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Peter Cartwright (actor)
Peter Cartwright (30 August 1935 – 18 November 2013)http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=34&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=ms_f-34&gsfn=peter&gsln=cartwright&msbdy=1935&msbpn__ftp=Krugersdorp%2C+Gauteng%2C+South+Africa&msbpn=1421714&msbpn_PInfo=8-, 0, 1652395, 0, 5206, 0, 31186, 0, 0, 1421714, 0, &msddy=2013&msdpn__ftp=London%2C+London%2C+England&msdpn=85535&msdpn_PInfo=8-, 0, 0, 3257, 3251, 0, 0, 0, 5274, 85535, 0, &sbo=0&uidh=000&msbdd=30&msbdm=8&msddd=18&msddm=11 Search at Ancestry.co.uk. For full information you need a subscription. was a South African born British actor who made hundreds of appearances in television, film and on radio and worked extensively in the theatre, both in the provinces and London's West End. Cartwright was born in Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa, and educated at St. Andrew's College in Grahamstown. He arrived in Britain in 1959 and studied at RADA. He was best known in South Africa for a series of television commercials ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longitude (TV Series)
''Longitude'' is a 2000 TV drama produced by Granada Television and the A&E Network for Channel 4, first broadcast between 2 and 3 January 2000 in the UK on Channel 4 and the US on A&E. It is a dramatisation of the 1995 book of the same title by Dava Sobel. It was written and directed by Charles Sturridge and stars Michael Gambon as clockmaker John Harrison (1693–1776) and Jeremy Irons as horologist Rupert Gould (1890–1948). Plot ''Longitude'' presents the story of Harrison's efforts to develop the marine chronometer and thereby win the Longitude prize in the 18th century. This is interwoven with the story of Gould, a retired naval officer, who is restoring Harrison's four chronometers and popularises his achievements in the early twentieth century. Cast Awards In 2001, ''Longitude'' was nominated for the British Academy Television Awards in ten categories, winning in five, including Best Actor Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by vario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's Get Laid
''Let's Get Laid'' is a 1978 British comedy film directed by James Kenelm Clarke and starring Robin Askwith, Fiona Richmond and Anthony Steel. The screenplay concerns a man, Gordon Laid, who returns to London after being demobbed at the end of the Second World War - only to find himself suspected of a murder in Wapping. It was the second of two movies Steel made with Fiona Richmond. Cast References External links * 1978 films 1970s sex comedy films 1970s English-language films British sex comedy films Films set in the 1940s 1978 comedy films Films set in London Films directed by James Kenelm Clarke 1970s British films {{erotic-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fourth Protocol (film)
''The Fourth Protocol'' is a 1987 British Cold War spy film starring Michael Caine and Pierce Brosnan. Directed by John Mackenzie, it is based on the 1984 novel ''The Fourth Protocol'' by Frederick Forsyth. Plot In 1968, an East-West agreement is established to halt nuclear proliferation. One of its clauses, the Fourth Protocol, forbids the non-conventional delivery of a nuclear weapon to a target. MI5 officer John Preston breaks into the residence of British government official George Berenson on New Year's Eve and finds a number of top secret NATO files that should not have been there. He reports his findings to high-ranking British Secret Service official Sir Nigel Irvine, who deals with the leak. Preston's unauthorised method of retrieving the documents embarrasses the acting Director of MI5, Brian Harcourt-Smith, and as punishment for his insubordination, Preston is relegated to lowly "Airports and Ports". KGB officer Major Valeri Petrofsky is sent on a mission to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gandhi (film)
''Gandhi'' is a 1982 period biographical film based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of nonviolent non-cooperative Indian independence movement against the British Empire during the 20th century. A co-production between India and United Kingdom, it is directed and produced by Richard Attenborough from a screenplay written by John Briley. It stars Ben Kingsley in the title role. The film covers Gandhi's life from a defining moment in 1893, as he is thrown off from a South African train for being in a whites-only compartment and concludes with his assassination and funeral in 1948. Although a practising Hindu, Gandhi's embracing of other faiths, particularly Christianity and Islam, is also depicted. ''Gandhi'' was released by Columbia Pictures in India on 30 November 1982, in the United Kingdom on 3 December, and in the United States on 8 December. It was praised for a historically accurate portrayal of the life of Gandhi, the Indian independence movement and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cry Freedom
''Cry Freedom'' is a 1987 epic apartheid drama film directed and produced by Richard Attenborough, set in late-1970s apartheid-era South Africa. The screenplay was written by John Briley based on a pair of books by journalist Donald Woods. The film centres on the real-life events involving South African activist Steve Biko and his friend Donald Woods, who initially finds him destructive, and attempts to understand his way of life. Denzel Washington stars as Biko, while Kevin Kline portrays Woods. ''Cry Freedom'' delves into the ideas of discrimination, political corruption, and the repercussions of violence. A joint collective effort to commit to the film's production was made by Universal Pictures and Marble Arch Productions and the film was primarily shot on location in Zimbabwe due to not being allowed to film in South Africa at the time of production. It was commercially distributed by Universal Pictures, opening in the United States on 6 November 1987. South African author ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wimbledon (film)
''Wimbledon'' is a 2004 romantic comedy film directed by Richard Loncraine. The film stars Paul Bettany as a journeyman tennis pro (once ranked 11th) and Kirsten Dunst as an up-and-coming tennis star. Sam Neill and Jon Favreau co-star. Plot Peter Colt, a British professional tennis player in his thirties whose ranking has slipped from 11th to 119th in the world, has never really had to fight for anything, as his wealthy family allowed him to easily pursue his tennis ambitions. Though he earns a wildcard spot to the Wimbledon tournament, he feels it's time to admit he's getting too old to compete with fitter up-and-coming younger players and intends, after this last Wimbledon, to take a job with a prestigious tennis club. As Wimbledon begins, he bumps into Lizzie Bradbury, the American rising star of female tennis. They fall in love and her interest in him changes his entire perception, even giving him the strength to win again. As their love grows, Peter's game becomes better a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grimmauld Place
J. K. Rowling's ''Harry Potter'' universe contains numerous settings for the events in her fantasy novels. These locations are categorised as a dwelling, school, shopping district, or government-affiliated locale. Dwellings The Burrow The Weasleys' home, known as the Burrow, is located outside the village of Ottery St Catchpole which is situated alongside the River Otter in Devon, England, also near the home of the Lovegoods, the Diggorys and the Fawcetts. The Burrow was used as the Order of the Phoenix's headquarters, due to the compromised Fidelius Charm placed on 12 Grimmauld Place, in ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' until it lost its given protection. The Weasley house has seven floors. It is also quite dilapidated, managing to remain standing only by magic. Despite the house's rundown appearance, Harry remarks on his first visit that it was the best house he had ever been in and it becomes his second favourite place in the world (after Hogwarts). The well-hidde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Phoenix (fictional Organisation)
The Order of the Phoenix is a secret organisation in the ''Harry Potter'' series of fiction books written by J. K. Rowling. Founded by Albus Dumbledore to fight Lord Voldemort and his followers, the Death Eaters, the Order lends its name to the fifth book of the series, ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix''. Synopsis Before the ''Harry Potter'' chronology starts – when the character Lord Voldemort declared war on the Wizarding World – Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and an upstanding and powerful citizen of the Wizarding World, attempted to take control of the situation by founding the Order of the Phoenix. Several characters joined the organisation, seeking to prevent Voldemort from taking over the Wizarding World and establishing a tyrannical new world order. During this period, before the events of the ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', the Order sustained heavy losses, including the murders of minor charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elphias Doge
The Order of the Phoenix is a secret organisation in the ''Harry Potter'' series of fiction books written by J. K. Rowling. Founded by Albus Dumbledore to fight Lord Voldemort and his followers, the Death Eaters, the Order lends its name to the fifth book of the series, ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix''. Synopsis Before the ''Harry Potter'' chronology starts – when the character Lord Voldemort declared war on the Wizarding World – Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and an upstanding and powerful citizen of the Wizarding World, attempted to take control of the situation by founding the Order of the Phoenix. Several characters joined the organisation, seeking to prevent Voldemort from taking over the Wizarding World and establishing a tyrannical new world order. During this period, before the events of the ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', the Order sustained heavy losses, including the murders of minor characte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (film)
''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' is a 2007 fantasy film directed by David Yates from a screenplay by Michael Goldenberg, based on the 2003 novel Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the fifth instalment in the Harry Potter (film series), ''Harry Potter'' film series and the sequel to ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' (2005). The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter (character), Harry Potter, alongside Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry's best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Its story follows Harry's fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as the Ministry of Magic is in denial of Lord Voldemort's return. Filming took place in England and Scotland for exterior locations and Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden, Leavesden Film Studios in Watford for interior locations from February to November 2006, with a one-month break in June. Post-produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Postlethwaite
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'' in 2000, by order of first appearance. Adam Forrester Adam Forrester, played by Tim Vincent, made his first appearance on 21 March 2000. Vincent said he was "really excited" when he was approached to play the role. Adam marked his first major acting role since he appeared in '' Dangerfield'' in 1997. Vincent was initially contracted until November 2000, and he commuted between his home in London and the studios in Leeds. The character was introduced during the aftermath of a bus crash, where he earned the respect of the villagers by helping the injured. Adam moves to the village to work at the local veterinary practice. Vincent told Rachel Corcoran of ''All About Soap'' that his character has "very good intentions" upon his arrival. He is "confident" and has many new ideas about how to run the practice. However, Adam's approach annoys his new boss Paddy Kirk (Dominic Brunt). Vincent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
