Male Officers of the Order of the British Empire Recipients
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- Leon Greenman was born on 8 December 1910 in London, England, UK. He was married to Else. He died on 7 March 2008 in London, England, UK.
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Anthony Gibson was born in 1949 in Totnes, Devon, England, UK. He is a writer, known for What's Your Beef? (1998), Points West (1957) and 20 Moments That Rocked the 00s (2015).- Writer
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Winston Graham was born on 30 June 1910 in Victoria Park, Manchester, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Marnie (1964), Take My Life (1947) and Poldark (1975). He was married to Jean Mary Williamson. He died on 10 July 2003 in London, England, UK.- Loyd Grossman was born on 16 September 1950 in Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor, known for Masterchef (1990), Through the Keyhole (1987) and Children in Need (1993). He was previously married to Deborah Jane Puttnam.
- Hayes Gordon was born on 25 February 1920 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Return of Captain Invincible (1983), Sky Pirates (1986) and The Fashion Story (1948). He died on 19 October 1999 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Roger is one of the world's most successful commercial songwriters. Over a period of nearly 20 years, he and his partner Roger Cook have written more than 50 hits and collected 11 gold discs, 17 silver discs and a double platinum disc which they earned for their work on the Sean Cassidy album.
'You've Got Your Troubles' by the Fortunes, 'Green Grass' by Gary Lewis and the Playboys, 'Doctors Orders by Carol Douglas', 'Long Cool Woman' by the Hollies, 'It's Like We Never Said Goodbye' by Crystal Gayle, 'Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow' by Tom Jones, 'My Baby Loves Lovin' by White Plains and 'Jeans On' by David Dundas are among their many songs which have been recorded by some of the world's best known stars including Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond, Bing Crosby, Andy Williams, Gene Pitney, The New Seekers, Cliff Richard, Crystal Gale and The Drifters. His prolific output has led to him winning two successive Ivor Novello Awards for Songwriter of the Year.
Roger's famous Coca Cola commercials 'I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing' and 'The Real Thing' have made him one of the most sought after jingle writers in the business. Among his other well known works are British Gas 'Cookability', Mars, Nescafe, Milk, Avon, Cinzano, Canada Dry, Duckhams Oil and Asda. In 2003 Roger co-wrote a charity single in aid of 'Tickled Pink', an organisation that promotes breast cancer awareness. Louise Redknapp performed the single.
'I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing' was recently featured in the final scene of AMC's Mad Men finale. The episode attracted record numbers of viewers and the use of the song took social media by storm.
Roger has served as Chairman and Deputy Chairman at PRS, and also as Executive Vice President International at ASCAP.
In 1998, Roger was awarded the Order of the British Empire for services to the music industry. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York in 2009.- Producer
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Roger Graef is one of Britain's leading television documentary-makers, often using 'fly-on-the-wall' techniques. He is particularly renowned for his documentaries involving police forces and issues of criminality, as well as a focus on youth and children's issues.- Reg Grundy was born on 4 August 1923 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was a producer, known for Class of '74 (1974), Surprise Package (1961) and Say When (1962). He was married to Joy Chambers and Lola Powell. He died on 6 May 2016 in Bermuda.
- Graham Gooch was born on 23 July 1953 in Whipps Cross, Leytonstone, Essex, England, UK. He is an actor, known for 1979 Cricket World Cup (1979), BBC TV Cricket (1963) and The Ashes (1930).
- Reg Gutteridge was born on 29 March 1924 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Crossroads (1964), Punchdrunk (1993) and ABC's Wide World of Sports (1961). He was married to Constance Chamberlain. He died on 24 January 2009 in Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
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Jonathan Gili was born on 19 April 1943 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK. He was a director and producer, known for Timewatch (1982), The Second Oldest Profession (1983) and Remember the Alamo (2000). He was married to Phillida. He died on 1 October 2004 in London, England, UK.- Mike Gatting was one of England's finest cricketers during the 1980s and 1990s. A powerful middle-order batsman, excellent fielder and useful medium-pace bowler, he began his career with Middlesex in 1975 and remained with them until his retirement in 1998. He went on to represent his country 79 times in test cricket between 1977 and 1995, captaining his country 23 times. He played in 92 limited overs internationals. He scored a total of 36549 runs across 551 first-class matches, making 493 catches and taking 158 wickets. His crowning glory was to lead England to victory in the Ashes series in Australia in 1986-87.
- David Graveney was born on 2 January 1953 in Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, England, UK.
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Guy Green is well known to film audiences. Formerly a cinematographer, he was the first British D.P. to receive an Academy Award for his black-and-white photography on David Lean's Great Expectations (1946). He founded the British Society of Cinematographers together with Freddie Young and Jack Cardiff.
Green worked with Lean on several films, and it was this close association that inspired him to give up cinematography at the height of his career to become a director. While directing two early pictures, Triple Deception (1956) and Desert Patrol (1958), Green became associated with actors Richard Attenborough and Michael Craig, and The Angry Silence (1960) was first conceived when the three were involved in filming "Sea Of Sand" in the 140-degree heat of the Libyan desert. The film became a landmark in the careers of all concerned, and brought Green international attention. It was Britain's first entry at the Berlin Film Festival, where it won the International Critic's Award.
"The Angry Silence" was followed by The Mark (1961), which was critically applauded both in the US and Europe. Rod Steiger and Stuart Whitman give outstanding performances and Whitman was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Actor. The picture received the Samuel Goldwyn International Award and many other accolades.
Next came Light in the Piazza (1962), Green's first American production for MGM, followed by Diamond Head (1962) and the much acclaimed A Patch of Blue (1965). The screenplay for "Patch Of Blue," which was written by Green, was nominated for a Writer's Guild award and later received five Academy nominations, including Best Actress for newcomer Elizabeth Hartman. Shelley Winters received an Academy Award for her supporting performance as the mother.
Green then directed Luther (1974), the screen version of John Osborne's play, for the prestigious American Film Theater, with Stacy Keach in the leading role. Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough (1975) followed and subsequently he has directed a number of important made-for-television movies.
Born in the west of England, Green had a love of movies at a very young age. His first job was as a projectionist aboard the ocean liner The Majestic, which brought him to America for the first time. He also worked in London as a portrait photographer and as an assistant cameraman for an advertising agency. Eventually he managed to land a job as a camera assistant at Shepperton Studios in London and worked his way up from there.
He met his wife Josephine while they were both working on David Lean's Oliver Twist (1948)/ They have two children, Marilyn and Michael, who both work in the film industry.- Writer
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Graeme Garden was born on 18 February 1943 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for The Goodies (1970), The Imitation Game (2018) and Engelbert with the Young Generation (1972). He is married to Emma. They have one child. He was previously married to Mary Elizabeth Wheatley Grice.- Writer
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Alan Garner was born on 17 October 1934 in Congleton, Cheshire, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Spooky (1983), Leap in the Dark (1973) and Elidor (1995). He has been married to Griselda Greaves since 1972. They have two children. He was previously married to Ann Cook.- James Herbert was born on 8 April 1943 in East End, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Unholy (2021), The Survivor (1981) and Deadly Eyes (1982). He was married to Eileen O'Donnell. He died on 20 March 2013 in Woodmancote, Henfield, West Sussex, England, UK.
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Dickie Henderson OBE was born in London on 30th October 1922. He played in Frank Lloyd's Hollywood version of Noel Coward's play, "Cavalade", at the age of 10. He was educated privately in Hollywood and London (at St.Joseph's College, Beulah Hill). He toured in music halls and appeared in several films with his famous father Dick Henderson (1891-1958). He served in the army during the Second World War, before appearing in revues, pantomimes and occasional films after demobilisation. He began a successful television career in 1953, with 'Face the Music', which was followed by the 'Arthur Askey Show'. He compered 'Sunday Night at the London Palladium', hosted 120 'Dickie Henderson Shows', a series of 'A Present for Dickie', several spectaculars and a famous partnership with Bob Monkhouse. He has appeared in eight Royal Command Performances. He was a keen golfer and enjoyed most sports. He was a leading 'Water Rat' and was awarded the OBE, in recognition of his charitable work. He married twice and had a son Matthew and a daughter Linda. He died from cancer, on 22nd September 1985, aged 62.- Stuart Hall was born on 25 December 1929 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Ashes to Ashes (2008), The Full Monty (1993) and Lenny Goes to Town (1998). He has been married to Hazel Bennett since 1 March 1958. They have three children.
- Damon Hill was born on 17 September 1960 in Hampstead, London, England, United Kingdom.
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Universally popular, Graham Hill was the epitome of the Grand Prix racing driver. Hill started out his racing career as a mechanic, trading in his services as a mechanic for a drive. He made his mark in sports cars before getting the call to the internationally famous Formula 1 Grand Prix series in 1958. His first few years in Formula 1 were without much success until he recorded his first win in 1962, at the Dutch Grand Prix. That first win opened up the floodgates as he won three more times that season and won his first World Championship. He was a consistent winner throughout the 1960s in a variety of races series, including sports cars and the 1966 Indianapolis 500. Hill raced against several of the sport's greatest stars including Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart, Dan Gurney and Jack Brabham. Hill won his second and last World Championship in 1968, and his final Formula 1 race at Monaco, the following year. His last big win was at Le Mans, in 1972, but Hill's final three seasons in racing were fruitless. Hill started his own Grand Prix team in 1973, and initially the prospects of a winning team were promising, however Hill, his racing protected Tony Brise, and four other team members were killed when Hill, piloting his own plane, clipped the tree tops in a dense fog, and crashed short of the Elstree Airport. Grand Prix racing had lost one of its greatest racing figures. In 1996, Hill's only son Damon won the World Championship, making them the first father-son combination to accomplish the feat.An OBE recipient. Father of Damon Hil OBE.- Tim Henman is a British professional tennis player.
He was the first male player from the United Kingdom since Roger Taylor in the 1970s to reach the semi-finals of the Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship. Henman never reached the finals of any Grand Slam but reached six Grand Slam semi-finals and won 15 career ATP titles (11 in singles and 4 in doubles), including the Paris Masters in 2003. Also, he scored 40 wins and 14 losses with the Great Britain Davis Cup team.
Henman was ranked British number 1 in 1996 and from 1999 to 2005, from which point he was succeeded by Andy Murray. He reached a career high ranking of World No. 4 during three different periods between July 2002 and October 2004. He is one of Britain's most successful open era male tennis players.
Throughout his career, Henman was a noted grass specialist, only becoming truly comfortable on clay and hard court near the end of his career, when in 2004 he reached the semi-finals in both the French and US Open. The year 2005 began a decline for Henman, and from that year on-wards he never managed to pass through the third round in a Grand Slam tournament. Henman retired from professional tennis in late 2007, but he remains active in the ATP Champions Tour (a tour for former professional tennis players). - Writer
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Richard Holmes was born on 29 March 1946 in Aldridge, Staffordshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Theatre Night (1985), Soldiers (1984) and Wellington: The Iron Duke (2002). He was married to Katharine Elizabeth Saxton. He died on 30 April 2011.- Director
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Ken G. Hall was born on 22 February 1901 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was a director and producer, known for The Exploits of the Emden (1928), The Farmer Goes to Town (1938) and Vengeance of the Deep (1938). He was married to Irene Addison. He died on 8 February 1994 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- Emlyn Hughes was born on 28 August 1947 in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Match of the Seventies (1995), The Big Match (1968) and Sporting Triangles (1987). He was married to Barbara Dixon. He died on 9 November 2004 in Dore, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK.
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Gérard Houllier was born on 3 September 1947 in Thérouanne, Pas-de-Calais, France. He was an actor and director, known for Goal II: Living the Dream (2007), FA CUP Fourth Round Arsenal FC vs Liverpool FC (2002) and Liverpool FC vs Leicester City (2003). He was married to Isabelle Duranteau. He died on 14 December 2020 in Paris, France.- Nasser Hussain was born on 28 March 1968 in Madras, India.
- Philip Hunt was born on 19 May 1949 in England, UK.
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John Heyer was born on 14 September 1916 in Devonport, Tasmania, Australia. He was a producer and director, known for The Back of Beyond (1954), The Reef (1977) and The Valley Is Ours (1948). He died on 19 June 2001 in London, England, UK.- Cecil Humphrey-Smith was born on 29 October 1928 in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, England, UK. He died on 12 January 2021 in the UK.
- Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet, GCB, OBE, AFC (13 April 1892 - 5 April 1984), commonly known as "Bomber" Harris by the press and often within the RAF as "Butch" Harris,[a] was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) RAF Bomber Command during the height of the Anglo-American strategic bombing campaign against Nazi Germany in the Second World War.
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Alan Hinkes is known for Summit Fever (1996), Alan Hinkes: The First Briton to Climb the World's Highest Mountains (2017) and The Dark Side of Everest (2003).- Actor
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Bob Harris was born on 11 April 1946 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Wild Rose (2018), Made (1972) and Rutland Weekend Television (1975). He is married to Trudie ?. They have three children.- Peter Hollingworth was born on 10 April 1935 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. He has been married to Kathleen Ann Turner since 6 February 1960. They have three children.
