"than either Rigsby or her. Philip (Don Warrington) is not especially interested in Ruth, but he eggs Rigsby on in order to humiliate him. In adapting the television series to film, the setting was changed from Yorkshire to inner-city London. For her performance as Ruth Jones, Frances da la Tour received an Evening Standard British Film Award in the category of ""Best Actress"". A reviewer for ""Time Out"" wrote that the film ""[demonstrates] that moderately droll TV boarding-house sitcoms ought not to be stretched to 98 minutes."" David Parkinson wrote in the ""Radio Times"", ""the absence of Richard Beckinsale does"
"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"
"Philip Smith in ""Rising Damp"", from 1974 to 1978, alongside Leonard Rossiter, Richard Beckinsale, and Frances de la Tour. Warrington also appeared as series regular in the crime drama ""C.A.T.S. Eyes"", as government contact Nigel Beaumont (1985–1987); in ""Impact Earth"" (2007) playing General Harris; and in ""New Street Law"" as Judge Ken Winyard. In 1993 Warrington played television reporter Graham Gaunt in ""To Play The King"", the second part of the BBC's ""House of Cards"" trilogy. He has had smaller roles in many programmes including ""Red Dwarf"", ""Lovejoy"", ""Manchild"", and ""Diamond Geezer"". Warrington portrayed the villainous founder of Time Lord"
"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"
"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"
"Matt Smith (actor) Matthew Robert Smith (born 28 October 1982) is an English actor. He is well known for his roles as the eleventh incarnation of The Doctor in the BBC series ""Doctor Who"" and His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in the Netflix series ""The Crown"". Smith initially aspired to be a professional footballer, but spondylolysis forced him out of the sport. After joining the National Youth Theatre and studying Drama and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, he became an actor in 2003, performing in plays like ""Murder in the Cathedral"", ""Fresh Kills"","
"Dean Smith (actor) Dean Smith (born 25 January 1990) is an actor and comedian from Leeds, England. Dean is best known for playing Philip Ryan in the BBC 1 Drama ""Waterloo Road"". Smith also played Vinnie Dupe, the geek without chic, in STV's comedy ""Being Victor"". Most recently Dean revisited the role of Philip Ryan in the BBC online Drama ""Waterloo Road Reunited"". This series followed 7 ex-pupil on life after ""Waterloo Road"". Dean also takes part in various charity events including charity football matches. In 2011 Dean and fellow Waterloo Road cast members Jack McMullen, Ben Ryan Davies, Will"
"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"
"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"
"Ash and actor Tom Gibbons took on the National Three Peaks Challenge. Dean is patron of 'Once Upon a Smile' charity and takes part in many of their charity football matches. Dean completed the Great Yorkshire Run in 2011 running for Cancer Research UK. Dean Smith (actor) Dean Smith (born 25 January 1990) is an actor and comedian from Leeds, England. Dean is best known for playing Philip Ryan in the BBC 1 Drama ""Waterloo Road"". Smith also played Vinnie Dupe, the geek without chic, in STV's comedy ""Being Victor"". Most recently Dean revisited the role of Philip Ryan in"
"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"
"Antony Hamilton Antony Hamilton ""Tony"" Smith (4 May 1952 – 29 March 1995), known professionally as Antony Hamilton, was an English-born Australian actor, model, and dancer. Hamilton began his career as a ballet dancer with The Australian Ballet before becoming a model. He later transitioned into acting and won his first notable role in the 1984 television film ""Samson and Delilah"". That same year, he took over the lead role in the series ""Cover Up"" after the death of the series' lead actor, Jon-Erik Hexum. One of Hamilton's best known roles was that of Max Harte, an agent in the"
