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Espionage (TV Series)
''Espionage'' is a British TV spy anthology series broadcast on the ITV network in the UK and on NBC in the USA for a single series in the autumn of 1963. Its American run lasted from October 2, 1963, until September 2, 1964. Synopsis Made from actual case histories, episodes used newsreel and documented narratives to show the activities of spies from various countries as far back as the American Revolution and as recent as the Cold War. Guest cast Featured guest stars included: * Martin Balsam * David Kossoff * Dennis Hopper * Patricia Neal * Joan Hickson * Patrick Troughton * Billie Whitelaw * Patrick Cargill * Jill Bennett * Millicent Martin * Anthony Quayle – a real-life "spy" with the Special Operations Executive during World War II. Production Herbert Hirschman and Herbert Brodkin Herbert Brodkin (November 9, 1912 – October 29, 1990) was an American producer and director of film and television. Brodkin was best known as the producer of the television show ...
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Anthology Series
An anthology series is a written series, radio, television, film, or video game series that presents a different story and a different set of characters in each different episode, season, segment, or short. These usually have a different cast in each episode, but several series in the past, such as '' Four Star Playhouse'', employed a permanent troupe of character actors who would appear in a different drama each week. Some anthology series, such as '' Studio One'', began on radio and then expanded to television. Etymology The word comes from Ancient Greek (, "flower-gathering"), from (, "I gather flowers"), from (, "flower") + (, "I gather, pick up, collect"), coined by Meleager of Gadara circa 60BCE, originally as ( (, "garland")) to describe a collection of poetry, later retitled anthology – see Greek Anthology. were collections of small Greek poems and epigrams, because in Greek culture the flower symbolized the finer sentiments that only poetry can express. ...
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ITC Entertainment
The Incorporated Television Company (ITC), or ITC Entertainment as it was referred to in the United States, was a British company involved in the production and distribution of television programmes. History Incorporated Television Programme Company Television mogul Lew Grade set up the Incorporated Television Programme Company (ITP) with Prince Littler and Val Parnell in 1954. Originally designed to be a contractor for the UK's new ITV network, the company failed to win a contract when the Independent Television Authority felt that doing so would give too much control in the entertainment business to the Grade family's companies (which included large talent agencies and theatre interests) although the ITA said that ITP were free to make their own programmes which they could sell to the new network companies. ITP put most of the production budget into producing one show, '' The Adventures of Robin Hood'' (ITV, 1955–59). However, the winner of one of the contracts, the As ...
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Millicent Martin
Millicent Mary Lillian Martin (born 8 June 1934) is an English actress, singer, and comedian. She was the singer of topical songs on the weekly BBC Television satirical show ''That Was the Week That Was'' (known as TW3; 1962–1963), and won a BAFTA TV Award in 1964. For her work on Broadway, she received Tony Award nominations for '' Side by Side by Sondheim'' (1977) and '' King of Hearts'' (1978), both for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Other television roles include her recurring role as Gertrude Moon in the NBC sitcom ''Frasier'' (2000–04) and Joan Margaret in '' Grace & Frankie'' (2017–2022). Life and career Martin was born in Romford, Essex. Theatre Early clippings show Martin as one of the cast in the pantomime ''Dick Whittington'' starring Jimmy Hanley at the Granada Tooting in December 1949. The following year she was in ''Aladdin'' at the Pavilion Bournemouth in December 1950 and in May 1951 she appeared in ''The Happiest Days of Your Life'' at the Pla ...
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Jill Bennett (British Actress)
Nora Noel Jill Bennett (24 December 1926 – 4 October 1990) Gray, Dulcie (rev.)"Bennett, (Nora Noel) Jill (1926–1990)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edition, September 2004. Revised edition, 8 October 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2023. was a British actress. Early life and education Jill Bennett was born in Penang, the Straits Settlements, to "wealthy Scottish parents" who owned a rubber plantation. She was educated at Prior's Field School, an independent girls boarding school in Godalming, from which she was expelled when she was fourteen. She attended RADA from 1944 to 1946. Career Bennett made her West End debut in '' Now Barabbas'' in March 1947, was a company member during the 1949 season at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford upon Avon, and made her first film, '' The Long Dark Hall'' with Rex Harrison, in 1950. She made many appearances in British films, including '' Lust for Life'' (1956), '' The Cri ...
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Patrick Cargill
Patrick Cargill (3 June 191823 May 1996) was an English actor remembered for his lead role in the British television sitcom ''Father, Dear Father''. Early life Cargill was born to middle-class parents living in Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. After education at Haileybury College, he made his debut in the Bexhill Amateur Theatrical Society. However, he was aiming for a military career and was selected for training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. Cargill became a commissioned officer in the British Indian Army. Career After the Second World War ended, Cargill returned to Britain to focus on a stage career, and joined Anthony Hawtrey's company at Buxton, Croydon and later the Embassy Theatre (London), Embassy Theatre at Swiss Cottage in London. He became a supporting player in John Counsell (theatre director), John Counsell's repertory at Windsor, Berkshire, Windsor alongside Brenda Bruce and Beryl Reid and scored a huge hit in the revue ''The ...
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Billie Whitelaw
Billie Honor Whitelaw (6 June 1932 – 21 December 2014) was an English actress. She worked in close collaboration with Irish playwright Samuel Beckett for 25 years and was regarded as one of the foremost interpreters of his works. She was also known for her portrayal of Mrs. Baylock, the demonic nanny in the 1976 horror film ''The Omen''. Whitelaw was nominated for three Television BAFTAs, winning two in 1961 and 1973. She was also nominated for four Film BAFTAs, winning the Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for both ''Charlie Bubbles'' and ''Twisted Nerve'' in 1969. Early life Whitelaw was born on 6 June 1932 in Coventry, Warwickshire, the daughter of Frances Mary (née Williams) and Gerry Whitelaw. She had one sister, Constance, who was 10 years older. Whitelaw grew up in a working class part of Bradford and later attended Grange Girls' Grammar School in Bradford. At age 11, she began performing as a child actress on radio programmes, including the part of ...
