For which firm did 'Reggie Perrin' work in 'The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin'?
"potential legatees decide to pool forces and, with Jimmy as leader, decide to mount a bloodless coup. They intend to reverse age roles, with such policies as pensions for the young. The policies are a success – but with the unexpected outcome of their losing the money in the bequest. As Geraldine points out, the idea has turned out not to be absurd after all. The series' characters and actors comprised all of the central characters of the earlier series except Reginald Perrin and Tony Webster (Trevor Adams). It also included Patricia Hodge as Geraldine Hackstraw and Michael Fenton Stevens"
"and Gaiters"", ""The Saint"", ""Department S"", ""Doomwatch"", ""Timeslip"", ""Potter"", ""To the Manor Born"", ""Whoops Apocalypse"" and ""Yes Minister"". Although he had long-running roles in popular dramas like the police series ""Softly, Softly"" (where he played the assistant chief constable between 1967–69), his best known role was in the situation comedy ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"", which began in 1976, and starred Leonard Rossiter as the title character. Barron's character, CJ (Charles Jefferson), was Perrin's overbearing boss, famous for the catchphrase ""I didn't get where I am today by..."". He even used this in a TV commercial filmed for"
"in 1998. Nobbs died on 8 August 2015 aged 80. He was survived by his second wife and four step-children. David Nobbs David Gordon Nobbs (13 March 1935 – 8 August 2015) was an English comedy writer, best known for writing the 1970s series ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"", adapted from his own novels. Nobbs was born in Petts Wood, London. Following an education at Marlborough College and St John's College, Cambridge, he worked as a reporter for the ""Sheffield Star"", before starting his career in comedy as a writer for ""That Was The Week That Was"" in"
"Towers Perrin Towers Perrin was a professional services firm specialising in human resources and financial services consulting, which merged in January 2010 with Watson Wyatt to form Towers Watson. The firm was a provider of reinsurance intermediary services and was active in the actuarial consulting arena with its Tillinghast insurance consulting practice. On March 1, 1934, Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby opened for business in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1987, Towers Perrin was established as the umbrella name for the firm. On June 28, 2009, Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby and Watson Wyatt Worldwide (NYSE:WW) announced their agreement to merge into"
"by the Lake, Keswick. More recently she starred in Jemma Kennedy’s ""The Gift"" and Annie Horniman's well-received ""The Price of Coal"" and ""The Old Testament and the New"". Jemma Churchill Jemma Churchill is an English television, theatre, film and radio actress, best known for her roles as Nanny Lyons in ""Upstairs Downstairs"", and Ms Fellows in ""Waterloo Road"". Churchill is the daughter of London-born actor/writer Donald Churchill and Liverpool actress Pauline Yates, best known for her portrayal of Elizabeth Perrin in ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"". Following training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London,"
"and she embarked on a career in a cabaret, performing her solo act all over the country. She returned to the stage in a variety of popular plays and pantomimes. During the 1970s, she had two very different stints abroad. In Vienna she sang between strip acts at a nightclub while in 1976 she toured America and Canada with the Royal Shakespeare Company in ""London Assurance"", finishing with a six-week run on Broadway. She played the role of the secretary, Joan Greengross (later Webster and Millbeck) in the sitcom ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"" (1976–79) and its sequel"
"Getting a major break in John Osborne's ""West of Suez"" at the Royal Court with Ralph Richardson, he then acted in major productions at the Royal Court and for the National Theatre Company and was directed by Laurence Olivier in J. B. Priestley's ""Eden End"". Palmer found the play so boring, however, that it put him off a stage career for good. Two sitcom roles brought him attention in the 1970s: the hapless brother-in-law of Reggie Perrin in ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"" (1976–79), and the phlegmatic Ben Parkinson in Carla Lane's ""Butterflies"" (1978–83). He has continued to"
"David Nobbs David Gordon Nobbs (13 March 1935 – 8 August 2015) was an English comedy writer, best known for writing the 1970s series ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"", adapted from his own novels. Nobbs was born in Petts Wood, London. Following an education at Marlborough College and St John's College, Cambridge, he worked as a reporter for the ""Sheffield Star"", before starting his career in comedy as a writer for ""That Was The Week That Was"" in the early 1960s. He wrote for many of Britain's comedy performers over the years, including Kenneth Williams, Frankie Howerd, Les"
"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"
"station, the suburban population includes a large concentration of London commuters. This may be why the railway station here was famously used as a location for the British sitcom ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"". The headquarters of the Fire Brigades Union is located close to the station, on Coombe Road. A notable resident was Cesar Picton, an African enslaved at the age of six, who lived as a servant (though evidently a very favoured one) at Norbiton Place for nearly thirty years from 1761, before becoming a highly successful coal-merchant in Kingston. Norbiton is the location for the"
"""The Making of Pink Floyd: The Wall"" was published, detailing the artist's work with Pink Floyd and Roger Waters from 1974–2010. The book contains contributions from Floyd members Roger Waters, Nick Mason, and David Gilmour, as well as director of the film, Alan Parker. He designed the 'Grot' logo for the BBC TV series ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"". He provided caricatures of Paul Eddington, Sir Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds (as their respective characters) for the opening and closing sequences of ""Yes Minister"" and ""Yes, Prime Minister"". Scarfe was approached to work on the 1997 Disney film"
"lengthy battle with cancer. Trevor Adams Trevor Michael Adams (19 May 1946 – 15 December 2000) was a British actor, best remembered for his portrayal of Tony Webster in the BBC series ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"" (1976–79), whom he played throughout its entire run, and Alan in ""The Wedding Party"" (1975), an episode of ""Fawlty Towers"". Adams attended the then Harold Hill Grammar School, in Harold Hill, Essex from 1957 to 1964, and played leading roles in a number of school plays. Later he trained at RADA and was a member of the National Youth Theatre. He"
"and in the Mergers & Acquisitions departments of Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs. She served as a legal and financial advisor to Perot Systems, when she devised software licensing contracts that became widely adopted throughout the industry, and then became the head the corporate practice of Shearman & Sterling in Washington D.C. At McAllister Olivarius, she has she has represented victims of sexual harassment against major banks, hedge funds, companies, law firms, and universities in the US and UK. Publicly reported cases include the wrongful suspension of Professor Wendy Purcell, formerly vice-chancellor of Plymouth University; representing Nefertiti Takla and Kristen"
"from ""Z-Cars"" to ""Ballykissangel"" and in many films made in Ireland. During early 2016 he starred with Des Keogh in The Quiet Land by Bairbre Ni Chaoimh at Bewley's Theatre Café, Dublin. Derry Power Derry Power (born 1935) is an Irish actor born in Dublin. He appeared in the first production of Brendan Behan's The Quare Fellow at Dublin's Pike Theatre in 1954. He is best known for playing management genius Seamus Finnegan in the BBC Television sitcom ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"", with the classic line ""Would you be having a joke there with a simple, tongue-tied"
"Trevor Adams Trevor Michael Adams (19 May 1946 – 15 December 2000) was a British actor, best remembered for his portrayal of Tony Webster in the BBC series ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"" (1976–79), whom he played throughout its entire run, and Alan in ""The Wedding Party"" (1975), an episode of ""Fawlty Towers"". Adams attended the then Harold Hill Grammar School, in Harold Hill, Essex from 1957 to 1964, and played leading roles in a number of school plays. Later he trained at RADA and was a member of the National Youth Theatre. He spent a year at"
"Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"". He played C.J. Wilcox, the overbearing young boss of Richard Mulligan's Reggie Potter. The series aired as a summer replacement during August and September of 1983, but was not renewed by ABC after the tryout run. Zien later starred on the short-lived CBS drama ""Shell Game"" in 1987. In the 1990s, Zien was part of the ensemble on the CBS sitcom ""Almost Perfect"" (1995-96), playing neurotic screenwriter Gary Karp. ""Almost Perfect"" was cancelled shortly into its second season, but the series sustained its loyal following via reruns on USA Network not long after. Zien"
"the stage in two plays Clever Soldiers, and A Family And A Fortune, with Alec Guinness. Bruce Bould Bruce Bould (born in June 1949 in Bradford, West Yorkshire) is an English actor. Bould began his acting career aged 17 at the Birmingham Repertory, before joining RADA. Best known for playing David Harris-Jones in the television sitcom ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"". In 1972 he met and married Theresa Watson who plays David's wife Prue in Series Three and Four. Other TV credits include ""Z-Cars"", ""The Good Life"", ""The New Avengers"", ""To the Manor Born"", ""Shelley"", ""Howards' Way"", ""Drop"
"Derry Power Derry Power (born 1935) is an Irish actor born in Dublin. He appeared in the first production of Brendan Behan's The Quare Fellow at Dublin's Pike Theatre in 1954. He is best known for playing management genius Seamus Finnegan in the BBC Television sitcom ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"", with the classic line ""Would you be having a joke there with a simple, tongue-tied Irishman from the land of the bogs and the little people?"". In a long stage career he has featured in many plays in the Abbey Theatre; he has appeared in TV series"
"soon ended in divorce, then to Joan Peart,who died in 1989 after 40 years of marriage, and finally to Helen Christie, who died in 1995. He had two stepdaughters, one each from the second and third marriages. Barron remained active in the profession until his death at the age of 83. John Barron (actor) John Barron (24 December 1920 – 3 July 2004) was an English actor. Although Barron was a familiar face on British television from the 1950s, he is best remembered for his role in the BBC comedy ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"" (1976–79) playing C"
"and the edges reconstructed to reduce the step and gap for passengers getting on and off the trains. Earlier in 2014 the platforms were extended in preparation for longer trains. There is a 38 space car park and space for 5 vehicles reserved for South Western Railway staff. Norbiton station has two platforms. The typical off-peak service at the station in trains per hour is: The station was used as the filming location from which the title character caught his train each morning (with decreasing punctuality) in the British sitcom ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"". Although Reggie's home"
"on “permanent vacation.“ Dunder Mifflin Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, Inc. is a fictional paper sales company featured in the American television series ""The Office"". It is analogous to Wernham Hogg in the British original of the series, and Papiers Jennings and Cogirep in the French Canadian and French adaptations respectively. Originally, the company was completely fictitious, but eventually, the brand was used to sell products at Staples and other office supply outlets. Two websites were created to support the fictional company, one with the image of a public website, and one meant to look like the corporation's intranet. NBC sold"
"Geoffrey Palmer (actor) Geoffrey Dyson Palmer, (born 4 June 1927) is an English actor known for his roles in British television sitcoms playing Jimmy Anderson in ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"" (1976–79), Ben Parkinson in ""Butterflies"" (1978–83) and Lionel Hardcastle in ""As Time Goes By"" (1992–2005). His film appearances include ""A Fish Called Wanda"" (1988), ""The Madness of King George"" (1994), ""Mrs. Brown"" (1997), and ""Tomorrow Never Dies"" (1997). Palmer's early television appearances included a variety of roles in Granada Television's ""The Army Game"", two episodes of ""The Baron"" and as a property agent in ""Cathy Come Home""."
"Infantry Regiment, 27th Division, under the command of General John F. O'Ryan. Following his return from the war, he began his career in advertising, co-founding the advertising agencies, Riegel & Leffingwell, and Olmstead, Perrin, & Leffingwell in New York City. in 1929, Olmstead, Perrin, & Leffingwell was absorbed by the ad giant, McCann, a year before its merger with Erickson. In 1928, he wrote ""Toujours de l'avant"", about the Pineaud perfumery in France. This book was illustrated with numerous water colors by Will Hollingsworth, who also provided illustrations for many of Leffingwell's advertising accounts, such as Brooks Brothers and Forstmann's"
"Dawson and ""The Two Ronnies"". Nobbs was the creator of the sitcom ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"" (1976–79), adapted from his own ""Reginald Perrin"" novels, which ""told the story of a man living an escapist fantasy in response to the mundanity of his daily commute"". The TV series starred Leonard Rossiter as Perrin. Nobbs also wrote the comedy/drama series ""A Bit of a Do"" (1989) and the Henry Pratt series of novels, the fourth of which, ""Pratt à Manger"", was published in 2006. His novel ""It Had to be You"" was published in 2011. A passionate humanist and"
"God"" (1992–94). Other television appearances include ""Foyle's War"": ""War Games"" (2003) as James Philby, as the pilot of a doomed holiday jet in the ""Casualty"" episode ""Cascade"" (1992), and as Mark's careers guiadance counsellor and therapist in the ""Peep Show (TV Series)"" episode ""Dream Job"" (2003). Tim Preece Tim Preece (born 5 August 1938) is an English actor, prominent in 1970s television. Preece was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. He played Tom Patterson in the first two series of ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"" (1976–77) and ""The Legacy Of Reginald Perrin"" (1996) and also had a role in the"
"Dunder Mifflin Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, Inc. is a fictional paper sales company featured in the American television series ""The Office"". It is analogous to Wernham Hogg in the British original of the series, and Papiers Jennings and Cogirep in the French Canadian and French adaptations respectively. Originally, the company was completely fictitious, but eventually, the brand was used to sell products at Staples and other office supply outlets. Two websites were created to support the fictional company, one with the image of a public website, and one meant to look like the corporation's intranet. NBC sold branded merchandise at"
"Jemma Churchill Jemma Churchill is an English television, theatre, film and radio actress, best known for her roles as Nanny Lyons in ""Upstairs Downstairs"", and Ms Fellows in ""Waterloo Road"". Churchill is the daughter of London-born actor/writer Donald Churchill and Liverpool actress Pauline Yates, best known for her portrayal of Elizabeth Perrin in ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"". Following training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, Churchill spent a year singing in pubs and working men's clubs in the East End under the name 'Jemma Churchill - the Cockney Sparrow'. Churchill is married to"
"John Barron (actor) John Barron (24 December 1920 – 3 July 2004) was an English actor. Although Barron was a familiar face on British television from the 1950s, he is best remembered for his role in the BBC comedy ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"" (1976–79) playing C J, Perrin's overbearing boss, later employee. The show also gave Barron the memorable catchphrase, ""I didn't get where I am today by..."". Born in Marylebone, London, Barron was interested in acting from an early age. For his 18th birthday his godfather paid his entry fee to RADA. After serving as a"
"Pearn, Pollinger & Higham Pearn, Pollinger & Higham (Ltd) was an English firm of literary agents based in London during the early twentieth century. They were agents for Graham Greene and Paul Scott, among others. The three founders, Nancy Pearn, Laurence Pollinger and David Higham, all worked at the Curtis Brown agency after the First World War. When Curtis Brown's founder Albert brought in his son to run the company, Pearn, Pollinger & Higham was created, with help from a loan from Harold Macmillan, among others. The company began trading in 1935, and continued as such until 1956, when it"
"a new publicly traded company called Towers Watson & Co. The merger was completed in January 2010. Towers Perrin had offices and alliance partners in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Latin America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Towers Perrin Towers Perrin was a professional services firm specialising in human resources and financial services consulting, which merged in January 2010 with Watson Wyatt to form Towers Watson. The firm was a provider of reinsurance intermediary services and was active in the actuarial consulting arena with its Tillinghast insurance consulting practice. On March 1, 1934, Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby"
"Ronald Reagan 1984 Presidential re-election campaign. The agency was purchased by Publicis in 1998. In 2008, the agency was awarded a Gold Lion at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival for its work on a website for AAA. Current clients include U.S. Cellular, Chimay, Pogo.com, HP, Compaq and Walmart. Publicis & Hal Riney Publicis & Hal Riney is an American advertising agency, founded in San Francisco in 1977 by Hal Riney as Hal Riney & Partners. He had previously led the west coast office of Ogilvy & Mather since 1976. They are best known for their award-winning work on Saturn"
"In 1990 to present, in order to combine her expertise in public relations and marketing as well as pursue writing and production endeavors, Maryann founded Ridini Entertainment Corporation (REC), an award-winning public relations, marketing, website/blog design and TV & Film Production company. Under the company banner, REC has handled campaigns PR & Marketing campaigns for top brands including: The United States Olympic Committee working with athletes in all sports and the GAMES, NBC/Universal, E! Entertainment Television and Concorde-New Horizons, Corp. (New Concorde). It was the head of Concorde, the legendary producer Roger Corman, that gave Maryann, (via her company, Ridini"
"as Hank. A short-lived U.S. version was produced and broadcast on ABC in 1983 as ""Reggie"", with Richard Mulligan in the title role. Martin Clunes starred in a BBC revival of the series, titled simply ""Reggie Perrin"". The supporting cast were Fay Ripley, Wendy Craig, Geoffrey Whitehead, Neil Stuke and Lucy Liemann. The series was written by Simon Nye and original series creator David Nobbs. It ran for two series from April 2009 to November 2010. At the end of the first series Reggie fakes suicide by leaving his clothes on a beach in Dorset and running into the sea."