"Cyrano de Bergerac (play) Cyrano de Bergerac is a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand. Although there was a real Cyrano de Bergerac, the play is a fictionalisation following the broad outlines of his life. The entire play is written in verse, in rhyming couplets of twelve syllables per line, very close to the classical alexandrine form, but the verses sometimes lack a caesura. It is also meticulously researched, down to the names of the members of the Académie française and the ""dames précieuses"" glimpsed before the performance in the first scene. The play has been translated and performed"
"months from August 12 to December 8. Seven months later, the role was recast, this time with Pamela Roylance. Roylance would only last for about seven months, starting on July 18, 1983 and ultimately leaving on April 11, 1984. David Banning, most notably portrayed by Richard Guthrie (1975–1980) and Gregg Marx (1981–1983), is the son of Julie Olson (Susan Seaforth Hayes) and her late lover David Martin. David Martin, Jr. is born in January 1968 to Julie Olson (Catherine Ferrar) and he is immediately put up for adoption. The child is adopted by Scott Banning (Mike Farrell) and his terminally"
"subject of ""This Is Your Life"" in 1976, when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews. cracking actor Patrick Mower Patrick Mower (born Patrick Archibald Shaw; 12 September 1938) is an English actor well known for his various television and occasional film roles, often as a detective or secret agent, and more recently as Rodney Blackstock in ITV soap opera ""Emmerdale"", a role he has played since 2000. Mower was born in Oxford, to a Welsh father and an English mother. In his 2007 autobiography, Mower states that he believed for years that his year of birth was 1940, but later"
"Roddy Maude-Roxby Roderick A. ""Roddy"" Maude-Roxby (born 2 April 1930 in London) is an English actor who has appeared in numerous films, such as Walt Disney's ""The Aristocats"", where he appeared as Edgar Balthazar; ""Unconditional Love""; and Clint Eastwood's ""White Hunter Black Heart"", playing Thompson. He also made theatrical and television appearances in, among other shows, ""The Goodies,"" ""Rowan and Martin's Laugh In,"" ""Not Only... But Also"" and ""The Establishment"". He won the Theatre of the Year Award for Best Comic New York in 1968 for his work as a stand-up comedian. An early innovator at the Royal College of"
"Salvation! (1987 film) Salvation! (also known as Salvation!: Have You Said Your Prayers Today?) is a 1987 American black comedy film directed by Beth B, and starring Viggo Mortensen, Exene Cervenka, and Stephen McHattie. The film is a parody of televangelism, and was released right after the real-life Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart scandals. The film was released on VHS, but not as yet on DVD. McHattie plays Reverend Randall, a Staten Island-based televangelist who has been bilking his flock and secretly watches pornography while he is rehearsing his sermons in his stately home. Cervenka plays Rhonda Stample, a born"
"American actor Richard Gere as Paul and actress Diane Lane as Adrienne. The movie has received generally negative reviews. Nights in Rodanthe (novel) Nights in Rodanthe is a romantic love story novel by American writer Nicholas Sparks in September 2002. Set in Rodanthe, North Carolina, the story follows the purely intense and close romance of a divorced mother, Adrienne Willis, and a divorced father and surgeon, Paul Flanner. The novel's two main protagonists meet in an inn in Rodanthe and fall strongly in love. However, fate and destiny falls upon them when they realize that leaving Rodanthe would mean going"
"Patrick Mower Patrick Mower (born Patrick Archibald Shaw; 12 September 1938) is an English actor well known for his various television and occasional film roles, often as a detective or secret agent, and more recently as Rodney Blackstock in ITV soap opera ""Emmerdale"", a role he has played since 2000. Mower was born in Oxford, to a Welsh father and an English mother. In his 2007 autobiography, Mower states that he believed for years that his year of birth was 1940, but later he discovered that his birth was not registered and he was born on 12 September 1938. Several"
