"Oh! What a Lovely War Oh! What a Lovely War is a 1969 British comedy musical film directed by Richard Attenborough (in his directorial debut), with an ensemble cast including Maggie Smith, Dirk Bogarde, John Gielgud, John Mills, Kenneth More, Laurence Olivier, Jack Hawkins, Corin Redgrave, Michael Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, Paul Shelley, Malcolm McFee, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Nanette Newman, Edward Fox, Susannah York, John Clements, Phyllis Calvert and Maurice Roëves. The film is based on the stage musical ""Oh, What a Lovely War!"", originated by Charles Chilton as a radio play, ""The Long Long Trail"" in December"
"in ""Trumbo"", based on the life of the blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. On the opening night, Redgrave dedicated his performance to the memory of his niece Natasha Richardson who had died earlier that week in a skiing accident. He died on 6 April 2010 in St George's Hospital, Tooting, South West London. His funeral was held on 12 April 2010 at St Paul's, Covent Garden, London, and he was interred at Highgate Cemetery. His ex-wife Deirdre died of cancer in 1997. His sister Lynn Redgrave died of breast cancer on 2 May 2010, less than a month after her"
"his cousin Red West died at Baptist Hospital in Memphis, aged 81, after suffering an aortic aneurysm. Sonny West (actor) Delbert Bryant West Jr. (July 5, 1938 – May 24, 2017), known as 'Sonny' West, was a friend and bodyguard of the late singer Elvis Presley along with his cousin Red West for sixteen years, as part of the Elvis entourage at the Elvis Memphis home Graceland, which became known as 'The Memphis Mafia'. His parents came from the Pontotoc area of Mississippi, not far from Tupelo, from where Elvis Presley came. West was one of two sons and five"
"Film Festival and The Women's Network Image Awards, but had to tape her acceptance speech because she won a film role and missed attending her ceremony. Lynn Redgrave Lynn Rachel Redgrave (8 March 1943 – 2 May 2010) was an English and American actress. A member of the Redgrave family of actors, Lynn trained in London before making her theatrical debut in 1962. By the mid-1960s, she had appeared in several films, including ""Tom Jones"" (1963) and ""Georgy Girl"" (1966) which won her a New York Film Critics Award and nominations for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award."
"Lynn Redgrave Lynn Rachel Redgrave (8 March 1943 – 2 May 2010) was an English and American actress. A member of the Redgrave family of actors, Lynn trained in London before making her theatrical debut in 1962. By the mid-1960s, she had appeared in several films, including ""Tom Jones"" (1963) and ""Georgy Girl"" (1966) which won her a New York Film Critics Award and nominations for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. In 1967, she made her Broadway debut and performed in several stage productions in New York while making frequent returns to London's West End. She performed"
"with her sister Vanessa in ""Three Sisters"" in London, and in the title role of Baby Jane Hudson in a television production of ""What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"" in 1991. She made a return to films in the late 1990s in films such as ""Shine"" (1996) and ""Gods and Monsters"" (1998) for which she received another Academy Award nomination. Lynn Redgrave is the only person to have been nominated for all of the 'Big Four' American entertainment awards (Grammy, Emmy, Oscar and Tony) without winning any of them. Redgrave was born in Marylebone, London, to actors Sir Michael Redgrave"
"Roy Redgrave George Ellsworthy ""Roy"" Redgrave (26 April 1873 – 25 May 1922) was an English stage and silent film actor. Redgrave is considered to be the first member of the Redgrave acting dynasty. Born George Ellsworthy Redgrave in 122 Kennington Road, Kennington, a district of Lambeth in South London in 1873, he was the eldest son of George Augustus Redgrave (1851–81), a maker of the board game Bagatelle, and Zoe Beatrice Elsworthy (née Pym, later Howard; 1856–1936). By 1897, he was professionally known as Roy Redgrave apparently in the belief that he was descended from Rob Roy. The Redgrave"
"two sons, Harvey (born 1979) and Arden (born 1983). He wrote a memoir about his strained relationship with his father entitled ""Michael Redgrave - My Father"", which incorporates passages from Michael's diaries. It also revealed his father's bisexuality. Redgrave was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2000, which continued to affect him until he died in 2010. In June 2005, he was described by his family as being in a critical but stable condition in hospital following a severe heart attack at a public meeting in Basildon, Essex. In March 2009, Redgrave returned to the London stage playing the title role"
"breast cancer on 2 May 2010, aged 67. Redgrave's funeral was held on 8 May 2010 at the First Congregational Church in Kent, Connecticut. She was interred in St Peter's Episcopal Cemetery in the hamlet of Lithgow, New York, where her mother, Rachel Kempson, and her niece Natasha Richardson are also interred. In 2012, the Folger Shakespeare Library acquired Redgrave's collection of personal papers and photographs. In 2013, the Lynn Redgrave Theater was opened Off-Broadway in New York City; it was previously known as the Bleecker Street Theater. In 2001, Lynn Redgrave received a LIVING LEGEND honor at The WINFemme"
". In 2005, Redgrave had just finished an engagement playing the lead in ""King Lear"" with the Royal Shakespeare Company in London when he suffered a severe heart attack. In 2008, he returned to the stage in a highly praised portrayal of Oscar Wilde in the one-man-play ""De Profundis"". In 2009, he starred in ""Trumbo"", which opened only hours after the death of his niece, Natasha Richardson. On screen he is best known for his roles in such acclaimed and diverse films as A Man for All Seasons (1966) as Thomas More's son-in-law, William Roper; Excalibur (1981) as the doomed"
"1 December 2018 in Los Angeles, California, at age 101. In 1958, Crane married his second wife, Lillian Reifman (1918-2010) to whom he remained married until his death. Crane mentored her son from a previous marriage, writer Ed Scharlach. Crane is the grandfather of the television actresses Melissa Gilbert and Sara Gilbert and actor Jonathan Gilbert. His daughter Stephanie Crane was friends with Bill Cosby's son, Ennis Cosby who was killed in 1997 while on his way to visit her. He was interred at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery. Harry Crane Harry Crane (April 23, 1914 – September 13, 1999)"
"Robert Sedgwick (actor) Robert Sedgwick is an American actor. He is the brother of award-winning actress Kyra Sedgwick. Sedgwick graduated from Bennington College in 1984. That year, he made his debut on the television soap opera ""Another World"" as Hunter Bradshaw. During the 1980s, he appeared in several Hollywood movies, such as ""Staying Together (film)"", ""Morgan Stewart's Coming Home"" and ""Nasty Hero"". In the 1990s, he appeared in several films, such as """", ""Die Hard with a Vengeance"" and ""Vibrations"". In 2005, Sedgwick appeared in the film ""Loverboy"" alongside his sister Kyra, brother-in-law Kevin Bacon, nephew and niece Travis and"
"married Irish widow Mary Leresche in 1916. His marriage certificate makes reference to his previous marriage to Ellen (Judith) but not to any subsequent marriage to Daisy (Margaret Scudamore). Mary died in 1948. Roy Redgrave George Ellsworthy ""Roy"" Redgrave (26 April 1873 – 25 May 1922) was an English stage and silent film actor. Redgrave is considered to be the first member of the Redgrave acting dynasty. Born George Ellsworthy Redgrave in 122 Kennington Road, Kennington, a district of Lambeth in South London in 1873, he was the eldest son of George Augustus Redgrave (1851–81), a maker of the board"
"on a stretcher. Thicke died of type-A aortic dissection at the Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, at the age of 69. On December 19, 2016, the cast of ""Growing Pains"" including Leonardo DiCaprio reunited at Thicke's funeral; a eulogy was given by his friend Bob Saget, and his son Robin offered a humorous remembrance. He was buried at Santa Barbara Cemetery in Santa Barbara, California. Alan Thicke Alan Thicke (born Alan Willis Jeffrey; March 1, 1947 – December 13, 2016) was a Canadian actor, songwriter, comedian, game and talk show host. He is the father of singer Robin"
"during which he legally dropped ""Voight"" as his surname. In the wake of his mother's death from ovarian cancer on January 27, 2007, he reconciled with his father after a six-year estrangement. Haven became a born-again Christian in 2009. James Haven James Haven (born James Haven Voight, May 11, 1973) is an American actor and producer. He is the son of actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand, and the older brother of actress Angelina Jolie. Haven was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1973, to actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand. His younger sister is Angelina Jolie, who also became"
"a British actor and novelist, best known for the Dr Syn of Romney Marsh novels, and brother of renowned actress Dame Sybil Thorndike. Russell's first appearance on stage was in Cambridge in 1904. In 1914 Russell joined the army as a trooper in the 1st Westminster Dragoons, but due to being severely wounded at Gallipoli in 1916, he was discharged and returned to acting. Touring the USA with his sister and a theatrical company, a murder took place outside their hotel. The body was left all night on the street below their window. Unable to sleep, they passed the time"
"Justin Berfield Justin Tyler Berfield (born February 25, 1986) is an American actor, writer, and producer, best known for his portrayal of Malcolm's second-oldest brother, Reese, in the Fox sitcom ""Malcolm in the Middle"". He also starred on The WB sitcom ""Unhappily Ever After"" as Ross Malloy. As of 2010, Berfield is Chief Creative Officer of Virgin Produced, a film and television development, packaging, and production company announced in 2010 by the Virgin Group. Virgin Produced is based in Los Angeles, California. Berfield was born in Agoura Hills, California, the son of Gail Berfield (née Stark) and Eric ""Rick"" Berfield."
"2001, Berfield was asked to serve as a National Youth Ambassador for Ronald McDonald House Charities, in which he participated for three years until turning 18. He has been active with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and most recently Virgin Unite, the charitable arm of Virgin Group. Justin Berfield Justin Tyler Berfield (born February 25, 1986) is an American actor, writer, and producer, best known for his portrayal of Malcolm's second-oldest brother, Reese, in the Fox sitcom ""Malcolm in the Middle"". He also starred on The WB sitcom ""Unhappily Ever After"" as Ross Malloy. As of 2010, Berfield is Chief"
"they both had relationships with other people, they reunited and married on 31 December 2006. Carlo Nero directed Redgrave in the cinematic adaptation of Wallace Shawn's play ""The Fever"". Nero dated actresses Catherine Deneuve, Goldie Hawn and Ursula Andress in the 1970s. In December 1987, a 26-year-old Colombian woman named Mauricia Mena filed a paternity suit against Nero claiming the actor was the father of her three-week old son. Nero admitted being friends with Mena, a cook with the family where he was staying in Cartagena while filming ""Django Strikes Again"", but denied they had a sexual relationship. Nero walked"
"Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi, and actor Steve Carell were among some of the guests. Vance DeGeneres Vance DeGeneres (born September 2, 1954) is an American actor, comedian, musician, film producer and screenwriter, known for his work in television. He is the older brother of Ellen DeGeneres. After a two-year stint in the Marine Corps, during which he reached the rank of corporal, DeGeneres hosted a radio program called ""New Wave New Orleans"" in the late 1970s, broadcast on WRNO-FM. He played bass guitar in The Cold, a new-wave band founded in New Orleans in 1979. He originated the role"
"Bruce Lansbury William Bruce Mageean Lansbury (12 January 1930 – 13 February 2017) was an award-winning British-American television producer and television writer and screenwriter. His career spanned over 30 years, from the 1960s to the 1990s, and included work on a number of popular American television series. Born in London in 1930, Lansbury was the son of Belfast-born actress Moyna Macgill and Edgar Lansbury, a politician and businessman, and grandson of future Labour Party leader George Lansbury. He was the younger brother of actress Angela Lansbury and the twin brother of theatre, film, and television producer Edgar Lansbury. Both brothers"
"that he might as well be. West's face is a map of hard living"". His last film role was in the 2013 film ""Safe Haven"" as Roger, an elderly store clerk in Southport, North Carolina. West died on July 18, 2017, aged 81, from an aortic aneurysm, at the Baptist Hospital in his native Memphis. His death occurred less than two months after the death of his cousin, actor Sonny West, in May 2017. His funeral and burial at Memorial Park Cemetery was held on July 24 in Memphis. Red West Robert Gene ""Red"" West (March 8, 1936 – July"
"Bevan is a member of the Redgrave acting family, marking the fifth generation of her family to enter the profession. As the daughter of Joely Richardson, she is also the niece of Natasha Richardson and Liam Neeson and granddaughter of Vanessa Redgrave. Her parents divorced when she was nine. She has two half-siblings, Nell (b. 2001) and Jago (b. 2003), from her father's second marriage. She currently lives with her mother in London. Daisy Bevan Daisy Carmen Bevan (born 23 March 1992) is an English actress. She is the daughter of actress Joely Richardson and film producer Tim Bevan. She"
"he has cast in all his films since ""White Squall"" except ""American Gangster"" and ""The Martian"". He divides his time between homes in London, France, and Los Angeles. His eldest brother Frank died, aged 45, of skin cancer in 1980. His younger brother Tony, who was also his business partner in their company Scott Free, died on 19 August 2012 at the age of 68 after jumping from the Vincent Thomas Bridge which spans Los Angeles Harbor, after an originally disputed long struggle with cancer. Before Tony's death, he and Ridley collaborated on a miniseries based on Robin Cook's novel,"
"Vance DeGeneres Vance DeGeneres (born September 2, 1954) is an American actor, comedian, musician, film producer and screenwriter, known for his work in television. He is the older brother of Ellen DeGeneres. After a two-year stint in the Marine Corps, during which he reached the rank of corporal, DeGeneres hosted a radio program called ""New Wave New Orleans"" in the late 1970s, broadcast on WRNO-FM. He played bass guitar in The Cold, a new-wave band founded in New Orleans in 1979. He originated the role of ""Mr. Hands"" in Walter Williams's ""Mr. Bill"" short films in the mid-1970s. According to"
"much time together outdoors, including fishing and hunting, a common hobby of Williams. West died in Los Angeles, California on June 9, 2017, following a brief battle with leukemia. After his death, West's former ""Batman"" co-star and longtime friend, Burt Ward, released a statement; ""This is a terribly unexpected loss of my lifelong friend, I will forever miss him. There are several fine actors who have portrayed Batman in films. In my eyes, there was only one real Batman that is and always will be Adam West. He was truly the Bright Knight."" """" actor Kevin Conroy (who performed alongside"
"best known as Floyd, the younger brother of Felix Unger (played by Tony Randall), on ""The Odd Couple"". In his book ""Letters from an Actor"", Redfield published a colorful and personal recollection of his work in the renowned 1964 international stage production of ""Hamlet"", starring Richard Burton and directed by Sir John Gielgud. He also was a columnist for ""Playfare Magazine"" and collaborated with Wally Cox on ""Mr. Peepers"", a book about the television character with that name. Redfield died at Saint Clare's Hospital on August 17, 1976 at age 49, with the cause of death given as ""a respiratory"
"Sonny West (actor) Delbert Bryant West Jr. (July 5, 1938 – May 24, 2017), known as 'Sonny' West, was a friend and bodyguard of the late singer Elvis Presley along with his cousin Red West for sixteen years, as part of the Elvis entourage at the Elvis Memphis home Graceland, which became known as 'The Memphis Mafia'. His parents came from the Pontotoc area of Mississippi, not far from Tupelo, from where Elvis Presley came. West was one of two sons and five daughters. Both West and Elvis grew up in different lower income projects in Memphis, and though near,"
"1970, in Santa Barbara, California. He was survived by his wife, a daughter, a son and four grandchildren. His body was cremated, with the ashes taken to his native city of Dublin and buried with full military honours in Deans Grange Cemetery. Arthur Shields Arthur Shields (15 February 1896 – 27 April 1970) was an Irish actor on television, stage and film. Born into an Irish Protestant family in Portobello, Dublin, Shields started acting in the Abbey Theatre when he was 17 years old. He was the younger brother of Oscar-winning actor Barry Fitzgerald. They were the sons of Adolphus"
"grandchildren: Natasha Richardson (1963–2009), Joely Richardson (b. 1965) and Jemma Redgrave (b. 1965) are also involved in theatre or film as actors. Their grandson Carlo Gabriel Nero is a screenwriter and film director; only Luke Redgrave has taken a path outside the theatre. His daughter Lynn wrote a one-woman play for herself called ""Shakespeare for My Father."" She was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award for this role. She traced her love for Shakespeare as a way of following and finding her often absent father. Redgrave owned White Roding Windmill from 1937 to 1946. He and his family lived in ""Bedford"
"in both segments of the film ""Grindhouse"". His son, James Parks, played the son of Earl McGraw in ""Kill Bill"", """", ""Death Proof"" and ""Planet Terror"". Parks played a villain in Kevin Smith's horror films ""Red State"" (2011) and ""Tusk"" (2014). Smith later announced on his podcast that Parks had recorded an album during ""Red State"" production, after Smith and producer Jon Gordon noticed his singing talent during filming. The album, titled ""The Red State Sessions"", was released on August 15, 2011 as a download from the film's website. Parks died on May 9, 2017, in his Los Angeles home"
"Alzheimer's disease on 10 March 2017 at his home in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent. At the time of his death, he was separated from his wife Carol Haygarth, with whom he had two daughters, Katie and Becky. Tony Haygarth George Anthony David Haygarth (4 February 1945 – 10 March 2017) was an English television, film and theatre actor. After leaving Marlborough College Liverpool Haygarth worked unsuccessfully in 1963 as a lifeguard in Torquay, and also tried escapology, equally unsuccessfully. Other jobs included psychiatric nursing and he was an amateur actor before turning professional and appearing in repertory theatre, followed by"
"2004 film ""Love's Brother"" and in the 2016 Coen Brothers film ""Hail, Caesar!"" His final appearance was with his daughter Lisa Bluthal in her 2018 short film ""By Any Other Name"", a comedy about a daughter dealing with her father’s Alzheimer’s. Bluthal married actress Judyth Barron in 1956. Together they had daughters Nava and Lisa, but later separated. Barron died in 2016. Bluthal's agent confirmed on 16 November 2018 that the actor had died, aged 89, in New South Wales, Australia Following his death, fellow ""The Vicar of Dibley"" actor Dawn French said ""Tons of happy laughs remembered today. Cheeky,"