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- Anna Karen was born on 19 September 1936 in Durban, South Africa. She was an actress, known for Holiday on the Buses (1973), The Rag Trade (1975) and On the Buses (1971). She was married to Terry Duggan and Dick Smart. She died on 22 February 2022 in Ilford, Greater London, England, UK.
- Nicholas Amer was born Thomas Harold Amer in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England in 1923. At the age of 18, he enlisted in the Royal Navy and served as a wireless officer for four years during World War II. He saw plenty of action, serving mainly on Motor Torpedo Boats, at first in North Africa. He was wounded in action during the Allied Invasion of Sicily in 1943.
Following demobilisation in 1945 he became an actor, studying at the Webber-Douglas Academy Drama School from 1946 to 1948 and winning, in his final year, their Best Actor Award, presented to him by Sir Donald Wolfit. Thereafter he devoted himself to the plays of William Shakespeare and performed with The Old Vic Company, The Oxford Playhouse Company and others in 31 different countries, and winning the Best Foreign Actor Award in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Amer's big break came in 1953 when John Gielgud asked him to play 'Green' in his production of Richard II, starring Paul Scofield. After the London run he made his first overseas tour by going with Sir John and the Company to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). His most recent tour overseas was to the USA with the Old Vic Company in 1996, playing Duncan in Macbeth. In between he played many of Shakespeare's juveniles, including Romeo, Laertes (three times), Ferdinand in The Tempest (twice) and finally, in 1958, Hamlet at the Wimbledon Theatre. Other West End appearances include The Wolf with Judi Dench and Leo McKern, Captain Brassbound's Conversion with Penelope Keith, and A Man for All Seasons with Charlton Heston.
In 1960, with The Oxford Playhouse Company, he toured India, Pakistan and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) playing Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night. Three years later, in 1963, he formed, along with fellow actors Harold Lang and Greville Hallam, their own company, Voyage Theatre. They produced the play Macbeth in Camera, which they wrote themselves to demonstrate the various techniques that actors use to bring Shakespeare's printed words to life. This they offered to the British Council who liked it so much that they sent them, eventually, on three long world tours.
Nicholas Amer's TV career began in the early days of television with the first medical soap, Emergency-Ward 10 (1957). Among many appearances since then are Messalina's lover Mnester in I, Claudius (1976), The Aedile in The Tragedy of Coriolanus (1984) (part of the BBC's complete TV cycle) and Fortunes of War (1987) with Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thomson. In 2011 he appeared in an episode of Borgia (2011), filmed in Prague, playing the rich and evil Prospero Santacroce on his death bed trying desperately to persuade Cesare Borgia to grant him absolution, so that, free of his wicked life, he might enter Paradise.
The following year he travelled to Thailand to play the role of returning veteran Jack Jennings in Heroes Return (2012), a TV short directed by John Hillcoat that was part of Camelot UK's campaign to provide Lottery funding to help World War II veterans take part in commemorative visits to mark the anniversary of events that led to the end of the war.
His first film role was as a pot boy in The Mudlark (1950) (uncredited) with Irene Dunne and Alec Guinness. Other films include The Message (1976) with Anthony Quinn, The Prince and the Pauper (1976) with Rex Harrison, Nelson's Touch (1979), in which he played the great Admiral himself, Peter Greenaway's The Draughtsman's Contract (1982), The Whipping Boy (1994) for Disney studios, a remake of A Man for All Seasons (1988) with Charlton Heston and Vanessa Redgrave, Treasure Island (1990), in which he played Ben Gunn, also with Charlton Heston, The Awakening (2011) with Rebecca Hall, Terence Davies's The Deep Blue Sea (2011), as the grandfather in Segment "G is for Grandad" of ABCs of Death 2 (2014) and as Oggie in Tim Burton's Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016).
