"actor Richard Beckinsale was chosen instead by the television producer. In October 2017, Henry appeared on Celebrity Pointless alongside Shaun Williamson. They won the jackpot. With wife Sheila, he had a son, Anthony and a daughter, Justine who died as a result of a traffic collision at the age of 19. Paul Henry (actor) Paul Henry (born 1947) is a British actor, best known for his role as Benny Hawkins in the soap opera, ""Crossroads"". Born in Aston, Birmingham, he attended the city's Alderlea Boys School in Shard End with Jeff Lynne. Henry trained at the Birmingham School of Speech"
"1961. He died on 4 September 2006 after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease. Peter Ling Peter George Derek Ling (27 May 1926 – 14 September 2006) was a British writer of television, radio and comic strips, best known for his television work. With his professional partner, Hazel Adair, he co-created the soap opera ""Crossroads"". Ling was born in Thornton Heath, the son of a stage magician and a teacher, and was educated at Whitgift School. As a child he appeared in the Radio Luxembourg children's show ""The Ovaltinies"", and wrote an article for ""Good Housekeeping"" magazine at the age"
"Paul Benedict Paul Benedict (September 17, 1938 – December 1, 2008) was an American actor who made numerous appearances in television and movies beginning in 1965. He was known for his roles as The Number Painter on the PBS children's show ""Sesame Street"" and as the English neighbor Harry Bentley on the CBS sitcom ""The Jeffersons"". Benedict was born in Silver City, New Mexico, the son of Alma Marie (née Loring), a journalist, and Mitchell M. Benedict, a doctor, and grew up in Massachusetts. Benedict served a tour of duty in the United States Marine Corps. His oversized jaw and"
"Peter Ling Peter George Derek Ling (27 May 1926 – 14 September 2006) was a British writer of television, radio and comic strips, best known for his television work. With his professional partner, Hazel Adair, he co-created the soap opera ""Crossroads"". Ling was born in Thornton Heath, the son of a stage magician and a teacher, and was educated at Whitgift School. As a child he appeared in the Radio Luxembourg children's show ""The Ovaltinies"", and wrote an article for ""Good Housekeeping"" magazine at the age of 14. He was conscripted to work in the coal mines as a ""Bevin"
"at his home in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. He was 70 years old. Benedict was awarded a posthumous Elliot Norton Award by the Boston Theater Critics Association in 2009. Paul Benedict Paul Benedict (September 17, 1938 – December 1, 2008) was an American actor who made numerous appearances in television and movies beginning in 1965. He was known for his roles as The Number Painter on the PBS children's show ""Sesame Street"" and as the English neighbor Harry Bentley on the CBS sitcom ""The Jeffersons"". Benedict was born in Silver City, New Mexico, the son of Alma Marie (née Loring), a"
"age of 92. John Bentley (actor) John Bentley (2 December 1916 – 13 August 2009) was a British film actor who emerged in the 1970s as Hugh Mortimer, Meg Richardson's ill-fated new husband in the soap opera ""Crossroads"". He also starred in the jungle adventure series ""African Patrol"" (1957) as Chief Inspector Paul Derek and made various other guest appearances. John Bentley was well known to cinema-goers in the 1950s, generally in the role of a detective/policeman/official, mainly in ""B"" films. He was also an accomplished singer and stage actor. Born in Sparkhill, Birmingham, in 1916, Bentley was brought up"
"of Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks playing the role of DS Callard. Neil Grainger Neil Grainger (born 18 June 1979) is an English actor and comedian. Appearing in television and theatre, Grainger first rose to prominence after appearing as a main character in the soap opera ""Crossroads"". As well as acting, Grainger performs stand-up comedy and co-runs a comedy club in London. Grainger was born and brought up in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire. He attended Nunthorpe School and trained at Middlesex University, graduating in 2000. Early in his professional career, Neil Grainger worked extensively with Alan Ayckbourn at the Stephen Joseph"
"a baker's delivery man and later attempted rapist, in the seventh and penultimate series of the ITV1 prison drama ""Bad Girls"". Returning to the stage, in 2009, he appeared in a touring version of ""Run for Your Wife"" and the following year portrayed Tony Hancock in the play ""Hancock's Finest Hour"". The slang phrase ""throwing a benny"" refers to someone having a temper tantrum and may originate from Henry's ""Crossroads"" character. Comedian Ronnie Barker later in his life revealed that he had suggested Henry should be cast as the character, Lennie Godber, opposite him in the sitcom ""Porridge"", but the"
"John Bentley (actor) John Bentley (2 December 1916 – 13 August 2009) was a British film actor who emerged in the 1970s as Hugh Mortimer, Meg Richardson's ill-fated new husband in the soap opera ""Crossroads"". He also starred in the jungle adventure series ""African Patrol"" (1957) as Chief Inspector Paul Derek and made various other guest appearances. John Bentley was well known to cinema-goers in the 1950s, generally in the role of a detective/policeman/official, mainly in ""B"" films. He was also an accomplished singer and stage actor. Born in Sparkhill, Birmingham, in 1916, Bentley was brought up by his mother"
