"William Cecil Clayton William Cecil Clayton is a recurring fictional character in Edgar Rice Burroughs's series of Tarzan novels and in adaptations of the saga to other media, particularly comics. William Cecil Clayton is a paternal cousin of John Clayton (Tarzan), whom he much resembles, and holder of the title of Lord Greystoke to which the latter is rightful heir. William serves as contrast to Tarzan, representing what the Ape-Man would likely have become had he led a normal life rather than being raised by apes, and is his rival for the affections of Jane Porter. He first appeared in"
"John Clayton (actor) John Clayton (1940 – 25 September 2003) was an Australian actor, primarily in soap operas, including Home And Away as Danny King He was best known for his numerous television work, and guest appearances on many series and soap operas with credits including: ""Homicide"", ""Division 4"", ""Matlock Police"", ""Stacey's Gym"", ""Rush"", ""The Outsiders"", ""Chopper Squad"", ""A Country Practice"", ""The Flying Doctors"", ""E Street"", ""Police Rescue"", ""Blue Heelers"", ""Echo Point"", ""Water Rats"", ""Wildside"", ""Farscape"", ""Grass Roots"" and ""All Saints"". His film credits included ""High Rolling"" (1977), ""The Irishman"" (1978), ""Newsfront"" (1978), ""Palm Beach"" (1980), ""Far East"" (1982), ""Midnite"
"Clayton Rawson Clayton Rawson (August 15, 1906 – March 1, 1971) was an American mystery writer, editor, and amateur magician. His four novels frequently invoke his great knowledge of stage magic and feature as their fictional detective The Great Merlini, a professional magician who runs a shop selling magic supplies. He also wrote four short stories in 1940 about a stage magician named Don Diavolo, who appears as a principal character in one of the novels featuring The Great Merlini. ""Don Diavolo is a magician who perfects his tricks in a Greenwich Village basement where he is frequently visited by"
"John Dighton John Dighton (1909 – 1989) was a British playwright and screenwriter. Dighton wrote for the stage until 1936, when he made the transition to films. His output during the 1940s included comedian Will Hay's last starring features, and several George Formby films as well as the 1947 adaptation of Charles Dickens' ""Nicholas Nickleby"", and the 1943 war movie ""Undercover"" starring John Clements and Michael Wilding. Employed by Ealing Studios, he collaborated on the screenplays of such celebrated comedies as ""Kind Hearts and Coronets"" (1949) and ""The Man in the White Suit"" (1952), sharing an Academy Award nomination for"
"Jan Leighton Jan Leighton (December 27, 1921 - November 16, 2009) was an American actor and model who appeared in more than 3,000 roles. He specialized in portraying historic characters, but also worked as a voice actor and hand model. He was credited by the Guinness Book of World Records with having played more roles than any other actor. Leighton was born in The Bronx, New York as Milton Lichtman in 1921. He would later change his professional name to Jan Leighton in 1949 to de-emphasize his Jewish heritage in order to get more work. His father owned a fleet"
"Clayton Farlow Clayton Farlow is a fictional character in the popular American television series ""Dallas"", played by Howard Keel from 1981 to 1991. Clayton Farlow, along with his sister Jessica, was raised on the Southern Cross Ranch (Co-ordinates: 32°43'N 96°30'W) in San Angelo, Texas. Clayton and Jessica's father was described as a ""big man that liked the oil business, but ranching was his real love"". Clayton's father took him to his first cattle auction when he was six years old and began teaching him ranching and the oil business. Like his father, Clayton became a successful oilman and rancher. Jessica"
"death of President William Henry Harrison and what he described as ""John Tyler's treacherous abandonment of the party"", Clayton's father renamed him John Middleton Clayton. During the Civil War, he served as a Colonel in the Army of the Potomac where he engaged in several campaigns in the east. In 1867, he and his family moved to Arkansas where he managed a plantation owned by older brother, Powell Clayton, who would become the Governor of Arkansas the next year. In 1871, Clayton was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives representing Jefferson County. In 1873, he served in the Arkansas"
"Clayton, New York Clayton is a town in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The population was 5,153 at the 2010 census. The town is named after John M. Clayton, a federal political leader from Delaware. The town contains a village also named Clayton. Both are northwest of Watertown. The village of Clayton, nearby Cape Vincent, and Alexandria Bay are popular tourist destinations on the New York mainland side of the Thousand Islands region. The area was first settled around 1801. The town was formed from parts of the towns of Orleans and Lyme in 1833. The town was named"
"John Clayton (botanist) John Clayton (1694/5–1773) was a Colonial plant collector and botanist in Virginia. Clayton was born in England and is believed to have moved to Virginia around 1715 with his father, also named John Clayton, who later served as one of the Attorneys General for colonial Virginia. He did not officially show up on any colonial records until October 7, 1720, when he was identified as a clerk in Gloucester County. The site of his home, Windsor, is today located in Mathews County. He married Elizabeth Whiting, granddaughter of Peter Beverley. The two had three daughters and five"
"John Leyton John Dudley Leyton (born 17 February 1936) is an English actor and singer. As a singer he is best known for his hit song ""Johnny Remember Me"" (written by Geoff Goddard and produced by Joe Meek), which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in August 1961 despite being banned by the BBC for its death references. His follow-up single, ""Wild Wind"", reached number two in the charts. Alongside singing, Leyton's acting career saw him appearing in television and films throughout the 1960s. His films included ""The Great Escape"", ""Guns at Batasi"", ""Von Ryan's Express"" and ""Krakatoa,"
"John M. Clayton John Middleton Clayton (July 24, 1796 – November 9, 1856) was an American lawyer and politician from Delaware. He was a member of the Whig Party who served in the Delaware General Assembly, and as U.S. Senator from Delaware and U.S. Secretary of State. Born in Dagsboro, Delaware, son of Sarah (née Middleton) and James Clayton. His uncle, Dr. Joshua Clayton, was a former Governor of Delaware and his cousin, Thomas Clayton, was a prominent lawyer, U.S. Senator, and jurist. John M. Clayton studied at Berlin, Maryland and Milford, Delaware when his parents moved there. His boyhood"
"John Clayton (footballer) John Clayton (born 20 August 1961) is a Scottish former professional footballer. A striker, he made over 150 appearances in The Football League and had spells playing in Hong Kong and the Netherlands. A product of the Scottish Highland Football League, Clayton began his professional football career with his home town club, Elgin City FC, then of the Scottish Highland Football League, prior to transferring to England with Derby County, signing with the club at the age of 17 after completing his A-levels. He was forced to retire in 1993 due to persistent back problems that required"
"John J. Clayton John Jacob Clayton is an American fiction writer, teacher, and editor. He has published four novels including ""Mitzvah Man"" (Texas Tech University Press), and ""Kuperman’s Fire"" (Permanent Press), as well as five collections of short fiction including ""Minyan: Ten Interwoven Stories"" (Paragon House) and ""Many Seconds into the Future"" (Texas Tech University Press). He was editor for the ""Heath Introduction to Fiction"", a college anthology published in six editions from 1977 to 1999. Clayton graduated from Columbia University with a B.A., New York University with an M.A. and Indiana University with a Phd. His doctoral thesis ""Saul"
"Joseph Clayton Clarke Joseph Clayton Clarke (1857 — 8 August 1937), who worked under the pseudonym ""Kyd"", was a British artist best known for his illustrations of characters from the novels of Charles Dickens. Born in Onchan on the Isle of Man, the son of Captain Joseph Clarke of the British Army and Rosanna France, who was born at Gibraltar. Clarke had many occupations during his lifetime, including designer of cigarette cards and postcards, and as a fore-edge painter principally specializing in characters from the works of Charles Dickens. He worked for ""Punch"" for only one day and then as"
"John Clayton (divine) John Clayton (1709–1773) was an English clergyman, an early Methodist, and Jacobite supporter. He was the son of William Clayton, bookseller, of Manchester, and was born 9 October 1709. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School, and gained the school exhibition to Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1725. In 1729 the Hulmean scholarship was awarded to him, and a little later he became a college tutor. He proceeded B.A. on 16 April 1729, and M.A. on 8 June 1732. One of his early friends was John Byrom, his fellow-townsman, and at Oxford he knew John and Charles Wesley,"
"Sequel to the Friendly Advice to the Poor of Manchester. By Joseph Stot, Cobbler."" The real author was Robert Whitworth, printer and bookseller. John Clayton (divine) John Clayton (1709–1773) was an English clergyman, an early Methodist, and Jacobite supporter. He was the son of William Clayton, bookseller, of Manchester, and was born 9 October 1709. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School, and gained the school exhibition to Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1725. In 1729 the Hulmean scholarship was awarded to him, and a little later he became a college tutor. He proceeded B.A. on 16 April 1729, and M.A."
"initially begun by the James Bond stories, Haggard was considered by most critics to be at the very top of the field. William Haggard William Haggard (11 August 1907 – 27 October 1993) was the pseudonym of Richard Henry Michael Clayton, an English civil servant and writer of fictional spy thrillers. He was born in Croydon. His books were set in the 1960s through the 1980s. Like C. P. Snow, he was a quintessentially British establishment figure who had been a civil servant in India, and his books vigorously put forth his perhaps idiosyncratic points of view. The principal character"
"Michael Clayton (film) Michael Clayton is a 2007 American legal thriller film written and directed by Tony Gilroy and starring George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, and Sydney Pollack. The film chronicles the attempts by attorney Michael Clayton to cope with a colleague's apparent mental breakdown and the corruption and intrigue surrounding a major client of his law firm being sued in a class action case over the effects of toxic agrochemicals. The film received critical acclaim and was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Gilroy, Best Actor for Clooney, and"
"Michael Keaton Michael John Douglas (born September 5, 1951), known professionally as Michael Keaton, is an American actor, producer, and director. He first rose to fame for his roles on the CBS sitcoms ""All's Fair"" and ""The Mary Tyler Moore Hour"" and his comedic film roles in ""Night Shift"" (1982), ""Mr. Mom"" (1983), ""Johnny Dangerously"" (1984), and ""Beetlejuice"" (1988). He earned further acclaim for his dramatic portrayal of the title character in Tim Burton's ""Batman"" (1989) and ""Batman Returns"" (1992). He is also known for playing The Vulture in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with """" (2017) and in the"
"Michael Keaton Michael John Douglas (born September 5, 1951), known professionally as Michael Keaton, is an American actor, producer, and director. He first rose to fame for his roles on the CBS sitcoms ""All's Fair"" and ""The Mary Tyler Moore Hour"" and his comedic film roles in ""Night Shift"" (1982), ""Mr. Mom"" (1983), ""Johnny Dangerously"" (1984), and ""Beetlejuice"" (1988). He earned further acclaim for his dramatic portrayal of the title character in Tim Burton's ""Batman"" (1989) and ""Batman Returns"" (1992). He is also known for playing The Vulture in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with """" (2017) and in the"
"James on guitar, Ray Royal on drums and Dale Corcoran on bass guitar. † - Billed as John Leyton and the LeRoys John Leyton John Dudley Leyton (born 17 February 1936) is an English actor and singer. As a singer he is best known for his hit song ""Johnny Remember Me"" (written by Geoff Goddard and produced by Joe Meek), which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in August 1961 despite being banned by the BBC for its death references. His follow-up single, ""Wild Wind"", reached number two in the charts. Alongside singing, Leyton's acting career saw him"
"John Clayton (town clerk) John Clayton (10 June 1792 – 14 July 1890) was an antiquarian and town clerk of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, during the nineteenth century. He worked with the builder Richard Grainger and architect John Dobson to redevelop the centre of the city in a neoclassical style (Grainger Town), and Clayton Street in Newcastle is named after him. He did much to preserve the remains of Hadrian's Wall. Son of Nathaniel Clayton (Town Clerk of Newcastle upon Tyne from 1785 to 1822), he was educated at Kirkoswald School in Northumberland and received classical education at Uppingham. He"
"The Washington Post magazine. Beginning in 2003 Commentary magazine has published over twenty of Clayton's stories and memoir pieces John J. Clayton John Jacob Clayton is an American fiction writer, teacher, and editor. He has published four novels including ""Mitzvah Man"" (Texas Tech University Press), and ""Kuperman’s Fire"" (Permanent Press), as well as five collections of short fiction including ""Minyan: Ten Interwoven Stories"" (Paragon House) and ""Many Seconds into the Future"" (Texas Tech University Press). He was editor for the ""Heath Introduction to Fiction"", a college anthology published in six editions from 1977 to 1999. Clayton graduated from Columbia University"
"Jo Clayton Jo Clayton (February 15, 1939 – February 13, 1998) was an American fantasy and science fiction author. She wrote 35 novels and many short stories. Her works sold over one and a quarter million copies. She was born Patricia Jo Clayton in Modesto, California, and was raised in the area along with two sisters by her farmsteading parents. Their parents arranged for all three children to attend college, and Jo graduated ""Summa Cum Laude"" from the University of Southern California in 1963. She worked as a teacher for thirteen years, beginning in Bell, California. In 1969 she had"
"Johnny Leeze Johnny Leeze (born John Glen; 31 December 1941) is a British actor of television and film. He is best known for playing Harry Clayton in long running British soap opera Coronation Street for a few months in 1985, and as Ned Glover on the British soap opera ""Emmerdale"" from 1994 to 1999. He appeared again in 2000, before leaving shortly afterwards. Leeze's list of screen appearances date back to 1982, when he made his television debut in the sitcom ""Open All Hours"" as a bit part. He has also appeared in another British soap opera ""Coronation Street"" on"
"an hour. John was named Joseph Edward John Boulting and Roy was named Alfred Fitzroy Clarence Boulting. Their elder brother Sydney Boulting became an actor and stage producer as Peter Cotes; he was the original director of ""The Mousetrap"". A younger brother, Guy, died aged eight. Both twins were educated at Reading School, where they formed a film society. They were extras in Anthony Asquith's 1931 film ""Tell England"" while still at school. During the Spanish Civil War, John served with the International Brigades as an ambulance driver. The brothers constitute one of those producer-director teams responsible for so much"
"colleagues was taken prisoner. He was moved to the Abruzzo region in Italy where he was visited by Laszlo Almasy after Almasy's spy mission, Operation ""Salaam"", to transport two German spies across the Libyan desert to Cairo. He was awarded the Royal Geographical Society's Founder's Gold Medal in 1941 for his work in the Libyan desert. Pat Clayton died on 17 March 1962 at the age of 65 of an aneurism. Pat Clayton Patrick Andrew Clayton DSO MBE (16 April 1896 – 17 March 1962 ) was a British surveyor and soldier. He was the basis for the character of"
"on May 3, 1747. The specimens sent to Gronovius were later collected by Joseph Banks and the material is now part of the Natural History Museum in London and makes up the John Clayton Herbarium. The site of Clayton's home is memorialized by a historical marker erected in 1951 by the Virginia State Library in Mathews County, near the community of North. It is located north of Virginia State Route 14, known as the John Clayton Memorial Highway. John Clayton (botanist) John Clayton (1694/5–1773) was a Colonial plant collector and botanist in Virginia. Clayton was born in England and is"
"the city named for him, approximately halfway between Thomas and Jackson Streets. (Lawrenceville, Georgia, named for a War of 1812 hero, also has a street named for Clayton, the only one of its original streets that does not commemorate a veteran of that war.) Clayton was a friend and congressional colleague of Davy Crockett. Literary scholar John Donald Wade posited that Clayton was the ghost writer (or at least co-writer) of Crockett's autobiography, and possibly some of his other published works, but this suggestion has been robustly challenged. His 7 children included William Wirt Clayton (1812–1885), who would later become"
"George Clayton Johnson George Clayton Johnson (July 10, 1929 – December 25, 2015) was an American science fiction writer, best known for co-writing with William F. Nolan the novel ""Logan's Run"", the basis for the MGM 1976 film. He was also known for his television scripts for ""The Twilight Zone"" (including ""Nothing in the Dark"", ""Kick the Can"", ""A Game of Pool"", and ""A Penny for Your Thoughts""), and the first telecast episode of """", entitled ""The Man Trap"". He also wrote the story on which the 1960 and 2001 films ""Ocean's Eleven"" were based. Johnson was born in a"
"Clayton, Delaware Clayton is a town in Kent and New Castle counties in the U.S. state of Delaware. Located almost entirely in Kent County, it is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,918 at the 2010 census. Byrd's AME Church, the Clayton Railroad Station, Enoch Jones House, and St. Joseph's Industrial School are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Clayton is located at (39.2906671, -75.6343727). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. It was named after John Middleton Clayton a prominent 19th-century Delaware"
"Jack Clayton Jack Clayton (1 March 1921 – 26 February 1995) was a British film director and producer, who specialised in bringing literary works to the screen. Starting out as a teenage studio ""tea boy"" in 1935, Clayton worked his way up through British film industry in a career that spanned nearly sixty years. He rapidly rose through a series of increasingly important roles in British film production, before shooting to international prominence as a director with his Oscar-winning feature film debut, the landmark 1959 drama ""Room at the Top""; this was followed in 1961 by the much-lauded horror film"
"John Clayton (minister) John Clayton (1754–1843) was an English Independent minister. He became known for his conservative social views, after the Priestley Riots. Clayton was born at Wood End Farm, Clayton, near Chorley, Lancashire, 5 October 1764, the only son of George Clayton, a bleacher; he had nine elder sisters. He was educated at Leyland grammar school, and was apprenticed to his brother-in-law, Boultbee, an apothecary in Manchester. At the end of four years he ran off, and made his way to the house of a married sister in London. Clayton was taken to hear the Rev. William Romaine preach,"