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Going Straight (1916 Film)
''Going Straight'' is a British television sitcom created and written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, and starring Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale. The programme was a direct sequel to the sitcom ''Porridge'', which all four were involved in, with its premise surrounding the exploits of Barker's character Norman Stanley Fletcher following his release from prison and his attempts to not commit another crime for the sake of his family, despite the allure that crime brings. The programme also featured the appearance of Patricia Brake, reprising her role in ''Porridge'', and Nicholas Lyndhurst. Both Fulton Mackay and Tony Osoba guest starred in the first episode, also reprising their earlier roles. Cast Main cast * Ronnie Barker as Norman Stanley Fletcher * Richard Beckinsale as Lennie Godber * Patricia Brake as Ingrid Fletcher * Nicholas Lyndhurst as Raymond Fletcher Recurring cast * David Swift as Mr McEwan * Rowena Cooper as Shirley Chapman Guest cast * Fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Clement
Dick Clement (born 5 September 1937) is a retired English writer, director and producer. He became known for his writing partnership with Ian La Frenais for television series including ''The Likely Lads'', ''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?'', ''Porridge (1974 TV series), Porridge'', ''Lovejoy'' and ''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet''. Early life Born in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England, Clement was educated at Bishop's Stortford College, and then spent a year in the US on an exchange visit. Upon his return, he completed his Conscription in the United Kingdom, National Service with the Royal Air Force. He then joined the BBC as a studio manager and started writing scripts and comedy sketches. Writing partnership with Ian La Frenais Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais have enjoyed a long and successful career embracing films, television and theatre. Their partnership began in the mid-1960s with ''The Likely Lads'', and by the end of the decade they had also written three feature films: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowena Cooper
Rosemary Rowena Cooper (born 1935) is a British actress. She began her career in 1956, joining the Radio Drama Company by winning the Carleton Hobbs Bursary. In 1959 she joined the Dundee Repertory Theatre Company and went on to have an extensive career, primarily in British television, for over 50 years. Cooper starred in ''The Rag Trade'' as Mrs Fenner. Select filmography in television Personal life She married actor Terrence Hardiman in 1964 and the couple had two children; they remained together until his death in 2023. Notes External links * Actors from Harare British television actresses 1935 births Living people Date of birth missing (living people) Rhodesian emigrants to the United Kingdom White Rhodesian people {{UK-tv-actor-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Hill (actor)
David Hill is a British actor. He was born in Skipton, West Riding of Yorkshire, where he attended Ermysted's Grammar School for boys. He has appeared in ''The Full Monty'' and many other films and TV series. He played Bert Atkinson in ''EastEnders'' from 2006 to 2007 and in 2017. Filmography * '' Man of Straw'' - Napoleon Fischer *''The Sweeney'' (1976, TV series) - Shaylor *''The Duellists'' (1977) - Cuirassier *''Going Straight'' episode 3 (1978) *'' Oppenheimer'' (1980, TV mini-series) - James Tuck *'' Britannia Hospital'' (1982) - Jeff *''The Draughtsman's Contract'' (1982) - Mr Herbert / Mrs Herbert's husband *'' Remembrance'' (1982) - Paul *'' Bergerac'' (1983) Se2Ep6 *''Invitation to the Wedding'' (1985) - Higson *'' Turtle Diary'' (1985) - taxi driver (uncredited) *'' Car Trouble'' (1986) - Bill *''The Nature of the Beast'' (1988) - Oggy *'' The Raggedy Rawney'' (1988) - Lamb *''The Most Dangerous Man in the World'' (1988) - Ahmet *''Georg Elser - Einer aus Deutschla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Turner (actor)
Michael Turner (19 July 1921 — 14 July 2012) was a South African-born actor who appeared in numerous British films and television series from the early 1950s. These include '' Callan'', '' Emergency Ward 10'', '' The Avengers'', ''Z-Cars'', ''Doctor Who'' (in the serial '' The Wheel in Space''), '' Van der Valk'', ''Crown Court'', ''Dixon of Dock Green'', '' The New Avengers'', ''Within These Walls'', ''Angels'', ''Cry Freedom'', '' Boon'', '' Pie in the Sky'' and ''The Bill ''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV from 16 October 1984 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, "Woodentop (The Bill), Woodentop" (part of the ''Storyb ...''. Arguably, his most well-known role was that of tycoon business man J. Henry Pollard in the long running ITV soap '' Crossroads'', a part he played off-and-on from 1980–1984. External links * Michael Turnerat Theatricalia South African male film a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royston Tickner
Roy Albert Tickner (8 September 1922 – 7 July 1997), known professionally as Royston Tickner, was a British film actor. Biography Born in Leicester, a tailor's son, he trained as an actor at Scarborough repertory theatre. He served in the Royal Navy in World War II; however, in 1942 he was touring in the southern English counties, principally in H. F. Maltby's ''The Rotters'' with Frank Crawshaw and Preston Lockwood. In the winter of 1942–43 he was stage manager, and took the role of Robert, in the presentation of du Maurier's ''Rebecca'' at the Ambassadors Theatre in which Eileen Herlie made her London début, and then toured with the show. In that spring he married Gwendoline Bonde at Leicester.Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 2nd Quarter 1943, Vol. 7a p. 793. From 1947 he took a break from the theatre to work as a lighthouse keeper, miner, fireman and publican, before returning to acting in 1958. Television roles His television credits include: '' The Avenge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Pember
Ronald Henry Pember (11 April 1934 – 8 March 2022) was an English actor, stage director and dramatist. In a career stretching over thirty years, he was a character actor in British television productions in the 1970s and 1980s, usually in smaller parts or as a support playing a worldly-wise everyman. Pember played the role of Alain Muny in the 1970s BBC drama series '' Secret Army''. He also wrote a stage musical entitled ''Jack the Ripper'' (1974), about the Victorian murder spree in London in the late 1880s, which is regularly produced by amateur theatre groups and companies around the globe. Early life Pember was born in Plaistow, then in the county of Essex, on 11 April 1934, the son of Gladys and William Pember. He received his formal education at Eastbrook Secondary Modern School, in Dagenham. In the mid-1950s, he enlisted as an Aircraftman with the Royal Air Force as part of the United Kingdom's National Service military training system, being stationed in Egypt. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Postlethwaite
Peter William Postlethwaite (7 February 1946 – 2 January 2011) was an English character actor. After various stage and minor television appearances, Postlethwaite's first major success arose through the film '' Distant Voices, Still Lives'' (1988), directed by Terence Davies. He had a breakthrough in Hollywood when he portrayed David in ''Alien 3'' (1992), and his international reputation was further solidified when he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Giuseppe Conlon, father of Gerry Conlon, in '' In the Name of the Father'' (1993). Following this role, he portrayed the mysterious lawyer Mr. Kobayashi in ''The Usual Suspects'' and went on to appear in a wide variety of films, including ''Dragonheart'', ''Romeo + Juliet'', '' Brassed Off'', '' The Lost World: Jurassic Park'', '' Amistad'', ''Animal Farm'', '' James and the Giant Peach'', and '' Inception''. On television, Postlethwaite played Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill on '' Shar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Hawthorne
Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne (5 April 1929 – 26 December 2001) was an English actor. He is known for his stage acting and his portrayal of Sir Humphrey Appleby, the permanent secretary in the 1980s sitcom ''Yes Minister'' and the Cabinet Secretary (United Kingdom), Cabinet Secretary in its sequel, ''Yes, Prime Minister''. For this role, he won four BAFTA TV Awards for British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance, Best Light Entertainment Performance. He won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for portraying King George III in ''The Madness of King George'' (1994), having previously won an Olivier Award for the stage version. He later won the BAFTA TV Award for British Academy Television Award for Best Actor, Best Actor, for the 1996 series ''The Fragile Heart''. He was also an Olivier Award and Tony Award winner for his work in theatre. Early life Hawthorne was born on 5 April 1929 in Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddie Earlle
