"the Daleks"" (2012) and shown in ""The Magician's Apprentice"" (2015). The Weapons Factories of Villengard were originally mentioned in ""The Doctor Dances"" (Steven Moffat's first ""Doctor Who"" story), where the Ninth Doctor implied that he was responsible for their destruction. The Doctor addresses his original incarnation as ""Mary Berry"", ""Corporal Jones"", and ""Mr. Pastry"". Mr. Pastry was a children's show character played by actor Richard Hearne, who was once considered for the role of the Fourth Doctor. Hearne, however, wanted to play the Doctor as a version of Mr. Pastry, so he was passed over in favour of Tom Baker."
"Richard Hearne Richard Lewis Hearne (30 January 1908 – 23 August 1979) was an English actor, comedian, producer and writer. He is best remembered for his stage and television character Mr Pastry. Hearne was born in Norwich, Norfolk, in 1908, the son of Richard and Lily May Hearne. Richard senior came from a theatrical family – his mother had been on the stage and he himself was a performing acrobat. Hearne worked on and off for the BBC for thirty years; he became the first performer to be known as a ""television star"" and also the first to have his"
"was buried in the churchyard in the village of St. Mary's Platt, near Borough Green in Kent. He had lived at Platt Farm, a fifteenth-century property in Long Mill Lane in the village, from the 1940s, and ran a market garden there. Richard Hearne Richard Lewis Hearne (30 January 1908 – 23 August 1979) was an English actor, comedian, producer and writer. He is best remembered for his stage and television character Mr Pastry. Hearne was born in Norwich, Norfolk, in 1908, the son of Richard and Lily May Hearne. Richard senior came from a theatrical family – his mother"
"""Mr Pastry"" film was subsequently made but portrayed the lead character as a pathetic figure coming out of prison and totally different from the TV series' bumbling comic. His act first appeared on the US ""Ed Sullivan Show"" in 1954, and thereafter Hearne appeared on the show frequently. Buster Keaton was reportedly a fan. Hearne was the subject of ""This Is Your Life"" in 1959 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the BBC Television Theatre. In 1963, Hearne became President of the Lord's Taverners charity and he subsequently raised money for hundreds of hydrotherapy pools. In 1970, he"
"John Carroll Lynch John Carroll Lynch (born August 1, 1963) is an American character actor and film director. He first gained notice for his role as Norm Gunderson in ""Fargo"". He is also known for his television work on the ABC sitcom ""The Drew Carey Show"" as the title character's cross-dressing brother, Steve Carey, as well as on """" and """" as Twisty the Clown. His films include ""Face/Off"", ""Gran Torino"", ""Shutter Island"", ""Ted 2"", ""The Invitation"", and ""Zodiac"". Most recently, he portrayed McDonald's co-founder Maurice McDonald in ""The Founder"". He made his directorial debut with the 2017 film ""Lucky""."
"member of the Guthrie Theatre Company) since 1997. John Carroll Lynch John Carroll Lynch (born August 1, 1963) is an American character actor and film director. He first gained notice for his role as Norm Gunderson in ""Fargo"". He is also known for his television work on the ABC sitcom ""The Drew Carey Show"" as the title character's cross-dressing brother, Steve Carey, as well as on """" and """" as Twisty the Clown. His films include ""Face/Off"", ""Gran Torino"", ""Shutter Island"", ""Ted 2"", ""The Invitation"", and ""Zodiac"". Most recently, he portrayed McDonald's co-founder Maurice McDonald in ""The Founder"". He made"
"George Pastell George Pastell (13 March 1923 - 4 April 1976) was a Cypriot character actor in British films and television programmes. Sources vary as to whether his real name was Nino (IMDb) or George Pastellides (BFI). He made his film debut in ""Give Us This Day"" (1949), credited as Nino Pastellides, and played villains in film and television. Although Greek, he was often cast by Hammer Film Productions as Eastern characters such as Mehemet Bey in ""The Mummy"" (1959), the High Priest of Kali in ""The Stranglers of Bombay"" (1960), Inspector Etienne in ""Maniac"" (1963), and Hashmi Bey in"
"Al Boasberg Al Boasberg (December 5, 1891 – June 18, 1937) was an American comedy writer in vaudeville, radio, and film, as well as being a film director. Boasberg was born in Buffalo, New York in a Jewish family. He is credited with helping to create American stand-up comedy when he teamed with then-youthful vaudeville performer Jack Benny, helping develop Benny's familiar, reactive skinflint and thus helping make Benny a major star when he transitioned to radio in 1932. In fact, on the last day before his death, Boasberg wrote the lines that introduced the enduring Rochester character on Benny's"
"Reggie Bannister Reginald Horace ""Reggie"" Bannister (born September 29, 1945) is an American musician, actor, producer, writer, and activist. Bannister is known for playing the shotgun-toting, ex-ice cream man Reggie, from film director Don Coscarelli's ""Phantasm"" series in which he starred alongside A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, and Angus Scrimm. Bannister has appeared in several films and worked with such notables as Ossie Davis, Bruce Campbell, Ella Joyce, Daniel Roebuck, Andy Griffith, Joe Estevez and Andrew Divoff, and many others. Bannister has played many great roles from Reggie in the ""Phantasm"" series to Herb Tooklander in the latest Stephen King"
"can't arrest me,"" he told the police. ""I'm the Cake Boss."" ""Is there anything we can do?"" he asked. ""I'm a good guy. You don't have to arrest me."" Buddy's driver's license was suspended for 90 days and he paid a $300 fine. Comedian Paul F. Tompkins plays a parody of Buddy Valastro on the ""Comedy Bang! Bang!"" podcast and the IFC TV show. Buddy Valastro Bartolo ""Buddy"" Valastro Jr. (born March 3, 1977) is an American celebrity chef, entrepreneur, and reality television personality of Italian heritage. He is the owner of Carlo's Bakery, as well as the face of"
"Jonathan Harris Jonathan Harris (born Jonathan Daniel Charasuchin; November 6, 1914 – November 3, 2002) was an American character actor whose career included more than 500 television and movie appearances, as well as voiceovers. Two of his best-known roles were as the timid accountant Bradford Webster in the television version of ""The Third Man"" and the fussy villain Dr. Zachary Smith of the 1960s science fiction series ""Lost in Space"". Near the end of his career, he provided voices for the animated features ""A Bug's Life"" and ""Toy Story 2"". The second of three children, Harris was born to a"
"Caspar Milquetoast Caspar Milquetoast was a comic strip character created by H. T. Webster for his cartoon series ""The Timid Soul"". Webster described Caspar Milquetoast as ""the man who speaks softly and gets hit with a big stick"". The character's name is a deliberate misspelling of the name of a bland and fairly inoffensive food, milk toast, which, light and easy to digest, is an appropriate food for someone with a weak or ""nervous"" stomach. In 1912, Webster drew a daily panel for the ""New-York Tribune"", under a variety of titles—""Our Boyhood Ambitions"", ""Life's Darkest Moment"", ""The Unseen Audience"". In"
"Martin Taras Martin B. Taras (9 August 1914 – 2 November 1994) was an American cartoonist who mostly worked at Famous Studios, the New York-based animation division of Paramount Pictures. Known for the creation of Baby Huey, Taras also animated films and drew comic books featuring characters such as Casper the Friendly Ghost, Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost, Rags Rabbit, Wendy the Good Little Witch, Herman and Katnip, and Buzzy the Funny Crow. Taras also served as animator and/or designer for television programs such as ""Batfink"", ""Spider-Man"" (The 1967 series), ""Josie and the Pussycats"", ""Super Friends""; and for theatrical motion"
"Ray Walston Herman Raymond Walston (November 2, 1914 – January 1, 2001) was an American actor and comedian, best known as the title character on ""My Favorite Martian"". His major film, television, and stage roles included Luther Billis (""South Pacific""), Mr. Applegate (""Damn Yankees""), J. J. Singleton (""The Sting""), Mr. Hand (""Fast Times at Ridgemont High""), Candy (""Of Mice and Men""), and Judge Henry Bone (""Picket Fences""). Walston was born on November 2, 1914, in Laurel, Mississippi, the second son and youngest of three children born to lumberjack Harry Norman Walston (1881–1946) and Mittie (née Kimball) Walston (December 25, 1883–August"
"Buddy Valastro Bartolo ""Buddy"" Valastro Jr. (born March 3, 1977) is an American celebrity chef, entrepreneur, and reality television personality of Italian heritage. He is the owner of Carlo's Bakery, as well as the face of Buddy V's Ristorante. Valastro is best known as the star of the reality television series ""Cake Boss"", which premiered in April 2009. He has also starred in ""Kitchen Boss"" (2011), ""The Next Great Baker"" (2010), and ""Buddy's Bakery Rescue"" (2013). Valastro was born in Hoboken, New Jersey to Buddy Valastro Sr., and Mary W. Tubito on March 3, 1977 and grew up in urban"
"""Doctor Who""; ""The Champions""; ""The Saint""; and ""Department S"". He died on 4 April 1976 from a heart attack. George Pastell George Pastell (13 March 1923 - 4 April 1976) was a Cypriot character actor in British films and television programmes. Sources vary as to whether his real name was Nino (IMDb) or George Pastellides (BFI). He made his film debut in ""Give Us This Day"" (1949), credited as Nino Pastellides, and played villains in film and television. Although Greek, he was often cast by Hammer Film Productions as Eastern characters such as Mehemet Bey in ""The Mummy"" (1959), the"
"Shaun Pye Shaun Pye is an English actor, comedian, writer, critic, television producer, editor and journalist, known for co-creating the animated sketch comedy ""Monkey Dust"" with Harry Thompson, and for his role as Greg Lindley-Jones on Ricky Gervais's sitcom ""Extras"". Pye created and wrote ""There She Goes"". A former comedy critic for the ""Evening Standard"" and editor of ""Tough Puzzles"", Pye has performed as a comedian. He is, however, known best for his work as a writer, having written material for series including ""Never Mind the Buzzcocks"", ""They Think It's All Over"", ""Armstrong and Miller"", ""Friday Night with Jonathan Ross"","
"Comedians Special Changed the Lives of 1989’s Funniest Comics"", in 2017. Fred Stoller Frederick ""Fred"" Stoller (born March 19, 1958) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, author, writer, and voice artist. He is best known for portraying Gerard on ""Everybody Loves Raymond"". He is also the voice of Stanley in the ""Open Season"" franchise, Fred the Squirrel in ""The Penguins of Madagascar"", Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy in ""WordGirl"", and Rusty the monkey wrench on Disney Jr.'s ""Handy Manny"". Stoller was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York on March 19, 1958. He has one older sister."
"Trapster The Trapster (Peter Petruski) is fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is one of the first supervillains who became active during the ""Silver Age"" of Marvel Comics. He makes his first appearance as Paste-Pot Pete in ""Strange Tales"" #104 (January 1963), and as the Trapster in ""Fantastic Four"" #38. Peter Petruski was born in Gary, Indiana. Originally calling himself Paste-Pot Pete, the villain and professional criminal clashed with the Human Torch during his efforts to sell a new American missile to the Soviets. However he escaped by using his paste to catch"
"J. Elvis Weinstein Joshua Stuart ""Josh"" Weinstein (born May 21, 1971), known professionally as J. Elvis Weinstein, is an American writer and performer, best known for his roles as Dr. Laurence Erhardt and the original puppeteer and voice for Tom Servo and Gypsy on ""Mystery Science Theater 3000"". Weinstein was one of the founding writers/performers of the show in 1988 at the age of 17. Weinstein worked on ""Mystery Science Theater 3000"" during its original appearance on Minneapolis UHF station KTMA-TV from 1988 to 1989, and its first season on Comedy Central (then called the Comedy Channel) from 1989 to"
"Stephen Bosustow Stephen Reginald Bosustow (November 6, 1911 in Victoria, British Columbia – July 4, 1981) was a Canadian-born American film producer from 1943 until his retirement in 1979. He was one of the founders of United Productions of America (UPA) and produced nearly 600 cartoon and live-action shorts. He is chiefly remembered for producing a string of Mr. Magoo and Gerald McBoing-Boing cartoons in the 1950s, two of which earned Academy Awards. He is the only film producer in history who received all the Oscar nominations in one category (1957), guaranteeing him the winning Oscar. ""Magoo's Puddle Jumper"" was"
"Paul Rugg Paul Kevin Rugg (born October 21, 1960) is an American screenwriter, producer, voice actor, and puppeteer. Rugg has worked extensively in the field of animation. His list of credits include writing for, co-producing, and playing the voices of several cartoon characters, first being credited as ""Mr. Director"" (a Jerry Lewis-esque character) from ""Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs"". Afterwards, he voiced the title character in ""Steven Spielberg Presents Freakazoid"" and the ""Histeria"" portrayal of Nostradamus, as well as the main recurring villain, the Dark Lord Chuckles The Silly Piggy in the Disney series ""Dave the Barbarian"". Recently, he has provided"
"was awarded an OBE for his charitable work. He was interviewed for the starring role of the BBC series ""Doctor Who"" after the departure of Jon Pertwee, but a disagreement over his interpretation of the role (he wanted to play the Doctor as Mr Pastry) led to no offer being made by the producer, Barry Letts. The role was subsequently offered to Tom Baker. In 1976, he appeared as Mr. Pastry on the BBC's old time music hall show, ""The Good Old Days"". Hearne died in Bearsted, Kent, in 1979, aged 71, leaving a widow, Yvonne, and two children. He"
"Marty Pasetta Martin Allen Pasetta (June 16, 1932 – May 21, 2015) was an American television producer and director, best known for his work on the telecasts for multiple awards shows, including the Oscars, the Grammys, and the AFI Life Achievement Awards. He also directed ""The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour"" along with the game shows ""Wheel of Fortune"" and ""Love Connection"". He also produced the game show ""Catchphrase"", which, while short-lived in the US, went onto a long run in the UK, where their adaptation ran from 1986 until 2002, and was revived again in 2013; Pasetta also co-produced a"
"and other recorded media. In the 2016 ""Ghostbusters"" reboot Bill Murray explicitly based the dress style of his character (Martin Heiss) on Crisp. Quentin Crisp Quentin Crisp (born Denis Charles Pratt; – ) was an English writer, raconteur and actor. From a conventional suburban background, Crisp enjoyed wearing make-up and painting his nails, and worked as a rent-boy in his teens. He then spent thirty years as a professional model for life-classes in art colleges. The interviews he gave about his unusual life attracted increasing public curiosity and he was soon sought after for his highly individual views on social"
"Tons of Trouble Tons of Trouble is a 1956 black and white British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Richard Hearne, William Hartnell and Austin Trevor. The eccentric caretaker of a block of flats, Mr. Pastry (Richard Hearne), is in charge of two of its boilers, whom he lovingly calls ""Mavis"" and ""Ethel."" His affection for the pair leads him into unforeseen problems, and he's fired from his job. Meanwhile, wealthy Sir Hervey Shaw (Austin Trevor) is searching for Mr. Pastry to close an important business deal. Mr. Pastry is found just in the nick of time"
