"Sandford Arthur Strong Sandford Arthur Strong (1863–1904) was an English orientalist, art historian and librarian. Born in London on 10 April 1863, he was the second son of Thomas Strong of the War Office, and his wife Anna Lawson; his elder brother was Thomas Banks Strong. In 1877 he entered St Paul's School, London as a foundation scholar, but remained there for little more than a year. His next two years were passed as a clerk at Lloyd's, though during this time he also attended classes at King's College, London. As a boy he had been taught drawing by Albert"
"Steve Delaney Steve Delaney (born 1954) is an English comedian and character actor, best known for his comedy character Count Arthur Strong on BBC Radio 4 and then a television sitcom broadcast on BBC2 and BBC1. Delaney was born in Leeds, where his father was a foundryman and his mother a seamstress. He left school to work on a market stall in Leeds Indoor Market, taking roles in amateur dramatics. After some theatre workshop courses, headed by David Morton, the then Leeds Education Authority Inspector for Drama, Delaney had a period at Jacob Kramer College of Art. After leaving he"
"which became Count Arthur’s most successful Edinburgh to that point. Delaney then entered an intensive period of production, culminating in more than 350 live shows performed over five further Edinburgh Fringe runs and nine national tours. This covered live shows from ""Forgotten Egypt!"" to ""Alive and Unplugged"" in 2018. In 2004 the character stepped onto national radio after a series of speculative pilots recorded at Komedia Brighton. Count Arthur first appeared on BBC Radio 2 as a regular guest on the Mark Radcliffe show, before featuring in his own BBC Radio 4 sitcom, ""Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!"" Produced by"
"series ""Count Arthur Strong"" as Michael. He has also appeared in the Channel 4 drama ""Southcliffe"". In December 2013 he appeared as British peer and suspected murderer Lord Lucan in the two-part ITV series ""Lucan"". He also appeared as Frankenstein's monster in the Showtime television series ""Penny Dreadful"", which premiered 11 May 2014. In 2017 he appeared in the British miniseries ""Guerrilla"" as a Chief Inspector in the Special Branches. In 2017 he starred as Robert Lessing in the BBC Two comedy series ""Quacks"", which ridicules the early days of medicine in England. In 2018 he appeared in the first"
"a student actor for whom Arthur acts as teacher. Other guest appearances have been made by Barry Cryer, a showbiz colleague of Arthur's, Kate Van Dike played the dying mother of Arthur in The Musical in series 5 and the stage show of the same name, Martin Marquez in shows 4 and 5 of series 7, and Peter Serafinowicz who appears in series 7, Episode 1: 'The Minx' voicing Terry Wogan. On 11 June 2011, the recently relaunched radio station BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast a three-hour special, ""Extra Strong - Count Arthur Speaks! Mint Extracts"", embodying classic episodes of"
"in an imaginary Northern English city – was published in 2005. A book of anecdotes about his life and career, ""Thank You For the Days"" was published in 2009. Another memoir, ""Reelin' in the Years"", was published in 2011. Radcliffe started his BBC Radio career in 1983, where he worked as a producer, producing sessions for John Peel featuring artists such as Billy Bragg. Radcliffe is a producer of Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show for BBC Radio 4. Mark Radcliffe (radio broadcaster) Mark Radcliffe (born 29 June 1958) is an English radio broadcaster, musician and writer. Born in Bolton, Lancashire,"
"Arthur ""Guitar Boogie"" Smith Arthur Smith (April 1, 1921 – April 3, 2014) was an American musician, songwriter, and producer of records, as well as a radio and TV host. Smith produced radio and TV shows; ""The Arthur Smith Show"" was the first nationally syndicated country music show on television. After moving to Charlotte, North Carolina, Smith developed and ran the first commercial recording studio in the Southeast. Born in Clinton, South Carolina, Arthur Smith was a textile mill worker who became a celebrated and respected country music instrumental composer, guitarist, fiddler, and banjo player. One of his early hits"
"Leonard Strong Leonard Alfred George Strong (8 March 1896 – 17 August 1958) was a popular English novelist, critic, historian, and poet, and published under the name L. A. G. Strong. He served as a director of the publishers Methuen Ltd. from 1938 to 1958. Poet and novelist, born at Compton Gifford, Devon, of Irish parents, and was proud of his Irish heritage. As a youth, he considered being a comedian and took lessons in singing. He was educated at Brighton College and earned a scholarship to Wadham College, Oxford, as what was known as an Open Classical Scholar (studies"
"By 2012 the show had run to seven series. The radio show has continued through a number of Christmas Specials up to December 2017, when the two Christmas Specials won the COMEDY.CO.UK AWARD for Best Radio Sitcom, voted for by the public. The series also won the Sony Gold Comedy Award, the highest accolade for radio comedy, at the Radio Academy Awards in 2009. Each subsequent visit to Edinburgh brought more support from audiences, which turned Count Arthur into something of a cult figure. Richard Daws and Komedia Entertainment came on board in 2002 for ""Count Arthur Strong’s Forgotten Egypt"","
"Arthur Upfield Arthur William Upfield (1 September 1890 – 12 February 1964) was an English/Australian writer, best known for his works of detective fiction featuring Detective Inspector Napoleon ""Bony"" Bonaparte of the Queensland Police Force, a half-caste Aborigine. His books were the basis for an 1970s Australian television series entitled ""Boney"", as well as a 1990 telemovie and a 1992 spin-off TV series. Born in England, Upfield moved to Australia in 1911 and fought with the Australian military during the First World War. Following his war service, he travelled extensively throughout Australia, obtaining a knowledge of Australian Aboriginal culture that"
"Michael Yarmush Michael Lawrence Yarmush (born June 19, 1982) is an American-Canadian television, film and voice actor. He was the original voice of Arthur Read for the first five seasons of the TV series, and Arthur's Perfect Christmas. Since the deepening of his voice, Yarmush now provides the voice of Tough Customer member Slink. He is considered by many to be the best voice actor for Arthur, as he provided an original, unique vocal delivery. He was born in Miami, Florida. His parents are Daniel Yarmush and Diane Yarmush. In 2007, he became a voice actor in the animated series"
"Michael Strong Michael Strong (February 8, 1918 – September 17, 1980) was an American stage, film and television actor. Michael Strong was born in New York City into a Russian-Jewish family and had extensive stage experience. He was a charter member of The Actors Studio and the Lincoln Center Repertory Company. Among his film credits are ""Point Blank"", ""Patton"", and ""The Great Santini"". He made numerous television appearances during his career on shows such as ""The Green Hornet"" (in ""Hornet Save Thyself""), ""Naked City"", ""The Fugitive"", ""I Spy"", """", ""Columbo"" (in ""Negative Reaction""), ""The Streets of San Francisco"", and ""Hawaii"
"Charles S. Strong Charles Stanley Strong (November 29, 1906October 11, 1962) was an author, adventurer and explorer. His pen names include Chuck Stanley, William McClellan, Carl Sturdy, Kelvin McKay, Nancy Bartlett, Myron Keats, Charles Stoddard, Larry Regan, the house names Carolyn Keene and Franklin W. Dixon and possibly several others. His own name was used as a pseudonym for other writers, including ""Samuel Epstein"" and ""Beryl Williams"". He wrote the Hardy Boys book ""The Hooded Hawk Mystery"" and the Nancy Drew book ""The Scarlet Slipper Mystery"", and once machine-gunned a shark from an airplane. Born in Brooklyn, New York on"
"particularly ""The Pawn"", ""The Mind Breaker"" (1980), and ""The Duplicate"" (1985). Arthur Mather Arthur Richard Mather (22 November 1925 - 4 June 2017) was an Australian cartoonist, illustrator, and novelist. He was the creating artist (and later also the writer) of one of Australia's most successful comics series, ""Captain Atom"". From the late 1950s until 1975 he worked in advertising and in his later years became a novelist. Mather was born in Melbourne and educated at Collingwood Technical School. He began working as an apprentice at a newspaper printer in Melbourne when he was 15, but also began drawing sporting,"
"seasons of ""The Atom Ant Show"" are available on the streaming Boomerang network app. Atom Ant Atom Ant is a cartoon ant and superhero, created by Hanna-Barbera in 1965. Atom costarred in ""The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show"" (sharing top billing with Secret Squirrel). In syndication, Atom Ant aired alongside ""Precious Pupp"" and ""The Hillbilly Bears"". Atom Ant (originally voiced by Howard Morris, then by Don Messick in later episodes) is a superhero ant who operated out of an anthill in the countryside, where he possessed such things as a mainframe computer and exercise equipment. His powers mostly consisted of the"
"Count Arthur Strong. As well as its resident shows, the Krater Comedy Club, Ministry of Burlesque and Bent Double, Komedia has a local, national and international programme, spanning a range of entertainment including theatre, music, cabaret, comedy and live literature. Komedia is owned by Colin Granger, Marina Kobler and Richard Daws. It was formed in 1994 by Colin Granger, Marina Kobler and David Lavender, beginning as a theatre and cabaret bar in a converted Grade II-listed former billiard hall in Brighton's Kemptown area. Richard Daws became involved in 2001 when he partnered with the venue to form Komedia Entertainment, a"