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Francis Alick Howerd, who grew up to become popular British comedian Frankie Howerd, was born in 1917 and first stepped onstage at age 4. As a teen he taught Sunday school; not long after his Army-man father died in 1934, 17-year-old Frankie was invited to audition for RADA. After a poor audition, he knew his calling was as a comedian instead of an actor. At 19 he put together revues for music halls that included monologues, impressions, jokes, and comic songs. This was difficult since he suffered from major stage fright, a life-long debilitation. Following war service, Frankie refocused on his career with radio and theatre appearances. In the 1950s he finally earned his own TV variety show, but his burgeoning reputation, coupled with a lack of self-confidence, led the painfully shy man to suffer severe emotional conflicts with this newfound success. In the 1960s this culminated in a severe nervous breakdown. Prone to melancholia and deep depression, he somehow managed to recover, and he earned high praise for both his musical-comedy performance in the London production of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (in the Zero Mostel role) and his work on the popular satire series That Was the Week That Was (1962). Though never a strong film performer, he managed to find work in such films as The Ladykillers (1955), Further Up the Creek (1958), The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966), some 'Carry On' appearances, and the lead role in The House in Nightmare Park (1973). Frankie was awarded the OBE in 1977, the year his autobiography, "On My Way I Lost It," was published. In early April 1992 he went to the hospital for respiratory problems; he died of heart failure on April 19. He was buried at St. Gregory's Church in Weare, Somerset.- Actor
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After his mother committed suicide, he lived with his grandmother. When he was 12, he joined Sir Philip Game Boys Club in Croydon, run by an ex-pro music hall performer, where his interest in theatre began. His grandmother took him to the theatre and the first show he remembers was with G.H. Elliott at the Croydon Empire. He worked at a market stall for pocket money, then at 15, in a boys' club concert where he was seen by Michael Bentine, who advised him to take up show business as a career - but first he had to do his military service. After that, he took his first step on the show business ladder by forming a double act with a friend from the boys club. Much later in his career, he became the chairman of the Entertainment Artists Benelovent Association. His first marriage was to Ann, whom he divorced in 1983, then married Debbie.- Music Department
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Jools Holland was born on 24 January 1958 in London, England, UK. He is a producer and actor, known for Spice World (1997), Valentine's Day (2010) and Bachelor Party (1984). He has been married to Christabel McEwen since 29 August 2005. They have one child.- George Henare was born on 11 September 1945 in Gisbourne, New Zealand. He is an actor, known for The Legend of Johnny Lingo (2002), Ocean Girl (1994) and Once Were Warriors (1994).
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Kazuo Ishiguro was born on 8 November 1954 in Nagasaki, Japan. He is a writer and producer, known for Living (2022), Never Let Me Go (2010) and The Remains of the Day (1993). He has been married to Lorna Anne MacDougall since 1986. They have one child.- Music Artist
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Tom Jones was born Thomas Jones Woodward in Pontypridd, South Wales, to a traditional coal-mining family, the son of Freda (Jones) and Thomas Woodward. His father was of English descent and his mother was of Welsh and English ancestry. He began singing at an early age in church and in the school choir. Left school at 16 and was married, having a son a year later. He brought in money for his family from an assortment of jobs, singing in pubs at night. By 1963, he was playing regularly with his own group in the demanding atmosphere of working mens clubs. Gordon Mills, a performer who had branched out into songwriting and management went to see him. He became his manager and landed him a record contract in 1964. They made a great team and had huge international success with their second single, a song penned by Mr Mills -- "It's Not Unusual." An avalanche of gold singles and albums followed. Mr Jones, a vocal powerhouse, has sustained his popularity for over three decades, and his recordings have spanned the spectrum of musical styles.- Martin Johnson was born on 9 March 1970 in Solihull, West Midlands, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Men in Black Safety Defenders (2015), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and Building Jerusalem (2015).
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Karl Jenkins was born on 17 February 1944 in Penclawdd, Wales, UK. He is a music artist and composer, known for River Queen (2005), Hitler's English Accent and The Devil's Men (1976).- George Johnston is known for ITV Television Playhouse (1955), My Brother Jack (1965) and My Brother Jack (2001).
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Denis Johnston was born on 18 June 1901 in Dublin, Ireland. He was a producer and writer, known for Guests of the Nation (1935), ITV Play of the Week (1955) and River of Unrest (1936). He was married to Betty Chancellor and Shelah Richards. He died on 8 August 1984 in Dublin, Ireland.- Francis Jackson was born on 2 October 1917 in Malton, Yorkshire, England, UK. He died on 10 January 2022 in the UK.
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James R. Johnson was born on 6 January 1910 in London, England, UK. James R. is known for The Longest Day (1962) and 55 Days at Peking (1963). James R. died on 30 August 2002.- Director
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Gareth Jones was born on 5 July 1961 in St. Asaph, Flintshire, Wales, UK. He is a director and actor, known for GamePad (2001), Vinyl (2012) and ITV Telethon (1988).- Arek Joseph is known for The Cayman Triangle (1977).
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Miles Jacobson is known for Football Manager 2015 (2014), Football Manager 2022 (2021) and Football Manager 2014 (2013).- Tony Jacklin was born on 7 July 1944 in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, UK.
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Jeremy James-Taylor is known for The Ragged Child (1988), The Ballad of Salomon Pavey (1977) and The Roman Invasion of Ramsbottom (1980).- Music Department
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Max Jaffa was born on 28 December 1911 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Shamus (1958), The Square (1957) and On the Margin (1966). He died on 30 July 1991 in London, England, UK.- Actor
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Martin Jarvis OBE is one of Britain's most versatile leading actors. His distinguished career continues to encompass just about every aspect of the entertainment industry: film, television, theatre, radio and audio recording. He is also the author of two bestselling books: a hilarious autobiography Acting Strangely and a compelling account of his award-winning time on Broadway in 2001: Broadway, Jeeves - The Diary of a Theatrical Adventure, both published by Methuen. In 2010 he starred as Vincent Hogg in a new production of Agatha Christie's The Mirror Cracked in ITV/WGHB's popular 'Miss Marple' series. In 2009, he starred in BBC2's comedy/drama Taking the Flak, receiving outstanding reviews for his performance as national treasure tv journalist David Bradburn. He stars in the feature film Neander Jin - Return of the Neanderthal Man (US/ Germany co-production, 2010) as Peter Blodnik, network mogul.
Alongside his screen and theatre career he is a prolific director of radio drama and, with his wife, actress/director Rosalind Ayres, produces plays and readings for BBC. His award-winning productions include Shadowlands, David Mamet's Keep Your Pantheon, Ayckbourn's Man of the Moment and Ian Fleming's Dr No. He has homes in London and Los Angeles. He trained at RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, England), where he won the Vanbrugh Award and the Silver Medal. He is an Associate of RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, England). He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the British Empire) in the 2000 Queen's New Years Honors List for his services to drama.
