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Anthony Quayle was born in Ainsdale, Southport, Lancashire, England in September 1913. He completed his education at Rugby School and had a brief spell at RADA, before treading the boards for the first time as the straight man in a music hall comedy act in 1931. Tall, burly, round-faced and possessed of a powerful and resonant voice, he was mentored early on in his career by the well-known stage director Tyrone Guthrie. Letters of introduction led to steady employment with the Old Vic Company by September 1932, and a succession of small roles in classical parts. Quayle's reputation as an actor grew steadily, and, in 1936, he appeared on Broadway opposite Ruth Gordon in 'The Country Wife'. For the next few years, he consolidated his position as a Shakespearean actor. When the Second World War began, he was among the first in his profession to enlist, serving with the Royal Artillery and rising to the rank of major. Some of his wartime experiences, such as coordinating operations with Albanian partisans as part of the secret Special Operations Executive, were destined to be paralleled by his fictional post-war screen exploits as incisive army officers or spies. With the war still fresh in his mind, he subsequently published two novels (respectively in 1945, and in 1947), 'Eight Hours from England' and 'On Such a Night'.
In 1946, Quayle also made his debut as a theatrical director with a London production of 'Crime and Punishment'. Between 1948 and 1956, he had a distinguished tenure as director of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, bringing into the company some of the biggest stars of the stage, including Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud. Though acting in films from 1938, the theatre remained his favorite medium. He played diverse roles with great intensity and professionalism, achieving critical acclaim as Petruchio and Falstaff, Tamburlaine and Galileo (on Broadway) and the original role of Andrew Wyke in Anthony Shaffer's play 'Sleuth' (played in the first screen version by Olivier). In motion pictures Quayle tended to portray tough, dependable authority figures. He was good value for money as Commodore Harwood in Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1956), as the enigmatic Afrikaner captain in Ice Cold in Alex (1958) and as the stuffy, by-the-book Colonel Harry Brighton, who nonetheless appears to have a degree of admiration for Lawrence of Arabia (1962). Due to his classical training, Quayle was often used in historical epics, giving one of his best performances as Cardinal Wolsey in Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), earning him an Academy Award nomination. His voice was heard as narrator of The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970) and on radio in anything from 'The Ballad of Robin Hood' to Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Purloined Letter'.
The year prior to receiving his knighthood, Quayle founded the touring Compass Theatre Company, and served as its director until a few months before his death from cancer in October 1989.- Neil McDermott was born on 15 December 1980 in Southport, Merseyside, England, UK. He is an actor, known for EastEnders (1985), Doctor Who (2005) and The Royal (2003). He has been married to Michelle Edwards since 22 July 2007. They have two children.
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Tony Jordan was born on 21 July 1957 in Southport, Merseyside, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Life on Mars (2006), Hustle (2004) and Holby Blue (2007).- Actress
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- Producer
Charlotte was born in the town of Southport in North-West England as the only child of Sharon Venetta Rothwell and the first child of Adam Marc Turk. Charlotte was raised in England by her mother and her stepfather, Paul Nolan, who passed away in a tragic drowning accident on 14th February 2006. She started acting at 4 years old and competed regularly in the Liverpool Performing Arts Festival, where she won the Actress of the Year award three times for her performances in acting and Shakespeare. She arrived in Los Angeles in 2010 at the age of 19 to study with the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Hollywood, from where she graduated in May 2012. In 2013, Charlotte was named as one of BAFTA-Los Angeles' Emerging Talents and Rising Brits to Watch.- Editor
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- Sound Department
Gareth C. Scales was born in Southport, Merseyside, England, UK. He is known for The Pursuit of Love (2021), After Love (2020) and The Courier (2020).- Casting Director
Gill Titchmarsh was born in 1945 in Southport, Merseyside, England, UK. Gill is a casting director, known for Killer Net (1998), Trial & Retribution (1997) and Nouvelles d'Henry James (1974).- Damian Myerscough was born in 1963 in Southport, Merseyside, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997), Charlotte Gray (2001) and Renegade Nell (2024).
- Sophie Abelson was born in Southport, Merseyside, England, UK. She is known for Doctors (2000), Emmerdale Farm (1972) and Family Tree (2013).
- Robert Luckham was born in 1942 in Southport, Merseyside, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Jazz Age (1968), Mr. John Jorrocks (1966) and Take Three Girls (1969). He died on 30 November 2012 in Barnet, London, England, UK.
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Paul Furlong was born on 18 June 1986 in Southport, Merseyside, England, UK. He is an assistant director and producer, known for Captain Mack (2008), Odometer (2021) and Auld Lang Syne (2016).- Ann-Louise Grimshaw was born in 1972 in Southport, Merseyside, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Playing the Field (1998), Basil (1998) and North Square (2000).
