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Rose Victoria Williams is an English actress from Ealing, London. She is best known for her work as Princess Claude in Reign and as Charlotte Heywood in Sanditon. Williams was born in Ealing, West London. Her mother worked as a costume designer and her father as a gardener. Her first job was at a clothing store in Dover Street Market when she was 17 years old. She studied fashion and decided at the age of 18 to pursue acting.- Actor
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Sanjeev Bhaskar was born on 31 October 1963 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Yesterday (2019), The Kumars at No. 42 (2001) and Absolutely Anything (2015). He has been married to Meera Syal since 21 January 2005. They have one child.- Eminent English actor Oliver Ford Davies began his career in academia. The son of a teacher, he studied at Merton College, Oxford University, where he became president of the Oxford University Dramatic Society and performed on stage with the experimental Theatre Club at the age of twenty. After graduating with a PhD, he then lectured in history for two years at Edinburgh University, eventually coming to realize that he would rather spend his working life as an actor. This was, at least in part, inspired by witnessing Paul Scofield's commanding performance in Peter Brook's acclaimed production of King Lear in 1962.
Davies made his professional theatrical debut at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 1967 and has since acted on diverse stages throughout England. He spent several seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, beginning in 1975 with a role as Mountjoy in Henry V. The classical stage has seen him in productions of Henry IV, The Hollow Crown, As You Like It, Coriolanus, Troilus and Cressida, Hamlet and Julius Caesar. Davies has regarded being cast as the lead in David Hare's Racing Devil at the National Theatre as his career breakthrough. This performance garnered him an Olivier Best Actor Award in 1990. Davies also headlined as King Lear at the Almeida in Islington, London, in 2001.
Since his first television appearance in 1968, Davies has often been typecast as clerics, doctors and academics, usually characters somewhat older than his years. He had a recurring role as barrister Peter Foxcott in Kavanagh QC (1995) and enjoyed guest spots on popular detective shows like Van der Valk (1972), Maigret (1992), Wycliffe (1993), Pie in the Sky (1994), Poirot (1989), Foyle's War (2002) and Father Brown (2013). He has also played portrait painter John Hunter Thompson in The Brontës of Haworth (1973), the infirm Mr. Wickfield, lawyer and employer of Uriah Heep, in BBC's David Copperfield (1999) and the Archbishop of Canterbury in the film Johnny English (2003). Since the 90s, Davies has become more familiar to international audiences for his role as Queen Amidala's councillor Sio Bibble in the Star Wars prequel trilogy and as Cressen, the maester of Dragonstone and servant of Stannis Baratheon in HBO's blockbuster series Game of Thrones (2011).
Davies published his memoir, "An Actor's Life in 12 Productions", in 2022. For his services to drama, he was awarded an OBE in the 2024 New Year Honours List. - Jill Riddick was born in 1953 in Ealing, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Not in Front of the Children (1967), Comedy Playhouse (1961) and A Christmas Night with the Stars (1958).
- Manpreet Bambra was born on 10 July 1992 in Ealing, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Tezz (2012), Free Rein (2017) and Wizards vs. Aliens (2012).
- Rishi Nair was born on 22 January 1991 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Treason (2022), Brian and Charles (2022) and Hollyoaks (1995).
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Caroline Aherne was born on 24 December 1963 in Ealing, London, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for The Royle Family (1998), The Mrs. Merton Show (1995) and Mrs Merton & Malcolm (1999). She was married to Peter Hook. She died on 2 July 2016 in Timperley, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England, UK.- Actor
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Anton Rodgers was born on 10 January 1933 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), The Merchant of Venice (2004) and The Fourth Protocol (1987). He was married to Elizabeth Garvie and Morna Watson. He died on 1 December 2007 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK.- Howard Knight was born on 15 April 1950 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Studio 4 (1962), Village of the Damned (1960) and To Sir, with Love (1967). He has been married to Jayne V Payne since 1980.
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Owen Brenman was born on 17 December 1956 in Ealing, London. He is an English actor who first gained notice for his role as next-door neighbour Nick Swainey in the multi-award-winning BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave (1990), which ran for ten years and was written by David Renwick. He went on to play Dr. Heston Carter in the BBC drama series Doctors (2000). Brenman also played Lloyd Drewitt in two series of David Renwick's Love Soup (2005/8). He also starred in People Like Us, three series of the children's television series Woof!, and three series of Alexei Sayle's Stuff. He played Mark Thatcher opposite John Wells and Angela Thorne in the political sitcom Dunrulin'.
On the London stage Brenman played Theo in the 2006 European premiere of Steve Martin's The Underpants at the Old Red Lion Theatre - a reworking of Carl Sternheim's 1911 satirical comedy, Die Hose. Brenman also played Ian in the football comedy An Evening with Gary Lineker at the Duchess Theatre, and Tariq Ali's and Howard Brenton's New Labour satire Ugly Rumours (Tricycle Theatre), The Ghost Train (Lyric Hammersmith Theatre), C4 Sitcom Festival (Riverside Theatre) which resulted in the C4 comedy series In Exile and a rarely performed Ionesco play, Journeys Among The Dead (Riverside Theatre).
