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How To Get Ahead In Advertising
''How to Get Ahead in Advertising'' is a 1989 British black comedy fantasy film written and directed by Bruce Robinson, and starring Richard E. Grant and Rachel Ward. In the film, an advertising executive has a nervous breakdown and finds himself concerned with the ethics of his profession. As a result, a talking boil grows on his shoulder, a manifestation of the cynical and unscrupulous side of his personality. Plot The film is a farce about a mentally unstable advertising executive, Denis Dimbleby Bagley (played by Grant), who suffers a nervous breakdown while making an advert for pimple cream. Rachel Ward plays his long-suffering but sympathetic wife, Julia Bagley. Richard Wilson plays John Bristol, Bagley's boss. Bagley has a crisis of conscience about the ethics of advertising, which leads to mania. He then develops a boil on his right shoulder that comes to life with a face and voice. The voice of the boil, although uncredited, is that of Bruce Robinson. The boil take ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Robinson
Bruce Robinson (born 2 May 1946) is an English actor, director, screenwriter and novelist. He wrote and directed '' Withnail and I'' (1987), a film with comic and tragic elements set in London in the late 1960s, which drew on his experiences as a struggling actor, living in poverty in Camden Town. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for '' The Killing Fields'' (1984). As an actor, he has worked with Franco Zeffirelli, Ken Russell and François Truffaut. Early life Bruce Robinson was born in London. He grew up in Broadstairs, Kent, where he attended the Charles Dickens Secondary Modern School. His parents were Mabel Robinson and American lawyer Carl Casriel, who had a short-term relationship during World War II. His father was a Lithuanian Jew. As a child, Robinson was constantly brutally abused by his stepfather Rob (a former RAF navigator and a wholesale newsagent), who knew the boy was not his son. He had an elder sister Elly, whom he asked t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boil
A boil, also called a furuncle, is a deep folliculitis, which is an infection of the hair follicle. It is most commonly caused by infection by the bacterium ''Staphylococcus aureus'', resulting in a painful swollen area on the skin caused by an accumulation of pus and dead tissue. Boils are therefore basically pus-filled nodules. Individual boils clustered together are called carbuncles. Most human infections are caused by coagulase-positive ''S. aureus'' strains, notable for the bacteria's ability to produce coagulase, an enzyme that can clot blood. Almost any organ system can be infected by ''S. aureus''. Signs and symptoms Boils are bumpy, red, pus-filled lumps around a hair follicle that are tender, warm, and painful. They range from pea-sized to golf ball-sized. A yellow or white point at the center of the lump can be seen when the boil is ready to drain or discharge pus. In a severe infection, an individual may experience fever, swollen lymph nodes, and fatigue. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Bean
Sean Bean (born Shaun Mark Bean; 17 April 1959) is an English actor. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he made his professional debut in a production of ''Romeo and Juliet'' in 1983 at The Watermill Theatre. Retaining his Yorkshire dialect, Yorkshire accent, he first found mainstream success for his portrayal of Sharpe (novel series), Richard Sharpe in the ITV (TV network), ITV series ''Sharpe (TV series), Sharpe'', which originally ran from 1993 to 1997. Bean made his film debut in the historical drama ''Caravaggio (1986 film), Caravaggio'' (1986) and received further attention for his roles in ''Stormy Monday (film), Stormy Monday'' (1988) and ''Patriot Games (film), Patriot Games'' (1992). He played the main antagonist Alec Trevelyan in the James Bond film ''GoldenEye'' (1995) and had a supporting role in the action thriller ''Ronin (film), Ronin'' (1998). Bean achieved international recognition for portraying Boromir in the fantasy trilogy The Lord of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roddy Maude-Roxby
