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Loophole (1981 Film)
''Loophole'' is a 1981 British heist crime film directed by John Quested and starring Albert Finney, Martin Sheen, Susannah York, Jonathan Pryce, Colin Blakely and Tony Doyle. It was written by Jonathan Hales, based upon the novel by Robert Pollock. Music is by Lalo Schifrin. Plot The film opens with a safe-break that yields unexpectedly low gains for the robbers. Daniels (Finney) plots the bank robbery, having targeted this institution because he has discovered that the main subterranean vault, thought to be impregnable, lies within a short distance of a main sewer. Enlisting the services of a boat-dealer to supply equipment, he targets Booker (Sheen) who, as an architect, has the skill needed to pinpoint the exact location underground. Booker angrily rejects the first approach from Daniels but later, harassed by his bank manager (played by Robert Morley) and having to support a new business venture by his wife (Susannah York), he agrees on the undertaking, provided that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Quested (producer)
John Quested (born 1935) is an English film producer and director. He has been the owner and chairman of Goldcrest Films since the early 1990s. He began his career as a third assistant director on ''The Criminal (1960 film), The Concrete Jungle'' in 1960 and has gone on to produce numerous feature films over the course of his career. He was married to the actress Barbara Ferris, sister of diver Elizabeth Ferris (diver), Liz Ferris, from 1960 until her death in 2025. The couple had three children together. Filmography Producer *''Elvis and Anabelle'' (2007) (executive producer) *''Milk and Honey'' (2003) (executive producer) *''To End All Wars'' (2001) (executive producer) *''Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis'' (1997) (executive producer) *''Clockwatchers'' (1997) (co-executive producer) (uncredited) *''Driftwood'' (1997) (executive producer) *''No Way Home'' (1996) (executive producer) *''Scorchers (film), Scorchers'' (1991) (executive producer) *''Rock-a-Doodle'' (1991) (exec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Doyle (actor)
Michael Anthony Doyle (21 July 1935 – 28 January 2000) was an Irish television and film actor. He became widely known in Ireland as a then-radical priest in the popular Irish rural drama '' The Riordans'', which began in 1965. He worked consistently in series, television films, and feature films throughout his life. He died unexpectedly in 2000, at the time playing in another well-known Irish rural drama, '' Ballykissangel''. Acting career He first came to prominence playing a liberal Catholic priest - Father Sheehy - in RTÉ's iconic rural drama '' The Riordans''. He appeared in such popular shows as '' Travelling Man (Granada TV series, 1984-5)'', ''Coronation Street'', '' Between the Lines'', '' 1990'', '' Children of the North'' and '' Ballykissangel'', and won an Irish Film and Television Academy Award for best leading performance for his role in the 1998 miniseries '' Amongst Women''. Tony Doyle also appeared in the first '' Minder'' episode, "Gunfight at the OK Laundrett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy Bateson
Timothy Dingwall Bateson (3 April 1926 – 15 September 2009) was an English actor. Life and career Born in London, the son of solicitor Dingwall Latham Bateson and the great-nephew of rugby player Harold Dingwall Bateson, he was educated at Lockers Park School in Hertfordshire, Uppingham School in Rutland and Wadham College, Oxford. At Oxford, he read history, rowed cox for the Wadham College Boat Club during Eights Week and performed in the Oxford University Dramatic Society.Michael CoveneObituary ''The Guardian'', 8 November 2009 Bateson's stage credits included the first British production of Samuel Beckett's ''Waiting for Godot'' in 1955 at the Arts Theatre in London in a production directed by Peter Hall. In 1957 he starred in the BBC adventure serial '' The Adventures of Peter Simple''. He appeared in many film, television and radio productions including '' The Avengers'', '' The Cadfael Chronicles'', ''Doctor Who'' (in the serial entitled " The Ribos Operation") ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constantine Gregory
Constantine Gregory (born Constantine Liebert, September 16, 1942) is an American actor, dialect coach, and voice actor. Until 1983 he was usually credited as Constantin de Goguel. Life and career He was born of a Dutch father and Russian–born mother. On their divorce, he was given his mother's surname of de Goguel. His mother was born in 1920 in Sebastopol with the White Army during the Russian Civil War, and in 1925 was smuggled out to England, where she was brought up. She studied acting briefly under Michael Chekhov at Dartington, but when his school broke up with the outbreak of war, she then later went to America and worked as a personal assistant to Edward James. She married Onno Liebert (Leebaert) in 1941. Liebert was a journalist and broadcaster who escaped the occupied Netherlands on a bicycle. Gregory came to England with his mother in 1950 and then attended Dartington Hall School (1950–1961), followed by Trinity College, Dublin (1961–1965) where he read Economic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Cossins
James Cossins (4 December 1933 – 12 February 1997) was an English actor. Born in Beckenham, Kent, he became widely recognised as the abrupt, bewildered Mr Walt in the ''Fawlty Towers'' episode "The Hotel Inspectors" and as Mr Watson, the frustrated Public Relations training course instructor, in an episode of ''Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em''.Guide Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Episodes at Comedy guide Retrieved 14 August 2015 Early life Cossins was born in and educated at the |
Clive Graham
