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Last Of The Long-haired Boys
''Last of the Long-haired Boys'' is a 1968 British drama film starring Richard Todd, Gillian Raine and Patrick Barr. Plot summary After the end of the Second World War an RAF pilot struggles to adjust to civilian life. Cast * Richard Todd - Trigg * Gillian Raine - Mara Trigg * Patrick Barr - Conyers * Malcolm Tierney - Jason Trigg * Sonia Dresdel - Mrs. Dearborn * Susan Jameson - Bimba * David Markham David Markham (3 April 1913 – 15 December 1983) was an English stage and film actor for over forty years. Markham was born Peter Basil Harrison in Wick, Worcestershire and died in Hartfield, East Sussex. In 1937 he married Olive Dehn (19 ... - Brindle * Peter Marinker - Jamie Dearborn * Michael Bishop - Wounded pilot References External links * 1968 films British drama films 1960s English-language films 1960s British films {{1960s-UK-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama Film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, teen drama, and comedy-drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject-matter, or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent ( mimesis) characters. In this broader sense, drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Todd
Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd (11 June 19193 December 2009) was an Irish-British actor known for his leading man roles of the 1950s. He received a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male, and an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor nomination for his performance as Corporal Lachlan MacLachlan in the 1949 film ''The Hasty Heart''. His other notable roles include Jonathan Cooper in ''Stage Fright'' (1950), Wing Commander Guy Gibson in '' The Dam Busters'' (1955), Sir Walter Raleigh in '' The Virgin Queen'' (1955), and Major John Howard in ''The Longest Day'' (1962). He was previously a Captain in the British Army during World War II, fighting in the D-Day landings as a member of the 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion. Early life and career Richard Todd was born in Dublin. His father, Andrew William Palethorpe-Todd, was an Irish physician and an international Irish rugby player who gained three caps for his cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gillian Raine
Gillian Mary Lorraine (28 December 1926Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - entry for Rossiter - accessed 4 July 2011 – 19 June 2018), known professionally as Gillian Raine, was a British actress and singer. She was married to actor Leonard Rossiter from 1964 until his death in 1984; they had one daughter, Camilla (b. 1972). Raine appeared in repertory theatre, TV drama and film productions. Her theatre works included ''Hedda Gabler'' (as Juliana Tesman), 2005, at The Duke of York's Theatre, Richard Eyre's production of ''La Grande Magia'' for the National Theatre, Mike Bradwell’s ''Mackerel Sky'' at the Bush Theatre and Bill Bryden’s production of '' A Month in the Country'' at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre and in the West End at the Albery Theatre. Film work included '' Darling'' and '' A Night to Remember'' and on television ''Kiss Me Kate'', '' Vanity Fair'', ''A Very Peculiar Practice'' and ''Under the Hammer''. She met Rossiter when they were both appearing in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Barr
Patrick David Barr (13 February 1908 – 29 August 1985) was an English actor. In his career spanning over half a century, he appeared in about 144 films and television series. Biography Born in Akola, British India in 1908, Barr was educated at Radley College and Trinity College, Oxford, where he rowed in the 1929 Boat Race and achieved a Blue. He went from stage to screen with ''The Merry Men of Sherwood'' (1932). He spent the 1930s playing various beneficent authority figures and "reliable friend" types. As a conscientious objector during the Second World War, Barr helped people in the Blitz in London's East End before serving with the Friends' Ambulance Unit in Africa. There he met his wife Anne "Jean" Williams, marrying her after ten days; it would have been sooner, but they needed permission from London. In 1946, he picked up where he had left off, and in the early 1950s he began working in British television, attaining a popularity greater than he had while playing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Tierney
Malcolm Tierney (25 February 1938 – 18 February 2013) was an English actor who appeared in many film and television roles. Early life Tierney's father, Ernest, was a boilermaker and trained draughtsman, from Warrington, who worked at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. His mother, Agnes, née Kennedy, worked in the cotton mills. He attended St Mary's Roman Catholic School in Failsworth and studied design at the Manchester School of Art. While working as a textile designer and printmaker, he became involved in amateur dramatics at the Little Theatre, in Bolton, which had been set up by John Wardle, father of the drama critic Irving Wardle, whose wife, Norma, became a mentor to Tierney. As a result, he began a scholarship with the Rose Bruford Training College of Speech and Drama, in Sidcup, Kent, in 1958 and landed his first acting job in 1962. Career His roles included the part of Captain Monk Adderley in the original ''Poldark'' series, Tommy McArdle in ''Brookside'' between 1984 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonia Dresdel
