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Rose Victoria Williams is an English actress from Ealing, London. She is best known for her work as Princess Claude in Reign and as Charlotte Heywood in Sanditon. Williams was born in Ealing, West London. Her mother worked as a costume designer and her father as a gardener. Her first job was at a clothing store in Dover Street Market when she was 17 years old. She studied fashion and decided at the age of 18 to pursue acting.- Eminent English actor Oliver Ford Davies began his career in academia. The son of a teacher, he studied at Merton College, Oxford University, where he became president of the Oxford University Dramatic Society and performed on stage with the experimental Theatre Club at the age of twenty. After graduating with a PhD, he then lectured in history for two years at Edinburgh University, eventually coming to realize that he would rather spend his working life as an actor. This was, at least in part, inspired by witnessing Paul Scofield's commanding performance in Peter Brook's acclaimed production of King Lear in 1962.
Davies made his professional theatrical debut at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 1967 and has since acted on diverse stages throughout England. He spent several seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, beginning in 1975 with a role as Mountjoy in Henry V. The classical stage has seen him in productions of Henry IV, The Hollow Crown, As You Like It, Coriolanus, Troilus and Cressida, Hamlet and Julius Caesar. Davies has regarded being cast as the lead in David Hare's Racing Devil at the National Theatre as his career breakthrough. This performance garnered him an Olivier Best Actor Award in 1990. Davies also headlined as King Lear at the Almeida in Islington, London, in 2001.
Since his first television appearance in 1968, Davies has often been typecast as clerics, doctors and academics, usually characters somewhat older than his years. He had a recurring role as barrister Peter Foxcott in Kavanagh QC (1995) and enjoyed guest spots on popular detective shows like Van der Valk (1972), Maigret (1992), Wycliffe (1993), Pie in the Sky (1994), Poirot (1989), Foyle's War (2002) and Father Brown (2013). He has also played portrait painter John Hunter Thompson in The Brontës of Haworth (1973), the infirm Mr. Wickfield, lawyer and employer of Uriah Heep, in BBC's David Copperfield (1999) and the Archbishop of Canterbury in the film Johnny English (2003). Since the 90s, Davies has become more familiar to international audiences for his role as Queen Amidala's councillor Sio Bibble in the Star Wars prequel trilogy and as Cressen, the maester of Dragonstone and servant of Stannis Baratheon in HBO's blockbuster series Game of Thrones (2011).
Davies published his memoir, "An Actor's Life in 12 Productions", in 2022. For his services to drama, he was awarded an OBE in the 2024 New Year Honours List. - Actor
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- Music Department
Sanjeev Bhaskar was born on 31 October 1963 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Yesterday (2019), The Kumars at No. 42 (2001) and Absolutely Anything (2015). He has been married to Meera Syal since 21 January 2005. They have one child.- Manpreet Bambra was born on 10 July 1992 in Ealing, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Tezz (2012), Free Rein (2017) and Wizards vs. Aliens (2012).
- Rishi Nair was born on 22 January 1991 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Treason (2022), Brian and Charles (2022) and Hollyoaks (1995).
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- Soundtrack
Anton Rodgers was born on 10 January 1933 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), The Merchant of Venice (2004) and The Fourth Protocol (1987). He was married to Elizabeth Garvie and Morna Watson. He died on 1 December 2007 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK.- Actor
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Owen Brenman was born on 17 December 1956 in Ealing, London. He is an English actor who first gained notice for his role as next-door neighbour Nick Swainey in the multi-award-winning BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave (1990), which ran for ten years and was written by David Renwick. He went on to play Dr. Heston Carter in the BBC drama series Doctors (2000). Brenman also played Lloyd Drewitt in two series of David Renwick's Love Soup (2005/8). He also starred in People Like Us, three series of the children's television series Woof!, and three series of Alexei Sayle's Stuff. He played Mark Thatcher opposite John Wells and Angela Thorne in the political sitcom Dunrulin'.
On the London stage Brenman played Theo in the 2006 European premiere of Steve Martin's The Underpants at the Old Red Lion Theatre - a reworking of Carl Sternheim's 1911 satirical comedy, Die Hose. Brenman also played Ian in the football comedy An Evening with Gary Lineker at the Duchess Theatre, and Tariq Ali's and Howard Brenton's New Labour satire Ugly Rumours (Tricycle Theatre), The Ghost Train (Lyric Hammersmith Theatre), C4 Sitcom Festival (Riverside Theatre) which resulted in the C4 comedy series In Exile and a rarely performed Ionesco play, Journeys Among The Dead (Riverside Theatre).
