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Take A Pair Of Private Eyes
''Take a Pair of Private Eyes'' is a British comedy crime television series which originally aired on BBC 2 in six episodes from 10 April to 15 May 1966. It was written by Peter O'Donnell, best known as the creator of Modesty Blaise.Reilly p.1172 The title is a reference to the Gilbert and Sullivan song '' Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes''. In the style of ''The Thin Man'' it focuses on Ambrose and Dominique Fraynes a husband and wife who run a private detective agency assisted by his father Hector. Cast * Derek Fowlds as Ambrose Frayne * Jeanne Roland as Dominique Frayne * Sam Kydd as Hector Frayne * Henry McGee as Charles * Bridget Armstrong as Cornelia * John Bryans as Feinster * John Sharp as Crozier * Peter Forbes-Robertson as Roger Curran * Ivor Salter as M. Brienne * Campbell Singer as Insp. Roth * George Lee as Police constable * Victor Maddern as Cokey Brock * Jeanne Moody as Marian * Margaret Nolan as Doreen * John Cater as Lyall Sankey * Yvonne Ball as Barmaid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter O'Donnell
Peter O'Donnell (11 April 1920 – 3 May 2010) was an English writer of mysteries and of comic strips, best known as the creator of '' Modesty Blaise'', an action heroine/undercover trouble-shooter. He was also an award-winning gothic historical romance novelist who wrote under the female pseudonym Madeleine Brent, in 1978, his novel ''Merlin's Keep'' won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Biography Born on 11 April 1920 in Lewisham, London, O'Donnell was the son of Bernard O'Donnell, a journalist on the '' Empire News'', and was educated at Catford Central School. He began to write professionally at the age of 16. In 1938 he joined the British Army, and during the war served as an NCO in mobile radio detachment (3 Corps) of Royal Corps of Signals in the 8th Army. He saw active service in Persia in 1942, after which his unit was moved to Syria, Egypt, the Western Desert, and Italy, and he was with forces that went into Greece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bryans
John Bryans (died 2 March 1989) was a British actor, who appeared frequently on television. He is possibly best known for his recurring role as Bercol during the first two series of ''Blake's 7''. He also appeared in the third series as the torturer Shrinker. He also appeared in the ''Doctor Who'' serial '' The Creature from the Pit''. Other television credits include: ''Justice'', ''Bel Ami'', ''Danger Man'', '' The Baron'', ''Dixon of Dock Green'', ''Z-Cars'', ''The Champions'', '' Softly, Softly'', '' The First Lady'', ''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)'', '' The Guardians'', '' The Troubleshooters'', ''Colditz'', '' Rock Follies'', ''The Gentle Touch'', '' Wilde Alliance'' and ''Only Fools and Horses''. His film roles included the estate agent in the horror anthology '' The House That Dripped Blood'' (1971), and Cardinal Wolsey in '' Henry VIII and His Six Wives'' (1972). Filmography * ''The Verdict ''The Verdict'' is a 1982 American legal drama film directed by Sidney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 British Television Series Debuts
Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). * January 10 ** Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ** Georgia House of Representatives, The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. * January 15 – 1966 Nigerian coup d'état: A bloody military coup is staged in Nigeria, deposing the civilian government and resulting in the death of Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. * January 17 ** The Nigerian coup is overturned by another faction of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Television Dramas
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current state with its current name on New Year's Day 1927. The oldest and largest local and global broadcaster by stature and by number of employees, the BBC employs over 21,000 staff in total, of whom approximately 17,200 are in public-sector broadcasting. The BBC was established under a royal charter, and operates under an agreement with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. Its work is funded principally by an annual television licence fee which is charged to all British households, companies, and organisations using any type of equipment to receive or record live television broadcasts or to use the BBC's streaming service, iPlayer. The fee is set by the British government, agreed by Parliament, and is used to fund the BBC's radio, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesca Tu
Francisca "Francesca" Tu (born 1943) is a Chinese-born German film and television actress. Career Francisca Tu took ballet lessons at the Hanover Opera House and trained at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media. At the age of 19, she went to London where she stayed with a cousin and assisted him in an auction house. During this time, Francisca learned a lot about Chinese art and also worked as a model for an advertising agency. She continued her artistic education at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. On her 21st birthday, Francisca auditioned for the BBC and was immediately a job in a TV drama. Shortly thereafter, roles followed in Jürgen Roland's Hong Kong thriller ''Lotus Blossoms'' and a small role of Mr. Osato's secretary alongside Sean Connery in the James Bond movie '' You Only Live Twice'' and as Lotus, the personal secretary of Denis Nayland Smith, the main opponent of the Chinese master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu (Christopher Lee). In the secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Quarmby