In 2006, he appeared at the Santa Fe Arts Festival in New Mexico in Wilde's The Canterville Ghost with Shirley Maclaine and Ali McGraw. Earlier in the same year, he starred in Honour at Wyndham's Theatre, London giving an acclaimed performance opposite Dame Diana Rigg. On screen that year he played Leonard in BBC-TV's modern version of "Much Ado About Nothing" and (in 2005) starred as "Malvolio" in "Twelfth Night" at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. He received a Theatre World Award on Broadway in 2001 for his title role performance in "By Jeeves" which he also filmed. His West End, National, Almeida and Donmar theatre appearances include works by Sir Alan Ayckbourn, Michael Frayn, Harold Pinter CH, Somerset Maugham, Sir George Bernard Shaw and Oscar Wilde. He played Jack Worthing opposite Dame Judi Dench's Lady Bracknell in Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" at the National Theatre in the 1980s directed by Sir Peter Hall, and premiered Pinter's "Other Places" in the National's Cottesloe Theatre. Pinter directed him in the leading role of Hector in Giraudoux's "The Trojan War Will Not Take Place."
He met Sir Alan Ayckbourn at the National and subsequently went on to star in his "Woman in Mind," "Henceforward," "Just Between Ourselves" and "By Jeeves." His Screen credits include leading roles in the British/Australian mini-series "Bootleg," "Inspector Lynley Mysteries," "Lorna Doone," Frayn's "Make and Break," "Ike - The War Years" (with Robert Duvall) and "The Bunker" (with Sir Anthony Hopkins.) He was "Linus" in Sir Richard Eyre's film, "Absence of War written by Sir David Hare. He has guest starred (very often as villains) in "Inspector Morse," "Frost," "Lovejoy," "Casualty," "Murder Most Horrid," "Dr Who," "Space Above and Beyond," "Murder, She Wrote" and "Walker: Texas Ranger" in the US. He played monstrous Neil Biddle in "Sex 'N' Death" and was a memorable television Uriah Heep in "David Copperfield" on British television. First major screen role: 'Jon' in the multi-award winning "The Forsyte Saga." He followed this with many 'classic serials' including "The Way of All Flesh (in which he starred as Ernest Pontifex), "Nicholas Nickleby" (title role), "The Moonstone," "Little Women" and "The Pallisers." His feature films include the psychological thriller "Framed" (2007), "Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War," James Cameron's "Titanic," "Kid With the X-Ray Eyes," "Buster," "The Last Escape," and "Taste the Blood of Dracula."
His voice can be heard in numerous television animation series as well as feature films including "Flushed Away" and "Eragon." He has narrated "Peter and the Wolf at the Barbican" and appeared with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Scottish Chamber Orchestra as Narrator for Egmont and "A Midsummer Night's Dream." At the Chichester Festival Theatre he starred with Sir John Gielgud in "Paradise Lost," with Googie Withers CBE and Susan Hampshire OBE in "The Circle" and with concert pianist Lucy Parham in "Beloved Clara." Jarvis & Ayres Productions, which he founded with his wife, Rosalind Ayres, has produced many award-winning dramas and readings for BBC Radio, National Public Radio in America and for audio books. Their work includes outstanding interpretations of plays by Sir George Bernard Shaw, Sir Alan Ayckbourn, Harold Pinter CH, Michael Frayn, David Mamet, Hugh Whitemore, Robert Shearman, Tennessee Williams, Oscar Wilde, and many more. British and American stars who have been associated with J&A productions include, in the UK: Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian McKellen, Dame Diana Rigg, Alfred Molina, Richard E. Grant, Michael York OBE, Richard Briers CBE, Pauline Collins OBE, Janie Dee, Fiona Shaw CBE, Miriam Margolyes OBE, Patricia Hodge, Twiggy Lawson, Natascha McElhone, Martin Freeman, Barry Humphries CBE, Phil Collins and in the US: Brendan Fraser, Elaine Stritch, Teri Garr, Stacy Keach, Shirley Knight, Hector Elizondo, Bruce Davison, Matthew Wolf, Eric Stoltz, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ed Begley Jr, Ed O'Neill and Gregory Peck. Directors of J&A dramas include: David Mamet, Michael Grandage, David Grindley, Sir Alan Ayckbourn, Pete Atkin, Rosalind Ayres. Their productions have received Audie and Earphone awards in the US.
In September 2006, he directed Teri Garr, Michael York OBE and Alfred Molina in an acclaimed production of "Pack of Lies" for BBC Radio 4. He and Fiona Shaw CBE starred for five years in the popular BBC series "Our Brave Boys." His Just William audio and radio recordings are world wide best sellers. He was the subject of BBC TV's This Is Your Life in 1999.- Actor
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David Jason was born in Edmonton, London, in 1940. He has become one of Britain's most famous, versatile and respected actors, who is most famous for his role in Only Fools and Horses (1981) as Del Boy. He made his debut in the series in 1981 and was still playing the same role up to the Christmas special in 2002. His big break came in the 1967 children's comedy show Do Not Adjust Your Set (1967) starring alongside members of the Monty Python team: Terry Jones; Eric Idle, and Michael Palin.
Sadly, in 1990, he spent time away from work to nurse Myfanwy Talog, the Welsh actress who was his long time partner, before she died of cancer at the age of 49. He has come a long way from his days as an electrician and has won numerous awards for his work. He has managed to combine the comedy aspect of his career with rather more serious roles, such as that of Jack Frost in the highly-rated detective series A Touch of Frost (1992) and has proved that he is a man of many talents. In the mid 1970s, he performed as Blanco, an elderly prisoner, in episodes of Porridge (1974) with Ronnie Barker. He has also done voice work in children's TV.
He has not really concentrated on films, although he was very impressive in the TV film All the King's Men (1999), playing Frank Beck, the Commander of the Sandringham Company who mysteriously disappeared whilst in action in The Great War campaign in Gallipoli in 1915.
He lives in Buckinghamshire with his wife, Gill Hinchcliffe and their daughter, Sophie Mae, who was born in 2001. His hobbies are a little DIY and gardening. He was knighted in 2005, becoming Sir David Jason.- Actor
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Burt Kwouk was a British actor, who was best known for his role as Cato in the Pink Panther films, and for playing Mr Ling in the third James Bond film, Goldfinger.
Kwouk was born in Warrington, but was brought up in Shanghai. He made his film debut in the 1957 film Windom's Way. In Goldfinger (1964) he played Mr. Ling, a Chinese expert in nuclear fission; in the non-Eon spoof Casino Royale (1967) he played a general and in You Only Live Twice (1967) Kwouk played the part of a Japanese operative of Blofeld.
He also made appearances in many television programmes, including a portrayal of Imperial Japanese Army Major Yamauchi in the British drama series Tenko and as Entwistle in Last of the Summer Wine.
