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Willoughby Goddard
Willoughby Wittenham Rees Goddard (4 July 1926 – 11 April 2008) was an English actor whose trademark rotund figure was well known on television and in films for more than 40 years. Biography Goddard was born in Bicester, Oxfordshire. He played Mr. Bumble in two versions of Charles Dickens's '' Oliver Twist'' – a 1962 television adaptation, and the original Broadway production of the musical ''Oliver!''. He originated the role of Cardinal Wolsey in the West End production of Robert Bolt's '' A Man for All Seasons''. He appeared in the television series ''The Adventures of William Tell'' (which lasted 39 episodes) in 1958 and 1959 as the villain Landburgher Gessler and as Sir Geoffrey in ''The Man in Room 17'', which ran two series of 13 hour-long black-and-white episodes in 1965 and 1966. He was cast as Reeder's boss, Sir Jason Toovey, (head of the Department of Public Prosecutions) in '' The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder'', a TV series of 16 hour-long episodes with first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Stassino
Phaedros Stassinos (1930 – 28 June 2012) was a Greek Cypriot actor whose international stage name was Paul Stassino. Early life Stassino was born in Platres and grew up in nearby Limassol, but spent most of his acting career in England. He had moved there at the age of 18 to study law. Without telling his parents, he got a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Career He appeared in many British films, in British TV dramas such as ''Danger Man'' and ''The Saint''. He appeared in ''Coronation Street'' in 1968, as Hungarian demolition contractor Miklos Zadic who had a brief relationship with Emily Nugent (played by Eileen Derbyshire). Possibly his best known performance was when he played two parts, Major François Derval and Angelo Palazzi, in the James Bond film '' Thunderball'' (see List of James Bond henchmen in Thunderball). Other roles include "Le Pirate" in ''That Riviera Touch'', and the first officer of the Colombian ship ''Paloma'' in ''Tiger Bay''. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mind Of Mr
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Long Shadow (1961 Film)
''The Long Shadow'' is a 1961 British second feature, a drama film directed by Peter Maxwell and starring John Crawford, Susan Hampshire and Willoughby Goddard. It was filmed at Pinewood Studios. Plot summary In Vienna during the Cold War, the Russians and Americans try to gain control of a boy who can be manipulated for political purposes. An American newspaper journalist attempts to save the Hungarian child and a Swedish nurse from certain death. Cast * John Crawford as Kelly * Susan Hampshire as Gunilla * Willoughby Goddard as Schober * Humphrey Lestocq as Bannister * Rory O'Brine as Ruchi Korbanyi * Anne Castaldini as Magda * Margaret Robertson as Mother * Bill Nagy as Garity * Lily Kann Lily Hertha Kann 26th. October, 1893, Peitz – 2nd. November, 1978, Sussex, was a German-born, British actress. (Though the BFI website claims that she was born in Berlin, and died in Horsham). She appeared in the West End in the play ''Backg ... as Old Lady * Hana-Maria P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Bunk
''Double Bunk'' is a British black-and-white comedy film set on a houseboat. It was released in 1961, and stars Ian Carmichael and Sid James. The musical score was composed by Stanley Black, and the title song, sung by Sid James and Liz Fraser, was by Stanley Black, Jack Fishman and Michael Pratt (later better known as the actor Mike Pratt). Plot Facing eviction from their London flat, newlyweds Jack (Ian Carmichael) and Peggy (Janette Scott) are tricked into buying a rundown houseboat by its current owner Alfred Harper (Reginald Beckwith) and his put-upon wife (Irene Handl). Mr Watson (Dennis Price), who owns Jack and Peggy’s mooring, soon makes their acquaintance by introducing them to his mooring tariffs and associated surcharges. Jack's used-car-salesman friend Sid (Sid James) helps him rebuild the engine, and the newlyweds take the boat down the River Thames to Ramsgate with Sid and his girlfriend Sandra (Liz Fraser) as passengers. On the way they have trouble with an o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Partner
''The Secret Partner'' is a 1961 British thriller film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Stewart Granger, Haya Harareet and Bernard Lee. The screenplay concerns a shipping executive officer who is blackmailed by an evil dentist. Plot John Brent ( Stewart Granger) is an executive, working under Charles Standish (Hugh Burden) at the London head office of a shipping company. His marriage is in trouble because he is always short of money; his wife Nicole ( Haya Harareet), certain he is spending it on another woman, leaves him and takes up with Clive Lang (John Lee), a decorator they have hired. What Brent's employer does not know is that his real name is John Wilson and he was once imprisoned for embezzlement. When he chose a dentist after being released, it happened to be the same man who did dental work at the prison, Ralph Beldon (Norman Bird). Brent is not cheating on Nicole, but Beldon is blackmailing him by threatening to reveal his true identity to the company. One ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Millionairess
''The Millionairess'' is a 1960 British romantic comedy film directed by Anthony Asquith, and starring Sophia Loren and Peter Sellers. Set in London, it is a loose adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's 1936 play of the same name. Plot By the terms of her late father's will, spoiled London heiress Epifania Ognissanti di Parerga, the richest woman in the world, cannot marry unless her prospective husband is able to turn £500 into £15,000 within a three-month period. When Epifania becomes smitten with Alastair, a muscular tennis player, she rigs the contest by giving him £500 in stock and then buying it back for £15,000. Alastair is unable to live peacefully with the domineering Epifania, however, and is carrying on with the more domestic Polly Smith. Contemplating suicide, Epifania melodramatically plunges into the Thames, and when Dr. Ahmed el Kabir, a self-effacing, selfless Indian physician who runs an inadequately equipped clinic for the poor, ignores her plight and paddl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inn For Trouble
''Inn for Trouble'' is a 1960 black and white British comedy film intended as a low budget filler to support a main feature in the days of cinema double features. it was a spin-off of the 1950s sitcom ''The Larkins'' - starring Peggy Mount, David Kossoff and Leslie Phillips; the title makes allusion to the real Trouble House Inn in Gloucestershire near Tetbury. Plot The Larkin family takes over a run-down country public house, "The Earl Osbourne". The pub has a resident young French artist, Yvette. Meanwhile a property developer wants to buy the pub to knock it down to build a brand new "roadhouse" instead. He sends his nephew Percy to investigate. Their efforts to rejuvenate business are impeded by the long-standing tradition of free beer being distributed by the local Earl. They try to trick people in with the same promise of free beer. Meanwhile Percy Pirbright continually tries to catch the pub out by dragging the local policeman along to observe alleged breaches of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In The Wake Of A Stranger
''In the Wake of a Stranger'' is a 1959 British thriller film directed by David Eady and starring Tony Wright, Shirley Eaton and Danny Green. In the film, a group of murderers try to frame an innocent sailor, Tom Cassidy (Tony Wright), for their crime. Cast * Tony Wright - Tom Cassidy * Shirley Eaton - Joyce Edwards * Danny Green - Barnes * Willoughby Goddard - Shafto * Harry H. Corbett - McCabe * Tom Bowman - Spike * Alun Owen - Ferris * Barbara Archer - Barmaid * Vanda Godsell - Hetty McCabe * James Ottaway - Johnson * Peter Sinclair - Sea Captain * Peter Carver - Lorry Driver * Frank Pemberton - Landlord * Patricia Dean - Secretary * David Hemmings - Schoolboy Critical reception ''TV Guide'' gave the film two out of five stars, writing, "The plot is confusing and often illogical, and the love story only gets in the way of the mystery"; and Leonard Maltin Leonard Michael Maltin (born December 18, 1950) is an American film critic and film historian, as well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart Of A Child
