"expose an instance of judicial corruption in the process. Dean Hargrove, who directed the film and jointly wrote and produced it with Roland Kibbee, loosely re-made the 1971 feature film ""They Might Be Giants"" in producing it. He and Kibbee both hoped it would become the pilot of a series titled ""Alias Sherlock Holmes,"" but NBC-TV declined to pick up that option. The Return of the World's Greatest Detective The Return Of The World's Greatest Detective is a 1976 American made-for-television mystery comedy film starring Larry Hagman as an inept motorcycle cop named Sherman Holmes, who, after sustaining a head"
"him, Ian Rankin's most well known character Inspector John Rebus, is in fact a Hibernian supporter. 0 win, 3 nominations 2 win, 2 nominations 1 win, 4 nominations 0 wins 1 nomination Ken Stott Kenneth Campbell Stott (born 19 October 1954) is a Scottish stage, television and film actor who won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1995 in the play ""Broken Glass"" at Royal National Theatre. He is more recently known for his role as the dwarf Balin in ""The Hobbit"" film trilogy (2012–2014), and as Ian Garrett in the 2014 BBC TV"
"2009 on BBC 2. In 2010, Cumberbatch portrayed Vincent van Gogh in ""Van Gogh: Painted with Words"". ""The Telegraph"" called his performance ""[a] treat ... vividly bringing Van Gogh to impassioned, blue-eyed life."" In the same year, Cumberbatch began playing Sherlock Holmes in the joint BBC/PBS television series ""Sherlock"", to critical acclaim. The second series began on New Years Day 2012 in the United Kingdom and was broadcast on PBS in the United States in May 2012. The third series aired in the United States on PBS over a period of three weeks in January to February 2014. Cumberbatch won"
"Day Parade. Graham McTavish Graham James McTavish (born 4 January 1961) is a Scottish film, television and voice actor. He is known for his roles as Dwalin in ""The Hobbit"" film trilogy, Dougal Mackenzie in the Starz series ""Outlander"" and the Saint of Killers in the AMC series ""Preacher"". McTavish was born in Glasgow, Scotland to Alec and Ellen McTavish. Alec was a politically active person, and political discourse was common in the McTavish household. The family left Glasgow when McTavish was a child. During the course of his life, he lived in Canada, England and Scotland before settling in"
"celebrities who donated their old glasses to an exhibit honouring victims of the Holocaust. During the Broadway run of ""Equus"" he auctioned off a pair of jeans and other items worn in the show, for New-York-based Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and was a presenter at the 2011 Gypsy of the Year competition. He has also donated money to Get Connected UK, a London-based free confidential national helpline for troubled youth. Daniel Radcliffe Daniel Jacob Radcliffe (born 23 July 1989) is an English actor and producer best known for his role as the titular protagonist in the ""Harry Potter"" film series,"
"Alfred Enoch Alfred Lewis Enoch (born 2 December 1988) is an English actor, best known for playing Dean Thomas in the ""Harry Potter"" film series and Wes Gibbins in the ABC legal drama television series ""How to Get Away with Murder"". Enoch was born in Westminster, London, to English actor William Russell and his second wife, Etheline Margareth Lewis , a Brazilian-born doctor of Barbadian origin. He attended Westminster School, a public school in London. In 2001 he was cast as Dean Thomas in ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"". He appeared in seven of the eight ""Harry Potter"" films."
"Graham McTavish Graham James McTavish (born 4 January 1961) is a Scottish film, television and voice actor. He is known for his roles as Dwalin in ""The Hobbit"" film trilogy, Dougal Mackenzie in the Starz series ""Outlander"" and the Saint of Killers in the AMC series ""Preacher"". McTavish was born in Glasgow, Scotland to Alec and Ellen McTavish. Alec was a politically active person, and political discourse was common in the McTavish household. The family left Glasgow when McTavish was a child. During the course of his life, he lived in Canada, England and Scotland before settling in New Zealand."
