What was the name ofthe character played by Richard Griffiths in the TV series 'Pie In The Sky'?
"(Series 3), 25 January 2011 (Series 4) and 2 August 2011 (Series 5). The complete series was released on DVD by Acorn Media on 11 November, 2011. Pie in the Sky (TV series) Pie in the Sky is a light-hearted British police drama starring Richard Griffiths and Maggie Steed, created by Andrew Payne and first broadcast in five series on BBC1 between 13 March 1994 and 17 August 1997 as well as being syndicated on other channels in other countries, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The series departs slightly from other police dramas in that the protagonist, Henry Crabbe, while"
"Pie in the Sky (1964 film) Pie in the Sky is a 1964 American film drama written and directed by Allen Baron and starring Lee Grant and Richard Bray. Although filmed in 1962, financial and distribution problems delayed release until 1964. Shortly after the initial release, it was retitled ""Terror in the City"". A nine-year-old boy, Brill (Richard Bray), who lives on a farm, hitchhikes to New York City. He finds work selling papers with a gang of shoeshine boys and paper carriers managed by teen punk Rick (Jaime Charlamagne), who keeps half their earnings. Brill wins Rick's money in"
"Ned (Pushing Daisies) Ned, also referred to as ""The Piemaker,"" is the protagonist of the ABC television series, ""Pushing Daisies"", and is portrayed by Lee Pace. Ned works as a pie maker at his restaurant The Pie Hole. He also has the ability to resurrect the dead with a single touch. When private investigator Emerson Cod (Chi McBride) accidentally discovers Ned's ability, the two enter in a partnership: in exchange for Ned using his ability to revive those who have died under suspicious circumstances, Emerson will split any reward money that he receives when the information discovered with the help"
"Robert Picardo Robert Picardo (born October 27, 1953) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayals of Dr. Dick Richards on ABC's ""China Beach""; the Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH), also known as The Doctor, on """"; the Cowboy in ""Innerspace"", Coach Cutlip on ""The Wonder Years"" (where he received an Emmy nomination); Ben Wheeler in ""Wagons East""; and as Richard Woolsey in the ""Stargate"" television franchise. Picardo is also a member of the Board of Directors of The Planetary Society. Robert Picardo was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Joe Picardo. Robert is of Italian heritage, with"
"both Oakley Court and Bray Studios had no heat or bathrooms. In 1995, it featured as the 'Laxton Grange Hotel' in the British television series ""Pie in the Sky"" starring Richard Griffiths. On many web resources it is erroneously credited as being St Trinian's School in the original St Trinian's film series, but a comparison between the films and the actual building show a quite different architecture and overall design. Historical notes available from the hotel, however, indicate that some parts of the St Trinian films were filmed in the grounds, especially ""The Wildcats of St Trinian's"" (1980). Oakley Court"
"called by his first name. Gilmore was played by Byron Keith, who for most of the first season was billed as Keith Byron. The 'breakout' character, who had not been included in the pilot film, was Gerald Lloyd ""Kookie"" Kookson III (played by Edd Byrnes), the rock and roll-loving, wisecracking, hair-combing hipster and aspiring PI who initially worked as the valet parking attendant at Dino's, the club next door to the detectives' office. Byrnes had originally been cast as a contract killer in the series pilot, but proved so popular that he was brought back in a new role for"
"Pushing Daisies Pushing Daisies is an American fantasy mystery comedy-drama television series created by Bryan Fuller that aired on ABC from October 3, 2007, to June 13, 2009. The series stars Lee Pace as Ned, a pie-maker with the ability to bring dead things back to life with his touch, an ability that comes with stipulations. Together with his formerly deceased childhood crush Chuck (Anna Friel), private investigator Emerson Cod (Chi McBride) and co-worker Olive Snook (Kristin Chenoweth), Ned uses his abilities to solve murder cases. The cast also includes Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz and Field Cate, with Jim Dale"
"(Jillian Bach), the eccentric neighbor across the hall, and Pete begins dating a fellow firefighter named Marti (Tiffani Thiessen). The series premiered on March 10, 1998, as ""Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place"". The episode entitled ""The Pilot"" was watched by almost 18 million viewers. The story of season 1 centers around the pizza place. Actors such as Jennifer Westfeldt (Melissa), and Julius Carry (Bill) were credited as secondary cast members to principals Ryan Reynolds, Richard Ruccolo, and Traylor Howard. Mr. Bauer, played by David Ogden Stiers, frequently appeared around the pizza place, telling stories of life events"
"season. He took over the role of mission commander of the Atlantis Expedition. Robert Picardo Robert Picardo (born October 27, 1953) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayals of Dr. Dick Richards on ABC's ""China Beach""; the Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH), also known as The Doctor, on """"; the Cowboy in ""Innerspace"", Coach Cutlip on ""The Wonder Years"" (where he received an Emmy nomination); Ben Wheeler in ""Wagons East""; and as Richard Woolsey in the ""Stargate"" television franchise. Picardo is also a member of the Board of Directors of The Planetary Society. Robert Picardo was born in"
