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Walley
Walley is a surname and given name. It may refer to: Surname * Augustus Walley (1856–1938), a Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army and recipient of the Medal of Honor * Byron Walley, a pen name of writer Orson Scott Card (born 1951) * Chris Walley (born 1954), Welsh geologist * Chris Walley (actor) (born 1995), Irish actor * Deborah Walley (1943–2001), American actress * Denny Walley (born 1943), American guitarist * Ernie Walley (born 1933), Welsh football player, manager and coach * Hugh Walley (), footballer * Joan Walley, (born 1949), British politician * John Walley (died 1615), English Member of Parliament * Keith Walley (born 1954), English footballer * Nigel Walley (born 1941), English rock bass guitarist with The Quarrymen * Richard Walley (born 1953), Australian Aborigine performer, musician, writer and activist * Richard Whalley (died 1583) (1498/99–1583), English Member of Parliament * Richard Whalley (died c. 1632) (c. 1558–c. 1632), English Member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Walley
Deborah Walley (August 12, 1941May 10, 2001) was an American actress noted for playing the title role in ''Gidget Goes Hawaiian'' (1961) and appearing in several beach party films. Early years Walley was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut to Ice Capades skating stars and choreographers Nathan and Edith Walley. When she was three years old, she made her first public appearance at Madison Square Garden. Walley attended Central High School in Bridgeport. In her teens, she decided to pursue a career in acting. At 14, she debuted on stage in a summer stock production of ''Charley's Aunt''. During her sophomore year, Walley attended Rosarian Academy in West Palm Beach, Florida, where she was cast as Cinderella in a musical production at the Royal Poinciana Playhouse. She studied acting at New York City's American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Career Walley appeared on television in episodes of '' Naked City'' ("To Walk in Silence ") and '' Route 66'' ("Ten Drops of Water"). Early fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Walley
Christopher Nigel Walley (born 30 June 1941) is an English former golfer and tea-chest bass player and manager, best known for his association with band The Quarrymen, the precursor of The Beatles which included John Lennon. His surname has often been spelt incorrectly as 'Whalley' in numerous books and on web pages. Early life Walley's father was Chief Superintendent Harold Walley, who was the head of Liverpool's Police 'A' Division. The Walley family lived in Vale Road, Liverpool, which was at the back of Lennon's home at 251 Menlove Avenue, belonging to his aunt and guardian, Mimi Smith. Walley and Lennon became friends at the age of five, even though Walley and Pete Shotton (who also lived in Vale Road) went to Mosspits Lane Infant/Junior School, while Lennon and Ivan Vaughan attended Dovedale Infant School. Note: Lennon had originally attended Mosspits Lane School, but was expelled for bullying another infant, Polly Hipshaw. Walley and Lennon both went on to sing in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Walley
Richard Barry Walley (born 1953) OAM is a Nyungar man, one of Australia's leading Aboriginal performers, musicians and writers, who has been a campaigner for the Indigenous cause. Walley is also a visual artist. Life and career Walley, born in 1953 in Meekatharra, north of Perth, Western Australia, spent much of his childhood at Pinjarra, south of Perth. He began his work in social justice for Indigenous Australians in the Perth region, Nyungar country, at a young age. By 23 he was chairing Western Australia's Aboriginal Advisory Board, while also involved in the formation or operation of the Aboriginal Housing Board, Aboriginal Medical Service, Aboriginal Legal Service, Aboriginal Alcoholism Committee, Aboriginal Sports Foundation and the New Era Aboriginal Fellowship. He is known for helping to develop the modern Australian welcome to country ritual, when in 1976 he and Ernie Dingo and created a ceremony to welcome a group of Māori people, Māori artists who were partic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Walley (actor)
Chris Walley (born 21 June 1995) is an Irish stage and screen actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Jock O'Keeffe in the comedy film and RTÉ and BBC Three television series ''The Young Offenders (TV series), The Young Offenders'', for which he received an Irish Film & Television Academy, IFTA Award among other nominations. He also portrayed Private Bullen in 1917 (2019 film), ''1917''. Early life Walley was born Cork (city), Cork, Ireland, and raised in the Glanmire area. He was a pupil of Christian Brothers College, Cork. Walley is a great-grandson of William Norton, former Tánaiste. From an early age, Walley took an interest in Drama and Theatre studies, attending classes in the Gaiety School of Acting and the Cork School of Music. As a student in the Cork School of Music Walley was a member of their Youth Theatre group, performing in productions such as Jean Anouilh, Anouilh's Antigone (Anouilh play), ''Antigone'', as well as undertaking individual lessons under th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Walley
John Thomas Walley (born 27 February 1945) is a Welsh former footballer, who played as a wing half. Playing career Walley was born in Caernarfon and educated at Ysgol Segontium, named after the town's Roman fort. At the age of 14, he underwent a neck operation which prevented him playing football for almost three years. In March 1963, he joined Caernarfon Town playing in the Welsh League (North); after only a handful of games, he briefly joined Wrexham in the spring of 1964, but returned to Caernarfon in August, before (on the recommendation of his elder brother Ernie, who was a former Spurs player) joining English side Arsenal in December 1964 for a fee of £1,000. He played for Arsenal 18 times—4 of those appearances as a substitute—and scored once, as well as playing for the Wales under-23 national team, before transferring to Watford in March 1967 for £9,500. During the first of two periods Walley would spend at Vicarage Road as a player, he earned his sole cap for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moira Walley-Beckett
Moira Walley-Beckett is a Canadian television actress, producer, and writer. She was a writer and producer for the AMC drama '' Breaking Bad'' and the creator of two television series, ''Flesh and Bone'' and ''Anne with an E'' (titled ''Anne'' during the first season). For her work on ''Breaking Bad'', she won three Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, three Writers Guild of America Awards, two Producers Guild of America Awards, a Golden Globe, and a Peabody. Early life Walley-Beckett was raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and attended the Banff School of Fine Arts. In 1982, she joined the Arts Club Theatre Company. Career Walley-Beckett worked from the mid-1980s until the early-2000s as a television actress. She guest-starred on many series, including ''MacGyver'', '' 21 Jump Street'', '' Wiseguy'', '' Chicago Hope'', ''Diagnosis Murder'' and '' ER''. She began writing for television in 2007 as a staff writer for the short- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Walley
Joan Lorraine Walley (born 23 January 1949) is a British Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician, who served as Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Stoke-on-Trent North (UK Parliament constituency), Stoke-on-Trent North from the 1987 United Kingdom general election, 1987 general election until 2015 United Kingdom general election, 2015. Early life She attended Biddulph Grammar School (now known as Biddulph#Education, Woodhouse Middle School) in Biddulph, north Staffordshire. At the University of Hull, she gained a Bachelor of Arts, BA in Social Administration. From the Swansea University, University College of Wales, Swansea, she gained a Diploma in Community Work Development. From 1970–73, she worked on an Alcoholics Recovery Project. From 1974–78, she was a Local Government Officer for City and County of Swansea council, Swansea City Council. She worked for London Borough of Wandsworth, Wandsworth Council from 1978–79. From 1979–82, sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustus Walley
Augustus Walley (March 10, 1856 – April 9, 1938) was a Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Indian Wars of the western United States. Biography Walley was born into slavery in Reisterstown, Maryland in 1856. He joined the army from Baltimore in November 1878.Register of Enlistments in the US Army, 1798-1914 On August 16, 1881, Walley was serving as a private in Company I of the 9th Cavalry Regiment. On that day, Walley participated in the Battle of Cuchillo Negro Creek in the Black Range Mountains near Cuchillo Negro Creek of New Mexico, where he was cited for " avery in action with hostile Apaches" for helping rescue stranded soldiers under heavy fire. His Lieutenant, George Ritter Burnett, and First Sergeant Moses Williams also received the Medal of Honor for their actions in this battle. Nine years later, on October 1, 1890, he was issued the Medal of Honor for h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denny Walley
Denny Walley is an American guitarist who was born in Pennsylvania 4 February 1943. He is known for working with Frank Zappa in the 1970s and '80s. Career Denny Walley spent much of his childhood in New York City before his family moved to Lancaster, California, in 1955 where he met Frank Zappa. Denny Walley has played with many bands over the years and is best known for his work with Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention and Captain Beefheart's Magic Band. He also played briefly with in 1972. Captain Beefheart gave him the nickname Feelers Rebo. Since 2003 he has been touring regularly with the reformed [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernie Walley
Ernie Walley (born 7 April 1933 in Caernarfon) is a retired association football player, manager and coach. Playing career Walley joined Tottenham Hotspur as a junior in May 1951, making five league appearances as a wing half before moving to Middlesbrough in 1958. After eight appearances for Middlesbrough he moved again to Crystal Palace, but failed to make a first team appearance before moving to Gravesend & Northfleet and subsequently Stevenage Borough. Coaching and managerial career After retiring as a player Walley spent eight years as a coach at Arsenal before joining Crystal Palace in the same capacity in 1967. He became caretaker manager of Crystal Palace for six matches following the departure of Terry Venables in 1980. After the appointments of Malcolm Allison and subsequently Dario Gradi, Walley continued as a coach at Crystal Palace. He was later assistant manager to John Hollins at Chelsea during the mid-1980s, and reserve manager under Steve Harrison at Watford. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Walley
Chris Walley (born 1954 in Wales) is a geologist, author, and tertiary education lecturer. Life and career Chris Walley was born in Wales in 1954; however, he grew up in northern England. He received a Bachelor of Science in geology from Sheffield University and a Phd from the University of Wales, Swansea. He taught at the American University of Beirut (AUB) in Lebanon from 1980 to 1984, where he met his wife and where his two sons John and Mark were born. From 1984 to 1994 he was based in Swansea where he was a consultant for the oil industry. He did fieldwork in a number of African and Asian countries and wrote numerous synthesis volumes on the geology of different countries. In the late eighties, he began writing in his spare time. He had two novels, ''Heart of Stone'' and ''Rock of Refuge'', published under the pseudonym of John Haworth. In 1994, he was asked to return to Lebanon to rebuild the Department of Geology at AUB and lived there with his family until 1998. During t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Walley
John Walley (died 1615) was an English politician. Family Walley was the son of William Walley, who was Mayor of Bath in 1573 and 1582. His nephew, John Walley, was a later mayor. William Shareston, MP and Mayor, was described in Walley's will as his 'brother', presumably his brother-in-law. Career He was a Member of Parliament, Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Bath (UK Parliament constituency), Bath in 1589. He was Mayor of Bath in 1585 and 1586. References 16th-century births 1615 deaths Mayors of Bath, Somerset English MPs 1589 {{16thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |