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John Inman was born on 28 June 1935 in Preston, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Are You Being Served? (1972), Are You Being Served? (1977) and Odd Man Out (1977). He was married to Ron Lynch. He died on 8 March 2007 in Paddington, London, England, UK.- Mark Speight was born on 6 August 1965 in Seisdon, Staffordshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Scratchy & Co. (1995), Greys Inbetween (2008) and ChuckleVision (1987). He died on 7 April 2008 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Alexander John was born in 1932 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Sense and Sensibility (1995), The Orchard End Murder (1981) and A Dirty Knight's Work (1976). He died on 22 July 2002 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
- Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Bond was born on 13 January 1926 in Newbury, Berkshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Paddington 2 (2017), Paddington (2014) and The Herbs (1968). He was married to Sue Bond and Brenda Bond. He died on 27 June 2017 in Paddington, London, England, UK.- Valerie Lush was born on 24 December 1918 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Little Lord Fauntleroy (1976), Taggart (1983) and ...And Mother Makes Three (1971). She was married to Charles Wilfred Bentley. She died on 14 May 2013 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Michael Barrington (3 July 1924 - 5 June 1988) was a British actor best known for his television work. His best-remembered role is as the ineffectual Governor Venables in the popular sitcom Porridge, which featured Ronnie Barker in the lead role.
Born in Middlesex, England, both his parents died when he was 16. His plans to train as a veterinarian were interrupted by Second World War service in a munitions factory and the Royal Engineers. After the war he decided to become an actor and trained at the Birmingham School of Drama. He then appeared in repertory theatres and at the Vaudeville Theatre in Salad Days.
In addition to Porridge Barrington also appeared in Z Cars (1962), The Avengers, Private Schulz, Adam Adamant Lives!, and in the Doctor Who story The Seeds of Doom, as Sir Colin Thackeray. He was cast as Sir Robert Peel in the 1975 English miniseries King Edward VII.
He was married to actress Barbara New until his death from a heart attack on 5 June 1988, aged 63 in London, following many years of ill health due to lung disease. He was buried in the East London Cemetery and Crematorium.- Actress
- Soundtrack
English character actress with wonderful comic timing. Her non-plussed expressions were used to great effect in several sketches of The Two Ronnies (1971). Known especially for her recurring roles of Mabel Wheeler in You Rang, M'Lord? (1988) and as Vera Plumtree in Oh Doctor Beeching! (1995) ("My husband was an engine driver you know"). She was equally delightful as boring Eric Olthwaite's (Michael Palin's) mother in Ripping Yarns (1976), whose chief claim to fame was her black pudding ("even the white bits were black").- Nancy Roberts was born on 22 July 1885 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Black Narcissus (1947), The Grove Family (1954) and It's a Great Day! (1955). She was married to Donald Finlay. She died on 24 June 1962 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Grey Blake was born on 28 April 1917 in Fulham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Jassy (1947), The Dancing Years (1950) and BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). He was married to Lisa Daniely and Ruth Grundy. He died in 1963 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Mona Chong was born in 1945 in Singapore. She was an actress, known for On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), The 2nd Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World (1965) and Secret Agent (1964). She was married to Neville Meyer Bass. She died in 2017 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Editor
- Producer
- Writer
Desmond Wilcox was born on 21 May 1931 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK. He was an editor and producer, known for Man Alive (1965), The Paranormal World of Paul McKenna (1996) and Champion Children (1992). He was married to Esther Rantzen and Patsy ?. He died on 6 September 2000 in Paddington, London, England, UK.- Mavis Villiers was born Mavis Clare Cooney on December 10, 1909 at Neurtal Bay; a suburb of Sydney Harbour's 'north shore', where her father was a milk vendor. Her parents relocated to the mountain-resort town of Katoomba when she was aged four. She began performing at the age of seven and quickly showed a prodigious talent. At age ten she was being tutored to become a professional actress. In 1919 she was invited to perform solo at Sydney's Tivoli Theatre.
In 1921, aged twelve, her family emigrated to Hollywood, USA, in order to further her career. She began her career, as a child film actress, under the stewardship of Mary Pickford, who gave her a role in Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921). Her career in Hollywood lasted twelve years; much of her activity is uncredited, undocumented or lost. She was playing female leads in comedies and cowboy movies. In 1933 she emigrated again to London, England, where she began a long career in British film, television and radio; and in live theatre.
She was known for her roles in The Bum's Rush (1927), A Lady's Morals (1930), Saloon Bar (1940), You Can't Do Without Love (1944), Suddenly, Last Summer (1959), Victim (1961), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), Philadelphia, Here I Come! (1974).
She married an American Pilot Officer who she met in London during WWII. He died in a car accident nine months after they were married. She never remarried and had no children. - Magenta Devine was born on 4 November 1957 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Ant & Dec Unzipped (1997), Transvestite Wives (2008) and Network 7 (1987). She died on 6 March 2019 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Florence Arliss was born on 29 July 1870 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Disraeli (1929), Disraeli (1921) and The King's Vacation (1933). She was married to George Arliss. She died on 12 March 1950 in Paddington, London, England, UK.- Felix Felton was born on 12 August 1911 in Hastings, Sussex, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), The 2nd Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World (1965) and Doctor Knock (1961). He died on 21 October 1972 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Producer
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Influential British television executive and producer who began as a film critic and assistant editor for Movie magazine (1962-64). The son of an English teacher (father) and a librarian (mother), Mark Shivas abandoned a legal career to join Granada Television in 1963 as assistant to the head of the story department. He went on to become both director and producer at Granada before moving on to the BBC where he served, respectively, as head of drama (1988-93) and of films (1993-97). In the latter capacity, he worked as executive producer on some twenty motion pictures. During his distinguished career, Shivas won three BAFTA awards and two Emmys for some of the most highly regarded drama productions of the period: The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970), The Edwardians (1972), Rogue Male (1976), The Glittering Prizes (1976) , Telford's Change (1979) and Cambridge Spies (2003). Among his few critical failures was the poorly conceived and written miniseries The Borgias (1981). Shivas's wide range of film credits include the exceedingly 'British' A Private Function (1984) and The Witches (1990). In 1997, Shivas established his own production company, Perpetual Motion Pictures. He served for the British Film Academy as Chairman of the Short Film Jury from 2002 to 2007.- Soundtrack
Although chiefly remembered for co-writing Norman Wisdom's famous signature tune Don't Laugh at Me 'Cos I'm a Fool, June Tremayne actually started out as a serious composer of concert works and classical songs. Daughter of an Essex paper manufacturer, she was born Florence Marie Boverton Reed and had her first composition (a musical setting of Robert Herrick's poem To Live and Love) performed in 1900 at the Queen's Hall in London when she was only eight.
Moving with her family to Holland, Florence married first husband Chretien in 1912, but this finished in divorce. Returning to England, she came to the rescue of Bournemouth farmer Tom Lander when he fell from his tractor, and this led to them marrying in 1926. As "June Tremayne" she became a composer of note in the Bournemouth area and two of her songs, The Hoodoo (originally written for Paul Robeson) and Land of the Free, were performed at the Little Theatre in 1932. Other songs included Narente (1930) for Gracie Fields and various work for Tommy Trinder.
After taking a few years off to raise three children, June moved to London in 1952 and switched to popular song writing with Wisdom and Max Bygraves frequent visitors at her Paddington flat. My Little Dog (1954) was another song she co-authored with Wisdom. Sadly, in 1960, June suffered from heart trouble and was admitted to St Mary's Hospital in Paddington where she died at the age of 67.
Special thanks to Michael Stead of Bournemouth Library and to local historian Alex McKinstry for their kind help on this biography.- Animation Department
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- Art Department
Ty Bosco is known for Dead Calm (1989), Crocodile Dundee II (1988) and The Good Wife (1987). She died on 30 July 2012 in Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- David Morrell was born on 27 October 1926 in Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956), Moulded in Earth (1965) and Department S (1969). He died on 5 December 1974 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Jefferson Clifford was born on 18 December 1892 in Fulham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), The Black Brigand (1956) and The Twelve Pound Look (1957). He died on 20 April 1959 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Cyril Chadwick was born on 11 June 1879 in Kensington, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929), Peter Pan (1924) and Mrs. Dane's Defense (1918). He died on 3 November 1955 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Writer
- Editor
- Actor
Soon after Robert's birth in Liverpool in 1928 his parents moved to New Malden in Surrey where his father was an accountant for a large chemical company. He was educated at a grammar school in Raynes Park before going to Oxford where he obtained an Honours degree in English and while there he was editor on the university magazine Isis. When he left he joined a newspaper company working on 'The Weekly Telegraph' and progressed to the Sunday Chronicle, Sunday Graphic and Sunday Times. The mid 50's newspaper strike led him to television where he worked on 'Monitor', 'Picture Parade', and 'Points of View' before becoming chairman on 'Call My Bluff' and 'Ask the Family' .After 1967 he did 'The Book Programme' and on radio 'Brain of Britain. Since 1972 he' did 'Stop the Week With Robert Robinson', and 3 years on the 'Today' programme. He's written a number of novels including 'Landscape With Dead Dons', his first written when he was 26, 'The Conspiracy' and 'Inside Robert Robinson'.He has a son, Nicholas born 1960, and daughters Lucy, born 1967 and Suzy born 1973.- Writer
- Actor
- Script and Continuity Department
William Sansom was born on 18 January 1912 in Camberwell, London, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Lux Playhouse (1958), Schlitz Playhouse (1951) and The Wild Affair (1965). He was married to Ruth Grundy. He died on 20 April 1976 in Paddington, London, England, UK.- Arthur Young was born on 2 September 1898 in Bristol, England, UK. He was an actor, known for San Demetrio London (1943), St. Ives (1955) and The Lady with a Lamp (1951). He was married to Beatrice Kane. He died on 14 February 1959 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Mystic Meg was born on 27 July 1942 in Accrington, Lancashire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Lily Savage Show (1997), Noel's House Party (1991) and Jools's Hootenanny (1993). She died on 9 March 2023 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Tony Meehan was born on 2 March 1943 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Never Let Me Go (2010), Bernie (2011) and Just for Fun (1963). He was married to Sue Meehan. He died on 28 November 2005 in Paddington, London, England, UK.- Muriel White was born on 17 January 1891 in Grays, Essex, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Strip! Strip! Hooray!!! or (Fun with the Sunbathers) (1932), The Adventures of Sir Percy Howsey (1950) and The Howerd Crowd (1952). She died on 9 January 1961 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Frank Boston was born on 26 March 1888 in Birmingham, England, UK. He died in 1948 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Bryon O'Leary was born on 8 January 1934 in New Zealand. He was an actor, known for Judith Paris (1964), Robert and Elizabeth (1965) and Freewheelers (1968). He was married to Nyree Dawn Porter. He died on 16 May 1970 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Marcel Poncin was born on 27 August 1890 in France. He was an actor, known for The Red Shoes (1948), The Love Lottery (1954) and Golden Salamander (1950). He died on 8 June 1953 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Judith Fisher was born on 17 October 1935 in Guyra, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for Silver City (1984), Barrier Reef (1970) and You Can't See 'round Corners (1969). She was married to Ulrich Koch. She died on 8 August 1995 in Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Robert Brooks Turner was born on 28 August 1882 in Godalming, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Journey's End (1937), Meet Sexton Blake! (1945) and Poor Old Bill (1931). He died in 1963 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Lilli Molnar was born on 25 July 1897 in Hungary. She was an actress, known for No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948), Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951) and Kinder vor Gericht (1931). She died on 20 October 1950 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Jack Jarman was born on 2 March 1893 in Meldreth, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Under Suspicion (1919), Black Peter (1922) and The River of Light (1921). He died in 1945 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Madge Tree was born in 1875 in West Derby, Liverpool, England, UK. She was an actress, known for What Every Woman Knows (1917), The Garden of Resurrection (1919) and Woman to Woman (1923). She died in 1947 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Paddy Naismith was born on 16 May 1903 in Islington, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Lost Chord (1928). She was married to John Towers Mynors. She died on 28 November 1963 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- G.H. Mulcaster was born on 27 June 1889 in Stanwix, Cumbria, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Katy's Love Affair (1947), The Princes in the Tower (1928) and The Gay Cavalier (1957). He was married to Lily Lola De Laredo and Diana Napier. He died on 19 January 1964 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Andy Alston was born on 4 June 1915 in Preston, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Doctor Blood's Coffin (1961), The Avengers (1961) and Armchair Theatre (1956). He died on 27 August 1972 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Alice Bowes was born on 21 March 1889 in Southwark, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Three Men in a Boat (1956), A Yank in Ermine (1955) and The Secret Kingdom (1960). She was married to D.A. Clarke-Smith. She died on 3 January 1969 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Robert Wilton Jnr was born in 1907 in West Derby, Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for We Dive at Dawn (1943) and Calling the Tune (1936). He was married to Billie Houston. He died on 7 August 1943 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Clement Hamelin was born on 24 July 1892 in Edmonton, Middlesex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), As You Like It (1946) and A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 1/II (1951). He died on 5 July 1957 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Peter Miller Street was born on 28 March 1925 in Marylebone, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for San Demetrio London (1943), The March of the Peasants (1952) and BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). He died on 5 February 1970 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
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.- Ike Hatch was born on 21 August 1892 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Dark Sands (1937), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and The Green Pack (1947). He died on 26 December 1961 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Frank Royde was born on 2 April 1882 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Around the World in 80 Days (1956), BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960) and After Office Hours (1932). He died on 28 October 1962 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Cecil Calvert was born on 14 June 1871 in Rusholme, Manchester, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Manchester Man (1920) and Saved from the Sea (1920). He died in 1949 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Leslie Mitchell was born on 4 October 1905 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for How Do You View? (1949), Wicked Wife (1953) and Rynox (1931). He was married to Inge Jorgenson and Phyllis Shepherd. He died on 23 November 1985 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Robert Clifton was born on 29 July 1885 in Newington, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Mr. Gilfil's Love Story (1920) and The Great London Mystery (1920). He died on 5 February 1924 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Fanny Wright was born on 16 March 1873 in Walworth, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Detective Lloyd (1932), John of the Fair (1954) and Latin Love (1930). She was married to Picton Roxborough. She died on 24 December 1954 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Charles Maunsell was born on 25 April 1883 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for ITV Television Playhouse (1955), The Master Builder (1950) and BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960). He died on 1 August 1968 in Paddington, London, England, UK.