"Michael Payne (cartoonist) Michael Payne (born 13 April 1944) known by his professional name """"Mike Payne"" is a British cartoonist, artist, illustrator, writer and actor best known for creating ""Tatty Teddy"" for the ""Me to You"" concept for Carte Blanche Greetings which he drew for seventeen years. He created ""Teddy Bigfoot"" and ""The Miranda Gang"" for the same company under his pen name of ""Miranda"". He is also the creator and writer of the Charlie's Ark children’s stories, Norm Bear (with Richard Digance) and was the cartoonist for Sky News. Mike Payne was born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England on 13"
"Harry Einstein Harry Einstein (May 6, 1904 – November 23, 1958), known professionally by a multitude of pseudonyms, most commonly Parkyakarkus, was an American comedian, writer, and character actor. A specialist in Greek dialect comedy, he became famous as the Greek chef Nick Parkyakarkus on the Eddie Cantor and Al Jolson radio programs, and later on a program of his own. He appeared in eleven films (as Parkyakarkas, or a close variant) from 1936 to 1945. Einstein was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Sarah (née Klayman), who came from a Jewish family in Russia; and Charles Einstein, a"
"Sylvester Jr. Sylvester J. Pussycat Jr., or simply Sylvester Junior, is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series. He was created by Robert McKimson. Junior first appeared in the 1950 short ""Pop 'im Pop!"", directed by Robert McKimson and eventually appeared in a total of 11 shorts in the Golden age. His voice was provided by Mel Blanc until his death in 1989, and later by Joe Alaskey, who died on February 3, 2016. He is the son of Sylvester the Cat. Physically, Junior is basically a miniature version of his father, having"
"with his own line. Crunchy Frog Crunchy Frog is a fictional confection originating from a Monty Python sketch titled ""Trade Description Act"", inspired by the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 in British law. Mr. Milton, the owner of the Whizzo Chocolate Company (Terry Jones) is approached by two members of the Hygiene Squad, Inspector Praline (John Cleese) and Superintendent Parrot (Graham Chapman). The officers confront him about the odd flavours that are used in the Whizzo Quality Assortment, and cite inadequate descriptions of his products as a violation of the Trade Descriptions Act. They ask him to explain the confection labelled"
"Art Babbitt Arthur Harold Babitsky (October 8, 1907 – March 4, 1992), better known as Art Babbitt, was an American animator, best known for his work at The Walt Disney Company. He received over 80 awards as an animation director and animator, and also developed the character of Goofy. Babbitt worked as an animator or animation director on such films as ""The Three Little Pigs"" (1933), ""Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"" (1937), ""Fantasia"" (1940), and ""The Incredible Mr. Limpet"" (1964), among others. Outside of Disney, he also animated ""The Wise Quacking Duck"" (1943) for Leon Schlesinger Productions. Babbitt was"
"Tex Avery Frederick Bean ""Tex"" Avery (February 26, 1908 – August 26, 1980) was an American animator, director, cartoonist and voice actor, known for producing and directing animated cartoons during the golden age of American animation. His most significant work was for the Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, where he was crucial in the creation and evolution of famous animated characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Droopy, Screwy Squirrel, George and Junior and Chilly Willy. Gary Morris described Avery's innovative approach:Above all, [Avery] steered the Warner Bros. house style away from Disney-esque sentimentality and made"
"Tex Avery Frederick Bean ""Tex"" Avery (February 26, 1908 – August 26, 1980) was an American animator, director, cartoonist and voice actor, known for producing and directing animated cartoons during the golden age of American animation. His most significant work was for the Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, where he was crucial in the creation and evolution of famous animated characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Droopy, Screwy Squirrel, George and Junior and Chilly Willy. Gary Morris described Avery's innovative approach:Above all, [Avery] steered the Warner Bros. house style away from Disney-esque sentimentality and made"