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- Actress
- Soundtrack
Margaret Lee was born on 4 August 1943 in Wolverhampton, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Secret Agent Super Dragon (1966), From the Orient with Fury (1965) and The Violent Four (1968). She was married to Walter Creighton, Gino Malerba and Patrick Anderson. She died on 24 April 2024 in Gloucester, South West England, United Kingdom.- Music Artist
- Composer
- Actor
Jeff Beck was born in Surrey in 1944. He grew up in a suburban street in Carshalton. When he was about 10, he wanted to play the guitar. His mum, however, wanted him to play the piano because she didn't approve of the guitar. When he was in his late teens, he joined "The Tridents" on lead guitar. In 1965, he replaced Eric Clapton in The Yardbirds. He played with them until 1967 when he decided he'd had enough and wanted to go solo. In the same year, he released his first solo effort "Hi-Ho-Silver Lining", which was the only one of his tracks he ever sang on. In his backing group, he had Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood, who later went on to form The Faces. Thoughout the rest of the 60s and 70s, he continued to record instrumental albums. In 1983, three former The Yardbirds, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, got together to do one-off charity concerts. In 1984, he contributed lead guitar on Mick Jagger's first solo album "She's the Boss". The same year, he released his next album "Flash", which was voted best instrumental album. In 1989, he released the album "Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop", which was also a big success. Throughout the 90s, Jeff Beck still toured around and, in 1998, played a sellout date in Mexico. In early 2001, he released yet another album "You had it Coming", which he toured to promote.- He attended the Duke of Yorks Royal Military School in Dover, Kent from 1963 to 1970 where he achieved both academic and sporting success. He was academically very gifted and was also a gifted sportsman playing Rugby and a good athlete. He achieved good A level results and went to Bristol University.
- Donald Gee was born on 28 September 1937 in Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for 1990 (1977), The Forsyte Saga (1967) and Doctor Who (1963). He was married to Shirley Thieman. He died on 14 January 2022 in the United Kingdom.
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Actor
Tony Allen was an actor, known for Chariots of Fire (1981), Return to Oz (1985) and Inspector Morse (1987). He died on 31 March 2020 in the United Kingdom.- Mela White was born on 28 March 1931 in Woodford, Essex, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Bergerac (1981), Fog for a Killer (1962) and Blind Man's Bluff (1977). She was married to Ronald Lacey and Roger Brompton. She died on 24 December 2017 in Twickenham, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom.
- Stewart Bevan was born 10th March 1948 and died aged 73 after a short illness 20th February 2022.
He featured in the long-running series Doctor Who, in 1973's The Green Death, remembered fondly by viewers as "the one with the giant maggots". The departure of popular companion Jo Grant (Katy Manning) called for someone special to lure her away from third Doctor, Jon Pertwee, and to this end the charismatic Welsh eco-warrior Professor Clifford Jones was conceived.
Michael Briant, the director, was having trouble casting this part but was reluctant to interview Bevan because he was Manning's fiance at the time. He finally relented and discovered that Bevan was exactly what he was looking for: handsome and with the requisite crusading zeal and lightness of touch.
Bevan's obvious rapport with Manning also helped to make her departure one of the series' most memorably tear-jerking. Bevan himself was an empathic anti-capitalist vegetarian, guitar player and writer of poetry - all of which contributed to making Jones a believable character.
Although he and Manning had split up in 1976 he reunited with her to play Cliff in a couple of short films used as trailers for the 2019 and 2020 Blu-ray releases of Pertwee's Doctor Who episodes and for a retrospective documentary, Keeping Up With the Joneses (2019).
Stewart was born in St Pancras, central London, to a canteen manager, Gwen (nee Snow), and truck driver, Ray Bevan, who became the personal driver to the celebrity hairdresser Raymond Bessone (aka Mr Teasy Weasy), while Gwen became his housekeeper.
Raised in Southall, Middlesex, Stewart walked out of his school aged 15 after he was caned for standing up for a Sikh classmate. Working at Pierre Cardin's London fashion store he attended amateur dramatics classes and was emboldened when he won an award for playing Alec in Noël Coward's Still Life at a drama festival held at the Questors theatre in 1964, and so enrolled at the Corona theatre school.
On only his second day there he auditioned to play a schoolboy in the landmark Sidney Poitier film To Sir, With Love (1966) and in 1967 worked as a dancer with Jayne Mansfield when she toured the UK in cabaret. He was soon getting big-screen credits - including Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969), the horror films Burke & Hare and The Flesh and Blood Show (both 1972), Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973), The Ghoul (1975), and the John Wayne vehicle Brannigan (1975).
After Doctor Who he appeared in many popular drama series - from Public Eye (1975) to Silent Witness (1997) via Shoestring (three episodes, all 1979), Blake's 7 (1980) and The House of Elliot (1994).
He had a stint in the soap opera Emmerdale (1977, then called Emmerdale Farm) as Ray Oswell, caught in a storm and seeking help with his pregnant wife, played by Virginia Moore. He and Virginia fell in love off-screen and they remained together for the rest of his life, settling in Suffolk.
He also featured in Douglas Camfield's all-star TV version of Ivanhoe (1982) and Noel's House Party (1993-94) - which required sharp improvisational skills in order to pull off elaborate pranks on unsuspecting victims. He was also a familiar face on TV adverts - in the 80s for Fairy Liquid and the 90s for Kellogg's Bran Flakes.
His theatre highlights were his West End debut in the first production of Conduct Unbecoming (Queen's theatre, 1969-70), taking the lead role when the play toured the UK in 1971, and touring with David Soul in Ira Levin's Deathtrap in 2002. His last film role came in the Jack Thorne-scripted The Scouting Book for Boys (2009).
He is survived by Virginia and their daughters, Coral Bevan and Wendy Bevan. His three sisters predeceased him. - Actor
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Bob Goody was born on 16 April 1951 in Brighton, Sussex, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Lifeforce (1985), Flash Gordon (1980) and The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989). He was married to Gina Donovan. He died on 5 March 2023 in the United Kingdom.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
British cinematographer Brian Tufano began his career at the BBC, working with such directors as Stephen Frears and Alan Parker. In 1992 he was assigned to the series Mr. Wroe's Virgins (1993) and worked with director Danny Boyle. Boyle took him along on his feature debut, Shallow Grave (1994), and continued to work with Tufano on such films as Trainspotting (1996) and A Life Less Ordinary (1997). In 2001 Tufano won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Contribution to Film and Television.- Margaret Anderson was born on 27 August 1925 in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK. She was an actress, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), The Barefoot Contessa (1954) and Dixon of Dock Green (1955). She was married to Guy Verney. She died on 6 June 2016 in the United Kingdom.
- Margaret Ashcroft was born on 16 February 1931 in Chelsea, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Main Chance (1969), The Brothers (1972) and Armchair Theatre (1956). She was married to Morris Perry. She died on 25 October 2016 in the United Kingdom.
- Sound Department
- Editor
- Editorial Department
Terry Rawlings was born on 4 November 1933 in London, England, UK. He was an editor, known for Alien (1979), Blade Runner (1982) and Chariots of Fire (1981). He was married to Louise Kirsop. He died on 23 April 2019 in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.- Actress
- Additional Crew
Charlotte Moore was born in 1966 in the United Kingdom. She was an actress, known for Alfie (2004), The Audience (2013) and Welcome II the Terrordome (1995). She died in June 2023 in the United Kingdom.- Script and Continuity Department
- Producer
- Writer
Muirinn Lane Kelly was a producer and writer, known for Mistresses (2008), Waterloo Road (2006) and Delicious (2016). She died on 5 November 2022 in London, United Kingdom.- Editor
- Editorial Department
- Sound Department
Antony Gibbs was born on 17 October 1925 in London, England, UK. He was an editor, known for Rollerball (1975), Fiddler on the Roof (1971) and A Bridge Too Far (1977). He was married to Sherrye Mossuto, Jocelyn Tawse and Heather Gibbs. He died on 26 February 2016 in the United Kingdom.- Music Artist
- Actor
- Composer
British singer-songwriter. Hall founded ska-punk group The Specials in 1978; they scored two UK number 1 hits with 'The Special A.K.A. Live EP' and 'Ghost Town' and were pioneering (in British music) for featuring both black and white musicians. Hall left in 1981 to form Fun Boy Three and then Colour Field before embarking on a solo career. He was also a member of the 'Nearly God' collective, including Björk, Tricky, Neneh Cherry and others, who released a self-titled album in 1996.- Producer
- Director
John Leach was born on 16 March 1957 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, UK. John was a producer and director, known for Sportsweek (1998), European Poker Tour (2005) and Showbiz Poker (2006). John was married to Janet Ellis. John died in July 2020 in the United Kingdom.- Born in Liverpool, William moved to Oldham at the age of nine. His theatre work includes the part of Toby Belch in 'Twelfth Night' with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Valk in 'The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs', Snawley and Tompkins in 'Nicholas Nickleby' in productions in London and New York and the Club Secretaty in 'Comedians' with the legendary Jimmy Jewel at the Old Vic Theatre. Bill also starred in his own one-man show of Brendan Behan. On television, he played The Duke of Cleves in the series "The Wives of Henry VIII", Sergeant Petty in "The Case of the Frightened Lady" and Crookes in "Strangers". His television work also includes appearances in "Coronation Street", "The Dustbin Men", "Z Cars", "When the Boat Comes In", "Funnyman", "Softly, Softly", "Dempsey and Makepeace" and "Brookside". His film credits include "The Ploughmans Lunch", "Cicero", "Blood Beast Terror" and "The Witchfinder General".
- Shaun Davis was born on 15 April 1966. He was an actor, known for The Fifth Element (1997). He died on 1 December 2023 in the United Kingdom.
- Writer
- Actor
After leaving university, Graeme Curry progressed interests in journalism and writing as well as being a professional singer and actor. He won the Cosmopolitan Young Journalist of the Year award in 1982 and won a screenplay competition with a play called "Over the Moon," which was later adapted for broadacast on Radio 4. It was on the strength of this that it was suggested he contact Andrew Cartmel regarding work for Doctor Who. "The Happiness Patrol" was his first television commisssion and he has gone on to write for "EastEnders" as well as "The Bill" and the Radio 4 drama "Citizens."- Kathleen Helme was an actress, known for Madame Bovary (1975), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and Emmerdale Farm (1972). She died on 30 December 2019 in the United Kingdom.
- Producer
- Additional Crew
- Actor
Remington Chase was a producer and actor, known for The November Man (2014), End of Watch (2012) and Broken City (2013). He died on 31 July 2023 in the United Kingdom.- There is no doubt that one of the world's greatest lady riders was show-jumper Caroline Bradley. Caroline was born, in Buckinghamshire, England and went on to become one of the world's best riders until her tragic death at just 37.
Caroline was the kind of rider we all strive to be, utterly fearless, totally committed to the sport she loved and completely at one with each and every horse she rode. It is a treat to watch clips of her riding, she has beautiful soft hands and is incredibly focused on what she is doing. I feel very privileged to have been able to see her ride. She made her debut on the British team in 1966 when she was just 20 years old. In 1973 she took the silver medal on True Lass at the Ladies European Championships in Vienna. The following year, Caroline became the first woman to win the Puissance at Horse of the Year Show in London, in the same year she was also fourth in the Ladies World Championships in La Baule.
In 1975 she had a great victory in the Hamburg Derby on New Yorker becoming only the second woman to win this prestigious competition. A few years later, Caroline won the Queen Elizabeth II Cup at the Royal International Horse Show on Marius which was also a great year for her best horse Tigre. On him, she won the team gold medal in the World Championships in Aachen. She also won the Nice Grand Prix and the Grand Prix in Calgary.
In 1979 Caroline was again a member of a gold medal-winning British team, riding Tigre at the European Championships in Rotterdam. Again teamed with Tigre she won the President's Cup in Calgary and in Paris won the Grand Prix. The next year was an incredible one for Caroline, she was elected Sportswoman of Year in 1980 and also received an OBE from the Queen. Caroline also topped the money winner's list, won the Grand Prix at Hickstead and again won the Queen Elizabeth II Cup, this time on Tigre.
Tigre was sold in 1981, for more than eight times what Caroline had paid for him. She then bought a new young horse, Milton. Caroline's great horse Marius was the sire of Milton. Caroline was a tremendous horsewoman with an incredible instinct for picking fantastic horses she knew when he was a youngster that Milton would be one of the greatest of all time. Caroline rode and trained Milton until her sudden and tragic death. She was right about his potential Milton went on, with John Whitaker, to becoming the first show-jumper to win a million pounds.
Caroline had just completed the first round of competition at the Suffolk Show in 1983 when she slumped to the ground and attempts to revive her failed. She had suffered a heart attack at the age of just 37.
At her peak, Caroline was ranked by many as the greatest lady rider in the world, I wonder what she would have gone onto achieve if she had lived. Caroline was one in a million - an inspiration and a true equestrian legend. - Jackie Skarvellis was born on 26 December 1942 in Cardiff, South Wales, UK. She was an actress, known for The Punk (1993), Cyberon (2000) and Sky Bandits (1986). She died on 26 October 2016 in the United Kingdom.
- Anne Orwin was an actress, known for Crime and Punishment (1979), Emmerdale Farm (1972) and Knight School (1997). She died on 8 October 2023 in the United Kingdom.