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- Joan Sanderson was a well known British television and stage actress. During several seasons at Stratford Upon Avon, she played the roles of Goneril in King Lear, Constance in King John, and Queen Margaret in Richard III. In a single season at the Old Vic she appeared in The Mousetrap, and in 1981 ended her stage career in the production of "Anyone for Denis" at the Whitehall Theatre in London's West End. She was well known for her portrayal of Doris Ewell in the television series Please Sir! (1968), and as the selectively deaf Mrs. Richards in Communication Problems (1979).
- Robin Davies was born on 16 January 1954 in Tywyn, Merionethshire, North Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for Shakespeare in Love (1998), Spearhead (1978) and Catweazle (1970). He was married to Venetia Vivian. He died on 22 February 2010 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.
- 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.
- Trevor Adams was born on 19 May 1946. He was an actor, known for The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976), I Am a Groupie (1970) and Private Road (1971). He died on 15 December 2000 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Composer
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- Soundtrack
Born in Northampton on 21st October 1921, Malcolm Arnold studied composition with Gordon Jacob and trumpet with Ernest Hall at the Royal College of Music. In 1941 he joined the trumpet section of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, becoming principal by 1943. After two years of war service and one season with the BBC Symphony Orchestra he returned to the LPO in 1946; but composition was already becoming his priority and he had already produced a catalogue of attractive works, an early example being the comedy overture Beckus the Dandipratt, Op.5 (1943), recorded in 1948 by the LPO under their principal conductor Eduard van Beinum. That same year Arnold won the Mendelssohn Scholarship which enabled him to spend a year in Italy; on his return he decided to concentrate entirely upon composition. His experience as an orchestral player stood him in good stead as a composer. He quickly built up a reputation as a fluent and versatile composer and a brilliant orchestrator, many commissions were to come his way. Arnold has written works in almost every genre for amateur and professional alike, including nine symphonies, five ballets, two operas, 20 concertos, overtures and orchestral dances, two string quartets and other chamber music, choral music, song cycles and works for wind and brass band. Somehow, in the midst of this prolific creativity, Arnold found time to score over 80 films including the Academy Award-winning score for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), written in only ten days and The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) which brought an Ivor Novello Award.
Arnold's music springs directly from roots in dance and song. Typically it is lucid in texture, clear in draftsmanship. His lighter entertainment pieces are easy to listen to and rewarding to perform. As an inventor of tunes, his powers seem to be inexaustible, and he is prodigal with his gifts; the 'big tune' in the modest little Toy Symphony, for example, is just as much a winner as the many memorable themes in many concert works. Many of these are firmly established in the concert repertory. Yet for those who have ears to hear, his works frequently give more than a hint of a complex musical personality and of dramatic tensions not far below the surface. In fact there is scope in Arnold's music which reflects his profound concern with the human predicament and also in his belief that music is "a social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is."
In 1969 Malcolm Arnold was made a Bard of the Cornish Gorseth, he was awarded the Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1970 and received honorary doctorates from the Universities of Exeter (1969), Durham (1982) and Leicester (1984). He was made a fellow of the Royal College of Music in 1983 and is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music (R.A.M.). In 1986 he received the Ivor Novello Award for outstanding services to British music. He was Knighted in 1993. He died on September 23, 2006, after a brief illness.- Writer
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- Script and Continuity Department
Johnny Byrne was born on 27 November 1935 in Dublin, Ireland. He was a writer, known for All Creatures Great and Small (1978), Space: 1999 (1975) and Heartbeat (1992). He was married to Sandy Carrington-Mail. He died on 2 April 2008 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
- Producer
Peter Newbrook was born on 29 June 1920 in Chester, Cheshire, England, UK. He was a cinematographer and producer, known for Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Gonks Go Beat (1964). He died on 19 June 2009 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.- Jeremy Longhurst was born on 26 June 1931 in Kensington, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Crawling Eye (1958), Wuthering Heights (1967) and Disraeli: Portrait of a Romantic (1978). He was married to Anne Hillyer and Margaret Woodcock. He died on 18 February 2001 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Tamba Allen was born on 26 February 1941 in Bridgend, Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for The Beggar's Opera (1953), The Larkins (1958) and BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). He died on 13 July 2016 in Norwich St Clement, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Music Department
- Actor
- Composer
Gordon Waller was born on 4 June 1945 in Braemar, Grampian, Scotland, UK. He was an actor and composer, known for James Dean: Race with Destiny (1997), Just for You (1964) and London Affair (1970). He was married to Gay and Jen. He died on 17 July 2009 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA.- Alex MacIntosh was born on 18 November 1925 in Fulham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Big Pull (1962), Doctor Who (1963) and R3 (1964). He died on 7 September 1997 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Reggie Kray was born on 24 October 1933 in Hoxton, London, England, UK. He was married to Roberta Jones and Frances Shea. He died on 1 October 2000 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Leslie Anderson was born on 1 January 1903 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Sacred Ground (1983), Theatre 625 (1964) and ITV Playhouse (1967). He died in 1977 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Malcolm Bradbury was born on 7 September 1932 in Sheffield, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Gravy Train (1990), Cold Comfort Farm (1995) and The Gravy Train Goes East (1991). He was married to Elizabeth Salt. He died on 28 November 2000 in Norwich, England, UK.- Editor
- Director
- Editorial Department
Fergus McDonell was born on 6 October 1910 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK. He was an editor and director, known for Odd Man Out (1947), The Hideout (1948) and Prelude to Fame (1950). He was married to Wendy Hamblin. He died on 3 January 1984 in Norwich, England, UK.- Animation Department
- Stunts
- Actor
Sean Gallimore was born on 21 August 1965 in Groton, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor, known for Hercules (1997), Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) and Fight Ring (2009). He was married to Debra Jans and Susan Butkiewicz . He died on 20 October 2021 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA.- Production Designer
- Art Department
Patrick Downing was born on 5 April 1928 in London, England, UK. He was a production designer, known for The Avengers (1961), The Feathered Serpent (1976) and Out of This World (1962). He died on 9 January 2005 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.- Director
- Additional Crew
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Philip Dudley was born in 1936 in West Midlands, England, UK. He was a director and assistant director, known for Bull Week (1980), Tales of the Unexpected (1979) and Adam Adamant Lives! (1966). He died on 7 February 1981 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Earl Wrightson was born on 1 January 1916 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was an actor, known for The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue (1949), The Swift Show (1948) and The Robert Q. Lewis Show (1954). He died on 7 March 1993 in East Norwich, Connecticut, USA.- 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.
- Randy Smith was born on 12 December 1948 in Bellport, New York, USA. He was married to Angela Smith. He died on 4 June 2009 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA.
- 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.
- 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. - Donald Adams was born on 20 December 1928 in Bristol, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Mikado (1967), Patience (1965) and Patience (1982). He was married to Muriel Harding. He died on 8 April 1996 in Norwich, England, UK.
- Sound Department
Peter Meyers was born in 1928 in Woolwich, London, England, UK. He died in 1995 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.