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Confessions Of A Pop Performer
''Confessions of a Pop Performer'' (also known as ''Timothy Lea's'' ''Confessions of a Pop Performer'') is a 1975 British Sex comedy, sex-farce film directed by Norman Cohen and starring Robin Askwith and Tony Booth (actor), Anthony Booth. It is the second instalment in the ''Confessions'' series and continues the erotic adventures of Timothy Lea, based on the Christopher Wood (writer), Christopher Wood novel ''Confessions from the Pop Scene''. Plot Sidney overhears a band in his local pub and aspires to be their manager, not so ably assisted by his brother-in-law, Timmy, both still window cleaning for a living. They rename the band Kipper and after a misfortune, Timmy joins the line-up and many sexual encounters follow as a result. Unfortunately, Timmy's natural talent is more mayhem than rock star and disaster ensues of mostly the semi-clothed kind. Cast Soundtrack ''Confessions of a Pop Performer'' was the only film in the series to spawn a soundtrack album (Polydor 23833 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Cohen
Norman Cohen (11 June 1936 in Dublin – 26 October 1983 in Van Nuys, California) was an Irish film director and producer, best known for directing two feature films based on television comedy programmes, ''Till Death Us Do Part (film), Till Death Us Do Part'' (1969) and ''Dad's Army (1971 film), Dad's Army'' (1971). He was also a director of several of the ''Confessions of...'' sex comedy series: ''Confessions of a Pop Performer'' (1975), ''Confessions of a Driving Instructor'' (1976) and ''Confessions from a Holiday Camp'' (1977). In addition to those films, he also produced as well as directed the adaptation of Spike Milligan's ''Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (film), Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall'' (1973), and the comedy sequel ''Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers'' (1977). Cohen's first film production was ''The London Nobody Knows'' (1967) narrated by James Mason and his final film was ''Burning Rubber'' (1981). In the Fall of 1982 he directed his only stage prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Todd
Brian Todd (15 December 1922 – 21 October 1992), known professionally as Bob Todd, was an English comedy actor, mostly known for appearing as a straight man in the sketch shows of Benny Hill and Spike Milligan. For many years, he lived in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Life and career Todd was born in Faversham, Kent. One of the great stooges of television comedy, Todd was best known for his lugubrious expression and talent for slapstick, and was known to fellow comedians by the nickname 'Silly Todd'. Before working in television, Todd trained to be a dentist. The outbreak of the Second World War saw him enlist in the Royal Air Force, where he became a navigator stationed at RAF North Killingholme, Lincolnshire. He had ambitions of becoming a farmer—making money from cattle breeding, whilst working as a manager at London Airport. The farming business, once begun, failed and almost made him bankrupt. Meeting scriptwriters Ray Galton and Alan Simpson in a pub, he bluffed them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Hayden
Jane Hayden (born 1957) is an English stage, television, and film actress. Early life Hayden was born in Harrow, Middlesex, the younger sister of Linda Hayden, although their name at birth was Higginson. Their screen surname is an adaptation of their father's first name; he was Haydn Henley Higginson. Both sisters trained at the Aida Foster Theatre School, and Jane Hayden's first screen role came in 1970, when she played a child in a BBC television film about Lenin, ''Out of This Spark: The Making of a Revolutionary''.'' Radio Times'', Volume 187 (G. Newnes, 1970), p. 51 Filmography *''Out of This Spark: The Making of a Revolutionary'' (BBC, 1970) as Child *''Warship'' (1973) as Samantha *'' The Awakening of Emily'' (1976) as Rachel *''Confessions of a Pop Performer ''Confessions of a Pop Performer'' (also known as ''Timothy Lea's'' ''Confessions of a Pop Performer'') is a 1975 British Sex comedy, sex-farce film directed by Norman Cohen and starring Robin Askwith and Tony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rula Lenska
Rula Lenska (born Roza Maria Leopoldyna Lubienski 30 September 1947) is an English actress. She mainly appears in British stage and television productions and is known in the United States for a series of television advertisements in the 1970s and 1980s. She is known for the films '' Queen Kong'' and ''Aura'', and she portrayed Claudia Colby in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. Lenska was married to the actors Brian Deacon (1977–1987) and Dennis Waterman (1987–1998). Both marriages ended in divorce. Early life Lenska was born in England in the village of Diddington, near St Neots, Huntingdonshire, in a Polish resettlement camp that had previously been the EVAC American Military Hospital. Her birth was registered in nearby St Neots. Her family is Polish nobility, bearing the Pomian coat of arms, and before the war owned a castle and estate in Kazimierza Wielka, Poland. Her father, Major Ludwik Łubieński, was personal secretary to Józef Beck, Ministe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helli Louise
Helli Louise Brunchmann Jacobson, often billed as Helli Louise (2 August 1949 – 22 June 2018), was a Danish born actress who appeared in British films and television, including '' The Benny Hill Show'', during the 1970s. Career Jacobson was born on 2 August 1949 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She moved to the United Kingdom in the early 1970s, studying at the London Film School 1971, and developing a curious Copenhagen/Cockney accent along the way. Represented by Barrie Stacey Promotions during her British acting career, she appeared in John Jesnor Lindsay's film ''The Hot Girls'' (1974), a fake ''exposé'' of the modelling world. More mainstream work included guest appearances in '' The Sweeney'' and '' The Goodies'', and roles in '' Carry On Behind'' (1975) and several other British sex comedies. Jacobson was also active on stage appearing in a touring production of ''Hair'' in 1974, and in the stage farce ''Pyjama Tops'' ( 1973) where co-stars included Fiona Richmond, Jess Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rita Webb
