"and then to White City Stadium. Most of the chase is a logical following of Riley's car apart from when the car goes from Hythe Road NW10 into Sterne Street – Hythe Road in 1949 was a dead end. ""The Blue Lamp"" premiered on 20 January 1950 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, and the reviewer for ""The Times"" found the depiction of the police work very plausible and realistic, and praised the performances of Dirk Bogarde and Peggy Evans, but found Jack Warner's and Jimmy Hanley's two policemen portrayed in a too traditional way: """"There is an indefinable"
"him among the top ten local stars at the box office via an annual poll in the ""Motion Picture Herald"". Jack Warner (actor) Jack Warner, OBE (born Horace John Waters, 24 October 1895 – 24 May 1981) was a British film and television actor. He is closely associated with the role of PC George Dixon, which he played in the 1950 film ""The Blue Lamp"" and later in the television series ""Dixon of Dock Green"" from 1955 until 1976, but he was also for some years one of Great Britain's most popular film stars. Warner was born Horace John Waters."
"Jack Warner (actor) Jack Warner, OBE (born Horace John Waters, 24 October 1895 – 24 May 1981) was a British film and television actor. He is closely associated with the role of PC George Dixon, which he played in the 1950 film ""The Blue Lamp"" and later in the television series ""Dixon of Dock Green"" from 1955 until 1976, but he was also for some years one of Great Britain's most popular film stars. Warner was born Horace John Waters. in Bromley, Poplar, London, the third child of Edward William Waters, master fulling maker and undertaker's warehouseman, and Maud Mary"
"""The Blue Lamp"", starring Dirk Bogarde and Jack Warner, as P.C. George Dixon, a character later revived in the long-running TV drama, ""Dixon of Dock Green"", featured location filming in the Paddington / Notting Hill / Portobello area. It features good shots of these locations in pre-Westway days, and includes a thrilling car chase along largely traffic-free roads, including Portobello Road. In the short story ""The Portobello Road"", Muriel Spark narrates the story of a murderer who, visited by the ghost of his victim, Macbeth-style, tends to constantly go to the Portobello Road market to meet her. ""The Portobello Road"""
"and Rigby was sometimes credited as Arthur Rigby Jr. See Wikipedia entry on ""Dixon of Dock Green""; also ""Who's Who in the Theatre,"" 16th edition (1977), page 1065. Arthur Rigby (actor) Arthur Rigby (born Arthur Turner; 27 September 1900 – 25 April 1971) was an English actor and writer. He was best known for playing Sgt Flint on the TV series ""Dixon of Dock Green"", appearing in 253 episodes from 1955 to 1965. He also appeared with ""Dixon"" 's star Jack Warner in the 1949 film ""The Blue Lamp"", which was also the film in which the character of PC"
"been killed in ""The Blue Lamp"", parallels the stories of the principal characters in ""Life on Mars"" and ""Ashes to Ashes"", having been explained in the final episode. The ending credits to the show were seen in the 2016 animated film ""Ethel & Ernest"". Dixon of Dock Green Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series about daily life at a London police station, with the emphasis on petty crime, successfully controlled through common sense and human understanding. The central character was a mature and sympathetic police constable, George Dixon, played by Jack Warner in all of the 432"
"of the Commissionership, and he managed some considerable cost savings for the Met. He also improved the public relations outlook of the service, including granting Ealing Studios unprecedented assistance in the production of the film ""The Blue Lamp"", which was to lead to the TV series ""Dixon of Dock Green"", which painted a rosy view of the Metropolitan Police fostered by Jack Warner's portrayal of genial PC George Dixon. Scott presided over several high-profile cases during his time with the Met, including the Derek Bentley trial for the murder of police officer PC Sidney Miles. In 1951, Scott introduced a"
"(1954). He co-starred in the 1955 Hammer film version of ""The Quatermass Xperiment"" and as a police superintendent in the 1955 Ealing Studios black comedy ""The Ladykillers"". Although the police constable he played in ""The Blue Lamp"" was shot dead in the film, the character was revived in 1955 for the BBC television series ""Dixon of Dock Green"", which ran until 1976. In later years though, Warner and his long-past-retirement-age character were confined to a less prominent desk sergeant role. The series had a prime-time slot on Saturday evenings, and always opened with Dixon giving a little soliloquy to the"
"Arthur Rigby (actor) Arthur Rigby (born Arthur Turner; 27 September 1900 – 25 April 1971) was an English actor and writer. He was best known for playing Sgt Flint on the TV series ""Dixon of Dock Green"", appearing in 253 episodes from 1955 to 1965. He also appeared with ""Dixon"" 's star Jack Warner in the 1949 film ""The Blue Lamp"", which was also the film in which the character of PC George Dixon was created. As a writer, Rigby co-wrote the book (with Stanley Lupino), for the musical play ""So This is Love"", which ran for 321 performances at"
"of Birmingham in 1898, the year he died. The 1906 George Dixon Schools (now George Dixon Primary School and George Dixon Academy) in Edgbaston are named after Dixon. Indirectly, through the school, he gave his name to the television character PC George Dixon, who first appeared in the film ""The Blue Lamp"" (1950), produced by a former pupil, Sir Michael Balcon, and subsequently in the TV series ""Dixon of Dock Green"". George Dixon (MP) George Dixon (1820 – 24 January 1898) was an English Liberal Party then Liberal Unionist politician who was active in local government in Birmingham and sat"
"more aggressive policing culture. It retained a faithful following throughout its run and was voted second most popular programme on British TV in 1961. The actor Jack Warner was already well known to the public. Born Horace John Waters in London in 1895, he had been a comedian in radio and in his early film career. Starting in the early 1940s, he broadened his range to include dramatic roles, becoming a warmly human character actor in the process. But as well as playing in films with dramatic themes (such as ""The Blue Lamp"" (1950), in which the character George Dixon"
"television portrayals of the East End was ""Dixon of Dock Green"" (1955–1976). In this programme, Sergeant George Dixon pounded the fictional beat of Dock Green, with a script by Ted Willis. The series arose from the film, ""The Blue Lamp"" (1950) that was based on the real life murder of a policeman based at Leman Street, Aldgate. The television series enjoyed considerable success. The script was based on research at Paddington Green Police Station and filmed at the BBC's Lime Grove Studios, in West London. The characterisation by the lead, Jack Warner, was held in such high regard that officers"
"suggesting George Dixon died in August 1898, the time-period given for the first two graphic novels, as well as ""The War of the Worlds"". However, no explanation of this claim is given. Here is one: the real George Dixon (1820–98) was the Victorian politician after whom Balcon's school was named. In 2010, the BBC Television drama ""Ashes to Ashes"" concluded with a short clip of George Dixon, referring to the similarity to Dixon's death in ""The Blue Lamp"" and subsequent resurrection for the television series and the underlying plot of the show. The Blue Lamp The Blue Lamp is a"
"influential chiller compendium ""Dead of Night"" (1945) and directed the linking narrative and the ""Hearse Driver"" segment. He also directed ""The Captive Heart"" starring Michael Redgrave, a 1946 British war drama, produced by Ealing Studios. The film was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. ""The Blue Lamp"" (1950), probably the most frequently shown of Dearden's Ealing films, is a police drama which first introduced audiences to PC George Dixon, later resurrected for the long-running ""Dixon of Dock Green"" television series. His last Ealing film, ""Out of the Clouds"", was released in 1955. In later years he became associated with"
"and Newcastle upon Tyne), including a sixteen-man representation from the Metropolitan Police, led by Deputy Assistant Commissioner George Rushbrook and Commander John Atkins. The character of Police Constable George Dixon was based on an old-style British ""bobby""—a slang term for policeman. He first appeared in the iconic British film ""The Blue Lamp"" (1950) as a typical bobby on the beat, an experienced constable working out of the Paddington Green police station. The film was produced by Michael Balcon, who had been educated at George Dixon School in Birmingham, named after a local politician: this inspired the character name. In ""The"
"of St. Ogg's in the comedy series ""All Gas and Gaiters"". It was, at that time, breaking with tradition, allowing a laugh at the expense of the established church. He also played the police chief inspector Charles Rose in the Granada TV series ""The Odd Man"" and its spin-offs ""It's Dark Outside"" and ""Mr Rose"". He played the Hon. Mr. Justice Campbell in the Granada TV series ""Crown Court"". Having taken the part of a Chief Inspector in the 1949 Ealing Studios film ""The Blue Lamp"", in which PC George Dixon first appears (only to be shot dead by a"
"and the dim, hapless innocent. Via the 1950 film ""The Blue Lamp"", and ""Dixon of Dock Green"", the TV series developed from it which ran until the mid-1970s, Warner became forever engrained on the British consciousness as George ""Evenin' all"" Dixon, the avuncular upholder of law and order. ""My Brother's Keeper"" is often cited as an example of the dramatic range of which Warner was capable, before he became typecast. Cole's performance too is credited as one of the factors in his unusually smooth transition from child star to adult actor. The film's main weakness is cited as the interpolation"
