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Robert Aramayo is an English actor. From 2016 to 2017 he played the role of young Eddard Stark in the sixth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones. In 2021, he starred in the Netflix psychological thriller miniseries, Behind Her Eyes. He is set to play Elrond in the upcoming Amazon series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power in 2022.

Liam Garrigan was born in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. He developed an interest in theatre at an early age taking part in amateur theatre around the age of five and also attended youth classes at Hull's Northern Stage Company. Later he attended Hull's Wyke College and then trained as a professional actor at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Garrigan has become a notable Theatre and Television actor making appearances in several BBC television drama series as well as in RTE's "Raw" and Starz TV's miniseries "The Pillars of the Earth". Aside from his love for theatre, Garrigan also enjoys surfing.

Reece Shearsmith originates from Hull and is a talented writer and performer. Having graduated from Bretton Hall Drama College with a BA(hons) in Theatre Arts, he is a quarter of the award-winning comedy team The League of Gentlemen and has appeared in a variety of television shows and films. He has also written and performed in London's long-running weekly satirical show Newsrevue. He has two children, Holly and Danny, with wife Jane.

Acting chameleon Sir Tom Courtenay, along with Sir Alan Bates and Albert Finney, became a front-runner in an up-and-coming company of rebel upstarts who created quite a stir in British "kitchen sink" cinema during the early '60s. An undying love for the theatre, however, had Courtenay channeling a different course from the aforementioned greats and he never, by his own choosing, attained comparable cinematic stardom.

The gaunt and glum, fair-haired actor was born Thomas Daniel Courtenay into modest surroundings on February 25, 1937, in Hull, East Yorkshire, England, the son of Thomas Henry Courtenay, a ship painter, and his wife, Anne Eliza (née Quest). Graduating from Kingston High School there, he trained in drama at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. His reputation as an actor grew almost immediately with his professional debut in 1960 as Konstantin in "The Seagull" at the Old Vic. Following tours in Scotland and London with the play, Tom performed in "Henry IV, Part I" and "Twelfth Night" (also at the Old Vic) before assuming the title role of Billy from Albert Finney in the critically acclaimed drama "Billy Liar" at the Cambridge Theatre in 1961. The story, which tells of a Yorkshire man who creates a fantasy world to shield himself from his mundane middle-class woes, was the initial spark in Tom's rise to fame.

The recognition he received landed him squarely into the heap of things as a new wave of "angry young men" were taking over British cinema during the swinging '60s. Singled out for his earlier stage work at RADA, he was eventually handed the title role in the war film Private Potter (1963), but it was his second movie that clinched stardom. Winning the role of Colin Smith in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Courtenay invested everything he had in this bruising portrayal of youthful desolation and rebellion. As a reform school truant whose solitary sentencing for robbing a bakery leads to a reawakening and subsequent recognition as a long distance runner, he was awarded a "Promising Newcomer" award from the British Film Academy, It was Courtenay then, and not Finney, who recreated his stage triumph as Billy Fisher in the stark film version of Billy Liar (1963). British Film Academy nominations came his way for this and for his fourth movie role in King & Country (1964). Vivid contributions to the films King Rat (1965), the ever-popular Doctor Zhivago (1965), which earned him his first Oscar nomination, and The Night of the Generals (1967) followed.

Despite all this cinematic glory, Courtenay did not enjoy the process of movie-making and reverted to his first passion -- the theatre -- beginning in 1966. Displaying his versatility with roles in such classic works as "The Cherry Orchard," "Macbeth" (as Malcolm), "Charley's Aunt," "The Playboy of the Western World," "Hamlet," "She Stoops to Conquer," "Peer Gynt" and "Arms and the Man," he still found scattered work in films, including The Day the Fish Came Out (1967), A Dandy in Aspic (1968) and Otley (1969), but none matched his earlier brilliance. In 1971 he took a self-imposed, decade-long sabbatical from filming.

Forming a sturdy association with the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester that would last over a decade, he continued to impress with lead roles in "The Rivals" and "The Prince of Homburg". Following his huge success as the libidinous Norman in "The Norman Conquests" in London, he made his Broadway debut with "Otherwise Engaged" (1977) and earned a Tony nomination and Drama League Award in the process. It was his second Tony-nominated triumph in "The Dresser" in 1980-1981, however, that lured Courtenay back to films when he was asked to recreate the role for the large screen. The Dresser (1983) co-starred Tom as the mincing personal assistant to an appallingly self-destructive stage star played by Albert Finney (Paul Rogers played the role with Tom on Broadway) who struggles to get the actor through a rigorous performance of "King Lear". Both British actors received Oscar nominations but lost the 1984 "Best Actor" award to American Robert Duvall.

Since then Tom has appeared on occasion in TV and film roles -- usually in support. A few standouts include the films Let Him Have It (1991), Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (1999), Last Orders (2001) and Nicholas Nickleby (2002), as well as the TV mini-series A Rather English Marriage (1998), for which he earned a British Television Award, Little Dorrit (2008) and the series Unforgotten (2015) for which he won a BAFTA award.

Over the years Sir Tom has excelled in solo stage shows as well. As a chronic alcoholic in "Moscow Stations," he won the 1994 London Critics Circle Theatre and London Evening Standard Theatre awards for "Best Actor." In 2002, he wrote the one-man show "Pretending To Be Me," based on the letters and writings of poet Philip Larkin. In the past decade he has continued to distinguish himself on both the classical ("King Lear," "Uncle Vanya") and contemporary ("Art") stages.

Courtenay's marriage to actress Cheryl Kennedy lasted about a decade (from 1973 to 1982). In 1988 he married Isabel Crossley, a stage manager at the Royal Exchange Theatre in London. He has no children from either marriage. In 1999, Sir Tom Courtenay was awarded an honorary doctorate from Hull University and in 2000 published his memoir "Dear Tom: Letters From Home", which earned strong reviews. Knighthood came a year after that.

Isy Suttie was born on 11 August 1978 in Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Peep Show (2003), Wonka (2023) and Whites (2010).

Malcolm Storry was born on 13 January 1948 in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Princess Bride (1987), The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997) and The Last of the Mohicans (1992). He has been married to Jennifer Ruth Udale since 1972. They have three children.

Dame Maureen Lipman was born on 10th May 1946 in Hull, Yorkshire, England. Her father was a Jewish tailor and she was pressed into acting by her mother Zelma, who used to take Maureen to the pantomime and push her onto the stage. She studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Since then, she has appeared in a number of West End productions, including "See How They Run" (1984); "Candide"; "Lost in Yonkers" and her one-woman show "Re Joyce" - her homage to her heroine Joyce Grenfell.

In 28 years in the profession, Maureen has only been out of work for four months - and that was when she needed major surgery to remove a tumor at the top of her spine, which was threatening to paralyze her. To many people, Maureen Lipman is "Beattie" from the British Telecom advertisements which won her an award for "You got an Ology?" but, in reality, she has done so much more.

She was awarded the C.B.E. (Commander of the British Empire) in the 1999 Queen's New Years Honors List for her services to drama. Her husband, Jack Rosenthal, received a C.B.E. (Commander of the British Empire) in 1993. She was awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to charity, Entertainment and the Arts.

Michael Jibson is an Olivier Award winning actor from Hull in the UK.

He is married to the actress Caroline Sheen.

In 2018 Michael won an Oliver Award for for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for his performance as King George III in Hamilton. In 2003 he was nominated for an Oliver Award for Best Actor in a Musical for Our House.

His career to date is varied one. He's known for his work on both stage and screen.

Debra Stephenson was born on 4 June 1972 in Hull, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Bad Girls (1999), Coronation Street (2006) and The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson (2009). She has been married to James Duffield since June 1999. They have two children.

Unassuming, innocent-eyed and undeniably ingratiating, Brit comedy actor Ian Carmichael was quite the popular chap in late 50s and early 60s film. He was born in Hull, Yorkshire, England on June 18, 1920, the son of Arthur Denholm Carmichael, an optician, and his wife Kate (Gillett). After receiving his schooling at Bromsgove High School and Scarborough College, he was accepted into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and trained there, making his stage debut as a mute robot in "RUR". in 1939. That same year he also appeared as Claudius in "Julius Caesar" and was appearing a revue production of "Nine Sharp" (1940) when his young career was interrupted by WWII. He served in Europe for many years with the Royal Armoured Corps as a commissioned officer in the 22nd Dragoons.

Ian returned to the theatre in 1947 with roles in four productions: "She Wanted a Cream Front Door", "I Said to Myself", "Cupid and Mars" and "Out of the Frying Pan". He also sharpened his farcical skills in music hall revues where he worked with such revue legends as Hermione Baddeley and Dora Bryan. Given his first film bit as a waiter in Bond Street (1948), he continued in rather obscure roles for several years. While he was sincerely capable of playing it serious, which would include roles in the U.S. film Betrayed (1954) starring Clark Gable and Lana Turner, as well as the war-themed adventures The Colditz Story (1955) and Storm Over the Nile (1955), it was his association with late 50s "silly-ass" comedy that gave his cinematic career a noticeable boost. After repeating his stage success (the only cast member to do do) playing David Prentice in the film version of Simon and Laura (1955) opposite Kay Kendall and Peter Finch, he co-starred in a series of droll satires for the Boulting Brothers and Ealing Studios. While he might have been upstaged on occasion by a motley crew of scene-stealers (Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Raymond Huntley, Margaret Rutherford), Ian was sublimely funny himself as the hapless klutz caught up in their shenanigans. Private's Progress (1956), the service comedy which got the whole ball rolling, and its sequel, I'm All Right Jack (1959), along with the Boulting's Lucky Jim (1957) Brothers in Law (1957) and Happy Is the Bride (1958) firmly established Ian as a slapstick movie star.

The inane fun continued into the 60s with ripe vehicles in Skywatch (1960), School for Scoundrels (1960), Double Bunk (1961), The Amorous Mr. Prawn (1962) and Heavens Above! (1963). During the late 1960s and 1970s, he found more fulfillment playing wry, bemused, upper-crust characters on comedy TV, particularly his Bertie Wooster in The World of Wooster (1965) which reunited him with frequent Boulting Brothers co-star Dennis Price as Jeeves, Wooster's chilly-mannered personal valet. Ian's leading role as the Bachelor Father (1970), based on the story of a real-life perennial bachelor who took on several foster children, only added to his popularity. In later years, he was frequently heard on the BBC radio.

Ian made vigilant returns to the comedy stage whenever possible in such lightweight vehicles as "The Tunnel of Love", "The Gazebo", "Critic's Choice", "Birds on the Wing", "Darling, I'm Home", "Springtime for Henry" and appeared in his last musical "I Do! I Do!" in 1968. Earlier, in 1965, he made his Broadway debut starring in "Boeing-Boeing", which lasted only a few weeks. A more successful revival of this show showed up on Broadway in 2008.

Semi-retired since the mid-1980s, Ian continued to show elderly spryness here and there with a smattering of films including The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971), From Beyond the Grave (1974), The Lady Vanishes (1979) and Dark Obsession (1989). On TV, he was quite popular in the role of the gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey in several crime mystery mini-series: Clouds of Witness (1972), The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1972), Murder Must Advertise (1973), The Nine Tailors (1974) and Five Red Herrings (1975), and had a recurring role on the TV series Strathblair (1992).

To cap his career off, he was honored as an OBE in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours List. Made a widower after 40 years by his first wife Jean (Pym) McLean, he married novelist/radio producer Kate Fenton, who is over thirty years his junior, in 1992. He has two daughters, Lee and Sally, from his first marriage. In 1979, his autobiography, "Will the Real Ian Carmichael?...", was published.

A charmer to the end, his last (recurring) appearance was on the TV series The Royal (2003) in 2009. The actor died on February 7, 2010, following a month-long illness.

Leah Brotherhead was born in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK. She is known for Hullraisers (2022), Zomboat! (2019) and White Gold (2017).

Garry Cooper was born in 1955 in Hull, East Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for Quadrophenia (1979), Caravaggio (1986) and P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang (1982).

Edward James de Souza was born in Hull, Yorkshire, of British and Portuguese-Indian parentage to Annie Adeline Swift (née Calvert) and Edward Valentine De Souza Jr. He has appeared in numerous classical plays for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, the Bristol Old Vic, the Globe and the Theatre Royal. A RADA graduate of 1957, de Souza made his screen debut that very same year in the role of Charles Darnay in an early BBC adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities (1957) (co-starring Peter Wyngarde, as Sydney Carton). On the airwaves, de Souza succeeded Valentine Dyall as BBC4's The Man in Black from 1988 to 1992.

On the big screen, he is perhaps best known for his role in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) as the Bedouin Sheikh Hosein, a friend and ally of Roger Moore's James Bond. Earlier in his career, he had starred back-to-back in two Hammer horror productions: as impresario Harry Hunter in The Phantom of the Opera (1962) and as the obligatory hero Gerald Harcourt in The Kiss of the Vampire (1963).

More consistently employed in television, de Souza had an early leading role alongside Richard Briers and Prunella Scales in the sitcom The Marriage Lines (1961). He also starred in the Doctor Who (1963) episode 'Mission to the Unknown' as Space Security Agent Marc Cory who endeavours to warn Earth of an impending Dalek attack. The episode is chiefly remembered for the complete absence of the Doctor (in this case, William Hartnell) and his companions.

Very much at home in period drama, De Souza has portrayed Maximilian Morrell, a valiant friend of The Count of Monte Cristo (1964), Napoleon's older brother Joseph Bonaparte, in the miniseries Napoleon and Love (1974) and Portuguese diplomat (and friend of the king) Marquês Luis de Soveral in Edward the King (1975). Between 2008 and 2009, he had a regular role on the soap Coronation Street (1960) as the rapacious gambler and womanizer Colin Grimshaw. He has also made guest appearances on The Saint (1962), The Avengers (1961), Department S (1969), Rumpole of the Bailey (1978) (as solicitor Bonny Bernard), Sapphire & Steel (1979), One Foot in the Grave (1990) and The Borgias (2011).

Edward de Souza has been married since 1960 to English actress and long-time Play School (1964) presenter Miranda Connell.

Derren Litten was born on 21 December 1970 in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for Benidorm (2007), The Spa (2013) and The Catherine Tate Show (2004).

Dorothy Mackaill was 11 when her parents separated; she then lived with her father. A rebellious teenager, Dorothy -- who had long wanted a career in the theater -- ran away to London and finally persuaded her father to pay for her board and lessons. Her first job was in the chorus; she then traveled to Paris, where she met a Broadway choreographer, who got her a job with the Ziegfeld Follies in New York. At the Follies, Dorothy became friends with ones of its stars, Marion Davies.

By 1921 Dorothy was making movies, but she didn't become a star for three years until The Man Who Came Back (1924). Other successful films included Chickie (1925), Joanna (1925), and The Dancer of Paris (1926). Her career continued into the beginning the sound era, and her silent film The Barker (1928) was reshot as a part-talkie. The industry was in upheaval during that transitional period, and First National didn't renew Dorothy's contract when it expired in 1931. As a free agent, she made some good films at Columbia (Love Affair (1932)), Paramount (No Man of Her Own (1932)), and MGM (The Chief (1933)), but overall her career was idling. The following year brought few prospects, and she wound up making a trio of quickies for the independent market, a particularly poor example being Cheaters (1934) for low-rent Liberty Pictures. Her last part was in Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937). With that, Dorothy retired from pictures and took care of her invalid mother.

Oliver Stokes was born on 13 March 1998 in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for The Damned United (2009), The Street (2006) and Benidorm (2007).

Abigail Eaton (born 2 January 1992) is a racing driver from the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. She starred as the test driver for the second and third series of The Grand Tour. Eaton is a qualified racing instructor and a performance driving coach.

Eaton also stars as the test driver for the second and third series of the British motoring show The Grand Tour, replacing the previous first series test driver Mike Skinner. James May stated in November 2017 that a large number of drivers had been tested, and that "she was the fastest and the best". Eaton was later introduced to the show in the second episode of the second series, on 15 December 2017, when she was shown testing a green Mercedes-AMG GT R around the Eboladrome test track. In the Mercedes, Eaton says "Right, here we go" to herself, before starting the lap and completing the test drive silently. Eaton did not have her name mentioned at all throughout the episode, only being referred to as "she", and her name was only shown in the credits at the end of the episode, credited as "driver".

Brian Peck was born on 24 October 1930 in Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Nicholas Nickleby (1957), Mary Barton (1964) and An Englishman's Castle (1978). He was married to Jennifer Wilson. He died on 3 April 2021 in Cannes, France.

Now recognizable worldwide as 'King Regis' from the epic 'Final Fantasy' franchise, Jon was born in Hull, Yorkshire and originally an Aerospace engineer & part-time DJ. Always keen to act at 12 Jon's Mam arranged for him to join a local amateur group leading to Hull Truck Youth Theatre at 16, where he performed in many groundbreaking productions, an experience that shaped his decision to pursue acting professionally. In '89 aged 23 Jon left Hull after being awarded a full grant and a 3 year place at the prestigious Birmingham School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art.

A professional Actor since '92 Jon has embraced many 'other' jobs including presenting, face painting, living statue work & treasure hunt designer, to a year at the QE Hospital working in the operating theatre as an O.D.O. Bizarrely Jon would have a major thyroid operation in the same hospital theatre in '93. After his full recovery Jon moved to London settling in Streatham where he spent the next few year gaining as much theatre experience as possible via the amazingly diverse & challenging London fringe. He also toured the south west as D'Artagnan (Three Musketeers) and Alex (A clockwork orange) to exceptional reviews and acclaim. He turned his attention to film in 2010 landing a lead in the dark, indie feature 'Dead End' and his iconic Train stopping cameo in 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'.

Jon's reputation as an easygoing, fun loving down to earth actor with a passion for his art, an eye for details and a commitment to the long game, together with his unique yet versatile look have help fuel a solid career that is steadily rising. Including appearances in Jonathan Creek & Doctors, commercials for Budweiser, Ted Baker, Specsavers and Ford, music videos for Trent Reznor, Elbow, Amber Run & The Feeling, and with his recent pivotal lead role as King Regis in the latest epic Final Fantasy XV film installment 'Kingsglaive', that rise continues.

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Francis Durbridge was one of Britain's most popular crime novelists and playwrights. Born in Hull, he was educated at Bradford and read English at Birmingham University. His first play, "Promotion", was broadcast by the BBC in 1933. Encouraged by its success he was asked to contribute further plays. "Send For Paul Temple" proved so popular that the BBC received 7,000 letters asking for more. "The Adventures of Paul Temple" ran for over 30 years.

In 1969 BBC Television, having just started broadcasting in color, commissioned Durbridge to write a 26-part series of Paul Temple starring Francis Matthews.

It was not until 1971 that Durbridge wrote his first thriller directly for the theatre. The play, "Suddenly at Home" (the title was taken from the death notice column of The Times newspaper) starred Gerald Harper and Penelope Keith and was a huge success in London's West End.

Durbridge also wrote "Murder With Love" (1976), "House Guest" (1980) and "Fatal Encounter" (1996). Critics were apt to dismiss his plays, but the public did not. Durbridge himself said: "My thrillers are not so much who dunnits as will-he-get-away-with-its."

Educated at Bristol and London, he studied to be a doctor. During the war he served with the Royal Sussex Regiment in Europe and the Middle East. On being demobbed he joined the film industry as an assistant editor at Denham Studios working on October Man (1947) and Hamlet (1948) then as 1st assistant editor on Madness of the Heart. When he became director and worked on the Carry on films he always had a tight shooting schedule which never exceeded 6 weeks. Despite this he had a great sense of fun often playing tricks on the cast such as filling Joan Sims' glass with gin instead of water in Carry on Regardless and hosing down the beauty contestants in Carry on Girls when they were only expecting a damping down from sprinklers.

After studying Canadian politics and international relations, Philippe Falardeau was chosen in 1993 as a contestant for the popular TV series La course destination monde (1988) (a contest were the participants tour the world making short films). There, he shot 20 films and ended up winning the race as well as the IDRC Award.

In 1995, he collaborated with director Jacques Godbout to co-write Le sort de l'Amérique (1997) a National Film Board of Canada documentary.

Two years later, he returned to the NBF to direct a medium length documentary on Chinese immigration in Canada, called Pâté chinois (1997). The film was presented at the Montreal World Film Festival and won Best Screenplay Award at the Yorkton Film Festival.

In 2000, he directed his first theatrical feature film, La moitié gauche du frigo (2000) (The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge). The film was a big success in Canada, and screened in numerous festivals around the world including Rotterdam, London, Paris, Seattle, Vancouver and Montreal. At the Toronto Film Festival, La Moitie gauche du frigo won the City TV Award for Best Canadian First Feature and at the Canadian Genie, the Claude Jutra Award. In France, the film was distributed theatrically by Pierre Grise Distribution.

With Congorama (2006), released in 2006, Falardeau made his second feature length film, a Canada/Belgium/France coproduction. Distributed theatrically in Quebec as in Europe, the film rapidly won audience's and critique's hearts, and remarkably distinguished itself at the numerous festivals at which it was presented. After being premiered at the Director's Fortnight in Cannes, as the closing night film, "Congorama" made its way to San Francisco, Toronto, Pusan, Goteborg and to New Directors / New Films at New York Moma. In addition to earning 5 Jutra's Awards, including Best Film, Best Direction and Best Screenplay, it also won the Best Screenplay Award at the Genies in 2007.

In September 2008, his third feature It's Not Me, I Swear! (2008) (English title: It's Not Me, I Swear!) premiered at the TIFF. It won the Best Film Award and the International Jury Award in the Generation section at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival.

Barrie started his career with the National Youth Theatre in 1964 and became a leading player in 1966 when he was voted the 'Most Promising Actor of the Year' by the London critics for his performance in 'Apprentices'. He has since had seasons at Nottingham Playhouse with the Royal Shakespeare Company and at the National Theatre. His hobbies include wine making and rugby league.

Marjorie Rhodes was born on 9 April 1897 in Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Family Way (1966), Watch It, Sailor! (1961) and The Good Companions (1957). She was married to Harry Colin Edgell. She died on 4 July 1979 in Hove, East Sussex, England, UK.

Jordan Metcalfe was born on 24 May 1986 in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Pride (2014), Genie in the House (2006) and The Queen's Nose (1995). He has been married to Laura Elsworthy since 28 July 2018.