Outside London Brenman played Felix in Elly Brewer's and Sandi Toksvig's Shakespeare deconstruction The Pocket Dream (York Theatre Royal), Brian in Terry Johnson's Dead Funny (Nottingham Playhouse), toured with Butterflies Are Free, appeared in The Winslow Boy and The Trial of Lady Chatterley (Nottingham Playhouse) and Richard Hope's brilliant black comedy about serial killers and the press, Good Copy, in which he played a paedophile priest opposite Robert Bathurst's prostitute murderer (West Yorkshire Playhouse).
In 2008, Brenman completed a UK tour with Richard Wilson of Steve Thompson's political comedy Whipping It Up and featured in a new series of Doctor Who for BBC7. He was nominated for Best Actor at the 2010, 2011 and 2016 Soap Awards.- Actress
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- Producer
Caroline Aherne was born on 24 December 1963 in Ealing, London, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for The Royle Family (1998), The Mrs. Merton Show (1995) and Mrs Merton & Malcolm (1999). She was married to Peter Hook. She died on 2 July 2016 in Timperley, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England, UK.- Actor
- Music Department
- Additional Crew
Gary Martin was born on 18 June 1958 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) and Corpse Bride (2005).- Sharon Maiden was born on 23 June 1961 in Ealing, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Footballers' Wives (2002), Clockwise (1986) and Murder in Mind (2001).
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- Writer
Bo Poraj is an actor and writer. He trained at RADA and has worked extensively in theatre in the West End, Broadway, Royal National Theatre and RSC but is perhaps best known for his television work in Miranda, Musketeers and Newark, Newark. Film credits include The Boat That Rocked, Enigma and The Queen Of Sheeba's Pearls. He has written for Eastenders (BBC), Doctors (BBC) and Ransom (CBS.)- Stunts
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Actor
Lee Sheward was born on 2 July 1967 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is an assistant director and actor, known for The Saint (1997), The Fifth Element (1997) and Mission: Impossible (1996).- Actor
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An influential figure in the world of British television comedy during the 1960s and 70s, actor and comedian John Junkin wrote scripts for such shows as The Army Game, The World of Beachcomber, Queenie's Castle, plus scripts for many comedians, including Ted Ray, Jim Davidson, Bob Monkhouse and Mike Yarwood.
As an actor he became familiar to TV soap viewers when he starred in East Enders (2001), playing Ernie, a mysterious stranger who suddenly appears at the Queen Vic.
Junkin was born in Ealing, West London. Educated locally, he worked as a teacher in the East End of London but said he hated the job. "I loved the kids," he recalled. "But hated the adults and bores of the Education Authority."
In 1960 he joined Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop in Stratford East and was in the original cast of Littlewood's production of Sparrers Can't Sing with Barbara Windsor.
Throughout the sixties and seventies he was one of the busiest men on television, both as a performer and scriptwriter. The comedian Marty Feldman won the Golden Rose Award with a Junkin script in 1972 and with Barry Cryer and others, Junkin contributed to many of the Morecambe and Wise specials for the BBC. He also wrote, with Bill Tidy, The Fosdyke Saga, and The Grumbleweeds for radio.
He had a prolific career in the cinema playing a variety of straight and comic roles and described himself as easy to cast: "I look like the bloke next door," he said. "I always seem to be wearing one of those sheepskin coats."
In the latter part of his career, Junkin became disillusioned with show business, particularly television. He fell out with a producer - he never revealed which one - over the writing of a game show for which he had devised the format. Litigation cost him £70,000 and he was also in debt to the tax man to the tune of £120,000. He did, however, return to scriptwriting and contributed to The Crazy World of Joe Pasquale (1998) and The Impressionable Jon Culshaw (2004) and he was much in demand as an after dinner speaker.
Close friend, former Radio 1 disc jockey Dave Lee Travis, said: If you were in conversation with John, you were always in a state of hilarity. He had no airs and graces."- Susan Valentine was born on 27 January 1951 in Ealing, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Don't Wait Up (1983), The Cedar Tree (1976) and The Dancing Years (1976).
- Michael Gould was born on 3 May 1961 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), Frankenstein (1994) and Darkest Hour (2017).
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Allan McKeown was born on 21 May 1946 in Ealing, Middlesex, London, England, UK. He was a producer and writer, known for Tracey Takes On... (1996), Get Carter (1971) and Lovejoy (1986). He was married to Tracey Ullman. He died on 24 December 2013 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Earl Rhodes was born on 14 July 1962 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), The Tomorrow People (1973) and Porterhouse Blue (1987).
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- Actor
- Additional Crew
Chris Claremont was born on 25 November 1950 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) and X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019).- Mark Dignam was born on 20 March 1909 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Sword of Lancelot (1963), The Taming of The Shrew (1967) and The Mill on the Floss (1965). He was married to Pearl Virginia Smith aka Virginia Kirby, Helen Christie and Georgia MacKinnon. He died on 29 September 1989 in London, England, UK.
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Paul Raschid is a British screenwriter-director. His past projects have received a BAFTA Scotland win and a BAFTA Cymru nomination, as well as numerous high-profile film festival selections around the world.
In 2015, Paul's first produced screenplay was teen supernatural thriller; 'Unhallowed Ground'. It received awards at the London Independent Film Festival and the British Independent Film Festival. This was soon followed by his directorial debut with supernatural-psychological horror; 'Winterstoke House' (which he also wrote and acted in).
Paul's second feature as a writer-director was 'White Chamber', which was shot in 12.5 days. In 2018, the sci-fi thriller/horror/drama played 10 film festivals around the world including Edinburgh, Sitges, Frightfest, Mumbai, BIFAN and Brussels. Lead actress Shauna Macdonald received the BAFTA Scotland Best Actress award for her tour-de-force performance. Between August 2019 and February 2021, the film was available to stream on Netflix in the UK, USA, Canada, Israel, Australia and New Zealand.
In 2019, Paul began working in the interactive film format. His third project as director, 'The Complex', a sci-fi interactive feature film/ FMV video game, released in 2020 on all major gaming platforms. Penned by Lynn Renee Maxcy, it stars Michelle Mylett, Kate Dickie and Al Weaver. It was produced by John Giwa-Amu and Jade Alexander.
In 2020, Paul wrote and directed 'Five Dates', a romantic-comedy interactive feature film/ FMV video game. It was being made entirely remotely during the UK's national lockdown due to the Covid-19 global pandemic. It stars an ensemble cast including Mandip Gill (Doctor Who), Georgia Hirst (Vikings) and Marisa Abela (Industry). The film would go onto receive a BAFTA Cymru nomination in the Feature Film category.
In 2021, Paul wrote and directed 'The Gallery', a hostage-thriller interactive feature film/ FMV video game. It contains two narratives - the viewer must choose between a female protagonist (whose narrative is set in 1981 London) or a male protagonist (whose narrative is set in 2021 London). The cast is headlined by Anna Popplewell ('Chronicles Of Narnia') and George Blagden ('Versailles'), who interchange roles as both protagonist and antagonist across the two narratives. It released in 2022 across all major gaming platforms and was an Official Selection at the Dinard Film Festival where it was exhibited as a unique interactive cinema experience.
In 2022, Paul wrote and directed 'Ten Dates' (sequel to 'Five Dates'), a romantic-comedy interactive feature film/ FMV video game. It stars an ensemble cast including Rosie Day (Outlander), Sagar Radia (Industry) and Meaghan Martin (Camp Rock). It released across all major gaming platforms on Valentine's Day 2023.- Actress
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Fern Britton began her TV career in the South West of England reading local news bulletins for both the BBC and Westward Television's nightly show "Westward Diary". During the mid 1980s, she read the national news on the BBC's Breakfast Time and occasionally presented on the sofa with Frank Bough. This was followed by a move to TVS to co-present the South edition of Coast to Coast with Fred Dinenage. Whilst at TVS Fern co-presented the networked "Airport 90" programmes with Nick Owen, and she teamed up with Fred Dineage again to present the last ever TV programme in the TVS region, "Goodbye to all That", on 31st December 1992.
From TVS, she switched to become entertainment corespondent for London Tonight instead, on the LWT and Carlton regions. This post was short-lived, for Fern shortly moved to GMTV, and then to BBC2 as host of the popular Ready Steady Cook made by Bazal Productions. Since September 1999, she has been presenting This Morning. While Richard and Judy were still in residence, she was the Friday guest host with John Leslie, but the pair became main presenters in 2001 following R+J's departure to Channel Four. In 2002 her co-presenter became Phillip Schofield.- Grant Roffey was born in 1957 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He has been married to Julie Walters since 2 July 1997. They have one child.
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- Music Department
- Composer
Mitch Mitchell was born on 9 July 1947 in Ealing, Middlesex, England, UK. He was an actor and composer, known for The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972), Jennings at School (1958) and The Mend (2014). He was married to Lynn Collins. He died on 12 November 2008 in Portland, Oregon, USA.- Geoffrey Burridge was born on 4 December 1948 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for An American Werewolf in London (1981), Blake's 7 (1978) and Testament of Youth (1979). He died on 30 September 1987 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Educated at Balliol College, Oxford, England. Decided early on an aeronautical career, and went to work for the de Havilland Aircraft Company as an engineer, where he was heavily involved in the construction of the airship R100. After the disastrous loss of the R101, built by the government in direct competition with his design, he changed to aeroplane contruction, founding his own firm Airspeed Ltd in 1931. First novel, Marazan (1926) written at this time. Did secret work for British Admiralty during WWII. He still wrote in this period. Visited Australia for 2 months in 1948, a trip that inspired A Town Like Alice. With his family he settled in Australia, where he later died.
- Anne De Vigier was born on 22 December 1943 in Ealing, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Gnomes of Dulwich (1969), The Forsyte Saga (1967) and My Partner the Ghost (1969).
- Mark Dightam was born on 18 August 1959 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972), Macbeth (1971) and Story of a Love Story (1973).
- Jacqueline Jones was born on 19 June 1934 in Ealing, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Cool Mikado (1963), The Avengers (1961) and The Road to Hong Kong (1962). She was previously married to Erwin Leonard Cutler and Colin Warman.
- Actress
Anne Carroll was born in June 1940 in Ealing, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for K-PAX (2001), Coldblooded (1995) and Bellman and True (1987). She was married to Douglas Livingstone. She died on 15 November 2018 in London, England, UK.- Stunts
- Additional Crew
- Actor
Steve is an stunt industry leader, providing award winning stunt coordination on countless projects, with over 30 years experience.
Projects include; Gladiator, Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America, Robin Hood, Thor: Dark World, Children of Men and many more.
Steve provides full stunt equipment and rigging packages, including all wire work.
The Dent Family business has 80 years of experience, providing specially trained Film & TV horses for both actors riding and to perform stunt work. They also boast one of the largest collections of period tack, carriages, harness and equine armour in Europe.- Writer
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- Music Department
Simon Napier-Bell is rock manager, author, public speaker and film-maker. Artists he's managed include The Yardbirds, Ultravox, T Rex, Marc Bolan, Japan, Asia, Candi Staton, Boney M, Sinéad O'Connor, Wham, and George Michael. He co-wrote the song You Don't Have To Say You Love Me. He has also written four best-selling music business books: You Don't Have To Say You Love Me, Black Vinyl White Powder, I'm Coming To Take You To Lunch, and Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay. In 2016 he directed three documentary films, To Be Frank; 27 Gone Too Soon; and 50 Years Legal. He is the originating producer of Raiding the Rock Vault, the No 1 rated music show in Las Vegas, and Raiding the Country Vault, in Branson, Missouri.- Margery Allingham was born on 20 May 1904 in Ealing, Middlesex, England, UK. She was a writer, known for Room to Let (1950), Tiger in the Smoke (1956) and Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973). She was married to Youngman Carter. She died on 30 June 1966 in Colchester, Essex, England, UK.
- Elizabeth Dear was born in 1953 in Ealing, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965), Nightmare (1964) and Adventure Weekly (1968). She was married to Charles Thompson. She died in 2006 in Truro, Cornwall, England, UK.
- Rebecca Lowe is the host of NBC Sports Group's Premier League coverage, including Premier League Live, the pre- and post-match show from NBC Sports Group's International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn. Lowe joined NBC Sports in 2013 and relocated to the U.S. for the position. In her first year with NBC Sports, Lowe made her Olympic debut as an NBCSN daytime host at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, served as an Olympic host for NBC and NBCSN for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games and most recently the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Games. Lowe made her horse racing debut as a co-host for the 2019 Kentucky Derby on NBC. This year, Lowe has also served as a guest host for NBC Sports' new daily sports talk show, Lunch Talk Live with Mike Tirico.
Prior to joining NBC Sports Group, Lowe served as co-host of ESPN UK's coverage of Premier League soccer. Lowe joined ESPN UK in 2009 to co-host its Premier League and FA Cup coverage, co-anchor the debate show Between the Lines and host all of the England Under 21 Qualifiers. Lowe also crossed the Atlantic to co-host ESPN's coverage of the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2011 and its Euro 2012 coverage from Bristol, Conn.
In March 2012 during a live FA Cup Quarter Final on ESPN UK, Lowe guided two hours of programming from a pitchside position when Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba collapsed on the field with a cardiac arrest. That night she appeared on every major UK news outlet. In May 2012, Lowe became the first woman in UK history to host the FA Cup Final - a six-hour live broadcast from Wembley Stadium. Prior to her work with ESPN UK, Lowe was a presenter and reporter for Setanta Sports (2007-2009) where she hosted their ground-breaking coverage of the Football Conference. She also co-hosted Football Matters, Setanta's Premier League studio program.
Lowe's sports-television career began when she won the 2002 BBC Talent Search for a football reporter, from a field of 650 candidates. While at the BBC - from 2002-2007 she contributed to the all the network's soccer programming, including reporting for Final Score from a key Premier League match each Saturday; features and reporting for Football Focus; and presenting a lifestyle feature each Sunday morning on Match of the Day.
Additionally, Lowe was one of three BBC reporters at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. She also worked for BBC Two at the 2004 African World Cup of Nations in Tunisia as well as the Women's European Championships in Manchester (2005) and covered the FA Women's Cup Finals from 2003-2007. - Actor
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Paul J. Medford was born in November 1967 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for EastEnders (1985), The Funny Dance Show (2020) and iCarly (2021).- Carole Middleton was born on 31 January 1955 in Ealing, London, England, UK. She has been married to Michael Middleton since 21 June 1980. They have three children.
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- Location Management
Simon Haveland was born in October 1957 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is an assistant director, known for Time Bandits (1981), A View to a Kill (1985) and Labyrinth (1986).- Stunts
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Tony Smart was born on 10 April 1949 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Robin Hood (2010), Children of Men (2006) and Willow (1988).- Bukayo Saka was born on 5 September 2001 in Ealing, London, England, UK.
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- Editor
Nicholas Napier-Bell was born on 3 September 1942 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is a producer and editor, known for Night Wolf (2010), Yellow Dog (1973) and Blind Revenge (2009).- Producer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Production Manager
Paul Frift was born on 2 November 1957 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is a producer and assistant director, known for Aliens (1986), The X Files (1998) and The Holiday (2006).- Joan Haythorne was born on 12 April 1915 in Ealing, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Jassy (1947), Svengali (1954) and Dry Rot (1956). She was married to Lindsay Shankland. She died on 27 August 1987 in Surrey, England, UK.
- Anthony Hamblin was born on 12 May 1984 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), Knight School (1997) and The Detectives (1993).
- Jill Riddick was born in 1953 in Ealing, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Not in Front of the Children (1967), Comedy Playhouse (1961) and A Christmas Night with the Stars (1958).
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David Wilder was born on 28 January 1948 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is known for Shadow of the Vampire (2000), Breaking the Waves (1996) and Mack the Knife (1989). He was married to Mary Christina Hellerman. He died on 23 October 2002 in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK.- Art Department
Howard Weaver was born in 1955 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is known for Moon (2009), A Good Day to Die Hard (2013) and Closer (2004).- Art Director
- Art Department
- Production Designer
Eddie Andres was born in 1953 in Ealing, London, England, UK. She is an art director and production designer, known for Highlander II: The Quickening (1991), 1984 (1984) and The Crown (2016).- Actor
- Composer
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Peter Hammill was born on 5 November 1948 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Emmène-moi (1994), Ted K (2021) and Lucky and Zorba (1998). He has been married to Hilary since 1978. They have three children.- Richard Mottau was born in 1956 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Get Some In! (1975), Armchair Theatre (1956) and The Sweeney (1975).
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Charles Hart was born on 3 June 1961 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is a composer and writer, known for The Phantom of the Opera (2004), The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009) and The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011).