Patricia Routledge played Hetty Wainthrop on television which actor, who later became a Hobbit, played her young assistant?
"Investigates"", again with Routledge in the lead role, co-starring rising star Dominic Monaghan as her assistant and Derek Benfield as her husband. It first aired in January 1996, and ran until the autumn of 1998, with one special episode in 1999. She has also played several real-life characters for television, including Barbara Pym, and, in a dramatised BBC Omnibus biographical documentary of 1994, Hildegard of Bingen. In 2001, Routledge starred in ""Anybody's Nightmare"", a fact-based television drama in which she played a piano teacher who served four years in prison for murdering her elderly aunt, but was acquitted following a"
"into production, Patricia Routledge read the story ""Missing Persons"" for BBC Radio 4's ""A Book At Bedtime"" in February 1987. In 1989 ITV broadcast a feature-length pilot, ""Missing Persons"", featuring Tony Melody as Robert Wainthropp and Garry Halliday as Geoffrey Shawcross, but ITV opted not to pursue a series. The storyline of this episode is ignored in the subsequent BBC series, with the first episode establishing Hetty as a detective in her first case and meeting Geoffrey for the first time. The characterization of Hetty was altered considerably for the series from the pilot. The 'original' Hetty was blonde and"
"him, Ian Rankin's most well known character Inspector John Rebus, is in fact a Hibernian supporter. 0 win, 3 nominations 2 win, 2 nominations 1 win, 4 nominations 0 wins 1 nomination Ken Stott Kenneth Campbell Stott (born 19 October 1954) is a Scottish stage, television and film actor who won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1995 in the play ""Broken Glass"" at Royal National Theatre. He is more recently known for his role as the dwarf Balin in ""The Hobbit"" film trilogy (2012–2014), and as Ian Garrett in the 2014 BBC TV"
"Andrew Jack (dialect coach) Andrew Jack (born Andrew Hutchinson on 28 January 1944 in London, England) is a British dialect coach who has worked on over 80 motion pictures since 1982. Jack's father was the actor of Stephen Jack, and his mother Julia Hutchinson was a horticulturist. He has worked with over 200 actors including Robert Downey Jr. (in Richard Attenborough's ""Chaplin"", Michael Hoffman's ""Restoration"" and Guy Ritchie's ""Sherlock Holmes""), Pierce Brosnan (in ""GoldenEye"", ""Tomorrow Never Dies"" and ""Die Another Day""), Cate Blanchett and Viggo Mortensen. As supervising dialect coach for ""The Lord of the Rings"", he created the Middle-earth"
"had two children Kate and Jamie and was grandfather to Daniel and Alexander. Derek Benfield Derek Benfield (11 March 1926 – 10 March 2009) was a British playwright and actor. He was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, and educated at Bingley Grammar School. He was the author of the stage farce ""Running Riot"" and played Patricia Routledge's character's husband in ""Hetty Wainthropp Investigates"" (1996–98). Arguably Benfield's best known character portrayal was as transport company foreman Bill Riley in the UK television series ""The Brothers"" in the early 1970s. Before this, he starred as Frank Skinner in the 1970"
"of grandeur (her oft-mentioned ""candlelight suppers""). Routledge delighted in portraying Hyacinth, as she claimed she couldn't stand people like her in real life. In 1991, she won a British Comedy Award for her portrayal, and she was later nominated for two BAFTA TV Awards in 1992 and 1993. The series ended at Routledge's request in 1995. In 1989, Routledge accepted the lead in another role, playing Hetty Wainthropp in the ITV mystery drama entitled ""Hetty Wainthropp Missing Persons"". ITV opted not to pursue with a series after the pilot episode, so in 1996 BBC produced the series entitled ""Hetty Wainthropp"
"""Hetty Wainthropp Investigates"" (1998). He died aged 88 on 12 November 2014. Richard Pasco Richard Edward Pasco, (18 July 1926 – 12 November 2014) was a British stage, screen and TV actor. Pasco was born in Barnes, London, the son of Phyllis Irene (née Widdison) and Cecil George Pasco. He was educated at the King's College School, Wimbledon. He became an apprentice stage manager at the Q Theatre, before studying at the Central School of Speech and Drama, where he won the gold medal. He then spent three years with the Birmingham Repertory Company. One of his earliest screen appearances"
"more minor character who is the friend of the princess in the series. This programme was loosely based on the stories of King Arthur. Will Theakston William Theakston (born 4 October 1984) is an English actor who appeared in the first Harry Potter film. He played the role of the Slytherin Quidditch Seeker Terence Higgs. He attended Latymer Upper School. He has also appeared in two children's TV series: CBBC's The Ghost Hunter and CITV's """". In Ghost Hunter he played the character of Roddy, one of the main characters. Roddy and his sister Tessa make friends with the ghost"
"Alan Wheatley Alan Wheatley (19 April 1907 – 30 August 1991) was an English actor and former radio announcer. He is perhaps best known for playing the Sheriff of Nottingham in the 1950s TV series ""The Adventures of Robin Hood"", with Richard Greene playing Robin Hood. In 1951, Wheatley had played Sherlock Holmes in the first TV series about the fictional detective, but no recordings of it are known to exist. Born in Tolworth, Surrey, the son of a bank clerk, William Henry Wheatley and his wife, Rose (née Towers), Alan Wheatley worked as a radio announcer before turning to"
"Derek Benfield Derek Benfield (11 March 1926 – 10 March 2009) was a British playwright and actor. He was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, and educated at Bingley Grammar School. He was the author of the stage farce ""Running Riot"" and played Patricia Routledge's character's husband in ""Hetty Wainthropp Investigates"" (1996–98). Arguably Benfield's best known character portrayal was as transport company foreman Bill Riley in the UK television series ""The Brothers"" in the early 1970s. Before this, he starred as Frank Skinner in the 1970 cult sci-fi series broadcast on UK ITV, ""Timeslip"". Some of his other television"
"""Barny Weasley."" Harry, Ron, and Hermione use it to infiltrate the Ministry of Magic by disguising themselves as Ministry officials: Harry poses as Albert Runcorn, an investigator of Muggle-borns; Ron poses as Reginald Cattermole, a worker at the Magical Maintenance Department whose wife is being put on trial by Dolores Umbridge; and Hermione poses as Mafalda Hopkirk, Umbridge's secretary. While visiting Godric's Hollow, Harry and Hermione disguise themselves as a middle-aged Muggle couple; it is last seen when Hermione disguises herself as Bellatrix Lestrange to break into her vault at Gringotts (However, the potion wears off due to the magic"
"to drop out of the role, following his commitment to appear as Thorin Oakenshield in ""The Hobbit"" films. He was replaced by Sullivan Stapleton, who plays former United States Delta force operative Damian Scott, and Philip Winchester who plays Michael Stonebridge. Stapleton was originally contracted to appear in two series. In the first series, Andrew Lincoln plays Hugh Collinson, Porter's comrade in the 2003 mission and Section 20 boss. Jodhi May plays Lieutenant Layla Thompson, an ""ambitious woman working in a male-dominated field that she's climbed to the top of"". Over the course of the first series she grows to"
"Man, ""Hi-de-Hi!"", ""The Bill"", ""This Life"", ""Auf Wiedersehen, Pet"", ""Black Books"", ""Coronation Street"", ""King Leek"" and ""EastEnders"". She also appeared in Central Independent Television's Halloween special ""The Worst Witch"" as Agatha's assistant, Delilah. Su Elliot Sue Elliott (born 18 December 1950) is a British actress. She was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England. Her film roles include Alice in ""The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood"" (1984), a nurse in ""The Girl in a Swing"" (1988), Marthe in ""Giorgino"" (1994), Mrs Brabin in ""Purely Belter"" (2000), a pub customer in ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"" (2005), a Ministry of"
"Hobbit"", he is carrying a bag of tools. Fíli is portrayed by Dean O'Gorman in Peter Jackson's ""The Hobbit"" film adaptation. Rob Kazinsky was originally cast in the role but dropped out citing personal issues. In the film, he is the older brother. In the film """" Thorin says to Fíli, ""One day you will be King, and you will understand"", an indication that Fíli is older than Kíli. In """", Fíli and Kíli join Thorin and Dwalin in a commando operation to kill Azog. Separated from his brother, Fíli is captured by Azog and helplessly killed before the eyes"
"Hugh O'Brian Hugh O'Brian (born Hugh Charles Krampe; April 19, 1925 – September 5, 2016) was an American actor and humanitarian, best known for his starring roles in the ABC western television series ""The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp"" (1955–1961) and the NBC action television series ""Search"" (1972–1973), as well as films including the Agatha Christie adaptation ""Ten Little Indians"" (1965); he also had a notable supporting role in John Wayne's last film, ""The Shootist"" (1976). He was highly regarded for creating the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation, a non-profit youth leadership development program for high school scholars which"
"in my head of the huge gigantic Hagrid walking through the forest crying with Harry in his arms"". Nineteen years after Voldemort’s defeat, Hagrid is still at Hogwarts and invites Harry and Ginny Weasley's second son Albus Severus Potter to his hut for tea, just as he had once done for Harry himself, implying that he and Harry are still close. During an interview in 2007, when asked if Hagrid did marry, Rowling answered that Hagrid developed a relationship with a giantess but it did not work out. Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane has portrayed Hagrid in all of the film"
"Episode 6: ""A. Malcolm"". John Bell (Scottish actor) John Bell (born 20 October 1997) is a Scottish actor who is best known for playing Bain in the last two instalments of "" The Hobbit"" film series, and ""Young Ian"" Murray in the Starz television series ""Outlander"". His other notable roles include Angus in ""Battleship"", Helius in ""Wrath of the Titans"" and as Toby Coleman in ""Tracy Beaker Returns"". Bell made his TV debut in 2007 when he played Creet in the episode ""Utopia"" of ""Doctor Who"" after he won the role in a Blue Peter competition. In March 2008, he"
"the Ring. Balin is portrayed by Ken Stott in Peter Jackson's film version of ""The Hobbit"". He is characterized as an advisor and fatherly friend to Thorin, and is also—along with Thorin—one of the only Dwarves who witnessed Smaug's attack on the Lonely Mountain firsthand. In the course of the film trilogy he also becomes very affectionate with Bilbo, who would on occasion turn to him for some advice on the Dwarves, and he was the one guiding him to the inside of the Lonely Mountain to try to find the Arkenstone. Bifur was one of the twelve companions of"
"Robin Weisman Robin Weisman (born March 14, 1984) is an American former child actress. She acted between 1990 and 1994. Born in Hollywood, Florida to parents Betsy and David Weisman, Weisman is well known as the ""little lady"" Mary Bennington in the film ""Three Men and a Little Lady"" in 1990 with Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson. She also appeared in ""Thunder in Paradise"" with Hulk Hogan. Weisman gained a degree in business studies from the University of Florida. She married her childhood sweetheart John Kabot in a Jewish ceremony on December 20, 2008. They lived in Plantation,"
"mid-19th century by workers digging a drain at the north end of the village. Watton-at-Stone is home to the boxing promoter Frank Warren. ""The Sun""'s racing tipster 'Templegate' was also a previous resident of the village. It was the childhood home of the actor Rupert Grint, well-known from his role of Ron Weasley in the ""Harry Potter"" film series. The locomotive engineer Sir Nigel Gresley lived in Watton House until his death in 1941. The evangelical author and social campaigner Edward Bickersteth was rector of the church for twenty years from 1830 until his death in 1850. His one-time curate"
"Martin Freeman Martin John Christopher Freeman (born 8 September 1971) is an English actor and comedian, who became known for portraying Tim Canterbury in the original UK version of sitcom mockumentary ""The Office"", Dr. John Watson in the British crime drama ""Sherlock"", Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's ""The Hobbit"" film trilogy, and Lester Nygaard in the dark comedy-crime drama TV series ""Fargo"". His other notable film roles include the romantic comedy ""Love Actually"" (2003), the comic science fiction film ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"" (2005), the semi-improvised comedy ""Nativity!"" (2009), the comedic ""Three Flavours Cornetto"" trilogy, most prominently in"
"it to the Birmingham stage in 1998. Masterpiece Theatre presented a 2009 two-part series of ""Wuthering Heights"" starring English actor Tom Hardy as Heathcliff. In this version, the second-generation characters play a key role, and the telling of the story begins and ends with them. In 2011, director Andrea Arnold directed a film adaptation starring James Howson as Heathcliff. ""Wuthering Heights"", a single from Kate Bush's 1978 debut album, ""The Kick Inside"", is told from the perspective of a ghostly Catherine Earnshaw visiting an aged Heathcliff. Australian actor Heath Ledger and his sister were named after Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw."
"Harry Hadden-Paton Harry Hadden-Paton (born 10 April 1981) is a British actor. He is perhaps best known for his television role as Herbert Pelham, 7th Marquess of Hexham, in the television series ""Downton Abbey"". Hadden-Paton is currently playing the lead role of Henry Higgins in the Lincoln Center Theater revival of ""My Fair Lady"" on Broadway, a performance for which he was nominated for the 2018 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Hadden-Paton is the son of former Cavalry officer Nigel Hadden-Paton and the former Sarah Mellor. He has three sisters: Polly, Clementine, and Alice, who is married"
"Himself"", and also has a pivotal role in the Harry Potter film series as Harry Potter's father James Potter. Onstage, he has appeared in ""Her Naked Skin"" (2008, National Theatre). He played Richard Collingsworth in the 1989 TV serial version of ""The Ginger Tree"", opposite Samantha Bond. He also starred in ""The Woman in Black"" which was made for television and aired at Christmas 1989. Adrian Rawlins Adrian Justin Rawlins (born 27 March 1958) is an English actor who is probably best known for playing Arthur Kidd in ""The Woman in Black"" (1989) and James Potter in the ""Harry Potter"""
"at the London Coliseum ""in 1960. He also played the Abbé in a BBC radio adaptation of ""The Count of Monte Cristo"", with Andrew Sachs (as Dantes) in 1987, and the High Lama in the 1981 BBC Radio 4 ""Classic Serial"" version of ""Lost Horizon"", with Derek Jacobi as Hugh Conway. Wheatley died in Westminster, London in 1991. Alan Wheatley Alan Wheatley (19 April 1907 – 30 August 1991) was an English actor and former radio announcer. He is perhaps best known for playing the Sheriff of Nottingham in the 1950s TV series ""The Adventures of Robin Hood"", with Richard"
"launch in February 1994, 150,000 tickets had been sold. However, in May ""Heathcliff"" was postponed because the show would not be ready in time, and the concert bookings were retained for Richard's ""The Hit List Tour"". The eponymous Heathcliff is taken in, as a homeless child, by Mr Earnshaw who lives at the remote Yorkshire farmhouse, Wuthering Heights. Earnshaw's son Hindley (Jimmy Johnston) forms an instant antipathy to the wild and rebellious Heathcliff. His sister Cathy (Helen Hobson), however, finds in Heathcliff a soul mate, whose fiery passions feed her romantic nature. Heathcliff and Cathy are inseparable and their habit"
"Tom Hiddleston voices a younger pirate named James who starts as a crew member of a ship captained by Zarina, a young fairy who steals blue pixie dust from Tinker Bell's home tree and turns pirate to pursue her alchemical experiments with pixie dust after being pushed away by the home tree's conservative leadership. As the story progresses, it becomes clear that James will one day become Captain Hook. In this prequel, Garrett Hedlund portrays a younger James Hook, one of the main protagonists, who teams up with Peter Pan to escape Blackbeard's mines in Neverland and joins forces with"
"1997, recording new audio for the video game """". McCoy began filming for ""The Hobbit"", A three-part adaptation of the book, in 2011. He portrays the wizard Radagast, alongside fellow ""King Lear"" actor Ian McKellen who reprises his role as Gandalf. Although the character of Radagast is only alluded to in ""The Hobbit"", and only a minor character in ""The Lord of the Rings"", the part was expanded for the films. Sylvester has two sons one of whom is Sam Kent-Smith, who was a 3D artist on the ""Doctor Who"" video game """". Sylvester McCoy Sylvester McCoy (born Percy James"
"Penelope Wilton Dame Penelope Alice Wilton (born 3 June 1946) is an English actor. She is known for starring opposite Richard Briers in the BBC sitcom ""Ever Decreasing Circles"" (1984–89); playing Homily in ""The Borrowers"" (1992) and ""The Return of the Borrowers"" (1993); and for her role as the widowed Isobel Crawley in the ITV drama ""Downton Abbey"" (2010–15). She also played the recurring role of Harriet Jones in ""Doctor Who"" (2005–08). Wilton has had an extensive career on stage, receiving six Olivier Award nominations. She was nominated for ""Man and Superman"" (1981), ""The Secret Rapture"" (1988), ""The Deep Blue"
"Patricia Routledge in the BBC's Hetty Wainthropp Investigates and also played a police officer in Jimmy McGovern's acclaimed drama about the Hillsborough Disaster as well as appearing in Cold Feet and COPS. He played Myra Hyndley's QC, Godfrey Heilpern, in the ITV drama, , opposite Maxine Peake, as well as numerous other off appearances in The Bill, Casualty and Casualty 1909. In 2014 he appeared in Coronation Street, he played the Judge in the Peter Barlow trial. During the eighties Graham-Davies was a regular voice in Radio 4 drama. During the late nineties, his one-man play, Taking Sides, based on"
"Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone is a 1994 American made-for-television western film starring Hugh O'Brian as Wyatt Earp, featuring new footage mixed with colorized sequences from O'Brian's 1955–1961 television series ""The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp"". The supporting cast for the new footage includes Bruce Boxleitner, Paul Brinegar, Harry Carey, Jr., Bo Hopkins, and Don Meredith. The colorized flashback archival footage from the original television series features Douglas Fowley as Doc Holliday and Lloyd Corrigan as Ned Buntline. The movie was directed by Paul Landres and Frank McDonald. Hugh O'Brian ... Wyatt Earp<br> Bruce"
"writer Paul Henning. Henning, who a decade earlier was a major force in the character development and writing of The Burns and Allen television and radio shows, was a co-producer with George Burns of the Cummings show. He later produced such major 1960s hits as ""The Beverly Hillbillies"", ""Petticoat Junction"", and ""Green Acres."" Regulars in the show included Ann B. Davis, who twice won Emmy Awards for playing Bob Collins' assistant Schultzy. Henning apparently remembered cast members Nancy Kulp and Joi Lansing favorably, giving both of them roles several years later on ""The Beverly Hillbillies"", Kulp as Miss Hathaway (secretary"
"Richard Armitage (actor) Richard Crispin Armitage (born 22 August 1971) is an English film, television, theatre and voice actor. He received recognition in the UK with his first leading role as John Thornton in the British television programme ""North & South"" (2004). His role as dwarf prince and leader Thorin Oakenshield in Peter Jackson's film trilogy adaptation of ""The Hobbit"" brought him international recognition. Other notable roles include John Proctor in Yaël Farber's stage production of Arthur Miller's ""The Crucible"", Francis Dolarhyde in the American TV series ""Hannibal"", Lucas North in the British TV drama ""Spooks"", John Porter in the"