Sonia Dresdel (5 May 1909 – 18 January 1976) was an English actress, whose career ran between the 1940s and 1970s. Life She was born Lois Obee in Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, and was educated at Aberdeen High School for Girls and RADA. Career Her performance in the lead role of Ibsen's ''Hedda Gabler'' at the Westminster Theatre in 1942 "was legendary. It was the performance on which her reputation was founded. James Agate was ecstatic..."N. de J., 'Obituary: Sonia Dresdel', ''The Guardian'', 19 January 1976 For a decade Dresdel was regarded as one of England's foremost stage actresses. Her leading role in the 1947 film ''While I Live'' also gained her a great deal of acclaim. In the film she plays Julia Trevelyan, a spinster living in a lonely cliff top house in Cornwall and haunted by the death of her sister 25 years earlier. Her best remembered role is as Mrs. Baines in the film version of Graham Greene's '' The Fallen Idol'' (1948), which starred Ralph Ric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Jameson
Susan I. M. Jameson (born 13 August 1941) is an English actress. She is best known for two roles: portraying Esther Lane in the BBC crime drama series ''New Tricks'' between 2003 and 2013, and voicing Mrs Wibbsey opposite Tom Baker in a series of ''Doctor Who'' audio dramas. She is married to fellow actor James Bolam, with whom she has appeared in many television episodes from various series including ''New Tricks'', ''Heartbeat'' (playing 3 different characters), ''When The Boat Comes In'', and '' Grandpa in my Pocket''. Filmography * ''Coronation Street'' (1963–64, 1968) as Myra Booth * ''The Likely Lads'' (1964) as Pat. Episode Double Date) * ''Last of the Long-haired Boys'' (1968) * ''I, Monster'' (1970) * Take Three Girls (1969-70) * ''Say Goodnight to Your Grandma'' (1970 – episode of ''Armchair Theatre'') * ''UFO'' (1971 – episode "The Sound of Silence") * ''Special Branch'' (1974 – four episodes) as Detective Sergeant Mary Holmes * '' Space: 1999'' (1975 †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Markham
David Markham (3 April 1913 – 15 December 1983) was an English stage and film actor for over forty years. Markham was born Peter Basil Harrison in Wick, Worcestershire and died in Hartfield, East Sussex. In 1937 he married Olive Dehn (1914–2007), a BBC Radio dramatist. They had four daughters: Sonia, an illustrator; Kika (b. 1940), an actress, widow of actor Corin Redgrave; Petra (b. 1944), an actress; and Jehane, a poet and dramatist, widow of actor Roger Lloyd-Pack. In World War II, he was imprisoned as a conscientious objector, before being allowed to do forestry work. Markham appeared occasionally in cinema and often on television. He appeared in Carol Reed's film ''The Stars Look Down'' (1939) and in François Truffaut's films ''Two English Girls'' (1972), in which he plays a fortuneteller with his daughter Kika, and '' Day for Night (film), Day for Night'' (1973). He played the father of Robin Phillips in two films, ''Two Gentlemen Sharing'' (1969) and ''Tales From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Marinker
Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Culture * Peter (actor) (born 1952), stage name Shinnosuke Ikehata, Japanese dancer and actor * ''Peter'' (album), a 1993 EP by Canadian band Eric's Trip * ''Peter'' (1934 film), a 1934 film directed by Henry Koster * ''Peter'' (2021 film), Marathi language film * "Peter" (''Fringe'' episode), an episode of the television series ''Fringe'' * ''Peter'' (novel), a 1908 book by Francis Hopkinson Smith * "Peter" (short story), an 1892 short story by Willa Cather Animals * Peter, the Lord's cat, cat at Lord's Cricket Ground in London * Peter (chief mouser), Chief Mouser between 1929 and 1946 * Peter II (cat), Chief Mouser between 1946 and 1947 * Peter III (cat), Chief Mouser between 1947 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Bishop (actor)
Michael Bishop may refer to: Music * Michael Bishop (bassist) (born 1968), American bassist, member of GWAR and Kepone * Michael Bishop (sound engineer) (1951–2021), American musical engineer Politics * Michael Bishop, Baron Glendonbrook (born 1942), British businessman and politician * Mike Bishop (politician) (born 1967), former Michigan State Senate majority leader and former U.S. representative from Michigan Sports * Michael Bishop (cricketer) (born 1952), English cricketer * Michael Bishop (quarterback) (born 1976), American quarterback in NFL, CFL, and Arena Football League * Mike Bishop (baseball) (1958–2005), former Major League Baseball player Other * Michael Bishop (author) (1945–2023), American science fiction/fantasy author * Michael Bishop (literary scholar) (born 1938), Canadian author and academic * J. Michael Bishop (born 1936), American immunologist & microbiologist * Mike Bishop (actor), Australian actor, director and drama coach * Michael Bishop, main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 Films
The year 1968 in film involved some significant events, with the release of Stanley Kubrick's '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'', as well as two highly successful musical films, '' Funny Girl'' and '' Oliver!'', the former earning Barbra Streisand the Academy Award for Best Actress (an honour she shared with Katharine Hepburn for her role in ''The Lion in Winter'') and the latter winning both the Best Picture and Best Director awards. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1968 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * November 1 – The MPAA's film rating system is introduced. Awards Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): canceled due to events of May 1968 Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival): :'' Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos'' (''Artists under the Big Top: Perplexed''), directed by Alexander Kluge, West Germany Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival): :''Ole dole doff'' (''Who Saw Him Die?''), directed by Jan Troell, Sweden Films released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