"includes the following special features:- In 2005, the series was revived for BBC Radio, adapted by Sue Rodwell, with David Calder as George Dixon, David Tennant as Andy Crawford, and Charlie Brooks as Mary Dixon: A second series followed in 2006, with Hamish Clark replacing Tennant owing to the latter's ""Doctor Who"" recording commitments: ""The Black and Blue Lamp"" by Arthur Ellis was screened in the BBC2 ""Screenplay"" series of drama plays on 7 September 1988. In the play – which begins with a montage of key scenes from ""The Blue Lamp"" – Tom Riley (Sean Chapman) and PC Hughes"
"role of the Albany porter. Film Television Victor Brooks (actor) Victor Brooks (11 November 1918 – 19 January 2000) was a prolific English film and television actor. He specialised in character roles, police inspectors in particular, in British thrillers such as ""Cover Girl Killer"" (1959), ""Witchcraft"" (1964), and ""Devils of Darkness"" (1965). His best known films are probably ""Goldfinger"" (1964), ""The Brides of Dracula"" (1960) and ""Billy Budd"" (1962). On television, he was noted for playing a pipe-smoking authority figure in crime series like ""Dixon of Dock Green"", ""Gideon's Way"", ""Detective"", ""Z Cars"" and ""Crown Court"". He also appeared in"
"Camp"" that Gainsborough decided to give them their own series, so Warner was seen in ""Here Come the Huggetts"" (1948), ""Vote for Huggett"" (1949) and ""The Huggetts Abroad"" (1949). Warner was one of several names in ""Train of Events"" (1949) and played the governor of a borstal institution in ""Boys in Brown"" (1949). Warner was already established as one of the most popular British actors in the country. His stock rose further when he played PC George Dixon in ""The Blue Lamp"" (1950), the most seen film at the box office that year. One observer predicted, ""This film will make"
"Robert Harmon Robert Harmon is an American film and television director. He is best known for the 1986 horror film ""The Hitcher"", starring Rutger Hauer, as well as for films like ""They"" and ""Nowhere to Run"". His television work is distinguished by the series of made-for-TV movies featuring fictional Paradise (Mass.) Police Chief Jesse Stone, which began in 2005 with ""Stone Cold"", starring Tom Selleck, as well as the Emmy-nominated biopics """" (also starring Selleck) and ""Gotti"", starring Armand Assante. He has directed a few episodes of the TV show ""Blue Bloods"", which stars Tom Selleck. Harmon has been nominated"
"Blue Lamp"". He played a more senior policeman in the 1959 Joseph Losey drama ""Blind Date"" opposite Stanley Baker, and the sardonic British Secret Intelligence Service chief in the 1966 thriller ""The Quiller Memorandum"" opposite George Sanders. As a character actor he worked in cinema and television until his death in 1995, and some of his later films include ""Kafka"" (1991) and ""Shadowlands"" (1993). Flemyng died from complications of pneumonia, following a disabling stroke. Robert Flemyng Robert Flemyng, OBE, MC (3 January 1912 – 22 May 1995) was an English film and stage actor. Flemyng was born in Liverpool, Lancashire,"
"Charles Arthur ""Pretty Boy"" Floyd, Lester ""Baby Face"" Nelson, George ""Machine Gun"" Kelly, ""Handsome"" Jack Klutas, Wilbur Underhill and John Dillinger. During a meeting with fellow FBI agent Samuel Cowley, Purvis makes it clear he seeks personal vengeance and that he's willing to use extralegal measures if necessary. Dillinger is in the midst of his criminal career, accompanied by Homer Van Meter, Harry Pierpont, Charles Mackley and others and is very braggadocios about his exploits. He meets Billy Frechette at a bar and immediately takes a liking to her, but becomes nonplussed when she doesn't recognized him and robs the"
"actors were carried over into the TV series ""Dixon of Dock Green"", including the resurrected Dixon, still played by Warner. The series ran on BBC One for twenty-one years from 1955 to 1976, with Warner being over eighty by the time of its conclusion. In 1988, Arthur Ellis's satirical BBC Two play ""The Black and Blue Lamp"" had the film characters of Riley (Sean Chapman) PC ""Taffy"" Hughes (Karl Johnson) transported forwards in time into an episode of ""The Filth"", a gritty contemporary police television series, replacing their modern-day counterparts. """" by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill has one panel"
"Dirk Bogarde Sir Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde (28 March 1921 – 8 May 1999), known professionally as Dirk Bogarde, was an English actor and writer. Initially a matinée idol in films such as ""Doctor in the House"" (1954) for the Rank Organisation, he later acted in art-house films. In a second career, he wrote seven best-selling volumes of memoirs, six novels and a volume of collected journalism, mainly from articles in ""The Daily Telegraph"". Bogarde came to prominence in films including ""The Blue Lamp"" in the early 1950s, before starring in the successful ""Doctor"" film series"
"Victor Brooks (actor) Victor Brooks (11 November 1918 – 19 January 2000) was a prolific English film and television actor. He specialised in character roles, police inspectors in particular, in British thrillers such as ""Cover Girl Killer"" (1959), ""Witchcraft"" (1964), and ""Devils of Darkness"" (1965). His best known films are probably ""Goldfinger"" (1964), ""The Brides of Dracula"" (1960) and ""Billy Budd"" (1962). On television, he was noted for playing a pipe-smoking authority figure in crime series like ""Dixon of Dock Green"", ""Gideon's Way"", ""Detective"", ""Z Cars"" and ""Crown Court"". He also appeared in the television series ""Raffles"", in the recurring"
"Fred Pickler Fred Pickler is an American actor, author, former deputy and photographer, whose photographs have appeared in ""Life Magazine"". He is possibly best remembered as Detective Tom Gordon/Yellow Man in David Lynch’s controversial film ""Blue Velvet"", in which Pickler almost walked out of during its premiere. He was also Deputy with the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Department for eight years as a Chief Evidence Technician at the death scene of Robert Harrill, in which Pickler would eventually co-write ""The Reluctant Hermit of Fort Fisher"" about the life of Harrill, and would go on to be elected President of the"
"Mark-Paul Gosselaar Mark-Paul Harry Gosselaar (; born March 1, 1974) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as Zack Morris in ""Saved by the Bell"", Detective John Clark in ""NYPD Blue"", and Peter Bash in ""Franklin & Bash"". He was the lead in the 1998 film ""Dead Man on Campus"", and starred in the 2016 TV series ""Pitch"". Gosselaar was born in Panorama City, Los Angeles, the son of Paula (van den Brink), a homemaker and hostess for KLM, and Hans Gosselaar, a plant supervisor for Anheuser-Busch. His Dutch father is of German and Dutch Jewish"
"Patric Doonan Patric Doonan (18 April 1925 in Derby, Derbyshire – 10 March 1958 in London) was a British stage and screen actor. He was the son of comedian George Doonan and brother of fellow actor Tony Doonan. He featured in films of the time as ""The Blue Lamp"", ""Train of Events"" and ""The Cockleshell Heroes"" but rarely played the leads. An exception was ""Wheel of Fate"" (1953), in which he did have the leading role and top billing. 1953 was probably Doonan's peak year in films, as in that same year he also had good supporting roles in ""The"
"munitions. Pickler occasionally does interviews about his supporting role in ""Blue Velvet"" and the case involving Robert Harrill, as seen in the documentary ""The Fort Fisher Hermit: The Life & Death of Robert E. Harrill"". Fred Pickler Fred Pickler is an American actor, author, former deputy and photographer, whose photographs have appeared in ""Life Magazine"". He is possibly best remembered as Detective Tom Gordon/Yellow Man in David Lynch’s controversial film ""Blue Velvet"", in which Pickler almost walked out of during its premiere. He was also Deputy with the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Department for eight years as a Chief Evidence"
"Kevin Page (actor) Kevin Page, also credited as Ken Page, born 1959, is an actor. He is perhaps best known for his recurring roles on ""Dallas"" as Steven ""Bum"" Jones, right-hand man of J.R. Ewing and on ""Seinfeld"" as ""Stu Chermack"". He also appears in the 1987 film ""RoboCop"" as Mr. Kinney, a young executive who is violently killed by an ED-209 police robot during a boardroom demonstration gone wrong. Kevin Page played ""Bum"", a henchman of J.R. Ewing who was eventually revealed to be his killer in the rebooted series second-season finale ""Legacies"". Kevin Page opened an art gallery"
"Blue Caprice Blue Caprice is a 2013 American independent drama film directed by Alexandre Moors, and based on the 2002 D.C. sniper attacks. The film stars Isaiah Washington and Tequan Richmond as the perpetrators of the attacks, John Allen Muhammad and Lee Malvo, respectively, although the two are only referred to by their first names. It recounts how Malvo, a lone teenager, was drawn into the shadow of Muhammad, who served as a father figure to him, and how they eventually began their killing spree. ""Blue Caprice"" also stars Joey Lauren Adams, Tim Blake Nelson and Leo Fitzpatrick. It was"
"Albert Dekker Albert Dekker (born Thomas Albert Ecke Van Dekker, December 20, 1905 – May 5, 1968) was an American character actor and politician best known for his roles in ""Dr. Cyclops"", ""The Killers"", ""Kiss Me Deadly"", and ""The Wild Bunch"". He is sometimes credited as Albert Van Dekker or Albert van Dekker. Dekker was born in Brooklyn, New York, the only child of Thomas and Grace Ecke Van Dekker. He attended Richmond Hill High School, where he appeared in stage productions. He then attended Bowdoin College, where he majored in pre-med with plans to become a doctor. On the"