What was the name of 'Rigsby's' cat in 'Rising Damp'?
"his wife. Seedy and furtive, Rigsby has poor interpersonal skills. His professed love of Miss Jones is mostly sexual. She rejects him due to him being married, until his marriage ends and Miss Jones accepts his proposal. As he pries and spies upon his tenants, Rigsby often carries Vienna, his large, fluffy, black-and-white tomcat. Rigsby's amiable pet, and confidant, is so named because - as Rigsby tells it - when he goes to put him out on a cold dark night, if there is another set of eyes out there, then it's Good Night, Vienna. Ruth Jones (Frances de la"
"Rising Damp (film) Rising Damp is a 1980 comedy film based on the British situation comedy ""Rising Damp"", which aired on ITV from 1974 to 1978. The television series was, in turn, adapted from Eric Chappell's stage play ""The Banana Box"". Chappell adapted the play to television, and wrote the screenplay for this feature film. The film's director was Joseph McGrath. Leonard Rossiter plays Rupert Rigsby, the middle-aged landlord of a decrepit townhouse. Rigsby has fallen for his only female tenant, Ruth Jones (Frances de la Tour). Ruth, however, prefers Philip, who is much younger, more attractive, and more sophisticated"
"Rigsby for the TV adaptation called ""Rising Damp"", with Leonard Rossiter replacing Brambell in the role. It was this ability to play old men that led to his casting in his best remembered role as Albert Steptoe, the irascible father in ""Steptoe and Son"" (his son Harold was played by Harry H. Corbett), a man who, when the series began, was said to be in his sixties, even though Brambell was only aged 50 in 1962 (thirteen years older than Corbett). The series began as a pilot on the BBC's ""Comedy Playhouse"", and its success led to the commissioning of"
"Leonard Rossiter Leonard Rossiter (21 October 1926 – 5 October 1984) was an English actor. He had a long career in the theatre but achieved his greatest fame for his television comedy roles, most notably starring as Rupert Rigsby in the ITV series ""Rising Damp"" from 1974 to 1980, and Reginald Perrin in the BBC's ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"" from 1976 to 1979. Rossiter was born on 21 October 1926 in Wavertree, Liverpool, the second son of Elizabeth (née Howell) and John Rossiter. The family lived over the barber shop owned by his father. He was educated"
"by film director Alan Parker and, at Rossiter's suggestion, used an old music hall joke where he spills a drink over his wife (played by Joan Collins). In the Channel 4 programme ""The 100 Greatest TV Ads"" (2000) Terry Lovelock, the director of two of the commercials, said that Rossiter used to refer jokingly to Collins as ""The Prop"". In the animated adaptation of ""The Perishers"" (1978) Rossiter provided the voice for Boot the dog. He reprised Rigsby for a film version of ""Rising Damp"" in 1980, thus achieving the distinction of playing the same role on stage, television and"
"a chief's son from Africa, but from Croydon, adopting his false persona to start a new life and gain respect. When Rigsby finds out, he tells Philip that he believes he must have some royal ancestry and he does not tell the rest of the characters about his deception. This plotline is from the original stageplay ""The Banana Box"". the series is still repeated on UK digital channel ITV3; Easter saw the entire series and film shown over the four-day holiday, accompanied by a brand new two-part documentary, ""Rising Damp Forever"", featuring cast and crew recollections on the making of"
"Rising Damp Rising Damp is a British sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV. ITV originally broadcast the programme from 2 September 1974 until 9 May 1978. It was adapted for television by Eric Chappell from his 1971 stage play ""The Banana Box"" (retained as the working title early in the series). The series was the highest-ranking ITV sitcom in BBC's 100 Best Sitcoms poll of 2004. The show was recorded entirely before a studio audience at The Leeds Studios of Yorkshire Television in Leeds, West Yorkshire and featured no scenes shot on location. ""Rising Damp"" starred Leonard Rossiter, Frances"
"Avis Bunnage Avis Bunnage (22 April 1923, Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire – 4 October 1990, Thorpe Bay, Southend-on-Sea, Essex) was an English actress of film, stage and television. She attended Manley Park Municipal School and Chorlton Central School in Manchester. She worked as a secretary and a nursery teacher before deciding to become an actress. She gained stage experience in rep and made her first professional appearance at Chorlton Rep Theatre in Manchester in 1947. She appeared as Veronica, the wife of Rigsby, in ""Rising Damp"", for one episode, and as Amy Jenkinson, Ivy Unsworth's friend, in 11 episodes of ""In"
"in Thorpe Bay, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, aged 67. Avis Bunnage Avis Bunnage (22 April 1923, Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire – 4 October 1990, Thorpe Bay, Southend-on-Sea, Essex) was an English actress of film, stage and television. She attended Manley Park Municipal School and Chorlton Central School in Manchester. She worked as a secretary and a nursery teacher before deciding to become an actress. She gained stage experience in rep and made her first professional appearance at Chorlton Rep Theatre in Manchester in 1947. She appeared as Veronica, the wife of Rigsby, in ""Rising Damp"", for one episode, and as Amy Jenkinson, Ivy"
"worse"", who only appeared at the end of Bingo's first story. Bingo appeared on the show multiple occasions, starting from 2003. Bingo is voiced by Don Austen. Roxy is Basil's girlfriend, but unlike the other foxes in the show she is an Arctic fox. She has only been seen in four episodes (2006–07), including the 2006 Christmas Special. She pronounces Basil's name as Ba-Zeal. Mr Rossiter is the landlord who own the flats the main characters live in. He is named after Leonard Rossiter, who famously played the landlord Rupert Rigby in the sitcom Rising Damp. He is played by"
"to his belief in some aspect of Philip's lore: for example, the 'love wood' which fails to excite Miss Jones (in the 'Charisma' episode, first broadcast 1974). Philip is an intelligent, educated man (more so than the moderately educated Alan and Miss Jones), he is sophisticated and suave; this makes Rigsby suspicious of him, particularly as Miss Jones openly fancies him. Philip does not reciprocate Miss Jones's romantic interest. Croydon was not revealed to be the true birthplace of Philip until the film version of ""Rising Damp"" (1980). Don Warrington commented in Britain's 50 Best Sitcoms on Channel 4, that"
"Rising Storm (novel) Rising Storm is a children's fantasy novel, the fourth book in the ""Warriors"" series, written by Cherith Baldry and Kate Cary (Plus two others) under the pen name of Erin Hunter. ""Rising Storm"" was written by Kate Cary. The series follows the adventures of four Clans of wild, anthropomorphic cats. In the previous book, ""Forest of Secrets"", Greystripe's mate, Silverstream, died while giving birth. ThunderClan and RiverClan fought over the two kits, seeing as the mother of the kits, Silverstream, was the daughter of the RiverClan leader, Crookedstar, and the father was Graystripe, a ThunderClan warrior. Graystripe"
"2009, she appeared in Alan Bennett's new play ""The Habit of Art"" at the National. In 2012, she returned to the National in her third Bennett premiere, ""People"". Her many television appearances during the 1980s and 1990s include the 1980 miniseries ""Flickers"" opposite Bob Hoskins, the TV version of ""Duet for One"", for which she received a BAFTA nomination, the series ""A Kind of Living"" (1988–89), Dennis Potter's ""Cold Lazarus"" (1996), and ""Tom Jones"" (1997). Of all her TV roles, however, she is best known for playing spinster Ruth Jones in the successful Yorkshire television comedy ""Rising Damp"", from 1974"
"the rights to both the Carlton and Yorkshire Television archives. Rising Damp Rising Damp is a British sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV. ITV originally broadcast the programme from 2 September 1974 until 9 May 1978. It was adapted for television by Eric Chappell from his 1971 stage play ""The Banana Box"" (retained as the working title early in the series). The series was the highest-ranking ITV sitcom in BBC's 100 Best Sitcoms poll of 2004. The show was recorded entirely before a studio audience at The Leeds Studios of Yorkshire Television in Leeds, West Yorkshire and featured no"
"Rottweilers are referred to as themselves in ""Carpe Jugulum"",) a particularly savage breed of dog, but one which, as a Lipwig, he is familiar with, and is quite intrigued to find that the commands used to discipline lipwigzers still work on them (though they may have only been responding to the tone and confidence shown by Moist). Harry prefers it when burglars break in, so that he doesn't have to feed the dogs. In ""Snuff"", it is revealed that Harry King has since been given a Knighthood. In ""Raising Steam"", swayed by the new steam engine by Dick Simnel (who"
"Randall returns home to Kingston Falls where he gives the mogwai to Billy as a pet. Billy works in the local bank, where he fears his dog Barney will be captured and killed by the elderly Mrs. Deagle. Randall names the mogwai “Gizmo” and Billy makes sure to treat him well. When Billy’s friend Pete spills a glass of water over Gizmo, five more mogwai spawn from his back, a more troublemaking sort led by the aggressive Stripe. Billy shows one of the mogwai to his former science teacher Mr. Hanson, spawning another mogwai, on whom Hanson experiments. Back at"
"of the group, and becomes so on some occasions, such as the episode ""Hector's Takeover"". Riff-Raff and Hector's conflicts formed the basis of a number of episodes. He is also second in command. Wordsworth, named after poet William Wordsworth, is a white cat who wears roller skates, yellow headphones, sunglasses, and speaks in rhyme. In the episode ""The Big Swipe"", his full name was revealed as Wordsworth W. Wordsworth the 3rd. Mungo is a large, dim-witted purple cat who acts as a lackey for Riff-Raff. Mungo is often seen wearing a red shirt with a red winter hat. Though dimwitted,"
"the mountains. Jaypaw realizes that this group of cats becomes the Tribe of Rushing Water, so he casts the deciding vote to send the group to the mountains eventually inhabited by the Tribe, before he awakes in the present time again. Then, during a storm, the camp catches fire. Jayfeather, Lionblaze, Hollyleaf, and Squirrelflight are trapped. Squirrelflight makes it through the flames and drags a stick through in an attempt to save her kits, but needs some help. Ashfur leaps in and drags it all the way through. Just as Lionblaze leaps on, though, Ashfur blocks the way. Squirrelflight begs"
"The Richest Cat in the World The Richest Cat in the World is a 1986 American made-for-television drama film directed by Greg Beeman and released by Walt Disney Television. It first aired as the Disney Sunday Movie on ABC on Sunday March 9, 1986. The death of millionaire Oscar Kohlmeyer leaves an inheritance to a talking cat called Leo Kohlmeyer. Leo's inheritance is worth five million dollars while Oscar's nephew (Mr. Rigsby) gets twenty-five thousand dollars on the condition he doesn't contest the will. Being greedy and bossy, Mrs. Rigsby forces her husband to contest. The Rigsbys try to kidnap"
"Cat (Red Dwarf) The Cat is a fictional character in the British science fiction sitcom ""Red Dwarf"". He is played by Danny John-Jules. He is a descendant of Dave Lister's pregnant pet house cat Frankenstein, whose descendants evolved into a humanoid form over three million years while Lister was in stasis (suspended animation). As a character he is vain and aloof, and loves to dress in extravagant clothing. He is simply referred to as ""the Cat"" in lieu of a real name. The ""Cat"" first appeared in ""Red Dwarf""s first episode ""The End"" (1988). The computer of the mining ship"
"the cat. The Richest Cat in the World The Richest Cat in the World is a 1986 American made-for-television drama film directed by Greg Beeman and released by Walt Disney Television. It first aired as the Disney Sunday Movie on ABC on Sunday March 9, 1986. The death of millionaire Oscar Kohlmeyer leaves an inheritance to a talking cat called Leo Kohlmeyer. Leo's inheritance is worth five million dollars while Oscar's nephew (Mr. Rigsby) gets twenty-five thousand dollars on the condition he doesn't contest the will. Being greedy and bossy, Mrs. Rigsby forces her husband to contest. The Rigsbys try"
"Party in the 1970s. De la Tour has two brothers, the elder Simon and the younger Andy. Frances de la Tour Frances de la Tour, also Frances J. de Lautour, (born 30 July 1944) is an English actress, known for her role as Miss Ruth Jones in the television sitcom ""Rising Damp"" from 1974 until 1978. She is a Tony Award winner and three-time Olivier Award winner. She performed as Mrs. Lintott in the play ""The History Boys"" in London and on Broadway, winning the 2006 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. She reprised the role in"
"However, Children's Literature was not as positive, saying it was getting hard to remember all of the characters' relatives and leaders. Rising Storm (novel) Rising Storm is a children's fantasy novel, the fourth book in the ""Warriors"" series, written by Cherith Baldry and Kate Cary (Plus two others) under the pen name of Erin Hunter. ""Rising Storm"" was written by Kate Cary. The series follows the adventures of four Clans of wild, anthropomorphic cats. In the previous book, ""Forest of Secrets"", Greystripe's mate, Silverstream, died while giving birth. ThunderClan and RiverClan fought over the two kits, seeing as the mother"
"instance, on the Fall River Mills course, he did the excavation and grading work himself. This course was built on the site of a former dump and was littered with ""ice boxes, car bodies, and washing machines"". Glasson is said to have been excavating the site one day when his backhoe became stuck. An onlooker began laughing at his predicament and when Glasson went to confront this person he discovered it was his neighbor and then owner of the Rising River Ranch, Bing Crosby. Both gentleman laughed about the situation and went on to become friends. The following is a"
"be known as the 'Cat Class' or the 'Cat Boats', each being named after a type of cat, although ""Ross Jackal"" and ""Ross Zebra"" also belonged to the group. This inclusion of a dog and a horse in the Cat Class was probably the result of a local school being involved in the naming of the ships. This was in keeping with the companies' involvement with the youth of the town and extended as far as giving guided school tours of the trawlers between trips whilst moored in Grimsby docks, with meals provided in the company canteen. Those children would"
"English name in his first American comics appearance (1991). In a couple of 2005–2006 appearances, the character was inexplicably renamed ""Arizona Dipp"". But more recent uses (Disney Digicomics, 2009–2010) have restored his traditional English name. Kat Nipp (not to be confused with Harvey Comics character Katnip), his name a play on the word catnip, is a villainous anthropomorphic cat. Kat Nipp is an often-drunk countryside tough guy who is a rival of Mickey Mouse. Nipp made his debut in the animated short ""The Opry House"" (1929), in which he posed as a snake for a snake-charming act—continuing to smoke his"
"Sex Olympics"", part of BBC 2's ""Theatre 625"", one of his four appearances in the series. In ""Rising Damp"", on ITV, Rossiter played Rigsby, the lecherous landlord of a house converted into seedy bedsits, reprising the role from the successful stage version, ""The Banana Box"". While he was in ""Rising Damp"" he also took the lead role in ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"", adapted by David Nobbs from his own comic novels and aired on the BBC. Rossiter was given a surprise tribute on ""This Is Your Life"" in 1975. He appeared in ""I Tell You It’s Burt"
"satirical play by Spike Milligan and John Antrobus about the aftermath of World War III, later made into a film released in 1969. In it, one of the characters, Lord Fortnum, mutates into the aforementioned humble dwelling after expressing fear of this surrealist eventuality. The popular 1970s British sitcom ""Rising Damp"" was set in a house converted into bedsits, with the landlord Rupert Rigsby played by Leonard Rossiter. Tracey Thorn, former singer in the group Everything But The Girl, has written a memoir book titled ""Bedsit Disco Queen"" published in February 2013. In ""Miss Gee,"" from W. H. Auden's Another"
"turning the trio into a duo. Ray is a member of a Syndicate of other flamboyantly rich, jive-talking cats, including ""AKKOLADE"" and Bensington Butters, his rival. They spend their time at theme parties and weekend retreats while plotting to sabotage each other's images. Roast Beef Kazenzakis' given name is ""Cassandra""; he was born intersex, but it was the doctor's mistaken opinion that he would develop into a female. It has never been explained where the ""Roast Beef"" nickname originated, though he was seen to have it in flashbacks to his early childhood. Beef, like Ray, is a cat, and is"
"Frances de la Tour Frances de la Tour, also Frances J. de Lautour, (born 30 July 1944) is an English actress, known for her role as Miss Ruth Jones in the television sitcom ""Rising Damp"" from 1974 until 1978. She is a Tony Award winner and three-time Olivier Award winner. She performed as Mrs. Lintott in the play ""The History Boys"" in London and on Broadway, winning the 2006 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. She reprised the role in the 2006 film. Her other film roles include Madame Olympe Maxime in ""Harry Potter and the Goblet"
"to the rank of 'Able Seacat' Simon and became a celebrity after the ship escaped the Yangtze and returned to Britain. He later succumbed to an infection and died shortly after. Tributes poured in and his obituary appeared in ""The Times"". He was posthumously awarded the Dickin Medal, the only cat ever to earn the award, and was buried with full naval honours. Tarawa was a kitten rescued from a pillbox during the Battle of Tarawa by the United States Coast Guard. She was a mascot aboard an LST, but did not get along with the LST's other mascot, a"
"Terence Rigby Terence Christopher Gerald Rigby (2 January 1937 – 10 August 2008) was an English RADA trained actor with a number of film and television credits to his name. In the 1970s he was well known as police dog-handler PC Snow in the long-running series """" Terence Rigby was born in Erdington, Birmingham, and was educated at St Philip's School. He did his national service in the Royal Air Force. Film roles included: ""Get Carter"" (1971), ""Watership Down"" (1978), ""Tomorrow Never Dies"" (1997), ""Elizabeth"" (1998), ""Mona Lisa Smile"" (2003) and ""Colour Me Kubrick"" (2006). Notable TV roles include ""Dixon"
"cat, never mind its name,” the story went into a drawer for many years. It came out with the meeting in 1977 of Vivian and Ki, at which point the story became bedtime reading for Vivian's son Rupert Stanshall (born 1968), and later for his daughter with Ki, Silky Longfellow-Stanshall (born 1979). In 1985 it “grew up” when Vivian and Ki decided to base a musical on its lead character, Stinkfoot. At that point, it became a melding of two very different visions and two very different musical traditions: Vivian’s days as frontman for the Bonzo Dog Band and his"