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Malcolm Storry
Malcolm Storry (born 13 January 1948) is an English actor with extensive experience on stage, television, and film. Amongst many roles, he is perhaps best known for 'Yellin' in ''The Princess Bride (film), The Princess Bride'', HM Customs Chief Bill Adams on ''The Knock'', and Clive Tishell in ''Doc Martin''. Storry was born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. He has had an extensive career in theatre, TV, and film, including such roles as Sir Francis Drake in ''Elizabeth: The Golden Age'', Nick Bottom, Bottom in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' for the Royal National Theatre, National Theatre, and many roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company including Prospero and Caliban in ''The Tempest'' and Macduff (Macbeth), Macduff and Banquo in ''Macbeth''. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Storry, Malcolm Living people 20th-century English male actors 1948 births 21st-century English male actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingston Upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull, usually shortened to Hull, is a historic maritime city and unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Estuary, inland from the North Sea. It is a tightly bounded city which excludes the majority of its suburbs, with a population of (), it is the fourth-largest city in the Yorkshire and the Humber region. The built-up area has a population of 436,300. Hull has more than 800 years of seafaring history and is known as Yorkshire's maritime city. The town of Wyke on Hull was founded late in the 12th century by the monks of Meaux Abbey as a port from which to export their wool. Renamed ''Kings-town upon Hull'' in 1299, Hull had been a market town, military supply port, trading centre, fishing and whaling centre and industrial metropolis. Hull was an early theatre of battle in the First English Civil War, English Civil Wars. Its 18th-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macbeth
''The Tragedy of Macbeth'', often shortened to ''Macbeth'' (), is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, estimated to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the physically violent and damaging psychological effects of political ambitions and power. It was first published in the Folio of 1623, possibly from a prompt book, and is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy. Scholars believe ''Macbeth'', of all the plays that Shakespeare wrote during the reign of King James I, contains the most allusions to James, patron of Shakespeare's acting company. In the play, a brave Scottish general named Macbeth receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to violence by his wife, Macbeth murders the king and takes the Scottish throne for himself. Then, racked with guilt and paranoia, he commits further violent murders to protect himself from enmity and suspicion, soon becoming a tyrannical ruler. The bloo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midsomer Murders
''Midsomer Murders'' is a British Mystery fiction, mystery television series, adapted by Anthony Horowitz and Douglas Watkinson from the novels in the ''Chief Inspector Barnaby'' book series created by Caroline Graham (writer), Caroline Graham. It has been broadcast on the ITV (TV network), ITV network since its premiere on 23 March 1997. The series focuses on various murder cases that take place within small country villages across the fictional English county of Midsomer, and the efforts of the senior police detective and his partner within the fictional Midsomer Constabulary to solve the crime by determining who the culprit is and the motive for their actions. It differs from other detective dramas in featuring a mixture of lighthearted whimsy and dark humour, as well as a notable soundtrack with a title theme that includes a theremin. The programme has featured two lead stars: from its premiere in 1997, John Nettles as Chief Inspector#United Kingdom, Detective Chief Inspecto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rocket Post
''The Rocket Post'' is a 2004 British drama film directed by Stephen Whittaker and starring Ulrich Thomsen, Shauna Macdonald, Kevin McKidd and Patrick Malahide. It is set on a remote Scottish island during the late 1930s. The arrival of German rocket scientist Gerhard Zucker is not initially welcomed by the inhabitants of the island. The film was shot in 2001, but its release was delayed by several years. Additional footage was shot in 2005, and the film was given a limited release in Scotland the following year. The story is very loosely based on experiments in 1934 by the German inventor Gerhard Zucker to provide a postal service to the island of Scarp by rocket mail. Another fictionalised account of the experiment formed the basis of a 2001 film, also called ''The Rocket Post'', which was filmed on Taransay. Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Knew Too Little
''The Man Who Knew Too Little'' is a 1997 spy comedy film starring Bill Murray, directed by Jon Amiel, and written by Robert Farrar and Howard Franklin. The film is based on Farrar's 1997 novel ''Watch That Man'', and the title is a parody of Alfred Hitchcock's 1934 film '' The Man Who Knew Too Much'' and his 1956 remake of the same title. Upon release, the film received generally mixed reviews and was a box office bomb, grossing just $13.7 million against its $20 million budget. Plot Wallace Ritchie flies from Des Moines, Iowa, to London, United Kingdom, to spend his birthday with his brother, James. James is not expecting the visit and is hosting a business dinner that night. To keep Wallace entertained, he sets him up with an interactive improv theatre business, the "Theatre of Life", which promises to treat the participant as a character in a crime drama. Before the night begins, James hands Wallace a pair of Ambassador cigars, promising to "fire them up" before midnight in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wycliffe (TV Series)
''Wycliffe'' is a British television series based on W. J. Burley's novels about Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe. It was produced by HTV and broadcast on the ITV Network, after a pilot episode on 7 August 1993, between 24 July 1994 and 5 July 1998. The series was filmed in Cornwall, with a production office in Truro. Music for the series was composed by Nigel Hess, who was nominated for the Royal Television Society award for the best original television theme in 1997. Charles Wycliffe, played by Jack Shepherd, is assisted by DI Doug Kersey ( Jimmy Yuill) and DI Lucy Lane ( Helen Masters). Each episode deals with a murder investigation. In the early series, stories were adapted from Burley's books and were in classic whodunit style, often with quirky characters and plot elements. In later seasons, the tone became more naturalistic, and there was more emphasis on internal politics within the police force. Setting and characters The setting in Cornwall is an impor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Inspector Morse Episodes
