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The Scarlet Pimpernel (TV Series)
''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' is a series of television drama programmes loosely based on Baroness Emmuska Orczy's series of novels, set during the French Revolution. It stars Richard E. Grant as Sir Percy Blakeney, and his alter ego, the eponymous hero. The first series also starred Elizabeth McGovern as his wife Marguerite and Martin Shaw as the Pimpernel's archrival, Paul Chauvelin. Robespierre was played by Ronan Vibert. It was filmed in the Czech Republic and scored by a Czech composer, Michal Pavlíček. Cast * Stuart Fox as Monsieur Jouvin * Sarah Berger as Madame Jouvin * Dalibor Sipek as The Dauphin * Suzanne Bertish as La Touraine * Jonathan Coy as Prince of Wales * Richard E Grant as Sir Percy Blakeney * Elizabeth McGovern as Lady Marguerite Blakeney * Anthony Green as Sir Andrew Foulkes * Beth Goddard as Lady Suzanne Foulkes * Jerome Willis as Baron Valdemar * Martin Shaw as Chauvelin * Ron Donachie as Mazarini * Gerard Murphy as Planchet * Ronan Vibert as Robe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marius Goring
Marius Re Goring, (23 May 191230 September 1998) was a British stage and screen actor. He is best remembered for the four films he made with Powell & Pressburger, particularly as Conductor 71 in '' A Matter of Life and Death'' and as Julian Craster in '' The Red Shoes''. He is also known for playing the title role in the long-running TV drama series, '' The Expert''. He regularly performed French and German roles, and was frequently cast in the latter because of his name, coupled with his red-gold hair and blue eyes. However, in a 1965 interview, he explained that he was not of German descent, stating that " Goring is a completely English name." Life and career Goring was born in Newport, Isle of Wight, the son of the eminent physician and researcher Dr Charles Buckman Goring (1870-1919), the author of ''The English Convict'', and Kate Winifred (née Macdonald, 1874–1964), a professional pianist of Scottish descent who was also a suffragette. He had an older brother, Donald, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citizen Chauvelin
Citizen Armand Chauvelin (''Citoyen Chauvelin'' in French) is the villain in Baroness Emmuska Orczy's classic novel ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' and the various plays and films derived from the work. Overview He is cast as Sir Percy Blakeney's arch-enemy throughout the novel's many sequels and appears in almost all of them. The former ambassador to the Court of St. James's (''The Scarlet Pimpernel'', '' The Elusive Pimpernel''), Chauvelin is both a representative in the National Assembly and the chief agent of the Committee of Public Safety. Chauvelin is also an old friend of the Pimpernel's wife Lady Blakeney, having been a frequenter of her salon in Paris before her marriage (and is depicted in some film treatments as being Marguerite's suitor or lover prior to her marriage to Sir Percy). Chauvelin is a ruthless, amoral patriot who firmly believes that the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel is a threat and a mockery to the French Republic, and uses his position incessantly t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Donachie
Ronald Eaglesham Porter (born 26 April 1956), known professionally as Ron Donachie, is a Scottish actor. He is known for starring as DI John Rebus in the BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of the Ian Rankin "Rebus" detective novels and for his supporting roles in films ''The Jungle Book'' (1994), ''Titanic'' and television series '' Doctor Who'' and '' Game of Thrones''. Biography Ronald Porter was born in Dundee, Scotland and educated at Madras College, St Andrews where he performed in three school plays: ''Serjeant Musgrave's Dance'' in 1972, '' A Man For All Seasons'' in 1973 for which the newspaper review said "Ron Porter was impressive from start to finish, handling a mammoth part with apparent ease, giving a sensitive, subtle and well-controlled performance, especially in the second act", and ''Taming of the Shrew'' in 1974 for which the newspaper review said "Ron Porter’s affability shines out like the proverbial beacon ... as the most experienced m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerome Willis
Jerome Barry Willis (23 October 1928 – 11 January 2014) was a prominent British stage and screen actor with more than 100 screen credits to his name. Willis had a leading role in the ITV drama series ''The Sandbaggers'' as Matthew Peele. He also appeared in ''Z Cars'' as DCS Richards, ''Within These Walls'' as Charles Radley, and ''Doctor Who'' as corporate polluter Stevens in ''The Green Death''. He played Praetorian Guard commander Macro in the ITV Roman series '' The Caesars''. Other television appearances include the cult children's television series ''Freewheelers'' as the manic Professor Nero, and the science fiction police drama ''Space Precinct'' as Captain Podley. In 2002 Willis appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company, in ''Pericles'' at the Roundhouse in London. His film credits included ''Siege of the Saxons'' (1963), ''A Jolly Bad Fellow'' (1964), ''Khartoum'' (1966), '' The Magus'' (1968), ''Doomwatch'' (1972), '' Yellow Dog'' (1973), ''Winstanley'' (1975), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beth Goddard
Elizabeth Jane Goddard (born 31 March 1969), known as Beth Goddard, is a British actress known for her role as Suze Littlewood in the BBC comedy series '' Gimme Gimme Gimme''. Early life Goddard grew up in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, and attended Clacton County High School and the Rose Bruford College in Sidcup, Greater London, from 1986 to 1989. Career One of Goddard's first television roles was as unscrupulous journalist Clare Moody in the 1994 episode " To Be a Somebody" of the ITV drama '' Cracker''. She played Belinda Ashton in the ITV detective drama ''Lewis'' in 2008, and also starred as Suze Littlewood in the comedy '' Gimme Gimme Gimme'', her best known role. Goddard appeared alongside her husband Philip Glenister in the third series of BBC One drama '' Ashes to Ashes'' in 2010. Personal life Goddard met her husband, Philip Glenister, best known for his role as Gene Hunt in TV drama ''Life on Mars'', at a birthday party for Jamie Glover in 1997. They married in 2006. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Green (actor)
Anthony Green (born 4 April 1970) is an English actor known for playing Station Officer Mick Callaghan in series 14 of '' London's Burning''. Early life Green was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. He began acting at the age of 6, playing The Wizard in '' The Wizard of Oz'' at Daisyfield Primary School. At St. Mary's College, Blackburn, he played Oscar Lindquist in ''Sweet Charity''. He continued to act while studying law at the University of Nottingham, playing John Proctor in ''The Crucible'', Jimmy Porter in ''Look Back in Anger'' and I in a stage adaptation of ''Withnail and I''. At the Edinburgh Fringe Festival he played Sheriff Baldwin Rawel in Richard Davidson's Storybook which won a Fringe First and was nominated for the Independent Theatre Award. Career In film, he played the leading role of Jonathan Berkoff, opposite Emily Lloyd, in the independent British feature ''The Honeytrap''. He played parts in '' The Bourne Identity'' and the James Bond film ''Tomorrow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard E Grant
Richard E. Grant (born Richard Grant Esterhuysen; 5 May 1957) is a Swazi-English actor and presenter. He made his film debut as Withnail in the comedy ''Withnail and I'' (1987). Grant received critical acclaim for his role as Jack Hock in Marielle Heller's drama film ''Can You Ever Forgive Me?'' (2018), winning various awards including the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male. He also received Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. Grant is known for portraying supporting roles in the feature films ''How to Get Ahead in Advertising'' (1989), ''L.A. Story'' (1991), ''Hudson Hawk'' (1991), '' The Player'' (1992), '' Bram Stoker's Dracula'' (1992), ''The Age of Innocence'' (1993), '' Spice World'' (1997), ''Gosford Park'' (2001), ''Corpse Bride'' (2005), '' The Iron Lady'' (2011), '' Logan'' (2017), '' Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker'' (2019), ''Everybody's Talking About Jamie'' (2021), and '' Persu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Coy
Jonathan Coy (born 24 April 1953, in Hammersmith, London) is a British actor. He has worked since 1975 largely in television, notably as Henry in the long-running legal series ''Rumpole of the Bailey'' and as Bracegirdle in the television series '' Hornblower'', adapted from the books by C. S. Forester. He also appeared as the German character, Kurt, in the British television series ''Brideshead Revisited'', in Season 1, Episode 7, entitled ''The Unseen Hook'', and Colin Grove in ''The Sandbaggers'' in 1978. In 2008 he played Lloyd in a UK tour of the play ''Noises Off'', Leonato in the 2011 Wyndham's Theatre production of ''Much Ado About Nothing'', with David Tennant, and Colonel Luykin in Pinero's '' The Magistrate'' at the Royal National Theatre in 2012-13, a production that was included in Season 4 of National Theatre Live. In 1997 he appeared as Doug Arkwright in Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (“Daughter of the Regiment”, S3:E2). He also played a German spy called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne Bertish
Suzanne Bertish (born 7 August 1951, Hammersmith, London) is an English actress. Educated at Woldingham School, Bertish joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and appeared in many of its productions, including its marathon eight-and-a-half-hour version of Charles Dickens's ''The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby'', in which she played three roles. She repeated these three roles in the 1982 television version of the complete play. She was later seen in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of Shakespeare's ''The Comedy of Errors'' (1983) as Adriana. She has also played small roles in several films, including the Harrison Ford vehicle '' Hanover Street'', and the vampire film '' The Hunger''. She had a recurring role as Eleni in the cable television series ''Rome'' (2005–2007). In 2009 she had a role in a production of '' Breakfast at Tiffany's'' at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. She also appeared as a female Arnold Rimmer (Arlene Rimmer), in an episode of ''Red Dwarf' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalibor Sipek
Dalibor may refer to: *Dalibor (name) Dalibor (Cyrillic script: Далибор) is primarily a male given name of Slavic origin, mostly in Czech Republic. The name is popular in some West Slavic and South Slavic countries, such as the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Serbia, Croatia, and Bo ..., Slavic surname and masculine given name * ''Dalibor'' (film), a 1956 Czech film * ''Dalibor'' (opera), 1868 opera by Bedřich Smetana, based on the life of Dalibor z Kozojed, the 15th century Czech knight {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Berger
Sarah (born Sarai) is a biblical matriarch and prophetess, a major figure in Abrahamic religions. While different Abrahamic faiths portray her differently, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all depict her character similarly, as that of a pious woman, renowned for her hospitality and beauty, the wife and half-sister of Abraham, and the mother of Isaac. Sarah has her feast day on 1 September in the Catholic Church, 19 August in the Coptic Orthodox Church, 20 January in the LCMS, and 12 and 20 December in the Eastern Orthodox Church. In the Hebrew Bible Family According to Book of Genesis 20:12, in conversation with the Philistine king Abimelech of Gerar, Abraham reveals Sarah to be both his wife and his half-sister, stating that the two share a father but not a mother. Such unions were later explicitly banned in the Book of Leviticus (). This would make Sarah the daughter of Terah and the half-sister of not only Abraham but Haran and Nahor. She would also have been the aun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Fox
Stuart Fox (born 1978 in Birmingham, England) is a professional poker player who started off playing online poker Online poker is the game of poker played over the Internet. It has been partly responsible for a huge increase in the number of poker players worldwide. Christiansen Capital Advisors stated online poker revenues grew from $82.7 million in 2001 t ... and has now become one of the United Kingdom's most recognized and successful tournament players. Poker career As of 2010, his live tournament winnings exceed $1,200,000. His 8 cashes at the WSOP account for $698,561 of those winnings. WPT He has several cashes from the World Poker Tour. References 1978 births Living people English poker players {{Poker-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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