Who played Flash Harry in the St Trinians films of the 1950s and 1960s?
"Flash Harry (St Trinian's) Henry Cuthbert Edwards aka Flash Harry is a fictional character from the St. Trinian's series of films who first appears in the 1954 ""The Belles of St Trinian's"" and who may also be a spiv. The term refers to ""an ostentatious, loudly-dressed, and usually ill-mannered man"". The best-known portrayer is George Cole in the 1950s–60s films. In the St Trinian's movies, Harry is a long-term associate of the girl pupils, a Cockney involved in all sorts of shady dealings. His father sold racecards and, when he was 12, Harry himself was employed as a boot polisher"
"2007 film, ""St. Trinian's"" but did not return for """" in 2009. The main plot of ""The Belles of St. Trinian's"" centred on the kidnapping of a race horse and featured Sid James of Carry On fame as a shady bookmaker. Two years later, James starred in the comedy ""Dry Rot"" which followed a similar plot. James's character was also called Flash Harry and was in some ways similar to the Flash Harry of St. Trinian's. Flash Harry (St Trinian's) Henry Cuthbert Edwards aka Flash Harry is a fictional character from the St. Trinian's series of films who first appears"
"qualifies them for a UNESCO tour of Europe, ending in Rome. In line with St. Trinian's tradition, chaos reigns as the girls run amok in Europe. Flash Harry (George Cole) has set up a marriage bureau for the sixth form St. Trinian's girls and is in Rome negotiating with Prince Bruno (Guido Lorraine), who is interested in marrying one of them. The Prince suggests that Harry bring the girls to Rome before July, at the Prince's expense, so he can make a decision. Coincidentally, UNESCO is offering the best academically qualified school in England an expenses paid bus tour to"
"George Cole (actor) George Edward Cole, OBE (22 April 1925 – 5 August 2015) was an English actor whose career spanned more than 70 years. He was best known for playing Arthur Daley in the long-running ITV comedy-drama show ""Minder"" and Flash Harry in the early ""St Trinian's"" films. Cole was born in Tooting, London. He was given up for adoption at ten days of age and adopted by George and Florence Cole, a Tooting council employee and charwoman (cleaner) respectively. He attended secondary school in nearby Morden. He left school at 14 to be a butcher's boy, and had"
"actor Patrick Macnee who played the young Jacob Marley. His best known film role was as ""Flash Harry"" in the ""St Trinian's"" films (two of which also star Sim), and in the comedy ""Too Many Crooks"" (1959). He also starred in the film ""Take Me High"" (1973) alongside Cliff Richard and Deborah Watling. Cole was also known for his lead role in the radio comedy ""A Life of Bliss"" (1953–69), in which he played an amiable but bumbling bachelor, David Alexander Bliss, (initially played by David Tomlinson); it lasted for six series and 118 episodes. It became a TV series"
"The Wildcats of St Trinian's The Wildcats of St. Trinian's is the fifth British comedy film set in the fictional St Trinian's School. It was released in 1980. The film poked fun at the British trade union movement which had been responsible for the recent wave of strikes that culminated in the Winter of Discontent. The film was not a critical success and has yet to be released on DVD except in the US. The girls of St. Trinian's hatch yet another fiendish plot—a trade union for British schoolgirls. Their friend and mentor, Flash Harry, suggests a plan which involves"
"by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat. They had earlier produced ""The Happiest Days of Your Life"" (1950), a stylistically similar school comedy, starring Alastair Sim, Joyce Grenfell, George Cole, Richard Wattis, Guy Middleton, and Bernadette O'Farrell, all of whom later appeared in the St Trinian's series, often playing similar characters. Barchester and Barset were used as names for the fictional towns near which St Trinian's School was supposedly located in the original films. In ""Blue Murder at St Trinian's"", a signpost was marked as 2 miles to Barset, 8 miles to Wantage, indicating a location in Oxfordshire. St Trinian's is"
"and is among his best known film roles, particularly in the US. In the farcical ""The Belles of St Trinian's"" (1954) he played the dual role of Millicent and Clarence Fritton, the headmistress of St Trinian's and her shady brother. Having originally accepted the part of Clarence, Sim agreed to play in drag as Miss Fritton when Margaret Rutherford proved unavailable, and the director and co-producer, Frank Launder could find no suitable actress as an alternative. Sim was among the top British film stars of the early- and mid-1950s, but his films of the late 1950s are considered by the"
"The Pure Hell of St Trinian's The Pure Hell of St Trinian's is a 1960 British comedy film set in the fictional St Trinian's School. Directed by Frank Launder and written by him and Sidney Gilliat, it was the third in a series of four films. The St. Trinian's Girls burn down the school building and are, subsequently, put on trial at the Old Bailey in London, found guilty, and await sentencing the next day by Judge Slender (Raymond Huntley). This leads to rejoicing at the Ministry of Education, and in Barset, the school's village home, where Sergeant Ruby Gates"
"has to be prepared."" Later other headmistresses included Dora Bryan in ""The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery"". In December 2007, a new film, ""St Trinian's"", was released. The cast included Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Russell Brand, Lily Cole, Talulah Riley, Stephen Fry, and Gemma Arterton. Reviews were mixed. A second new St. Trinian's film, """", was released in 2009. The school's coat of arms was originally shown as a black skull-and-crossbones on a field of white. This was later changed to a white tau cross (symbolizing the ""T"" in Trinian's) on a black field bordered white. The school has no"
"his girlfriend, Sgt. Ruby Gates (Joyce Grenfell), to St Trinian's, undercover, as games mistress Chloe Crawley. When Crawley arrives, Fritton takes her around the school: she finds the fourth form girls using the science lab to make gin, which Flash Harry (George Cole) sells for them; and the sixth form girls learning about French wine regions from the geography mistress. Florrie (Jill Braidwood), the school snoop, hears Arabella tell her father about a trial run the next day and after teasing the fourth form girls about what she has heard, is forced to tell them about the trial. The next"
"Richard Morant Richard Morant (30 October 1945 – 9 November 2011) was an English actor. Morant was born in Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire. His father was the actor Philip Morant (1909–1993). He was also a nephew of actors Bill and Linden Travers, and a cousin of actress Penelope Wilton. He enjoyed a long television and theatre career, first creating an impression as the bully Harry Flashman in a BBC adaptation of the Thomas Hughes novel, ""Tom Brown's Schooldays"" (1971), and followed this up with a regular role as Dr Dwight Enys in the popular BBC series of ""Poldark"" (1975). Morant also appeared"
"Blue Murder at St Trinian's Blue Murder at St Trinian's (1957) is British comedy film set in the fictional St Trinian's School. Directed by Frank Launder and written by him and Sidney Gilliat, it was the second of the series of four films. and stars Terry-Thomas, George Cole, Joyce Grenfell, Lionel Jeffries and Richard Wattis. The plot is based around a secret marriage agency for the sixth-form girls, that has caught the attention of an Italian prince, based in Rome. The girls break into the Ministry of Education and replace the official (disastrous) school record with a glowing version that"
"by Miss Fritton, headmistress of St Trinian's, and may be an antithesis of Flashman (the bully) of the 1857 book ""Tom Brown's School Days"". As an adult, Harry is one of the few whom the pupils trust: he helps to bottle and sell their gin, distilled in the school chemistry lab, and places bets on race horses for them. Harry also runs the St Trinian's Matrimonial Agency for the teenage Sixth Form girls, setting them up with wealthy men. He even runs a betting scam of his own. By the time Amber Spottiswood (Dora Bryan) becomes headmistress, Harry's official connection"
"carnation in his buttonhole (the carnation is now the symbol of the school named for him). This was perhaps reinforced by his brisk tempi early in his career, and by a story about his racing from one recording session to another. Another explanation, that he was named after cartoonist Ronald Searle's St Trinian's character ""Flash Harry"", is certainly wrong: Sargent's nickname was current long before the first appearance of the St Trinian's character in 1954. Sargent's devoted fans, the Promenaders, used the nickname in an approving sense, and shortened it to ""Flash"", though Sargent was not especially keen on the"
"died in a London nursing home. Actor Ian Bannen gave the main address at his funeral held at Golders Green. Thorley Walters Thorley Swinstead Walters (12 May 1913 – 6 July 1991) was an English character actor. He is probably best remembered for his comedy film roles such as in ""Two-Way Stretch"" and ""Carlton-Browne of the FO"". Walters was born in Teigngrace, Devon, the son of Prebendary Thomas Collins Walters of Silverton, Devon and his wife Mary Francis (n.b. not 'Frances'; née Swinstead). He featured in three of the St Trinian's films, starting as an army major in ""Blue Murder"
"""St Trinians"" films, and four in the classic ""Carry On"" British comedy film series. He found his niche in playing variations on the busybody sticking his nose in everyone's business, or as some authority figure, ""Carry On Constable"" (1960) being a good example. Along with Kenneth Williams and Kenneth Connor he is the only actor to appear in the first, ""Carry On Sergeant"" in 1958, and the last of the original series of ""Carry On"" films, ""Carry On Emmannuelle"" in 1978. Barker's other ""Carry On"" appearances were ""Carry On Constable"" (1960) and ""Carry On Spying"" (1964). In that same year"
"two years later.) He is also well remembered for his role as a jockey/horse trainer in ""The Belles of St Trinian's"" and the liftman in the next three of the ""St. Trinian's"" comedies, and on television for his role as Thomas the chauffeur in the BBC comedy ""Butterflies"" (1978–83) and as Burke, one of the two criminals in the youth television series ""Freewheelers"" (1968–71). His other TV roles include Mr Shepherd, Aunt Sally's owner, in Worzel Gummidge, Phunkey in ""The Pickwick Papers"" (1985) and the Drones Porter in ""Jeeves and Wooster"" (1990–91). Michael Ripper Michael George Ripper (27 January 1913"
"she hits her phone with her hockey stick, smashing a statue. The girls of St Trinian's are involved in business with spiv Flash Harry, who pays them to make cheap vodka. Flash is shown to be romantically interested in Kelly, who initially turns him down. The Cheltenham Ladies' College hockey team arrive at St Trinian's, along with Education Minister Geoffrey Thwaites. Thwaites is shown to have romantic history with the headmistress of St Trinian's, Camilla Fritton. Annabelle is forced to face her former bullies, including captain Verity Thwaites. The hockey match is violent, ending in Kelly shooting a winning goal"
"Matthew Goode and Lena Headey and directed by Ol Parker; ""Valiant"", the first CGI movie made in the UK starring Ewan McGregor and Ricky Gervais; ""Dorian Gray"", starring Firth, Ben Barnes and Rebecca Hall; and ""Easy Virtue"", with Firth, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jessica Biel. Thompson co-directed ""St Trinians"" with frequent collaborator Oliver Parker in 2007. The film, starring Everett, Firth, Russell Brand, Gemma Arterton, Paloma Faith and Juno Temple, became one of the top 10 British independent movies in the UK. The 2009 sequel, , joined it in the list of top British films. At the time, Thompson had"
"St Trinian's (film) St Trinian's is a 2007 British comedy film and the sixth in a long-running series of British films based on the works of cartoonist Ronald Searle set in St Trinian's School. The first five films form a series, starting with ""The Belles of St Trinian's"" in 1954, with sequels in 1957, 1960, 1966 and 1980. The release of 2007, 27 years after the last entry, and 53 years after the first film, is a rebooting of the franchise, rather than a direct sequel, with certain plot elements borrowed from the first film. Whereas the earlier films concentrated"
"Harry Flashman Sir Harry Paget Flashman is a fictional character created by Thomas Hughes (1822–1896) in the semi-autobiographical ""Tom Brown's School Days"" (1857) and later developed by George MacDonald Fraser (1925–2008). Harry Flashman appears in a series of 12 of Fraser's books, collectively known as ""The Flashman Papers"", with covers illustrated by Arthur Barbosa. Flashman was played by Malcolm McDowell in the Richard Lester 1975 film ""Royal Flash"". In Hughes' 1857 book, Flashman (a relatively minor character) is portrayed as a notorious bully at Rugby School who persecutes Tom Brown, and who is finally expelled for drunkenness. Fraser decided to"
"films and serving in the Canadian navy during WW II, followed by stage work, there was a long gap in his film career until he reappeared as a character actor in the 1950s, making his last film (""Timeslip"" a.k.a. ""The Atomic Man"" ) in 1955. Barry also appeared in the 1954 Sheldon Reynolds produced Sherlock Holmes television series. He portrayed Reggie ""Sardines"" Taunton in episode 17; ""The Case of the Laughing Mummy"". Barry MacKay (actor) Barry MacKay (8 January 1906 – 12 December 1985) was a British actor. He was most prominently seen in light comedic roles in the British"
"Stephen Greif Stephen Greif (born 26 August 1944) is an English actor known for his roles as Travis in ""Blake's 7"", Harry Fenning in three series of ""Citizen Smith"", Signor Donato in ""Casanova"" and Commander John Shepherd in ""Shoot on Sight"". Greif was born in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England, in a building originally belonging to Anne Boleyn as a gift from King Henry VIII. He was educated at Sloane Grammar School, where he was school champion at athletics and swimming and represented the school and the county at athletics at the White City Stadium amongst others. He briefly attended the Regent"
"Stephen Greif Stephen Greif (born 26 August 1944) is an English actor known for his roles as Travis in ""Blake's 7"", Harry Fenning in three series of ""Citizen Smith"", Signor Donato in ""Casanova"" and Commander John Shepherd in ""Shoot on Sight"". Greif was born in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England, in a building originally belonging to Anne Boleyn as a gift from King Henry VIII. He was educated at Sloane Grammar School, where he was school champion at athletics and swimming and represented the school and the county at athletics at the White City Stadium amongst others. He briefly attended the Regent"
"Thorley Walters Thorley Swinstead Walters (12 May 1913 – 6 July 1991) was an English character actor. He is probably best remembered for his comedy film roles such as in ""Two-Way Stretch"" and ""Carlton-Browne of the FO"". Walters was born in Teigngrace, Devon, the son of Prebendary Thomas Collins Walters of Silverton, Devon and his wife Mary Francis (n.b. not 'Frances'; née Swinstead). He featured in three of the St Trinian's films, starting as an army major in ""Blue Murder at St Trinian's"". He later appeared as Butters, assistant to Education Ministry senior civil servant Culpepper-Brown (Eric Barker) in ""The"
"Terry Scully Terry Scully (13 May 1932 – 17 April 2001) was a British theatre and television actor. After making his name in the theatre, from the 1960s onwards he became more known for TV work. In 1960 he starred in the BBC's production of ""An Age of Kings"", playing King Henry VI in several episodes. Other notable roles for Scully were as Horatio Nelson in the 1968 television series, ""Triton"", and as Bicket in the BBC's 1967 blockbuster adaptation of ""The Forsyte Saga"". He also appeared in ""Dixon of Dock Green"", ""Z-Cars"", ""Softly, Softly"", ""Callan"", ""Public Eye"", ""The Venturers"","
"brand name Flash; this is because a company exists that uses the ""Mr. Clean"" name. Furthermore, Flash does not use a mascot, unlike Mr. Clean. For many years Flash was advertised on UK television by Scottish actress Molly Weir, with the catchphrase ""Flash cleans floors WITHOUT scratching"". The product's mascot is the character Mr. Clean. In 1957, Harry Barnhart conceived the idea and Ernie Allen in the art department at the advertising agency Tatham-Laird & Kudner in Chicago, Illinois drew Mr. Clean as a muscular, tanned, bald man who cleans things very well. According to Procter & Gamble, the original"
"Harry Brown (film) Harry Brown is a 2009 British vigilante action-thriller film directed by Daniel Barber and starring Sir Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Jack O'Connell, and Liam Cunningham. The story follows Harry Brown, a widowed Royal Marines veteran who had served in Northern Ireland during The Troubles, living on a London housing estate that is rapidly descending into youth crime. After a violent gang murders his friend, Harry decides to take justice into his own hands. The film also features actor and rapper Plan B who, with Chase & Status, is also responsible for the film's theme music track ""End"
"demonstration turns into a paint-flinging fight; and the dramatic presentation by Rosalie is Hamlet's soliloquy accompanied by a striptease. Certain the Minister will close the school when they present their report, Culpepper Brown, Butters and Blackwood are crushed when the Minister explains that the fashions are due to be shown in London, a reputable gallery will exhibit the art, and the Stratford theatre will present the girls' Hamlet. All three now use the pastoral dance to calm their nerves. Back at St. Trinian's, the sixth form girls and Flash Harry Cuthbert Edwards (George Cole) see Alphonse O'Reilly (Sidney James), sporting"
"on the adults, this film gives the school pupils greater prominence. St Trinian's is an anarchic school for uncontrollable girls run by eccentric headmistress Camilla Dagey Fritton (the reboot continues the tradition, established by Alastair Sim in the original film, of casting a male actor to play the female headmistress, with Rupert Everett inheriting the role). ""St Trinian's"" received mixed reviews but remains one of the highest grossing British independent films of the last thirty years. Annabelle Fritton, an uptight daddy’s girl, unwillingly transfers to St Trinian's from the distinguished Cheltenham Ladies’ College at the request of her father, Carnaby"
"Robert Hardy Timothy Sydney Robert Hardy (29 October 1925 – 3 August 2017) was an English actor who had a long career in the theatre, film and television. He began his career as a classical actor and later earned widespread recognition for roles such as Siegfried Farnon in the BBC television series ""All Creatures Great and Small"", Cornelius Fudge in the ""Harry Potter"" film series and Winston Churchill in several productions, beginning with the Southern Television series """". He was nominated for the BAFTA for Best Actor for ""All Creatures Great and Small"" in 1980 and ""Winston Churchill: The Wilderness"
"Colm Feore Colm Feore OC (; born August 22, 1958), is an American-born Canadian stage, film and television actor. A 13-year veteran of the Stratford Festival, he is best known for his Gemini-winning turn as Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in the television miniseries ""Trudeau,"" as well as roles such as Detective Martin Ward in ""Bon Cop, Bad Cop"", Lord Marshal Zhylaw in ""The Chronicles of Riddick,"" Pope Julius II on ""The Borgias,"" First Gentleman Henry Taylor on ""24"", General Ted Brockhart on ""House of Cards"", and Declan Gallard on ""21 Thunder"". He is a Prix Iris and Screen Actors Guild"