"Arthur Mather Arthur Richard Mather (22 November 1925 - 4 June 2017) was an Australian cartoonist, illustrator, and novelist. He was the creating artist (and later also the writer) of one of Australia's most successful comics series, ""Captain Atom"". From the late 1950s until 1975 he worked in advertising and in his later years became a novelist. Mather was born in Melbourne and educated at Collingwood Technical School. He began working as an apprentice at a newspaper printer in Melbourne when he was 15, but also began drawing sporting, political and gag cartoons for local newspapers and magazines. He briefly"
"and its musical remake ""The King and I"". Strong also appeared in the movie ""Shane"" (1953) as homesteader Ernie Wright. Strong achieved some pop culture notoriety for his role on television as ""The Claw"" on ""Get Smart"". He appeared in a season-five episode of ""Alfred Hitchcock Presents"" (1960) ""The Cure"" written by horror writer Robert Bloch. Set deep in an Amazon jungle, Strong plays Luiz, a loyal native who speaks broken English and saves his employer, an oil explorer, from the attempted murder of his supposedly mentally ill and unfaithful wife. Something gets lost in the translation when his employer"
"Atom Ant Atom Ant is a cartoon ant and superhero, created by Hanna-Barbera in 1965. Atom costarred in ""The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show"" (sharing top billing with Secret Squirrel). In syndication, Atom Ant aired alongside ""Precious Pupp"" and ""The Hillbilly Bears"". Atom Ant (originally voiced by Howard Morris, then by Don Messick in later episodes) is a superhero ant who operated out of an anthill in the countryside, where he possessed such things as a mainframe computer and exercise equipment. His powers mostly consisted of the ability to fly, superspeed, incredible strength, and invulnerability. His catchphrase was ""Up and at"
"King Arthur (DC Comics) King Arthur (Arthur Pendragon) is a fictional character, a comic book King published by DC Comics. Arthur debuted in ""New Comics"" #3, (February 1936), and was created by Rafael Astarita. The character is based on the mythical ruler King Arthur whose earliest recorded appearances were in the ""Annales Cambriae"", the ""Historia Brittonum"", and the ""Y Gododdin"". The character of King Arthur was made popular by Geoffrey of Monmouth's second major work, the ""Historia Regum Britanniae"" (History of the Kings of Britain), The DC Comics version of King Arthur first appeared in ""New Comics"" #3 (February 1936),"
"Arthur (TV series) Arthur is a Canadian/American animated educational television series for children ages 4 to 8, created by Cookie Jar Group (formerly known as Cinar) and WGBH for PBS. The show is set in the fictional American city of Elwood City, and revolves around the lives of 8-year-old Arthur Read, an anthropomorphic aardvark, his friends and family, and their daily interactions with each other. The television series is based on the ""Arthur Adventure"" book series, written and illustrated by Marc Brown. WGBH Boston along with Cinar (now Cookie Jar Group) began production of the animated series in 1994, and"
"Arthur Read Arthur Timothy Read is the son of David and Jane Read and the titular protagonist of both the book series and the PBS children's television show ""Arthur,"" created by Marc Brown. On the show, he is eight years old, in Mr. Ratburn's third grade class, and lives in Elwood City. He is of English-American descent. Arthur is an anthropomorphic aardvark. In Brown's first ""Arthur"" book, ""Arthur's Nose"" (1976), Arthur is shown with a long nose and resembles an actual aardvark, though as the books progressed and eventually became a TV series, a noticeable, simplified version of Arthur took"
"Willard Scott Willard Herman Scott Jr. (born March 7, 1934) is an American weather presenter, author, television personality, actor, clown, comedian and radio personality, best known for his TV work on the ""Today"" show and as the creator and original portrayer of Ronald McDonald. Scott was born in Alexandria, Virginia, on March 7, 1934, and attended George Washington High School. He showed an interest in broadcasting as a 16-year-old, working in 1950 as an NBC page at WRC-AM, NBC's owned-and-operated radio station in Washington, D.C. Scott then attended American University, where he worked alongside fellow student Ed Walker at WAMU-AM,"
"Arnold Stang Arnold Stang (September 28, 1918 – December 20, 2009) was an American comic actor and voice actor, whose comic persona was a small and bespectacled, yet brash and knowing big-city type. Stang once claimed he got his break in radio by sending a postcard to a New York station requesting an audition, was accepted, and then bought his own ticket to New York from Chelsea, Massachusetts, with the money set aside for his mother's anniversary gift. True or not, Stang worked on New York-based network radio shows as a boy, appearing on children's programs such as ""The Horn"
"earthly exit from the Region Beyond, which is located in England. The Region Beyond is where King Arthur had Merlin banish all the dangerous mystical entities native to Great Britain. King Arthur (DC Comics) King Arthur (Arthur Pendragon) is a fictional character, a comic book King published by DC Comics. Arthur debuted in ""New Comics"" #3, (February 1936), and was created by Rafael Astarita. The character is based on the mythical ruler King Arthur whose earliest recorded appearances were in the ""Annales Cambriae"", the ""Historia Brittonum"", and the ""Y Gododdin"". The character of King Arthur was made popular by Geoffrey"
"particular—Mr. Kennedy in Charge—which contains the virtues of all the rest; delicate perception of character, tenderness, vigour, and a sublimation of brute pain. It is a stupendous piece of imaginative writing."" Reviewing ""The Buckross Ring and Other Stories of the Strange and Supernatural"", Mario Guslandi writes, ""at his best, Strong has an uncanny ability to create gentle, vivid and fascinating stories bound to leave the reader enchanted."" Ian McMillan of the ""Yorkshire Post"" called the stories ""odd and genuinely chilling."" Leonard Strong Leonard Alfred George Strong (8 March 1896 – 17 August 1958) was a popular English novelist, critic, historian,"
"covers (although retaining the original in the text), and featuring a photo from the relevant episode. ""Bony ""was also a 1990 telemovie and later a 1992 spin-off TV series (using the original ""Bony"" spelling). However, the series was criticised for casting Bony as a white man (played by Cameron Daddo), under the tutelage of ""Uncle Albert"", an elderly Aborigine played by Burnum Burnum. Arthur Upfield Arthur William Upfield (1 September 1890 – 12 February 1964) was an English/Australian writer, best known for his works of detective fiction featuring Detective Inspector Napoleon ""Bony"" Bonaparte of the Queensland Police Force, a half-caste"
"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"
"Andrew Strong Andrew Strong (born 14 November 1973) is an Irish singer and the son of Irish musician and singing coach Robert (Rob) Strong. He grew up in Omagh, County Tyrone (where his father lived while performing with showbands), and Naas, County Kildare. He starred as Deco Cuffe in the 1991 cult film ""The Commitments"" based on the book by Roddy Doyle. In 1991 he was nominated for a Grammy Award as a member of The Commitments. Since then, Strong has released a number of albums, including a platinum disc, and toured with artists including The Rolling Stones, Elton John,"
"with Strong attending along with many of his former cast members. On March 19, 2014, it was confirmed that Strong would reprise his role as Shawn Hunter, the first being a holiday-themed episode along with former cast members Betsy Randle and William Russ. In addition, Strong will also direct a number of episodes. In March 2012, Strong, Julia Pistell, and Tod Goldberg, started Literary Disco, a podcast about books and writing. In 2004, Strong graduated ""magna cum laude"" from Columbia University as an English major. Before Columbia, Strong attended Occidental College. He completed his Master of Fine Arts degree in"
"Arthur & George (miniseries) Arthur & George is a three-part British television drama based on the book of the same name by Julian Barnes, based in turn on the real-life Great Wyrley Outrages. The first episode aired on 2 March 2015 on ITV. It stars Martin Clunes as Arthur Conan Doyle. While the source book itself is not intended to be strictly historically accurate, the TV series contains additional inventions, such as the murder of a blacksmith and the death of a dog walker at the fictional Rugely Falls. Conan Doyle's chief suspect Royden Sharp is included in the story,"
"Robert Arthur Jr. Robert Jay Arthur Jr. (November 10, 1909 – May 2, 1969) was a writer of speculative fiction known for his work with ""The Mysterious Traveler"" radio series and for writing ""The Three Investigators"", a series of young adult novels. Arthur was honoured twice by the Mystery Writers of America with an Edgar Award for Best Radio Drama. He also wrote scripts for television such as ""The Twilight Zone"" and Alfred Hitchcock's TV show, ""Alfred Hitchcock Presents"". Arthur was born on November 10, 1909, in Fort Mills, Corregidor Island in the Philippines while his father, Robert Arthur Sr.,"
"Sergeant Arthur Wilson (John Le Mesurier). The pilot, recorded in 1981, was not used and Lowe died in April 1982, ending production; however, Lowe's widow had enjoyed the show and persuaded the writers to start again with a new cast. The original pilot was eventually broadcast on BBC 7, and later BBC 7's successor, BBC Radio 4 extra. Still 1948, the new version involves Bert Hodges (Bill Pertwee), former ARP warden and nemesis of Mainwaring's Home Guard unit, approaching former Home Guard Private Frank Pike (Ian Lavender), now 22 years old, with a proposal to renovate the near derelict pier,"