Freddie Earlle (24 May 1924–7 July 2017) was a Glaswegian actor, known for his comedic appearances on television. His memorable roles are being a regular in series 6 of '' It's a Square World'', playing Francois Tournignon in the 1972 BBC adaptation of '' Clochemerle'', Corporal Miguel Pasquale in ITV sitcom '' Yanks Go Home'' and Mungo Boyd in BBC Scotland's 1980 dramatisation of ''Doom Castle''. Early life Born as the eldest son into a Russian Orthodox Jewish family who worked in the wholesale business, Earlle became interested in theatre as a boy. At the age of five, he performed in his school's percussion band, broadcasting from Glasgow. This was followed by doing Gang Shows with the Boy Scouts and by the age of 15, he was producing. Upon leaving school, Earlle took up hairdressing, being an apprentice barber in a family-bought business. Impressed by his personality and talent for telling jokes, clients encouraged him to go into show business. He closed the shop when com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Jones (actor)
Norman Jones (16 June 1932Report by Toby Neal. – 23 April 2013) was an English actor, primarily known for his work on television. Early life A native of Shropshire, Norman Jones was born at Donnington, son of coal miner Clar (''sic'') and his wife Florrie Jones. He was educated at Adams' Grammar School, Newport, Shropshire. He took part in local amateur dramatics in Donnington and was employed as a cost clerk at the Lilleshall Company and Sankey's in the area. Career Jones began his acting career at Birmingham Repertory Theatre, and commenced a screen career in 1962, the year of his 30th birthday. Over the following 26 years he appeared in numerous episodes of British TV series. This included three ''Doctor Who'' serials — ''The Abominable Snowmen'' (1967, as Khrisong), '' Doctor Who and the Silurians'' (1970, as Major Baker) and ''The Masque of Mandragora'' (1976, as Hieronymous). He also appeared in '' Crossroads'' (as milkman Ralph Palmer) and '' The Professiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Lynch
Alfred Cornelius Lynch (26 January 1931 – 16 December 2003) was an English actor on stage, film and television. Early life Lynch was born in Whitechapel, London, the son of a plumber. After attending a Catholic school, he worked in a drawing office as a draughtsman before entering national service in the army. Then, while working in a factory, he attended theatre acting evening classes, at which he met his life partner, James Culliford. Stage In 1958 he joined the Royal Court Theatre and acted in a number of plays, including original productions of ''Chicken Soup with Barley'' and '' The Kitchen'' by Arnold Wesker. Lynch also starred in Joan Littlewood's production of Brendan Behan's ''The Hostage'' in London and New York, in which critic Kenneth Tynan praised his "beautiful playing". Screen work After 1960 his career moved more into film and television, with leading roles in '' On the Fiddle'' (1961) and '' West 11'' (1962) as well as prominent roles in '' Two and Two Mak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberta Tovey
Roberta Tovey (born 9 August 1953) is an English actress who has appeared in films and television programmes. One of her better-known roles was that of Susan, the granddaughter of Dr. Who, in the films ''Dr. Who and the Daleks'' (1965) and '' Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.'' (1966), which starred Peter Cushing as Dr. Who. She also appeared in the films '' Never Let Go'' (1960), ''Touch of Death'' (1961), '' A High Wind in Jamaica'' (1965), '' Runaway Railway'' (1965), ''Operation Third Form'' (1966) and '' The Beast in the Cellar'' (1970), and the TV series '' Not in Front of the Children'' (1967–68), ''Going Straight'' (1978) and '' My Husband and I'' (1987). She appeared on ''The Film Programme'' on BBC Radio 4 on 30 May 2013, with Bernard Cribbins, in which they looked back at their roles in the Dr. Who films of the 1960s. This was in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the first episode of ''Doctor Who''. She is the daughter of the actor George Tovey. George Tovey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |