"regime in Spain ended. In Switzerland, the importance of Tell had declined somewhat by the end of the 19th century, outside of Altdorf and Interlaken which established their tradition of performing Schiller's play in regular intervals in 1899 and 1912, respectively. During the World Wars, Tell was again revived, somewhat artificially, as a national symbol. For example, in 1923 the Swiss Post introduced horns for their coach service based on the overture of Rossini's ""Tell"" opera, and in 1931, the image of a crossbow was introduced as a logo indicating Swiss products. The ""Tell-Museum"" in Bürglen, Uri, opened in 1966."
"Conrad Phillips Conrad Philip Havord (13 April 1925 – 13 January 2016), known professionally as Conrad Phillips, was an English television and film actor. He is best known for playing William Tell in the adventure series ""The Adventures of William Tell"" (1958–1959). Phillips was born Conrad Philip Havord in London, the son of Horace Havord who was a journalist and detective story writer. He attended St John's Bowyer School, Clapham, south London. He worked for an insurance company, and forged his birth date on his ration book so that he could join the Royal Navy at the age of 17."
"The Legend of William Tell The Legend of William Tell is a 16-part television fantasy/drama series produced in 1998 by Cloud 9 Productions in New Zealand. The basic premise of the series — a crossbow-wielding rebel defies a corrupt governor — and the name of the title character were adopted from the traditional story, but the series was set in a fantasy world and featured supernatural themes. Described by executive producer Raymond Thompson as """"Star Wars"" on the planet Earth"", this is a fantasy saga of bravery, magic, myth and romance. William Tell is the youthful leader of a band"
"""Emmerdale Farm"" (recurring character – Dr Christopher Meadows from 1981 to 1986). Mini-series: ""Into the Labyrinth"" and ""The Master of Ballantrae"". Conrad Phillips Conrad Philip Havord (13 April 1925 – 13 January 2016), known professionally as Conrad Phillips, was an English television and film actor. He is best known for playing William Tell in the adventure series ""The Adventures of William Tell"" (1958–1959). Phillips was born Conrad Philip Havord in London, the son of Horace Havord who was a journalist and detective story writer. He attended St John's Bowyer School, Clapham, south London. He worked for an insurance company, and"
"playing William Tell. Joan Vollmer was born in Loudonville, an affluent suburb of Albany, New York, to an upper-middle-class family. She attended Barnard College in New York City in the early 1940s, and soon afterward married Paul Adams, a law student who was drafted during World War II, and therefore overseas during most of the early Beat years. Vollmer met Edie Parker at the West End Bar and the two moved in together in the first of a series of apartments in New York's Upper West Side that they shared with the writers, hustlers, alcoholics and drug addicts that later"
"The Story of William Tell The Story of William Tell is an unfinished film about William Tell. It starred and was produced by Errol Flynn. It commenced filming in Italy in 1953 and was meant to be the directorial debut of Jack Cardiff. It was filmed in Cinemascope. A £10,000 model town set was built near Mont Blanc. Flynn decided to produce the film himself with Barry Mahon. He put up approximately $430,000 of his own money towards the $860,000 budgeted production which started in June 1953. Had the film been completed on time it would have been the first"
"Adventures of William Tell Adventures of William Tell () is an 1898 French short black-and-white silent trick film, directed by Georges Méliès, featuring a clown trying to shoot fruit off the head of a dummy which comes to life. The film is, ""a knockabout farce based on jump-cuts and the timely substitution of dummies for real bodies,"" with, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, ""a level of onscreen violence not previously seen in a surviving Méliès film,"" which marks, ""a bridge between the onstage effects of the famous Théâtre du Grand Guignol and countless later outpourings of comically extreme"
"independent movie filmed in CinemaScope. The Story of William Tell The Story of William Tell is an unfinished film about William Tell. It starred and was produced by Errol Flynn. It commenced filming in Italy in 1953 and was meant to be the directorial debut of Jack Cardiff. It was filmed in Cinemascope. A £10,000 model town set was built near Mont Blanc. Flynn decided to produce the film himself with Barry Mahon. He put up approximately $430,000 of his own money towards the $860,000 budgeted production which started in June 1953. Had the film been completed on time it"
"encounter a diverse range of people and situations on their journey — some help the resistance movement, others are cohorts of Xax and Kreel. Filmed on location throughout New Zealand, the series makes use of natural scenery and has high production values. The Legend of William Tell The Legend of William Tell is a 16-part television fantasy/drama series produced in 1998 by Cloud 9 Productions in New Zealand. The basic premise of the series — a crossbow-wielding rebel defies a corrupt governor — and the name of the title character were adopted from the traditional story, but the series was"
"August till December 1998. Cast were Kieren Hutchison as William Tell, Andrew Binns as Xax, Nathaniel Lees as Leon, Katrina Browne as Aruna, Ray Henwood as Kreel, Sharon Tyrell as Kalem, Beth Allen as Princess Varga and Drew Neemia as Drogo. The entire series is available on a 5-disc region 2 set from Network DVD. The entire series is also available on a 3-disc region 1 set. The Adventures of William Tell The Adventures of William Tell is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on the ITV network in 1958, and produced by ITC Entertainment. In the United States,"
"Teller (magician) Teller (born Raymond Joseph Teller; February 14, 1948) is an American magician, illusionist, writer, actor, painter, and film director. He is best known as half of the comedy magic duo Penn & Teller, along with Penn Jillette. Teller usually does not speak during performances. He is an atheist, debunker, skeptic, and a fellow of the Cato Institute (a free market libertarian think tank that also lists Jillette as a fellow), an organization which is featured prominently in the duo's Showtime series """". Teller legally changed his name from ""Raymond Joseph Teller"" to the mononym ""Teller"". Teller was born"
"Teller (magician) Teller (born Raymond Joseph Teller; February 14, 1948) is an American magician, illusionist, writer, actor, painter, and film director. He is best known as half of the comedy magic duo Penn & Teller, along with Penn Jillette. Teller usually does not speak during performances. He is an atheist, debunker, skeptic, and a fellow of the Cato Institute (a free market libertarian think tank that also lists Jillette as a fellow), an organization which is featured prominently in the duo's Showtime series """". Teller legally changed his name from ""Raymond Joseph Teller"" to the mononym ""Teller"". Teller was born"
"to the heavy censorship by the government at the time. Although the characters on the cards are Swiss, these cards are unknown in Switzerland. Jose Rizal, the famous Philippine revolutionary nationalist and author, translated the drama into his native Tagalog in 1886, having drawn much of his literary and political inspiration from Schiller and his works. During the 19th century, ""William Tell"" inspired many freedom fighters, e.g. in Italy and the Russian Empire. Although Schiller’s play was frequently staged during the Nazi regime, it was banned from public performance in 1941. Adolf Hitler, who had only narrowly escaped an assassination"
"is shown as a landsknecht rather than a peasant, with a sword at his belt and a feathered hat, bending down to pick up his son who is still holding the apple. The first film about Tell was made by French director Charles Pathé in 1900; only a short fragment survives. A version of the legend was retold in P.G. Wodehouse's ""William Tell Told Again"" (1904), written in prose and verse with characteristic Wodehousian flair. The design of the Federal 5 francs coin issued from 1922 features the bust of a generic ""mountain shepherd"" designed by Paul Burkard, but due"
"Will Tell"" and season 3 episode ""Emily Lake"" establish the birth-year, birthplace, and later residence of Helena G. Wells to be the same as her real-world counterpart H.G. Wells who was born in 1866 in England. It is unclear how much of the biographical information available on the historical H.G. Wells would apply to Helena due to her claim that her brother, Charles, is the person history remembers by her name. Season 2 (2010) Season 3 (2011) Season 4 (2012-2013) Jaime Murray's portrayal of Helena G. Wells received critical praise. Her portrayal is described as ""saucy"", ""superb"", as able to"
"march in the Scottish bagpipe tradition. The musician Andy Stewart added lyrics and the song in 1961 became a hit under the name ""Scottish Soldier"". Notes Sources William Tell (opera) Guillaume Tell (, ) is a French-language opera in four acts by Italian composer Gioachino Rossini to a libretto by Victor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy and L. F. Bis, based on Friedrich Schiller's play ""William Tell,"" which, in turn, drew on the William Tell legend. The opera was Rossini's last, although he lived for nearly 40 more years. Fabio Luisi said that Rossini planned for ""William Tell"" to be his last"
"William Tell Told Again William Tell Told Again is a retelling of the William Tell legend in prose and verse with illustrations. The main prose element was written by P. G. Wodehouse, while Philip Dadd supplied the frontispiece and 15 full-page illustrations, all in colour. The 15 illustrations were accompanied by verses written by John W. Houghton. The book was published on 11 November 1904 by Adam & Charles Black, London, and was dedicated ""to Biddy O'Sullivan for a Christmas present"". Wodehouse dedicated books to 43 different people; the identity of ""Biddy O'Sullivan"" was not known until 2006, when she"
"the assistance of William Tell Baumgarten managed to escape from the sheriff's warriors and to flee to Werner Stauffacher on the other side of Lake Lucerne. Konrad Baumgarten Konrad Baumgarten or Conrad von Baumgarten is a hero of the Swiss liberation legend and, according to Friedrich Schiller's drama William Tell, oath-taker at the famous Rütli-oath of 1 August 1291 forming the Old Swiss Confederacy. There, Baumgarten was acting in his function as one of the representatives of Unterwalden, together with the somewhat younger Arnold von Melchthal. Baumgarten was a free and wealthy man who has killed, in his own residence,"
"Paul Erhardt was born in Stuttgart, Germany on November 5, 1943. He was the son of a German newspaper publisher. Erhardt earned the nickname ""Tell"" when he played the character William Tell in a school play. Later, when asked by his TV producer, Art Moore, what he would like to take as his TV persona, he replied, ""I'm known as Tell, so call me 'Chef Tell.'"" Erhardt began his mandatory, three-year training to be a cook and a chef at the age of 13. Following his apprenticeship and further study and work in several hotels and restaurants in Europe, in"
"the clown and makes its escape, with the now irate clown in pursuit. Given its age, this short film is available to freely download from the Internet. Adventures of William Tell Adventures of William Tell () is an 1898 French short black-and-white silent trick film, directed by Georges Méliès, featuring a clown trying to shoot fruit off the head of a dummy which comes to life. The film is, ""a knockabout farce based on jump-cuts and the timely substitution of dummies for real bodies,"" with, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, ""a level of onscreen violence not previously seen"
"William Tell Overture The ""William Tell"" Overture is the overture to the opera ""William Tell"" (original French title ""Guillaume Tell""), whose music was composed by Gioachino Rossini. ""William Tell"" premiered in 1829 and was the last of Rossini's 39 operas, after which he went into semi-retirement (he continued to compose cantatas, sacred music and secular vocal music). The overture is in four parts, each following without pause. There has been repeated use (and sometimes parody) of parts of this overture in both classical music and popular media, most famously as the theme music for ""The Lone Ranger"" in radio, television"
"Tell's sidekick, Stefan, in the series ""Crossbow"" which ran from August 1987 till February 1989. William Tell was played by Will Lyman. The series ran for 72 thirty-minute colour episodes over three seasons, 24 each, with the third season unaired in America. Other members of the cast were Jeremy Clyde as Hermann Gessler, Valentine Pelka as Roland, Melinda Mullins as Blade and David Barry Gray as Tell's son Matthew. There was a third series of William Tell, produced in New Zealand and called ""The Legend of William Tell"", which only lasted one season of 16 episodes of sixty minutes from"
"Henry M. Teller Henry Moore Teller (May 23, 1830February 23, 1914) was an American politician from Colorado, serving as a US senator between 1876–1882 and 1885–1909, also serving as Secretary of the Interior between 1882 and 1885. He strongly opposed the Dawes Act, intended to break up communal Native American lands and force assimilation of the people, accurately stating that it was directed at forcing the Indians to give up their land so that it could be sold to white settlers. Among his most prominent achievements was authoring the Teller Amendment which definitively stated that, following the Spanish–American War, the"
"Will Lyman William “Will” Lyman (born May 20, 1948) is an American voice-over artist and actor. Perhaps best known for his polished, resonant voice, Lyman has narrated the PBS series ""Frontline"" since its second season in 1984 and plays William Tell in the action/adventure television series ""Crossbow."" Lyman was born in Burlington, Vermont, the son of Mabry (née Remington), an editor and educator, and Edward Phelps Lyman, an educator. He is a 1971 graduate of Boston University's School of Fine Arts. Lyman married the former Anastasia Sylvester and they have one daughter, Georgia. Lyman has made a successful career in"
"Tale"", played by Heath Ledger, assumes the title Ulrich von Liechtenstein when he poses as a knight. Being undefeated in jousts, this was a worthy man's name to take. The name also proved to work well in the plot and provided the necessary contrast to the hero's true name, William Thatcher. However, the character claims to come from Gelderland, which was not in Styria but rather in the Low Countries. Ulrich von Liechtenstein Ulrich von Liechtenstein (ca. 1200 – 26 January 1275) was a German minnesinger and poet of the Middle Ages. He wrote poetry in Middle High German and"
"Simeon Uriel Freudenberger in a pamphlet in French and German with the title ""Der Wilhelm Tell, ein dänisches Mährgen"" (William Tell, a Danish Fable). During the 19th century, several scholars wrote about the internationalism of the motif. In 1834 Thomas Keightley noted the similarities between Palnatoki's and Tell's stories. There is a summary of the various versions in Jacob Grimm's ""Teutonic Mythology"", and another in John Fiske's ""Myths and Myth-Makers"". The most detailed precedes Child's edition of the ballad of ""Adam Bell, Clim of the Clough, and William of Cloudesly."" In an 1877 book on the historicity of the William"
"William K. Tell Jr. William K. Tell Jr. was a senior vice president for Texaco Inc. William Kirn Tell Jr. was born in Evanston, Illinois on February 27, 1934. His family moved to Findlay, Ohio in 1945 and he graduated from Findlay High School in 1952. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1956 with a B.A. in government. Tell also earned his J.D. from the University of Michigan in 1959. A lifelong employee of Texaco, he joined the legal department in 1963 and was transferred to the company's New York office in 1968. By 1970, he became the Associate General"
"then appeared in repertory theatre and in the West End. He is best known for portraying William Tell in the popular ITV television series ""The Adventures of William Tell"", which ran for 39 episodes from 1958 to 1959. Phillips also played Stefan, Tell's mentor, in the updated version ""Crossbow"" in 1987. During the 1960s and 1970s, he worked in theatre, television and films – it was to be his busiest period as an actor. Severe back pain, two replacement knees and a replacement hip brought a premature end to Conrad Phillips' acting career, and he retired from the screen in"
"with other vaudevillains. In the divorce proceedings, Tell stated that ""I married Buda when we both were drunk and I found out she was quite incapable of loyalty to anyone."" On July 8, 1913, Tell Taylor married again to Blanche Irene King (maiden; born 1887) in McLean County, Illinois. In 1921, Blanch filed for, and was granted a divorce from Tell Taylor in Chicago. As cast member Tell Taylor William ""Tell"" Taylor (aka Tellie ""né"" Tell Roberts;(October 28, 1876 – November 23, 1930). Tell was born 28 October 1876 to Clarinda Jane Roberts (1854-1930) and John Asbury Taylor (1853-1928), on"
"soon renamed Tell City, a name easier to pronounce and remember for English-speaking people. It was named for the legendary Swiss hero and liberator, William Tell. Indicative of the foresightedness of Tell City's founders are the wide streets. They are named for great persons of the military, arts, letters and science: DeKalb, Watt, Winkelreid, Steuben, Payne, Herrman, Reubens, Lafayette, Schiller, Tell, Fulton, Jefferson, Mozart, Franklin, Humboldt, Pestalozzi, Washington, Blum and Gutenberg. The Tell City post office has been in operation since 1858. With 100 years of recorded history, the citizens of Tell City held a centennial celebration August 10–17, 1958"
"executed on 15 July 1654. The Three Tells appear in a 1672 comedy by Johann Caspar Weissenbach. The ""sleeping hero"" version of the Three Tells legend was published in ""Deutsche Sagen"" by the Brothers Grimm in 1816 (no. 298). Throughout the long nineteenth century, and into the World War II period, Tell was perceived as a symbol of rebellion against tyranny both in Switzerland and in Europe. Antoine-Marin Lemierre wrote a play inspired by Tell in 1766 and revived it in 1786. The success of this work established the association of Tell as a fighter against tyranny with the history"
"Italian, and Greeklish. A second novel, ""Among These Savage Thoughts,"" was published in 2006. An experimental novel, it deals with the protagonist's journey to reinvent himself in the imaginary mountain society of Karabas. His third book, a non-fiction work examining society's attitudes about marriage and divorce entitled Sacred Cows, was published by Diversion Books in 2014 and he gave a 2014 TEDxBoston talk on the book. Astro Teller Astro Teller (born Eric Teller; 29 May 1970) is an entrepreneur, scientist, and author, with expertise in the field of intelligent technology. Teller was born in Cambridge, England and raised in Evanston,"
"the saga of William Tell, which are purported to have occurred around 1307, are not substantiated by historical evidence. This story, like the related story of the ""Rütlischwur"" (the oath on the ""Rütli"", a meadow above Lake Lucerne), seems to have its origins in the late 15th century ""Weisse Buch von Sarnen"", a collection of folk tales from 1470, and is generally considered a fictitious glorification of the independence struggles of the ""Waldstätten"". The legend of Arnold von Winkelried likewise is first recorded in the 16th century; earlier accounts of the Battle of Sempach do not mention him. Winkelried is"