"Helpful Henry Helpful Henry was the name of two comic strips by two cartoonists, from two countries, namely the UK and the US. ""Helpful Henry"" was an American gag-a-day comic strip, created by cartoonist J. P. Arnot (Paul Arnot – Born: 16 September 1887 – Died: 2 December 1951). The series ran from 1925 until 1926 and was syndicated by King Features Syndicate in New York City. Despite its brief run actor Oliver Hardy, of ""Laurel and Hardy"" fame, said the character was an inspiration for his own screen character. He described ""Helpful Henry"" as being big, fussy and self-important,"
"Henry Hereford Henry Hereford (born 22 October 1975) is an English actor. Most recently Hereford performed in multiple sketches in the up coming Australian TV show Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am on ABC2. Prior to this he worked on NBC series ""Crossbones"" (2014) starring John Malkovich, where significantly he played two roles in the first season. He played Frederick Nightingale in episode 1 and then the recurring role of The Wild Man from episode 4 onwards. Henry was born in Rinteln, Germany and attended Radley College and has a degree in Politics from the University of the West of England"
"Henry Jones (actor) Henry Burk Jones (August 1, 1912 – May 17, 1999) was an American character actor of stage, film and television. Jones was born in New Jersey, and was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Helen (née Burk) and John Francis Xavier Jones. He was the grandson of Pennsylvania Representative Henry Burk, a German immigrant. Jones attended the Jesuit Saint Joseph's Preparatory School. Jones is remembered for his role as handyman Leroy Jessup in the movie ""The Bad Seed"" (1956), a role he originated on Broadway. Other theater credits included ""My Sister Eileen"", ""Hamlet"", ""The"
"Tom Aldredge Thomas Ernest Aldredge (February 28, 1928 – July 22, 2011) was an American television, film and stage actor, best known for various appearances in movies, theatre and television, with a notable role as Hugh De Angelis on ""The Sopranos"". He also appeared in the television shows ""Damages"" as Uncle Pete and ""Ryan's Hope"". He won a Daytime Emmy Award for playing the role of Shakespeare in ""Henry Winkler Meets William Shakespeare"" (1978). His last role was on the HBO series ""Boardwalk Empire"", playing the father of Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi). Aldredge was born in Dayton, Ohio, the son"
"Joe McGann Joseph McGann (born 24 July 1958) is an English actor. His most well known role is the lead role of Charlie Burrows, the ""housekeeper"" in the TV comedy series ""The Upper Hand"" (1990–96). He is also known as a television reporter on the BBC's South Today programme, reporting on local events in the south of England. He was also a key character in ITV's soap ""Night and Day"", who had an affair with the underage main character Jane Harper before her disappearance. McGann was born in Kensington, Liverpool to a metallurgist father and a teacher mother. His three"
"Henry Wilks Henry Wilks is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ""Emmerdale"", played by Arthur Pentelow. He ran The Woolpack public house, along with Amos Brearly for nearly 20 years. Henry ranks as the sixteenth longest running character in the history of the show. Henry Wilks was born on 2 December 1921. Henry was a retired Bradford wool merchant. He had brought his business acumen to Beckindale, and consequently became a director of Emmerdale Farm - when it became a limited company. He also became a joint owner of the local village pub 'The Woolpack'. The pipe-smoking"
"Gary Whelan Gary Whelan (born 1953) is an Irish actor, known for his work on British television. Whelan was born in Ireland but he relocated to London when he was ten years old. He then attended Holloway School. He has portrayed several roles in the police force. He starred in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"" twice, once as DS Terry Rich from 1985 to 1987, and later as DS Paul Kemmit in the spin-off ""EastEnders: Perfectly Frank"" in 2003. He played DS Terry Amson in ""Prime Suspect"" with Helen Mirren in 1991, D.I Kent in ""Brookside"" , D.I. Harry Haines"
"Neil Grainger Neil Grainger (born 18 June 1979) is an English actor and comedian. Appearing in television and theatre, Grainger first rose to prominence after appearing as a main character in the soap opera ""Crossroads"". As well as acting, Grainger performs stand-up comedy and co-runs a comedy club in London. Grainger was born and brought up in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire. He attended Nunthorpe School and trained at Middlesex University, graduating in 2000. Early in his professional career, Neil Grainger worked extensively with Alan Ayckbourn at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough. Grainger first worked in television starring as Phil Berry"
