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Spring And Port Wine (film)
''Spring and Port Wine'' is a 1970 British film starring James Mason based on the play of the same name. Plot Rafe Crompton works in a weaving mill. He is a proud man but not a rich man. He lives in a garden city style council house beyond the standard brick terraces of the town. At the end of the week he gathers the various wages from his children and passes the money to his wife Daisy who, with eldest daughter Florence, keeps the family budget in order, often lending her mother the small sum required to balance the housekeeping book. However, Daisy is prone to making allowances for unexpected pecuniary challenges; at the beginning of the film she feels forced to lend a neighbour cash to avoid the reposession of a hire purchase TV, although she initially refuses the neighbour (Mrs Duckworth) a loan, thus enraging Mrs Duckworth who went on to chide Daisy for allowing her husband to micromanage the housekeeping which she considers to be women’s work. This prompts Daisy to borrow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Hammond (actor)
Peter Charles Hammond Hill (15 November 1923 – 12 October 2011) ''The Daily Telegraph'', 19 October 2011 was an English actor and television director. Peter Charles Hammond Hill was born in Victoria, . His father, Charles, was an art restorer and his mother, Ada, a nurse. After attending Harrow School of Art, he started work as a scenic artist at [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Gordon
Hannah Campbell Grant Gordon Film reference website (born 9 April 1941) is a Scottish actress and presenter who is known for her television work in the United Kingdom, including '' My Wife Next Door'' (1972), '' Upstairs, Downstairs'' (1974–75), '' Telford's Change'' (1979), '' Joint Account'' (1989–90) and an appearance in the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Howarth (actor)
John Aubrey Conway Howarth (19 February 1896 – 31 March 1984) was an English stage, radio and television actor, best remembered for his role as grumpy but likeable elderly war veteran Albert Tatlock in the TV series ''Coronation Street'' between 1960 and 1984, in which he was an original cast member. Prior to his work with ''Coronation Street'', he had a lengthy career in theatre, and in the radio soap opera ''Mrs. Dale's Diary''. Early life Born at 96 Mitchell Street, Rochdale, Lancashire, on Wednesday, 19 February 1896, Howarth was the son of Amelia Mary (née Townsend) and comedian Bert Howarth. He had two brothers, Sydney and Sam, and three sisters, Ella, Elsie and Mary Louisa. Howarth went to school with the singer and actress Gracie Fields. As a child, Howarth sold theatre programmes at the Theatre Royal, Rochdale, and in 1908 at the age of twelve he began playing juvenile roles on stage alongside his father. He joined the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1915 and served in Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reg Green
Reg or REG may refer to: Abbreviation * Reg, referring to regular language, a formal language defined by regular expressions * Reg, a colloquial term for vehicle registration plate * Reg, a colloquial term for regulation CPA exam, an exam for accounting qualification * Reg, an abbreviation of regina, queen, on coins or in law * .reg, a Microsoft Windows registry file extension Acronym or initialism * Raising for Effective Giving, a charity * Random event generator (parapsychology) * Raptor Education Group, Wisconsin, United States, cares for birds in distress * Regal Entertainment Group, an American movie theater chain * Rwanda Energy Group, a Rwandan energy company Places * Reg, Iran, a village in South Khorasan Province * Reg, Gilan, a village in Gilan Province * Reg District (Helmand), Afghanistan * Reg District (Kandahar), Afghanistan * Regent railway station, Melbourne * Reggio Calabria Airport, southern Italy Other uses * Reg, a nickname for desert pavement * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Parry
Kenneth Parry (20 June 1930 – 5 December 2007) was an English actor, born in Wigan, Lancashire. Bald, portly and cherubic, Parry portrayed mainly comic character parts in a number of films, but was more prolific on television, in such series as ''The Army Game'', '' The Avengers'', '' The Baron'', '' The Newcomers'', ''Dixon of Dock Green'', '' Nearest and Dearest'', ''Love Thy Neighbour'', ''Z-Cars'', ''The Sweeney'', ''Coronation Street'', '' Hazell'' and ''Children's Ward''. Selected filmography * '' Friends and Neighbours'' (1959) - Sid * '' Just for Fun'' (1963) - Lift Attendant * '' The Liquidator'' (1965) - Tailor (uncredited) * ''Out of the Unknown'' ('Time in Advance', episode) (1965) - Ballaskia * '' The Brides of Fu Manchu'' (1966) - Hospital Receptionist (uncredited) * ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1967) - Tailor * ''Otley'' (1968) - 3rd Businessman * '' Start the Revolution Without Me'' (1970) - Dr. Boileau * '' Spring and Port Wine'' (1970) - Pawnbroker * '' Burke & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Timothy
Christopher Timothy (born 14 October 1940) is a British actor and narrator. He is known for his roles as James Herriot in '' All Creatures Great and Small'', Mac McGuire in the BBC One daytime soap opera '' Doctors'' and Ted Murray in the BBC One primetime soap opera ''EastEnders''. Early life Timothy was born in Bala, Wales in 1940. He is the son of Anglican priest and BBC announcer Andrew Timothy and his first wife, Gwladys Marian ''nee'' Hailstone. When aged five Timothy moved with his family to south London, and at thirteen to Shrewsbury, where he attended Kingsland Grange Preparatory School and Priory Grammar School for Boys, and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. After leaving school and until his first paid acting engagements he worked in a Shrewsbury hat shop. Career Timothy's first professional stage engagement was in the play '' Chips with Everything'' in London and New York, in the role of a RAF military policeman for more than six months. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Greig (actor)
Joseph W. Greig (1895–1977) was a Canadian-born American geochemist and physical chemist, a pioneer in high temperature phase equilibria and immiscibility investigations of oxides and sulfides. His name has been assigned to a new magnetic mineral, greigite () discovered in 1963, increasing to nine the number of minerals known to have been named after Queen's geologists. Career Greig was born in Ontario, Canada in 1895. He studied geology and mineralogy at Queen's University before graduating at Columbia University. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and then worked at the Carnegie Institute for thirty-eight years. Once he retired in 1960, he became a visiting professor at Pennsylvania State University. He also served in the World War I with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and in the second World War with the United States Bomber Command in the Pacific Theatre.Keith, M. L. (1978). Memorial of Joseph W. Greig, 1895-1977. American Mineralogist, 63(5-6), 607-609I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Bresslaw
Bernard Bresslaw (25 February 193411 June 1993) was an English actor and comedian. He was best known as a member of the '' Carry On'' film franchise. Bresslaw also worked on television and stage, performed recordings and wrote a series of poetry. Early life Bernard Bresslaw was born the youngest of three boys into a Jewish family in Stepney, London, on 25 February 1934. His father was a tailor's cutter. He attended the Coopers' Company's School in Tredegar Square, Bow, London, and became interested in acting after visits to the Hackney Empire. London County Council awarded him a scholarship to train at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he won the Emile Littler Award as the most promising actor. Career After '' Educating Archie'' on radio and ''The Army Game'' on television, more television, film and Shakespearean theatre roles followed. His first ''Carry On'' film was '' Carry On Cowboy'' in 1965. Bresslaw's catchphrase, in his strong Cockney accent, was "I only ars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjorie Rhodes
Marjorie Rhodes (9 April 1897 – 4 July 1979) was a British actress. She was born Millicent Wise in Kingston upon Hull, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. Career One of her better-known roles was as Lucy Fitton, the mother in Bill Naughton's play ''All in Good Time (play), All in Good Time''. She played the role on Broadway, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award in 1965. She reprised the role in the 1966 film version, titled ''The Family Way''. Steptoe and Son,"A Box In Town" 1963. She was featured singing a track "The World Is for the Young" with Stanley Holloway in the Herman's Hermits 1968 film ''Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter (film), Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely Daughter''. Her television appearances included ''The Army Game'' (as Edith Snudge), ''The Adventures of William Tell'' episode "The Boy Slaves" (1958), ''Dixon of Dock Green'' (1961–1962), the episode "For the Girl Who Has Everything (Randall and Hopkirk Deceased), For the Girl Who Has Everythi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Lowe
Arthur Lowe (22 September 1915 – 15 April 1982) was an English actor. His acting career spanned 37 years, including starring roles in numerous theatre and television productions. He played Captain Mainwaring in the British sitcom ''Dad's Army'' from 1968 until 1977, was nominated for seven BAFTAs and became one of the most recognised faces on UK television. He won his only BAFTA, the Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, for his performance in ''O Lucky Man!'' (1973). Lowe began acting professionally in England in 1945, after army service in the Second World War. He worked in theatre, film and television throughout the 1950s but it was not until he landed the part of Leonard Swindley in the television soap ''Coronation Street'' in 1960 that he came to national attention. He played the character until 1965, while continuing theatre and other acting work. In 1968, he took on his role in ''Dad's Army'', written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft. The profile he gai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Windsor
Frank Windsor Higgins (12 July 1928 – 30 September 2020), known professionally as Frank Windsor, was an English actor, primarily known for his roles on television, especially policeman John Watt in ''Z-Cars'' and its spin-offs. Early life Windsor attended Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall, and studied speech training and drama at the Central School of Speech and Drama, then based at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Career Windsor played Detective Sergeant John Watt in ''Z-Cars'' from 1962 to 1965, and thereafter its spin-offs '' Softly, Softly'' (1966–1969), '' Softly, Softly: Task Force'' (1969–1976), '' Jack the Ripper'' (1973), and '' Second Verdict'' (1976). He also returned as Watt for the final episode of ''Z-Cars'' itself in 1978. In 1969, Windsor appeared in the pilot episode of ''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)'' in the episode " My Late Lamented Friend and Partner" as Sorrensen, a wealthy businessman with a murderous streak. His lighter side was demonstrate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrienne Posta
Adrienne Posta (born Adrienne Luanne Poster) is a British actress and singer, prominent during the 1960s and 1970s. She adopted the surname 'Posta' in 1966.Adrienne Poster, page on "Ready Steady Girls" (readysteadygirls.eu). Retrieved 19 November 2010. Biography Posta appeared in films such as '' To Sir with Love'' (1967) and '' Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush'', '' Up the Junction'' (both 1968), '' Spring and Port Wine'' (1970), and ''Carry On Behind'' (1975). She also featured in many TV programmes, including the first episode of '' Budgie'' (1971), where she appeared as a stripper. She appeared throughout the BBC 1 series '' It's Lulu'' (1973), singing, dancing and acting alongside her friend Lulu and comedian Roger Kitter. Posta also recorded a number of singles. She has worked as a teacher in the Midlands and at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. Posta is an honorary patron of the Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America. Filmography Film *'' No Time for Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
