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Walter Leigh was an English composer who fought in the Second World War and was killed in action at Tobruk (Libya), aged 36. His output includes the overture 'Agincourt', the 'Concertino for Harpsichord (or Piano) and Strings', and 'The Frogs of Aristophanes', for chorus and orchestra. He was killed in action in North Africa, 1942, while serving with the Royal Armoured Corps, 4th Queen's Own Hussars.- Gordon James was born on 22 July 1877 in Wimbledon, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Dirty Work (1934), Tons of Money (1930) and Plunder (1930). He died on 3 February 1949 in Knightsbridge, London, England, UK.
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- Director
- Writer
Lionel Belmore was born on 12 May 1867 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for Frankenstein (1931), Bardelys the Magnificent (1926) and The Vampire Bat (1933). He was married to Emmeline Florence Carder. He died on 30 January 1953 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Tarva Penna was born on 19 May 1886 in Wimbledon, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Show Goes On (1936), The Face Behind the Scar (1937) and Pastor Hall (1940). He died on 27 May 1960 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Ivor McLaren was born on 31 October 1904 in Wimbledon, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor and producer, known for Under Your Hat (1940), Father O'Nine (1938) and Lightning Conductor (1938). He died on 30 October 1962 in Kensington, London, England, UK.- Basil Lynn was born on 29 December 1879 in Wimbledon, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for For Valour (1937) and Banana Ridge (1942). He died on 29 March 1967 in Harefield Hospital, London, England, UK.
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Mary Field was born in 1896 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. She was a director and producer, known for Strictly Business (1931), Trek to Mashomba (1951) and The Little Ballerina (1947). She died on 23 December 1968.- Music Department
Doris Arnold was born on 4 November 1904 in Wimbledon, Surrey, England, UK. She is known for The Kentucky Minstrels (1948), Looking In (1933) and Sunshine Ahead (1936). She was married to Harry S. Pepper. She died on 5 October 1969 in Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.- Kenneth Edwards was born on 18 August 1901 in Wimbledon, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Venusian (1954), An Honourable Murder (1960) and The Vise (1954). He was married to Noel Dyson. He died on 25 October 1970 in Canonbury Park North, London, England, UK.
- Bert Grahame was born on 1 May 1892 in Wimbledon, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Faith of a Child (1915), The Rival Anarchists (1914) and The Second Lieutenant (1915). He died on 23 March 1971 in London, England, UK.
- British novelist Georgette Heyer was born in London, England, in 1902. Although she showed an aptitude for writing at an early age, she did not, as many aspiring writers often do, attend college as a journalism or English major; in fact, she did not attend college at all. At age 17 she wrote her first novel, "The Black Moth", which was published in 1921.
In 1925 she married G.R. Rougier, who was at the time a resident of British East Africa, and she accompanied him there after the wedding. They stayed there for three years, then moved to Yugoslavia for a year before finally returning to England.
Her historical novels and detective fiction met with great success, and several of her books were turned into films. The "Boston Transcript" noted that her detective fiction books "had the delightful talent of blending humor and mystery", and the "New York Times" book reviewer said that "there are not so many shudders in [her] murder mysteries as there are in those of some other writers, but there is a lot more fun".
On July 4, 1974, she died of lung cancer in London, England. - Miss Dolores was born Kathleen Mary Rose in Wimbledon, England Her family was very poor and she left school early to start working. At the age of seventeen she started modeling clothes for designer Lady Duff-Gordon. Dolores was six feet tall with a slim figure and blonde hair. When Lady Duff-Gordon moved her business to New York she brought Dolores with her. In 1915 she appeared as a fashion model in the film The Spendthrift. Flo Ziegfeld saw her at a fashion show and hired her to appear in the 1917 Ziegfeld Follies. Although she couldn't sing or dance she became one of the most popular models in the show. She had a commanding stage presence and never smiled while she was on stage. While appearing in the Midnight Frolic in 1919 she wore an elaborate peacock costume with ten foot long wings.
Dolores was called "the loveliest showgirl in the world". She was given a small speaking role in the Broadway show Sally. At the peak of her career she was earning $500 a week. On May 15, 1923 she married William Tudor Wilkinson, a millionaire art collector. Then she retired from the stage and moved to Paris, France with her husband. In an interview she said "I never enjoyed any success as much as I enjoy being an efficient housewife." After moving to Paris she cut her hair short and adopted a masculine style dressing. Rumors began that she was a lesbian but she never commented on them. When the Germans occupied Paris during World War 2 Dolores was briefly detained at an interment camp. Dolores and William remained happily married until his death in 1969. She passed away on November 7, 1975 at the age of eighty-two. - Composer
- Music Department
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Tony Lowry was born on 5 March 1888 in Wimbledon, Surrey, England, UK. He was a composer, known for Jeepers Creepers (2001), Chemical Wedding (2008) and Magic Night (1932). He died on 29 February 1976 in Paddington, London, England, UK.- Margery Maude was born on 29 April 1889 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for You're Never Too Young (1955), The Birds and the Bees (1956) and Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951). She was married to Joseph Warren Burden II. She died on 7 August 1979 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
- Alvar Liddell was born on 11 September 1908 in Wimbledon, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (1973), They Met in the Dark (1943) and A Yank in London (1945). He died on 7 January 1981 in Northwood, Middlesex, England, UK.
- Kenneth Evans was born on 4 June 1912 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. He died on 30 March 1985 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.
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British poet and novelist Robert Graves was born Robert von Ranke Graves in London, England, in 1895. He began to write poetry while a student at London's Charterhouse School, and even while serving as an officer in the British army during World War I he kept at it, turning out three books of poetry in 1916 and 1917 while posted to the western front, where he was seriously wounded in 1916. His war experiences resulted in his well-received autobiography, "Goodbye to All That", in 1919. They also contributed to a long spell of mental problems in the 1920s, culminating in his divorce in that same period. In 1929 he moved to Majorca, Spain, with an American poet he had met, Laura Riding, and the two were together for almost 15 years.
In 1934 he wrote what is his most famous novel, "I, Claudius", a first-person narrative "written" by the Roman emperor Claudius, chronicling life during the reigns of Augustus, Tiberias and the notorious Caligula. Other historical novels followed, including "Claudius the God" (1934), "Count Belisarius" (1936) and 1944's "The Golden Fleece" (aka "Hercules, My Shipmate"). It was while conducting research for this novel that Graves became interested in mythology, resulting in what is arguably his most controversial work, "The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth" in 1948. That same year he published his "Collected Poems", which he subsequently revised over the years, and turned out a translation of "The Rubiyat of Omar Khayyam" in 1967. He was elected Professor of Poetry at Oxford University in 1961, and stayed there until 1966.
He died in Majorca, Spain, in 1985.- Tall, thin and distinguished character actor David Quentin Gale was born on October 2, 1936 in Wimbledon, England. David Gale began his acting career on the New York stage in the late 50s. He first started acting in both movies and television in the early 70s. With his gaunt face, lean build, and intense and imposing screen presence, David was usually cast as extremely wicked and hateful villains. Gale achieved his greatest enduring cult cinema popularity with his marvelously robust and inspired portrayal of the icy, ruthless, and arrogant mad scientist Dr. Carl Hill in Stuart Gordon's terrific horror splatter gem Re-Animator (1985). He reprised this part in the enjoyable sequel Bride of Re-Animator (1990). David's other memorable roles include demented pop psychologist TV show host Dr. Anthony Blakely in The Brain (1988), at his deliriously wired and wacky best as batty CEO Carter Brown in Syngenor (1990), and evil corporate head Fulton Balcus in The Guyver (1991). Gale had recurring parts on the TV shows The Secret Storm (1954), The Edge of Night (1956), One Life to Live (1968), and Search for Tomorrow (1951). Among the TV series he made guest appearances on episodes of are Kojak (1973), Ryan's Hope (1975), Hart to Hart (1979), The Dukes of Hazzard (1979), Tales from the Darkside (1983), L.A. Law (1986), Dallas (1978), and Knots Landing (1979). Moreover, David also had a lengthy and impressive stage career: He not only acted in Broadway stage productions of the classic plays "Of Mice and Men" and "Sweet Bird of Youth," but also acted in Off-Broadway stage productions of such plays as "Elizabeth the Queen," "Joe Egg," "The Trial," "Orpheus Descending," and "Anthony and Cleopatra." Gale was married and had a son. David died of complications from open-heart surgery on August 18, 1991, in Los Angeles, California.
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- Writer
John Bratby was born on 19 July 1928 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Horse's Mouth (1958), Story Parade (1964) and Mistral's Daughter (1984). He was married to Jean Esme Oregon Cooke. He died on 20 July 1992 in Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK.- Charlotte Leigh was born on 3 November 1907 in Wimbledon, Surrey, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Polly (1937), The Brown Wallet (1936) and Second Best Bed (1938). She was married to Richard Seymour. She died on 30 July 1992 in Hawkhurst, Kent, England, UK.
- Margaret Bonham was born on 14 October 1913 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. Margaret was a writer, known for Encounter (1952), Isobel (1957) and Isobel (1959). Margaret was married to Charles Kimber and Deryck Bazalgette. Margaret died on 10 November 1992 in Colyton, Devon, England, UK.
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- Editor
- Editorial Department
Don Deacon was born in 1931 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. He was an editor, known for Mackenna's Gold (1969), The House That Screamed (1969) and The Valiant (1962). He was married to Jill Hubbard. He died on 3 August 1993 in Canterbury, England, UK.- Isola Strong was born on 10 December 1911 in Wimbledon, Surrey, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Glorious Morning (1938). She was married to Peter Hobbes and Arnold Ridley. She died on 4 October 1997 in Fulham, London, England, UK.
- Actor
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Robert Oliver Reed was an English actor known for his well-to-do, macho image and "hellraiser" lifestyle. His notable films include The Trap (1966), playing Bill Sikes in the Best Picture Oscar winner Oliver! (1968), Women in Love (1969), Hannibal Brooks (1969), The Devils (1971), Revolver (1973), portraying Athos in The Three Musketeers (1973) and The Four Musketeers (1974); the lover/stepfather in Tommy (1975), The Brood (1979), Lion of the Desert (1981), Castaway (1986), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), Funny Bones (1995) and Gladiator (2000).- Director
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- Actress
Joan Kemp-Welch was born on 23 September 1906 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. She was a director and producer, known for Haunted Honeymoon (1940), 'Pimpernel' Smith (1941) and Cool for Cats (1956). She was married to Ben Wright and Peter Moffatt. She died on 5 July 1999 in England, UK.- Marlo Dwyer was born on 30 June 1915 in Wimbledon, North Dakota, USA. She was an actress, known for Dangerous Mission (1954), Prisoners in Petticoats (1950) and The Sniper (1952). She died on 28 September 1999 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Alistair Sampson was born on 1 May 1929 in Wimbledon, Surrey, England, UK. He was married to Camilla Madoc and Marchesa Marta Luzi di Votalara. He died on 13 January 2006 in London, England, UK.
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Joyce Belfrage was born on 4 August 1923 in Wimbledon, Surrey, England, UK. Joyce was a producer and director, known for Newsmagazine (1952), The Critics (1959) and Twice Twenty (1955). Joyce was married to Bruce Belfrage and David Balfour. Joyce died on 1 June 2007 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- Michael Levy was born on 8 June 1927 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. He was married to Brigid Brophy. He died on 28 December 2008 in Lincolnshire, England, UK.
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Louis Duffy was born on 21 August 1961 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. Louis is known for The Resurrected (1991). Louis died on 17 January 2011 in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico.- Johnny Silvo was born on 2 December 1936 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. He died on 18 December 2011 in Norway.
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- Visual Effects
John Harris was born on 15 May 1925 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. He was a cinematographer, known for Superman (1978), The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) and Live and Let Die (1973). He died on 3 July 2012 in West Sussex, England, UK.- Animation Department
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John was wounded in WWII, while serving in the British Army "Desert Rats", in North Africa. Being a graphic artist, on return to England, he started as asst. art director at Pinewood Studio, with David Lean. Seeing a note on the studio notice board asking for cartoonists and artists to apply at GBA, Cookham, for work as animators, John applied, and was accepted. Here, under David Hand, (ex Disney director of Snow-White, Bambi), he worked for four years, becoming a first rate animator and director. GBA closed, John moved to US, and Disney, working on Peter Pan, and Lady & the Tramp, in Les Clark's unit. In 1954 he left Disney to start Fine Arts Films producing Petroushka (1956) with I. Stravinsky, winning five international awards, starting a new artistic direction in the use of animation. Journey to the Stars, (1961), seen by 7 million visitors to the Seattle World's Fair, was a major step, and animating Irma La Douce (trailer), for Billy Wilder, made it possible to enjoy the artistic merits of Paris hookers. He started John Wilson Prods., for Aussie TV in Melbourne, 1963, in a brief visit down under. Back with FAF, in '64, John got the Peabody award for NBC's Exploring, as the Best Kid's Show. This led to ten years work for US-TV, (CBS, ABC, NBC) in children's and primetime entertainment. In 1971 he produced and directed the animated feature Shinbone Alley (1970), a literary and musical success based on the works of poet Don Marquis. This received the Golden Phoenix Award at the Atlanta Film Festival, (Best of Fest). For the next ten years, John produced many award-winning TV series, (Madeline-DIC), Bucky O'Hare and Peter Pan for FOX-TV. Stanley the Ugly Duckling (1/2 Hour Musical for ABC-TV. Returning to OZ, in '83, John set Ferngully for AFC, as an animated feature, which successfully protected the rainforests, released by Warner Bros. At present, John is working on the musical version of Peer Gynt.- Pauline Fisk was born on 27 September 1948 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. Pauline was a writer, known for Lavender Castle (1999). Pauline was married to David Davies. Pauline died on 25 January 2015 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK.
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Nova Pilbeam was a famous child actress on stage and screen in the UK. Her biggest successes were her two movies directed by Alfred Hitchcock: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) and this film. She married director Pen Tennyson in 1939, but unfortunately she was widowed less than two years later when he died in WWII. She retired from movies in 1951.- Director
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Mark Blandford was born on 24 January 1942 in Wimbledon, South London, England, UK. He was a director and producer, known for Les grands procès (1993), Opération Tango (1999) and The Decline of the American Empire (1986). He was married to Sophie Sénécal. He died on 2 November 2015 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.- Actor
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Robin Hardy was born on 2 October 1929 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Wicker Man (1973), Forbidden Sun (1988) and The Fantasist (1986). He was married to Victoria. He died on 1 July 2016 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK.- Producer
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- Music Department
Nick Redman was born on 15 April 1955 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for A Turning of the Earth: John Ford, John Wayne and the Searchers (1998), Becoming John Ford (2007) and Lucky Star (1929). He was married to Julie Kirgo. He died on 17 January 2019 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- James Montgomery was born on 16 September 1945 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for First Edition (1980), And It's Goodbye from Us (1981) and Day by Day (1961). He was married to Fiona Richmond, Emma-Elizabeth Welman and Carolyn Finlayson. He died on 16 November 2019 in Stockbridge, Hampshire.
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Rupert Hine was born on 21 September 1947 in Wimbledon, Surrey, England, UK. He was a composer and director, known for Better Off Dead (1985), The Fifth Element (1997) and GoldenEye (1995). He was married to Fay Morgan Armstrong and Natasha (Nathalie) Barrault. He died on 4 June 2020 in Wiltshire, England, UK.- Set Decorator
- Art Department
- Art Director
Peter Howitt was born in 1928 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. He was a set decorator and art director, known for Braveheart (1995), Moonraker (1979) and Elizabeth (1998). He died on 22 September 2021 in Malta.- Writer
- Actor
- Art Department
Raymond Briggs was born on 18 January 1934 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for The Snowman (1982), Ethel & Ernest (2016) and When the Wind Blows (1986). He was married to Jean Taprell Clark. He died on 9 August 2022 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK.- Jeremy Davies was born on 25 March 1935 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Miss Marple: Nemesis (1987). He died on 5 November 2022 in Fakenham, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Louise Clifford was born on 1 June 1971 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. She died on 2 May 2023 in the UK.
- Mavis Cheek was born on 15 June 1948 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. She was married to Chris Cheek. She died on 16 June 2023 in England, UK.
- Actress
- Production Manager
Victoria Hamilton is an English actress. After training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Hamilton began her career in classical theatre, appearing in productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. In 2002, she appeared in the London stage play A Day in the Death of Joe Egg alongside Clive Owen and later Eddie Izzard. She made her Broadway debut in 2003 when the production moved to New York, where she earned a Tony Award nomination. She won the Critics' Circle Theatre Award and Evening Standard Theatre Award for her performance in the play Suddenly, Last Summer, held in 2004 at the Lyceum Theatre.
Hamilton has often worked in the costume drama genre. During the 1990s, she had supporting roles in three Jane Austen adaptations: the 1995 serial Pride and Prejudice, the 1995 film Persuasion, and the 1999 film Mansfield Park.Hamilton won the role of Queen Victoria in the 2001 television production, Victoria & Albert, portraying the monarch in her early years. From 2008 to 2011, Hamilton was a cast member in the BBC1 series Lark Rise to Candleford. From 2016-17, she portrayed Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in the Netflix historical drama series The Crown.- Actor
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- Music Department
Martin Clunes was born the son of the noted Shakespearean actor Alec Clunes. He was educated at the Royal Russell School in Surrey and the Arts Educational School in Chiswick, London. He made his television debut playing an alien prince opposite Peter Davison in Snakedance: Part One (1983) (director Fiona Cumming later said she cast him because she was struck by his unusual looks and "Mick Jagger lips"). He then won a regular role in No Place Like Home (1983), a fairly traditional middle-class BBC sitcom starring William Gaunt.
Clunes' greatest breakthrough came with starring in British Men Behaving Badly (1992), an anarchic sitcom which proved to be one of the most popular series of the 1990s. He has since established himself as one of the UK's most consistently popular television actors, starring in the long-running Doc Martin (2004), recreating Leonard Rossiter's famous role in a new version of Reggie Perrin (2009) and playing Arthur Conan Doyle in Arthur & George (2015).- Amara was born to Sri Lankan parents who had moved to England from Zambia to further her father's work opportunities. She went to the Wimbledon High School and, although she enjoyed drama, she regarded acting as a risky profession and studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford University, graduating with a 2:1 degree. She then spent two years working in the City of London dealing in mergers and acquisitions. Whilst at Oxford she had directed and appeared in plays and finally decided to go to drama school. Within a month of graduation she was auditioning for Wes Anderson's film 'The Darjeeling Limited'.
- Ben Miles was born on 29 September 1966 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Andor (2022), The Capture (2019) and Red Joan (2018). He is married to Emily Raymond. They have three children.
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Actor, father, motorbike fanatic: Charley Boorman is the epitome of the modern adventurer in pursuit of fresh challenges away from the success of his personal life. Choosing two wheels as his preferred mode of transport, Charley harnessed the challenges of a 'round the World trip with Ewan McGregor. Now his sights are set on the unyielding sands of the desert.
Charley Boorman has been riding motorcycles since he was seven years old. The son of renowned film director John Boorman, he grew up on a farm in Ireland and used to ride through the fields on his first motorbike and took part in schoolboy motor cross and Enduro races. The bike bug remained with Charley and, for four years, he ran a motorcycle race team and spent the years riding with David Jeffries and Matt Llewelyn.
In 2004, Charley and his best mate Ewan McGregor came up with the madcap idea of circumnavigating the globe on motorbikes. After months of intense preparations when at times, it looked like the project would not get off the ground, the pair set off from London in April 2004.
Over the next three grueling months, they traveled through three continents and fifteen countries. Long Way Round (2004) was the realisation of a dream born out of two friends' love of motorbikes, the freedom of the open road, and the adrenaline rush of an extreme challenge. Their entire journey was filmed for Long Way Round (2004), a unique television series that was broadcast on Sky One in the UK and Bravo (USA) and spawned a best-selling DVD, book and CD soundtrack. It has now sold the world over into many territories including Australia, Canada, Japan, France, Spain, and Italy.
Following the overwhelming success of Long Way Round (2004), Charley has become an icon in the motorcycling world. On the Long Way Round (2004), UK Tour Charley visited motorcycle and adventure exhibitions plus BMW dealerships across the UK to talk about his adventures. Each event was a sell-out as crowds flocked to catch a glimpse of Charley and have their book or DVD signed. A similar tour of the southern hemisphere is to take place this winter.
Next up, Charley is taking on the desert with one of the World's harshest challenges: the Lisbon-Dakar Rally. This is not just a race out of Europe via the Iberian Peninsula and down through West Africa. This is one of the most physically and emotionally demanding battles across inhospitable terrain, alone, to achieve the impossible. But for Charley, it is, as for many others, one of the most romantic and dangerous races known to man.
It remains the only race open to both amateur and professional bikers and for a first time participant like Charley, finishing the race in Dakar will be the ultimate goal.