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Operation Snatch
''Operation Snatch'' is a 1962 British comedy film starring Terry-Thomas and George Sanders and directed by Robert Day. Plot The story takes place in Gibraltar, and is based on a local legend: if the resident Barbary apes were ever to leave, the British would lose Gibraltar. This wartime comedy has Terry-Thomas as the keeper of the apes. When one of the apes goes missing, he is required to go behind enemy lines to capture another one, or be personally responsible for the loss of Gibraltar. Cast * Terry-Thomas as Lieutenant Wigg * George Sanders as Major Hobson * Lionel Jeffries as Evans * Jocelyn Lane as Bianca Tabori * Mark Eden as Mosquito Pilot * Mario Fabrizi as Tall Man * John Gabriel as Major Frink * Gerard Heinz as Colonel Waldock * Bernard Hunter as Captain Baker * Dinsdale Landen as Captain Wellington * Howard H. Lang as P.T. Sergeant * Angus Lennie as Vic * Jeremy Lloyd as Captain James * John Meillon as Medical Officer * Warren Mitchell as Contact Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freedomites
The Freedomite movement consists of a split-off of the Doukhobors, a community of Spiritual Christians began a mass migration from Russia to Canada in 1898. The Freedomite movement first appeared in 1902 in Saskatchewan, and later in the Kootenay and Boundary Districts of British Columbia. Freedomites began to divide from Doukhobors in 1902 in Saskatchewan, Canada, self-named as "God's people" and ''Svobodniki'' (Russian: "sovereign people"). The faction, later called "Freedomites", opposed land ownership, public schools, using work animals, etc. and are mainly known for protesting nude. By 1920 the common English term for them became Sons of Freedom. Of about 20,000 active Doukhobors in Canada today, ancestors of about 2,500 were Freedomites,F.M. Mealing (1976)Sons-Of-Freedom Songs in EnglishCanadian Journal for Traditional Music. and many descendants have joined the USCC Community Doukhobors. Doctrine Freedomite meetings were similar to other spiritual Christian folk-Protes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinsdale Landen
Dinsdale James Landen (4 September 1932 – 29 December 2003) was an English actor. His television appearances included starring in the shows ''Devenish'' (1977) and ''Pig in the Middle'' (1980). ''The Independent'' named him an "outstanding actor with the qualities of a true farceur." He performed in many Shakespeare plays at Stratford-upon-Avon and Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. Early life Landen was born at Margate, Kent and educated at King's School, Rochester. Career Landen made his television debut in 1959 as the adult Pip in an adaptation of ''Great Expectations'' and made his film debut in 1960, with a walk-on part in ''The League of Gentlemen''. During the 1960s, he starred in the TV series ''Mickey Dunne'' and ''The Mask of Janus'', and its spinoff series '' The Spies''. In 1969, he starred as Chris Champers in the comedy series ''World in Ferment''. As a stage actor, he appeared as Richard Dazzle in the RSC's 1970 production of ''London Assurance''. He appeared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Whittaker
Ian Roy Whittaker (13 July 1928 – 16 October 2022) was a British set decorator and actor. He won an Academy Award and was nominated three more times in the category Best Art Direction. Whittaker died of prostate cancer on 16 October 2022, at the age of 94. Selected filmography Whittaker won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction and was nominated for three more: ;Won * ''Howards End'' (1992) ;Nominated * ''Alien'' (1979) * ''The Remains of the Day'' (1993) * ''Anna and the King ''Anna and the King'' is a 1999 American biographical period drama film directed by Andy Tennant and written by Steve Meerson and Peter Krikes. Loosely based on the 1944 novel '' Anna and the King of Siam'', which gives a fictionalized account ...'' (1999) References External links * * 1928 births 2022 deaths British set decorators Best Art Direction Academy Award winners Film people from London {{UK-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Villiers
