in twenty-five productions and for a wide range of stage roles in the West End from the 1950s to the 1980s. Moffatt's parents wished him to follow a career in a bank, but Moffatt secretly studied acting and made his stage debut in 1944. After five years in provincial repertory theatre he made his first London appearance in 1946. In the early 1950s he was cast in small parts in productions headed by John Gielgud and Noël Coward, and achieved increasingly prominent roles over the next decade. He was a member of the English Stage Company, the Old Vic, and the National Theatre companies. His range was considerable, embracing the classics, new plays, revue and pantomime. Moffatt began broadcasting on radio in 1950 and on television in 1953. His most enduring role was that of Agatha Christie's Belgian detective, Hercu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trudie Styler
Trudie Styler (born 6 January 1954) is an English actress and film producer. Early life and family Styler was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, the daughter of Pauline and Harry Styler, a farmer and factory worker. When Styler was two years old, she was hit by a van. She received severe facial injuries that left her badly scarred and required several plastic surgery operations up until the age of 18. Her classmates nicknamed her "scarface", which caused her to feel for many years that she was "not a very attractive person". She attended North Bromsgrove High School, where one of her teachers was the singer-songwriter Clifford T. Ward. Acting career Styler trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and went on to appear in various period BBC productions. She joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, in which she played multiple major roles. Her theatre credits also include ''The Vagina Monologues'', ''Twin Spirits'', and ''The Seagull''. She has appeared in many British te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess Conrad
Jess Conrad (born Gerald Arthur James; 24 February 1936) is an English stage and screen actor and singer. As a boy he was nicknamed "Jesse" after American outlaw Jesse James; as there was already an actor named "Gerald James" in Actors' Equity, a drama teacher who was a fan of writer Joseph Conrad suggested the stage name of "Jess Conrad". Biography Conrad was born in Brixton, South London and started his career as a repertory actor and film extra, before being cast in a television play, ''Bye, Bye Barney'', as a pop singer. He was noticed by Jack Good, who included him in his TV series '' Oh Boy!''. Conrad then was signed to Decca Records and had a number of chart hits, including "Cherry Pie", "This Pullover", "Mystery Girl" and "Pretty Jenny"; also recording for Columbia, Pye President and EMI. Between the late 1950s and mid-1960s, Conrad appeared in a number of films such as '' Serious Charge'' (uncredited), '' The Boys'', '' Rag Doll'', (filmed in 1960, and released in 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Walters (actor)
Hugh Thornton Walters (2 March 1939 – 13 February 2015) was a British actor. During the early 1990s, Hugh Walters appeared regularly on ''The Russ Abbot Show'', and he played a recurring role in the Channel 4 sitcom ''Chance in a Million''. His films include ''Catch Us If You Can'' (1965), ''Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon'' (1967), ''Alfie Darling'' (1975), ''George and Mildred'' (1980), '' Brimstone and Treacle'' (1982), ''The Missionary'' (1982), ''1984'' (1984), '' The Innocent Sleep'' (1995) and ''Firelight'' (1997). In 1975, Hugh Walters replaced Terry Scully in the role of Vic Thatcher late in the first series of the BBC series '' Survivors''. Scully had appeared in 4 episodes, but then suffered a nervous breakdown, leaving the ''Survivors'' production team no choice but to recast the role of Vic with Vic's big episode ''Revenge'' coming up. Walters played Vic in episodes 11 and 13 of the first series. Filmography *''Catch Us If You Can'' (1965) - Grey *''Doctor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Drinkel
Keith Drinkel (born 14 November 1944) is an English actor. Drinkel was born in York, educated at St Michael's College, Leeds, and is now based in Brighton. His notable appearances in film and television include ''A Family at War'' (1970), '' Yellow Dog'' (1973), a minor role in the BBC's adaptation of the ''Lord Peter Wimsey'' story ''The Nine Tailors'' (1974), '' Looking For Clancy'' (1975), '' A Bridge Too Far'' (1977), ''Gandhi'' (1982) and the ''Doctor Who'' story ''Time-Flight'' (1982). He co-starred in series three and four of Peter Tinniswood's long-running comedy ''I Didn't Know You Cared'', and appeared as Mark Gaskell in ''The Body in the Library'' (1984). Drinkel appeared in Eastenders in 1999 as a Prison Officer and twice in ''Coronation Street'', in 2001-02 as Maurice Gregory, father of barmaid Geena on ''Rovers Return'', and most recently, in 2005, as Bob, who dated Liz McDonald for a short time. In 2006, Drinkel starred in ''Rock-A-Hula Rest Home'' as "Jesse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciaran Madden
Ciaran Anne Magdalene Madden (born 27 December 1942) is a retired English stage, film, and television actress, who was professionally active from the late 1960s through the late 1990s. She is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA), and is an Associate Member of the academy. Madden is best known internationally for her multiple leading Agatha Christie, Shakespeare, and Tom Stoppard roles filmed for television, and for her dramatic performance as Marianne Dashwood in the 1971 BBC miniseries adaption of Jane Austen's ''Sense and Sensibility''. She appeared in more than 30 television series, teleplays, made-for-television movies, and television miniseries, including a starring performance in the miniseries ''A Married Man'' (1984) opposite Anthony Hopkins. She also had major roles in five feature films, including ''Gawain and the Green Knight'' (1973), the cult horror film '' The Beast Must Die'' (1974), '' Spy Story'' (1976) and '' Swing Kids'' (1993). She had orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Cruickshank
Andrew John Maxton Cruickshank (25 December 1907 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire29 April 1988 in London) was a Scottish actor, most famous for his portrayal of Dr Cameron in the long-running UK BBC television series ''Dr. Finlay's Casebook'', which ran for 191 episodes from 1962 until 1971. Life and career Andrew Cruickshank (Junior) was born to Andrew and Annie Cruickshank (Cadger),Stage performances (1930–1987) and other biography: ''Filmreference.com'' website. and was educated at . He was to have entered the profession of |
Debbie Arnold
Debbie Arnold (born 14 June 1955) is an English actress, producer and voice artist. She is known for her portrayal of April Branning in BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' between 1995 and 1996. Arnold has portrayed regular characters in ''EastEnders'', ''Coronation Street'', ''Emmerdale'', ''Hollyoaks'' and ''Doctors''. Career Television She began her career on television, in series such as the BBC comedy ''The Liver Birds''. When she was 18 years old, she was given a job impersonating Marilyn Monroe on ''Now Who Do You Do?''.Debbie Arnold Bio ", ''Debbiearnold.com''. URL. Retrieved 25 January 2007. She then pursued voice roles, specialising in British and American s. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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