Kwouk died on 24 May 2016, at the age of 85.- Writer
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Si King is known for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and Shades of Fear (1994). He has been married to Jane Dodds since 2007. They have three children.- Writer
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Herbert Kretzmer was born on 5 October 1925 in Kroonstad, Orange Free State, South Africa. He was a writer, known for Les Misérables (2012), Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary (2010) and Notting Hill (1999). He was married to Sybil Sever and Elisabeth Wilson. He died on 14 October 2020 in London, England, UK.- Production Designer
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Fergal Keane was born on 6 January 1961 in London, England, UK. He is a writer, known for Our World (2007), Remembering Nuremberg: 75 Years On (2021) and Horizon (1964). He has been married to Anne Frances Flaherty since 1986.- Writer
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John Keegan was born on 15 May 1934 in London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Soldiers (1984), Timewatch (1982) and Today's History (1982). He was married to Susanne Ingeborg. He died on 2 August 2012 in Kilmington, Devon, England, UK.- Raymond Keene was born on 29 January 1948 in the UK. He is an actor, known for Zombie Diaries (2006).
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Nick Knight is known for Lady Gaga: Born This Way (2010), Björk: Pagan Poetry (2001) and Björk: Ovule (2022).- Director
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Kevin Keegan was born on 14 February 1951 in Armthorpe, Yorkshire, England, UK. He is a director and actor, known for English Premier League 1995/1996 (1995), Football's 47 Best Worst Songs (2018) and ESPN UK: Barclays Premier League (2009). He has been married to Jean since 23 September 1974. They have two children.- Producer
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Oscar-winning producer Graham King has worked behind the scenes with the industry's foremost creative talents in both major motion pictures and independent features. Over the last thirty years, King has produced or executive produced more than forty-five films, grossing 1.2 billion dollars at the domestic box office, and over 2.8 billion dollars worldwide. Also heralded by critics and film groups, his films have been nominated for sixty-one Academy Awards, thirty-eight Golden Globe Awards, and fifty-two British Academy Film Awards. His GK Films banner has a three-year, first-look, non-exclusive deal with Paramount Pictures, under which King will develop and produce films through his shingle.
King is in various stages of production on a number of upcoming projects, which he will produce under the GK Films banner. He most recently released the Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning Freddie Mercury biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" with Rami Malek in the lead role. The film, which has earned over $800,000,000 in the global box office, traces the meteoric rise of Queen through their iconic songs and revolutionary sound. GK Films also recently partnered with SyFy to develop Dan Simmons' Award-winning and best-selling novel Hyperion as an event series. King will executive produce alongside Bradley Cooper and Todd Phillips.
Most recently, King served as producer on the epic feature "Tomb Raider," which tells the origin story of Lara Croft's first adventure with Alicia Vikander in the leading role. Previously King was an executive producer on the Paramount Pictures' action thriller "World War Z" starring Brad Pitt. The film grossed over $540,000,000 worldwide and was named one of Entertainment Weekly's Top 10 Films of the Year. King also served as executive producer on the Warner Bros.' historical drama "Argo." The film won the Academy Award, Golden Globe, Critics' Choice Movie Award, and B.A.F.T.A. for Best Picture. Directed by and starring Ben Affleck, "Argo" was named as one of the Top 10 Films of the Year at the A.F.I. Awards and by the National Board of Review, while also appearing on over 150 additional critics' lists of the top ten films of 2012.
In 2011, King produced several diverse films. He received Best Picture Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations as a producer on Martin Scorsese's acclaimed fantasy adventure "Hugo." The film received eleven total Academy Award nominations, the most of any film that year, and also appeared on over 200 Critics' lists of the Top 10 films of 2011. King also produced Gore Verbinski's animated comedy "Rango," featuring the voice of Johnny Depp in the title role, which won an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. That same year, he produced Angelina Jolie's feature directorial debut, "In The Land Of Blood And Honey," which received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. This marked the first time a producer had been nominated for Best Picture Golden Globes in the three different categories - drama, animated film and foreign-language film - within the same year. King was also a producer on Tim Burton's gothic supernatural thriller Dark Shadows, starring Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Green and Helena Bonham Carter. King previously won a Best Picture Oscar as a producer on Scorsese's 2006 crime drama "The Departed," starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg. The film won a total of four Academy Awards, including Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing.
King received his first Best Picture Academy Award nomination and won a Best Film B.A.F.T.A. Award, for his producing work on Scorsese's widely praised Howard Hughes biopic "The Aviator," starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Additionally, he was honored by the Producers Guild of America (P.G.A.) with the Golden Laurel Award as Producer of the Year.
King's additional producing credits include the Oscar-nominated romantic war-time thriller "Allied," starring Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard and directed by Robert Zemeckis; the big screen adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, "Jersey Boys," directed by multi-Oscar-winner Clint Eastwood; the romantic thriller "The Tourist," pairing Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie; Ben Affleck's crime drama "The Town," starring Affleck and Jeremy Renner; Martin Campbell's thriller "Edge Of Darkness," starring Mel Gibson; the historical drama "The Young Victoria," starring Emily Blunt; and the drama "Blood Diamond," starring Leonardo DiCaprio. In addition, he served as a co-executive producer on Scorsese's Oscar-nominated epic drama "Gangs of New York," starring DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis and Cameron Diaz.
King was previously the President and C.E.O. of Initial Entertainment Group, which he founded in 1995. During King's tenure at IEG, he served as an executive producer on such films as Steven Soderbergh's Oscar-winning ensemble drama "Traffic;" Michael Mann's biographical drama Ali, starring Will Smith in the title role; and "The Dangerous Lives Of Altar Boys," produced by and starring Jodie Foster. King also went on to executive produce the television miniseries "Traffic," for which he received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Miniseries. A native of the United Kingdom, King moved to the United States in 1982 and was awarded an Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 2009.- Dick King-Smith was born on 27 March 1922 in Bitton, Gloucestershire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Babe (1995), The Water Horse (2007) and Babe: Pig in the City (1998). He was married to Zona Bedding and Myrle King-Smith. He died on 4 January 2011 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK.
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Mark Knopfler recorded his first single at age 16, but it was never released, He started the band Dire Straits in 1977, they were signed to Vertigo Records in 1978 and recorded the album "Dire Straits", which featured their first major hit single, "Sultans of Swing". Their follow-up albums include "Communique" (1979), "Making Movies" (1980) (featuring "Romeo and Juliet" and "Tunnel of Love"), "Love Over Gold" (Private Investigations) 1982, "Alchemy--Live" (1984).
In 1985 the band released its mega-selling album "Brothers In Arms", which has sold more than 30 million copies to date. In 1988 a greatest hits collection was released. That year also saw the band appearing together with Eric Clapton at the Nelson Mandela Tribute at Wembley Stadium, performing seven songs. In 1991 the band returned as a nine-piece group and embarked on a massive two-year world tour to promote their new album, "On Every Street", which included "Calling Elvis", "Heavy Fuel" and "The Bug". Their last album was the live album "On the Night". Knopfler guested on a large number of other artists' albums, including Jeff Healey's "Hell to Pay" and the recent "Read My Licks" by Chet Atkins (1994). He also wrote the soundtrack to five films, including Local Hero (1983) and The Princess Bride (1987).