Nicholas Amer has been a teacher at many of the London drama schools, including the Central School in Swiss Cottage, the Webber-Douglas School in South Kensington and also the Rose Bruford School and Drama Centre. In Australia, the Drama Academy N.I.D.A. in Sydney asked him to give classes to their students, and in Egypt too he was asked to do the same. While filming The Message (1976) in Libya, he was delighted when a fellow actor, appearing in a leading part in the Arabic version of the film, surprised him by reminding him that he been taught by Nicholas in Cairo. - Sally Ann Bridges was born on 5 July 1945 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK. Sally Ann was married to Roger Winslet. Sally Ann died on 10 May 2017 in London, Greater London, England, UK.
- Cynthia Grenville was born on 7 April 1931 in Gower, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. She was an actress, known for Ivanhoe (1997), Doctor Who (1963) and Within These Walls (1974). She died on 21 November 2021 in Surbiton, Greater London, England, UK.
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Morton M. Lewis was born on 25 October 1917. Morton M. was a producer and director, known for Naughty Girls on the Loose (1976). Morton M. died on 22 May 2006 in Sutton, Greater London, England, UK.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Visual Effects
Arthur Ibbetson was born on 8 September 1922 in Bishop Auckland, Durham, England, UK. He was a cinematographer, known for The Bounty (1984), Where Eagles Dare (1968) and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). He died on 19 October 1997 in Hillingdon, Greater London, England, UK.- John Dawson was born on 10 June 1919. He was an actor, known for Doctor Who (1963), Smuggler's Bay (1964) and Six Days of Justice (1972). He died on 13 May 1984 in East Sheen, Greater London, England, UK.
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
Tony Spratling was born on 4 October 1930 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK. He was a cinematographer and director, known for The Saint (1997), Entrapment (1999) and The Dirty Dozen (1967). He was married to Diana Hayward. He died on 10 March 2021 in Hillingdon, Greater London, England, UK.- Editor
- Director
- Writer
Peter West was born on 18 December 1939 in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, UK. He was an editor and director, known for Sound on Film (1988), The Lively Arts (1969) and Robert Vas Film-maker (1978). He was married to Joanna Wake. He died on 3 May 2005 in London, Greater London, England, UK.- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Art Department
Alan Evans was born in 1922 in Lambeth, London, England, UK. He is known for Becket (1964), The Risk (1960) and Hollow Reed (1996). He died in 2000 in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England, UK.- Music Department
- Actor
- Composer
Michael Carr was born on 11 March 1905 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor and composer, known for We're the Millers (2013), Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982) and Empire of the Sun (1987). He died on 16 September 1968 in London, Greater London, England, UK.- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Robert Richards was born on 25 November 1918 in Wandsworth, London, England, UK. He was a composer and actor, known for Gonks Go Beat (1964), Saturday Night Out (1964) and The Stick Up (1977). He was married to Doreen Fox. He died on 11 September 1984 in Sutton, Greater London, England, UK.- Brandon Thomas was born on 24 December 1848 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Charley's Aunt (1930), Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940) and Charley's Aunt (1941). He was married to Marguerite Blanche Leverson. He died on 19 June 1914 in Bloomsbury, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England, UK.
- Make-Up Department
Ken Lintott was born in 1931 in St George Hanover Square, London, England, UK. He is known for Time Bandits (1981), The Mission (1986) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010). He died in November 2020 in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England, UK.- Camera and Electrical Department
- Additional Crew
- Visual Effects
Jimmy Spoard was born on 14 September 1919 in Uxbridge, Middlesex, England, UK. He is known for Dr. No (1962), Superman (1978) and Moonraker (1979). He was married to Betty Ida Rosina Piper. He died in August 1998 in Hillingdon, Greater London, England, UK.- Louisa May Laden was married to Thomas Raymond Laden. She died in 1997 in Greater London, England, UK.
- Sound Department
- Editor
- Editorial Department
Peter Musgrave was born in 1931 in London, England, UK. He was an editor, known for The Saint (1997), GoldenEye (1995) and Never Say Never Again (1983). He was married to Barbara Mary Jowitt Taylor. He died in May 2018 in Ruislip, Greater London, England, UK.- Camera and Electrical Department
Vic Hammond was born on 7 May 1945 in Shepherds Bush, London, England, UK. He is known for Troy (2004), Dead Fish (2005) and Blame It on Rio (1984). He died on 24 April 2013 in Ickenham, Greater London, England, UK.- Patrick Brock was born in 1915 in Ireland. He was an actor, known for The Comeback (1978), Soldier's Fortune (1991) and The Professionals (1977). He died on 12 April 1999 in Northwood, Greater London, England, UK.
