"Norman Wisdom Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom, (4 February 1915 – 4 October 2010) was an English actor, comedian, and singer-songwriter best known for a series of comedy films produced between 1953 and 1966 featuring his hapless onscreen character that was often called Norman Pitkin. He was awarded the 1953 BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles following the release of ""Trouble in Store"", his first film in a lead role. Wisdom gained celebrity status in lands as far apart as South America, Iran and many Eastern Bloc countries, particularly in Albania where his films were the only"
"window cleaner in ""Up in the World"" (1956) and worked in a jewellery store in ""Just My Luck"" (1957). The box office receipts of these last few films had declined from previous Wisdom films but ""The Square Peg"" (1959), an army comedy, reversed the trend and was one of the year's biggest hits. The film was the 7th most popular movie at the British box office in 1959. Less successful was ""Follow a Star"" (1959). ""There Was a Crooked Man"" (1960) was an attempt to change Wisdom's image away from Rank Organisation. ""The Bulldog Breed"" (1960) was more conventional. The"
"made his TV debut in 1948 and was soon commanding enormous audiences and had a small film role in ""A Date with a Dream"" released in the same year. Wisdom made a series of low-budget star-vehicle comedies for the Rank Organisation, beginning with ""Trouble in Store"" (1953). This film earned him a BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Film in 1954. It was the second most popular film at the British box-office in 1954 and exhibitors voted him the tenth biggest star at the British box office the same year. His films' cheerful, unpretentious appeal make them the direct"
"Trouble in the Air Trouble in the Air is a 1948 British comedy film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Freddie Frinton, Jimmy Edwards and Bill Owen. It was made at Highbury Studios as a second feature. The film's sets were designed by the art director Don Russell. A BBC broadcaster travels to a small village for a feature on a bell ringing team, but becomes entangled in an attempt by a spiv to cheat an impoverished local landowner. Assisted by the loyal butler the landowner is eventually saved by a football pools win, even if the broadcast turns out"
"The Trouble with Harry The Trouble with Harry is a 1955 American Technicolor black comedy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The screenplay by John Michael Hayes was based on the 1950 novel by Jack Trevor Story. It starred Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Mildred Natwick, Jerry Mathers and Shirley MacLaine in her film debut. ""The Trouble with Harry"" was released in the United States on September 30, 1955, then re-released in 1984 once the distribution rights had been acquired by Universal Pictures. The action in ""The Trouble with Harry"" takes place during a sun-filled autumn in the Vermont countryside. The fall"
"to be a disaster. Trouble in the Air Trouble in the Air is a 1948 British comedy film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Freddie Frinton, Jimmy Edwards and Bill Owen. It was made at Highbury Studios as a second feature. The film's sets were designed by the art director Don Russell. A BBC broadcaster travels to a small village for a feature on a bell ringing team, but becomes entangled in an attempt by a spiv to cheat an impoverished local landowner. Assisted by the loyal butler the landowner is eventually saved by a football pools win, even if"
"Trouble in the Glen Trouble in the Glen is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Margaret Lockwood, Orson Welles, Forrest Tucker and Victor McLaglen. It is loosely based on Maurice Walsh's 1950 novel of the same name. It was filmed in Trucolor for Republic Pictures. After moving from South America to the Scottish Highlands, millionaire Sanin Cejador y Mengues (Welles) reassumes the title of laird of Glen Easan, which he inherited from his grandfather, Sandy Menzies. Obstinate in nature, Mengues soon finds the climate inhospitable, and the language and customs of the Highland people exasperating."
"""The Gambler and the Lady"" (1952), Governor in ""The Beggar's Opera"" (1953), Closterman in ""My Death is a Mockery"" (1952), Mr Patch in ""Our Girl Friday"" (1953), Alfred (uncredited) in ""The Million Pound Note"" (1954), Examiner (uncredited) in ""Doctor in the House"" (1954), ""Man of the Moment"" (1955), Bar customer in ""Confession"" (1955), Police Commissaire in ""Escapement"" (""The Electronic Monster"" in the USA) (1960), Mayor in ""It's Trad, Dad!"" (1962), Dr George Thomas in ""Doctor at Sea"" (1955), Uncle in ""Pacific Destiny"" (1956), Reform Club member (uncredited) in ""Around the World in 80 Days"" (1956), Man in Cinema in ""Just"
"Trouble with Eve Trouble with Eve is a low budget 1960 British comedy film directed by Francis Searle and starring Hy Hazell, Robert Urquhart and Garry Marsh. It was based on the play ""Widows are Dangerous"" by June Garland. The film was released in the U.S. in 1964 as In Trouble With Eve. In the sleepy English village of Warlock, Louise Kingston (Hy Hazell) converts her cottage into ""The Willow Tree"", a commercial tearoom. However, scandal ensues when the local inspector gets caught with his pants down, and the tea room is rumoured to be a brothel. ""TV Guide"" called"
"Bubble Trouble (film) Bubble Trouble is the 151st short film released by Columbia Pictures in 1953 starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Shemp Howard). The comedians released 190 short films for the studio between 1934 and 1959. The Stooges operate a local drug store whose landlord, the cantankerous Amos Flint (Emil Sitka), informs them their lease is about to expire. Larry protests that the trio have had their establishment for a decade, and do not want to leave. As the four bicker, Flint's elderly wife Cerina (Christine McIntyre) enters the store, only to"
"the film ""a barely average British comedy."" Trouble with Eve Trouble with Eve is a low budget 1960 British comedy film directed by Francis Searle and starring Hy Hazell, Robert Urquhart and Garry Marsh. It was based on the play ""Widows are Dangerous"" by June Garland. The film was released in the U.S. in 1964 as In Trouble With Eve. In the sleepy English village of Warlock, Louise Kingston (Hy Hazell) converts her cottage into ""The Willow Tree"", a commercial tearoom. However, scandal ensues when the local inspector gets caught with his pants down, and the tea room is rumoured"
"John McGiver John Irwin McGiver (November 5, 1913 – September 9, 1975) was an American character actor who made more than a hundred appearances in television and motion pictures over a two-decade span from 1955 to 1975. The owl-faced, portly character actor with his mid-Atlantic accent and precise diction, was often cast as pompous Englishmen and other stuffy, aristocratic and bureaucratic types. He was known for his performances in such films as ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" (1961); ""The Manchurian Candidate"" (1962); and ""Who's Minding the Store?"" (1963). He appeared on many television shows and commercials during the 1960s and early 1970s,"
"""Around the World in 80 Days"", in which he played a mainstay of the Reform Club. Matthews's other best-known films include ""The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The Million Pound Note"" (with Gregory Peck), ""Inn for Trouble"", ""The Magic Box"", ""The Ghosts of Berkeley Square"" and ""Just William's Luck"". In 1951 Matthews was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by King George VI, and on 15 August 1951 when aged 81 he was interviewed by Roy Plomley as the guest ""castaway"" on BBC Radio's long-running ""Desert Island Discs"" programme. In his 89th year, Matthews made"
"any ownership involvement with the company. By 2016, there were seven restaurants. Treacher died at the age of 81 due to cardiovascular disease. Arthur Treacher Arthur Veary Treacher (23 July 1894 – 14 December 1975) was an English film and stage actor active from the 1920s to the 1960s, and known for playing English stereotypes, especially butler and manservant roles, such as the P.G. Wodehouse valet character Jeeves (""Thank You, Jeeves"",1936) and the kind butler Andrews opposite Shirley Temple in ""Heidi"" (1937). In the 1960s, he became well-known on American television as an announcer/sidekick to talk show host Merv Griffin."
"porter. He then did his compulsory army service in the Royal Army Medical Corps. ""The army helped,"" he said later. ""I recognized that most other people were actors as well. I was in the peacetime army and they were all telling us youngsters about the war."" When he got out of the army Reed commenced his acting career as an extra in films. He appeared uncredited in a Norman Wisdom film, ""The Square Peg"" (1958). Uncredited television appearances included episodes of ""The Invisible Man"" (1958), ""The Four Just Men"" (1959) and ""The Third Man"". He appeared in the documentary ""Hello"
"of the month. The novel had been adapted for British TV in 1950 by Rex Rienits. Producer Daniel Angel bought the film rights to the adaptation. The Million Pound Note The Million Pound Note (released as Man with a Million and as Big Money in the U.S.) is a 1954 British comedy, directed by Ronald Neame and starring Gregory Peck. It is based on the Mark Twain short story ""The Million Pound Bank Note"". In 1903, American seaman Henry Adams (Gregory Peck) is stranded penniless in Britain and gets caught up in an unusual wager between two wealthy, eccentric brothers,"
"and John Mills was announced as star, with Basil Dearden to direct and Michael Relph to produce. Eventually Mills dropped out and was replaced by Canadian actor Robert Beatty. He had no boxing experience so he trained for two weeks in preparation for the role. Critical reception was mixed. One review called the film ""uneven"", accusing it of ""veering between comedy and tragedy"". The play was also adapted for Australian television in 1960. The Square Ring The Square Ring is a 1953 British film produced by Michael Relph, directed by Basil Dearden and made at Ealing Studios. It stars Jack"
"of ""Dr. Finlay's Casebook"" (""Conduct Unbecoming"", 1962), and Shylock in ""The Merchant of Venice"" in 1963, for which he gained positive reviews. Moving to London, he concentrated on television, and was cast as a policeman in a 1967 episode of ""Coronation Street"" involving a now well-known storyline concerning a train crash. He also appeared as an uncredited policeman in ""Gideon's Way"" (1965), and was regularly seen in TV drama, with one-off roles in series such as ""The Troubleshooters"" (1965, 1967, 1970) and the BBC's ""Sherlock Holmes"" series with Peter Cushing in the lead (""The Blue Carbuncle"", 1968). In 1968, he"
"Triple Trouble (1950 film) Triple Trouble is a 1950 comedy film directed by Jean Yarbrough and starring The Bowery Boys. The film was released on August 13, 1950 by Monogram Pictures and is the nineteenth film in the series. The boys are on their way home from a masquerade party when they hear noises in a warehouse and decide to investigate. They find the warehouse is being robbed and they are mistakenly captured by the police and sentenced for robbing it. Gabe, as their lawyer, gets them off with just probation but Slip insists that he and Sach accept jail"
"character: Alan Partridge, a socially awkward and politically incorrect regional media personality. He featured in several television series, which earned him three BAFTA nominations and two wins for Best Comedy Performance. A feature-length film, """", was released in 2013, and opened at number one at the British box office. Coogan grew in prominence within the film industry in 2002, after starring in ""The Parole Officer"" and ""24 Hour Party People"". He portrayed Phileas Fogg in the 2004 remake ""Around the World in 80 Days"" and co-starred in ""The Other Guys"", ""Tropic Thunder"", ""In the Loop"", ""Hamlet 2"", ""Our Idiot Brother"","
"Raf De La Torre Raf De La Torre (14 February 1905 –15 July 1975) was a British actor who was a member of the BBC Repertory Company. Born in 1905 in Paris, France as Rafael De La Torre, he appeared in the films ""The Pickwick Papers"" (1952), Italian Attaché in ""Penny Princess"" (1952), Filibert in ""Moulin Rouge"" (1952), the Chief Justice in ""The Golden Coach"" (1952), ""Wicked as They Come"" (1956), Mr Petheridge in ""The Strange Awakening"" (1958), Grave Robber in ""The Flesh and the Fiends"" (1960), Monsieur Le Guestier in ""There's a Girl in My Soup"" (1970), Charles, Cardinal"
"(1953) (a part turned down by Guy Middleton). More said Cornelius never saw him in the play but cast him on the basis of his work in ""The Galloping Major"". More recalls ""the shooting of the picture was hell. Everything went wrong, even the weather."" The resulting film was a huge success at the British box office. More next made ""Our Girl Friday"" (1953) and ""Doctor in the House"" (1954), the latter for Ralph Thomas. Both films were made before the release of ""Genevieve"" so More's fee was relatively small; ""Our Girl Friday"" was a commercial disappointment but ""Doctor in"
"and gender equality. After directing five films and writing two others, Craigie retired from the film business for almost forty years, returning to make a single film for BBC television. Craigie was one of the scriptwriters of ""Trouble in Store,"" Norman Wisdom's film debut, which screened in December 1953. The film broke box office records at 51 out of the 67 London cinemas in which it played. After writing the first draft of the script, Craigie reportedly asked that her name be removed from the credits after learning of Wisdom's participation. In latter years Craigie became an authority on the"
"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"
"comedians including Bob Hope when they wanted jokes for British tours. Indeed, when Goodwin broke up the partnership in 1962 it was to go and work for Hope. In 1956, Monkhouse was the host of ""Do You Trust Your Wife?"", the British version of an American game show. He went on to host more than 30 different quiz shows on British television. His public profile growing, Monkhouse also began appearing in comedy films including the first of the Carry On film series, ""Carry On Sergeant"" in 1958. He appeared in ""Dentist in the Chair"" (1961) and later regretted not choosing"
"Anthony Bushell Anthony Arnatt Bushell (19 May 1904 – 2 April 1997) was an English film actor and director, who appeared in 56 films between 1929 and 1961. He played Colonel Breen in the BBC serial ""Quatermass and the Pit"" (1958–59), and also appeared in and directed various British TV series such as ""Danger Man"". Bushell was born in Westerham, Kent and was educated at Magdalen College School, and then Hertford College, Oxford, where he was the stroke on the college rowing eight and belonged to the Hypocrites' Club. After Oxford, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art"
"The Troublemaker (1964 film) The Troublemaker is a film directed by Theodore J. Flicker and starring Tom Aldredge and Joan Darling. It premiered at the Beekman Theater in New York City on June 22, 1964. Flicker co-wrote the script with Buck Henry; both men appear as actors in the film. The humor was based on ""The Premise"", a Greenwich Village-based comedy troupe Flicker created that he and Henry both participated in. Jack Armstrong (Tom Aldredge) gives up his career as a chicken farmer to open a coffee shop in Greenwich Village. Lawyer T. R. Kingston (Buck Henry) assists Jack in"
"Robert Desmond Robert Desmond (1928 - 2002) was a British film and television actor of the 1950s and 1960s. He started out as a juvenile performer, making his film debut in 1948's ""The Guinea Pig"" and recreated his television role of Spud Parker the following year in the film version of ""Boys in Brown"". He went on to appear in ""The Cockleshell Heroes"" (1955), ""Indiscreet"" (1958), ""The Ugly Duckling"" (1959), ""Sink the Bismarck!"" (1960), ""The Bulldog Breed"" (1960), ""The Best of Enemies"" (1961) and ""The Great Escape"" (1963). On television he appeared in popular sitcom ""The Army Game"" as Private"
"John Gregson John Gregson, (born Harold Thomas Gregson, (15 March 1919 – 8 January 1975) was an English actor of stage, television and film, with 40 credited film roles. He was best known for his comedy roles. He was credited in 40 films between 1948 and 1971, and on television from 1960 until his death. He was often cast as a police inspector or as a navy or army officer, or for his comedy roles in Ealing and other British films. Gregson was born of Irish descent, and grew up in wavertree Liverpool where he was educated at Greenbank Road"
"The Crowded Day The Crowded Day is a 1954 British comedy-drama film directed by John Guillermin and starring John Gregson, Joan Rice, Cyril Raymond and Josephine Griffin. The film follows a group of shopgirls working in Bunting and Hobbs, a London department store, during the Christmas shopping season. It was released in the U.S. under the title Shop Spoiled. The Christmas holidays are approaching, and a group of shopgirls head to their jobs at Bunting and Hobbs, a busy London department store. Peggy French (Joan Rice) is upset at her shopman fiance, Leslie Randall (John Gregson), because he refuses to"
"Billy Baker and had recurring roles in soap operas ""Crossroads"" (as Tod Miller) and ""Compact"" (as Adrian Coombs). Other television appearances include ""The Adventures of Robin Hood"", ""ITV Play of the Week"" and ""The Avengers"". Robert Desmond Robert Desmond (1928 - 2002) was a British film and television actor of the 1950s and 1960s. He started out as a juvenile performer, making his film debut in 1948's ""The Guinea Pig"" and recreated his television role of Spud Parker the following year in the film version of ""Boys in Brown"". He went on to appear in ""The Cockleshell Heroes"" (1955), ""Indiscreet"""
"Paris"", as ""Adelphi Collection Vol. 3"". The Crowded Day The Crowded Day is a 1954 British comedy-drama film directed by John Guillermin and starring John Gregson, Joan Rice, Cyril Raymond and Josephine Griffin. The film follows a group of shopgirls working in Bunting and Hobbs, a London department store, during the Christmas shopping season. It was released in the U.S. under the title Shop Spoiled. The Christmas holidays are approaching, and a group of shopgirls head to their jobs at Bunting and Hobbs, a busy London department store. Peggy French (Joan Rice) is upset at her shopman fiance, Leslie Randall"
"Richard Cole (actor) Richard Cole is an English actor who appears in the ITV soap opera ""Emmerdale"" as Chief of Police Charles Vaughan. Cole has appeared in several other English television series such as ""The Royal"", ""Cold Feet"", ""Casualty"", ""Heartbeat"", ""Coronation Street"" and ""The Royal Today"". Cole was also a member of the 'Five Card Trick' theatre group with fellow founders Peter Shepherd, Phil Turner and Bill Moody. The group wrote bespoke material for corporate entertainment and their clients included Mercedes Benz and Rentokil. The group performed from the Summer of 1986 until the end of 1987, making several successful"