His other band is "The Notting Hillbillies". They released one album in 1991, "Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time" and, having toured Britain, recorded an episode of the TV show "Rock Steady". In 1991 Dire Straits included Knopfler (guitar), John Illsley (bass), Alan Clark and Guy Fletcher (keyboards) with Phil Palmer, Chris White, Chris Whitten, Danny Cummings and Paul Franklin.
In autumn of 1997, Knopfler joined Clapton, Sting and others at the Royal Albert Hall in London for a special charity concert in aid of the people of Montserrat. The concert was organized by Sir George Martin.
In January 1998, Mark's wife Kitty Aldrige gave birth to their daughter.- Director
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Mike Leigh is an English film and theatre director, screenwriter and playwright. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and further at the Camberwell School of Art, the Central School of Art and Design and the London School of Film Technique. He began his career as a theatre director and playwright in the mid-1960s, before transitioning to making televised plays and films for BBC Television in the 1970s and '80s. Leigh is known for his lengthy rehearsal and improvisation techniques with actors to build characters and narrative for his films. His purpose is to capture reality and present "emotional, subjective, intuitive, instinctive, vulnerable films." His films and stage plays, according to critic Michael Coveney, "comprise a distinctive, homogenous body of work which stands comparison with anyone's in the British theatre and cinema over the same period."
Leigh's most notable works include the black comedy-drama Naked (1993), for which he won the Best Director Award at Cannes, the Oscar-nominated, BAFTA- and Palme d'Or-winning drama Secrets & Lies (1996), the Golden Lion-winning working-class drama Vera Drake (2004), and the Palme d'Or-nominated biopic Mr. Turner (2014). Other well-known films include the comedy-dramas Life Is Sweet (1990) Meantime (1983) and Career Girls (1997), the Gilbert and Sullivan biographical film Topsy-Turvy (1999) and the bleak working-class drama All or Nothing (2002). He won great success with American audiences with the female led films, Vera Drake (2004) starring Imelda Staunton, Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) with Sally Hawkins, the family drama Another Year (2010), and the historical drama Peterloo (2018). His stage plays include Smelling A Rat, It's A Great Big Shame, Greek Tragedy, Goose-Pimples, Ecstasy and Abigail's Party.
Leigh has helped to create stars - Liz Smith in Hard Labour, Alison Steadman in Abigail's Party, Brenda Blethyn in Grown-Ups, Antony Sher in Goose-Pimples, Gary Oldman and Tim Roth in Meantime, Jane Horrocks in Life is Sweet, David Thewlis in Naked - and remarked that the list of actors who have worked with him over the years - including Paul Jesson, Phil Daniels, Lindsay Duncan, Lesley Sharp, Kathy Burke, Stephen Rea, Julie Walters - "comprises an impressive, almost representative, nucleus of outstanding British acting talent." His aesthetic has been compared to the sensibility of the Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu and the Italian Federico Fellini. Ian Buruma, writing in The New York Review of Books in January 1994, commented: "It is hard to get on a London bus or listen to the people at the next table in a cafeteria without thinking of Mike Leigh. Like other original artists, he has staked out his own territory. Leigh's London is as distinctive as Fellini's Rome or Ozu's Tokyo."
Leigh was born to Phyllis Pauline (née Cousin) and Alfred Abraham Leigh, a doctor. Leigh was born at Brocket Hall in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, which was at that time a maternity home. His mother, in her confinement, went to stay with her parents in Hertfordshire for comfort and support while her husband was serving as a captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Leigh was brought up in the Broughton area of Salford, Lancashire. He attended North Grecian Street Junior School. He is from a Jewish family; his paternal grandparents were Russian-Jewish immigrants who settled in Manchester. The family name, originally Lieberman, had been anglicised in 1939 "for obvious reasons". When the war ended, Leigh's father began his career as a general practitioner in Higher Broughton, "the epicentre of Leigh's youngest years and the area memorialised in Hard Labour." Leigh went to Salford Grammar School, as did the director Les Blair, his friend, who produced Leigh's first feature film Bleak Moments (1971). There was a strong tradition of drama in the all-boys school, and an English master, Mr Nutter, supplied the library with newly published plays.
Outside school Leigh thrived in the Manchester branch of Labour Zionist youth movement Habonim. In the late 1950s he attended summer camps and winter activities over the Christmas break all-round the country. Throughout this time the most important part of his artistic consumption was cinema, although this was supplemented by his discovery of Picasso, Surrealism, The Goon Show, and even family visits to the Hallé Orchestra and the D'Oyly Carte. His father, however, was deeply opposed to the idea that Leigh might become an artist or an actor. He forbade him his frequent habit of sketching visitors who came to the house and regarded him as a problem child because of his creative interests. In 1960, "to his utter astonishment", he won a scholarship to RADA. Initially trained as an actor at RADA, Leigh started to hone his directing skills at East 15 Acting School where he met the actress, Alison Steadman.
Leigh responded negatively to RADA's agenda, found himself being taught how to "laugh, cry and snog" for weekly rep purposes and so became a sullen student. He later attended Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts (in 1963), the Central School of Art and Design and the London School of Film Technique on Charlotte Street. When he had arrived in London, one of the first films he had seen was Shadows (1959), an improvised film by John Cassavetes, in which a cast of unknowns was observed 'living, loving and bickering' on the streets of New York and Leigh had "felt it might be possible to create complete plays from scratch with a group of actors." Other influences from this time included Harold Pinter's The Caretaker-"Leigh was mesmerised by the play and the (Arts Theatre) production"- Samuel Beckett, whose novels he read avidly, and the writing of Flann O'Brien, whose "tragi-comedy" Leigh found particularly appealing. Influential and important productions he saw in this period included Beckett's Endgame, Peter Brook's King Lear and in 1965 Peter Weiss's Marat/Sade, a production developed through improvisations, the actors having based their characterisations on people they had visited in a mental hospital. The visual worlds of Ronald Searle, George Grosz, Picasso, and William Hogarth exerted another kind of influence. He played small roles in several British films in the early 1960s, (West 11, Two Left Feet) and played a young deaf-mute, interrogated by Rupert Davies, in the BBC Television series Maigret. In 1964-65, he collaborated with David Halliwell, and designed and directed the first production of Little Malcolm and his Struggle Against the Eunuchs at the Unity Theatre.
Leigh has been described as "a gifted cartoonist ... a northerner who came south, slightly chippy, fiercely proud (and critical) of his roots and Jewish background; and he is a child of the 1960s and of the explosion of interest in the European cinema and the possibilities of television."
