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The Adventures Of Ben Gunn (TV Series)
''The Adventures of Ben Gunn'' is a British television series which originally aired on the BBC in 1958.Baskin p.32 It was based on R.F. Delderfield's 1956 novel '' The Adventures of Ben Gunn'', written as a prequel A prequel is a literary, dramatic or cinematic work whose story precedes that of a previous work, by focusing on events that occur before the original narrative. A prequel is a work that forms part of a backstory to the preceding work. The term " ... to Robert Louis Stevenson's '' Treasure Island''. Main cast * John Moffatt as Ben Gunn * Peter Wyngarde as John Silver * Rupert Davies as Captain Flint * Meadows White as Ben Gunn - as an Old Man * John H. Watson as Jim Hawkins * Richard Coleman as Nick Allardyce * Nigel Arkwright as Gabriel Pew * Sean Lynch as Israel Hands * Gertan Klauber as Black Dog * Rodney Burke as Anderson * Neil Hallett as Tom Morgan * Terry Baker as Davis * Olaf Pooley as Billy Bones * Michael Corcoran as Darby Magraw * Ayton Medas a ...
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The Adventures Of Ben Gunn
''The Adventures of Ben Gunn'' is a 1956 adventure novel by the British writer R.F. Delderfield. It is a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's ''Treasure Island''. In 1958 it was adapted into a BBC television series of the same title starring Peter Wyngarde and Rupert Davies Rupert Davies FRSA (22 May 191622 November 1976) was a British actor. He is best remembered for playing the title role in the BBC's 1960s television adaptation of ''Maigret'', based on Georges Simenon's novels. Life and career Military serv ....Baskin p.32 References Bibliography *Baskin, Ellen . ''Serials on British Television, 1950-1994''. Scolar Press, 1996. * Drew, Bernard A. ''Literary Afterlife: The Posthumous Continuations of 325 Authors' Fictional Characters''. McFarland, 2010. Works based on Treasure Island 1956 British novels British historical novels British adventure novels Novels by R. F. Delderfield British novels adapted into television shows Hodder & Stoughton books Preque ...
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Gertan Klauber
George Gertan Klauber (5 March 1932 – 1 August 2008) was a British bit part character actor. Klauber was born in Czechoslovakia, and after training at the Birmingham Theatre School, his stage appearances included with the RSC and the National Theatre. He played small roles in many of the ''Carry On'' films and appeared in numerous television productions, often playing minor villains, including episodes of ''The Saint'', '' The Professionals'', ''Danger Man'', '' The Avengers'', twice in '' Doctor Who'' as The Galley Master in The Romans and as Ola in The Macra Terror and as mad king George III in ''Blackadder the Third''. He appeared in the TV musical '' Pickwick'' for the BBC in 1969. He also played a servile yet pompous waiter in one episode, "The Old Magic", of ''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?''. He was married to the British actress Gwendolyn Watts. Partial filmography *'' Battle of the V-1'' (1958) - SS Guard - Stefan at Dentist (uncredited) *''Don't Panic ...
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1958 British Television Series Debuts
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Television Series Based On Treasure Island
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John Barrett (actor)
Jack Elvyn Barrett (18 February 1910 – 22 May 1983) was a British actor on film, television and stage, best known for his roles as Smellie Ibbotson in ''The Dustbinmen'' and Hylda Baker's father in ''Not On Your Nellie''. Biography Born in Rochdale in 1910, Barrett worked in a family business there, and in the 1930s began working in the theatre. He started as an assistant stage manager, and at different times worked as an actor, stage manager, director and actor-manager. Before and during World War II he produced and acted in local productions in Rochdale. Following the war, he joined weekly repertory companies across England, working in places such as Birmingham, Rugby, Bexhill-on-Sea and Hastings in Sussex, Portsmouth in Hampshire, Bournemouth in Dorset, and Burnley in Lancashire. In the mid 1950s, he made his first appearances on screen and thereafter had frequent roles on television and in films. In the 1960s and 1970s, he acted in London at the Royal Court Theatre, Savoy ...
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Peter Vaughan
Peter Vaughan (born Peter Ewart Ohm; 4 April 1923 – 6 December 2016) was an English character actor known for many supporting roles in British film and television productions. He also acted extensively on the stage. He is perhaps best known for his role as Grouty in the sitcom ''Porridge'' and its 1979 film adaptation. Other parts included a recurring role alongside Robert Lindsay in the sitcom ''Citizen Smith'', Tom Hedden in '' Straw Dogs'', Winston the Ogre in ''Time Bandits'', Tom Franklin in '' Chancer'' and Mr. Stevens, Sr. in ''The Remains of the Day''. His final role was as Maester Aemon in HBO's ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2015). Early life Vaughan was born Peter Ewart Ohm on 4 April 1923 in Wem, Shropshire, the son of a bank clerk, Max Ohm, who was an Austrian immigrant, and Eva Wright, a nurse. The family later moved to Wellington, in the same county, where he began his schooling. Vaughan said that while reciting a poem at infant school in Wellington he first ...
