"Windsor Davies, and Simon Peel, played by Donald Sinden, are antiques dealers who are also bitter enemies (after a falling-out having been business partners) and next-door neighbours, both in their homes and shops. They are engaged in a continuous game of one-upmanship, so both of them are shocked when they find out that their respective children (Smallbridge's daughter Lyn - played by Watson and later Kneale - and Peel's son David - played by Kermode and later Morris) are in love and want to marry as soon as possible. The fathers are forced to reluctantly accept the relationship and marriage,"
"""Time"" magazine's ""100 Most Influential People"" in 2015. Oliver had a recurring role on the NBC comedy ""Community"" as psychology professor Ian Duncan. However, he declined becoming a regular cast member of the series because he did not want to leave ""The Daily Show"" for it. He did not appear in the show's third and fourth seasons, but returned in season five, appearing in seven of its 13 episodes. He was not in season six which aired on Yahoo! As a boy, Oliver played Felix Pardiggle, a minor role in the BBC drama ""Bleak House"" in 1985. Oliver has also"
"Teddy Turner (actor) Joseph Edward Turner (13 June 1917 – 29 August 1992) was a Yorkshire-born English actor and comedian who played dustbin man Chalky Whiteley in the soap opera, ""Coronation Street"". He also played the part of the similarly named farmer Bill Whiteley in ""Emmerdale"" from 1989 to 1991. In the late 1970s he played the part of Mrs. Pumphrey's manservant Hodgekin in ""All Creatures Great and Small,"" Gordon in ""Open All Hours"" and subsequently the part of Banks in the popular 1980s sitcom, ""Never the Twain"". He also made occasional appearances in Last of the Summer Wine. He"
"the Australian, Barry Humphries in the role. It gave the character a first-name of Henry and was a minor singing role featuring the song, 'That's Your Funeral'. ""Oliver!"" was brought to Broadway in 1963 and later revived in 1984. Following the success of the theatrical musical presentation a motion picture version of that adaptation was produced in 1968 with Leonard Rossiter as Mr. Sowerberry. In this portrayal the undertakers cool, and sometimes cruel traits, are largely underplayed and are replaced by his fondness for intoxicating drink. This is in line with Bart's adaptation of the original novel. In the 1982"
"died of cancer in 1992 at the age of 75. Teddy Turner (actor) Joseph Edward Turner (13 June 1917 – 29 August 1992) was a Yorkshire-born English actor and comedian who played dustbin man Chalky Whiteley in the soap opera, ""Coronation Street"". He also played the part of the similarly named farmer Bill Whiteley in ""Emmerdale"" from 1989 to 1991. In the late 1970s he played the part of Mrs. Pumphrey's manservant Hodgekin in ""All Creatures Great and Small,"" Gordon in ""Open All Hours"" and subsequently the part of Banks in the popular 1980s sitcom, ""Never the Twain"". He also"
"of Something"" (1986), Arkroyd in ""Never the Twain"" (1986-1987), Bernie in ""Terry and June"" (1987), Oskar Friedman in ""War and Remembrance"" (1989), Harold Wharton in an early episode of ""One Foot in the Grave"" (1990), Anatole in ""Jeeves and Wooster"" (1990), Mr Pebbles in ""Sean's Show"" (1992), Baths Attendant in ""Minder"" (1993), a houseowner in ""Keeping Up Appearances"" (1993), Norman Spencer/Mr Jeffries in ""The Bill"" (1989-1999), Stamp Collector in ""Mr. Bean"" (1994) Security Guard in ""As Time Goes By"" (2000) and Mr Taylor in ""Doctors"" (2002). His film roles included the Taxidermist in ""The Man Who Knew Too Much"" (1956),"
"him to quit being a Lothario, but you can't blame Elle for being a little wary."" Oliver Barnes Oliver Barnes (also Napier) is a fictional character from the Australian Network Ten soap opera ""Neighbours"", played by David Hoflin. He made his on-screen debut on 30 January 2007. Oliver is the oldest son of Rebecca Napier and the brother of Declan Napier. Some of Oliver's biggest storylines included discovering that he was adopted, finding his birth parents and becoming a father to Chloe Cammeniti. Oliver departed the show on 8 August 2008. Hoflin and his co-star Natalie Blair agreed to return"
"David Hoflin David Hoflin (; born 25 February 1979) is a Swedish-born Australian actor. He is most famous for playing Jason Bates in ""Ocean Girl"" between 1994 and 1998, and Oliver Barnes in ""Neighbours"" between 2007 and 2008. He has appeared in TV shows such as ""Ocean Girl"", ""The Flying Doctors"", ""Head Start"", ""A Country Practice"", ""McLeod's Daughters"", ""Supernatural"", ""State Coroner"", and ""The Lost World"". Hoflin was ten when he starred in his first role alongside Meryl Streep and Sam Neill in ""Evil Angels"" (released as ""A Cry in the Dark"" outside of Australia and New Zealand), a film about"
"Oliver Barnes Oliver Barnes (also Napier) is a fictional character from the Australian Network Ten soap opera ""Neighbours"", played by David Hoflin. He made his on-screen debut on 30 January 2007. Oliver is the oldest son of Rebecca Napier and the brother of Declan Napier. Some of Oliver's biggest storylines included discovering that he was adopted, finding his birth parents and becoming a father to Chloe Cammeniti. Oliver departed the show on 8 August 2008. Hoflin and his co-star Natalie Blair agreed to return to ""Neighbours"" for two episodes and they filmed their scenes in the last two weeks of"
"UK with a semi-comic version of ""Whispering Grass"" in 1975. Other television roles included the sailor Taffy in the first of the BBC-series ""The Onedin Line"" (1971), a special branch detective in ""Callan_(TV_series)"" (1972) and the antique dealer Oliver Smallbridge in ""Never the Twain"" (1981–91), with Donald Sinden. In the field of science fiction television, Davies appeared in the 1967 ""Doctor Who"" story ""The Evil of the Daleks"" as Toby; and was the voice of Sergeant Major Zero (a spherical robotic soldier in charge of 100 other spherical robotic soldiers) in the 1983 Gerry Anderson/Christopher Burr production ""Terrahawks"" (another callback"
"Oliver Robins Oliver Robins (born July 22, 1971) is an American writer, director and former child actor. His first film roles were in the 1982 TV movie ""Million Dollar Infield"", and in the 1982 ABC TV movie ""Don't Go to Sleep"" as Kevin. He is best known for his role as Robbie Freeling in the 1982 movie ""Poltergeist"" and in its 1986 sequel """". Oliver's other feature film role was in the 1982 comedy """". He has made only one guest appearance on television, in the 1986 ""Twilight Zone"" episode ""Monsters!"". Robins left the acting business after 1986. As an"
"show in season 6, England said ""Offspring is a really interesting show tonally. It can swing from the extreme height of comedy to serious tragedy within one episode.I knew I was going to have to pay attention to what was going on around me and really respond it."" Alexander England Alexander (Alex) England is an Australian actor. He comes from Albury in New South Wales, where he attended Scots School Albury. Lupita Nyong'o and Josh Gad will star opposite Alexander England in Australian zombie comedy-horror crossover ""Little Monsters"". Alexander England was selected to play Tony Greig, a former captain of"
"many Australian drama series and serials, including ""Prisoner"", ""Holiday Island"" and ""Sons and Daughters"".He also appeared in the acclaimed miniseries ""The Dismissal"" portraying Reg Withers. Oliver has been nominated for the Australian Film and Television Awards for Best Supporting Actor three times. Oliver also acted on the stage, appearing in such plays as ""The Knack"", ""Cactus Flower"", ""How the Other Half Loves"" and ""The Club"". Today Oliver is best known for his long-running role of Lou Carpenter in ""Neighbours"". He first appeared for a handful of episodes as lovable rogue used-car salesman Lou, Madge Bishop's former flame, in 1988. In"
"pansexual, Lonsdale prefers not to label his sexuality. Keiynan Lonsdale Keiynan Lonsdale (born December 19, 1991) is an Australian actor, dancer, and singer-songwriter. Keiyan is known for roles in dance student as Oliver Lloyd on the ABC series ""Dance Academy"" (2012–2013) and Wally West / Kid Flash on The CW series ""The Flash"" (2015-2018) and ""Legends of Tomorrow"" (2017-2018); and for film roles in """" (2015), ""The Finest Hours"" (2016), and ""Love, Simon"" (2018). He has also worked as an MTV VJ, and released original music recordings. Lonsdale was born in Sydney, Australia, to a Nigerian father of the Edo"
"Owen, Peter Sallis, Brian Wilde, Kathy Staff and Dame Thora Hird in leading roles. Clarke was not involved in casting the actors, but he wrote the character named Clegg with Sallis specifically in mind. He also wrote a prequel, ""First of the Summer Wine"", as well as ""The Misfit"", starring Ronald Fraser; ""Open All Hours"", starring Ronnie Barker and David Jason; ""Keeping Up Appearances"", starring Patricia Routledge; and ""Ain't Misbehavin'"". He created and wrote the short-lived fantasy drama, ""The Wanderer"" starring Bryan Brown, for Sky One. He also created the sitcom ""Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!"" in 1974, writing the"
"Oliver Milburn Oliver Milburn (born 25 February 1973), occasionally known by the name Oz Milburn, is an English actor. Born in Dorset, Milburn was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford, and then Eton College. Milburn played Matthew Bannerman in ""Families"" and Liam in ""Green Wing"". He has also been in ""Me Without You"", ""The Bill"", ""Backup"", ""Tess of the D'Urbervilles"", ""David Copperfield"" (as James Steerforth), ""Sweet Medicine"", ""Byron"", ""Born and Bred"", """" and ""Bodies"". Milburn also joined the cast of ""Mistresses"" in 2009. In 2011, he played the role of Edgar Linton in the film adaptation of Emily Brontë's"
"Michael Cochrane Michael Dundonald Cochrane (born 19 May 1947) is an English actor who specialises in playing suave upper class characters. Cochrane was born in Brighton, East Sussex. He was educated at Cranleigh School. He has had many television and radio roles including Oliver Sterling in the Radio 4 soap opera ""The Archers"", ""The Pallisers"" (1974), ""Wings"" (1977–78), ""Love in a Cold Climate"" (1980), ""The Citadel"" (1983), a BBC serial adaptation of ""Goodbye Mr. Chips"" (1984), ""No Job for a Lady"", ""The Chief"" (1990–1995), and as Sir Henry Simmerson in the ""Sharpe"" series. His film career has included roles in"
"Sowerberry. The earliest known motion picture version of Frank Lloyd's 1922 production placed the American actor Nelson McDowell in the role. David Lean created some very atmospheric settings in his movie version ""Oliver Twist"" which featured Gibb McLaughlin as Mr. Sowerberry. With the advent of television it was inevitable that the classic tale become a miniseries and in 1962 the BBC enlisted the talents of Donald Eccles to play the role of the undertaker. In 1960 the novel Oliver Twist was further adapted by Lionel Bart as the musical Oliver! which premiered in the West End. The original cast included"
"the role in a school production but had turned it down in the Palladium revival. Burn Gorman played Bill Sikes, making his West End musical debut. Three actors shared the role of Oliver: Harry Stott, Laurence Jeffcoate and Gwion Wyn Jones. Robert Madge, Ross McCormack and Eric Dibb Fuller played The Artful Dodger. Jodie Prenger won the role of Nancy, shared with Australian Tamsin Carroll, who played two performances each week. Sarah Lark, a runner-up on ""I'd do Anything"" understudied the role. Royal Shakespeare Company actor Julian Glover played Mr. Brownlow with Julian Bleach as Mr. Sowerberry/Dr. Grimwig, Louise Gold"
"in ""The Protectors"" (1972), Pilkington in ""Follyfoot"" (1973), Lionel in ""The Growing Pains of PC Penrose"" (1975), Chauffeur in ""The Sweeney"" (1976), Mr Oliver in ""Survivors"" (1977) Judge Lambsfoot in ""Dick Turpin"" (1980), Scruffy Man in ""The Professionals"" (1980), Dr Losborne in ""Oliver Twist"" (1982), Jonathon Hopper in ""Whoops Apocalypse"" (1982), Mr Barraclough/Executive in ""Metal Mickey"" (1980-1982), Lapsley/Josie's Dad in ""Last of the Summer Wine"" (1976-1983), Mr Adam in ""The Witches and the Grinnygog"" (1983), the Retired Morris Dancer in The Black Seal episode of ""The Black Adder"" (1983), Guido in ""Ellis Island"" (1984), Old Mr Brooks in ""We'll Think"
"Breakspear/Bernard Crabtree in ""Crown Court"" (1982–1984), and Brian in ""One by One"" (1984). Donaghy played the lead role in ""The Invisible Man"" (1984), Richard Lister in ""Screen Two"" (1985), Job Trotter in ""The Pickwick Papers"" (1985), Monks in ""Oliver Twist"" (1985), the Mad Hatter in ""Alice in Wonderland"" (1986), Jack Whitly in ""The Campbells"" (1988), Sir Walter Pistol in ""T-Bag and the Rings of Olympus"" (1991), Marcellin in ""Maigret"" (1992), Tom Peterlee in ""The Ruth Rendell Mysteries"" (1992), Neville in ""Boon"" (1992), Don Nicols in ""Between the Lines"" (1992), Geoff Welland in ""Peak Practice"" (1995), Len Sheldon in ""Prime Suspect:"
"Philip Olivier Philip Olivier (born Philip Lee Borg-Olivier on 4 June 1980 in Liverpool) is a British actor, model and stage performer best known for playing the role of Tim O'Leary in the soap opera ""Brookside"". He is also known for appearing in many of Big Finish's ""Doctor Who"" audio dramas, playing The Seventh Doctor's companion Hex. Olivier's first role was in 1995 in the Channel 4 production ""Hearts and Minds"" with Christopher Eccleston. In 1996 he starred in his first television, and most notable, role of Timothy 'Tinhead' O'Leary in the Channel 4 soap opera ""Brookside"" until its cancellation"
"Travis Oliver Travis Oliver (born 18 March) is a British actor. He is possibly best known for his role as Oliver Ryan in the ITV series """" between 2005 and 2006. He's also made appearances in BBC's ""Doctor Who"" (2007) and the film ""Lesbian Vampire Killers"" (2009). He was born in Belgium, but grew up near Farnham, Surrey, where he attended Frensham Heights School, at the same time as fellow actors Hattie Morahan, Tobias Menzies, Rufus Hound and Jim Sturgess. However, it wasn't until after gaining a degree in Economics from University College London that he began to pursue acting,"
"Oliver Ackland Oliver Ackland (born 9 November 1979) is an Australian actor. In 2012, Ackland was seen in the comedy horror film, ""100 Bloody Acres"", directed by Colin and Cameron Cairnes, Richard Gray’s feature ""Blinder"" and the ABC telemovie, ""The Mystery of a Hansom Cab"". Most recently, he appeared as ‘Toby Raven’ in the mini-series realisation of Tim Winton’s ""Cloudstreet"", directed by Matthew Saville, and as ‘Rhys’ in ""The Slap"", adapted from the novel by Christos Tsiolkas. Ackland’s other television credits include ""All Saints"", ""Always Greener"", ""Young Lions"" and ""Outriders"". He also appeared in the telemovie ""Emerald Falls"" and co-starred"
"Alexander England Alexander (Alex) England is an Australian actor. He comes from Albury in New South Wales, where he attended Scots School Albury. Lupita Nyong'o and Josh Gad will star opposite Alexander England in Australian zombie comedy-horror crossover ""Little Monsters"". Alexander England was selected to play Tony Greig, a former captain of the English cricket team known in Australia for his cricketing commentary, in 2012 for the television miniseries ""Howzat! Kerry Packer's War"". To copy Greig's distinctive accent, England listened to commentary recordings. In 2016, England was cast to play Harry Crewe in the Australian television series ""Offspring"". Joining the"
"Keiynan Lonsdale Keiynan Lonsdale (born December 19, 1991) is an Australian actor, dancer, and singer-songwriter. Keiyan is known for roles in dance student as Oliver Lloyd on the ABC series ""Dance Academy"" (2012–2013) and Wally West / Kid Flash on The CW series ""The Flash"" (2015-2018) and ""Legends of Tomorrow"" (2017-2018); and for film roles in """" (2015), ""The Finest Hours"" (2016), and ""Love, Simon"" (2018). He has also worked as an MTV VJ, and released original music recordings. Lonsdale was born in Sydney, Australia, to a Nigerian father of the Edo people, and an Australian mother who is of"
"Steven Meo Steven James Meo (born 1977) is a British television actor from Swansea, Wales. He is known for playing Dwayne Hoffman in BBC Wales sitcom ""High Hopes"" (2002-8), Grant in the BBC Three show ""Grownups"" (2006-9), and Owen in the BBC Wales drama series ""Belonging"" (1999-2009). He is also well known for playing the role of Owain Hughes in the third series of ""Gavin & Stacey"". He appeared as Josh in the ""Torchwood"" episode ""Random Shoes"" (2006), and participated in ""The Big Welsh Challenge"" on BBC Wales. He is currently playing Thénardier in Les Miserables in London's west end."
"in 'Twelfth Night,' and Blister in the 'Virgin Unmasked.' Many similar parts were assigned him, including Robin in the 'Waterman,' Dumps in the 'Natural Son,' Lord Plausible in the 'Plain Dealer,' Snip in 'Harlequin's Invasion,' Allscrap in the 'Heiress,' Trappanti, Mungo, First Gravedigger, Gibbet in the 'Beaux' Stratagem,' Diggory in 'All the World's a Stage,' Colonel Oldboy in the 'School for Fathers,' Obediah in the 'Committee,' Moneytrap in the 'Confederacy,' Launcelot Gobbo, Doctor Bilioso (an original part) in Cobb's 'Doctor and Apothecary,' 25 October 1788, Gardiner in 'King Henry VIII,' Oliver (an original part) in Cumberland's 'Impostors,' 26 January 1789,"
"as Marty Stillwater and to be directed by Uli Edel. However, this version never came into fruition. With the feature film unable to get off the ground, the rights were sold to a different production company that developed the project as a miniseries on a much smaller budget. This adaptation was directed by Dick Lowry from a teleplay by Stephen Tolkin. The cast included Stephen Baldwin as Marty Stillwater, Julie Warner as Paige Stillwater, Thomas Haden Church as Drew Oslett Jr., and James Coburn as Drew Oslett, Sr., a character not in the book. It was broadcast in New Zealand"
"drive-in films such as ""The Van"" (1977), and ""Malibu Beach"" (1978). He died on March 5, 2008, at the age of 66 from gastric cancer. Stephen Oliver (actor) Stephen Oliver (November 29, 1941 – March 5, 2008), also known as Steve Oliver, was an American actor. Born in Philadelphia, Oliver portrayed the character of Lee Webber in the TV series ""Peyton Place"" from 1966 to 1968. He later portrayed the character Tom Hudson in early episodes of ""Bracken's World"" (1970). He made guest appearances in such other TV series as ""Starsky and Hutch"", ""CHiPs"", ""The Streets of San Francisco"", and"
"was made into an ongoing lead regular in the serial. Oliver became one of the ""Number 96""'s most popular cast members. During his run in the show he married fellow ""Number 96"" actor Lynn Rainbow, who played Sonia Lansgard and opened a wine bar in Kensington, Sydney cunningly named ""Jack's Cellar"". In late 1973, along with much of the show's regular cast including Lynn Rainbow, he reprised his television role in a feature film spinoff of the serial. Oliver stayed in the role in the series for more than two years, finally electing to leave the series in mid 1974."
"Edward Peel Edward Peel (born 1943) is an English actor who has appeared frequently on British television. His roles include Lennie in The Sweeney episode ""Bait"" with George Sewell (1978), ""Shogun"" (1980), Ted Turton in ""Minder"" episode 10 of series 3; ""Broken Arrow"" (1982), ""Juliet Bravo"" (1983–1985), ""Cracker"" (1993–1995) and ""Emmerdale Farm"" (Tom Merrick: 1981-1982, Tony Cairns: 1997-1998). He played Kane, the main villain in the 1987 ""Doctor Who"" serial ""Dragonfire"". He has also appeared as different characters in two episodes of ""Heartbeat"", his first appearance being in the first series in which he played the part of a bank"
"Tom Oliver Tom Oliver (born 12 June 1938, Chandler's Ford, Hampshire, South East England) is a retired English-born actor who started his career in theatre in his native country, before immigrating to Australia where he became best known for his TV soap opera roles including ""Number 96"" as Jack Sellers and the long-running role of lovable rogue Lou Carpenter in the Australian soap opera ""Neighbours"" in 1988 and from 1992 to 2016. Oliver started in amateur theatricals as an adolescent in Britain before pursuing a career as a jockey. However, he failed to gain an apprenticeship owing to his size."