Leigh has cited Jean Renoir and Satyajit Ray among his favourite film makers. In addition to those two, in an interview recorded at the National Film Theatre at the BFI on 17 March 1991; Leigh also cited Frank Capra, Fritz Lang, Yasujiro Ozu and even Jean-Luc Godard, "...until the late 60s." When pressed for British influences, in that interview, he referred to the Ealing comedies "...despite their unconsciously patronizing way of portraying working-class people" and the early 60s British New Wave films. When asked for his favorite comedies, he replied, One, Two, Three, La règle du jeu and "any Keaton". The critic David Thomson has written that, with the camera work in his films characterised by 'a detached, medical watchfulness', Leigh's aesthetic may justly be compared to the sensibility of the Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu. Michael Coveney: "The cramped domestic interiors of Ozu find many echoes in Leigh's scenes on stairways and in corridors and on landings, especially in Grown-Ups, Meantime and Naked. And two wonderful little episodes in Ozu's Tokyo Story, in a hairdressing salon and a bar, must have been in Leigh's subconscious memory when he made The Short and Curlie's (1987), one of his most devastatingly funny pieces of work and the pub scene in Life is Sweet..."- Actor
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Gary Winston Lineker OBE was English football's most famous striker in the 1980s and early 1990s. A unique blend of skill, intelligence and charm, he was venomous up front and yet also a superb professional, who rarely lost his temper. During his 14 year long professional career, Lineker was never cautioned, let alone sent off - very few footballers have achieved this feat.
He achieved stardom with Everton F.C., after initially playing for Leicester City F.C. He then had spells with F.C. Barcelona and other big clubs before returning to Tottenham Hotspur. After this, he played two years in Japan for Nagoya Grampus Eight before a foot injury finished his career and he returned to England, to become a TV pundit and presenter for the BBC. Through all these years, he was England's man up front, saving them more than once during the big matches. He has captained them for a few years too.
As an example of his value: in the 1986 World Cup, England had a lousy 1 point from the first two matches against Portugal and Morocco. Lineker's hat-trick saw England win 3-0 against Poland, and on England went into the quarter-finals, where they beat Paraguay 3-0 as well, before crashing out to Argentina, thanks to one of the greatest goals of all-time scored by Diego Maradona. Guess who scored England's only goal of the match...
When England was trailing 1-2 to Cameroon in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Lineker produced two penalties by his dazzling runs, and scored from both, securing England's 3-2 victory. In the next match, he became one of only three England men's players ever to have scored in a World Cup semi-final (the others being Bobby Charlton against Portugal in 1966 and Kieran Trippier against Croatia in 2018) when he capitalized on a rare mistake by the West German defence and equalized for England with an extremely cold-blooded strike when England were trailing 1-0. The equalizer in the 80th minute sent the game into extra time and then penalties, making it one of the most epic and memorable games in England's history.- Producer
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Sydney Lotterby was born on 30 November 1926 in Paddington, London, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for Butterflies (1978), May to December (1989) and Yes Minister (1980). He was married to Marcia Dos Santos. He died on 28 July 2020 in the UK.- Writer
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Ray Lawler was born on 23 May 1921 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is a writer and actor, known for The Love School (1975), Season of Passion (1959) and Festival (1960).- Make-Up Department
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Anthony Lilley is known for Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014), Shaun of the Dead (2004) and Royal Television Society Huw Weldon Memorial Lecture 2007 (2007).- Music Department
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Don Lusher was born on 5 November 1923 in Peterborough, England, UK. He was an actor, known for You're Driving Me Crazy (1978), Tubby Hayes: A Man in a Hurry (2015) and The Beiderbecke Affair (1985). He was married to Eileen Orchard and Diana Lusher. He died on 5 July 2006 in Cheam, Surrey, England, UK.- Patrick Leigh-Fermor was born on 11 February 1915 in London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Roots of Heaven (1958), The Lively Arts (1969) and The 11th Day (2005). He was married to Joan Monsell. He died on 10 June 2011 in Dumbleton, Worcestershire, England, UK.
- Neville Lawrence was born on 13 March 1942 in Kingston, Jamaica. He was previously married to Doreen Lawrence.
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John Lanchbery was born on 15 May 1923 in London, England, UK. He was a composer, known for The Turning Point (1977), Orphans of the Storm (1921) and The Iron Horse (1924). He was married to Elaine Fifield. He died on 26 February 2003 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.- Production Designer
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After his first start in show business he quit because he was only getting about £7 a week and he went into the rag trade. Later a friend asked him to make a two week appearance at a theatre to help him out. In the show he impersonated a woman and found that he had a talent for female impersonation and went on from there. Once he was well established he opened his own night club near the West End which even attracted Royalty. If he was appearing in a West End show or at a theatre not too far away from London he would do that show, which would include the usual two performance on a Saturday then be driven to his club and do a performance there. He would always let the audience know that hidden under the glamorous gowns and make up was a fella by going up to the microphone on his first appearance on stage and in a deep masculine voice say 'whotcha Mates' .- Actor
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Hugh was born in Oxford, England on June 11, 1959, to Patricia (Laidlaw) and William George Ranald Mundell "Ran" Laurie, a doctor, both of Scottish descent. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge. Son of an Olympic gold medalist in the sport, he rowed for the England youth team (1977) and for Cambridge (1980). He met Emma Thompson at Cambridge in 1978 when both joined "Footlights" and was introduced to Stephen Fry by Emma in 1980. Hugh is married and lives in Los Angeles. His wife and three children, who previously lived in London, are moving to Los Angeles to live with him. Besides acting and comedy, he has written the best-selling thriller The Gun Seller. A second novel, titled The Paper Soldier, is forthcoming.- Writer
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Ian La Frenais was born on 7 January 1937 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for The Commitments (1991), Flushed Away (2006) and The Bank Job (2008). He has been married to Doris Vartan since 1984.- Actor
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Des Lynam was born on 17 September 1942 in County Clare, Ireland. He is an actor, known for Have I Got News for You (1990), World Cup 98 (1998) and Trevor's World of Sport (2003).- Writer
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One of British TV's most popular performers with a career that spanned over four decades, funny-man Bob Monkhouse started off as a radio broadcaster (1947) and stand-up comic. He earned success early on as a gag writer, partnering with Denis Goodwin.
In 1953, the duo won their own TV show called Fast and Loose (1954), which was sketch-comedy based. A nightclub comedian to boot, he also pursued films on occasion appearing in such slapstick dillies as Carry on Sergeant (1958), Dentist in the Chair (1960), Dentist on the Job (1961) and A Weekend with Lulu (1961). But TV would be his prime venue, and he moved quite easily into various parlor game and variety show hosting duties.