- Chris was born and raised in Southport, England.
Training: East 15 Acting School, & Arts Educational London School of Acting (3-year BA Hons). Awarded DADA scholarship and winner of the Henry Cotton Memorial Award.
Theatre Credits Include: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, Lady be Good (all at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre), Enjoy (Watford Palace), Falstaff, Flames Of Paris (Royal Opera House), Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream (France Open Air Tour), Tin Man in Wizard Of Oz (Trio Entertainment), Hi-5 (Arts Theatre West End/Hammersmith Apollo/UK & Ireland Tour/Dubai & Australia), Aladdin (Jordan Productions), Cinderella (Blue Genie), Jack & The Beanstalk (PHA), and Aladdin (UK Productions). Staged Readings: Lean (Theatre Royal Stratford East), Again and Against (Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court London). - Art Department
- Art Director
Nicholas Henderson is a British-French-American designer of award-winning architecture, movie sets and theme parks. Since 2015, he has been a member of Apple's Human Interface Design Team in Cupertino, California. He is based in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2012. In 2011, Nicholas won the Art Directors Guild 'Excellence in Production Design' Award (Fantasy Category) for 'Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows: Part 2' in Los Angeles.- Jonathan Myles-Lea was born on 23 January 1969 in Southport, Merseyside, England, UK. He died on 25 August 2021 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK.
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- Soundtrack
Ollie Halsall was born on 14 March 1949 in Southport, Merseyside, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Observe and Report (2009), The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978) and Beat-Club (1965). He died on 29 May 1992 in Madrid, Spain.- Ronan Holdsworth was born on 26 March 1965 in Southport Merseyside. He is an actor, known for Coronation Street (1960), Time (2021) and Forget Me Not (2020).
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
G.B. Samuelson was born on 6 July 1889 in Southport, Lancashire [now in Sefton, Merseyside], England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for The Bridal Chair (1919), The Game of Life (1922) and The Winning Goal (1920). He was married to Marjorie Emma Elizabeth Vint. He died on 17 April 1947 in Great Barr, Staffordshire, England, UK.- Additional Crew
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Actor
Theatrical Sales Executive for distributor Curzon Artificial Eye, handling all titles on its slate for release in UK/Ireland cinemas. Films include Cold War, Faces Places, Sunset, The Souvenir, Parasite, Portrait of a Lady on Fire and About Endlessness.
Additionally a self-taught filmmaker, writing debut feature film.
Formerly a crew member within various departments on a number of films, television shows and promos.- Adam Grisedale is an English actor known for The Wedding (2013). He was born in Southport (North West England), on the 7th of May 1990. Adam attended Marshside Primary School, and Stanley High School, both in Southport. He left high school in 2006 aged 16, and went straight into full time work. In 2008 he started working with a friend on a roadshow bus for a local radio station. Stopping that in 2010, he slowly grew an interest in acting, with help from a notable TV actor.
- Dr Jonathan Brotchie is a co-Founder, Director and President of Atuka Inc (2011-present). Dr Brotchie has more than 25 years' experience in Parkinson's disease research, managing teams in both academia and in commercial environments that have identified and validated several drug targets for PD. He has lead translational research that has supported the assessment of efficacy of more than 25 drug candidates in non-human primate models of PD and the advancement of 8 drug candidates to clinical studies. Dr Brotchie has also been named inventor/ co-inventor on 13 families of patents related to novel therapeutics for movement disorders. In addition to Atuka Inc, he has founded, and held senior management positions in, two other successful PD-focussed CROs, Atuka Ltd (Founder and Director, 2003-present) and Motac (CEO and Director, 1999-2002).
He has held academic positions at University Health Network, Toronto (2002-present) and University of Manchester (1991-2002). He gained his PhD from University of Manchester, UK for research on the role of the subthalamic nucleus in the generation of symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Dr Brotchie has published more than 100 peer-reviewed academic papers, has sat on the Editorial Board of the journals Movement Disorders and Synapse, he has also consulted for more than 30 biopharmaceutical companies as well as for members for the financial community. He works closely with several Parkinson's charities, as advisor or reviewer of proposals for funding, including Michael J Fox Foundation, Cure Parkinson's Trust and Parkinson Society Canada. - Additional Crew
- Art Department
Roger Stevenson was born in Southport, Merseyside, England, UK. He is known for Diane's Panda Party (1972), The Tommy Cooper Hour (1973) and Nuts and Bones (1972).