James Michael Hyde Villiers (29 September 1933 – 18 January 1998) was an English character actor. He was particularly known for his plummy voice and ripe articulation. He was a great-grandson of the 4th Earl of Clarendon. Early life Villiers was born on 29 September 1933 in London, the son of Eric Hyde Villiers and Joan Ankaret Talbot; he was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1953. 'Gentleman Jim' Villiers (pronounced ''Villers'') was from an upper-class background, the grandson of Sir Francis Hyde Villiers and great grandson of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon; his mother was descended from Earl Talbot. His aristocratic ancestry was often reflected in casting, he performed roles such as King Charles II in the BBC series ''The First Churchills'' (1969), the Earl of Warwick in ''Saint Joan'' (1974), and on stage as Lord Thurlow in ''The Madness of George III''. Through his father, Villiers was a relative of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Trubshawe
Michael Trubshawe (7 December 1905 – 21 March 1985) was a British actor and former officer in the Highland Light Infantry Regiment of the British Army. Trubshawe was very close friends with fellow British actor David Niven, serving with him at Malta and Dover. He was best man for both of Niven's weddings, and is constantly referred to in Niven's memoirs '' The Moon's a Balloon''. Niven refers to finding out he would be working with him in '' The Guns of Navarone'' as 'A lovely bonus for me.' Niven claims he lost touch with his army friend following Michael's marriage to Christian Scientist Margaret L McDougal, the daughter of flour magnate James Gladstone McDougall whose company joined Rank flours. Rank's owners had a Methodist background and the company formed Rank pictures to counter the loose morality of movie culture. Trubshawe was the son of architect Vyvian Trubshawe (1853–1924). Partial filmography * ''They Were Not Divided'' (1950) - Major Bushey Noble * ''Dance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Stark
Graham William Stark (20 January 1922 – 29 October 2013) was an English comedian, actor, writer and director. Early life The son of a purser on transatlantic liners, telegraph.co.uk, 31 October 2013 Stark was born in New BrightonRobert Seller "Graham Stark: Actor, author and director who graduated from music hall to the big screen" ''The Independent'', 31 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Singleton (actor)
Mark Singleton (1919–1986) was a British film and television actor. Partial filmography * ''The Gambler and the Lady'' (1952) - Waiter at Jack of Spades (uncredited) * ''Girdle of Gold'' (1952) - Waiter * ''Gilbert Harding Speaking of Murder'' (1953) - 2nd Drama critic * ''Take a Powder'' (1953) - (uncredited) * '' Face the Music'' (1954) - Waiter * '' You Lucky People!'' (1955) - Lt. Arthur Robson * ''Moment of Indiscretion'' (1958) - (Jeweller) * ''Innocent Meeting'' (1959) - (uncredited) * ''No Safety Ahead'' (1959) - Fordham * ''Top Floor Girl'' (1959) - (uncredited) * '' Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons'' (1960) - Advertising Clerk (uncredited) * ''Compelled'' (1960) - Derek * ''Transatlantic'' (1960) - Mills * '' Sentenced for Life'' (1960) - Edward Thompson * ''A Taste of Money'' (1960) - Detective * ''The Court Martial of Major Keller'' (1961) - Captain Fuller * ''Murder in Eden (film)'' (1961) - Arnold Woolf * ''Part-Time Wife'' (1961) - Detective * '' Partners in Crime'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Scott (actor)
John Scott may refer to: Academics * John Scott (1639–1695), English clergyman and devotional writer * John Witherspoon Scott (1800–1892), American minister, college president, and father of First Lady Caroline Harrison * John Work Scott (1807–1879), American president of Washington College * John Scott (medical school dean) (1851–1914), New Zealand professor, artist, and medical school dean * John Scott (sociologist) (born 1949), British sociologist * John R. Scott Sr. (1840/41–1929), president of Edward Waters College, minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church * John Paul Scott (geneticist) (1909–2000), American behavior geneticist and comparative psychologist Arts and entertainment * John Scott (engraver) (1774–1827), English engraver * John Scott (1849–1919), English artist * John Beldon Scott, American art historian * John T. Scott (1940–2007), African-American sculptor, painter, printmaker, and collagist * John Scott of Amwell (1730–1783 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyree Dawn Porter