Roderick A. Maude-Roxby (born 2 April 1930) is an English actor. He has appeared in numerous films, such as Walt Disney's ''The Aristocats'', where he voiced the greedy butler Edgar Balthazar (his only voice role); '' Unconditional Love''; and Clint Eastwood's '' White Hunter Black Heart'', playing Thompson. An early innovator at the Royal College of Art, RCA, alongside David Hockney and Peter Blake, he was one of the UK's first performance artists, before it was a recognized art form. At the RCA he edited ARK magazine in 1958 and was president of the college's Theatre Group. He had a joint exhibition with Blake at the Portal Gallery in 1960. He also collaborated in a pre-''Monty Python'' series with Michael Palin and Terry Jones, called '' The Complete and Utter History of Britain''. He also made theatrical and television appearances in, among other shows, ''The Goodies,'' '' Rowan and Martin's Laugh In,'' '' Not Only... But Also'' and '' The Establishment''. He won the Theatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Melville
Pauline Melville FRSL (born 1948) is an English-Guyanese writer and former actress of mixed European and Amerindian ancestry, who is currently based in London, England. Among awards she has received for her writing – which encompasses short stories, novels and essays – are the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the ''Guardian'' Fiction Prize, the Whitbread First Novel Award, and the Guyana Prize for Literature. Salman Rushdie has said of Melville: "I believe her to be one of the few genuinely original writers to emerge in recent years.""Pauline Melville" – Literature. . Background and early career Melville was born in the former colony of[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Slattery
Tony Declan James Slattery (9 November 1959 – 14 January 2025) was a British actor and comedian. He appeared on British television regularly from the mid-1980s, including as a regular on the Channel 4 improvisation show ''Whose Line Is It Anyway?''. His serious and comedic film work included roles in ''The Crying Game'', ''Peter's Friends'' and '' How to Get Ahead in Advertising''. Early life and education Slattery was born in Stonebridge, London, into a working-class background, the fifth and last child of Catholic Irish immigrants, Michael and Margaret Slattery. In April 2019 Slattery revealed that he had been repeatedly sexually abused by a priest at the age of eight, but had never told his parents; he believed the event contributed to his unstable character later in life. He was educated at Gunnersbury Boys' School in west London and won a scholarship to read Modern and Medieval Languages at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, specialising in French literature and Spanish poetry. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pip Torrens
Philip D'Oyly TorrensThe Cambridge University List of Members up to 31 July 1998, University of Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1998, p. 793 (born 2 June 1960) is an English actor. Torrens portrayed courtier Tommy Lascelles in the Netflix drama ''The Crown'', aristocrat Lord Massen in the HBO series '' The Nevers'', Herr Klaus Starr in ''Preacher'', and held leading roles in '' Poldark'' and ''Versailles''. His film appearances include '' The Danish Girl'', '' The Iron Lady'', '' War Horse'' and '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens''. He has played The Curator in Supermassive Games' '' Dark Pictures Anthology'' series of horror video games since 2019, appearing in four entries to date. Early life and education Son of the Rev. Robert Harrington Torrens, MA, and descendant of the lawyer and colonial official Henry Whitelock Torrens,The Cambridge University List of Members up to 31 July 1998, University of Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1998, p. 793 Torrens was born i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Gostelow
Gordon Massey Gostelow (14 May 1925 – 3 June 2007) was an Australian actor. He was educated in Australia at North Sydney Boys High School and Sydney University where he graduated in Economics. Gostelow went to England in 1950 and worked in the theatre (regional repertory), including the Royal Shakespeare Company and various roles on British television. In Shakespeare he was especially associated with the role of the alcoholic reprobate Bardolph in the Henriad plays. He played the character on television in both ''An Age of Kings'' in 1960 and in the BBC Television Shakespeare's version of the plays in 1979. He also played several other roles in the former production, but was said to have been "born" to play Bardolph. He played the parts of Perks in the 1968 TV serial of ''The Railway Children'', Milo Clancey in the ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Space Pirates'' in 1969, and the Duke of Medina Sidonia in ''Elizabeth R''. Between 1969 and 1970 he also narrated in twelve epis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Simon (actor)