"became a stage actress. Morris trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. In his career, spanning five decades, he appeared in almost 90 different films and TV shows, as well as appearing in numerous stage plays as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. His best-known role on television was as Thomas Cromwell in ""The Six Wives of Henry VIII"". In preparation for it, he visited a number of English castles to study the characters' portraits. In 1968, he played Gollum in the BBC Radio dramatisation of ""The Hobbit"", and later starred as the mad waxworks"
"Robert Powell Robert Powell (; born 1 June 1944) is an English television and film actor, best known for the title role in ""Jesus of Nazareth"" (1977) and as the fictional secret agent Richard Hannay. He is also known for his roles as Mark Williams in the BBC One medical drama ""Holby City"", as David Briggs in the sitcom ""The Detectives"" alongside Jasper Carrott, and as Tobias 'Toby' Wren in the ""science-fact"" drama ""Doomwatch"". His distinctive voice has become well known in advertisements and documentaries, especially in World War II documentaries including ""World War II in HD Colour"", ""Hitler's Bodyguard"","
"other well-known film roles include Ash in ""Alien"", Sir William Gull in ""From Hell"", Father Vito Cornelius in ""The Fifth Element"", and the hobbit Bilbo Baggins in ""The Lord of the Rings"" and ""The Hobbit"" film series. Holm was born Ian Holm Cuthbert on 12 September 1931 in Goodmayes, in Essex, to Scottish parents, Jean Wilson (née Holm) and James Harvey Cuthbert. His mother was a nurse, and his father was a psychiatrist who worked as the superintendent of the West Ham Corporation Mental Hospital and was one of the pioneers of electric shock therapy. He had an older brother,"
"Daniel Radcliffe Daniel Jacob Radcliffe (born 23 July 1989) is an English actor and producer best known for his role as the titular protagonist in the ""Harry Potter"" film series, based on the novels by J. K. Rowling. Born and raised in London, Radcliffe made his acting debut at 10 years of age in BBC One's 1999 television film ""David Copperfield"", followed by his cinematic debut in 2001's ""The Tailor of Panama"". At age 11, he was cast as Potter in the series' first film ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"", and starred in the series for 10 years, starring"
"Robert Pattinson Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson (born 13 May 1986) is an English actor, model and musician. He started his film career by playing Cedric Diggory in ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"" in 2005. He later got the leading role of vampire Edward Cullen in the film adaptations of the ""Twilight"" novels by Stephenie Meyer, which consisted of five films between 2008 and 2012 that combined grossed over $3.3 billion in worldwide receipts. ""Twilight"" brought Pattinson worldwide fame, and established him among the highest paid and most bankable actors in Hollywood. In 2010, Pattinson was named one of"
"Michael Gambon Sir Michael John Gambon (born 19 October 1940) is an Irish-born British actor who has worked in theatre, television, and film. He moved to England and gained British citizenship. Gambon has played the eponymous mystery writer protagonist in the BBC television serial ""The Singing Detective"", Jules Maigret in the 1990s ITV serial ""Maigret"", and Professor Albus Dumbledore in the final six ""Harry Potter"" films after the death of Richard Harris who had previously played the role. He has won four BAFTA TV Awards and three Olivier Awards. He was knighted in 1998 for services to drama, and he"
"Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's referendum on that issue. David Suchet David Suchet, ( ; born 2 May 1946) is an English actor, known for his work on British stage and television. He played Edward Teller in the TV serial ""Oppenheimer"" and received the RTS and BPG awards for his performance as Augustus Melmotte in the 2001 British serial ""The Way We Live Now"". He earned international recognition and acclaim for his performance as Agatha Christie's detective Hercule Poirot in ""Agatha Christie's Poirot"", for which he received a 1991 British Academy of Film"
"Robin Stewart Robin Stewart (9 October 1946 – 22 November 2015) was an English actor, game show host and reporter who was best known for playing Mike Abbott, the son of Sid James' character Sid Abbott in the 1970s sitcom ""Bless This House"". He acted on television and in feature films in both the UK and Australia. Some of his British film roles include ""Tamahine"", ""The Haunted House of Horror"", ""Cromwell"", ""Adventures of a Private Eye"", and ""The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires"" as Leyland Van Helsing. He played the role of Mike Abbott in sit-com series ""Bless This"
"at the Irish Film & Television Awards (IFTA). In 2007, he starred in the dual role of Tom Jackman and Mr Hyde in Steven Moffat's ""Jekyll"", which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination in 2008. Nesbitt has since appeared in several more dramatic roles; he starred alongside Liam Neeson in ""Five Minutes of Heaven"" (2009), and was one of three lead actors in the television miniseries ""Occupation"" (2009). He also starred in the movies ""Outcast"" (2010) and ""The Way"" (2010). He portrayed Bofur in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film series (2012-2014). In 2014, Nesbitt starred in the lead role"
"historical elements of the story along with Powell interviewing biblical historians such as Helen Bond and Candida Moss. Robert Powell Robert Powell (; born 1 June 1944) is an English television and film actor, best known for the title role in ""Jesus of Nazareth"" (1977) and as the fictional secret agent Richard Hannay. He is also known for his roles as Mark Williams in the BBC One medical drama ""Holby City"", as David Briggs in the sitcom ""The Detectives"" alongside Jasper Carrott, and as Tobias 'Toby' Wren in the ""science-fact"" drama ""Doomwatch"". His distinctive voice has become well known in"
"Anthony Squire Jack Francis Anthony Squire (5 May 1914 – 15 May 2000) was an English film and television screenwriter and director. He was married for a time to the actress Shelagh Fraser. Born in London, he is best known for his work on ITC television series of the 1950s such as ""The Adventures of Robin Hood"" and ""William Tell"". He also worked as a second unit director in several films, in which he specialised in set pieces including the James Bond films ""Casino Royale"" (1967) and ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" (1969) (the stock-car sequence) and ""Darling Lili"" (aerial"
"Agatha Christie's Poirot Poirot (also known as Agatha Christie's Poirot) is a British mystery drama television series that aired on ITV from 8 January 1989 to 13 November 2013. David Suchet stars as the eponymous detective, Agatha Christie's fictional Hercule Poirot. Initially produced by LWT, the series was later produced by ITV Studios. The series also aired on VisionTV in Canada and on PBS and A&E in the United States. The programme ran for 13 series and 70 episodes in total; each episode was adapted from a novel or short story by Christie that featured Poirot, and consequently in each"
"School during the 1950s and early 1960s, and subsequently becoming an HMI (one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools). He died in July 1992 at the age of 68, shortly after the death of his wife Jane. A bench in their memory was later erected in Drummer Street, Cambridge. Bert Parnaby James Bertram ""Bert"" Parnaby (4 March 1924 – 30 July 1992) was a British actor who was notable for a string of TV and Film roles from the 1960s through the 1980s. His TV roles included performances in ""Blackadder"", ""By the Sword Divided"", ""Juliet Bravo"", ""Inspector Morse"" and ""Last"
"he discovered after Pattinson, as ""246789 Pattinson"". He was honoured with a tribute at 2017 Deauville American Film Festival on 2 September 2017, with screening of selected films of his during the festival run. Robert Pattinson Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson (born 13 May 1986) is an English actor, model and musician. He started his film career by playing Cedric Diggory in ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"" in 2005. He later got the leading role of vampire Edward Cullen in the film adaptations of the ""Twilight"" novels by Stephenie Meyer, which consisted of five films between 2008 and 2012"
"Studios in west London where he was a co-founder. Leslie S. Hiscott Leslie Stephenson Hiscott (25 July 18943 May 1968) was an English film director and screenwriter who made over sixty films between 1925 and 1956. He was born in London in 1894. He directed ""Alibi"" (1931), the first ever depiction of Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's Belgian detective, with Austin Trevor in the lead role. He directed a follow-up, ""Black Coffee"" (also 1931), also starring Trevor. During the 1930s, he became best known for his mystery films, also working on portrayals of Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and A. E. W."
"himself as ""un bon Catholique"".'<br>I carried this dossier around on the set throughout all my years as Poirot, years in which I grew to love and admire the little Belgian. In 1989, he took the title role of Hercule Poirot for the long-running television series ""Agatha Christie's Poirot"". In 2001, he had the lead role in the David Yates-directed BBC television serial ""The Way We Live Now"" and, in April 2002, he played the real-life barrister, George Carman (QC), in the BBC drama ""Get Carman: The Trials of George Carman QC"". In 2003, Suchet starred as the ambitious Cardinal Wolsey"
"in British TV series such as ""Shameless"" and ""Early Doors"". Actor, comedian and author Robbie Coltrane, widely known for his role as Rubeus Hagrid in the ""Harry Potter"" series of films, is another BAFTA Award-winning actor from Scotland. He was voted 6th in a poll to find the 'most famous Scot' and placed 10th in ITV's list of ""TV's Greatest Stars."" David Tennant is a multi award-winning Scottish actor best known for his role in ""Doctor Who"" as the 10th incarnation of the Doctor. He has also featured in numerous other television shows, movies, theatre productions and radio dramas. Kelly"
"Will Theakston William Theakston (born 4 October 1984) is an English actor who appeared in the first Harry Potter film. He played the role of the Slytherin Quidditch Seeker Terence Higgs. He attended Latymer Upper School. He has also appeared in two children's TV series: CBBC's The Ghost Hunter and CITV's """". In Ghost Hunter he played the character of Roddy, one of the main characters. Roddy and his sister Tessa make friends with the ghost of a Victorian shoe-shine boy who is being hunted by the sinister Ghost Hunter. In Sir Gadabout he played the character of Will, a"
"Bard was voiced by John Stephenson. Stephenson also voiced the Dwarf Dori and The Great Goblin. In the 1985 Russian television film, Bard (or ""Berd"") was played by Boris Sokolov. In Peter Jackson's ""The Hobbit"" film series, Welsh actor Luke Evans portrays Bard, appearing in the latter two films of the trilogy, """" (2013) and """" (2014). Evans was cast in June 2011. Bob Strauss of ""Los Angeles Daily News"" felt that Evans' portrayal managed to expand on the character, while Erik Kain of ""Forbes"" felt that his portrayal was ""solid"", but was ""never given quite enough breathing room"". In"
"11 December 1999. The couple have two children: son Spencer (b. 1992), and daughter Alice (b. 1998). Coltrane and Gemmell separated in 2003 and later divorced. Robbie Coltrane Robbie Coltrane (born Anthony Robert McMillan; 30 March 1950) is a Scottish actor and author. He is known for his roles as Rubeus Hagrid in the ""Harry Potter"" films, as Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky in the James Bond films ""GoldenEye"" and ""The World Is Not Enough,"" and as Dr. Eddie ""Fitz"" Fitzgerald in the British TV series ""Cracker"" during the 1990s. Coltrane was born Anthony Robert McMillan in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, the"
"sequences). Anthony Squire Jack Francis Anthony Squire (5 May 1914 – 15 May 2000) was an English film and television screenwriter and director. He was married for a time to the actress Shelagh Fraser. Born in London, he is best known for his work on ITC television series of the 1950s such as ""The Adventures of Robin Hood"" and ""William Tell"". He also worked as a second unit director in several films, in which he specialised in set pieces including the James Bond films ""Casino Royale"" (1967) and ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" (1969) (the stock-car sequence) and ""Darling Lili"""
"more minor character who is the friend of the princess in the series. This programme was loosely based on the stories of King Arthur. Will Theakston William Theakston (born 4 October 1984) is an English actor who appeared in the first Harry Potter film. He played the role of the Slytherin Quidditch Seeker Terence Higgs. He attended Latymer Upper School. He has also appeared in two children's TV series: CBBC's The Ghost Hunter and CITV's """". In Ghost Hunter he played the character of Roddy, one of the main characters. Roddy and his sister Tessa make friends with the ghost"
"company in 2000, in which he was credited with developing a technique to convert still frames to motion picture film, creating a dream-like effect with the car crisp and in-focus and the background motion blurred. The advertisement won the Kodak AICP Award for Cinematography in New York City, and the commercial was added to the permanent collection of the New York Museum of Modern Art. Dave Comer David John ""Dave"" Comer (26 July 1956 – 25 December 2014) was a New Zealand still photographer. He was the location scout for ""The Lord of the Rings"" and ""The Hobbit"" film series."
"portrayed on film and television by several actors, Richard Cooper in ""Black Coffee"" (1931) and ""Lord Edgware Dies"" (1934); Robert Morley in ""The Alphabet Murders"" (1965); Jonathan Cecil in three TV films – ""Thirteen at Dinner"" (1985), ""Dead Man's Folly"" (1986) and ""Murder in Three Acts"" (1986); Dmitry Krylov in the Soviet film ""Mystery Endhauz"" (1989, directed by Vadim Derbenyov); and Hugh Fraser, who portrayed Hastings alongside David Suchet's Poirot in 43 of the 70 episodes of ""Agatha Christie's Poirot"". He is also a main character in the anime ""Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple"". Hastings narrates the majority"
"in 2016, Turner was presented with the ""Impact Award"" for his performance in ""Poldark"". Aidan Turner Aidan Turner (born 19 June 1983) is an Irish actor. He played the roles of Kíli in the three-part fantasy film ""The Hobbit"" and Ross Poldark in the 2015 BBC adaptation of ""The Poldark Novels"" by Winston Graham. Notable television roles include those of Dante Gabriel Rossetti in ""Desperate Romantics"", Ruairí McGowan in ""The Clinic"", and John Mitchell in the supernatural drama series ""Being Human"". Turner was born at home in Clondalkin, a suburban town of Dublin, Ireland. The family moved later to Walkinstown."
"entitled to use the post-nominal letters ""MM"". In February 2018 he was awarded France's highest honour, the Légion d'honneur for his participation in the Normandy landings. Later, Bingham had a career as a journalist and broadcaster in Britain. He also acted in numerous movies and TV shows. Among his acting credits is a wizard in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. as well as numerous roles in various TV documentaries calling for older men with white beards. He was also an advertising model and Santa Claus in London's premier department stores Harrods"