Who portrayed the rugby-playing miner in the film, 'This Sporting Life'?
"This Sporting Life This Sporting Life is a 1963 British drama film directed by Lindsay Anderson. Based on the 1960 novel of the same name by David Storey, which won the 1960 Macmillan Fiction Award, it recounts the story of a rugby league footballer, Frank Machin, in Wakefield, a mining town in Yorkshire, whose romantic life is not as successful as his sporting life. Storey, a former professional rugby league footballer, also wrote the screenplay. The film stars Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, William Hartnell and Alan Badel. The film was Harris's first starring role, and won him the Best Actor"
"Award at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival. He was also nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Roberts won her second BAFTA award for ""This Sporting Life"" and an Oscar nomination for best actress. Harris was nominated for the BAFTA that year as well. The film opened at the Odeon Leicester Square in London's West End on 7 February 1963. Set in Wakefield, the film concerns Frank Machin (Harris) a bitter young coal miner from the West Riding of Yorkshire. Following a nightclub altercation, in which he takes on the captain of the local rugby league"
"Zealand's Ian Kirkpatrick, Waka Nathan, Grahame Thorne, and Alex ""Grizz"" Wyllie, and Wales's Phil Bennett, Gerald Davies, Mervyn Davies, Gareth Edwards, Tony Faulkner, Dennis Hughes, Barry John, Allan Martin, David Morris, David Price, Mike Roberts, J.J. Williams, and Bobby Windsor. Despite the film's plot indicating that these were the teams from 1966, many of these players did not play international rugby until after this time. 1990s All Black Steve McDowall also appears (and acted as choreographer for the rugby match scenes), as does New Zealand rugby commentator Keith Quinn. Two of the cast of the film, Grizz Wyllie and Windsor"
"Howard and Marlon Brando. He did not get along at all with Brando during filming. Harris' first starring role was in the film ""This Sporting Life"" (1963), as a bitter young coal miner, Frank Machin, who becomes an acclaimed rugby league football player. It was based on the novel by David Storey and directed by Lindsay Anderson. For his role, Harris won Best Actor in 1963 at the Cannes Film Festival and an Academy Award nomination. Harris followed this with a leading role in the Italian film, Michelangelo Antonioni's ""Il Deserto Rosso"" (""Red Desert"", 1964). This won the Golden Lion"
"company would not venture further with ""kitchen sink"" film projects. Nor would his company make such a ""squalid"" film again. More generally, it ended producers willingness to back such British New Wave films. John Russell Taylor in 1980 thought it a mistake to link ""This Sporting Life"" with the ""kitchen sink"" films released in the preceding few years, because its ""emotionalism"" made it ""unique"", apart from Anderson's other work On 22 January 2008, the film was released as a Region 1 DVD by The Criterion Collection. This Sporting Life This Sporting Life is a 1963 British drama film directed by"
"Sporting Life (1918 film) Sporting Life is a lost 1918 American silent drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur. It is the first film for sisters Faire Binney and Constance Binney, from the Broadway stage. Tourneur would re-film this story again in 1925. As described in a film magazine, Lord Woodstock (Graves) is in financial difficulties and is counting on a fight and a race to reestablish his fortune. He has plighted his troth to Norah (Binney), daughter of his trainer Miles Cavanagh (Eldridge). His sister Kitty (Binney) is in love with Joe Lee (Richmond), a Gypsy. Malet de Carteret (Craig)"
"This Sporting Life (radio program) This Sporting Life was a culturally iconic Triple J radio comedy programme, created by award-winning actor-writer-comedians John Doyle and Greig Pickhaver, who performed as their characters Roy and HG. Broadcast from 1986 to 2008, it was one of the longest-running, most popular and most successful radio comedy programmes of the television era in Australia. Undoubtedly the longest-running show in Triple J's programming history, it commanded a large and dedicated nationwide audience throughout its 22-year run. The title ""This Sporting Life"" was taken from the novel and 1963 film of the same name. ""This Sporting Life"""
"event was included as a segment in Anderson's BBC documentary film, also titled ""Is That All There Is?"" Rachel Roberts (actress) Rachel Roberts (20 September 192726 November 1980) was a Welsh actress. She is best remembered for her forthright screen performances as the older mistress of the central male character in two key films of the 1960s, ""Saturday Night and Sunday Morning"" (1960) and ""This Sporting Life"" (1963). For both films, she won the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress. She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for ""This Sporting Life"". Her other notable film appearances"
"This Sporting Life (novel) This Sporting Life is a 1960 novel by the English writer David Storey. It is set in Northern England and follows a man who tries to make it as a professional rugby league footballer. It was the debut novel of Storey, himself a former player for Leeds. The book was the basis for Lindsay Anderson's 1963 film ""This Sporting Life"". ""Kirkus Reviews"" wrote that ""the strength of Mr. Storey's novel is in its toneless air of truth which spares nothing or no one, a fact which may well rebuff his readers."" Commemorating the book's fiftieth anniversary"
"rugby scholarship to a prestigious private school, only to lose this and get suspended when Murray Cooper (Matthew Chamberlain) became over invested in his schoolwork and started doing it himself. Kane and Honour broke up and after having his life saved by his best friend Toby (Robert Evison), helped him cover up the murder of Brett Franklin (Matt Dwyer). The revelation of the murder saw Kane facing serious charges of covering the crime up which was followed by an injury to his leg, leaving him out of rugby season. Depressed and alone he began to rely on his best friend"
"rugby captain for Team England and celebrity who struggles to keep his marriage together with his estranged wife, Emily. The film also follows a small time drug dealer named Kingsley, who through a chance encounter with an aging actor Terence, finds inspiration to escape his life of petty crime and his disapproving mother. Lastly, George is a gentle cab driver looking for the chance to adopt a child and build a family with his long suffering wife, Kathy. How each man deals with his personal challenges reveals how circumstance, accidental encounters and conscious decisions determine our fate. Writer/producer Leon Butler"
"of the Newtown Jets football team in the early 1980s and his determination to stand for what rugby league traditionally stood for while dealing with his own identity crisis. Other Australian sport films include ""Australian Rules"" and ""Footy Legends"". Sport is popular on the radio. ""This Sporting Life"" was a culturally iconic Triple J radio comedy program created by actor-writer comedians John Doyle and Greig Pickhaver, who performed as their characters Roy and HG. Broadcast from 1986 to 2008, it was one of the longest-running, most popular and most successful radio comedy programs of the post-television era in Australia. It"
"the £75,000 needed to buy the pub. Duggie Ferguson (John Bowe) is the only one with previous experience as a landlord and is left doing the lion's share of the day-to-day management, the others simply reaping the profits. He devises a plan that results in Fred Elliott (John Savident) and Mike Baldwin (Johnny Briggs) selling their shares to ""Hamilton Griffiths Holdings"", only for Duggie to reveal that he is the man behind this company. He now takes full control of The Rovers. Duggie's time in charge is short-lived, however. He decides to buy Weatherfield Rugby League and Social Club, being"
"of the film's Rugby Coaches in the end credits. He is portrayed by McNeil Hendricks in the film. Williams is tall with a playing weight of . He was the first non-white player to be included in the Springboks squad since Errol Tobias and his uncle Avril Williams in the early 1980s. The selection of non-white players was not common in South Africa before 1992 because of the country's policy of apartheid. He made his debut for the Springboks at the age of 23 against Argentina on 13 November 1993 in Buenos Aires, a game that the Springboks went on"
"players which threatens to disrupt the team's performance. The film is a blend of drama and comedy - the latter especially revolving around the efforts of the players to come to grips with both their middle-aged bodies and the changes in rugby since their time as international players (rugby was a totally amateur sport in 1966; by 1991 it had become big business). The New Zealand team are a rag-tag bunch whose later lives have taken them in different directions: the team's ""hard man"" has become a peace-loving Salvation Army officer, one of the team has become a vote-grabbing politician,"
"Army Game"" from 1957 to 1961. Again, although it was a comedy series, he found himself cast in a ""tough-guy"" role. He appeared in a supporting role in the film version of ""This Sporting Life"" (1963), giving a sensitive performance as an ageing rugby league talent scout known as ""Dad"". A blue plaque marking Hartnell's work in film and television was unveiled at Ealing Studios by his granddaughter, Jessica Carney, on 14 October 2018. Hartnell's performance in ""This Sporting Life"" was noted by Verity Lambert, the producer who was setting up a new science-fiction television series for the BBC entitled"
"Rachel Roberts (actress) Rachel Roberts (20 September 192726 November 1980) was a Welsh actress. She is best remembered for her forthright screen performances as the older mistress of the central male character in two key films of the 1960s, ""Saturday Night and Sunday Morning"" (1960) and ""This Sporting Life"" (1963). For both films, she won the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress. She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for ""This Sporting Life"". Her other notable film appearances included ""Murder on the Orient Express"" (1974), ""Picnic at Hanging Rock"" (1975) and ""Yanks"" (1979). Roberts' theatre credits"
"Richard Harris Richard St. John Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) was an Irish actor and singer. He appeared on stage and in many films, appearing as Frank Machin in ""This Sporting Life"", for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, King Arthur in the 1967 film ""Camelot"" and the subsequent 1981 revival of the show. He played an aristocrat captured by Native Americans in ""A Man Called Horse"" (1970), a gunfighter in Clint Eastwood's Western film ""Unforgiven"" (1992), Emperor Marcus Aurelius in ""Gladiator"" (2000), and Albus Dumbledore in the first two ""Harry Potter"""
"Ray Robinson and singer Clyde McPhatter for major roles. Only Las Vegas entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. expressed interest in appearing in the film, and arranged to audition for a role during a party at Judy Garland's home. Ira Gershwin's wife Lee was present and, horrified by Davis' vulgarity, implored Goldwyn, ""Swear on your life you'll never use him."" The producer, who sneeringly called Davis ""that monkey,"" assured her he would not cast him and offered the role of Sportin' Life to Cab Calloway instead. When Calloway declined, Davis had Frank Sinatra and some of his associates pressure Goldwyn, who finally"
"nationally on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Triple J youth radio network. It was continuously on-air for a 22-year period till 2008. ""This Sporting Life"" was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia registry in 2013. With John Doyle as ""Rampaging Roy Slaven"", has appeared on television shows such as ""The Dream with Roy and HG"", ""This Sporting Life"", ""Blah Blah Blah"", ""Club Buggery"", ""The Channel Nine Show"", ""Planet Norwich"", ""Win Roy and HG's Money"", ""The Monday Dump"", ""The Nation Dumps"", ""The Ice Dream with Roy and HG"", ""The Cream"", ""The Dream in Athens"", ""The Memphis Trousers"
"the main character Frank Machin loses seven teeth, following a scrum, look realistic. Richard Harris who was playing Frank Machin was knocked out, and filming for the day was abandoned. In 2003, BBC Rugby League commentator Ray French was asked to name the six 'hardest' men ever to play Rugby League, he named Turner along with; Vince Karalius, Barrie McDermott, Ray Price, Gorden Tallis & Cliff Watson. According to Lion Phil Jackson ""Vince Karalius was much lauded here as one of the best loose forwards to go (to Australia) and I reckon Derek Turner were [""sic""] a better player"". For"
"a legendary ex-Celtic player as well as the managers son-in-law, and has a reputation for being troublesome. The two men put their personal problems aside as they try to prevent the small fishing town of Kilnockie from losing its club, which is owned by an American (played by Michael Keaton) who wants to move the team to Dublin in Ireland. Filming took place at several locations across Scotland, including Boghead Park (the former ground of Dumbarton), Dumfries club Queen of the South's Palmerston Park ground, Kilmarnock's Rugby Park ground and Hampden Park. The majority of scenes representing the town of"
"Five Live Sports Extra carry commentary from a selection of Super League matches each week, while BBC local radio also broadcasts throughout the season. Various commercial and community radio stations also give coverage to their local rugby league teams:- Rugby league first hit the silver screen with ""Where's George?"", a 1935 comedy starring the comedian Sydney Howard. The plot revolves around Alf Scodger’s attempts to outwit his overbearing wife. As a consequence, he accidentally discovers a talent for rugby and turns out for his local Yorcaster club against Lancastrian rivals Oldcastle. The 1963 film, ""This Sporting Life"", is set around"
"Sporting Blood (1931 film) Sporting Blood is a 1931 American MGM sports drama film directed by Charles Brabin. The film stars Clark Gable (in his first starring role), Ernest Torrence, and Madge Evans. Two other pictures bore this same title, one released in 1916 by Fox and another by MGM in ""Sporting Blood"" (1940). Although they, too, centered on horse racing, none of the plots had any direct connection with the others. Gambler Rid Riddell (Clark Gable) works for Tip Scanlon (Lew Cody), a crooked gambler, who buys Tommy-Boy, a racehorse from a wealthy man (Hallam Cooley) whose spoiled wife"
"of the sport, Seamus Vincent McCartan is the clan's single professional player, currently at club level for Bradford City. His international career has spanned U17, U19 and U21 levels. He made his highly anticipated International First Team debut in 2017. Ryan McCartan, portraying the character Digbert ""Diggie"" Smalls on Disney's Liv and Maddie, has risen to success, showcasing the musical and theatrical talents of the clan. DNA testing carried out at the Trinity College of Dublin on the male Y-Chromosome of the powerful Guinness Family at their own request left a startling re-discovery. The analysis revealed that brewery founder Sir"
"colourful."" The 2007 film ""The Last Sin Eater"", produced in the United States, depicted a Welsh American community living in the Appalachian Mountains, but U.S. critics criticized the accented performances as inaccurate. Welsh-accented performances are uncommon in blockbuster films, though director Peter Jackson requested for Welsh-born actor Luke Evans to use his native accent for his character in ""The Hobbit"" films. The decision also led to casting Welsh-accented actors to portray the character's family. An upcoming film about the gay Welsh rugby player Gareth Thomas will star actor Mickey Rourke as the player; the role will involve Rourke adapting a"
"to his days in ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum""). In 2004, Davies played an elderly night porter in the BBC sitcom ""My Family"" (in the episode ""Going Dental""). On film, Davies played major roles in two later Carry On films, ""Behind"" (1975) and ""England"" (1976) - in the latter as yet another sergeant major. He played Mog in the Welsh rugby film ""Grand Slam"" (1978). He was the subject of ""This Is Your Life"" in 1976 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews. Davies has performed a large amount of advertising voice-over work, and his distinctive, deep voice could be"
"in 2010, Frank Keating of ""The Guardian"" wrote that """"This Sporting Life"" has stood the test of 'classic' category ... The novel's uneasy love story of insecure anti-hero tough, Machin, and his world-weary landlady, Mrs Howard, earthily provides harrowing off-field narrative, but it is in the raw sporting passages where the reader can wince at the resonance of uncomfortable truths[.]"" This Sporting Life (novel) This Sporting Life is a 1960 novel by the English writer David Storey. It is set in Northern England and follows a man who tries to make it as a professional rugby league footballer. It was"
"he has encountered at the match, and his vociferous denunciation of the often hilariously bad pre-match and half-time ""entertainment"", which regularly feature massed displays by large groups of ""kiddies"" with ""ballooowens"" (balloons) and stilted performances by imported has-been stars like Billy Idol and Tina Turner, whose only real connection to The Game is the hefty paycheque they receive from the NSWRL for their brief appearances. As well as performing 'This Sporting Life' on radio, Doyle and Pickhaver successfully transferred the concept and characters to television. Over the last ten years they have hosted a range of TV incarnations of the"
"Such Is Life: The Troubled Times of Ben Cousins Such Is Life: The Troubled Times of Ben Cousins is a 2010 Australian documentary film about Australian rules football player Ben Cousins. Directed by Paul Goldman and filmed over a two-year period, the documentary charts Cousins' rise to fame as a star player for the West Coast Eagles and explores how his decorated career became marred by controversies, most notably a series of highly publicised drug-related scandals that resulted in him being sacked by his club and banned from playing in the Australian Football League (AFL) for one year. Cousins helped"
"Afternoon Programme"" as HG Nelson, Doyle never performed overtly as Roy, or referred to him in any way. During this period Doyle kept up a hectic work schedule, presenting the Afternoon Programme two hours a day, Monday to Friday, as well as his regular four-hour stint on Saturdays on ""This Sporting Life"" and also, at one stage, the first weekly half-hour TV version of the show. ""This Sporting Life"" was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia registry in 2013. In 1984, Doyle appeared as English bowler George ""Gubby"" Allen in the acclaimed Network Ten television"
"King. Rugby players and coaches are regularly featured on the show. Colin Meads, Graham Henry, John Kirwan, Michael Jones, Anton Oliver, Grant Fox, Mark ""Bull"" Allen, Buck Shelford, Marc Ellis, Nick Farr-Jones, Gordon Tietjens, Ruben Wiki, John Hart, Norm Hewitt and Grant Fox have all appeared. Other sports stars have also been interviewed, including yachtsman Dean Barker, football player Wynton Rufer, basketballer Kirk Penney, netballer Irene van Dyk, cricketers Martin Snedden and Martin Crowe, racing drivers Greg Murphy and Scott Dixon, athlete Peter Snell, boxers Monty Betham and David Tua, cyclist Sarah Ulmer, shotputter Valerie Adams and rower Rob Waddell."
"Andrew Ettingshausen (Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks) were current Australian rugby league test players when the film was released. Pearce had been a member of the undefeated 1982 Kangaroo tour, while Ettingshausen would go on to be the leading try scorer on both the 1990 and 1994 Kangaroo Tours. Karen Hardy, reviewing the film in 2013 said, ""Sure, it wasn't the finest sports movie ever made but there was humour - intentional or not, I wasn't quite sure - and conflict and pathos. And its story, which it admitted in the opening credits was ""sort of"" based on true events, was an interesting"