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Patrick Troughton
Patrick George Troughton (; 25 March 1920 – 28 March 1987) was an English actor. He became best known for his roles in television, most notably starring as the Second Doctor, second incarnation of The Doctor (Doctor Who), the Doctor in the long-running British science-fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' from 1966 to 1969; he reprised the role three times between 1972 and 1985. Classically trained, Troughton's early work included appearances in Laurence Olivier's films ''Hamlet (1948 film), Hamlet'' (1948) and ''Richard III (1955 film), Richard III'' (1955), and he later appeared in films including ''Jason and the Argonauts (1963 film), Jason and the Argonauts'' (1963), ''The Gorgon'' (1964), ''Scars of Dracula'' (1970) and ''The Omen'' (1976), as well as the fantasy television series ''The Box of Delights (TV series), The Box of Delights'' (1984). Early life Troughton was born on 25 March 1920
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Joan Hickson
Joan Bogle Hickson (5 August 1906 – 17 October 1998) was an English actress of theatre, film and television. She was known for her role as Agatha Christie's Miss Marple in the television series '' Miss Marple''. She also narrated a number of ''Miss Marple'' stories on audiobooks. Biography Born in Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Hickson was a daughter of Edith Mary (née Bogle) and Alfred Harold Hickson, a shoe manufacturer. After boarding at Oldfield School in Swanage, Dorset, she went on to train at RADA in London. She made her stage debut in 1927, then worked for several years throughout the United Kingdom, achieving success playing comedic, often eccentric characters in the West End of London. She played the role of the cockney maid Ida in the original production of '' See How They Run'' at the Q Theatre in 1944, and then at the Comedy Theatre in January 1945. She made her first film appearance in 1934. The numerous supporting roles she played during her career included se ...
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Patricia Neal
Patricia Neal (born Patsy Louise Neal; January 20, 1926 – August 8, 2010) was an American actress of stage and screen. She is well known for, among other roles, playing World WarII widow Helen Benson in ''The Day the Earth Stood Still'' (1951), radio journalist Marcia Jeffries in '' A Face in the Crowd'' (1957), wealthy matron Emily Eustace Failenson in '' Breakfast at Tiffany's'' (1961), and the worn-out housekeeper Alma Brown in '' Hud'' (1963) (for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress). She also featured as the matriarch in the television film ''The Homecoming: A Christmas Story'' (1971); her role as Olivia Walton was re-cast for the series it inspired, ''The Waltons''. A major star of the 1950s and 1960s, she was the recipient of an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, and two British Academy Film Awards, and was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards. Early life and education Neal was born in Packard, Whitley County, Kentucky, to William Bur ...
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Dennis Hopper
Dennis Lee Hopper (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) was an American actor, filmmaker, photographer and visual artist. He was considered one of the key figures of New Hollywood. He earned prizes from the Cannes Film Festival and Venice International Film Festival as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. Hopper studied acting at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego and the Actors Studio in New York. He made his first television appearance in 1954, and soon after appeared in two of the films that made James Dean famous, '' Rebel Without a Cause'' (1955) and ''Giant'' (1956). He then played supporting roles in films like '' Gunfight at the O.K. Corral'' (1957), ''The Sons of Katie Elder'' (1965), ''Cool Hand Luke'' (1967), '' Hang 'Em High'' (1968) and '' True Grit'' (1969). Hopper made his directorial film debut with '' Easy Rider'' (1969), which he and co-star Peter Fonda wrote with Terry Southern. The film earned Hopper a C ...
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David Kossoff
David Kossoff (24 November 1919 – 23 March 2005) was a British actor. In 1954 he won the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles for his appearance as Geza Szobek in '' The Young Lovers''. He played Alf Larkin in TV sitcom '' The Larkins'' and Professor Kokintz in '' The Mouse that Roared'' (1959) and its sequel ''The Mouse on the Moon'' (1963). Because of the drug use of his son Paul, former guitarist of blues-rock band Free, later with Back Street Crawler, who subsequently died, he became an anti-drug campaigner. In 1971 he was also actively involved in the Nationwide Festival of Light, an organisation protesting against the commercial exploitation of sex and violence, and advocating the teachings of Christ as the key to re-establishing moral stability in Britain. Life and career Kossoff was born in Hackney, London, the youngest of three children, to poor Russian-Jewish parents, Annie (née Shaklovich) and Lewis (Louis) Kossoff (1882–1943). His f ...
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Martin Balsam
Martin Henry Balsam (November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996) was an American actor. He had a prolific career in character roles in film, in theatre, and on television. An early member of the Actors Studio, he began his career on the New York stage, winning a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for Robert Anderson's '' You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running'' (1968). He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in '' A Thousand Clowns'' (1965). His other notable film roles include Juror #1 in '' 12 Angry Men'' (1957), private detective Milton Arbogast in '' Psycho'' (1960), Hollywood agent O.J. Berman in '' Breakfast at Tiffany's'' (1961), Bernard B. Norman in '' The Carpetbaggers'' (1964), Lieutenant Commander Chester Potter, the ship doctor, in '' The Bedford Incident'' (1965), Colonel Cathcart in '' Catch-22'' (1970), Admiral Husband E. Kimmel in '' Tora! Tora! Tora!'' (1970), Mr. Green in '' The Taking of Pelham One Two Three'' ...
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