John Quarmby (18 June 1929 – 5 April 2019) was an English actor. Biography Quarmby was born in Liverpool and after two years' national service in the RAF joined RADA in 1949. Repertory work dominated the first twenty years of his career, although he began appearing in television in 1956. Quarmby played a variety of roles from the 1960s to the 1990s appearing in many long-running drama series such as ''Z-Cars'', '' Callan'', '' Softly, Softly'', ''Juliet Bravo'' and ''Howards' Way''. He also appeared in the 1982 television film ''The Scarlet Pimpernel''. He appeared as a prison officer in ''Porridge'' in an episode entitled "The Hustler" (1974). He played the role of Mr Carnegie, the Health Inspector in the ''Fawlty Towers ''Fawlty Towers'' is a British television sitcom written by John Cleese and Connie Booth, originally broadcast on BBC Two in 1975 and 1979. Two series of six episodes each were made. The series is set in Fawlty Towers, a dysfunctional fictional ...' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Jewesbury
Reginald Edward Oliphant Jewesbury (6 August 1917 – 31 March 2001) was an English actor, notable for his film, stage and television work, and as a member of the Renaissance Theatre Company. In 1982, he appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company, appearing in ''The Tempest'', ''Much Ado About Nothing'' and in ''Cyrano de Bergerac'', the latter two of which he brought to Broadway in 1984, together with Derek Jacobi and Sinéad Cusack. In his later years he appeared in such television comedies as ''Yes Minister'' and ''Blackadder II''. In 1995 Jewesbury appeared in ''Richard III'' as King Henry VI of England. Partial filmography *''John Wesley'' (1954) – James Hutton *'' Out of the Clouds'' (1955) – Captain Brent's Flight Engineer (uncredited) *''The Winter's Tale'' (1967) – Shepherd / Gaoler *'' Sacco e Vanzetti'' (1971) – Alvan T. Fuller *''Little Dorrit'' (1987) – Magnate from the Lords *'' We Think the World of You'' (1988) – Judge *''Henry V'' (1989) – Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Diamond (actor)
Peter Diamond (10 August 1929 – 27 March 2004) was an English actor who had trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and is remembered as a stuntman on television or film. His appearances total over 1,000 credits in the industry as a stuntman, co-ordinator or fight arranger. He appeared as the Tusken Raider who attacked Luke Skywalker in '' Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope''. He also contributed to the sequels ''The Empire Strikes Back'' and ''Return of the Jedi''. His film credits include several '' Carry On'' films, '' Never Let Go'', '' From Russia with Love'', '' Dracula: Prince of Darkness'', ''An American Werewolf in London'', ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'', and '' Highlander''. Diamond's numerous television credits include ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'', ''The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel'', '' The Adventures of William Tell'', '' Sword of Freedom'', '' The Saint'', '' The Avengers'', '' Paul Temple'', ''Last of the Summer Wine'', '' Heartbeat'', '' L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Dane
Alexandra Dane (born ''c''. 1940 ''London Evening Standard'' (12 April 2012). Retrieved 31 July 2024. in , Free State, ) is an English actress who appeared in many films including '''', '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cater
John Edward Cater (17 January 1932 – 21 March 2009) was an English actor. Early life John Edward Cater was born 17 January 1932 in Hendon, north London. His father, like his grandfather, was a florist. His mother was a violinist who performed with the dance trio The Piroinos. He was diagnosed with hereditary haemochromatosis, which led his body to absorb too much dietary iron, but it caused him few problems for most of his life. Cater was just four years old when he enrolled in dance school. He was attending Hendon Preparatory School when, in 1939, he and his entire class were evacuated from London to Devon. He remained in Devon until he was 16 years old, graduating from Shebbear College. Upon graduation, he was called up for his national service, in which he served in the Royal Army Educational Corps. After leaving the army, Cater enrolled at RADA in 1948. Cater made his professional acting debut with the Dundee Repertory Theatre after graduating from RADA. He was hire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Nolan
Margaret Ann Nolan (29 October 1943 – 5 October 2020) was an English actress, visual artist and glamour model. She appeared in '' Goldfinger'', '' A Hard Day's Night'' and six '' Carry On'' films, and also regularly appeared on screen from the 1960s to the 1980s. Early life Nolan was born in Hampstead, London. Her mother Molly (née O'Sullivan) was an English nurse and her father Jack was an Irish army clerk. They spent the duration of the Second World War in County Waterford in Ireland until the war ended in 1945 before returning to Hampstead. Nolan began training as a teacher but began dating Tom Kempinski, who was acting with the National Theatre Company at the time and persuaded her to begin a career in acting. Career Modelling career Margaret Nolan began her career as a model. As her glamour modelling career took off, she was briefly known as Vicky Kennedy in the early 1960s. Acting career Nolan reverted to her birth name as soon as she began to find acting roles, ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Maddern
Victor Jack Maddern (16 March 1928 – 22 June 1993) was an English actor. He was described by ''The Telegraph'' as having "one of the most distinctive and eloquent faces in post-war British cinema." Life and career Born in Seven Kings, Ilford, Essex, Maddern attended Beal Grammar Boys school and afterwards joined the Merchant Navy at the age of 15 and served in the Second World War from 1943 until its end and was medically discharged in 1946. He subsequently trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). He made his first screen appearance in '' Seven Days to Noon'' in 1950, playing a reluctant soldier obliged to shoot a psychotic scientist. One of his earliest stage roles was as Sam Weller in '' The Trial of Mr Pickwick'' (1952). Appearing as Helicon in a production of Albert Camus' play ''Caligula'' (1964), Maddern was singled out for critical praise, and in '' My Darling Daisy'' (1970) portrayed the notorious Frank Harris. He also did two stints in the highly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