"Robin Williams as Estragon and Bill Irwin as Lucky. Martin starred in the Ron Howard film ""Parenthood"", with Rick Moranis in 1989. He later re-teamed with Moranis in the Mafia comedy ""My Blue Heaven"" (1990). In 1991, Martin starred in and wrote ""L.A. Story"", a romantic comedy, in which the female lead was played by his then-wife Victoria Tennant. Martin also appeared in Lawrence Kasdan's ""Grand Canyon"", in which he played the tightly wound Hollywood film producer, Davis, who was recovering from a traumatic robbery that left him injured, which was a more serious role for him. Martin also starred"
"and also has a son, Alexander, with his second wife, Sherry Rooney Aniston (whom he met while co-starring on ""Love of Life""). His daughter Jennifer's godfather was actor Telly Savalas, one of his best friends. He has appeared in soap operas regularly since 1969, when he first joined ""Days of Our Lives"" as a character named Eric Richards, which he played until 1970. In 1975, he joined the cast of ""Love of Life"" as Eddie Aleata. In November 1978, he left ""Love of Life"" and began playing Mary Stuart's new love interest, Martin Tourneur, on ""Search for Tomorrow"" in February"
"Ray Stevenson George Raymond Stevenson (born 25 May 1964) is a Northern Irish actor. He is known for playing Titus Pullo in the BBC/HBO television series ""Rome"" (2005–2007) and in film as Dagonet in ""King Arthur"" (2004). Stevenson has portrayed two Marvel Comics characters: Frank Castle/The Punisher in """" and ""The Super Hero Squad Show""; and Volstagg in ""Thor"" and its sequels """" and "" "". In the film ""Kill the Irishman"", Stevenson portrayed Cleveland mobster Danny Greene. In 2012 he appeared in the seventh season of ""Dexter"" as Isaak Sirko. He also portrayed the character Blackbeard in the third"
"John Ronane John Ronane (born 11 December 1933) is a British actor. Starred in the Emmy-nominated ""War of Children"" for CBS. In the UK, he was a regular character in Granada TV's ""Strangers"" between 1978–82, playing Detective Sgt Singer. He has appeared onstage in the West End, in movies in Hollywood and Europe, on the BBC, on radio and television, and was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He appeared in the television mini-series ""The Six Wives of Henry VIII"" and ""Elizabeth R"" as Thomas Seymour. His films include ""King Rat"" (1965), ""Charlie Bubbles"" (1967), ""Some May Live"" (1967),"
"Press. http://jhochet.tripod.com/id383.html http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/john-ronane/credits/158277/ http://filmdope.com/forums/85501-where-john-ronane-3.html John Ronane John Ronane (born 11 December 1933) is a British actor. Starred in the Emmy-nominated ""War of Children"" for CBS. In the UK, he was a regular character in Granada TV's ""Strangers"" between 1978–82, playing Detective Sgt Singer. He has appeared onstage in the West End, in movies in Hollywood and Europe, on the BBC, on radio and television, and was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He appeared in the television mini-series ""The Six Wives of Henry VIII"" and ""Elizabeth R"" as Thomas Seymour. His films include ""King Rat"" (1965), ""Charlie Bubbles"" (1967),"
"Dead Donkey"", ""Pie in the Sky"", ""Cracker"", ""Heartbeat"", ""The Bill"", ""Driving Ambition"", ""Peak Practice"" and ""EastEnders"". Her film credits include ""It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet"" (1977), ""Tess"" (1979), ""Britannia Hospital"" (1982), ""Slayground"" (1983), ""Secret Places"" (1984), ""The Dressmaker"" (1988), ""The Raggedy Rawney"" (1988), ""A Dry White Season"" (1989) and ""The Object of Beauty"" (1991). Martin died on 14 August 1998. Rosemary Martin Rosemary Martin (17 December 1936 – 14 August 1998) was an English actress, born in Birmingham. She appeared in dozens of films from 1964 to 1998 and is also known for television roles including Mrs. Partridge in"
"X-Files"" in the season four episode ""Never Again"", appearing alongside Gillian Anderson. His character, Ed Jerse, emotionally connects with Anderson's Dana Scully and encourages her to have a small Ouroboros snake tattooed on the small of her back. Rowland would later date Anderson until 1998. Rowland is well known for playing villainous roles due to his rugged looks. He appeared in a recurring role on ""Veronica Mars"" portraying Liam Fitzpatrick, a lead character of the Irish gang and family of crime, the Fighting Fitzpatricks. Rodney Rowland Rodney G. Rowland (born February 20, 1964) is an American actor. He is credited"
"book was adapted as a screenplay by Marguerite Roberts for the Western film ""True Grit"" directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Kim Darby as Mattie Ross, Robert Duvall as ""Lucky"" Ned Pepper, Glen Campbell as LaBoeuf, Jeff Corey as Tom Chaney, and John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn (a role that won John Wayne Best Actor at the Academy Awards). A film sequel, ""Rooster Cogburn"", was produced from an original screenplay in 1975, with John Wayne reprising his role, and Katharine Hepburn as an elderly spinster, Eula Goodnight, who teams with him. The sequel was not well received, and the plot"
"the relatively young age of 39 while shooting the film ""The Royal Mounted Rides Again"" in 1945. Livingston and Margaret Roach later divorced in 1951. Robert Livingston (actor) Robert Edward Randall (December 9, 1904 – March 7, 1988) was an American film actor known under his stage name as Bob Livingston. He appeared in 135 films between 1921 and 1975. He was one of the original Three Mesquiteers. He had also played The Lone Ranger and Zorro. Livingston was born in Quincy, Illinois, and died in Tarzana, California from emphysema. Often billed as ""Bob Livingston,"" he was the original ""Stony"
"Hugo Weaving Hugo Wallace Weaving (born 4 April 1960) is an Australian-English film and stage actor. He is best known for playing Agent Smith in ""The Matrix"" trilogy (1999–2003), Elrond in ""The Lord of the Rings"" (2001–2003) and ""The Hobbit"" (2012–2014) film trilogies, V in ""V for Vendetta"" (2006), Red Skull in """" and Tom Doss in ""Hacksaw Ridge"". Weaving's first television role was in the 1984 Australian television series ""Bodyline"", where he portrayed English cricket captain Douglas Jardine. In film, he first rose to prominence for his performance as Martin in the Australian drama ""Proof"" (1991). Weaving played Anthony"
"the film ""Three Amigos"" in 1986. He has been quoted as saying, ""You just get used to it, or you go insane."" Steve Martin Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician. Martin came to public notice in the 1960s as a writer for ""The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour"", and later as a frequent guest on ""The Tonight Show"". In the 1970s, Martin performed his offbeat, absurdist comedy routines before packed houses on national tours. Since the 1980s, having branched away from comedy, Martin has become a successful actor, as well as"
"appeared in 'A Touch of Frost', 'Eastenders', 'The Bill', 'Dream Team', 'Doctors', 'The Amazing Mrs Pritchard' and 'Holby City'. Among the roles he has played are: Leonid Gayev in 'The Cherry Orchard', King Philip in 'King John', Dr. Yealland in 'Regeneration', Parsons in '1984', Bishop of Ely in 'Richard III', Norman Tate in 'Donkeys Years', Philinte in 'The Misanthrope', Sir Epicure Mammon in 'The Alchemist', Friar Lawrence in 'Romeo and Juliet', Cleante in 'Tartuffe', Sir Andrew Charleson in 'Plenty', Colonel Hennings in 'The Prince of Homburg', Captain Anson in 'Arthur and George', Beralde in 'The Hypochondriac', Max in 'The Real"
"of Thrones"", appearing in the second and third seasons. His other roles include Inspector Reed in the 1995 television series ""Resort to Murder"", and as Ewan in the 2011 Royal National Theatre production ""Frankenstein"". John Stahl John Stahl (born 1953) is a Scottish actor best known for playing Rickard Karstark in HBO's ""Game of Thrones"" and Tom 'Inverdarroch' Kerr in ""High Road"". Stahl was born in 1953 in Scotland and grew up in Sauchie, Clackmannanshire. He currently lives on the Isle of Lewis and is a supporter of Scottish independence. Stahl first started acting in 1976. He found fame for"
"Danny Masterson Daniel Peter ""Danny"" Masterson (born March 13, 1976) is an American actor and disc jockey. Masterson is known for his roles as Steven Hyde in ""That '70s Show"" (1998–2006) and as Jameson ""Rooster"" Bennett in ""The Ranch"" (2016–2018). Masterson was born on Long Island, New York, the son of Carol, a manager, and Peter Masterson, an insurance agent. He grew up in Garden City and East Williston, New York. He has one brother, actor Christopher Masterson. Their maternal half siblings Jordan Masterson and Alanna Masterson are also actors. He also has a paternal half brother Will Masterson. A"
"Michael Zelniker Michael Zelniker is a Canadian-born actor, director and screenwriter. He is best known for his performance as Red Rodney in Clint Eastwood's Academy Award winning film, ""Bird"" (1988) and as Doug Alward in ""The Terry Fox Story"" (1983), for which he won a Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 5th Genie Awards in 1984. Originally from Montreal, Quebec, Zelniker studied acting and theatre at Dawson College, Dome Theatre. He also appeared in the films ""Pinball Summer"" (1980), ""Ticket to Heaven"" (1981), ""Heartaches"" (1981), ""Bird"" (1988), ""Glory Enough for All"" (1991), ""Naked Lunch"" (1991), ""Queens Logic"" (1991),""Mercenary"""
"Frank Ashmore Frank Ashmore (born June 17, 1945 in El Paso, Texas) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as ""Martin"" in the 1983 NBC miniseries ""V"" and its 1984 sequel ""V: The Final Battle"". He reprised his role in the pilot episode of ""V: The Series"" but was killed off by the end of the episode. He returned later on in ""V: The Series"" as Philip, Martin's twin brother. Ashmore appeared in the 1980 hit comedy film ""Airplane!"", """" and films such as ""Gable and Lombard"" (1976), ""Invisible Strangler"" (1978), """" (1979), ""Monster in"
"attracted much attention when he appeared at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2015 and the BFI London Film Festival in October 2015. John Goodman John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is an American actor. Early in his career, he was known for playing Dan Conner on the ABC TV series ""Roseanne"" (1988–1997; 2018), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in 1993. He is also a regular collaborator with the Coen brothers on such films as ""Raising Arizona"" (1987), ""Barton Fink"" (1991), ""The Big Lebowski"" (1998), ""O Brother, Where Art Thou?"" (2000), and"
"an Emmy as Best Supporting Actor for the role. Ian Richardson (who starred as the evil Francis Urquhart in the TV series House of Cards) plays the faithful Mr MacKellar, who manages the estate and becomes Henry Durie's friend and confidant; Finola Hughes plays Alison Graeme; and a youthful Timothy Dalton, later James Bond, stars as Colonel (or Captain) Francis Burke, an Irish adventurer who befriends the Master. The action starts in 1745, when Bonnie Prince Charlie lands in Scotland and the last Jacobite rebellion breaks out. James, the Master of Ballantrae, is a brave but foolish and hot-headed young"
"Christie's Poirot (""Wasp's Nest"")""; Neil Spicer in ""Rosemary & Thyme""; Charles in ""Prince William"", Cimon in ""Son ""(ABC/Fox); Wing-Commander Turner in ""Foyle's War"" ""(Series 2 & 3)""; Charles I in """"; William Wilberforce in ""Breaking the Chains""; Arthur Ernest Percival in ""The Somme - From Defeat to Victory""; Frogton in ""Killer Net""; Tim Pye in ""The Money Men""; as well as guest roles in Holby City, Casualty, The Bill, The Knock, Pie in the Sky, Trainer, Dangerfield, Bergerac, Rumpole of the Bailey. Martin Turner (actor) Martin Turner (born in Hong Kong, September 1950) is an English stage and television actor."
"Paul Freeman (actor) Paul Freeman (born 18 January 1943) is an English theatre and film actor. In the United Kingdom, he is best known for his role in the romance TV series ""Yesterday's Dreams"" (1987) as Martin Daniels. Internationally, he is known for playing the rival archaeologist René Belloq in ""Raiders of the Lost Ark"" (1981), evil wine baron Gustav Riebmann on season 4 of the soap opera ""Falcon Crest"" (1984–85), supervillain Ivan Ooze in """" (1995), and Reverend Shooter in ""Hot Fuzz"" (2007). Referring to Freeman's extensive theatre work, in 1995 the ""Los Angeles Times"" described him as ""one"
"Martin Compston Martin Compston (born 8 May 1984) is a Scottish actor and former professional footballer. He is known for his lead role as Anti-Corruption Unit Detective Sergeant Steve Arnott in the BBC crime drama ""Line of Duty"". His other notable roles include Liam in Ken Loach's ""Sweet Sixteen"", Paul Ferris in ""The Wee Man"", and Ewan Brodie in ""Monarch of the Glen."" Compston was born the second of 2 boys, with an elder brother, and brought up in Greenock, Inverclyde, and attended St Columba's High School in neighbouring Gourock. A promising footballer, he was on the books of Aberdeen"
"Place): Rae Allen, Michael Bawtree, Robert Benedetti, Michael Blakemore, Len Cariou, Eric Christmas, Jon Cranney, Ron Daniels, Anatoly Efros, Alvin Epstein, David Feldshuh, Edward Gilbert, Thomas Gruenewald, Adrian Hall, Nick Havinga, Israel Hicks, John Hirsch, Stephen Kanee, Michael Langham, Eugene Lion, Thomas MacAnna, Robert David MacDonald, Emily Mann, Philip Manor, Tom Moore, Steven Robman, Ken Ruta, Mark Schifter, Kenneth Welsh, David Wheeler Actors (partial listing): Paul Ballantyne, Fran Bennett, James Blendick, Blair Brown, Barbara Bryne, Helen Carey, Len Cariou, Jeff Chandler, Patricia Conolly, David Feldshuh, Tovah Feldshuh, Peter Michael Goetz, Von Johnson, Charles Keating, Linda Kelsey, Nicholas Kepros, Mark Lamos,"
"Eddy Martin Eddy Martin (born September 10, 1990) is an American actor and musician. He is best known for his roles as One Love in the movie ""Rebound"", and as Joaquin in the Nickelodeon original show ""Just Jordan"". He sings a variety of music including mariachi music, ballads, and pop. He plays the drums and piano, and writes his own music. He starred in the 2003 television movie ""The Maldonado Miracle"", directed by Salma Hayek. He played the role of Jose Maldonado, a lonely migrant boy searching for his father. He appeared as Roberto in the second season of the"
"Richard E. Grant Richard E. Grant (born Richard Grant Esterhuysen; 5 May 1957) is a Swazi-English actor. He made his film debut as Withnail in the drama ""Withnail and I"" (1987). In film, Grant is further recognized as John Seward in ""Bram Stoker's Dracula"" (1992) and Zander Rice in ""Logan"" (2017). In television, he played Bob Cratchit in TNT's ""A Christmas Carol"" (1999), Izembaro in the sixth season of the HBO series ""Game of Thrones"", the Great Intelligence in the seventh series of ""Doctor Who"" and Simon Bricker in the critically acclaimed ITV/Masterpiece program ""Downton Abbey"". He will appear in"
"Ewan McGregor Ewan Gordon McGregor (born 31 March 1971) is a Scottish actor and director, known internationally for his various film roles, including independent dramas, science-fiction epics, and musicals. McGregor's first professional role was in 1993, when he won a leading role in the British Channel 4 series ""Lipstick on Your Collar"". Some of his best known roles include heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama films ""Trainspotting"" (1996) and ""T2 Trainspotting"" (2017), Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the ""Star Wars"" prequel trilogy (1999–2005), poet Christian in the musical film ""Moulin Rouge!"" (2001), young Edward Bloom in ""Big Fish"" (2003), Rodney"
"Roxane, and William Prince portrayed Christian de Neuvillette. The film lapsed into the public domain in the mid-1980s. In seventeenth-century Paris, poet and supreme swordsman Cyrano de Bergerac (José Ferrer) stops a play from being shown because he ostensibly cannot stand the bombastic style of the principal actor, Montfleury (Arthur Blake). An annoyed aristocratic fop, the Vicomte de Valvert (Albert Cavens), provokes him into a duel by tritely insulting Cyrano's enormous nose. Cyrano first mocks his lack of wit, improvising numerous inventive ways in which Valvert could have phrased it (much to the amusement of the audience). He then composes"