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Chancer
''Chancer'' is a British television crime drama serial, produced by Central Independent Television for ITV, that first broadcast on 6 March 1990. Starring Clive Owen in the title role of Stephen Crane, ''Chancer'' tells the story of a likable conman and rogue at the end of the yuppie 1980s. The first series concerns Crane's attempts to save an ailing car firm, which at first seem to be straightforward, until he is forced to reconcile himself with his past. In the second series, Crane, now using his real name of Derek Love, assists his friend Piers, who has inherited a stately home, and with it, a financial nightmare. The series boasted a high-profile cast, including Simon Shepherd, Susannah Harker, Leslie Phillips and Peter Vaughan in leading roles. Notably, Christopher Eccleston also had one of his first television roles, featuring in the opening episode of series two as a prison inmate. Across the two series, a total of twenty episodes were broadcast, with both series air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Hammer
Jan Hammer () (born 17 April 1948) is a Czech-American musician, composer, and record producer. He rose to prominence while playing keyboards with the Mahavishnu Orchestra during the early 1970s, as well as with his film scores for television and film including "Miami Vice Theme" and "Crockett's Theme", from the 1980s television program ''Miami Vice''. He has continued to work as both a musical performer and producer. Hammer has collaborated with some of the era's most influential jazz and rock musicians such as John McLaughlin (musician), John McLaughlin, Jeff Beck, Billy Cobham, Al Di Meola, Mick Jagger, Carlos Santana, Stanley Clarke, Tommy Bolin, Neal Schon, Steve Lukather, John Abercrombie (guitarist), John Abercrombie and Elvin Jones. He has composed and produced at least 14 original motion picture soundtracks, the music for 90 episodes of ''Miami Vice'' and 20 episodes of the television series ''Chancer''. His compositions have won him two Grammy Awards. Biography Early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Tompkinson
Stephen Phillip Tompkinson (born 15 October 1965) is an English actor, known for his television roles as Marcus in '' Chancer '' (1990), Damien Day in '' Drop the Dead Donkey'' (1990–1998), Father Peter Clifford in '' Ballykissangel'' (1996–98), Trevor Purvis in '' Grafters'' (1998–1999), Danny Trevanion in '' Wild at Heart'' (2006–2013) and the titular Alan Banks in '' DCI Banks'' (2010–2016). He won the 1994 British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actor. He also starred in the films '' Brassed Off'' (1996) and '' Hotel Splendide'' (2000). Early life Tompkinson was born in Stockton-on-Tees. When he was about age 4, his family moved to Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire and then to Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, where he grew up and attended St Bede's Roman Catholic High School in Lytham and St Mary's Sixth Form in Blackpool. Tompkinson's first lead was as a red admiral butterfly in ''The Plotters of Cabbage Patch Corner''. He went on to train at the Central ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive Owen
Clive Owen (born 3 October 1964) is an English actor. He first gained recognition in the United Kingdom for playing the lead role in the ITV series '' Chancer'' from 1990 to 1991. He received critical acclaim for his work in the film '' Close My Eyes'' (1991) before earning international attention for his performance as a struggling writer in '' Croupier'' (1998). In 2005, he won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Academy Award for his performance in the drama ''Closer (film), Closer'' (2004). Owen has played leading roles in films such as ''Sin City (film), Sin City'' (2005), ''Derailed (2005 film), Derailed'' (2005), ''Inside Man'' (2006), ''Children of Men'' (2006), and ''The International (2009 film), The International'' (2009). In 2012, he earned his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Pertwee
Sean Carl Roland Pertwee (born 4 June 1964) is an English actor, narrator and producer. His credits include ''Chancer'' (1990), '' Leon the Pig Farmer'' (1992), '' Cadfael'' (1994), ''Bodyguards'' (1997), ''Event Horizon'' (1997), '' Stiff Upper Lips'' (1998), ''Soldier'' (1998), ''Cleopatra'' (1999), '' Love, Honour and Obey'' (2000), '' Dog Soldiers'' (2002), ''Julius Caesar'' (2003), '' Ancient Rome–The Rise And Fall of an Empire: Caesar'' (2006), '' Doomsday'' (2008), '' Honest'' (2008), '' Devil's Playground'' (2010), '' Four'' (2011), '' Wild Bill'' (2011), '' Elementary'' (2013–2014), ''Howl'' (2015), '' Gotham'' (2014–2019), '' Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse'' (2020), ''You'' (2023), ''Silent Witness'' (2024), and '' The Night Caller'' (2024). Early life Pertwee was born on 4 June 1964 in Hammersmith, London to actor Jon Pertwee, who played the Third Doctor in ''Doctor Who'', and his German second wife, Ingeborg Rhoesa. Playwright and screenwriter Roland Pertwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Riach
Ralph McKenzie Riach (26 January 1936 – 20 March 2022) was a Scottish actor from Elgin, Moray. Early years Riach was born in Elgin, Scotland. He was educated at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow, and he worked in Perth on a variety of jobs before he began his acting career. Career Riach portrayed John McIver (better known as "TV John") in BBC One Scotland's comedy/drama ''Hamish Macbeth''. His career began at the age of 50, when he appeared in ''Lost Empires'' (1986). He appeared in television shows including ''Chancer'', '' Mosley'', ''Taggart'', '' Monarch of the Glen'', ''Peak Practice'', ''Doctor Finlay ''Doctor Finlay'' is a British television series based on A. J. Cronin's stories about the fictional medical hero, Dr. Finlay. It was first broadcast on 5 March 1993 on ITV. It is a follow-up to ''Dr. Finlay's Casebook'', the successful BBC ...'', and ''Tutti Frutti (1987 TV series), Tutti Frutti''. Film appearances included ''The House of Mirth (200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliff Parisi
Cliff Parisi (born Clifford R Manley; 24 May 1960) is an English actor and businessman, known for his roles as Minty Peterson in the BBC One, BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' and Fred Buckle in the BBC period drama ''Call the Midwife''. In 2019, he participated in the I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British series 19), nineteenth series of ''I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series), I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!''. Career Parisi began his career in 1982 when he started touring the United Kingdom as a stand-up comedian. He continued working as a stand-up comedian for a further seven years before being cast in the 1989 film ''Queen of Hearts (1989 film), Queen of Hearts''. Parisi then appeared in television series such as ''The Bill'', ''Chancer'', ''Kavanagh QC'', ''Bramwell (TV series), Bramwell'' and ''A Prince Among Men''. He then auditioned for the role of Minty Peterson in the BBC One, BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. His storylines in the series in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Langrishe
Caroline Langrishe (born 10 January 1958) is an English actress. Early life Born in London, Langrishe is the elder daughter of Patrick Nicholas Langrishe (1932–2022), of The Manor House, Sellindge, Kent, a Lieutenant in the 11th Hussars, later Major in the Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry, and Penelope Jill, daughter of Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth Horley.Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, ed. Charles Morley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 2237 In 1964, Langrishe moved with her parents and sister to Kent, where she grew up. She trained at the Elmhurst Ballet School, but after deciding that she could not become a soloist for the Royal Ballet, moved into acting. Career In 1976, Langrishe made her acting debut when she appeared in the BBC production of '' The Glittering Prizes.'' The next year, she played the role of Kitty in the BBC1 adaptation of ''Anna Karenina,'' before working in the theatre with Peter Gill. Among her roles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Vaughan
Peter Ewart Ohm (4 April 1923 – 6 December 2016), known professionally as Peter Vaughan, was an English actor known for many supporting roles in British film and television productions. He also acted extensively on stage. Vaughan played Grouty in the sitcom ''Porridge'' and its 1979 film adaptation. His other roles 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,Peter Vaughan obituary ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susannah Harker
Susannah Harker (born Susannah Owens; 26 April 1965) is an English film, television, and theatre actress. She was nominated for a BAFTA TV Award in 1990 for her role as Mattie Storin in ''House of Cards''. She played Jane Bennet in the 1995 TV adaptation of ''Pride and Prejudice.'' Early life and education Harker was born in London. She is the daughter of actor Richard Owens and actress, Polly Adams. She and her younger sister, Caroline, were brought up as Catholics and educated at an independent convent boarding school run by nuns in Sussex, and at the Central School of Speech and Drama in North London. Acting career Harker has acted in both contemporary and classic works, on stage, in movies and in TV series. In 1990–91 she appeared alongside Clive Owen in ''Chancer'', and as the journalist Mattie Storin in the original ''House of Cards''. She later played Dinah Morris in the 1991 adaptation of ''Adam Bede''. She starred as Jane Bennet in the 1995 TV adaptation of Jane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Shepherd
Simon Stephen Shepherd (born 20 August 1956) is an English actor best known to TV audiences from many appearances, including as Dr Will Preston in eight series of ITV's '' Peak Practice'' and Doctor Jonathan Barling in '' Casualty''. Shepherd was born in Bristol. He went to school at Clifton College in Bristol and was a contemporary of the director Roger Michell in Brown's House. He subsequently attended Manchester Metropolitan University and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and was a member of the National Youth Theatre. As well as his television appearances he has had many notable stage and film roles since 1980, including as Lord Ashbrook in the 2011 Bristol Old Vic production of Helen Edmundson's '' Coram Boy''. In popular culture Simon Shepherd was regularly mentioned in the BBC comedy '' Gimme Gimme Gimme'' as Tom's crush and appeared as himself in an episode of each series. He played Patrick Simmons in the 1984 '' Miss Marple'' TV-adaptation of '' A Murder is An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathryn Bradshaw
Cathryn Bradshaw (born 13 January 1964, Blackpool) is an English actress known for her role in ''Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit''. Background Cathryn Bradshaw was born in Blackpool in 1964 and brought up in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire where she attended Breck School. She trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol, alongside Louise Plowright and Mark Strong, and graduated in 1987. She married actor Mark Strong in Lancashire in 1989, but the marriage ended in divorce after only a few years. Career Bradshaw's first television role came in 1988 when she played the Princess in an episode of '' The Storyteller''. The following year she appeared in an episode of ''Inspector Morse'' ("The Secret of Bay 5B") and in the 1989 comedy musical film, '' Bert Rigby, You're a Fool'' alongside Robert Lindsay and Robbie Coltrane. Then in 1990, she played Melanie in the acclaimed BBC television drama ''Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit'' opposite Charlotte Coleman. She also appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Andrews
Guy Andrews, educated at Cranleigh School (1974–79) and St. Peter's College, Oxford University, is an English television writer who has written for television programmes including "Lost in Austen", " Absolute Power", "Agatha Christie's Poirot", "Chancer" and " Blandings" (the latter adapting the works of P. G. Wodehouse Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse ( ; 15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975) was an English writer and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. His creations include the feather-brained Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Je ...). Writing credits References External links * English male television writers English television writers People educated at Cranleigh School Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Alumni of St Peter's College, Oxford {{England-tv-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
