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Thorndyke (TV Series)
''Thorndyke'' is a 1964 crime television series which originally aired on BBC 1 in six episodes from 3 October to 7 November 1964, following on from a pilot broadcast on 6 July as part of the ''Detective'' anthology series. It is based on the novels and short stories by R. Austin Freeman featuring the detective Doctor Thorndyke, a pioneer in using forensic methods to solve cases.Weissmann p.119 All six episodes presumably still exist, but they have not been made available to the public. Cast Main * Peter Copley as Doctor John Evelyn Thorndyke * Paul Williamson as Doctor Jervis * Patrick Newell as Polton * Glyn Owen as Superintendent Morton Other Actors who appeared in individual episodes of the series include: * George A. Cooper as Pratt * Ronald Leigh-Hunt as John Simpson * Jack May as Percival Bland * Stephanie Bidmead as Kathy * Kenneth Colley as Ellis * Jane Downs as Mrs. Crofton * John Le Mesurier as Pembury * Anthony Sagar as Ellis * Royston Tickner as Smith * Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Prior
Allan Prior (13 January 1922, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, – 1 June 2006) was an England, English television scriptwriter and novelist, who wrote over 300 television episodes from the 1950s onwards. He was founder-writer of influential police drama ''Z-Cars'' with Troy Kennedy Martin and wrote five of the first ten episodes and a total of 136 episodes for ''Z-Cars'' and spin-off series ''Softly, Softly (TV series), Softly, Softly''. He also wrote several episodes of the 1970s science-fiction series ''Blake's 7''. Along with producer Gerard Glaister he co-created the BBC drama series ''Howards' Way'' in 1985. He wrote more than thirty original plays for television, from episodes of ''Armchair Theatre'' to later works including ''The Charmer (TV series), The Charmer'' (1987) and ''A Perfect Hero'' (1991). In 1995 his radio play ''Führer'' was BBC Radio 4's flagship drama for its End of the War in Europe anniversary programmes. His daughter is the Steeleye Span sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Bidmead
Stephanie Bidmead (29 January 1929 – 22 September 1974) was a British stage and television actress. Early life She was born in Kidderminster. She attended Kidderminster High School for Girls, a girls' grammar school. In 1977 it became part of King Charles I School. Career She was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company in the late 1950s, and played in Peter Brook's 1957 production of ''The Tempest,'' and in 1959 played opposite Charles Laughton in ''King Lear'' and ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. She began to work in television during the 1960s, with credits in ''Doctor Who'', the final episode of Maigret and ''Adam Adamant Lives!''. In the ''Doctor Who'' serial ''Galaxy 4'' she played the Drahvin leader Maaga.''Doctor Who Magazine'' - Issue 461 - June 2013 - Page 55 In 1972 she played the lead role of Queen Elizabeth I in Robert Bolt's play ''Vivat! Vivat Regina!'' in the Birmingham Rep production. Personal life She had two sons with Moravian theatre designer Henry Bardo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lennard Pearce
Leonard "Lennard" Pearce (31 October 1915 – 15 December 1984) was an English actor who worked in theatre and television. He played Grandad in the BBC television sitcom ''Only Fools and Horses'' from its first episode in 1981 until his death in December 1984. Early life Born in Paddington as the youngest of five children, Pearce's father Sidney was killed in action during World War I. He trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Career Theatre As a young actor in the 1930s, Pearce joined a performance tour in Germany. According to Nicholas Lyndhurst, one theatrical performance was attended by senior members of the Nazi Party. At the end of the show, party officials came backstage to congratulate the cast, and Pearce shook hands with Adolf Hitler. Lyndhurst claimed that Pearce said that he regretted not taking the opportunity to kill Hitler. During World War II, Pearce performed for the Entertainments National Service Association. In the early 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Nettheim
David Cosman Nettheim (10 July 1925 – 11 March 2008), also billed as David Netheim, was an Australian character actor and theatre writer, he acted in radio, theatre and film, but was best known for his roles in numerous television series, both locally and in the United Kingdom Early life Born in Sydney, and brought up in Cremorne Point, one of five children and the eldest son of actor (Leslie) Roy Nettheim who was also involved in radio and theatre and who hosted a classical music programme on radio 2GB and its Macquarie Radio Network) and actress, singer and elocution teacher Mary Hosking, he was introduced to the theatre when his parents joined Doris Fitton's Independent Theatre. Career He was educated at Sydney Grammar School and joined 2GB as an office boy in 1941. He took on occasional writing and announcing roles and was involved in production of John Dease's ''Quiz Kids''. He helped Sir Charles Mackerras (an old schoolfriend) prepare classical music programmes f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Brennan (actor)
Kevin Martin Brennan (12 September 1920 – 17 December 1998) was an Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...n-born British-based film and television actor. He appeared in the children's ITV series '' A Bunch of Fives'' in the 1970s and as Doris Luke's love interest Tom Logan in the British soap opera '' Crossroads'' in 1982. Early in his career while still in Australia he narrated the acclaimed 1954 documentary '' The Back of Beyond'' directed by John Heyer. Filmography References External links * Profile at ww2roll.gov.au 1920 births 1998 deaths British male film actors British male television actors Male actors from Sydney Australian emigrants to the United Kingdom Australian Army personnel of World War II 20th-century British male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Madden (actor)
Peter Madden (9 August 1904 – 24 February 1976) was a British actor who was born in Ipoh in the Federated Malay States (now Malaysia). Birth The son of Frederick Charles Linnet Butler-Madden and Margaret Teresa ( McCabe), Peter Madden's name at birth was Dudley Frederick Peter Butler-Madden. Career Madden was a character actor who made several appearances in Hammer films and was a familiar face in British film and television during the 1950s and 1960s. He appeared as the innkeeper Bruno in ''The Kiss of the Vampire'' (1963) and as the stern Police Chief in '' Frankenstein Created Woman'' (1967). His last Hammer role was brief, as a coach driver in '' Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell'' (1973). In the cult television series ''The Prisoner'' (1967), Madden, uncredited, plays the sinister undertaker in the opening sequence. On television he was seen in ''Danger Man'', ''Z-Cars'', '' The Avengers'', '' The Saint'' and ''The Champions'', ''Out of the Unknown'', '' Orson Well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanda Ventham
Wanda Ventham (born 5 August 1935) is an English actress with many roles on British television since beginning her career in the 1950s. Ventham played Colonel Virginia Lake in the 1970s science-fiction television series '' UFO'' and had a recurring role as Cassandra Trotter's mother Pamela Parry in the sitcom ''Only Fools and Horses'' between 1989 and 1992. Her many other television appearances include ''Danger Man'', ''The Rag Trade'', '' The Sweeney'', '' The Avengers'', '' The Saint'', ''Doctor Who'', ''The Gentle Touch'', ''Minder'', '' Heartbeat'' and ''Holby City'', and she appeared in two '' Carry On'' films. In April 2014, ''People'' magazine featured her in its "Most Beautiful People in the World" edition. Early life Ventham was born in Brighton on 5 August 1935, the daughter of Gladys Frances (née Holtham) and Frederick Howard Ventham.Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916–2005 atabase on-line Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Origina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Towb
Harry Towb (27 July 1925 – 24 July 2009) was an actor from Northern Ireland. Early life and career Towb was born in Larne, County Antrim, to a Russian-Jewish father and an Irish-Jewish mother; he once claimed he was the only Jew ever born in Larne. After his parents divorced, he moved with his mother and sister to north Belfast, where he attended the Finiston School and Technical College. He enlisted in the British Army during World War II and managed a military canteen, but was discharged once it emerged that he had lied about his age. Theatre He then appeared on stage with a touring theatre company in Ireland, and in repertory theatre in England. His first London appearance was in 1950 in '' The Gentle Gunman''. After a number of years with the Royal Shakespeare Company, he joined the Royal National Theatre company in 1979, first playing Charley in ''Death of a Salesman''. There, in 1982, he appeared in Richard Eyre's productions of ''The Beggar's Opera,'' ''Guys and Dol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rex Rashley
Rex Rashley (1894–1972) was a British character actor who appeared regularly on The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968) often dressed in familiar stars' attire as part of a joke. For instance, he appeared in cowboy hat, spurs and sheriff's star on stage, with Morecambe advising Wise that he was "John Wayne Marion Robert Morrison (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne, was an American actor. Nicknamed "Duke", he became a Pop icon, popular icon through his starring roles in films which were produced during Hollywood' ...'s Son" - the joke being that Rashley was elderly and clearly several years older than Wayne himself. Filmography External links * British male television actors Morecambe and Wise 1894 births 1972 deaths 20th-century British comedians {{UK-screen-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Troughton
Patrick George Troughton (; 25 March 1920 – 28 March 1987) was an English actor. He became best known for his roles in television, most notably starring as the Second Doctor, second incarnation of The Doctor (Doctor Who), the Doctor in the long-running British science-fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' from 1966 to 1969; he reprised the role three times between 1972 and 1985. Classically trained, Troughton's early work included appearances in Laurence Olivier's films ''Hamlet (1948 film), Hamlet'' (1948) and ''Richard III (1955 film), Richard III'' (1955), and he later appeared in films including ''Jason and the Argonauts (1963 film), Jason and the Argonauts'' (1963), ''The Gorgon'' (1964), ''Scars of Dracula'' (1970) and ''The Omen'' (1976), as well as the fantasy television series ''The Box of Delights (TV series), The Box of Delights'' (1984). Early life Troughton was born on 25 March 1920 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royston Tickner
Roy Albert Tickner (8 September 1922 – 7 July 1997), known professionally as Royston Tickner, was a British film actor. Biography Born in Leicester, a tailor's son, he trained as an actor at Scarborough repertory theatre. He served in the Royal Navy in World War II; however, in 1942 he was touring in the southern English counties, principally in H. F. Maltby's ''The Rotters'' with Frank Crawshaw and Preston Lockwood. In the winter of 1942–43 he was stage manager, and took the role of Robert, in the presentation of du Maurier's ''Rebecca'' at the Ambassadors Theatre in which Eileen Herlie made her London début, and then toured with the show. In that spring he married Gwendoline Bonde at Leicester.Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 2nd Quarter 1943, Vol. 7a p. 793. From 1947 he took a break from the theatre to work as a lighthouse keeper, miner, fireman and publican, before returning to acting in 1958. Television roles His television credits include: '' The Avenge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Sagar
Anthony Sagar (19 June 1920 – 24 January 1973) was an English character actor and a member of the National Theatre. He was prolific screen performer and appeared in many films (including seven of the '' Carry On'' series) and television series including the 1959 adaptation of ''The Moonstone'', ''Steptoe and Son'', '' The Avengers'' and ''Dad's Army''. Career James Anthony Sagar was born in Burnley, Lancashire and his early career was largely in film and stage. His first television role, in ''Dixon of Dock Green'', came at the age of 36. He stayed with police dramas, appearing in ''Z-Cars'', ''Special Branch'' and ''New Scotland Yard''. Other television roles included Ernie Kidd in ''Swallows and Amazons'' (1963), Sergeant Harris in ''Doomwatch'' (1970) and Parker in ''Spyder's Web'' (1972), as well as appearances in '' The Avengers'' (1969) and ''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)'' (1969).Richard Webber, Jimmy Perry and David Croft, ''The Complete A-Z of Dad's Army'' – Orion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