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Basil Hoskins
Basil William Hoskins (10 June 1929 – 17 January 2005) was an English theatre and film actor. Hoskins, a native of Edmonton, London, was educated at the Edmonton County School. Hoskins studied acting at RADA and joined the Nottingham Playhouse Company in 1951. Hoskins was the long-term partner of fellow English actor Harry Andrews. They are buried alongside each other at St Mary the Virgin, Salehurst, in East Sussex. His best-known films are '' Ice Cold in Alex'' (1958) and '' North West Frontier'' (1959). On television, he played the part of Number 14 on '' The Prisoner'' television series (episode "Hammer Into Anvil "Hammer into Anvil" is an episode of the allegorical British science fiction TV series, ''The Prisoner''. It was written by Roger Woddis and directed by Pat Jackson and twelfth produced. It was the tenth episode to be broadcast in the UK on ITV ..."). Filmography * '' It Started in Paradise'' (1952) – 2nd Detective (uncredited) * '' Ice Cold in Ale ...
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Olaf Pooley
Oloe Krohn "Olaf" Pooley (13 March 1914 – 14 July 2015) was an English actor, screenwriter and painter. As an actor, he appeared as Professor Stahlman in the seven-part ''Doctor Who'' serial ''Inferno'' (1970). Early life Pooley was born to an English father and Danish mother in Parkstone, Dorset. He studied painting at Chelsea College of Arts and at the Académie Colarossi in Paris under the tutelage of Marcel Gromaire, before training at the Architectural Association School of Architecture to enable a more financially secure career option. His paternal uncle Sir Ernest Pooley, the future Chairman of the Arts Council of Great Britain, secured him a job as a set designer at Pinewood Studios. During World War II, Pooley registered as a conscientious objector and volunteered as a fireman; he was subsequently discharged on medical grounds and began his acting career on stage. Career He wrote and appeared in the film ''The Corpse'' (released in the United States as ''Crucible ...
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Neil Hallett
Neil Hallett (born John W. Neil; 30 June 1924 – 5 December 2004) was a Belgian-born English actor. His stage name was taken from a combination of his proper surname, Neil, and his grandmother's maiden name, Hallet. He appeared in many British television series including ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'', ''No Hiding Place'', '' The Avengers'', ''Out of the Unknown'', '' Department S'', ''Z-Cars'', ''UFO'', '' The New Avengers'', ''Doctor Who'', ''Jeeves and Wooster'' and films such as ''X the Unknown'' (1956) and ''Virgin Witch ''Virgin Witch'' is a British horror sexploitation film directed by Ray Austin and starring Ann and Vicki Michelle, Patricia Haines and Neil Hallett. The plot concerns a prospective model and her sister who join a coven of white wizards. T ...'' (1972). Acting credits References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hallett, Neil 1924 births 2004 deaths Belgian male actors English male stage actors English male film actors English male ...
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Richard Coleman
Richard Coleman (20 January 1930 – 16 December 2008) was a British film, television and stage actor. Early life Richard Coleman was born Ronald Coleman in Peckham, London in 1930. He was educated at Wilson's Grammar School, Peckham. After three years' National Service in the R.A.F., he worked as a salesman in a West End gentleman's outfitters. While there he became interested in amateur dramatics, joining "The Taverners", a group which visited local inns and public houses, giving performances of Shakespeare. Bob and Frances Fish, who ran The Taverners, recognised Coleman's potential and entered him in 1951 for the Leverhulme Scholarship to RADA, which he won. To make ends meet during the Academy's vacations, he was forced to do a variety of jobs, including working on the Thames River Bus and selling razors. He graduated from RADA in 1953 with the Principal’s Medal. He adopted the stage name Richard Coleman, to avoid confusion with the film star Ronald Colman. He then ...
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John Moffatt (actor)
Albert John Moffatt (24 September 1922 – 10 September 2012) was an English character actor and playwright, known for his portrayal of Hercule Poirot on BBC Radio in twenty-five productions and for a wide range of stage roles in the West End from the 1950s to the 1980s. Moffatt's parents wished him to follow a career in a bank, but Moffatt secretly studied acting and made his stage debut in 1944. After five years in provincial repertory theatre he made his first London appearance in 1946. In the early 1950s he was cast in small parts in productions headed by John Gielgud and Noël Coward, and achieved increasingly prominent roles over the next decade. He was a member of the English Stage Company, the Old Vic, and the National Theatre companies. His range was considerable, embracing the classics, new plays, revue and pantomime. Moffatt began broadcasting on radio in 1950 and on television in 1953. His most enduring role was that of Agatha Christie's Belgian detective, Hercu ...
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