For Love or Money (1959) was his first, a Brit version of "Candid Camera". Along the way, he found emceeing chores with The London Palladium Show (1966), The Golden Shot (1967) (which made him a household name), Celebrity Squares (1975) (based on The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1965)), Family Fortunes (1980), "The $64,000 Question", Opportunity Knocks (1956), The National Lottery (1994), and many others. Monkhouse died in 2003 of prostate cancer.- Actor
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Eric Morecambe was born on 14 May 1926 in Buxton Street, Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968), Night Train to Murder (1984) and The Intelligence Men (1965). He was married to Joan Morecambe. He died on 28 May 1984 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK.- Nigel Mansell was born on 8 August 1953 in Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. He is an actor, known for Formula 1 (1950), 1 (2013) and International Pro-Celebrity Golf (1975). He has been married to Roseanne since 1975. They have three children.
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John Motson was born on 10 July 1945 in Salford, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Flushed Away (2006), Bend It Like Beckham (2002) and Yesterday's Hero (1979). He was married to Anne Motson. He died on 23 February 2023.- Actor
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Born in London in 1929, Stirling Moss' love of auto racing ran in the family - his father, a dentist, had been a race car driver and had, in fact, raced at Indianapolis in 1924 and again in 1925. Interested in cars virtually from childhood, Moss began racing in earnest at 17. Two years later he took fourth overall and first in his class driving a Cooper Formula 3 at the prestigious Bugatti Owner's Club Hill Climb. By year's end he had won six more races. He soon switched to sports car racing, where he earned his greatest fame. In the 1950s he won every important auto race there was, with the exception of LeMans. In 1950 the World Driving Championship circuit was created, and Moss was considered a shoo-in to take it, but Argentine driver Juan Manuel Fangio wound up capturing the title. However, Moss consoled himself by winning the British, New Zealand, Monaco, Moroccan and Italian GPs, and the 1961 Monaco Grand Prix race is generally considered to be his greatest accomplishment. He drove a Lotus-Climax - a car vastly underpowered compared to the snarling Ferraris it was competing against - but through sheer skill and technique managed to overtake the field and crossed the finish line, taking the race by an incredibly tight 3.6 seconds.
In 1962 Moss was badly injured in a horrific crash while driving in Goodwood, England. He lay in a coma for some time, and when he finally came out of it, his left side was partially paralyzed and his reaction times were vastly slower. However, after several months, he had recovered sufficiently to where he wanted to drive again. On May 1, 1963, he strapped himself into a race car at the Goodwood track - where he had had his near-fatal crash - and drove several laps around the track. When he pulled up after finishing, he stepped out of the car and said, "I am retiring." He realized that his body and reactions were no longer what they were before the accident, and rather than using his years of experience to react instinctively to situations as he had done, he would have to think about everything he would be doing, and to Moss that was unacceptable. So he left the sport he loved and to which he had devoted virtually his entire life - if he couldn't be the best at it, he wouldn't do it at all.- Actor
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Roger McGough was born on 9 November 1937 in Liverpool, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for But Seriously, It's Sheila Hancock (1972), Plays for Britain (1976) and At Lunchtime: A Story of Love (2011).- Actor
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Howard Morrison was born on 18 August 1935 in Rotorua, New Zealand. He was an actor, known for Hawaii Five-O (1968), Funny Things Happen Down Under (1965) and Don't Let It Get You (1966). He was married to Rangiwhata Ann 'Kuia' Manahi. He died on 24 September 2009 in Rotorua, New Zealand.- Julien MacDonald was born on 19th March 1971 at the working class town of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. There, he attended at the Cyfarthfa High School. He studied textiles at the Faculty of Arts and Architecture, Brighton, England and then became a student at the Royal College of Art, where he gained a master's degree.
Soon after graduation, Macdonald was recruited by Karl Lagerfeld to work for Chanel, a role that was accompanied by freelance work creating knitwear for Alexander McQueen.
In 2000, Macdonald was appointed to the position of chief designer at the Paris Haute Couture house of Givenchy (as successor to Alexander McQueen); and, in 2001, he was named British Fashion Designer of the Year.
He was selected by British Airways in 2001 to redesign their flight attendants' uniforms.
In June 2006, MacDonald was awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to fashion.
In 2007 Macdonald appeared as a judge on Project Catwalk, that was broadcast on Sky One. In February 2010, Macdonald was appointed as a new judge on Britain's Next Top Model. In September 2013, MacDonald was revealed as one of the contestants on the dancing competition television show Strictly Come Dancing. In 2014, Julien Macdonald launched an eye wear range in collaboration with Vision Express. In 2018 Macdonald entered into a partnership with Victorian Plumbing to create five tile ranges for the online retailer. - Sound Department
John Martyn is known for The Brylcreem Boys (1998), Never Ever (1996) and The Spy Who Caught a Cold (1995).- Additional Crew
Anton Mosimann is known throughout the world for his culinary expertise, and has held many prestigious positions, and received many accolades during his career. He was Maitre Chef des Cuisines at The Dorchester Hotel for thirteen years, during which time its restaurant achieved a rating of two stars in the Michelin Guide. At that time, it was the first hotel restaurant outside of France to do so. He terms his culinary style cuisine naturelle, and it emphasizes healthy and natural ingredients, avoiding additions of fat and alcohol.
He spent his early years in Nidau, near Biel helping his parents run their own restaurant where he developed both a love for food and a desire to become a cook.
When he was 15 he began an apprenticeship at a local hotel, and he received his diploma as a chef de cuisine at the age of 25. During his twenties he worked at hotels in Rome, Montreal, Japan and Belgium. During Expo '70 in Japan Mosimann was Head Chef at the Swiss Pavilion.
Mosimann was appointed Maitre Chef de Cuisines at London's Dorchester Hotel in 1975, when he was only 28 years old. His predecessor, Eugène Käufeler, had asked for advice on the appointment from Adelrich Furrer, a Swiss expert on gastronomy Mosimann had come to Furrer's attention when he won a Gold Medal for his cooking, at a competition in Lucerne.
After leaving The Dorchester Mosimann created a private dining club called Mosimann's, a cookery school, and other enterprises in the hospitality industry. His business interests also include Mosimann's Academy and Mosimann's Party Service. Mosimann's Limited holds a Royal Warrant as caterers to HRH The Prince of Wales. Television Work & Recognition
His English television work includes the Food and Drink special 'Anton Goes to Sheffield' in 1985, which won a Glenfiddich Award in 1986, 'Cooking with Mosimann' in 1990, and 'Anton Mosimann - Naturally' from 1991 to 1992.
In 2006, Anton Mosimann was awarded Officer of the National Order of Merit from France and in 2004 he received his OBE. In recognition of his work for the wedding reception of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Mosimann was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London.- Camera and Electrical Department
Johnny Morris is known for The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009).