''Inspector Morse (TV series), Inspector Morse'' is a British television crime drama, starring John Thaw and Kevin Whately, for which eight series were broadcast between 1987 and 2000, totalling thirty-three episodes. Although the last five episodes were each broadcast a year apart (two years before the final episode), when released on DVD, they were billed as Series Eight. Series overview Episodes Series 1 (1987) Series 2 (1987–88) Series 3 (1989) Series 4 (1990) Series 5 (1991) Series 6 (1992) Series 7 (1993) Series 8 (1995–2000) See also * List of Lewis episodes, List of ''Lewis'' episodes (2006–2015) * List of Endeavour episodes, List of ''Endeavour'' episodes (2012–2023) Notes References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Inspector Morse Episodes Lists of British drama television series episodes Lists of British crime television series episodes Inspector Morse, List of episodes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inspector Morse (TV Series)
Endeavour Morse, George Medal, GM, is the namesake character of the series of "Morse" detective novels by British author Colin Dexter, a Detective Chief Inspector in the Thames Valley Police in Oxford, England, Oxford, England. On television he was portrayed by John Thaw in a 33-episode drama series, ''Inspector Morse (TV series), Inspector Morse'' (1987–2000), and by Shaun Evans in the (2012–2023) prequel series ''Endeavour (TV series), Endeavour''. The older Morse is a senior Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officer, while the younger is a detective constable rising through the ranks with the Oxford City Police and, in later seasons, the Thames Valley Police. Morse presents, to some, a reasonably sympathetic personality, despite his sullen and snobbish temperament. He is known for his classic Jaguar Mark 2 (a Lancia in the early novels), thirst for English real ale, and love of classical music (especially opera and Richard Wagner, Wagner), poetry, art and cryptic c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Scarlet Letter (1995 Film)
''The Scarlet Letter'' is a 1995 American romantic historical drama film directed by Roland Joffé, based on the 1850 novel of the same name by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The film stars Demi Moore, Gary Oldman, and Robert Duvall, and was produced by Roland Joffé and Andrew G. Vajna. ''The Scarlet Letter'' was released in the United States on October 13, 1995, by Buena Vista Pictures. Plot In 1667, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, tensions simmer between the local Puritan settlers and the neighboring Algonquian tribe. As Metacomet succeeds as the tribal chief during his father's funeral pyre, a new English colonist, Hester Prynne, arrives from overseas. While awaiting the return of her older husband, Roger Prynne, who is believed to be lost or dead following a mission to assist other settlers, Hester forms a romantic relationship with a young minister, Arthur Dimmesdale. When news emerges suggesting Roger Prynne has likely died, Hester and Dimmesdale pursue their relationship, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Pinch Of Snuff (TV Series)
''A Pinch of Snuff'' is a British television crime drama miniseries, consisting of three fifty-minute episodes, that broadcast on ITV network from 9 to 23 April 1994. The series, adapted from the 1978 novel of the same name by author Reginald Hill, was the first Dalziel and Pascoe adaptation for TV, arriving two years before the more widely known BBC adaptation that followed in 1996. In this miniseries, the characters of Dalziel and Pascoe were played by comedians Gareth Hale and Norman Pace, with Christopher Fairbank as loyal sidekick Edgar Wield, and Malcolm Storry as Insp. Ray Crabtree. Reception The series broadcast over three consecutive Saturday nights, from 9 April 1994. Reginald Hill was said to have been unhappy with the series, and so prevented ITV from creating any further adaptations for television. ''The Independent'' went on to describe the "critical contempt heaped on the first television version" of the legendary characters. It described how "a complex story ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Of The Mohicans (1992 Film)
''The Last of the Mohicans'' is a 1992 American epic historical drama film co-produced and directed by Michael Mann, who co-wrote the screenplay with Christopher Crowe, based on the 1826 novel of the same name by James Fenimore Cooper and its 1936 film adaptation. The film is set in 1757 during the French and Indian War. It stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, and Jodhi May in the leading roles, and features Russell Means, Wes Studi, Eric Schweig, Steven Waddington, Maurice Roëves, and Patrice Chéreau. The film was released in the United States on September 25, 1992. It received generally positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success. It won the Academy Award for Best Sound, the only Academy Award won by a film directed by Mann. It was also nominated for seven BAFTA Awards, including Best Actor in a Leading Role for Day-Lewis, and won Best Cinematography and Best Make-up Artist. Plot In 1757, British Army Major Duncan Heyward arrives in Albany, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under Suspicion (1991 Film)
''Under Suspicion'' is a 1991 neo noir erotic thriller film directed by Simon Moore and starring Liam Neeson and Laura San Giacomo. Neeson won best actor at the 1992 Festival du Film Policier de Cognac for his performance. Plot Tony Aaron ( Liam Neeson) is a police investigator living in Brighton on the south coast of Great Britain at the end of the 1950s. He has been assigned to watch the house of Powers (Talbot), a local criminal, along with Frank ( Kenneth Cranham), his colleague and friend. Tony leaves Frank to go inside the house and continue an affair with Hazel ( O’Neill), Powers’s wife. When Powers returns home early and discovers the pair, he retrieves his shotgun to shoot the lovers but is disturbed by Frank and in the ensuing chaos shoots another police officer Colin (Grace) killing him. Two years later over Christmas 1959, Tony has left the force and is working as an unsuccessful private detective who is heavily in debt. His specialty is faking evidence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