Nyree Dawn Porter OBE (born Ngaire Dawn Porter; 22 January 1936 – 10 April 2001) was a New Zealand–British actress. Early life and career Porter was born in Napier, New Zealand in 1936. Her first professional work was touring with the New Zealand Players Trust. She was acclaimed for such roles as Jessica in ''The Merchant of Venice'' and Juliet in '' Romanoff and Juliet''. She also performed in revues and musicals. She moved to Britain in 1958 after winning a Miss Cinema talent competition for young actresses organised by Rank, with the prize of a round-the-world trip and a film test in London. Although the test was probably little more than a publicity stunt, she decided to stay and was soon acting in the theatre. ''Look Who's Here'' at the Fortune Theatre in Drury Lane was her first West End appearance. She followed this with the role of Connie in Neil Simon's first West End play, ''Come Blow Your Horn'', and a string of other appearances. She had two roles in Stephen So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Montague
Lee Montague (born Leonard Goldberg; 16 October 1927) is an English actor noted for his roles in film and television, usually playing tough guys. Montague was a student of the Old Vic School. Montague's film credits include ''The Camp on Blood Island'', '' Billy Budd'', ''The Secret of Blood Island'', ''Deadlier Than the Male'', ''Brother Sun, Sister Moon'', ''Jesus of Nazareth'', ''Mahler'' and ''The Legacy''. His theatre credits include: ''Who Saw Him Die'' by Tudor Gates staged in 1974 at London's Theatre Royal Haymarket in which he played the part of John Rawlings, the nemesis of former police Superintendent Pratt played by Stratford Johns. On Broadway, he portrayed Gregory Hawke in ''The Climate of Eden'' (1952), and Ed in ''Entertaining Mr. Sloane'' (1965). Montague's television credits include: '' Somerset Maugham TV Theatre'', ''Espionage'', '' The Four Just Men'', ''Danger Man'', '' The Baron'', ''The Troubleshooters'', '' Department S'', ''Dixon of Dock Green'', ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Mitchell
Warren Mitchell (born Warren Misell; 14 January 1926 – 14 November 2015) was a British actor. He was a BAFTA TV Award winner and twice a Laurence Olivier Award winner. In the 1950s, Mitchell appeared on the radio programmes ''Educating Archie'' and ''Hancock's Half Hour''. He also performed minor roles in several films. In the 1960s, he rose to prominence in the role of bigoted cockney Alf Garnett in the BBC television sitcom ''Till Death Us Do Part'' (1965–75), created by Johnny Speight, which won him a Best TV Actor BAFTA in 1967. He reprised the role in the television sequels '' Till Death...'' ( ATV, 1981) and ''In Sickness and in Health'' (BBC, 1985–92), and in the films ''Till Death Us Do Part'' (1969) and ''The Alf Garnett Saga'' (1972). His other film appearances include ''Three Crooked Men'' (1958), ''Carry On Cleo'' (1964), '' The Spy Who Came In from the Cold'' (1965), ''The Assassination Bureau'' (1969) and ''Norman Loves Rose'' (1982). He held both B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Meillon
John Meillon, ( ; 1 May 1934 – 11 August 1989), was an Australian character actor, known for many straight as well as comedy roles, he became most widely known internationally as Walter Reilly in the films ''Crocodile Dundee'' and ''Crocodile Dundee II''. He also voiced advertisements for Victoria Bitter beer. He appeared in several Australian New Wave films including ''Wake in Fright'' and ''The Cars That Ate Paris''. Biography Meillon was born in Mosman, New South Wales. His younger brother was director Bob Meillon (1943–2012). Meillon began his acting career at the age of eleven in the ABC's radio serial ''Stumpy'', and made his first stage appearance the following year. He joined the Shakespeare Touring Company when he was sixteen. He appeared in a number of early Australian TV plays. Like many actors of his generation from 1959 to 1965, he worked in England, but while working in Britain he consciously steered away from Australian roles. Meillon claimed that he learn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |