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- ...=Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing|website=British Film Institute|date=2005}}</ref> ...lthough the ban was lifted two months later). At the time, there were four films that were banned in Ireland, and Jones had directed three of them (''Person6 KB (905 words) - 10:49, 14 March 2023
- ...lspet+gray+stage+career&pg=PA81|title=Some Joe You Don't Know: An American Biographical Guide to 100 British Television Personalities|first=Anthony|last=Slide|date ...te=HeraldScotland}}</ref> ''[[The Crezz]]'', ''[[Catweazle]]'', and in the 1980s with ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story ''[[Arc of Infinity]]'' and the [[World War I7 KB (1,066 words) - 18:00, 3 January 2023
- ...screen and radio in a career spanning 70 years. He found prominence in the films of the [[w:Boulting brothers]], including ''[[Private's Progress]]'' (1956) ...]]'' (1957), and ''[[I'm All Right Jack]]'' (1959). He appeared in similar films for other producers including ''[[School for Scoundrels (1960 film)|School13 KB (1,947 words) - 15:50, 13 January 2023
- ...English actor with [[w:achondroplasia|achondroplasia]]. He appeared in the films ''[[w:Time Bandits|Time Bandits]]'' and ''[[w:The Bride (1985 film)|The Bri ...net.nl/~motinni/biographical/bio-index.html |title=David Rappaport Pages – biographical |access-date=7 February 2009}}</ref> Rappaport studied [[w:psychology|psych11 KB (1,644 words) - 13:58, 13 January 2023
- ...of satirical comedies in the 1950s and 1960s. They produced many of their films through their own production company, '''Charter Film Productions''', which ...<ref name="bfi1">{{cite web |title=Ripe Earth |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b69d70b54 |website=British Film Institute |access-date=8 Apri27 KB (3,986 words) - 22:27, 24 August 2024
- ...when [[PBS]] television stations began airing [[rerun]]s of it in the mid-1980s, along with other [[British sitcom]]s. In 2004, it was ranked 20th in a tel ...channel)|YTV]]. The show aired on Saturday evening prime time from the mid 1980s to late 1990s. It also available to Canadian viewers from most border PBS s40 KB (5,848 words) - 22:47, 29 March 2023
- In 1941, he made his debut in the first of more than 80 films, being ''[[Love on the Dole (film)|Love on the Dole]]''.<ref name="IndpObit He appeared in many British films between the 1940s and 1980s, notably as Archie Fellows in ''[[The Shop at Sly Corner]]'', Jenkins in ''18 KB (2,669 words) - 10:35, 25 August 2024
- She also appeared in the films ''[[Two for the Road (1967 film)|Two for the Road]]'' (1967) alongside [[Al ...y ''[[The Blue Boy (film)|The Blue Boy]]'', and also appeared in the BBC's biographical TV movie ''[[Saint-Ex]]'' in 1996. She also narrated an episode on ''[[Wild24 KB (3,420 words) - 12:10, 23 February 2023
- ...ermione Baddeley]]. Later she played formidable elderly characters in such films and stage musicals as ''[[Gigi (1958 film)|Gigi]]'' (1958), ''[[Bell, Book ..., Alan. "Lady of Laughter", ''The Guardian'', 25 May 1987, p. 9</ref> In a biographical sketch, [[Ned Sherrin]] writes "Gingold became a special attraction for Ame21 KB (3,220 words) - 08:05, 30 March 2023
- ...s long-running roles in the television sitcoms ''[[Fresh Fields]]'' in the 1980s and ''[[May to December]]'' from 1989 to 1994. ...e|Wilde]] and [[Peter Nichols (playwright)|Peter Nichols]]. He appeared in films such as ''[[The Man Who Haunted Himself]]'' (1970), ''[[Scrooge (1970 film)17 KB (2,531 words) - 17:50, 15 January 2023
- ...erformance as [[Winston Churchill]] in the 2002 [[BBC]]–[[HBO]] television biographical film ''[[The Gathering Storm (2002 film)|The Gathering Storm]]''. ...don, England|date=3 January 1964|page=4}}</ref> Finney received 10% of the films earnings, which made him over $1 million.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Va65 KB (9,313 words) - 14:17, 25 August 2024
- ...o.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26787448 |title=Walliams revives Charley Says films – BBC News |work=BBC News |date=28 March 2014 |access-date=2017-06-02}}</ ...h at the House of Death]]'', a spoof of [[w:Hammer Studios|Hammer]] horror films, which was penned by Everett's usual writing partners [[Barry Cryer]] and R41 KB (6,029 words) - 08:58, 6 February 2023
- ===Works for the BBC in the 1980s=== Potter's career in the early 1980s was spent as a screenwriter for the cinema. He returned to the BBC for a co41 KB (6,216 words) - 09:11, 17 January 2023
- ...vengers)|Dressed to Kill]]", 1963). Among his early film credits were four films directed by [[Bryan Forbes]], namely ''[[King Rat (film)|King Rat]]'' (1965 ...h Film Institute|access-date=18 December 2017}}</ref> as well as the short films ''The Waterloo Bridge Handicap'' (1978), and the [[Galton and Simpson]]-scr35 KB (5,150 words) - 14:02, 21 February 2023
- ...html |title=Dors, Diana (1931–1984)|encyclopedia=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia |publisher=Encyclopedia.com |access-date=31 May 2015}}</ref> M ===First films===86 KB (13,434 words) - 23:28, 12 February 2023
- ...03"}} It was an instant success with the viewers, and led to three feature films ''[[On the Buses (film)|On the Buses]]'' (1971), ''[[Mutiny on the Buses]]' In the 1980s, he suffered from [[Mood disorder|depression]], [[bipolar disorder]] and ot43 KB (5,915 words) - 22:44, 23 August 2024
- ...?id=Bck6oHB6_AwC&q=%22Jeffrey+Richards%22+%22robb+wilton%22&pg=PA356|title=Films and British National Identity: From Dickens to Dad's Army|date=15 September ==Films==58 KB (8,853 words) - 08:50, 10 February 2023
- ...oped the Tramp persona and attracted a large fan base. He directed his own films and continued to hone his craft as he moved to the [[Essanay Studios|Essana ...ve the U.S. and settle in Switzerland. He abandoned the Tramp in his later films, which include ''[[Monsieur Verdoux]]'' (1947), ''[[Limelight (1952 film)|L164 KB (24,245 words) - 14:14, 25 August 2024