"The Elephant Man (1982 film) The Elephant Man is a 1982 American biographical television film directed by Jack Hofsiss about the 19th-century English medical curiosity Joseph Merrick (known in this film as John Merrick). The script was adapted by Steve Lawson from the 1977 play of the same name by Bernard Pomerance. It was first broadcast by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) on January 4, 1982. Playwright Pomerance's Broadway debut of ""The Elephant Man"" in 1977 was directed by Hofsiss, who became the youngest ever winner of a Tony Award for directing the play. In the film, Philip Anglim and"
"and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"" (2008) and the Cold War espionage film ""Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"" (2011). Hurt reprised his role as Quentin Crisp in ""An Englishman in New York"" (2009), which brought his seventh BAFTA nomination. He portrayed the War Doctor in BBC TV series ""Doctor Who"" in 2013. Hurt possessed what was described as the ""most distinctive voice in Britain""; ""The Observer"" likened it to ""nicotine sieved through dirty, moonlit gravel"". His voice acting career encompassed films such as ""Watership Down"" (1978), ""The Lord of the Rings"" (1978), ""The Plague Dogs"" (1982), ""The Black Cauldron"" (1985)"
"and ""Dogville"" (2003), as well as BBC TV series ""Merlin"" (2008–2012). In 2012, he was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement BAFTA Award, in recognition of his ""outstanding contribution to cinema"". He was knighted in 2015 for his services to drama. Hurt was born on 22 January 1940 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, the son of Phyllis (née Massey; 1907–1975), an engineer and one-time actress, and Arnold Herbert Hurt (1904–1999), a mathematician who became a Church of England clergyman and served as vicar of Shirebrook, Derbyshire. Hurt's father was also Vicar of St John's parish in Sunderland, County Durham. In 1937, he moved"
"William Hurt William McChord Hurt (born March 20, 1950) is an American actor. He received his acting training at the Juilliard School and began acting on stage in the 1970s. Hurt made his film debut in 1980 as a troubled scientist in Ken Russell's science-fiction feature ""Altered States"", for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year. He subsequently played a leading role, as a lawyer who succumbs to the temptations of Kathleen Turner, in the neo-noir ""Body Heat"" (1981). He played another leading role, as Arkady Renko, in ""Gorky Park"" (1983). In 1985, Hurt"
"the 1980s included Bob Champion in biopic ""Champions"" (1984), Mr. Braddock in the Stephen Frears drama ""The Hit"" (1984), Winston Smith in ""Nineteen Eighty-Four"" (1984) and Stephen Ward in the drama depicting the Profumo affair, ""Scandal"" (1989). Hurt was again BAFTA-nominated for his work in Irish drama ""The Field"" (1990) and played the primary villain, James Graham, in the epic adventure ""Rob Roy"" (1995). His later films include the ""Harry Potter"" film series (2001–11), the ""Hellboy"" films (2004 and 2008), supernatural thriller ""The Skeleton Key"" (2005), western ""The Proposition"" (2005), political thriller ""V for Vendetta"" (2005), sci-fi adventure ""Indiana Jones"
"who aids the young warlock Merlin as he protects the future King Arthur, in the BBC television series ""Merlin"" (also 2008). In 2011, he narrated the BBC documentary, ""Planet Dinosaur"", the first dinosaur-centred documentary completely shown through CGI. More than thirty years after ""The Naked Civil Servant"", Hurt reprised the role of Quentin Crisp in the 2009 film ""An Englishman in New York"". This television film depicts Crisp's later years in New York. He returned to Orwell's ""Nineteen Eighty-Four"", playing the on-screen Big Brother for the Paper Zoo Theatre Company's stage adaptation of the novel in June 2009. The theatre"
"Treves. Lynch wanted to make some alterations that would alter the story from true events, but in his view make a better plot. However, in order to do so he would have to get the permission of Mel Brooks, whose company, Brooksfilms, would be responsible for production; subsequently Brooks viewed ""Eraserhead"", and after coming out of the screening theatre, embraced Lynch, declaring that ""You're a madman, I love you! You're in."" The resulting film, ""The Elephant Man"", starred John Hurt as John Merrick (his name was changed from Joseph), as well as Anthony Hopkins as Frederick Treves. Filming took place"
"a parody in ""Spaceballs""); would-be art school radical Scrawdyke in ""Little Malcolm"" (1974); and also had a starring role in Sam Peckinpah's critically panned but moderately successful final film, ""The Osterman Weekend"" (1983). Also in this period, he starred as the Fool opposite Laurence Olivier's King in ""King Lear"" (1983). Hurt also appeared as Raskolnikov in a BBC television adaptation of ""Crime and Punishment"" (1979). Hurt voiced Snitter in ""The Plague Dogs"", played Winston Smith in the film adaptation of George Orwell's novel ""Nineteen Eighty-Four"" (1984) and starred in Disney's ""The Black Cauldron"" (1985), voicing the film's main antagonist, the"
"1968 book of the same name and starring John Hurt. Other television credits include ""The Visit"" (1959), the BBC Television Shakespeare productions of ""The Merchant of Venice"" (1980) and ""Macbeth"" (1983) - the latter starring Nicol Williamson - as well as the made-for-TV adaptation of Graham Greene's ""The Tenth Man"" (1988), starring Anthony Hopkins and ""Charlie Muffin"" (1979, USA: ""A Deadly Game""). In 1998 he directed an award winning-adaption of the 1981 children's book ""Goodnight Mister Tom"" by Michelle Magorian, featuring John Thaw in the lead. He also directed films such as ""The National Health"" (1973), ""Man Friday"" (1975), ""Aces"
"John Hurt Sir John Vincent Hurt (22 January 1940 – 25 January 2017) was an English actor whose screen and stage career spanned more than 50 years. Hurt was regarded as one of Britain's finest actors; director David Lynch described him as ""simply the greatest actor in the world"". Hurt came to prominence for his role as Richard Rich in the film ""A Man for All Seasons"" (1966) and gained BAFTA Award nominations for his portrayals of Timothy Evans in ""10 Rillington Place"" (1971) and Quentin Crisp in television film ""The Naked Civil Servant"" (1975) – winning his first BAFTA"
"a friend were threatened at gunpoint but were let go several hours later. Hurt is a private pilot and owner of a Beechcraft Bonanza. William Hurt William McChord Hurt (born March 20, 1950) is an American actor. He received his acting training at the Juilliard School and began acting on stage in the 1970s. Hurt made his film debut in 1980 as a troubled scientist in Ken Russell's science-fiction feature ""Altered States"", for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year. He subsequently played a leading role, as a lawyer who succumbs to the temptations"
"me hate acting."" Because of the strain on the actor, he worked alternate days. Lynch originally wanted Jack Nance for the title character. ""But it just wasn't in the cards,"" Lynch says; the role went to John Hurt after Brooks, Lynch and Sanger saw his performance in ""The Naked Civil Servant"" as Quentin Crisp. Lynch bookended the film with surrealist sequences centered around Merrick's mother and her death. Lynch used Samuel Barber’s ""Adagio for Strings"" to underline the end of the film and Merrick's own death. The film's composer, John Morris, argued against using the music, stating that ""this piece"
"only winks at Maggie before he dies. At review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film is certified ""fresh"" with an overall approval rating of 86% . Wes Anderson ranked it the fifth best British film. The Hit (1984 film) The Hit is a 1984 British road crime film directed by Stephen Frears and starring John Hurt, Terence Stamp, Laura del Sol and Tim Roth. The film was Stamp's first starring role in over a decade and Roth won an Evening Standard award as an apprentice hit man. The title music is provided by Roger Waters and Eric Clapton. Spanish flamenco guitarist"
"the 34th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1985, John Hurt won an award at the Evening Standard British Film Awards for his role in the film. Champions (1984 film) Champions is a 1984 film based on the true story of jockey Bob Champion. It is directed by John Irvin, produced by Peter Shaw, written by Evan Jones, and stars John Hurt, Edward Woodward and Jan Francis. The film is based on the true story of Bob Champion (portrayed by John Hurt), who was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1979. After treatment with an operation to remove the diseased testicle and"
"Green"" and ""The Likely Lads"". However she took the role of Nanny in the Thames Television sitcom ""Father, Dear Father"" which ran for seven series between 1968 and 1973 and also spawned a spin-off film in 1973. Her only other long-running TV role came as the long-suffering wife of Arthur Lowe in the sitcom ""Potter"" between 1979 and 1983 but she continued to make cameo appearances in many top-rated shows such as ""Me and My Girl"", ""London's Burning"", ""Bergerac"", ""Prime Suspect"" and ""Casualty"" until shortly before her death. She also appeared as John Hurt's mother in the 1983 film ""Champions""."
