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Gaolbreak
''Gaolbreak'' is a 1962 British crime film directed by Francis Searle and starring Peter Reynolds, Avice Landone and Carol White. Plot A family of thieves plan a jewellery store robbery. One of them is the safecracking expert, and when he is arrested and jailed, they spring him from prison so he can take part in the job. Production The film was made by Butcher's Film Service, which specialised in producing low-budget supporting films. It was shot at Twickenham Studios in West London, and on location. A collection of then-and-now location stills and corresponding contemporary photographs is hosted at reelstreets.com. The film's sets were designed by the art director Duncan Sutherland. Cast * Peter Reynolds as Eddie Wallis * Avice Landone as Mrs. Wallis * David Kernan as Len Rogerson * Carol White as Carol Marshall * John Blythe as Slim * David Gregory as Ron Wallis * Robert Desmond as Page * Stewart Guidotti as John * Geoffrey Hibbert as Dr. Cambus * Robert F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Fyfe
Robert Douglas Fyfe (25 September 1930 – 15 September 2021) was a Scottish actor, best known for his role as Howard in the long-running British sitcom ''Last of the Summer Wine'' from 1985 to 2010. Early life Fyfe was born in Kirkcaldy on 25 September 1930, the son of Douglas Fyfe, a watchmaker, and Mary Fyfe née Irvine. He attended Kirkcaldy High School, before studying English literature at Edinburgh University. He did not complete his degree and instead trained under Esmé Church at the Northern Theatre School in Bradford, graduating in 1954. Whilst studying, he performed in Halifax, York and Scarborough, including appearing in the York Mystery Plays in 1954. Career Fyfe appeared in the films '' Xtro'', '' The 51st State'', '' Around the World in 80 Days'', ''Gaolbreak'' and ''Babel''. In 2012 he appeared in '' Cloud Atlas''. Other credits include guest appearances on ''Z-Cars'', '' Survivors'', ''The Gentle Touch'', ''The Return of Sherlock Holmes'' and '' Monarch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Kernan
David Stanley Kernan (born 23 June 1938) is an English actor and singer, best known as an interpreter of the songs of Stephen Sondheim. He has appeared in stage musicals and was a soloist in British TV variety shows of the 1960s and 1970s including ''That Was the Week That Was'' (1962–3). Career Theatre In 1970 he appeared in the original London production of the musical ''1776 (musical)''. He played the role of Count Malcolm in the original London production of Sondheim's ''A Little Night Music''. In 1977 he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for his appearance in the original Broadway cast of ''Side by Side by Sondheim''. He also made two appearances on BBC TV's long running Edwardian Old Time Music Hall variety show, ''The Good Old Days'', in the 1970s and 80s. In 1986 he conceived and directed the Broadway production of ''Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood'', a musical revue. He also collaborated with Dick Vosburgh and Rob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Searle
Francis Searle (14 March 1909 – 31 July 2002) was an English film director, writer and producer. He was active in the post-Second World War cinema industry. Amongst the films he directed were '' The Lady Craved Excitement'' (1950), '' One Way Out'' (1955) and '' It All Goes to Show'' (1969). Searle's later projects were all short films, either comedies or dramas, with his final film being made in 1972. Selected filmography * '' A Girl in a Million'' (1946) * '' Things Happen at Night'' (1947) * '' Man in Black'' (1949) * '' Celia'' (1949) * ''A Case for PC 49'' (1951) * ''Cloudburst'' (1951) * ''Love's a Luxury'' (1952) * '' Never Look Back'' (1952) * '' Profile'' (1954) * '' Undercover Girl'' (1958) * ''The Diplomatic Corpse'' (1958) * ''Freedom to Die'' (1961) * '' Ticket to Paradise'' (1961) * '' Gaolbreak'' (1962) * '' Emergency'' (1962) * ''Dead Man's Evidence'' (1962) * ''Night of the Prowler ''Night of the Prowler'' is a 1962 British crime thriller film directed by Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Mikhelson
André Mikhelson was a Russian actor, in mostly British films. He was born in Moscow, in 1903. Selected filmography * '' The Gambler and the Lady'' (1952) - El Greco (uncredited) * '' Desperate Moment'' (1953) - Polizei Inspector * '' Star of My Night'' (1954) - Papa Condor * '' The Divided Heart'' (1954) - Prof. Miran * '' To Paris with Love'' (1955) - Head Porter (uncredited) * ''Break in the Circle'' (1955) - Russian thug answering Ludwigstrasse door * ''Little Red Monkey'' (1955) - East German Chief of Border Guards (uncredited) * ''I Am a Camera'' (1955) - Head Waiter (Troika) * '' The Intimate Stranger'' (1956) - Steve Vadney * '' The Iron Petticoat'' (1956) - Charash * ''Loser Takes All'' (1956) - Head Waiter (uncredited) * '' Anastasia'' (1956) - Older Man (uncredited) * Guilty ? (1956) - Santos * ''Dangerous Exile'' (1957) - Prison Doctor Perrot (uncredited) * '' The Diplomatic Corpse'' (1958) - Hamid * ''The Inn of the Sixth Happiness'' (1958) - Russian Commissar (uncred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivor Dean
Ivor Donald Dean (21 December 1917 – 10 August 1974) was a British stage, film and television actor. Biography With his lugubrious demeanour he was often cast as world-weary police officers or butlers, and indeed it is for the role of Chief Inspector Claud Eustace Teal in the 1960s series '' The Saint'', opposite Roger Moore, that he is best remembered. Dean played Teal for almost the entire run of the series, except three instances in early episodes where other actors were used. It was on the third occasion, in an episode called ''Starring The Saint'' which featured Dean in another role, that the producers saw the ideal actor for the part. Dean proved the ideal foil for Moore's Simon Templar, invariably one step behind and allegedly hoping for the day when he could pin something on the Saint. Dean's character however seemed to have a respect for his adversary nonetheless. Dean reprised the role in all but name in ''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)'' (1968–69) in which he play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marianne Stone
Marianne Stone (23 August 1922 – 21 December 2009) was an English character actress. She performed in films from the early 1940s to the late 1980s, typically playing working class parts such as barmaids, secretaries and landladies. Stone appeared in nine of the ''Carry On'' films, and took part in an episode of the '' Carry On Laughing'' television series ("The Case of the Screaming Winkles"). She also had supporting roles with comedian Norman Wisdom. Film work Stone also appeared in '' Brighton Rock'' (1947), '' Seven Days to Noon'' (1950), '' The 39 Steps'' (1959), '' Lolita'' (1962), '' Ladies Who Do'' (1963), ''Oh! What a Lovely War'' (1969) and the first two "Quatermass" films. Her most serious and arguably most dramatic role was as Lena Van Broecken in three episodes of the BBC's '' Secret Army'' between 1977 and 1978. Stone, whose nickname was "Mugsie", was credited in her early films under the name "Mary Stone", and also has been credited as "Marion Stone". She was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidney Vivian
Sidney Vivian (18 April 1901 – 22 December 1984) was a British stage, film and television actor. Selected filmography Film appearances * ''Dick Barton Strikes Back'' (1949) - Inspector Burke * '' Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress'' (1949) - Inspector Hood * '' Diamond City'' (1949) - Reader (uncredited) * '' Double Confession'' (1950) - Ring Stall Attendant * '' No Trace'' (1950) - Barman * ''Lady Godiva Rides Again'' (1951) - Councillor * ''Whispering Smith Hits London'' (1951) - Hotel Porter * '' Down Among the Z Men'' (1952) - Landlord Isaiah Crabb * ''The Great Game'' (1953) - Club Chairman * ''Stryker of the Yard'' (1953) * ''One Stop Shop'' (1953) - Jim Brown * '' The Scamp'' (1957) - Drunken Reveller *''Rogue's Yarn'' (1957) - Corner Shop Proprietor * '' Carve Her Name with Pride'' (1958) - Bus Passenger (uncredited) * '' The Key'' (1958) - Grogan * ''The Secret Partner'' (1961) - Dock Foreman * '' Mary Had a Little...'' (1961) - Grimmick * '' Offbeat'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Hibbert
Geoffrey Hibbert (2 June 1922 – 3 February 1969) was an English stage, film and television actor. Biography He made his screen debut with the lead role in John Baxter's '' The Common Touch'' (1941) and appeared in two other Baxter films, ''Love on the Dole'' and ''The Shipbuilders''. After the war he appeared in supporting roles in films as well as many television performances. He was also active at the Players' Theatre in the 1950s and 60s, acting in, among other things, the musical revue "Child's Play" with all words by Sean Rafferty. He was also in the original Broadway production of Sandy Wilson's '' The Boyfriend'', starring Julie Andrews, which ran for over a year at the Royale Theatre The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (formerly the Royale Theatre and the John Golden Theatre) is a Broadway theater at 242 West 45th Street ( George Abbott Way) in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1927, the thea ..., in 1954–1955. He was the father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Desmond
Robert Desmond (16 December 1922 – 2002) was a British film and television actor of the 1950s and 1960s. He started out in juvenile roles, making his film debut in 1948's '' The Guinea Pig'' opposite Richard Attenborough. He appeared in a number of early television films such '' Boys in Brown'', recreating the role of Spud Parker in the theatrical film version of 1949, again with Attenborough. He would appear opposite Attenborough one more time in '' The Great Escape'' (1963), as Griffith the Tailor. Other films include ''The Cockleshell Heroes'' (1955), '' Indiscreet'' (1958), ''The Ugly Duckling'' (1959), ''Sink the Bismarck!'' (1960), ''The Bulldog Breed'' (1960) and '' The Best of Enemies'' (1961). On television he appeared in the UK's first daily soap opera '' Sixpenny Corner'' as Stan Norton and later starred in the popular sixties soap ''Compact'' as Adrian Coombs. In 1967 he played Tod Miller in another soap opera '' Crossroads''. In 1960 he starred as Private Billy " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Sutherland
Duncan Sutherland (1 August 1905 – 1967) was a Scottish-born art director, based in England where he designed the sets for over eighty films and television series between the early 1930s and mid-1960s. Sutherland spent much of the 1940s employed by Ealing Studios where he worked on films such as '' It Always Rains on Sunday'' and '' The Loves of Joanna Godden''.Barr p.198 In the 1950s he began working on television series such as ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' and ''The Count of Monte Cristo''. Filmography * '' The Love Race'' (1931) * ''After Office Hours'' (1932) * ''The Innocents of Chicago'' (1932) * '' The Last Coupon'' (1932) * ''On Secret Service'' (1933) * ''Their Night Out'' (1933) * '' No Funny Business'' (1933) * '' Heads We Go'' (1933) * ''Those Were the Days'' (1934) * '' Give Her a Ring'' (1934) * '' Mister Cinders'' (1934) * '' Dandy Dick'' (1935) * '' Music Hath Charms'' (1935) * ''Drake of England'' (1935) * '' The Crouching Beast'' (1935) * ''Wings Over Africa'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Hodges (cinematographer)
Ken Hodges (1922–2005) was a British cinematographer of film and television.Maxford p.779 He began as an assistant cameraman just after the Second World War. Selected filmography Cinema * ''Behemoth the Sea Monster'' (1959) * ''Desert Mice'' (1959) * ''Danger Tomorrow'' (1960) * '' The Gentle Trap'' (1960) * ''Faces in the Dark'' (1960) * '' Sword of Sherwood Forest'' (1960) * '' A Weekend with Lulu'' (1961) * '' Ticket to Paradise'' (1961) * '' Freedom to Die'' (1961) * ''Night Without Pity'' (1961) * ''Emergency'' (1962) * '' Doomsday at Eleven'' (1962) * ''Two Letter Alibi'' (1962) *''Dead Man's Evidence'' (1962) * ''Gaolbreak'' (1962) * ''Hair of the Dog'' (1962) * '' It's All Happening'' (1963) * ''The Comedy Man'' (1964) * '' The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery'' (1966) * ''The Jokers'' (1967) * ''The Shuttered Room'' (1967) * '' Assignment K'' (1968) * ''Inadmissible Evidence'' (1968) * ''Last of the Long-haired Boys'' (1968) * '' Negatives'' (1968) * ''The File of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Reynolds (actor)
Peter Reynolds (born Peter Gordon Horrocks; 16 August 1921 – 22 April 1975) was an English actor. Career Most of his career was spent in B films, as "the archetypal spiv, unreliable boyfriend, unscrupulous blackmailer, the smoothie ever ready to light a lady's cigarette". He starred in two early films for John Guillermin. He played Hilaire in episode 28 of ''The Adventures of William Tell'', The Avenger (1959). In 1969 Reynolds moved to Australia, where his career gained a second wind. He appeared in over two dozen roles in his first six years there (1969 to 1974, inclusive), mainly on TV. Amongst his appearances was a leading role in the black comedy film ''Private Collection'' (1972). He also appeared in Woodbine cigarette commercials. He lived alone, apart from his little dog, in Sydney; his brother lived in the same city. Death He and his dog died in a fire in his flat in Oxford Street, Paddington, Melbourne, on 22 April 1975. The fire was caused by Reynolds smoking in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |