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The Silver Chair (1990 TV Serial)
''The Silver Chair'' is a series shown on BBC television in 1990. It is the third and final series of ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' that ran from 1988 to 1990. Barbara Kellerman returned in a new role as the Green Lady; Barbara had previously played Old Hag and the White Witch in previous seasons. The six-part series followed the 1953 book in great detail and was filmed in various locations including Peak Cavern, Haddon Hall, Bakewell, Derbyshire and the Duchy of Lancaster. Cast *David Thwaites as Eustace Scrubb *Camilla Power as Jill Pole *Tat Whalley as Chief Bully *Ailsa Berk and William Todd-Jones (puppet performance) and Ronald Pickup (voice) as Aslan *Geoffrey Russell as King Caspian *Richard Henders as Prince Rilian *Big Mick as Trumpkin *Warwick Davis as Glimfeather and Reepicheep *William Todd-Jones as Centaur *Mike Edmonds as Second Owl *Roy Boyd as Lord Drinian *Barbara Kellerman as Green Lady *Tom Baker as Puddleglum *Ailsa Berk as Dragon *Nick Brimble as Giant P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Stone
Paul Stone (born 1968/1969) is an American businessman, and the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of The Hertz Corporation since May 2020. Stone spent 28 years of his career with Walmart as a store manager rising to Western US divisional senior vice president. In March 2018, Stone joined Hertz as head of its North American car rental operations, after having been the chief retail officer at Cabela's, an outdoors store chain. On 18 May 2020, Stone was appointed president and CEO of Hertz, with immediate effect, succeeding Kathryn V. Marinello. Three days later the company filed for bankruptcy, but not before paying Stone $700,000. References 1960s births American chief executives of Fortune 500 companies Living people Walmart people {{US-CEO-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Henders
Richard Henders is a British actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Prince Rilian in the 1990 BBC adaptation of ''The Silver Chair''. He has also appeared in dramas such as ''Pie in the Sky'', ''Foyle's War'' and ''The Inspector Lynley Mysteries''. In 2004, Henders received an Olivier Award nomination for his performance in ''Pacific Overtures'' at London's Donmar Warehouse. He also played the role of Merry in the 2007 musical production of ''The Lord of the Rings'' at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, commonly known as Drury Lane, is a West End theatre and Grade I listed building in Covent Garden, London, England. The building faces Catherine Street (earlier named Bridges or Brydges Street) and backs onto Dr .... Henders currently lives in London. References External links * Living people Year of birth missing (living people) British stage actors British film actors British television actors British male musical theatre actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Pole
Jill Pole is a major character from C. S. Lewis' ''Chronicles of Narnia'' series. She appears in ''The Silver Chair'' and ''The Last Battle.'' Appearances in the Narnia Book Series ''The Silver Chair'' Jill Pole first appears in ''The Silver Chair''. She and Eustace attend the same school, and it is from the school grounds that they travel to Aslan's Country beyond the Sun, after being chased by bullies. She and Eustace are sent to Narnia by Aslan, to find the kidnapped Prince Rilian, son of Caspian X. They accomplish this with the assistance of the marshwiggle Puddleglum, whom Jill initially dislikes and considers a spoilsport and wet blanket, but whom she soon admits is the bravest and wisest of all of them. Jill has to learn to face her claustrophobia and nyctophobia during her quest, and also is the one Aslan has tasked with remembering the four signs that will guide them on their quest. When she is distracted from doing this by temptation of good food and rest, the group lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eustace Scrubb
Eustace Clarence Scrubb is a fictional character in C. S. Lewis's ''Chronicles of Narnia''. He appears in ''The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'', ''The Silver Chair'', and ''The Last Battle''. In ''The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'', he is accompanied by Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, his cousins. In ''The Silver Chair'' and ''The Last Battle'', he is accompanied by Jill Pole, a classmate from his school. The personality of Eustace Scrubb Eustace is portrayed at first as arrogant, whiny, and self-centered. It can be gathered from Eustace's behavior, and the tone that Lewis used in describing his family and school, that Lewis thought such behavior silly and disliked it a great deal. In fact, at the beginning of ''The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'', Lucy and Edmund dislike visiting him and his parents, though that has mostly to do with Eustace's arrogant and unfriendly attitude, and he also calls his parents by their first names. However, the book deals with his rehabilitation (just as ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Woolf
Henry Woolf, (20 January 1930 – 11 November 2021) was a British actor, theatre director, and teacher of acting, drama, and theatre who lived in Canada. He was a longtime friend and collaborator of 2005 Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter, having stimulated Pinter to write his first play, ''The Room'' (1957), in 1956. Woolf served as a faculty member at the University of Saskatchewan from 1983 to 1997 and as artistic director of Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan from 1991 until 2001. Early life Henry Woolf was born to Jewish parents in Homerton, London on January 20, 1930. He was educated at Hackney Downs School, where he met Harold Pinter; he and Pinter were friends and collaborators for over 60 years.Henry Woolf"My 60 Years in Harold's Gang" ''The Guardian'' 12 July 2007, Stage, accessed 21 August 2008. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of London and then pursued a postgraduate course in directing at the University of Bristol, before going to the United State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Perry (British Actor)
Jeffrey Harold Perry (13 October 1948 – 4 February 2012) was an English stage and screen actor. Born in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire and trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, he worked extensively for the Royal Exchange in Manchester. He may be best known to television audiences as Mr. Tumnus in the 1988 version of ''The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe'', which was part of the BBC's ''Chronicles of Narnia'' TV miniseries. In the 2000s, Perry's work included performances at the Mill at Sonning. In the summer of 2008, he played Mr. Mole in ''Love's a Luxury''. He was also a director of NOT The National Theatre and toured with them, appearing in several productions. Selected stage and screen credits Television *''The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe'' (as Mr. Tumnus), 1988 *'' Micawber'' (as Clerk), 2001 Theatre *'' Hard Times'', NOT The National Theatre, 1990-1991 *''Playing Sinatra'' (as Norman), NOT The National Theatre, 1999 *''Time and Time Again'' (as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Marc Perret
Jean-Marc Perret (born 10 April 1975) is a British actor, most notable for his appearance as Prince Caspian in the BBC adaptation of ''Prince Caspian'' in 1989, when aged 14. A year later, Perret made a brief appearance in the final few minutes of ''The Silver Chair''. He played a young Caspian in Aslan's country after the elderly King Caspian (played by Geoffrey Russell) in Narnia had died. For a period, he taught acting and drama at his old school, Bodiam Manor School in East Sussex. He now runs the stage combat company Cut & Thrust. He most recently starred in the West Yorkshire Playhouse and Birmingham Rep co-production of To Kill a Mockingbird. Jean-Marc can be seen in the Disney live action Feature film ''Cinderella "Cinderella",; french: link=no, Cendrillon; german: link=no, Aschenputtel) or "The Little Glass Slipper", is a folk tale with thousands of variants throughout the world.Dundes, Alan. Cinderella, a Casebook. Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsi ...''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Purvis (actor)
Jack Purvis (13 July 1937 – 21 November 1997) was a British film actor. Purvis had dwarfism, and at was mainly cast in roles requiring actors of short stature. He appeared in three of director Terry Gilliam's early fantasy films, with significant roles in '' Time Bandits'' and '' The Adventures of Baron Munchausen''. For twenty years until 1991, Purvis performed as part of a musical comedy double-act with Kenny Baker, billed as the "Mini-Tones". Purvis played the trumpet to Baker's mouth-organ and vibraphone. The duo would attend auditions for ''Star Wars ''Star Wars'' is an American epic film, epic space opera multimedia franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the Star Wars (film), eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide popular culture, pop-culture Cultural impact of S ...'' in 1976, where Baker was instantly cast as R2-D2. At that time the duo had reached the final on the talent show '' Opportunity Knocks'', and were reluctant to put the Min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patsy Byrne
Patricia Anne Thirza Byrne (13 July 1933 – 17 June 2014) was an English actress, best known for her role as "Nursie" in ''Blackadder II'' as well as Malcolm's domineering Mother, Mrs Stoneway in all seven series of the ITV comedy '' Watching''Slide, Anthony (1996) ''Some Joe You Don't Know: American Biographical Guide to 100 British Television Personalities'', Greenwood Press; , p. 11 between 1987 and 1993. Biography Byrne was educated at Ashford County Grammar School. She studied drama at Rose Bruford College before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company playing parts such as Maria in ''Twelfth Night'' and Gruscha in ''The Caucasian Chalk Circle'' at the Aldwych Theatre in the early 1960s. In the 1980s she also worked at Chichester Festival Theatre. Byrne starred alongside Tony Robinson in a Series 3 episode of ''Maid Marian and her Merry Men''. She played Betty the Tea Lady on the BBC children's programme ''Playdays''. Other roles included appearances in ''I, Claudius'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley Nicol (actress)
Lesley Nicol (born 7 August 1953) is an English actress and a three-time SAG Award winner in the ''Best Cast in a Drama Series'' category for her role as Beryl Patmore in the ITV and PBS drama TV series ''Downton Abbey''. She also starred in the 2019 feature film ''Downton Abbey''. Early life Nicol is a graduate of Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Career Nicol's television roles include Mrs. Beaver in the BBC adaptation of ''The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'', the Queen Giant in ''The Silver Chair'' and as Henrietta Beecham in the 2019 ITV historical drama'' Beecham House''. She made multiple appearances on ABC's ''The Catch'' in a recurring role playing the matriarch of a London gangland family and also guest-starred on episodes of Amazon Prime Video's '' The Boys'', The CW's ''Supernatural'' (where she played a variation of the witch from ''Hansel and Gretel''), CBS's reboot of ''The Odd Couple'', ABC's ''Once Upon a Time'' and TVLand's ''Hot in Cleveland' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Brimble
Nicholas Brimble (born 22 July 1944) is an English actor whose long career has spanned theatre, television, film, and voice work. Early life Brimble was born in Bristol. His father was a schoolteacher who was also a keen amateur actor, an activity in which Nick was involved on occasions as a child. For several summers his father also managed a French/Czech high-wire act, the White Devils, and in July 1961 organised their blindfolded high-wire crossing of Cheddar Gorge. When the act toured Britain, the Brimble family travelled with them. At the end of the 1961 season's tour of Britain, Brimble travelled through France with the White Devils, helping as they set up and performed in towns as they went, and returning for the start of the autumn school term. He attended Bristol Grammar School. In his first year he played Miranda in a school production of '' The Tempest''. Brimble's parents gave him a season ticket to the Bristol Old Vic, where he saw every play from the age of 11 unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Baker
Thomas Stewart Baker (born 20 January 1934) is an English actor and writer. He is well known for his portrayal of the Fourth Doctor, fourth incarnation of The Doctor (Doctor Who), the Doctor in the science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' from 1974 to 1981.Scott, Danny. (17 December 2006)"A Life in the Day: Tom Baker" ''The Sunday Times''. Later in his career, Baker performed in the television series ''Medics (UK TV series), Medics'' (1992–1995), ''Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000 TV series), Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)'' (2000–2001) and ''Monarch of the Glen (TV series), Monarch of the Glen'' (2004–2005). He also provided narration for the television comedy series ''Little Britain (sketch show), Little Britain'' (2003–2006) and ''Little Britain USA'' (2008). His voice, which has been described as "sonorous", was voted the fourth-most recognisable in the UK in 2006. Early life Thomas Stewart Baker was born on Scotland Road in the Vauxhall, Liverpool, Vauxh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