Clive Graham (7 October 1937 in Swansea– 11 June 2007) was a British television actor. He had a lengthy career, roles included Robin of Locksley in ''Ivanhoe ''Ivanhoe: A Romance'' ( ) by Walter Scott is a historical novel published in three volumes, in December 1819, as one of the Waverley novels. It marked a shift away from Scott's prior practice of setting stories in Scotland and in the more ...''. References External links * * 1937 births 2007 deaths Male actors from Swansea British male television actors 20th-century British male actors 21st-century British male actors {{UK-tv-actor-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terrence Hardiman
Terrence Edward Hardiman (6 April 1937 – 18 April 2023) was an English actor. He often portrayed authority figures such as Nazi-era personnel ('' Secret Army'', ''Colditz'', ''Wish Me Luck'' and ''Enemy at the Door'') and a British officer (''When the Boat Comes In''). His other roles include: a police inspector (''Prime Suspect'', ''Juliet Bravo'' and '' Softly, Softly''); a doctor (''Home to Roost'' and ''The Royal''); a barrister (''Crown Court'' and '' The Brittas Empire''); a judge (''The Bill'' and '' The Courtroom''); a twelfth-century abbot ('' Cadfael''); and an evil headmaster in '' The Demon Headmaster''. He played prime minister Ramsay MacDonald in Richard Attenborough's ''Gandhi''. He also appeared in the ''Inspector Morse'' episode "Last Bus to Woodstock". Early life and education Hardiman was born on 6 April 1937 in Forest Gate, Essex, now in Newham, London. His father was a policeman. Hardiman was educated at Buckhurst Hill County High School, Essex and late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Grout
James David Grout (22 October 1927 – 24 June 2012) was an English actor of radio and television. He was best known for playing Chief Superintendent Strange in ''Inspector Morse''. Early life Grout was born in London, the son of Beatrice Anne and William Grout. He trained to be an actor at RADA. Career Grout's BBC Radio 4 appearances include Barliman Butterbur in the 1981 adaptation of ''The Lord of the Rings'', headmaster Harry Beeston in all ten series of the Radio 4 comedy series '' King Street Junior'' (1985–1998), Professor Richard Whittingham in Andy Hamilton's Hell-based comedy ''Old Harry's Game'' (1995–2003), Rev. Timothy Carswell in '' The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue'' (1991) and '' Any Other Business'' (1995). Grout's television credits include Chief Inspector Prescott in ''Waste Land'' - series 17, episode 1 of ''Dixon of Dock Green'' (1970) - Dai Owen in '' Looking For Clancy'' (1975), Jonas Bradlaw in ''Murder Most English'' (1977), Superintendent Raffer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwyneth Powell
Gwyneth Leith (5 July 1946 – 8 September 2022), better known by her stage name Gwyneth Powell, was an English actress. She was best known for her portrayal of headmistress Bridget McClusky in the BBC television series ''Grange Hill'' for eleven series between 1981 and 1991. Background Powell was born on 5 July 1946 in Levenshulme, Manchester, and attended Cheadle County Grammar School for Girls, during which time she appeared to some acclaim as Fat Urs in the National Youth Theatre's production of Ben Jonson's ''Bartholemew Fair''. She originally trained as a teacher at Goldsmiths, University of London, but instead chose to act in repertory theatre. Career Powell's first major television role was in the 1971 LWT dystopian drama series, '' The Guardians''. She was a regular, if minor, player in many television dramas until being cast in ''Grange Hill'', in which she played the "firm but fair" headmistress Bridget ("The Midget") McClusky for eleven years. Of her role, she sai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Guard
Christopher Guard (born 5 December 1953) is an English actor, musician and artist. He is known for roles such as Jim Hawkins in '' Return to Treasure Island'' (1986), Bellboy in ''Doctor Who'' serial '' The Greatest Show in the Galaxy'' (1988), Marcellus in '' I, Claudius'' (1976), Marius in ''Les Misérables'' (1978), Ken Hodges in the medical drama ''Casualty'' (1993), and voicing Frodo Baggins in ''The Lord of the Rings'' (1978). Guard has appeared in '' Memoirs of a Survivor'' (1981) and '' A Woman of Substance'' (1985). His first role on television was the young David Copperfield in the BBC's 1966 TV serial adaptation, followed by Pip in ''Great Expectations'' (1967). A long list of credits include appearances in ''Dixon of Dock Green'', ''Z-Cars'', '' Secret Army'', '' Shoestring'', '' The Professionals'', ''Lovejoy'', '' Bugs'', '' Poirot'', ''The Bill'' and ''Doctors''. He has played roles in two works by Dennis Potter: '' Play For Today: Joe's Ark'' (1974) and '' Bla ... [...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] |
Robert Morley
Robert Adolph Wilton Morley (26 May 1908 – 3 June 1992) was an English actor who enjoyed a lengthy career in both Britain and the United States. He was frequently cast as a pompous English gentleman representing the Establishment, often in supporting roles. In 1939 he received an Academy Awards, Academy Award nomination for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of King Louis XVI in ''Marie Antoinette (1938 film), Marie Antoinette''. In ''Movie Encyclopedia'', film critic Leonard Maltin describes Morley as "recognisable by his ungainly bulk, bushy eyebrows, thick lips and double chin, ... particularly effective when cast as a pompous windbag." Ephraim Katz in his ''International Film Encyclopaedia'' describes Morley as "a rotund, triple-chinned, delightful character player of the British and American stage and screen." In his autobiography, ''Responsible Gentleman'', Morley said his stage career started with managements valuing his a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