"Jeremy Allen White Jeremy Allen White (born February 17, 1991) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for playing Phillip ""Lip"" Gallagher on the acclaimed Showtime dramedy series ""Shameless"". White has appeared in several films including ""Beautiful Ohio"", ""The Speed of Life"", ""Afterschool"", ""Twelve"", and ""After Everything"". Prior to meeting each other, White's parents had both moved to New York City to pursue careers in acting. After meeting, performing on stage together for several years, and marrying, the couple ended their acting careers and obtained jobs that would help them support their new family. Throughout elementary"
"Christopher Milne Christopher Milne (born 24 May 1950) is an Australian actor and award-winning writer who has scripted numerous episodes of ""Prisoner"" and ""Neighbours"", as well as appearing on the shows as a performer. He also originated the character of Philip Martin on the Australian soap opera ""Neighbours"", in 1985 (when the program debut originally on Network Seven) before Ian Rawlings was cast in the role. He was also Ben Mazzini in ""Water Under The Bridge"". Milne also acted in such films as the vampire film ""Thirst"" and ""Felicity"". He has written children's books (ages 6–13) for many years and"
"Jody Latham Jody Lee Latham (born 1 January 1982) is an English actor, best known for his roles as Phillip ""Lip"" Gallagher in the British Channel 4 comedy drama series ""Shameless"", Calum McKenzie in the ITV series ""The Fixer"" and Rob Grayson in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"". He has also had notable short-term guest roles in the school drama series ""Waterloo Road"" and the medical drama ""Holby City"". Latham attended Walton High School in Nelson but was expelled. Latham has a son, Jack, who was born in Latham's late teens. Jack's mother is Naomi. He used to attend Burnley"
"College of Creative Arts, and an honorary doctorate in 2004. David Selby David Lynn Selby (born February 5, 1941) is an American film, television and stage actor. He is most well known for playing Quentin Collins in the daytime soap opera ""Dark Shadows"" (1969–71), and Richard Channing in the prime-time soap opera ""Falcon Crest"" (1982–90). Selby has also had prominent roles in the television show ""Flamingo Road"" (1981–82), and the feature film ""Raise the Titanic"" (1980). Also a published writer, Selby has written several books including novels, memoirs, and collections of poetry. Selby was born on February 5, 1941, in"
"David Griffin (actor) David Griffin (born 19 July 1943) is an English actor best known for both his roles as Squadron Leader Clive Dempster DFC in ""Hi-de-Hi!"" between 1984 and 1988 and Emmet Hawksworth in ""Keeping Up Appearances"" between 1991 and 1995. Other television appearances include a guest role in an episode of ""Doctor Who"" (""The Sea Devils""), ""'Allo 'Allo!"", ""Dixon of Dock Green"", ""Emmerdale Farm"" and two episodes of ""Ripping Yarns"". After finishing ""Keeping Up Appearances"" in 1995, he toured worldwide, with Su Pollard, in the stage show ""The Good Sex Guide"". He has also starred in several pantomimes"
"in the role; he was let go the following year, last appearing on December 20, 2016. Child actors Jonathan and Thomas Selstad and Shane Nicholas played Philip from the character's birth until the rapidly aged character returned in the form of Brandon Tyler from October 21, 1999 to December 24, 1999. He was then portrayed by Jay Kenneth Johnson from December 27, 1999 to December 25, 2002 and Kyle Brandt from May 14, 2003 to October 12, 2006. Johnson again portrayed Philip having returned to the role from January 12, 2007 to April 20, 2011. In July 2015, it was"
"Phillip Spaulding Phillip Granville Spaulding is a fictional character from the CBS soap opera ""Guiding Light"", portrayed by Grant Aleksander. The character is the adopted son of business mogul, Alan Spaulding, and his first ex-wife, Elizabeth. Phillip has been portrayed by three different actors. Aleksander joined the cast in 1982 and left in 1984. From 1985 to 1986, John Bolger played the role of Phillip. Grant Aleksander then returned and played the role from 1986 to 1991. Five years later, in 1996, he returned, playing Phillip until November 2004, when the character of Phillip was shot onscreen and presumed to"
"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"
"tribute, called ""The Unforgettable Richard Beckinsale"". It featured interviews with his widow, the actress Judy Loe, as well as his father, sister, closest schoolfriend and two daughters. Also contributing were his co-stars, Barker and ""Rising Damp""'s Don Warrington. Richard Beckinsale Richard Arthur Beckinsale (6 July 1947 – 19 March 1979) was an English actor, who played Lennie Godber in the BBC sitcom ""Porridge"" (along with its sequel series ""Going Straight"") and Alan Moore in the British ITV sitcom ""Rising Damp"". He is the father of actresses Samantha Beckinsale and Kate Beckinsale. Beckinsale was born in Carlton, Nottinghamshire, to an Anglo-Burmese"
"David Selby David Lynn Selby (born February 5, 1941) is an American film, television and stage actor. He is most well known for playing Quentin Collins in the daytime soap opera ""Dark Shadows"" (1969–71), and Richard Channing in the prime-time soap opera ""Falcon Crest"" (1982–90). Selby has also had prominent roles in the television show ""Flamingo Road"" (1981–82), and the feature film ""Raise the Titanic"" (1980). Also a published writer, Selby has written several books including novels, memoirs, and collections of poetry. Selby was born on February 5, 1941, in Morgantown, West Virginia, the son of Sarah E. (née McIntyre)"
"William Smith (actor) William Smith (born March 24, 1933) is an American actor who has appeared in almost three hundred feature films and television productions. One of his better-known roles was Anthony Falconetti in the 1970s television mini-series ""Rich Man, Poor Man"". Smith is also known for films like ""Any Which Way You Can"" (1980), ""Conan The Barbarian"" (1982), ""Rumble Fish"" (1983), and ""Red Dawn"" (1984), as well as lead roles in several exploitation films during the 1970s. Born in Columbia, Missouri, Smith began his acting career at the age of eight in 1942; he entered films as a child"
"Alistair Petrie Alistair Petrie (born 30 September 1970) is an English actor, known for his supporting roles in films, such as Philip Lisle in ""The Bank Job"", various characters, including Felix Finch in ""Cloud Atlas"", Stirling Moss in ""Rush"" and General Davits Draven in ""Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"". In television, Petrie is known for portraying Geoff in Channel 4's ""Utopia"", Alexander ""Sandy"" Langbourne in ""The Night Manager"" alongside Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie, Robert Greenlaw in BBC1's ""Undercover, ""Deep State"" opposite Mark Strong for Fox Television."" He is a director of This Red Rock, a film and television"
"Richard Beckinsale Richard Arthur Beckinsale (6 July 1947 – 19 March 1979) was an English actor, who played Lennie Godber in the BBC sitcom ""Porridge"" (along with its sequel series ""Going Straight"") and Alan Moore in the British ITV sitcom ""Rising Damp"". He is the father of actresses Samantha Beckinsale and Kate Beckinsale. Beckinsale was born in Carlton, Nottinghamshire, to an Anglo-Burmese father, Arthur John Beckinsale, and an English mother, Maggie Barlow. He left Alderman White Secondary Modern School at 15 with ambitions to become an actor, so while working in numerous manual jobs he enrolled at a Nottingham adult"
"Phil Davis (actor) Philip Davis (born 30 July 1953) is an English actor, writer, and director. Davis was born in Highgate, London, and raised in Thurrock, Essex. His father worked for Procter & Gamble in a soap factory and his mother was a hospital dining room supervisor. From the age of eight, he was interested in acting. He attended Ockendon Courts County Secondary School in South Ockendon, Essex, where he was distracted in class but enjoyed school plays. He was also a member of both the National Youth Theatre and Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop. In 1977, he was cast in"
"Philip Stone Philip Stone (14 April 1924 – 15 June 2003) was an English actor, well-known for portraying film characters such as ""Pa"", the father of Alex DeLarge, in ""A Clockwork Orange""; General Alfred Jodl in """"; Delbert Grady in ""The Shining""; and Captain Philip Blumburtt in ""Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom"". Stone's final film role was as the Bishop in ""The Baby of Mâcon"". In television, Stone is known for his roles as Brigadier Davidson in ""The Rat Catchers"" and Sir John Gallagher in ""Justice"". Philip Stone was born in Kirkstall, Leeds. Stone is the youngest of"
"Keith Smith (actor) Keith Wilfred Smith (26 February 1926 – 30 March 2008) was an English actor who is best known to for his roles in ""The Army Game"" and ""The Beiderbecke Trilogy"". Smith also appeared in ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"" as a manager of a Grot shop. Smith also appeared in George and Mildred in the episode My Husband Next Door, on 1 November 1976 as the tv repair man taking away the Roper's TV set, in series 1. Smith was a regular in the Q tv series with Spike Milligan. He died in London on"
"Dennis Fimple Dennis Clarke Fimple (November 11, 1940 – August 23, 2002) was an American actor. He appeared in a variety of TV shows including ""Here Come the Brides"", ""Petticoat Junction"", ""Matt Houston"", ""M*A*S*H"", ""Centennial"", ""Simon & Simon"", ""Highway to Heaven"", ""Sledge Hammer!"", ""Knight Rider"", ""Quantum Leap"" and ""ER"". He also had roles in films such as ""Truck Stop Women"" (1974), ""The Apple Dumpling Gang"" (1975), ""Mackintosh and T.J."" (1975), ""Stay Hungry"" (1976), ""King Kong"" (1976), ""The Shadow of Chikara"" (1977), ""Goin' South"" (1978), ""The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch"" (1982) and ""Maverick"" (1994), and shared the lead in ""Bootleggers"""
"an ill-tempered former Red Devil turned professional wrestler in the series ""Rising Damp"". In the 1970s he became more involved in the theatre, spending nearly a decade at the Royal National Theatre. While there he was part of the company that opened the current home and was a cornerstone of the residential company that worked in the smaller Cottesloe Theatre under Bill Bryden's direction. His most important roles there were Bottom in ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" and the world premiere of David Mamet's ""Glengarry Glen Ross"" where he played Shelley Levene (a role later played on screen by Jack Lemmon)"
"Philip Franks Philip Franks (born 2 February 1956) is an English actor and theatre director, known to the public chiefly for his roles in English television series, such as ""The Darling Buds of May"" and ""Heartbeat"". Franks was born in London and is the only child of Patricia and Robert Franks. His father was a squadron leader pilot in the Royal Air Force. Franks maintains that he first fell in love with theatre at age six, when his parents took him along to see a production of ""The Tempest"". The following year, his parents were going to a production of"
"30 March 2008 at the age of 82 from motor neurone disease. Keith Smith (actor) Keith Wilfred Smith (26 February 1926 – 30 March 2008) was an English actor who is best known to for his roles in ""The Army Game"" and ""The Beiderbecke Trilogy"". Smith also appeared in ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"" as a manager of a Grot shop. Smith also appeared in George and Mildred in the episode My Husband Next Door, on 1 November 1976 as the tv repair man taking away the Roper's TV set, in series 1. Smith was a regular in"
"Nigel Humphreys Nigel Humphreys (born 1951 in Bognor Regis, Sussex) is a British actor who is best known for his television work. His most prominent roles include Dickie Fleming in ""Coronation Street"" and PC Pete Dodds in """". Other television credits include: ""Dixon of Dock Green"", ""Z-Cars"", ""The Expert"", ""Warship"", ""The Sweeney"", ""Blake's 7"", ""The Professionals"", ""Minder"", ""The Gentle Touch"", ""Doctor Who"" (in the serial ""Warriors of the Deep""), ""All in Good Faith"", ""Pulaski"", ""No Job for a Lady"", ""The Bill"" and ""Birds of a Feather"". His film credits include ""Danny Jones"" (1972), ""Joseph Andrews"" (1977), ""Scum"" (1979), ""The Great"