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Wide Boy (film)
''Wide Boy'' is a 1952 British crime film directed by Ken Hughes and starring Susan Shaw, Sydney Tafler and Ronald Howard.Wide Boy Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 19, Iss. 216, (1 Jan 1952): 82. It was Hughes' feature directorial debut. He later called it "pretty terrible". Plot Benny is a black marketeer, dealing in stolen goods; after yet another arrest Benny meets up with his girlfriend Molly, a hairdresser, and they go somewhere different for them, a bar called The Flamingo. There are only two other customers there at the bar, Robert Mannering and his mistress Caroline Blaine, and it is clear from their conversation that he is a famous surgeon whose wife is dying. Benny notices Caroline's smart handbag, and manages to steal Caroline's wallet. Benny then realises that he recognises Mannering as a famous surgeon. Mannering and Caroline leave shortly afterwards, followed by Benny and Molly, who is unaware of Benny's theft, but Mannering and Caroline return to the bar as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Hughes
Ken or KEN may refer to: Entertainment * ''Ken'' (album), a 2017 album by Canadian indie rock band Destroyer. * ''Ken'' (film), 1964 Japanese film. * ''Ken'' (magazine), a large-format political magazine. * Ken Masters, a main character in the ''Street Fighter'' franchise. People * Ken (given name), a list of people named Ken * Ken (musician) (born 1968), guitarist of the Japanese rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel * Ken (SB19 musician) (born 1997), stage name of Felip Jhon Suson of the Filipino boy group, SB19 * Ken (VIXX singer) (born 1992), stage name of Lee Jae-hwan of the South Korean boy group, VIXX * Naoko Ken (born 1953), Japanese singer and actress (Ken as surname) * Thomas Ken (1637–1711), English cleric and composer * Tjungkara Ken (born 1969), Aboriginal Australian artist * Ken Zheng (born April 5, 1995) is an Indonesian actor, screenwriter and martial artist Other * Kèn, a musical instrument from Vietnam. * Ken (doll), a product by Mattel. * ''Ken'' (unit) (間), a Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Telegraph
''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally. It was founded by Arthur B. Sleigh in 1855 as ''The Daily Telegraph & Courier''. Considered a newspaper of record over '' The Times'' in the UK in the years up to 1997, ''The Telegraph'' generally has a reputation for high-quality journalism, and has been described as being "one of the world's great titles". The paper's motto, "Was, is, and will be", appears in the editorial pages and has featured in every edition of the newspaper since 19 April 1858. The paper had a circulation of 363,183 in December 2018, descending further until it withdrew from newspaper circulation audits in 2019, having declined almost 80%, from 1.4 million in 1980.United Newspapers PLC and Fleet Holdings PLC', Monopolies and Mergers Commission (1985), pp. 5–16. Its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Age
''The Age'' is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854. Owned and published by Nine Entertainment, ''The Age'' primarily serves Victoria, but copies also sell in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and southern New South Wales. It is delivered both in print and digital formats. The newspaper shares some articles with its sister newspaper ''The Sydney Morning Herald''. ''The Age'' is considered a newspaper of record for Australia, and has variously been known for its investigative reporting, with its journalists having won dozens of Walkley Awards, Australia's most prestigious journalism prize. , ''The Age'' had a monthly readership of 5.321 million. History Foundation ''The Age'' was founded by three Melbourne businessmen: brothers John and Henry Cooke (who had arrived from New Zealand in the 1840s) and Walter Powell. The first edition appeared on 17 October 1854. Syme family The ventur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assassin For Hire
''Assassin for Hire'' is a 1951 British crime film directed by Michael McCarthy and starring Sydney Tafler, Ronald Howard and Katharine Blake. Its plot follows a contract killer who becomes stricken with remorse when he is led to believe he has murdered his brother. It was the first feature film made by Anglo-Amalgamated. It was made at Merton Park Studios from a screenplay by Rex Rienits. It was intended as a supporting feature, although it may have been shown as a headline feature in some cinemas. Plot Antonio Riccardi, a young British criminal of Italian heritage, works as a professional contract killer in order to pay for his gifted younger brother's violin lessons so that he can escape from a life of poverty and crime. A series of mistakes lead him to wrongly believe he has killed his brother, and he confesses his crimes to the police. Cast * Sydney Tafler – Antonio Riccardi * Ronald Howard – Detective Inspector Carson * Katharine Blake – Maria Riccardi * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Christie
Helen Christie (22 October 1914 – 17 March 1995) was an Indian-born British stage, film and television actress. She was married to Patrick Crean. Selected filmography Film * '' Up for the Cup'' (1950) * '' Wide Boy'' (1952) * '' Castle in the Air'' (1952) * ''The Beggar's Opera'' (1953) * ''Rasputin the Mad Monk'' (1966) * '' Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher'' (1968) * ''The Smashing Bird I Used to Know'' (1969) * '' Lust for a Vampire'' (1971) * ''Escort Girls'' (1975) Television * ''Melissa'' (1964) * ''Middlemarch'' (1968) * ''Wives and Daughters'' (1971) * ''The Pallisers ''The Pallisers'' is a 1974 BBC television adaptation of Anthony Trollope's Palliser novels. Set in Victorian era England with a backdrop of parliamentary life, Simon Raven's dramatisation covers six of Anthony Trollope's novels and follows the e ...'' (1974) References External links * * 1914 births 1995 deaths British stage actresses British film actresses British television actres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Benson (actor)
Martin Benjamin Benson (10 August 1918 – 28 February 2010) was a British character actor who appeared in films, theatre and television. He appeared in both British and Hollywood productions. Early life Benson was born in the East End of London, into a Jewish family, the son of a Russian-Jewish grocer and his Polish-Jewish wife who had left Russia at the revolution. After attending Tottenham Grammar School on a scholarship, he served in the 2nd Searchlight, Royal Artillery, during World War II. Stationed in Cairo, Egypt, he and Arthur Lowe founded the repertory company Mercury Theatre in Alexandria. Career He is remembered for his role as the Kralaholme in the original London production of ''The King and I'', a role he recreated in the Oscar-winning film version. Appearing in films for over six decades, Benson played mostly supporting characters or villains. His films include ''The Blind Goddess'' (1948), ''Wheel of Fate'' (1953), ''Interpol'' (1957), ''The Strange World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Bramhall
Dorothy Bramhall (1911-2004) was a British actress and former model. Selected filmography * '' Love Story'' (1944) * ''I See a Dark Stranger'' (1946) * '' Take My Life'' (1947) * ''The White Unicorn'' (1947) * ''The Clouded Crystal'' (1948) * ''A Run for Your Money'' (1949) * '' Encore'' (1951) * '' Wide Boy'' (1952) * Inspector Morley: Late of Scotland Yard (1952) - (TV Series) - (with '' Patrick Barr''; '' Tod Slaughter''; ''Arthur Howard''; '' Johnny Briggs (actor))'' * '' Murder at Scotland Yard'' (1953) * ''To Dorothy a Son ''To Dorothy a Son'' is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Muriel Box and starring Shelley Winters, John Gregson and Peggy Cummins. Known in the U.S. as ''Cash on Delivery'', it is based on the 1950 play ''To Dorothy, a Son'' by Roger MacDo ...'' (1954) References External links * 1911 births 2004 deaths British film actresses {{UK-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Wallace (singer)
Ian Bryce Wallace OBE (10 July 191912 October 2009) was an English bass-baritone opera and concert singer, actor and broadcaster of Scottish extraction. His family intended him for a career in the law, but he was attracted to the stage. Originally an actor in non-musical plays, he was persuaded to try opera and made an immediate success. He played a range of buffo parts in operas, at Glyndebourne and internationally. Wallace maintained a simultaneous career in revue, straight theatre, and broadcasting. He appeared in pantomime and at the Royal Variety Performance. As a broadcaster, he was a long-time panellist on the BBC radio panel game '' My Music'', and he presented a television series of introductions to operas in the 1960s, as well as appearing in light entertainment shows singing a range of songs from ballads to comedy numbers. He performed his one-man show for many years. Flanders and Swann wrote several songs for him, and their best-known novelty song, "The Hippopotam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyn Houston
Glyn Houston (23 October 1925 – 30 June 2019) was a Welsh actor best known for his television work. He was the younger brother of film actor Donald Houston. Early life Glyndwr Desmond Houston was born at 10 Thomas Street, Tonypandy, Glamorgan, Wales. He served in the army during the Second World War, and was briefly a stand-up comedian performing for soldiers during the war. He made his first film appearance in ''The Blue Lamp'' in 1950. Career In the 1970s Houston played Lord Peter Wimsey's valet Bunter opposite Ian Carmichael in television adaptations of several of Dorothy Sayers tales. His performance was praised in ''The New York Times''. Later, he had a role as a literary agent in the 1980s British sitcom '' Keep It in the Family''. He appeared in a number of films including ''The Great Game''. Other credits included ''My Good Woman'' (1973–1974), ''A Horseman Riding By'' (1978), ''Inspector Morse'', ''It Ain't Half Hot Mum'', ''Minder'' and ''Doomwatch'', as well a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Case
(Thomas) Gerald Case (1905 – 22 May 1985) was a British film and television actor known for his role in the 1976 Wodehouse Playhouse episode, 'Strychnine in the Soup'. He was the son of Captain Thomas Elphinstone Case, of the Coldstream Guards, and Evelyn Ruby, daughter of Adolphus Ferguson. His widowed mother subsequently married the England cricketer and gold medal-winning Olympic boxer J. W. H. T. Douglas. Case lived at Mayfield, Windlesham, Surrey, where he died on 22 May 1985.Wills and probate records, search parameters 'surname': Case, 'year of death': 1985 URL= https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk Date accessed= 2 October 2018 Partial filmography * ''Museum Mystery'' (1937) - Peter Redding * '' The Lion Has Wings'' (1939) - Unnamed Character * ''In Which We Serve'' (1942) - Jasper * ''Henry V'' (1944) - Earl of Westmoreland * '' Caesar and Cleopatra'' (1945) - Roman Tax Officer (uncredited) * '' Night Boat to Dublin'' (1946) - Inspector Emerson * ''I See a Dark Stran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laidman Browne
Laidman Browne (13 September 1896 - 11 September 1961) was an English radio and television actor. In 1949 he was the narrator of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of the Speckled Band "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" is one of 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the eighth story of twelve in the collection ''The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes''. It was originally published in '' Strand Ma ...", the first book read on the BBC's long-running series '' A Book at Bedtime''. Filmography References External links * 1896 births 1961 deaths 20th-century English male actors Male actors from Newcastle upon Tyne English male radio actors English male television actors {{England-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Tapley
Colin Edward Livingstone Tapley (7 May 1909 – 1 December 1995) was a New Zealand actor in both American and British films. Born in New Zealand, he served in the Royal Air Force and an expedition to Antarctica before winning a Paramount Pictures talent contest and moving to Hollywood. He acted in a number of films before moving to Britain during the Second World War as a flight controller with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He returned briefly to New Zealand before returning once again to Britain to renew his acting career. His most famous role is as William Glanville in '' The Dam Busters'' (1955), but he spent much of his later career typecast as a police inspector, a role he played in several films and TV series before retiring to Gloucestershire. Early life and family Tapley was born on 7 May 1909 at Dunedin, New Zealand, the son of Harold Livingstone Tapley, later mayor of Dunedin and MP for Dunedin North, and Jean Brodie Tapley (née Burt). He was educated at Chr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
