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The Reckoning (1969 Film)
''The Reckoning'' is a 1969 British drama film released by Columbia Pictures directed by Jack Gold and starring Nicol Williamson, Ann Bell, Rachel Roberts and Zena Walker. It was based on the 1967 novel ''The Harp that Once'' by Patrick Hall and features music by Malcolm Arnold. The film was shot at Shepperton Studios and on location around London and Liverpool. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ray Simm. Produced during 1969, the film was released on the 8 January the following year. Plot Michael "Mick" Marler has risen through the ranks at a large British company. Despite his polish, Mick comes from a working-class background, and has worked hard to fit into the world in which he and his social-climbing wife Rosemary live. His marriage consists of animalistic lovemaking between traded insults and long silences. One morning, while Mick is trying to save his boss, Hazlitt, from mistakes and sagging sales, he convinces him to persuade the company to make c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Gold
Jacob M. "Jack" Gold (28 June 1930 – 9 August 2015) was a British film and television director. He was part of the British realist tradition which followed the Free Cinema movement. Career Jacob M. Gold was born in London, the son of Charles and Minnie (née Elbery) Gold. He attended University College London. After leaving UCL, he began his career as a film editor on the BBC's ''Tonight'' programme. Gold became a freelance documentary filmmaker, making dramas as a platform for his social and political observations. For television, his best known work is '' The Naked Civil Servant'' (1975), based on Quentin Crisp's 1968 book of the same name and starring John Hurt. He had previously directed the 1964 crime series '' Call the Gun Expert'' for the BBC. Other television credits include ''The Visit'' (1959), the BBC Television Shakespeare productions of ''The Merchant of Venice'' (1980) and ''Macbeth'' (1983) - the latter starring Nicol Williamson - as well as the made- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Simm
Ray Simm was a British art director. He was nominated three times for the BAFTA Award for Best Production Design for '' The Slipper and the Rose'', '' The Wrong Box'' and '' Darling'', for which he won. Selected filmography * '' The Faithful City'' (1952) * ''Brandy for the Parson'' (1952) * '' You're Only Young Twice'' (1952) * ''The Wedding of Lilli Marlene'' (1953) * '' Laxdale Hall'' (1953) * ''Conflict of Wings'' (1954) * ''A Yank in Ermine'' (1955) * '' The Extra Day'' (1956) * '' The Rising of the Moon'' (1957) * '' Bonjour Tristesse'' (1958) * '' Idol on Parade'' (1959) * '' Killers of Kilimanjaro'' (1959) * '' Jazz Boat'' (1960) * ''The Angry Silence'' (1960) * ''Tarzan the Magnificent'' (1960) * '' The Hellfire Club'' (1961) * '' Whistle Down the Wind'' (1961) * '' The Mark'' (1961) * '' All Night Long'' (1962) * '' The Dock Brief'' (1962) * '' The L-Shaped Room'' (1962) * '' A Kind of Loving'' (1962) * ''Billy Liar'' (1963) * '' Seance on a Wet Afternoon'' (1964) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Rodska
Christian Rodska (born Christian Rodskjaer; 5 September 1945) is an English actor who has appeared in many television and radio series and narrated a number of audiobooks, including Sir Winston Churchill's Nobel Prize winning ''The Second World War''. He is perhaps best known for his regular role as Ron Stryker in 1970s series, '' Follyfoot.'' Career Rodska began acting professionally in the late 1960s and got his first big break when he was chosen to appear in ''Follyfoot'', which ran for three years from 1971 to 1973. From then on, he appeared in numerous series such as the 1977 BBC adaptation of Rosemary Sutcliff's '' The Eagle of the Ninth'', in which he played Esca, and the film version of '' The Likely Lads'', '' Z Cars,'' ''The Tomorrow People,'' ''Coronation Street,'' '' Brookside,'' '' Bergerac'' and '' Casualty.'' More recently, he has worked extensively as a voice artist, featuring in many radio plays and on Audiobooks. He is known for his narration of ''Ice Road Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Pallo
Jackie "Mr TV" Pallo (born Jack Ernest Gutteridge; 12 January 1926 – 11 February 2006) was an English professional wrestler, a star of British televised wrestling in its 1960s and 1970s heyday, when the sport had a regular 40-minute slot before the Saturday afternoon football results on ITV. Wrestling career Gutteridge was born in Islington and had been a sports teacher. He became a wrestler and was billed from Highbury, North London and was regarded as one of the first stars of British professional wrestling. During his career, his most famous rivalry was an 11-year-long battle with perhaps the greatest villain in British wrestling history, Mick McManus. In 1973, Pallo made two unsuccessful attempts to beat McManus for the European Middleweight Championship. Pallo was a risk-taking athlete on the one hand but pushed credibility to the limits at other times owing to his over-the-top cockiness. Fans rejoiced in his sit-on back breaker and arm lever, his aeroplane spin, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Sallis
Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Culture * Peter (actor) (born 1952), stage name Shinnosuke Ikehata, Japanese dancer and actor * ''Peter'' (album), a 1993 EP by Canadian band Eric's Trip * ''Peter'' (1934 film), a 1934 film directed by Henry Koster * ''Peter'' (2021 film), Marathi language film * "Peter" (''Fringe'' episode), an episode of the television series ''Fringe'' * ''Peter'' (novel), a 1908 book by Francis Hopkinson Smith * "Peter" (short story), an 1892 short story by Willa Cather Animals * Peter, the Lord's cat, cat at Lord's Cricket Ground in London * Peter (chief mouser), Chief Mouser between 1929 and 1946 * Peter II (cat), Chief Mouser between 1946 and 1947 * Peter III (cat), Chief Mouser between 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Gladwin
Joseph Gladwin (22 January 1906 – 11 March 1987) was an English actor, best known for his roles as Fred Jackson in Coronation Street, Stan Hardman in Nearest and Dearest, and Wally Batty in the world's longest-running sitcom, ''Last of the Summer Wine'' (1975–87). Biography Gladwin was born at 44 Tatton Street in the Ordsall district of Salford, Lancashire, the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (née Dooley) Gladwin. His father was a coal dealer. Gladwin was baptised on 28 January 1906 at Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church, Ordsall, and educated at the parish school. He married Lily Anne Wynne on 30 December 1933 at Mount Carmel Church. Gladwin was appointed a Papal Knight (of the Order of St. Gregory the Great) for his charity work. Before his professional career took off, Gladwin performed with The Decoys during World War II, a Concert Party based in Chorlton-cum-Hardy in Manchester. This Concert Party (ENSA) entertained the troops in hospitals and elsewhere. At the time, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godfrey Quigley
Godfrey Quigley (4 May 1923 – 7 September 1994) was an Irish film, television and stage actor. He appeared in Stanley Kubrick's films ''A Clockwork Orange'' and ''Barry Lyndon''. Biography Quigley was born in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine, where his father was serving as an officer in the British Army.''The Irish Times'', "Actor Godfrey Quigley Dies in Dublin Aged 71", 8 September 1994. The family returned to Ireland in the 1930s and, following military service in the Second World War, Quigley trained as an actor at the Abbey School of Acting. In 1949, Quigley made his first film appearance, in ''Saints and Sinners''. He appeared in two Stanley Kubrick films: first as the prison chaplain in ''A Clockwork Orange'' (1971), and then as Captain Grogan in ''Barry Lyndon'' (1975). In British television, he played a has-been gangster in the serial ''Big Breadwinner Hog'' (1969). His theatre roles include the Irishman in Tom Murphy's ''The Gigli Concert'', for which he won the Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Hargreaves
Christine Hargreaves (22 March 1939 – 12 August 1984) was an English actress who was known for portraying the role of Christine Hardman on the ITV soap opera '' Coronation Street'' from 1960 to 1963. After attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Hargreaves became one of the original cast members of ''Coronation Street''. She also appeared in '' Pink Floyd—The Wall'' as Pink's mother, '' The Spongers'' (1978), and the BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ... ...'s '' Play For Today'' series. Hargreaves died in August 1984 from a brain tumour at the age of 45. Filmography References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hargreaves, Christine 1939 births 1984 deaths 20th-century British actresses Actresses from Salford Actresses from Lancashire Deaths fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwen Nelson
Gwendoline Alexandra Nelson (30 June 1901 – 15 October 1990) was an English actress who was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Court Theatre Company. Born in Muswell Hill, London, she originally intended to be a singer, and made her West End musical debut in ''Tough at the Top'' at the Adelphi Theatre in July 1949. She went on to act in Eleanor Farjeon's ''The Silver Curlew'' at London's Arts Theatre (1949), ''And So To Bed'' at the New Theatre (1951), ''Oh, My Papa'' at the Garrick Theatre (1957), ''Virtue in Danger'' (1963), '' All in Love'' at The May Fair Theatre (1964), and '' Saved'' at the Royal Court Theatre (1965). In 1976 she appeared in a revival of Arnold Ridley's '' The Ghost Train'' at the Old Vic Theatre in London with Wilfrid Brambell, James Villiers, Geoffrey Davies, Allan Cuthbertson and Judy Buxton. In 1981 she acted in ''Rose'' by Andrew Davies at the Richmond Theatre in Surrey with Honor Blackman and Hilda Braid. Her television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Ewing
Barbara Ewing (born 14 January 1939) is a New Zealand actor, playwright and novelist based in the UK. In the 1980s Ewing played the character Agnes Fairchild in British comedy series ''Brass.'' Ewing's novel ''The Petticoat Men'' was shortlisted for the Ngaio Marsh Award in 2015. Early life Ewing was born in Carterton, New Zealand. Her father's job at the Ministry of Education included reviewing books, and he brought many home for Ewing to read as she was growing up. She started writing when she was young. Ewing attended Wellington East Girls' College then graduated from Victoria University of Wellington with a BA in English and Māori language before receiving a New Zealand Government scholarship and moving to Britain in 1962 to train as an actor at RADA (the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) in London. There was no national acting school training in New Zealand at the time. She graduated in 1965. Career Actor Her first television role was in ''A Choice of Kings'' (1966). Her f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Wilmer
Douglas Wilmer (8 January 1920 – 31 March 2016) was an English actor, best known for playing Sherlock Holmes in the 1965 TV series ''Sherlock Holmes''. Early life Wilmer was born in Brentford, Middlesex, and received his education at King's School, Canterbury, and Stonyhurst College. A performance as the Archbishop of Canterbury in a school play at King's School was seen by Dame Sybil Thorndike who afterward told the headmaster "If that boy, playing the Archbishop, were to take to the stage, I think that he could well make a go of it." After completing school, Wilmer applied for a scholarship at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and was accepted. Whilst in training at RADA, he was conscripted into the British Army for military service with the Royal Artillery in the Second World War. After training, he was posted to an anti-tank battery, and saw war service in Africa with the Royal West African Frontier Force. He was later invalided out of the Armed Forces, having contracted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Kempinski
Thomas Michael John Kempinski (born 24 March 1938) is an English playwright and actor best known for his 1980 play '' Duet for One'', which was a major success in London and New York City, and much revived since. Kempinski also wrote the screenplay for the movie version of ''Duet for One''. In addition, he made minor appearances on numerous British television shows including '' Dixon of Dock Green'' and ''Z-Cars''. Early life and education Kempinski was born in Hendon and educated at Abingdon School from 1951 to 1956. In 1957 he gained a major scholarship in Modern Languages to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, but suffered a breakdown and left after only ten weeks. Personal life He was married to the actress Frances de la Tour who starred in the original London production for '' Duet for One'', to the actress Margaret Nolan from 1967 to 1972, and to solicitor Sarah Tingay from 1991. Plays In 1967 he played the title role in Charles Wood's ''Dingo'' at the Royal Court Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |