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Robert Sellers
Robert Sellers (born 3 February 1965) is an English writer and author, primarily known for work on his show-business biographies and popular culture. He has written several books, including ''Cult TV'', which covers the history of ITC, Lew Grade's television company, and '' The Battle for Bond'', an analysis of the legal case regarding plagiarism in relation to Ian Fleming's James Bond character. Sellers originally studied drama and pursued a career in stand-up comedy before transitioning to film journalism. Over the years, he has written for various publications, such as ''Daily Mail'', ''Empire'', ''Total Film'', ''The Independent'', '' SFX'' and ''Cinema Retro''. Sellers has conducted interviews with prominent figures in the entertainment industry, including Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, and Richard Dreyfuss. Sellers has also authored books on the entertainment industry, notably ''Very Naughty Boys: The Amazing True Story of HandMade Films'', which details the history of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeds
Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. The city was a small manorial borough in the 13th century and a market town in the 16th century. It expanded by becoming a major production and trading centre (mainly with wool) in the 17th and 18th centuries. Leeds developed as a mill town during the Industrial Revolution alongside other surrounding villages and towns in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It was also known for its flax industry, iron foundries, engineering and printing, as well as shopping, with several surviving Victorian era arcades, such as Kirkgate Market. City status was awarded in 1893, and a populous urban centre formed in the following century which absorbed surrounding villages and overtook t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Dreyfuss
Richard Stephen Dreyfuss ( ; Dreyfus; born October 29, 1947) is an American actor. He emerged from the New Hollywood wave of American cinema, finding fame with a succession of leading man parts in the 1970s. He has received an Academy Award, a BAFTA, and a Golden Globe Award. Dreyfuss rose to promimence with starring roles in '' American Graffiti'' (1973), '' The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz'' (1974), '' Jaws'' (1975), and '' Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' (1977). He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Elliot Garfield in the 1977 romantic comedy '' The Goodbye Girl'', and was Oscar-nominated in the same category for his title role in the 1995 drama '' Mr. Holland's Opus''. His other film credits include '' The Competition'' (1980), '' Stand by Me'' (1986), '' Down and Out in Beverly Hills'' (1986), '' Stakeout'' (1987), '' Nuts'' (1987), '' Always'' (1989), '' Postcards from the Edge'' (1990), '' What About Bob?'' (1991), ''The American President ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Robertson Justice
James Robertson Justice (15 June 1907 – 2 July 1975) was a British actor. He often portrayed pompous authority figures in comedies, including each of the seven films in the ''Doctor'' series. He also co-starred with Gregory Peck in several adventure movies, notably '' The Guns of Navarone''. Born in south-east London to a Scottish father, he became prominent in Scottish public life, helping to launch Scottish Television (STV) and serving as Rector of the University of Edinburgh (1957–60 and 1963–66). Early life Despite his later Scottish claims, James Norval Harald Justice was born on 15 June 1907 in Lee, a suburb of Lewisham in south-east London. He was the son of Aberdeen-born mining engineer James Norval Justice and Edith (née Burgess), Justice was educated at St Hugh's School, Bickley, Kent, and Marlborough College in Wiltshire. He later studied science at University College London, but left after a year and became a geology student at the University of Bonn, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Reed
Robert Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 2 May 1999) was an English actor, known for his upper-middle class, macho image and his heavy-drinking, "hellraiser" lifestyle. His screen career spanned over 40 years, between 1955 and 1999. At the peak of his career, in 1971, British exhibitors voted Reed fifth-most-popular star at the box office. After making his first significant screen appearances in Hammer Film Productions, Hammer Horror films in the early 1960s, his notable film roles included La Bete in ''The Trap (1966 film), The Trap'' (1966), Bill Sikes in ''Oliver! (film), Oliver!'' (a film directed by his uncle Carol Reed that won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Picture), Gerald in ''Women in Love (film), Women in Love'' (1969), the title role in ''Hannibal Brooks'' (1969), Urbain Grandier in ''The Devils (film), The Devils'' (1971), Athos (character), Athos in ''The Three Musketeers (1973 live-action film), The Three Musketeers'' (1973) and ''The Four Musketeers (1974 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter O'Toole
Peter Seamus O'Toole (; 2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013) was an English actor known for his leading roles on stage and screen. His numerous accolades include the Academy Honorary Award, a BAFTA Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and four Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for a Grammy Award and a Laurence Olivier Award. O'Toole started his training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London and began working in the theatre, gaining recognition as a Shakespearean actor at the Bristol Old Vic and with the English Stage Company. In 1959, he made his West End debut in '' The Long and the Short and the Tall'', and played the title role in ''Hamlet'' in the National Theatre's first production in 1963. Excelling on stage, O'Toole was known for his "hellraiser" lifestyle off-stage. He received a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance for his portrayal of Jeffrey Bernard in the play '' Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell'' (1990). Making h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Harris
Richard St John Francis Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) was an Irish actor and singer. Having studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, he rose to prominence as an icon of the British New Wave. He received numerous accolades including the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, and a Grammy Award. In 2020, he was listed at number 3 on ''The Irish Times''s list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Harris received two Academy Award for Best Actor nominations for his performances in ''This Sporting Life'' (1963), and '' The Field'' (1990). Other notable roles include in '' The Guns of Navarone'' (1961), '' Red Desert'' (1964), '' A Man Called Horse'' (1970), '' Cromwell'' (1970), ''Unforgiven'' (1992), ''Gladiator'' (2000), and ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (2002). He gained cross-generational acclaim for his role as Albus Dumbledore in the first two ''Harry Potter'' films: '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' (2001) and '' Harry Potter and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Burton
Richard Burton (; born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984) was a Welsh actor. Noted for his mellifluous baritone voice, Burton established himself as a formidable Shakespearean actor in the 1950s and gave a memorable performance as Richard Burton's Hamlet, Hamlet in 1964. He was called "the natural successor to Laurence Olivier, Olivier" by critic Kenneth Tynan. Burton's perceived failure to live up to those expectations disappointed some critics and colleagues; his heavy drinking added to his reputation as a great performer who had wasted his talent. Nevertheless, he is widely regarded as one of the finest actors of his generation. Burton was nominated for an Academy Awards, Academy Award seven times but never won. He was nominated for his performances in ''My Cousin Rachel (1952 film), My Cousin Rachel'' (1952), ''The Robe (1953 film), The Robe'' (1953), ''Becket (1964 film), Becket'' (1964), ''The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (film), The Spy W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Times
''Radio Times'' is a British weekly listings magazine devoted to television and radio programme schedules, with other features such as interviews, film reviews and lifestyle items. Founded in September 1923 by John Reith, then general manager of the British Broadcasting Company, it was the world's first broadcast listings magazine. In September 2023 it became the first broadcast listings magazine to reach and then pass its centenary. It was published entirely in-house by BBC Magazines from 8 January 1937 until 16 August 2011, when the division was merged into Immediate Media Company. On 12 January 2017, Immediate Media was bought by the German media group Hubert Burda. The magazine is published on Tuesdays and carries listings for the week from Saturday to Friday. Originally, listings ran from Sunday to Saturday: the changeover meant 8 October 1960 was listed twice, in successive issues. Since Christmas 1969, a 14-day double-duration issue has been published each December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Cruise
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (born July 3, 1962) is an American actor and film producer. Regarded as a Cinema of the United States, Hollywood icon, he has received List of awards and nominations received by Tom Cruise, various accolades, including an Honorary Palme d'Or and three Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for four Academy Awards. As of 2018, Tom Cruise filmography, his films have grossed over worldwide, placing him among the List of highest-grossing actors, highest-grossing actors of all time. One of Hollywood's most bankable stars, he is consistently one of the world's List of highest-paid film actors, highest-paid actors. Cruise began acting in the early 1980s and made his breakthrough with leading roles in ''Risky Business'' (1983) and ''Top Gun'' (1986), the latter earning him a reputation as a sex symbol. Critical acclaim came with his roles in the dramas ''The Color of Money'' (1986), ''Rain Man'' (1988), and ''Born on the Fourth of July (film), Born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor. Regarded as a cinematic cultural icon, he has starred in Harrison Ford filmography, many notable films over seven decades, and is one of List of highest-grossing actors, the highest-grossing actors in the world. Ford’s List of awards and nominations received by Harrison Ford, accolades include nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Screen Actors Guild awards, and five Golden Globe Awards, and he is the recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award, Cecil B. DeMille Award, Honorary César, Palme d'Or#Honorary Palme d'Or, Honorary Palme d'Or and was honoured as a Disney Legends, Disney Legend in 2024. After making his screen debut in 1966 and early supporting roles in the films ''American Graffiti'' (1973) and ''The Conversation'' (1974), Ford achieved global stardom for portraying Han Solo in the space opera film ''Star Wars (film), Star Wars'' (1977), a role he reprised in List of Star Wars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigourney Weaver
Susan Alexandra ( ; born October 8, 1949), better known by her stage name Sigourney Weaver, is an American actress. Prolific in film since the late 1970s, she is known for her pioneering portrayals of action heroines in Blockbuster (entertainment), blockbusters and for her various roles in independent films. She is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Sigourney Weaver, numerous accolades, including a British Academy Film Awards, British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Awards, Grammy Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Awards, Tony Award. Born in New York City, Weaver is the daughter of American television executive Pat Weaver and English actress Elizabeth Inglis. She made her screen debut with a minor role in the romantic comedy film ''Annie Hall'' (1977), before landing her breakthrough role as Ellen Ripley in the science fiction horror film ''Alien (film), Alien'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Connery
Sir Thomas Sean Connery (25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020) was a Scottish actor. He was the first actor to Portrayal of James Bond in film, portray the fictional British secret agent James Bond (literary character), James Bond in motion pictures, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. Connery originated the role in ''Dr. No (film), Dr. No'' (1962) and continued starring as Bond in the Eon Productions films ''From Russia with Love (film), From Russia with Love'' (1963), ''Goldfinger (film), Goldfinger'' (1964), ''Thunderball (film), Thunderball'' (1965), ''You Only Live Twice (film), You Only Live Twice'' (1967) and ''Diamonds Are Forever (film), Diamonds Are Forever'' (1971). Connery made his final appearance in the franchise in ''Never Say Never Again'' (1983), a non-Eon-produced Bond film. Connery is also known for his work with directors such as Alfred Hitchcock, Sidney Lumet and John Huston. Their films in which Connery appeared included ''Marnie (film), Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
