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Peter Bayliss
Peter Bayliss (27 June 1922 – 29 July 2002) was an English actor. Bayliss was born in Kingston upon Thames and trained at the Italia Conti Academy and the John Gielgud Company. More than six feet tall, with a voice to match, he supplemented it with a barrage of wheezings, croakings, mutterings and, as the opera singer in ''Frontiers of Farce'' (Old Vic, 1977), garglings. In 1956 he appeared on stage in "The Matchmaker" at the Royale Theatre in New York and in 1960 he appeared in "Ross" at the Royal Haymarket Theatre in London. His 20 films ranged from '' The Red Shoes'' (1948) to '' Darling'' (1965). He acted in more than 40 television productions including ''Please Sir!'' (he played the part of Mr Dunstable, Dennis Dunstable's father), ''The Sweeney'', ''Coronation Street'', ''Lovejoy'' and ''The Bill'', plus dramas like ''Bye, Bye Columbus'' (1990), ''Merlin'' (1998) and ''The Arabian Nights'' (1999). On radio he was particularly good in Jacobean adaptations, playing cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingston Upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames, colloquially known as Kingston, is a town in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, south-west London, England. It is situated on the River Thames, south-west of Charing Cross. It is an ancient market town, notable as the place where some History of Anglo-Saxon England, Saxon kings were crowned. Historic counties of England, Historically in the county of Surrey, the ancient Kingston upon Thames (parish), parish of Kingston covered both the town itself and a large surrounding area. The town was an ancient borough, having been formally incorporated in 1441, with a long history prior to that as a royal manor. From 1836 until 1965 the town formed the Municipal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames. From 1893 to 2020 Kingston was the seat of Surrey County Council. The town became part of Greater London in 1965, when the modern borough was also created as one of the 32 London boroughs. Kingston is identified as a metropolitan centre in the London Plan and is one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Frightened Man
''The Frightened Man'' (also known as ''Rosselli and Son'') is a 1952 British second feature crime film directed and written by John Gilling and starring Dermot Walsh, Barbara Murray and Charles Victor. An antiques dealer suffers a dramatic fall from grace. Plot Antiques dealer Roselli's dreams for his son Julius are disappointed when the young man is sent down from Oxford University for bad behaviour. Julius then gets involved with a gang of Camden Town jewel thieves. When they attempt to rob a warehouse Julius is injured in the getaway, but he continues his involvement and formulates a plan to steal diamonds from his wife’s employer in Hatton Garden. The gang leader agrees, but intends to cut out Roselli senior who, unknown to Julius, is a partner in the gang. Cast * Dermot Walsh as Julius Roselli * Barbara Murray as Amanda * Charles Victor as Mr Roselli * John Blythe as Maxie * Michael Ward as Cornelius Hart * Thora Hird as Vera * John Horsley as Harry Armstrong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Get Me Started (1994 Film)
''Don't Get Me Started'' is a 1994 Anglo-German film directed and written by Arthur Ellis. It was shown that year at the London Film Festival and at the 51st Venice Film Festival, before going on general release in British cinemas from the beginning of June 1995. The film stars Trevor Eve as Jack Lane, Ralph Brown as Larry Swift and Steven Waddington as Jerry Hoff. It was the celebrated cinematographer Gilbert Taylor's final film. Plot Jack Lane, a murderer who has managed to get away with his crimes and build a new life for himself in suburbia, finds it difficult to give up smoking. He also struggles to overcome a sense of encroaching paranoia after meeting a stranger with a worrying interest in his past. When Lane finds out that the stranger is an investigative journalist who has discovered the truth about his identity, he resolves to take matters into his own hands. Cast *Trevor Eve as Jack Lane *Steven Waddington as Jerry Hoff *Marion Bailey as Gill Lane *Ralph Brown as Larry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bullshot (film)
''Bullshot'' is a 1983 British comedy film, based on the stage play '' Bullshot Crummond''. The name comes from a parody of the 1929 film ''Bulldog Drummond'' with the lead character having elements of Drummond and Biggles. Plot Set in the 1930s, Bullshot follows the absurd adventures of Captain Hugh "Bullshot" Crummond, a dim-witted but overconfident British hero, as he attempts to rescue Professor Fenton and stop the evil Count Otto von Bruno and Lenya von Bruno from stealing a secret energy formula. A parody of vintage adventure serials, the film features exaggerated heroics, slapstick comedy, and spoofed melodrama. Crummond ultimately defeats the villains and saves the day with the help of Rosemary Fenton. Cast Main cast * Alan Shearman as Captain Hugh "Bullshot" Crummond * Diz White as Rosemary Fenton * Ronald E. House as Count Otto van Bruno * Frances Tomelty as Lenya von Bruno * Michael Aldridge as Professor Rupert Fenton Supporting cast * Christopher Good as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vampira (1974 Film)
''Vampira'' is a 1974 British comedy horror film directed by Clive Donner, and starring David Niven and Teresa Graves. This spoof of the vampire genre was re-titled ''Old Dracula'' for release in the United States, in an attempt to ride the success of '' Young Frankenstein''. In the film, Count Dracula is facing the problems of old age. His attempts to resurrect Vampira, a female vampire from his past and turns her into a black woman. She in turn changes him into a black man. The vampire couple travel to Rio de Janeiro at the end of the film. Plot Count Dracula is an old vampire who, because of his advanced age, is forced to host tours of his castle to get new victims. In an attempt to revive his long-lost love, Vampira, Dracula needs to find a victim with a very specific blood group combination to resurrect Vampira by a blood transfusion. So he sets out to collect blood from the bevy of ''Playboy'' Playmates visiting his castle after flipping through the July 1973 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Please Sir! (film)
''Please Sir!'' is a 1971 British comedy film directed by Mark Stuart and starring John Alderton, Deryck Guyler and Carol Hawkins. Written by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, it is a spin-off from the ITV television series ''Please Sir!'' (1968–1972). It was released by the Rank Organisation on 10 September 1971. Plot Mr Hedges, the somewhat naive and idealistic teacher of the rebellious Class 5C of Fenn Street School lobbies to have his class allowed on the annual school camping trip despite opposition from the head teacher Mr Cromwell, the fastidious and officious school caretaker Mr Potter, snobbish teacher Miss Ewell and the world-weary Mr Price. Eventually (with Mr. Hedges having won the hearts and minds of Mr Cromwell and Miss Ewell with a speech about giving Class 5C a helping hand with the benefits of the trip to the countryside) Class 5C get to go on the trip – providing Mr Hedges comes along to supervise his unruly class. Once on the camping trip Mr Hedges pursues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Magic Christian (film)
''The Magic Christian'' is a 1969 British satirical farce black comedy film directed by Joseph McGrath and starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr, with appearances by John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Raquel Welch, Spike Milligan, Christopher Lee, Richard Attenborough and Roman Polanski. It was loosely adapted from the 1959 comic novel '' The Magic Christian'' by the American author Terry Southern, who co-wrote the screenplay adaptation with McGrath. The film also features pre-Monty Python appearances of John Cleese (credited) and an uncredited Graham Chapman, who had jointly written an earlier version of the film script. It also features an uncredited appearance by Yul Brynner performing “ Mad About the Boy” as a drag artist. Songs by Badfinger, including " Come and Get It" written by Paul McCartney, were used on the soundtrack. The official soundtrack album had other music as well as dialogue from the film. Badfinger released an album, '' Magic Christian Music'', containing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur? Arthur!
''Arthur? Arthur!'' is a 1969 British comedy film directed by Samuel Gallu and starring Shelley Winters, Donald Pleasence and Terry-Thomas. It was written by John Esmonde, Simeon George and Bob Larbey based on the 1967 novel '' The Man Who Killed Himself'' by Julian Symons. According to the British Film Institute The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves filmmaking and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, ... (BFI), the film was not theatrically released in the UK, but obtained a US release in 1975. Plot A dull and unsuccessful inventor begins to develop a second identity as a man about town with a completely different life. Cast * Shelley Winters as Hester Green * Donald Pleasence as Arthur Brownjohn / Sir Easonby 'E' Mellon * Terry-Thomas as Clennery Tubbs * Tammy Grimes as Lady Joan Mellon * Rafiq Anwar as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lock Up Your Daughters (1969 Film)
''Lock Up Your Daughters!'' is a 1969 British comedy film directed by Peter Coe and starring Christopher Plummer, Susannah York and Glynis Johns. It is an adaptation of the 1959 stage musical of the same name set in 18th-century Britain, which in turn is based on the 1730 comedy, '' Rape upon Rape'', by Henry Fielding It lacks all the songs from the original stage production. It was one of a number of British costume films released in the wake of the success of the '' Tom Jones'' (1963). Plot A bawdy yarn concerning three sex-starved sailors on leave and on the rampage in a British town. Cast Production The musical ran for four years in England but never had a major production in the US. It had a run at the Pasadena Playhouse in 1967. The movie was going to be made by Nat Cohen at Anglo Amalgamated but was eventually done by Columbia. It was Christopher Plummer's first musical since ''The Sound of Music'' (1965). Filming started in Ireland in March 1968. Reception ''The Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Cards (1968 Film)
A house of cards is a structure formed of playing cards, as a pastime. House of Cards may also refer to: Films * ''House of Cards'' (1917 film), a film by Alice Guy-Blaché * House of Cards (1943 film), ''House of Cards'' (1943 film), a Spanish film directed by Jerónimo Mihura * House of Cards (1968 film), ''House of Cards'' (1968 film), a film starring George Peppard, Inger Stevens and Orson Welles * House of Cards (1993 film), ''House of Cards'' (1993 film), a film starring Kathleen Turner and Tommy Lee Jones Literature * ''House of Cards'', 1967 novel by Stanley Ellin * House of Cards (Cohan book), ''House of Cards'' (Cohan book), a 2009 non-fiction book by William D. Cohan * House of Cards (novel), ''House of Cards'' (novel), a 1989 novel by Michael Dobbs * "House of Cards", a 2004–2005 comic book storyline in Gambit (2004 series)#House of Cards, ''Astonishing X-Men: Gambit'' Music * House of Cards (album), ''House of Cards'' (album), a 2001 album by Saga * House of Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
30 Is A Dangerous Age, Cynthia
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pretty Polly (film)
''Pretty Polly'' (also known as ''A Matter of Innocence'') is a 1967 British comedy film directed by Guy Green and based on the short story ''Pretty Polly Barlow'' by Noël Coward. It stars Hayley Mills, Shashi Kapoor, Trevor Howard and Brenda De Banzie. The film is largely set in Singapore. Plot Miss Polly Barlow decides to leave England and spend a few months with her wealthy spinster aunt as a traveling companion. While in Singapore, the sudden demise of her aunt leaves her alone to pursue her freedom and explore an arms'-length romance with a local Indian Singaporean tour guide, Amaz. Cast *Hayley Mills as Polly Barlow *Trevor Howard as Robert Hook *Shashi Kapoor as Amaz * Brenda de Banzie as Mrs. Innes-Hook *Dick Patterson as Rick Preston *Kalen Liu as Lorelei *Peter Bayliss as Critch *Patricia Routledge as Miss Gudgeon *Dorothy Alison as Mrs. Barlow *David Prosser as Ambrose *Toni Murphy as Lady Tourist *Ric Young as Lim Kee (as Eric Young) *Sarah Abdullah *Anthony C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