"in the Sky"", technically owned by his wife Margaret, although Henry is the main chef. (Much to Henry's disgust, Margaret has no feeling whatever for food, seeing it as nothing more than fuel, and has a partiality for bars of chocolate and – horror of horrors, in Henry's eyes – prawn cocktail flavour crisps). However, during his ""final"" case, an investigation into police corruption, he is tricked into appearing to take a bribe. Although Crabbe himself is entirely innocent, the circumstances enable his superior, A.C.C. Fisher, effectively to blackmail Crabbe into continuing to take on occasional cases as required, threatening"
"in the Sky"" (1938) and ""The Mystery of Mr. Wong"" (1939). However, his career stalled after he left acting to join up during the Second World War. He was awarded a Purple Heart for his military service, and returned to acting following the war. However, he was killed in October 1949, aged 42, in a motorcycle accident in Los Angeles, California. He married actress Barbara Pepper in 1943, with whom he had two sons, John and Dennis. After his death in 1949, she never remarried. Craig Reynolds (actor) Craig Reynolds (born Harold Hugh Enfield, July 15, 1907 – October 22,"
"Richard Cole (EastEnders) Richard Cole (also known as ""Tricky Dicky"") is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"", played by Ian Reddington between 23 July 1992 and 21 July 1994. Richard Cole arrives in Walford in 1992 as the new Walford market inspector. He is known as a corrupt man who will pull every trick in the book to make money and he is not well liked by the community. He is also a notorious womaniser who has various brief flings. He briefly dates market trader Rachel Kominski (Jacquetta May) in 1992, but antagonises her later when he"
"Richard Hayes (singer) Richard Herbert Hayes (January 5, 1930–March 10, 2014) was an American actor and singer and, in his latter career, a game show host and disc jockey. Hayes was well known during television's golden age as the unnamed boyfriend opposite his real-real-life wife Peggy Ann Garner to Barbara ""Babs"" Smith on the ABC sitcom ""Two Girls Named Smith"" for two seasons in 1951. Hayes was best-known and remembered for his music. Born in Brooklyn, New York, on January 5, 1930, Hayes had much success as a recording artist while in his late teens. Between 1948 and 1953, Hayes"
"Jack Dodson John Smeaton ""Jack"" Dodson (May 16, 1931 – September 16, 1994) was an American television actor best remembered for the milquetoast character Howard Sprague on ""The Andy Griffith Show"" and its spin-off ""Mayberry R.F.D."" From 1959 until his death in 1994, Dodson was married to television art director Mary Dodson. In 1966, Andy Griffith hired Dodson for the Howard Sprague role, having previously seen him in Broadway's ""Hughie"". Dodson also portrayed insurance agent Ed Jenkins in the ""Lost and Found"" episode of ""The Andy Griffith Show"". Dodson also appeared in episodes of ""My Friend Flicka"", ""Hazel"", ""The Virginian"","
"in the park, each episode also consisted of almost entirely Canadian segments with only occasional American ones, most commonly featuring Bert and Ernie. Added to the cast was a Muppet kitten named Chaos (named after Golick's own cat) and a human character named Ray. Many guests made appearances on the series, including Red Green, a Canadian situation-comedy character played by Steve Smith, and Eric Peterson as Old King Cole. The series joined the CBC Playground lineup on October 21, along with ""Wimzie's House"". In 1999, the series received its nomination and win from the Gemini Awards, for Best Preschool Program"
"Craig Kelly and John Simm. Duttine made his television debut in 1992 appearing in the television series ""Between the Lines"". Duttine has appeared in over 25 television roles including the television series ""Pie in the Sky"", as Steve Turner in 21 episodes, (1994–1995); opposite Martin Kemp in the series ""Serious and Organised"", appearing as D.C. Tony Finn; appearing as Craig Tate in ""Blood Sweat, and Tears""; ""Life on Mars"", as Malcolm Cox in one episode (2006); and ""HolbyBlue"", as Toby Wilson in one episode (2008). He played DS Carr in ""Coronation Street, ""and miner Colin Farr in ""UnderWorld"" episode of"
"a knife on Billy but just in the nick of time George turns up to rescue him. The two talk about everything what has happened and the mistakes they have made. Billy apologizes for informing the media about Georges addiction, but George tells him that Billy revealing the story saved his life (Pie In The Sky). Billy tells George how he's going to India to take some time to study with the Hare Krishners and that George should join with him if he'd like. So George, Billy, Philip, Kim, and Josie all go travel to India. After a few weeks"
"Terror in the Sky Terror in the Sky is a low budget 1971 television film remake of 1957's ""Zero Hour!"", which itself was based on the 1956 television play ""Flight into Danger"". Arthur Hailey recycled the premise in his book ""Runway Zero-Eight"" which was co-written with John Castle in 1958. The film stars Doug McClure, Lois Nettleton, Roddy McDowall, Leif Erickson, Kenneth Tobey, and Keenan Wynn. Passengers on a plane headed from the Midwest to the West Coast (Winnipeg to Vancouver in the book; Minneapolis to Seattle in the film) get quite ill after eating the chicken pot pie entree."
"Howard Sprague Howard Sprague is a fictional character on the CBS television sitcom ""The Andy Griffith Show"" (TAGS), and its spin-off ""Mayberry R.F.D."". He was played by Jack Dodson from 1966-71. He was characterized by his milquetoast demeanor, moustache, bow ties, and a penchant for philosophy and culture. Howard was a repressed Mother's boy who lived with his overbearing and manipulative mother, played by Mabel Albertson. (TAGS, ""The County Clerk"", episode #185). He appeared as the county clerk during the later color episodes of The Andy Griffith Show (and continued onto Mayberry R.F.D.). While Jack Dodson made an earlier appearance"
"However, this was subsequently denied by the BBC. Richard Cole (EastEnders) Richard Cole (also known as ""Tricky Dicky"") is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"", played by Ian Reddington between 23 July 1992 and 21 July 1994. Richard Cole arrives in Walford in 1992 as the new Walford market inspector. He is known as a corrupt man who will pull every trick in the book to make money and he is not well liked by the community. He is also a notorious womaniser who has various brief flings. He briefly dates market trader Rachel Kominski (Jacquetta May)"
"toppings called ""Pizza Head"". In the 1970s, Pizza Hut used the signature red roof with a jolly man named ""Pizza Hut Pete"". Pete was on the bags, cups, balloons, and hand puppets for the kids. In Australia during the mid to late 1990s, the advertising mascot was a delivery boy named Dougie, with boyish good looks, who upon delivering pizza to his father, would hear the catchphrase ""Here's a tip: be good to your mother"". Adding to the impact of these advertisements, the role of Dougie was played by famous Australian soap opera and police drama actor Diarmid Heidenreich. Pizza"
"Andy Griffith Andy Samuel Griffith (June 1, 1926 – July 3, 2012) was an American actor, comedian, television producer, Southern gospel singer, and writer, whose career spanned seven decades of music and television. Known for his southern drawl, his characters with a folksy-friendly personality, and his gruff, gregarious voice, Griffith was a Tony Award nominee for two roles, and gained prominence in the starring role in director Elia Kazan's film ""A Face in the Crowd"" (1957) before he became better known for his television roles, playing the lead roles of Andy Taylor in the sitcom ""The Andy Griffith Show"" (1960–1968)"
"was sent in to assign blame."" He also called him ""a likable Dick Cheney"", a ""conflict character"" and the ""ultimate bureaucrat"". Robert Picardo was in the main cast of """" from 1995 to 2001. He was familiar with ""Stargate SG-1"" from his time as a Showtime subscriber. He was offered a one-day guest star as Richard Woolsey for the ""SG-1"" episode ""Heroes"" in season seven (2004) while he was working on ""The Outer Limits"" in Vancouver (where ""Stargate SG-1"" is filmed). He was then brought back for the follow-up episode ""Inauguration"", which began the rehabilitation of the Woolsey character. With"
"in Marlow in Buckinghamshire, the exterior of the restaurant, Pie in the Sky, was filmed outside number 64 High Street in the Old Town in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. Originally, a florist and then a toy shop, the building became a minor tourist attraction while the series ran, and from 1997 has housed the business of a dolls’-house maker. A nearby restaurant at 80 High Street renamed itself ""Pie in the Sky"" (later becoming ""Les Amants"") to capitalise on the programme's popularity. In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olinda,_Victoria [Olinda Victoria]] in Australia, a very successful restaurant called [http://www.pieinthesky.net.au[Pie in the Sky""]] also serves many of"
"and owns an extensive library. An April 2010 article revealed that Richards yearns to be a librarian. Richards is a keen fan of the British traditional delicacy, the shepherd's pie. He was cited by the BBC as one of the ""8 pop's stars having a strange food obsession"". Richards was recalled as feverishly fond of Shepherd's pie. It was recollected by Stuart Cable, the ex-drummer of Stereophonics, that he was once confronted by Richards because he had nibbled a small bite of the shepherd's pie meant for Richards. In his biography he divulged the tip that would add to the"
"was in truth the superhero Underdog. George S. Irving narrated and comedy actor Wally Cox provided the voices of both Underdog and Shoeshine Boy. When villains threatened, Shoeshine Boy ducked into a telephone booth, where he transformed into the caped and costumed hero, destroying the booth in the process when his superpowers were activated. Underdog almost always spoke in rhyme: Underdog's most frequent saying when he appeared was: The majority of episodes used a common template as the final scene. A crowd of people looking up into the sky would say, ""Look in the sky!"" ""It's a bird!"" ""It's a"
"to re-open the inquiry if Crabbe disagrees. Thus Crabbe has, in Fisher's own words, the best of both worlds – still investigating the cases that Fisher puts his way while at the same time cooking back at ""Pie in the Sky"". Between his first love – cooking – and being constantly called back on duty by Fisher, Henry finds that he's not going to fulfil his dream in peace. Prowlers, sudden deaths, retrieving rebellious daughters, missing lovers, psychics and fear of the restaurant critic are all elements Henry has to deal with as well as creating his signature steak and"
"by covering him in pie from head to toe. ""In the Sweet Pie and Pie"" was filmed between April 30 and May 3, 1941. The film makes references to several popular songs/series' of the era: Footage was borrowed from earlier shorts and reused for ""In the Sweet Pie and Pie: ""In the Sweet Pie and Pie"" marked the final appearance of supporting actor Richard Fiske. A perfect foil for the Stooges, Fiske's promising career was cut short when he was killed in action during World War II. Larry Fine recalled that the most grueling scenes in ""In the Sweet Pie"
"introduced into the show following Greenbottle's brief exit but remained in the cast after his return up until his voice, Richard Harding-Browne, joined the air force. De Pledge is able to answer almost any question given to him although given how little work the fourth form manages to complete this is not saying much. Despite being the teacher's pet, he occasionally annoys Dr Pym with his pompous manner and his hastiness to answer questions not directed at him. He resists taking part in Bottomly's schemes but is occasionally tricked into contributing anyway. He is nicknamed ""Pickles"" after Bottomly decides his"
"Cliff Edwards Clifton Avon Edwards (June 14, 1895 – July 17, 1971) — known as ""Ukulele Ike"" — was an American musician, singer, actor and voice actor, who enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s, specializing in jazzy renditions of pop standards and novelty tunes. He had a number-one hit with ""Singin' in the Rain"" in 1929. He also did voices for animated cartoons later in his career, and is best known as the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Walt Disney's ""Pinocchio"" (1940) and ""Fun and Fancy Free"" (1947). Edwards was born in Hannibal, Missouri. He left school"
"to the audience: Kookie's recurring character—a different, exciting look that teens of the day related to—was the valet-parking attendant who constantly combed his piled-high, greasy-styled teen hair, often in a windbreaker jacket, who worked part-time at the so-called Dean Martin's Dino's Lodge restaurant, next door to a private-investigator agency at 77 Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. Kookie frequently acted as an unlicensed, protégé detective who helped the private eyes (Zimbalist and Roger Smith) on their cases, based upon ""the word"" heard from Kookie's street informants. Kookie called everybody ""Dad"" (as in ""Sure thing . . . Dad"") and was television's"
"with stock footage) that mixed action and comedy; they made 14 over a two-year period. When Arlen left in 1941, the series continued for another two years, teaming Devine with various actors, often Leo Carrillo. Most of Devine's characters were reluctant to get involved in the action, but he played the hero in ""Island in the Sky"" (1953), as an expert pilot who leads other aviators on an arduous search for a missing airplane. Devine was generally known for his comic roles, but Jack Webb cast him as a police detective in ""Pete Kelly's Blues"" (1955), for which Devine lowered"
"on the film ""Powder"". In the autumn of 2010, he starred in ""The Aliens"", a British premier of a new play by Annie Baker, again at the Bush Theatre. In 2011, he appeared as Richard Dickens in the comedy series ""The Café"", shown on Sky 1, which he co-wrote with Michelle Terry and which was directed by Craig Cash. In 2013, he appeared in ""Death in Paradise"" series two, episode six. As of April 2013, he was appearing at the Liverpool Playhouse as the father of a girl with cerebral palsy, in a new production of A Day in the"