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Albert Marland was born in 1904 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, UK. He is known for Here's to the Next Time (1956), Sunshine in Soho (1956) and Face the Music (1953). He died in 1976 in Croydon, Greater London, England, UK.- Sound Department
- Editorial Department
- Special Effects
John Poyner was born in October 1933 in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK. He is known for The Dirty Dozen (1967), The Saint (1997) and Never Say Never Again (1983). He was married to Agnes Nelson Currie Hadley. He died on 16 November 2018 in Twickenham, Greater London, England, UK.- Art Department
- Set Decorator
John Lanzer was born in 1946 in St. Pancras, London, England, UK. He was a set decorator, known for The Saint (1997), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) and Judge Dredd (1995). He died on 3 February 2018 in Isleworth, Greater London, England, UK.- Abiola Ogunsola was born on 2 November 1953 in London, Greater London, England, UK. She died on 9 December 2013 in London, Greater London, England, UK.
- John Michael Heffernan was born and raised in New South Wales, Australia. He started his career as a singer and dancer, and in 1963, the Australian Opera chose him to play Alfred in "Die Fledermaus", an opera by Johann Strauss. From 1963 to 1968, Heffernan, going professionally by John Aron, remained with the Australian Opera as a tenor, playing the roles of Erik in "The Flying Dutchman", Goro in "Madame Butterfly", Ernesto in "Don Pasquale", and Conte d'Almaviva in "Il barbiere di Siviglia". In 1968, while in Adelaide, South Australia, Aron played Spoletta in "Tosca", playing alongside Tito Gobbi, who played Scarpia. That same year, Aron moved to the United Kingdom and sang with the Scottish Opera.
In 1970, Aron joined the Royal Shakespeare Company on their tours throughout Great Britain of Ivor Novello's operas "Glamorous Night", "Perchance to Dream", and "King's Rhapsody". Aron's West End debut was in 1974, where he sang in the musical "Cole", alongside Julia McKenzie and Angela Richards. That same year, Aron sang in "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" as Judah. In 1975, Aron starred as Cardinal Rossini in "Thomas and the King" at Her Majesty's Theater, but the short-lived show only lasted 20 performances. Aron also sang in the musicals "The King and I", "Waltz Dream", "Calamity Jane", and "Pickwick".
In 1980, Aron was chosen by Harold Prince to play Adolfo Pirelli in Stephen Sondheim's "Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" at the Theater Royal Drury Lane, acting alongside Sheila Hancock and Denis Quilley; this signified Aron's return to the West End theatre. In 1983, he played Senator Gallagher in "Call Me Madame" at the Victoria Palace Theater, and in 1985, he played Pirelli in "Sweeny Todd" a second time, alongside Gillian Hanna in an Off West End production. That same year, he played a ballroom dancer in the ballroom dance sequence of Jim Henson's fantasy film Labyrinth (1986), and returned to the West End, starring as Manuel, Maitre Du Fresne, and a telephone installer in the musical "Gigi", alongside Beryl Reid and Siân Phillips.
In early 1986, Aron returned to Australia briefly and joined the Queensland Lyric Opera, singing in "Carmen" and "La bella Elena". In October that year, having returned to England, Andrew Lloyd Webber, who wrote "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", chose Aron to play Ubaldo Piangi in his musical "The Phantom of the Opera", which would be directed by Harold Prince, and played at Her Majesty's theatre. Aron played the role for 5 years, from 1986 to 1991, with the exception of a few weeks hiatus in 1989.
Aron died of cancer in London in 1994, at the age of 59. - Actor
- Producer
Aroon Kumar Maharajh, was an entrepreneur in the rag trade, the dot-com market and in the arena of celebrity management.
Aroon Kumar Maharajh was born on the 6th of February 1967 in Twickenham, Greater London. His father, a South African of Indian extraction, had a clothing factory in Acton, London, Greater London and had met Aroon's Austrian mother in London, where she was working as an au pair.
Aroon (who was their eldest son), left Orleans Park School in Twickenham, Greater London, at the age of 16 with only a single O-Level to his name (in Art) and immediately set up his own business making linings for clothing. He then went into manufacturing menswear, eventually employing more than 100 people as one of Britain's largest suppliers of casual menswear to major retail outlets such as Burton's, C&A, River Island and Top Man.
By the late 1990s overseas competitors were eating into Maharajh's profits, and he decided that it was time to get out of the rag trade. He turned his attention instead to the dot-com phenomenon.
With Stewart Feendy, a former record company scout, he set up a website - musicunsigned - to showcase unsigned music acts and promote them on the internet. The business was run from the garden shed of Maharajh's home in Hampton, Greater London, where he and Feendy would listen to tapes and CDs offered by aspiring young bands and artists who wanted to attract the attention of the record labels.
For a fee of £160, selected acts were rewarded with three songs on the website, along with a photograph and biographical details, with an initial exposure of three months.
The company took no cut from any deal subsequently signed with a record company. In April 2000 Maharajh and musicunsigned. were among the subjects of a Panorama documentary about dot-com fever, which was presented by Tom Mangold.
That October he floated the company on the AIM stock market for £15 million. After the dot-com bubble burst, Maharajh set up a celebrity management agency, which in 2006 became Full Portion Media.
His clients included the former boxer Chris Eubank, the professional bounder James Hewitt, the chef Jean-Christophe Novelli, and sporting figures such as Richard Dunwoody, the former National Hunt champion jockey, and the chairman of Crystal Palace FC, link=nm2507478].
In March 2004 Maharajh joined forces with Simon Robinson, chairman of Remnant Media, to buy Fantasy Publications, the Express newspapers' proprietor Richard Desmond's "adult magazine portfolio," which included Asian Babes, Readers' Wives, Electric Blue and the gay lifestyle magazine Attitude, for £20 million.
Encouraged by his Austrian mother, Maharajh had loved skiing since the age of three. He also enjoyed shooting, fly fishing, parties and the occasional long lunch.
On the 19th of August 2008 he suffered a heart attack at his home, and died later that day at Kingston Hospital in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London.
In 1990, Maharajh married Teresa Quinlan, whom he met at a nightclub in the West End of London. She survives him with their three sons.- Production Manager
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Actor
Ron Jackson was born in 1935 in Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK. He was a production manager and assistant director, known for Man in a Suitcase (1967), Strange Report (1969) and Who Killed the Cat? (1966). He died in 1993 in Hillingdon, Greater London, England, UK.- Director
- Editor
- Producer
Sam Napier-Bell was born in 1907. Sam was a director and editor, known for Sixty Years of Fashion (1960), Carpets in Bri-nylon (1964) and Let My People Go (1961). Sam died in 2003 in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England, UK.- Gary Mason was a professional heavyweight boxer, born in Jamaica and based in England. Between 1984-1990 he fought in 35 pro bouts, winning all 35, with 32 by stoppage. Notable opponents included Tyrell Biggs and James "Quick" Tillis, both of whom went less than eight rounds.
In 1991 he fought Lennox Lewis, suffering his only loss, a TKO defeat in seven rounds. After fighting twice more, he retired, occasionally appearing on television, such as in Sparring Partners (1994) and Episode #1.2 (1992). He was killed in a traffic accident in January 2011, aged 48. - Robert Allen was born on 3 January 1962 in Brixton, London, Greater London, England, UK. He died on 8 July 2014 in London, Greater London, England, UK.
- Special Effects
- Visual Effects
Brian Lince was born in 1948 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. He is known for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Batman (1989) and Memphis Belle (1990). He died on 7 July 1990 in Hillingdon, Greater London, England, UK.- Actor
- Music Department
- Producer
Terry Doran was born on 14 December 1939 in Prescot, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor and producer, known for Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the Movie (2013) and The Beatles: Strawberry Fields Forever (1967). He died on 18 April 2020 in Twickenham, Greater London, England, UK.- Camera and Electrical Department
Eric Plunkett was born in 1925 in Wandsworth, London, England, UK. Eric is known for Whirlpool (1970) and Deviation (1971). Eric was married to Anne Muriel Tweedley. Eric died in 2010 in Bromley, Greater London, England, UK.- Art Department
Tommy McCarroll was born in 1919. Tommy died in 1996 in Hillingdon, Greater London, England, UK.- Lydia Handscomb was born in 1941 in Ilford, Essex, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The XYY Man (1976), Horizon (1964) and See Hear (1981). She died on 24 August 2014 in Ilford, Greater London, England, UK.
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Producer
Charles W. Smith was born on 10 May 1920 in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, UK. He was a cinematographer and producer, known for Murphy's Law (1986), The Diamond Wizard (1954) and The Mask (1961). He died on 13 May 2004 in Hillingdon, Greater London, England, UK.- Kenneth Robinson was born on 26 April 1925 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Passagem por Lisboa (1994), The Innes Book of Records (1979) and Points of View (1961). He was married to Mary Hargreaves. He died on 26 March 1994 in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England, UK.
- Claudia Jones was born on 21 February 1915 in Belmont, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. She died on 24 December 1964 in London, Greater London, England, UK.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Frances Donaldson was born on 13 January 1907. She was a writer, known for Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978), Arena (1975) and Bookmark (1983). She was married to John George Stuart Donaldson. She died on 27 March 1994 in London, Greater London, England, UK.- Camera and Electrical Department
Ted Hallows was born in 1913 in Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK. He is known for Department S (1969), And Soon the Darkness (1970) and The Champions (1968). He died in 2007 in Twickenham, Greater London, England, UK.- Casting Department
- Additional Crew
- Casting Director
Ann Stanborough was born in 1930 in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK. She was a casting director, known for Lifeforce (1985), Sword of the Valiant (1984) and The Shooting Party (1984). She died on 25 June 2014 in Surbiton, Greater London, England, UK.- Art Department
John Dearn was born in August 1945. He is known for Lost in Space (1998) and Eastern Promises (2007). He died in 2008 in Isleworth, Greater London, England, UK.- Additional Crew
Yvonne Homan was born in 1928 in Uxbridge, Middlesex, England, UK. Yvonne died on 24 November 2018 in Isleworth, Greater London, England, UK.- Writer
Max Cuff was born in 1943. Max was a writer, known for Prey (1977). Max died in 1998 in Richmond-upon-Thames, Greater London, England, UK.- Actor
- Writer
- Music Department
Ronnie Bowyer was born on 23 March 1910 in Wandsworth, London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Eric Barker Half-Hour (1951), Danger in Paris (1937) and Maladie d'amour (1952). He was married to Jeanne Ravel. He died in October 1991 in Greater London, England, UK.- Sound Department
- Camera and Electrical Department
Dan Grimmel was born on 25 June 1915 in the UK. He is known for The Shining (1980), Shatter (1974) and The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974). He was married to Rene Winfield. He died in 1985 in Hillingdon, Greater London, England, UK.- Richard Gordon-Freeman was born on 17 June 1938 in Chester, Cheshire, England, UK. Richard was a writer, known for Jenny's Diary (1973). Richard was married to Mary Morgan. Richard died on 20 August 2022 in Esher, Greater London, England, UK.
- Camera and Electrical Department
Bert Bosher was born in 1915. He is known for Superman (1978), Dragonslayer (1981) and Bear Island (1979). He died in 2006 in Hillingdon, Greater London, England, UK.- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Lew Warburton was born on 3 August 1925 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, UK. He is known for The Beast in the Cellar (1971), The Optimists (1973) and Shindig! (1964). He was married to Sheila Mathieson. He died in 1987 in Croydon, Greater London, England, UK.- Kitty Godfree was born on 7 May 1896 in Bayswater, Greater London, England, UK. She was married to Leslie Godfree. She died on 19 June 1992 in East Sheen, Greater London, England, UK.
- C.A. Whitcombe was born on 21 September 1895 in Berrow, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England, UK. He died on 13 February 1978 in Enfield, London, Greater London, England, UK.