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Noele Gordon was born on 25 December 1919 in East Ham, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Crossroads (1964), The Most Likely Girl (1957) and The Lisbon Story (1946). She died on 14 April 1985 in Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Stanley Lebor was born on 24 September 1934 in East Ham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987), Flash Gordon (1980) and Holocaust (1978). He died on 23 November 2014 in Faversham, Kent, England, UK.- Actor
- Writer
- Soundtrack
London-born actor and singer, possibly best known on the screen as Private Hitch in Zulu (1964), as Dr. Livesey in the musical version of Treasure Island (1982) and as the dapper lothario Steven Kodaly in BBC's adaptation of She Loves Me (1979) (based on the play 'Parfumerie' by Miklós László). He also had notable guest roles in two episodes of The Avengers (1961) and in the comedies Up Pompeii! (1969) and Carry on Abroad (1972) .
Kernan's first acting experience was with the Huddersfield Repertory Company at the age of 19. In 1957, he appeared in the chorus line of 'Where's Charley' at London's Palace Theatre. This marked the beginning of a substantial career as a singer in stage musicals. Renowned as an expert interpreter of songs by Stephen Sondheim, he was acclaimed for his performance in the original 1977 Broadway cast of Sondheim's musical revue 'Side by Side', opposite Millicent Martin. A year earlier, he had headlined as Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm in 'A Little Night Music' at the Adelphi Theatre in London. From 1980 to 1981, he appeared in 'Kiss Me Kate' at the Bristol Old Vic and Theatre Royal.
Kernan also devised and directed the musical revue 'Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood', which opened on Broadway in January 1986. During the 60s and 70s, he was a guest soloist in many British variety shows, performing songs by Sondheim, Cole Porter, Noël Coward, Irving Berlin, Johnny Mercer and Frank Loesser.
His 2019 autobiography is entitled 'From Eastham to Broadway'.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Leon Greene was born on 15 July 1931 in East Ham, Essex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Flash Gordon (1980), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) and The Devil Rides Out (1968). He was married to Jean Percival. He died on 19 June 2021 in the UK.- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Vera Lynn was born on 20 March 1917 in East Ham, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Hellboy (2004), Lolita (1997) and Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982). She was married to Harry Lewis. She died on 18 June 2020 in Ditchling, East Sussex, England, UK.- Script and Continuity Department
- Writer
- Producer
Born in East Ham, London, England in 1935, Terrance Dicks was educated at the local grammar school and went on to study English at Downing College, Cambridge. After two years' National Service in the British Army, he got a job as an advertising copywriter. This lasted for five years, during which time he started writing radio scripts as a sideline. Eventually he switched to full-time freelance writing, first on plays and comedy series for radio and then in television on programmes including The Avengers (1961) and Crossroads (1964).
He became a junior script editor on Doctor Who (1963) towards the end of the Patrick Troughton era, working under producer Peter Bryant and script editor Derrick Sherwin. During this period he has said that he felt like "something of a spare part", although he would make a very significant contribution in bringing Robert Holmes to the series, who would go on to become the series' most popular writer. Dicks also co-wrote (with Malcolm Hulke) Troughton's final story, the epic The War Games: Episode One (1969). Following the departure from the series of Bryant and Sherwin in 1969, Dicks formed a close working relationship with the next producer, Barry Letts, and they were responsible for the five popular seasons which starred Jon Pertwee as the Doctor. During this period they also co-created the science fiction flop Moonbase 3 (1973), which lasted just one series.
After writing Tom Baker's debut story Robot: Part One (1974), Dicks returned to a freelance writing career. He also script-edited some of the BBC's classic serials, which reunited him with Letts as producer on the likes of Great Expectations (1981) and Jane Eyre (1983). He was also made a producer for the first time on the highly popular Oliver Twist (1985), which according to Dicks saved the classic serial strand from Michael Grade's axe when he was controller of BBC One.
Dicks made two contributions to Doctor Who (1963) during the John Nathan-Turner years in the 1980s despite the producer's reluctance to use established writers. He wrote State of Decay: Part One (1980) and agreed to pen the 20th anniversary special The Five Doctors (1983) when Robert Holmes turned it down. He has also written two spin-off plays, "Doctor Who and the Daleks in Seven Keys to Doomsday" in 1974 and "Doctor Who - The Ultimate Adventure" in 1989. He has written well over fifty novelizations of televised serials and several original Doctor Who (1963) novels for Virgin's "The New Adventures" range. Today he is, among his other writing projects, one of the UK's most prolific authors of children's fiction.- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Clive Burr was born on 8 March 1957 in East Ham, London, England, UK [now East Ham, Newham, London, England, UK]. He was an actor, known for Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986), Me Me Me (2011) and Alcatraz: Island in the Sun (1983). He died on 12 March 2013 in Wanstead, London, England, UK.- Maria O'Brien was born on 11 April 1948 in East Ham, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970), Toomorrow (1970) and Escort Girls (1974). She died on 13 January 2017 in London, England, UK.
- Leslie Noyes was born on 26 February 1906 in East Ham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Dad's Army (1971), Sykes and a Big Big Show (1971) and The ITV Play (1968). He died in 1975 in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England, UK.
- Cicely Walper was born on 6 February 1899 in East Ham, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Killing of Sister George (1968), The Rogues (1964) and Love at First Bite (1979). She was married to Lester Matthews. She died on 18 January 1981 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Music Department
- Composer
- Actor
Bert Weedon was born on 10 May 1920 in East Ham, London, England, UK. He was a composer and actor, known for Looper (2012), Your Money or Your Wife (1960) and BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). He was married to Maggie Weedon and Doris Weedon. He died on 20 April 2012 in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Herbert Marshall was born on 20 January 1906 in East Ham, London, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for Tinker (1949), The Tunnel (1940) and Method and Madness (1950). He was married to Alfredda Brilliant. He died on 28 May 1991 in Cowfield, West Sussex, England, UK.- Susan McGoun was born in July 1945 in East Ham, Essex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for London Bridge (1995), Grange Hill (1978) and Jackanory (1965).
- Special Effects
Alan Shubrook was born on 22 September 1947 in East Ham, London, England, UK. He is known for Filmed in Supermarionation (2014), From Earth to the Moon (2016) and Century 21 Slough (2018). He has been married to Bridget Margaret Ann Tooby since 23 September 1972. They have two children.- Janet Howe was born on 17 December 1910 in East Ham, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for A Tale of Two Cities (1958), Saraband (1948) and The Saint of Bleecker Street (1956). She was married to George Hancock. She died on 6 April 1975 in Marylebone, London, England, UK.
- R.H. Thurgood was born on 2 February 1902 in East Ham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Mikado (1926). He died on 3 October 1974 in Crawley, Sussex, England, UK.
- Eric Brandon was born on 18 July 1920 in East Ham, Essex, England, United Kingdom. He died on 8 August 1982 in Gosport, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.
- Additional Crew
- Actress
Doreen Jones was born in 1926 in East Ham, Essex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Missiles from Hell (1958). She has been married to Brian Marshall since 1960.- Ivor Bueb was born on 6 June 1923 in East Ham, London, England, United Kingdom. He died on 1 August 1959 in Clermont-Ferrand, France.
- Sound Department
- Additional Crew
Barrie Tharby was born in 1943 in East Ham, Essex, England, UK. Barrie is known for House of Cards (1990), The Onedin Line (1971) and Doctor Who (1963). Barrie has been married to Janet Tharby since 1972.- Harriet Petworth was born on 17 November 1889 in East Ham, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Room to Let (1950), Market in Honey Lane (1967) and Drama 61-67 (1961). She died in 1982 in Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey, England, UK.
- Producer
- Writer
Mike Fentiman was born on 27 September 1938 in East Ham, London, England, UK. Mike was a producer and writer, known for Up Sunday (1972), Film Extra (1973) and Comedy Playhouse (1961). Mike was married to Patrice Abrams and Dorothy Filby. Mike died on 22 February 2017 in England, UK.