"Roger Tonge Roger Tonge (30 January 1946 – 26 February 1981) was a British actor. He was born Anthony Roger Tonge in Birmingham where he attended Lordswood Technical Grammar School. He was working as an £8-a-week post office clerk and performing in amateur dramatics in the evenings when he landed the role of Sandy Richardson, the motel owner's son in the ATV soap opera, ""Crossroads"", a role he would play for 17 years. He played the disabled son of Meg Richardson, played by the actress Noele Gordon, in the much-maligned soap opera. His inroad to an acting career seems like"
"Henry meets her when she's hired as a waitress to pay for the repairs. A romance soon develops, much to his mother's chagrin. Despite their differences, they effect positive changes in one another; Henry grows more confident, while Alison begins to emotionally open up. When Cy (Toby Hemingway), Allison's abusive, drug dealing ex-boyfriend, tracks her down, her first instinct is to run and leave Henry behind. He then learns from Arthur that his father left the family before his accident. He presses Tallulah for more information and she confesses that she was the one who was drunk and failed to"
"Eisenhower in the 1952 presidential election. Henry Jones (actor) Henry Burk Jones (August 1, 1912 – May 17, 1999) was an American character actor of stage, film and television. Jones was born in New Jersey, and was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Helen (née Burk) and John Francis Xavier Jones. He was the grandson of Pennsylvania Representative Henry Burk, a German immigrant. Jones attended the Jesuit Saint Joseph's Preparatory School. Jones is remembered for his role as handyman Leroy Jessup in the movie ""The Bad Seed"" (1956), a role he originated on Broadway. Other theater credits"
"on Twitter. Paul Henry (broadcaster) Paul Henry Hopes (born 4 August 1960), known professionally as Paul Henry, is a New Zealand radio and television broadcaster who was the host of the late night show ""The Paul Henry Show"" on New Zealand's TV3 which ended December 2014 so that Henry could host a new cross platform three-hour breakfast show Monday to Friday on TV3, RadioLive and on line. ""Paul Henry"" launched on 7 April 2015 and initially had an audience larger than the two shows it replaced on radio and TV. For nine months in 2012, he also co-hosted an Australian"
"repertory companies in Oxford and Birmingham. He remains well known for his long running role as cook Shughie McFee in the soap opera ""Crossroads"", which he played from 1974 to 1981. His earliest major role was as Davie ""Sunny Jim"" Green in BBC Scotland's comedy series, ""Para Handy - Master Mariner"" in 1959-60. Other TV credits include: ""Target Luna"", ""The Saint"" (The Fellow Traveller), ""Doctor Who"" (in the serials ""The Ice Warriors"" and ""Terror of the Zygons""), ""The Borderers"", ""Z-Cars"", ""Rumpole of the Bailey"", ""Lovejoy"", ""The Onedin Line"", ""All Night Long"", ""Keeping Up Appearances"" and ""Monarch of the Glen"". Lennie's"
"David Smyrl David Langston Smyrl (September 13, 1935 – March 22, 2016), sometimes credited professionally as David L. Smyrl, was an American actor, television writer and voice-over artist. He was best known for his role of Mr. Handford, the fictional retired firefighter who ran Hooper's Store on ""Sesame Street"" from 1990 to 1998. Smyrl won eight Emmy Awards for his work on ""Sesame Street"" during his time on the show. Smyrl was born on September 13, 1935, in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was raised in the neighborhood. He began his career as a coffeehouse poet in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, during"
"Henry Winkler Henry Franklin Winkler, OBE (born October 30, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, director, producer, and author. He played the role of greaser Arthur ""Fonzie"" Fonzarelli, the breakout character of the 1970s American sitcom ""Happy Days"". He also starred as Sy Mittleman on Adult Swim's ""Childrens Hospital"", and as Eddie R. Lawson on USA Networks's ""Royal Pains"". Winkler also had notable guest-starring roles on ""Arrested Development"" as Barry Zuckerkorn and Dr. Saperstein on ""Parks and Recreation"". In 2018, he began appearing as Gene Cousineau on the HBO comedy ""Barry"". For his role on ""Happy Days"", Winkler won two"
"Steven Pinder Steven Pinder (born 30 March 1960) is an English actor. He is known for his roles on the British soap operas ""Crossroads"" (1985–1987) and ""Brookside"" (1990–2003). Pinder was born on 30 March 1960 in Whalley, Lancashire, England. He has a younger sister, Catherine, who is 11 years younger and works in agriculture. He grew up on Downham Avenue in Great Harwood. His father was the bank manager of the NatWest in Blackburn. He got his first job working in a cemetery when he was 15. He joined Blackburn Arts Club then Manchester Youth Theatre at 17. He attended"
"father was supposedly drunk in the house at the time, and abandoned the family not long after. As a result of his condition, Henry is awake mostly at night and lives at home with his over-protective mother, Tallulah (Paula Malcomson), in the southern town of Battlecreek. He spends his time frequenting a local diner, staffed by kind waitress Melinda (Dana Powell), working the night shift at a gas station with family friend Arthur (Delroy Lindo), and painting murals on the walls of his room. A mysterious woman named Alison (Claire van der Boom) is stranded when her car breaks down."
"Paul Ryan Rudd Paul Ryan Rudd (born Paul Kenneth Rudd; May 15, 1940 – August 12, 2010) was an American actor, director, and a professor. He appeared as the title character in a 1976 production of Shakespeare's ""Henry V"", opposite Meryl Streep as his love interest. Though best known for his live theatre performances, such as those on Broadway and the New York Shakespeare Festival, he also appeared in the 1978 film ""The Betsy"" and on television in the 1975 short-lived series ""Beacon Hill"" as Brian Mallory, the scheming Irish chauffeur. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts on May 15,"
"Gordon Jump Alexander Gordon Jump (April 1, 1932 – September 22, 2003) was an American actor best known as the clueless radio station manager Arthur ""Big Guy"" Carlson in the TV series ""WKRP in Cincinnati"" and the incompetent ""Chief of Police Tinkler"" in the sitcom ""Soap"". Jump's most memorable guest starring role was on a two-part episode of the 1980s sitcom ""Diff'rent Strokes"", where he portrayed a pedophile who attempts to molest main characters Arnold and his friend, Dudley. He also played the ""Maytag Repairman"" in commercials for Maytag brand appliances, from 1989 until his retirement from the role in"
"Hazel Adair Hazel Adair (born Hazel Joyce Willett, 9 July 1920 – 22 November 2015) was a British actress turned screenwriter and creator of soap operas for radio and television. She is best known for co-creating ""Crossroads"" with Peter Ling. Born in 1920 at Darjeeling, British India, her British family soon returned to England and her parents divorced when she was two. Her mother later remarried. She herself wed a rancher, Gordon Mackenzie in 1940. The couple had one child, and divorced in 1949. Adopting Adair as her stage name, she began her career as an actress with parts in"
"birthday. His body was cremated. Conrad Bain Conrad Stafford Bain (February 4, 1923 – January 14, 2013) was a Canadian/American actor and comedian and character actor. His television credits include a leading role as Phillip Drummond in the sitcom ""Diff'rent Strokes"" and as Dr. Arthur Harmon on ""Maude"". Conrad Bain was born in Lethbridge, Alberta, the son of Jean Agnes (née Young) and Stafford Harrison Bain, who was a wholesaler. He studied at the Banff School of Fine Arts before serving in the Canadian Army during World War II. He later studied in New York at the American Academy of"
"Art Carney Arthur William Matthew ""Art"" Carney (November 4, 1918 – November 9, 2003) was an American actor in film, stage, television and radio. He is best known for playing sewer worker Ed Norton opposite Jackie Gleason's Ralph Kramden in the sitcom ""The Honeymooners"", and for winning the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in ""Harry and Tonto"". Carney, youngest of six sons (Jack, Ned, Robert, Fred, Phil, and Art) was born in Mount Vernon, New York, the son of Helen (née Farrell) and Edward Michael Carney, who was a newspaper man and publicist. His family was Irish"
"Kyle Schmid Kyle Schmid (born August 3, 1984) is a Canadian actor. Schmid was born in Mississauga, Ontario. He played on the Erin Mills soccer team, and attended Port Credit Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario. Schmid is perhaps best known for his starring role as 470-year-old vampire Henry Fitzroy on Lifetime's supernatural drama series ""Blood Ties"", and for his recurring role as Aidan Waite's vampire progeny Henry on the Syfy series ""Being Human"". He also starred as Robert Morehouse in the BBC America drama series ""Copper"". He has appeared in several films, such as ""The Covenant"", ""A History of Violence"","
"he teamed up with Liars All director Brian Brightly to play Hans in comedy feature Man Camp opposite Dean Cain. Henry Hereford Henry Hereford (born 22 October 1975) is an English actor. Most recently Hereford performed in multiple sketches in the up coming Australian TV show Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am on ABC2. Prior to this he worked on NBC series ""Crossbones"" (2014) starring John Malkovich, where significantly he played two roles in the first season. He played Frederick Nightingale in episode 1 and then the recurring role of The Wild Man from episode 4 onwards. Henry was born in"