Christopher Simon (born 5 June 1963) is an Australian actor and producer. Born in Sydney, Australia. He produced the film ''Miss You Already'' directed by Catherine Hardwicke. Simon is also a producer of such films as ''The Sweeney (2012 film)'' directed by Nick Love, ''Pusher (2012 film), Pusher'', ''I, Anna'', ''Still Life (2013 film), Still Life'', ''Me and Me Dad'', ''Boogie Woogie (film), Boogie Woogie'', ''The Proposition (2005 film), The Proposition'', ''Beyond the Ocean'', ''The Trouble with Men and Women''. He also produced short films by Joe Wright such as ''The End (1998 film), The End'' and Nick Love's ''Love Story''. Simon's various television acting roles include Eddie in The Long Firm, Pedro in ''Gimme Gimme Gimme (TV series), Gimme Gimme Gimme'', Michael Hassan in ''The Bill'', Lee Andersen in ''Casualty (TV series), Casualty'', Abdel in ''Lovejoy'', Samir in ''Ultimate Force'', Da Souza in Lynda La Plante’s ''Supply and Demand'', Nathan Morgan in ''Wire I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqueline Pearce
Jacqueline Pearce (20 December 1943 – 3 September 2018) was a British film and television actress. She was best known for her portrayal of the principal villain Servalan in the British science fiction TV series ''Blake's 7'' (1978–1981), a performance which her obituarist in ''The Times'' wrote produced "a sexual awakening for a generation of sci-fi fans". Pearce studied at both the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and at the Actors Studio. After early roles in two Hammer horror films, '' The Plague of the Zombies'' and '' The Reptile'', she played opposite Jerry Lewis in '' Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River''. On stage, she acted in '' Otherwise Engaged'', directed by Harold Pinter, and in Tom Stoppard's '' Night and Day'', and she had numerous television, theatre and audio roles, including in ''Doctor Who'', one notable role being the Doctor's companion Cardinal Ollistra in Big Finish Productions audio dramas. She suffered from clinical depression during periods of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mick Ford
Mick Ford (born 1 August 1952) is a British actor, screenwriter and playwright, best known for his portrayal of intellectual convict Archer in the cinema version of ''Scum (film), Scum''. Early life and education Ford was born on 1 August 1952 in Croydon, Croydon, Surrey. His father, Noel Ford, fought on the front lines as a 7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom), Desert Rat during World War II. He attended John Ruskin College, John Ruskin Grammar School as a teenager and later joined the National Youth Theatre, where he appeared in numerous plays, including the premiere of ''Zigger Zagger''. Career After appearing in the 1978 film ''The Sailor's Return (film), The Sailor's Return'', Ford's best known role came in the 1979 film ''Scum (film), Scum''. Set in a borstal, Ford plays the inmate Archer, an intelligent vegetarian trouble-maker who just wants to serve his time ''"In (his) own little way"''. Ford also had a role that year in the television film ''The Knowledge (film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Armstrong (actor)
Hugh Armstrong (3 June 1944 – 26 January 2016) was a British stage, television and film actor. He is best known for his portrayal of the monster in the 1972 cult British horror movie, '' Death Line'', and as Harry Wax in '' How to Get Ahead in Advertising'', acting alongside Richard E. Grant.Obituary in ''Eagle News'', The Magazine of the Old Bedford Modernians' Club, Issue 113, Summer 2016, p.24 His obituary, written in the magazine of his old school by Clive Akass, stated that 'life was Hugh's theatre. He was a travelling entertainment and until the illness that marred his later years, and sometimes even then, he brought laughter wherever he went'. Life Armstrong was born in 1944 and educated in Bedford at Bedford Modern School. After a brief spell in the army he decided to take up acting, initially training at the Rose Bruford drama school. Armstrong's first major role was as Ted the chauffeur in the 1968 film '' Prudence and the Pill'', starring David Niven and Debor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
