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Take A Pair Of Private Eyes
''Take a Pair of Private Eyes'' is a British comedy crime television series which originally aired on BBC 2 in six episodes from 10 April to 15 May 1966. It was written by Peter O'Donnell, best known as the creator of Modesty Blaise.Reilly p.1172 The title is a reference to the Gilbert and Sullivan song '' Take a Pair of Sparking Eyes''. In the style of ''The Thin Man'' it focuses on Ambrose and Dominique Fraynes a husband and wife who run a private detective agency assisted by his father Hector. Cast * Derek Fowlds as Ambrose Frayne * Jeanne Roland as Dominique Frayne * Sam Kydd as Hector Frayne * Henry McGee as Charles * Bridget Armstrong as Cornelia * John Bryans as Feinster * John Sharp as Crozier * Peter Forbes-Robertson as Roger Curran * Ivor Salter as M. Brienne * Campbell Singer as Insp. Roth * George Lee as Police constable * Victor Maddern as Cokey Brock * Jeanne Moody as Marian * Margaret Nolan as Doreen * John Cater as Lyall Sankey * Yvonne Ball as Barmai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter O'Donnell
Peter O'Donnell (11 April 1920 – 3 May 2010) was an English writer of mysteries and of comic strips, best known as the creator of ''Modesty Blaise'', an action heroine/undercover trouble-shooter. He was also an award-winning gothic historical romance novelist who wrote under the female pseudonym Madeleine Brent, in 1978, his novel ''Merlin's Keep'' won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Biography Born on 11 April 1920 in Lewisham, London, O'Donnell was the son of Bernard O'Donnell, a journalist on the ''Empire News'', and was educated at Catford Central School. He began to write professionally at the age of 16. In 1938 he joined the British Army, and during the war served as an NCO in mobile radio detachment (3 Corps) of Royal Corps of Signals in the 8th Army. He saw active service in Persia in 1942, after which his unit was moved to Syria, Egypt, the Western Desert, and Italy, and he was with forces that went into Greece in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |