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- Adrian Ropes was born on 8 May 1941 in Cairo, Egypt. He was an actor, known for The Scarlet and the Black (1965), The Avengers (1961) and The Way We Live Now (1969). He died on 11 March 2004 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Alan Bloom was born on 19 November 1906 in Over, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. He was married to Flora Elizabeth Macintosh and Doris Hilda Heavens. He died on 30 March 2005 in Bressingham, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Alan Breeze was born on 9 October 1909 in Stratford, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Billy Cotton Band Show (1956), The Royal Variety Show (1960) and A Christmas Night with the Stars (1958). He died on 15 January 1980 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Alan Hunter was born on 25 June 1922 in Hoveton St John, Norfolk, England, UK. Alan was a writer, known for Inspector George Gently (2007). Alan was married to Adelaide Cooper. Alan died on 26 February 2005 in Brundall, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
British composer and arranger Alan Stanley Tew got his start in the 1950's as a pianist and arranger for The Len Turner Band in London, England. Tew later became the leader of his own orchestra which has recorded dozens of soundtrack and library music albums. In addition, Alan has also collaborated with Cat Stevens. The composer of the themes of or the incidental music for an assortment of British television programs that include The Sweeney, Doctor in the House, and And Mother Makes Three, Tew is perhaps best known for his rousing composition "The Big One," which was initially written for use in the British crime drama series The Hanged Man and achieved its greatest enduring popularity in America as the stirring theme for the TV series The People's Court.- Alex MacIntosh was born on 18 November 1925 in Fulham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Big Pull (1962), R3 (1964) and Doctor Who (1963). He died on 7 September 1997 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Alf Kirchen was born on 26 April 1913 in Shouldham, Norfolk, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939). He died on 18 August 1999 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Soundtrack
Alfred Hart Miles was born on 3 November 1883 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Alfred Hart died on 3 October 1956 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.- Editor
- Director
- Producer
Allan Segal was born on 16 April 1941 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK. Allan was an editor and director, known for World in Action (1963), Apartheid (1986) and What the Papers Say (1956). Allan died on 8 February 2012 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.- Actor
Allen Gettel was born on 17 September 1917 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He was an actor. He died on 8 April 2005 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.- Anna Sewell was born on 20 March 1820 in Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK. She was a writer, known for Black Beauty (1994), Black Beauty (1933) and Your Obedient Servant (1917). She died on 25 April 1878 in Old Catton, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Anne Garrels was born on 2 July 1951 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. She was married to Vint Lawrence. She died on 7 September 2022 in Norfolk, Connecticut, USA.
- Anne Gee was born on 9 September 1919 in Evesham, Worcestershire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Pilgrim's Progress (1939), Bar aux Folies-Bergère (1938) and The Immortal Hour (1939). She was married to Harry Dexter Lyon. She died on 30 December 1947 in Sloley, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Aubrey Buxton was born on 15 July 1918. He was a producer, known for King Penguin: Stranded Beyond the Falklands (1983), The World of Survival (1971) and The Forbidden Desert of the Danakil (1973). He died on 1 September 2009 in Norfolk, England, UK.
- Producer
- Additional Crew
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Averil Brennan was born on 28 October 1944 in Romford, Essex, England, UK. She was a producer and assistant director, known for MI-5 (2002), Kingdom (2007) and Foyle's War (2002). She was married to Bill Brennan. She died on 16 November 2012 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.- Barbara Leslie was born in 1923 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Sara Crewe (1957), The Black Tulip (1956) and The Silver Sword (1957). She was married to Shaun Sutton. She died on 27 November 2007 in North Walsham, Norfolk, England, UK.
- BerkleyBoyTay was born on 20 June 1997. He was an actor, known for BerkleyBoyTay: Sanctuary Freestyle (2016). He died on 2 April 2023 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
- Bernadette Milnes was born on 1 April 1930 in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Elephant Man (1980), Cover Girl Killer (1959) and BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). She was married to Michael Anthony. She died on 15 December 2012 in Sheringham, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Bernard Matthews was born on 24 January 1930 in Brooke, Norfolk, England, UK. He died on 25 November 2010 in Great Witchingham, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Bert Batterby was born on 16 December 1898 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK. He died in 1987 in North Walsham, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Bert Brownbill was born on 27 May 1900 in West Derby, Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Keep It Clean (1956), Market in Honey Lane (1967) and Detective (1964). He died on 24 December 1982 in Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Bertram Heyhoe was born on 27 October 1903 in Swaffham, Norfolk, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Marvellous History of St. Bernard (1952), The Wooing of Anne Hathaway (1938) and Laugh with Me (1938). He died on 25 December 1989 in Swaffham, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Actress
- Music Department
Beryl Ede was born on 12 July 1907 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for How Does It End? (1952), The Night We Got the Bird (1961) and BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). She died on 27 June 1984 in Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk, England, UK.- Brian Cumby was born on 9 October 1950 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK. He died on 26 February 2015 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Bruce Lacey was born on 31 March 1927 in Lewisham, London, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for Help! (1965), The Knack... and How to Get It (1965) and The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968). He was married to Jill Bruce. He died on 18 February 2016 in Norfolk, England, UK.- Bush2k3k was born on 26 September 1998. He was an actor, known for Yayo On1 x Bush2k3k: Streak (2018), Super Sneaky Slime & Yayo On1: Heat (2018) and Bush2k3k feat. Vouge Icy: Backdoor (2019). He died on 31 July 2022 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
- Catherine Proctor was born on 12 November 1879 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress, known for Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (1960), The Foolish Virgin (1916) and Not Guilty (1915). She died in July 1984 in Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.
- Charles Falmer was born on 3 February 1894 in St. Pancras, London, England, UK. He died in 1970 in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Actor
- Music Department
Christopher Mitchell was born on 21 May 1948 in Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974), Emmerdale Farm (1972) and Take Three Girls (1969). He died on 22 February 2001 in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, UK.- Sir Christopher George Rhodes, 3rd baronet Rhodes, of Hollingworth, (co. Chester) was the only son of Sir John Phillips Rhodes DSO, 2nd baronet and former chairman of Thomas Rhodes Ltd, cotton spinners and manufacturers.
Educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford.
On the death of his father he succeeded to the baronetcy on 14th November 1955.
He served in the Essex Regiment during the Second World War, attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and became a recipient of the Croix de Guerre (France) and the Legion of Merit (United States).
He was 38 years old when he began his film career and specialised in well-bred military types for which he was ideally suited.
Married twice, he died aged 50 at his Blakeney, Norfolk home.
His son, John Christopher Douglas Rhodes (b. 1946), succeeded him as 4th baronet. - Christopher Scoular was born on 9 March 1945 in Arbroath, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for An American Werewolf in London (1981), Seven Dials Mystery (1981) and A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (1987). He was married to Gillian Bryson. He died on 29 October 2014 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Editorial Department
- Editor
Clayton Parker was born on 30 April 1953 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK. He was an editor, known for Mitch (1984), Partners in Crime (1983) and A Fine Romance (1981). He died on 14 February 1999 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.- Production Manager
- Producer
Clifford Parkes was born on 10 July 1928 in Willesden, Middlesex, England, UK. He was a production manager and producer, known for Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971), The Pirates of Blood River (1962) and Never Take Candy from A Stranger (1960). He died on 20 November 2014 in Diss, Norfolk, England, UK.- Clive King was born on 24 April 1924 in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Stig of the Dump (1981), Stig of the Dump (2002) and Stories Round the World (1976). He was married to Penny Timmins and Jane Tuke. He died on 10 July 2018 in Thurlton, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Colin Chapman was born on 19 May 1928 in London, England, UK. He was married to Hazel Williams. He died on 16 December 1982 in East Carleton Manor, East Carleton, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Writer
- Art Department
Colin Reeder was born on 30 September 1938 in the UK. Colin was a writer, known for Little Red Tractor Stories (1993) and Little Red Tractor (2003). Colin died on 8 October 1994 in Norfolk, England, UK.- Writer
- Actress
Colleen McCullough was born on 1 June 1937 in Wellington, New South Wales, Australia. She was a writer and actress, known for Tim (1979), An Indecent Obsession (1985) and The Thorn Birds (1983). She was married to Cedric Newton (Ric) Ion-Robinson. She died on 29 January 2015 in Burnt Pine, Norfolk Island, Australia.- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Cy Payne was born in 1935 in the United Kingdom. He was a composer, known for Girls of the Latin Quarter (1960), Along the Way (1972) and Shoot to Kill (1960). He died on 6 July 2021 in Downham Market, Norfolk, UK.- Margaret (Daisy) Ashford was born at Elm Lodge in Petersham, Surrey to a former War Office official, William Ashford, and his wife Emma in 1881. The majority of her schooling was done at home and she was encouraged to write, as were her sister and three brothers. Her first story "The Life of Father McSwiney" was dictated to her father when she was four years old (it remained unpublished for almost 100 years), and this was followed by "A Short Story of Love" in 1889 and "Mr. Chapmer's Bride" (now lost). Her most famous work "The Young Visiters" was written shortly afterwards and was the first book that she wrote herself rather than dictating the tale to another. She wrote a number of other stories and a play, "A Woman's Crime". She wrote "The Hangman's Daughter" during 1894-95, which she considered to be her best work, but when she went to school in 1898 her aspirations to be an authoress disappeared. Instead, Daisy left school and spent five years at home, before moving with her family, in 1904, to Bexhill, and then later to London, after her sister Vera. In London she worked as a secretary, and ran a canteen during the First World War, in Dover.
It was following her mother's death in 1917 that Daisy and her sisters discovered her original manuscript for "The Young Visiters", and her other childhood writings. Daisy gave the manuscript to a friend, Margaret Mackenzie, who then passed it on to an acquaintance, Frank Swinnerton, who was, at that time, working for Chatto and Windus publishers. "The Young Visiters" was finally published for the first time on 22nd May 1919, with a preface by J.M. Barrie. The authenticity of the story, written by a child, was questioned in some quarters, but it also had its admirers - among them A.A. Milne and Robert Graves . It was an immediate success, reprinted 18 times in it's first year, dramatised for the stage in 1920, adapted into a musical in 1968, and filmed twice, in 1984 and for television in 2003.
Daisy was always astonished by her new found fame, and saw her stories published in a volume called "Daisy Ashford: Her Book" in 1920 (which also included a tale by her sister Angela). Also in 1920 she married and settled in Norfolk, at one time running the King's Arms Hotel in Reepham. In 1939 they settled with her family in Hellesdon, Norwich where Daisy died on 15th January 1972. She did not write in the intervening years, although in old age she did begin an autobiography, which she later burned during spring cleaning. In 1983, her very first story "The Life of Father McSwiney" was published for the first time in a collection of her work, "The Hangman's Daughter and other stories" - 11 years after her death and almost 100 years after she dictated the tale to her father. - Director
- Producer
- Writer
David Cobham was born on 11 May 1930 in Bridlington, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a director and producer, known for Woof! (1989), Woof! (1989) and Tarka the Otter (1979). He was married to Liza Goddard and Janet Cobham. He died on 25 March 2018 in Norfolk, England, UK.- Actor
- Music Department
- Additional Crew
Handsome, pipe-smoking South-African born singer and actor who reached the peak of his popularity in Britain during the late 1950s and early '60s. Lotis began his career in the entertainment industry at the tender age of nine after winning a talent contest. He then made several stage appearances and sang on radio. After leaving school, aged fifteen, he briefly worked as a bus conductor and as an electrician before leaving for England with a letter of introduction to the bandleader Ted Heath. Engaged as a regular vocalist with the Heath orchestra during the early 1950s, Lotis often crooned ballads which proved especially popular with female audiences. He straddled different genres, his repertoire encompassing jazz, pop and rock 'n' roll.
As a solo act from the mid-'50s, Lotis recorded a number of albums for Decca, Pye Nixa and Columbia, was featured frequently on BBC radio, toured the variety circuit and performed at the London Palladium. His singing career peaked in the '60s when he became a regular guest on TV pop music shows like Six-Five Special (1957) and Dial for Music (1959). He also acted in a few motion pictures, including The City of the Dead (1960) and Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960). As changing musical trends began to adversely affect his career by the end of the decade, Lotis reinvented himself as a restaurateur and antique store owner, based in the market town of Tring in Hertfordshire. He did, however, make a brief nostalgic comeback in the 1980s.
Lotis was married to the South African singer Alexandrena Maie (Rena) Mackie (1929-1997). After her death from cancer, he remarried and moved to North Norfolk where he passed away, aged 97, on February 8 2023.- Sound Department
Born Dennis Gordon Nisbett in Brixton, SW London, England in 1926. He survived the Second World War and graduated from Whitgift Public School in South Croydon, Surrey, England. Went on to Regent Street Polytechnic, London, England then worked at the Central Office of Information, Viking Film Studios,London, Shepperton Film Studios, Shepperton, Surrey before going freelance approx 1975. Married Patricia Yvonne Wickenden on August 11th, 1951. Survived by his wife and son, Gareth Michael Nisbett and daughter, Amanda Jane Burvill. Passed away after a long bout with cancer on July 26th., 2007. We miss you Dad.- Denys Roberts was born on 19 January 1923 in London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Law and Disorder (1958). He died on 19 May 2013 in Norfolk, England, UK.
- Dick Joice was born in 1921 in Great Ryburgh, Norfolk, England, UK. He was a producer, known for Miss Rosie Newman's Colour Supplement (1980), Bygones (1967) and About Anglia (1960). He died in 1999 in Norfolk, England, UK.
- Dinsdale Landen was educated at King's School, Rochester, and trained at the Florence Moore Drama School. This was followed by National Service with the RAF, during which time he joined a drama group. Upon demobilisation he joined Worthing rep. He enjoyed an extensive career in cinema, television and theatre. He announced his retirement from acting in 1998, upon the diagnosis of oral cancer. He died of pneumonia on 29 December 2003, aged 71, and left a widow, the actress Jennifer Daniel. At the time of his death the cancer was in remission.
- Art Director
- Art Department
- Production Designer
Don Mingaye was born in 1929 in Kensington, London, England, UK. He was an art director and production designer, known for The Pirates of Blood River (1962), Scream and Scream Again (1970) and Danger Route (1967). He died on 8 November 2017 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Don Taylor was born on 30 June 1936 in London, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for Omnibus (1967), Dead of Night (1972) and BBC2 Playhouse (1973). He was married to Ellen Dryden. He died on 11 November 2003 in Banham, Norfolk, England, UK.- Donald McCullough was an actor, known for The Brains Trust (1946). He died on 19 January 1978 in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Additional Crew
Donald Neilson is known for Born to Kill? (2005). He died on 18 December 2011 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.- Composer
- Music Department
Doreen Carwithen was born on 15 November 1922 in Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. She was a composer, known for Break in the Circle (1955), The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954) and Three Cases of Murder (1954). She was married to William Alwyn. She died on 5 January 2003 in Forncett St Peter, Norfolk, England, UK.