Olive Rita Webb (25 February 1904 – 30 August 1981), later known as Olive Rita Thompson, was an English character actress, mainly in comedy roles. She was the eldest child of Henry Augustus Webb (1880–1926) and Rose Jeannette Keysor. She had a younger brother, Henry Richard Webb, also an actor, and two elder identical twin half-brothers, Leslie and Gordon Durlacher, from her mother's first marriage to Samuel Durlacher. A half-brother was the actor George Webb. Career Born in Willesden, Middlesex, United Kingdom, she is best known for her appearances as a stooge for Benny Hill in his long-running Thames Television series. At under five feet tall, with a booming voice and dyed flame-red hair, she was often cast as a blousey mother-in-law or Cockney type character. In 1958, she, Roger Livesey, Terry-Thomas, Judith Furse, Avril Angers, and Miles Malleson, recorded "Indian Summer of an Uncle" and "Jeeves Takes Charge" for the Caedmon Audio record label (Caedmon Audio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Warwick
Richard Warwick (29 April 1945 – 16 December 1997) was an English actor. He was born Richard Carey Winter, the third of four sons, at Meopham, Kent, and made his film debut in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 production of ''Romeo and Juliet'' in the role of Gregory. Subsequent films included '' If....'', '' Nicholas and Alexandra'' and the first film by Derek Jarman, '' Sebastiane''. On television, he was best known for his roles in the sitcom '' Please Sir!'', as one of the main character's teaching colleagues, and in the London Weekend Television comedy '' A Fine Romance'', as the brother-in-law of Judi Dench's character. He also played Uncas in the television series '' The Last of the Mohicans'' (1971). His last role was as John (the servant) in Zeffirelli's 1996 adaptation of '' Jane Eyre''. He died in 1997 aged 52 from an AIDS-related illness. In an obituary, ''The Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Dorning
Robert Dorning (13 May 1913 – 21 February 1989) was an English musician, dance band vocalist, ballet dancer and actor. He is known to have performed in at least 77 television and film productions between 1940 and 1988. Origins Robert Dorning was born at 108 Croppers Hill in St Helens, Lancashire, England, on 13 May 1913. His father was Robert John Dorning who worked in a local pit as a coal miner haulier and his mother was Mary Elizabeth Dorning, formerly Howard. He was educated at Cowley Grammar School in St Helens, where he also learnt to play violin and saxophone. After leaving school, Dorning studied drama and dance in Liverpool with the intention of becoming a ballet dancer. During the 1930s he had a brief career as a musical comedian in theatre, before choosing acting as his profession. Film roles Dorning's first known film role was in the crime drama '' They Came by Night'' (1940). His acting career was interrupted by World War II and service in the RAF. After being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Lavender
Arthur Ian Lavender (16 February 1946 – 2 February 2024) was an English stage, film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Private Pike in ''Dad's Army'', a BBC sitcom set during World War II, of which he was the last surviving main cast member. Early life Arthur Ian Lavender was born to Edward and Kathleen (nee Johnson) Lavender in Birmingham, England on 16 February 1946. He attended Bournville Boys Technical School (later Bournville Grammar-Technical School for Boys) where he appeared in many school dramatic productions. From there he went to the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, with the assistance of a grant from the City of Birmingham. Following his graduation in 1967 he appeared on stage in Canterbury. Career Lavender's first television appearance was as the lead in a Rediffusion play entitled ''Half Hour Story: Flowers at my Feet'' in 1968. ''Dad's Army'' In 1968, aged 22, Lavender was cast as Private Frank Pike, the youngest member and "stupid boy" o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Pertwee
William Desmond Anthony Pertwee (21 July 1926 – 27 May 2013) was an English actor and comedian. He is best remembered for playing Chief ARP Warden Hodges in ''Dad's Army'' and P.C. Wilson in '' You Rang, M'Lord?''. Early life Pertwee was born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, on 21 July 1926."Dad's Army star Bill Pertwee dies aged 86" BBC News, 27 May 2013 Born the youngest of three boys of a Brazilian mother and an English father, James Francis Carter Pertwee, who travelled the country as a salesman until he became ill and died in 1938, when Bill Pertwee was 12. The family moved home many times during Pertwee's childhood and he lived in , [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane Langton
Diane Shirley Maria Langton (31 May 1944 – 15 January 2025) was a British actress, singer and dancer whose career on stage and screen spanned six decades. After beginning her career in theatre, she went on to appear in television shows, portraying roles such as Kathy Roberts in ''The Rag Trade'' and June Snell in ''Only Fools and Horses'', Ruby Rowan in ''Heartbeat (British TV series), Heartbeat'' and Bev Williams in ''EastEnders''. Her most notable role, however, was her portrayal of Nana McQueen, Marlena "Nana" McQueen in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', which she played sporadically between 2007 to 2009 and from 2012 until her death. Early life Diane Shirley Maria Langton was born on 31 May 1944 in Cranmore, Somerset, Cranmore, Somerset, and grew up in Fulham, London. She was the daughter of William Langton, a merchant seaman, and his wife Bridie (''née'' Monahan). Langton began her career as a dancer with several ballet companies on European tours, and trained at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Regan
Linda Regan (born 5 November 1949), born Linda Mary Drinkwater, is a British actress and author, who has appeared on television, film, radio and on stage. She is best known for her role as yellowcoat April Wingate in the British holiday camp sitcom '' Hi-de-Hi!''. Early life Born in , London, Regan is a daughter of bandleader and agent Peter Regan (born Peter Albert Drinkwater) and Phyllis McCormack, an Irish nurse; Regan's older sister is the actress and writer Carol Drinkwater.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