''Heart of a Child'' is a 1958 British drama (film and television), drama film adapted from the 1940 Heart of a Child (novel), novel of the same title by Phyllis Bottome, directed by Clive Donner. It stars Jean Anderson and Donald Pleasence. Plot During wartime rationing, Karl, a young Austrian boy, is beaten by his father, Spiel, who threatens to sell the boy's St. Bernard (dog), St. Bernard dog to the butcher to pay for food for the family. However, much to the father's fury, Karl sells the dog himself to a kindly Veterinary physician, veterinarian. The dog, with the help of Maria, a spinster, then rescues Karl after he is trapped in a snowstorm. Maria ends up marrying the vet, and Karl's father ends up letting Karl keep the dog. Cast * Jean Anderson as Maria * Donald Pleasence as Spiel * Richard Williams (actor born 1946), Richard Williams as Karl * Carla Challoner as Elsa * Maureen Pryor as Frau Spiel * Norman Macowan as Heiss * John Glyn-Jones as Priest * Willoughby Goddard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stranger In Town (1957 Film)
'' Stranger in Town'' is a 1957 British crime film directed by George Pollock and starring Alex Nicol and Anne Paige. Arthur Lowe makes a brief appearance in a minor role. It was made by Tempean Films at Alliance Film Studios. Plot An American composer, lodging in a quiet English village is found shot dead. A journalist, also from America probes the death on behalf of the pianist’s only relative in America. His trail leads to the local gossip who is later found gassed and debunks the official theory that it was suicide, finding that many people seem to have had reason to commit the crime, as he eventually discovers the truth. Cast * Alex Nicol as John Madison * Anne Paige as Vicky Leigh * Mary Laura Wood as Lorna Ryland * Mona Washbourne as Agnes Smith * Charles Lloyd-Pack as Captain Nash * Bruce Beeby as William Ryland * John Horsley as Inspector Powell * Colin Tapley as Henry Ryland * Betty Impey as Geraldine Nash * Peggy Ann Clifford as Mrs Woodham * Arthur Lowe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Touch Of The Sun (1956 Film)
''A Touch of the Sun'' is a 1956 British comedy film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Frankie Howerd, Ruby Murray and Dennis Price. Made by the independent producer Raymond Stross it was shot at Walton Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director John Stoll. Premise A hall porter is left a large inheritance by one of the residents. After taking a luxury holiday he takes over the hotel and begins running it himself. Cast * Frankie Howerd as William Darling * Ruby Murray as Ruby * Dennis Price as Digby Hatchard * Dorothy Bromiley as Rose Blake * Katherine Kath as Lucienne * Gordon Harker as Sid * Reginald Beckwith as Herbert Hardcastle * Pierre Dudan as Louis * Colin Gordon as Cecil Flick * Richard Wattis as Purchase * Alfie Bass as May * Naomi Chance as Miss Caroline Lovejoy * Miriam Karlin as Alice Cann * Willoughby Goddard as Golightly * Aïché Nana as Belly Dancer * George Margo as Howard Cann * Esma Cannon as Miss Tickle * Lucy Griffiths as Aggie Produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Green Man (film)
''The Green Man'' is a 1956 black and white British black comedy film based on the play ''Meet a Body'' by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, who produced and adapted the big-screen version. Plot Harry Hawkins is a freelance assassin who is contracted to blow up Sir Gregory Upshott, a prominent and pompous London businessman. By courting Upshott's spinster secretary, Marigold, he learns that his target will be taking one of the firm's typists for a weekend at a seaside hotel called "The Green Man". Hawkins hides a bomb in a radio, which he plans to leave in the hotel lounge. Finding out his treachery, the secretary comes to his house to confront him but is attacked and left for dead by Hawkins' assistant McKechnie who, as nobody is next door, hides the body there (in a grand piano). The body is found by a young vacuum cleaner salesman called William Blake who calls there, and he first goes next door and accidentally alerts Hawkins, who has his assistant move the body. He then al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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