"Hurt's 2009 Sundance film ""The Yellow Handkerchief"" was released in theaters on February 26, 2010 by Samuel Goldwyn Films. He was in the Thailand-based 2011 thriller ""Hellgate"" alongside Cary Elwes and Paula Taylor, directed by John Penney. In September 2010, Hurt played United States Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson in the HBO film ""Too Big to Fail"", an adaptation of Andrew Ross Sorkin's book. He also starred as Captain Ahab in the 2011 television adaptation of Herman Melville's novel ""Moby-Dick"". Hurt is fluent in French and maintains a home outside Paris. He is the step-grandson of Henry Luce, founder"
"holds a 55% rating and an average of 5.2/10 at Rotten Tomatoes. The Hunter (1980 film) The Hunter is a 1980 American thriller film directed by Buzz Kulik. The film was Steve McQueen's final role before his death in November of that year. The cast also features Eli Wallach, Kathryn Harrold, LeVar Burton, Ben Johnson, and Richard Venture. This was the last theatrical film made by director Buzz Kulik. Ralph ""Papa"" Thorson (Steve McQueen) is a modern-day bounty hunter who hunts down and captures criminals who have skipped on their bail to bring them back for a 20% of the"
"The Hunter (1980 film) The Hunter is a 1980 American thriller film directed by Buzz Kulik. The film was Steve McQueen's final role before his death in November of that year. The cast also features Eli Wallach, Kathryn Harrold, LeVar Burton, Ben Johnson, and Richard Venture. This was the last theatrical film made by director Buzz Kulik. Ralph ""Papa"" Thorson (Steve McQueen) is a modern-day bounty hunter who hunts down and captures criminals who have skipped on their bail to bring them back for a 20% of the reward to his bail bondsman employer. It is revealed in the opening"
"gained him wide recognition. His performance with Richard Crenna, Ted Danson and newcomer Kathleen Turner in Lawrence Kasdan's neo-noir classic ""Body Heat"" elevated Hurt to stardom, and he later also co-starred in ""The Big Chill"" (1983). He appeared in the thriller ""Gorky Park"" opposite Lee Marvin. He received the Best Male Performance Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Actor for ""Kiss of the Spider Woman"" in 1985. He has received three additional Oscar nominations: Best Actor for ""Children of a Lesser God"" (1986) and ""Broadcast News"" (1987; he was thus nominated for Best Actor"
"which also featured Derek Jacobi, John Gielgud, David Gwillim and Anthony Quayle in principal roles. At the end of the decade, Finch's roles in films included ""Death on the Nile"" (1978). He was cast as Kane in Ridley Scott's ""Alien"" (1979), but had to drop out on the second day of filming because of a severe diabetic episode; John Hurt was cast in his place. In 1980 Finch appeared in ""Breaking Glass"", and in 1981 he played ""Luke the Evangelist"" in the television film ""Peter and Paul"", which featured Robert Foxworth and Anthony Hopkins in the title roles. In 1984"
"Williamson had had an affair while filming ""Hamlet"". His most celebrated film role was as Merlin the magician in the King Arthur epic ""Excalibur"" in 1981. Director John Boorman cast him as Merlin opposite Helen Mirren as Morgana over the protests of both actors; the two had previously appeared together on stage in ""Macbeth"", with disastrous results, and they disliked each other intensely. It was Boorman's hope that the very real animosity that they had towards each other would generate more tension between them on screen. Williamson gained recognition from a much wider fanbase for his performance as Merlin. A"
"Woman"" (1949), a role Hurst had previously played in the West End to critical praise. He went on to appear in many British films of the 1950s. In 1957, Hurst moved the United States. He spent most of his time in California, but often performed on Broadway. He created the role of Merlin in the original Broadway production of ""Camelot"" opposite Richard Burton . Throughout the 1950s and 1960s he played in film, television and theatre. In 1959 he received the Clarence Derwent Award and in 1964, he was awarded the Obie Award from ""The Village Voice"" for his off-Broadway"
"garnered critical acclaim and multiple acting awards, including an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Actor, for ""Kiss of the Spider Woman"". He received another two Academy Award nominations for his lead performances in ""Children of a Lesser God"" (1986) and ""Broadcast News"" (1987). Hurt remained an active stage actor throughout the 1980s, appearing in Off-Broadway productions, including ""Henry V"", ""Fifth of July"", ""Richard II"" and ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"". Hurt received his first Tony Award nomination in 1985 for the Broadway production of ""Hurlyburly"". After playing a diversity of character roles in the following decade, Hurt earned"
"Stephen Elliott (actor) Elliott Pershing Stitzel (November 27, 1918 – May 21, 2005), better known by his stage name Stephen Elliott, was an American actor. His best known roles were that of the prospective father-in-law, Burt Johnson, in the hit 1981 film ""Arthur"" and as Chief Hubbard in the 1984 blockbuster ""Beverly Hills Cop"". From 1940 to 1942, Elliott studied acting with Sanford Meisner at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse. After serving in World War II with the United States Merchant Marine, he started a successful career on Broadway with his debut in Shakespeare's ""The Tempest""; two years later, Elliott was"
"United Kingdom of ""The Merchant of Venice"". In 1983 he appeared briefly in the role of 'Basil', the unenthusiastic Chairman of a Tenants' Association in the highly successful BBC comedy series ""Only Fools and Horses"", in an episode entitled ""Homesick"". He subsequently performed in a British television series dramatizing H.G. Wells' ""The Invisible Man"" (1984) as the character ""George Hall"". He continued to work in cinema productions, appearing in the role of ""Dobbs"" in the period-comedy pastiche cinema film ""Bullshot"" (1983), and as a ""Ferryman"" in ""Ordeal by Innocence"" (1985). In 1985 he played the role of ""Seedle"" in the"
"in 1980, both titled ""The Elephant Man"". In late 2014 and early 2015, Bradley Cooper starred in a Broadway revival of ""The Elephant Man"", directed by Scott Ellis. Joseph Carey Merrick was born 5 August 1862 at 50 Lee Street in Leicester, to Joseph Rockley Merrick and his wife Mary Jane (née Potterton). Joseph Rockley Merrick (c. 1838–1897) was the son of London-born weaver Barnabas Merrick (1791–1856) who moved to Leicester during the 1820s or 1830s, and his third wife Sarah Rockley. Mary Jane Potterton (c. 1837–1873) had been born at Evington, Leicestershire, her father being William Potterton, who was"
"(December 1973), Barbra Streisand (April 1975), Lauren Hutton (December 1976), Mae West (May 1977), Peter Allen (February 1978), Dolly Parton (April 1978), Jon Voight (April 1979), Christopher Reeve (October 1980), Lily Tomlin (February 1981), and Diana Ross (May 1981). Best sold issue was the February 1976 Issue with Zarko Halmic, Bonita George and Bo van den Assum on the cover. The May 1979 issue contained a profile of actor Philip Anglim, who originated the role on Broadway of John Merrick in ""The Elephant Man"", a play by Bernard Pomerance. Two other profiles in that issue were of James Mason, the"
"Arthur Mitchell in the drama ""Dexter"" (2009), and Sir Winston Churchill in the drama ""The Crown"" (2016), for all of which he won Emmy Awards. He is also well known for his film roles in ""Blow Out"" (1981), """" (1983), ""Footloose"" (1984), """" (1985), ""Harry and the Hendersons"" (1987), ""Raising Cain"" (1992), ""Shrek"" (2001), ""Rise of the Planet of the Apes"" (2011), ""Interstellar"" (2014), and ""Daddy's Home 2"" (2017). His performances in the films ""The World According to Garp"" (1982) and ""Terms of Endearment"" (1983) each earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. On the stage, he has"
"Bridges and Kristofferson. As production staggered forward, United Artists seriously considered firing Cimino and replacing him with another director, reportedly Norman Jewison. Actor John Hurt reportedly spent so long waiting around on the production for something to do that he went off and made ""The Elephant Man"" (1980) for David Lynch in the interim, and then came back to shoot more scenes on ""Heaven's Gate"". ""Heaven's Gate"" finished shooting in March 1980, having cost nearly $30 million. Reportedly, during post-production Cimino changed the lock to the studio's editing room, prohibiting executives from seeing the film until he completed his cut,"
"his fourth Academy Award nomination for his supporting performance in David Cronenberg's crime thriller ""A History of Violence"" (2005). Other notable films in recent years have included ""A.I. Artificial Intelligence"" (2001), ""The Village"" (2004), ""Syriana"" (2005), ""The Good Shepherd"" (2006), ""Mr. Brooks"" (2007), ""Into the Wild"" (2007), ""Robin Hood"" (2010) and his role as Thunderbolt Ross in ""The Incredible Hulk"" (2008), """" (2016) and """" (2018). Hurt was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Claire Isabel (née McGill), who worked at Time Inc., and Alfred McChord Hurt, who worked for the State Department. With his father, he lived in"
"Magic (1978 film) Magic is a 1978 American psychological horror film starring Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret and Burgess Meredith. The film, which was directed by Richard Attenborough, is based on a screenplay by William Goldman, who also wrote the novel upon which it was based. The score was composed by Jerry Goldsmith. After Charles ""Corky"" Withers fails in his first attempt at professional magic, his mentor ""Merlin"" (E. J. André) says that he needs to have a better show business gimmick. A year later, Corky comes back as a combination magician and ventriloquist with a foul-mouthed dummy named Fats, becoming a"
"2017, Morgan returned to London theatre, appearing in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' ""Gloria"", a comic drama. It has been announced that Morgan will make his National Theatre debut in May 2018, starring in the new production of Brian Friel's ""Translations"", directed by Ian Rickson. In television, Morgan first appeared in 2007 as the embarrassed gay son John Leary in sketches on ""The Catherine Tate Show""'s ""Christmas Special."" In 2008, he portrayed the conflicted teenager Jethro Cane opposite David Tennant in the fan-favourite ""Doctor Who"" episode ""Midnight."" Morgan is best known for playing the title role in BBC TV series ""Merlin"" from 2008"
"""The film never feels truly worthy of Hurt's talents and doesn't utilise his abilities as well as it could have done."" ""The Times"" also gave it 2/5, and stated ""It's more mawkish than melancholic."" That Good Night (film) That Good Night is a 2017 British drama film directed by Eric Styles and starring John Hurt. It is based on N. J. Crisp's 1996 play of the same name. It is also notable for being Hurt's final film, although ""Damascus Cover"" (filmed earlier) was released later. Ralph (John Hurt) is the main character of the film, which is based on a"