Outside London Brenman played Felix in Elly Brewer's and Sandi Toksvig's Shakespeare deconstruction The Pocket Dream (York Theatre Royal), Brian in Terry Johnson's Dead Funny (Nottingham Playhouse), toured with Butterflies Are Free, appeared in The Winslow Boy and The Trial of Lady Chatterley (Nottingham Playhouse) and Richard Hope's brilliant black comedy about serial killers and the press, Good Copy, in which he played a paedophile priest opposite Robert Bathurst's prostitute murderer (West Yorkshire Playhouse).
In 2008, Brenman completed a UK tour with Richard Wilson of Steve Thompson's political comedy Whipping It Up and featured in a new series of Doctor Who for BBC7. He was nominated for Best Actor at the 2010, 2011 and 2016 Soap Awards.- Actor
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Bo Poraj is an actor and writer. He trained at RADA and has worked extensively in theatre in the West End, Broadway, Royal National Theatre and RSC but is perhaps best known for his television work in Miranda, Musketeers and Newark, Newark. Film credits include The Boat That Rocked, Enigma and The Queen Of Sheeba's Pearls. He has written for Eastenders (BBC), Doctors (BBC) and Ransom (CBS.)- Actor
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Gary Martin was born on 18 June 1958 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) and Corpse Bride (2005).- Sharon Maiden was born on 23 June 1961 in Ealing, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Footballers' Wives (2002), Clockwise (1986) and Murder in Mind (2001).
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Lee Sheward was born on 2 July 1967 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is an assistant director and actor, known for The Saint (1997), The Fifth Element (1997) and Hot Fuzz (2007).- Actor
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An influential figure in the world of British television comedy during the 1960s and 70s, actor and comedian John Junkin wrote scripts for such shows as The Army Game, The World of Beachcomber, Queenie's Castle, plus scripts for many comedians, including Ted Ray, Jim Davidson, Bob Monkhouse and Mike Yarwood.
As an actor he became familiar to TV soap viewers when he starred in East Enders (2001), playing Ernie, a mysterious stranger who suddenly appears at the Queen Vic.
Junkin was born in Ealing, West London. Educated locally, he worked as a teacher in the East End of London but said he hated the job. "I loved the kids," he recalled. "But hated the adults and bores of the Education Authority."
In 1960 he joined Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop in Stratford East and was in the original cast of Littlewood's production of Sparrers Can't Sing with Barbara Windsor.
Throughout the sixties and seventies he was one of the busiest men on television, both as a performer and scriptwriter. The comedian Marty Feldman won the Golden Rose Award with a Junkin script in 1972 and with Barry Cryer and others, Junkin contributed to many of the Morecambe and Wise specials for the BBC. He also wrote, with Bill Tidy, The Fosdyke Saga, and The Grumbleweeds for radio.
He had a prolific career in the cinema playing a variety of straight and comic roles and described himself as easy to cast: "I look like the bloke next door," he said. "I always seem to be wearing one of those sheepskin coats."
In the latter part of his career, Junkin became disillusioned with show business, particularly television. He fell out with a producer - he never revealed which one - over the writing of a game show for which he had devised the format. Litigation cost him £70,000 and he was also in debt to the tax man to the tune of £120,000. He did, however, return to scriptwriting and contributed to The Crazy World of Joe Pasquale (1998) and The Impressionable Jon Culshaw (2004) and he was much in demand as an after dinner speaker.
Close friend, former Radio 1 disc jockey Dave Lee Travis, said: If you were in conversation with John, you were always in a state of hilarity. He had no airs and graces."- Director
- Writer
Paul Raschid is a British screenwriter-director. His past projects have received a BAFTA Scotland win and a BAFTA Cymru nomination, as well as numerous high-profile film festival selections around the world.
In 2015, Paul's first produced screenplay was teen supernatural thriller; 'Unhallowed Ground'. It received awards at the London Independent Film Festival and the British Independent Film Festival. This was soon followed by his directorial debut with supernatural-psychological horror; 'Winterstoke House' (which he also wrote and acted in).
Paul's second feature as a writer-director was 'White Chamber', which was shot in 12.5 days. In 2018, the sci-fi thriller/horror/drama played 10 film festivals around the world including Edinburgh, Sitges, Frightfest, Mumbai, BIFAN and Brussels. Lead actress Shauna Macdonald received the BAFTA Scotland Best Actress award for her tour-de-force performance. Between August 2019 and February 2021, the film was available to stream on Netflix in the UK, USA, Canada, Israel, Australia and New Zealand.
In 2019, Paul began working in the interactive film format. His third project as director, 'The Complex', a sci-fi interactive feature film/ FMV video game, released in 2020 on all major gaming platforms. Penned by Lynn Renee Maxcy, it stars Michelle Mylett, Kate Dickie and Al Weaver. It was produced by John Giwa-Amu and Jade Alexander.
In 2020, Paul wrote and directed 'Five Dates', a romantic-comedy interactive feature film/ FMV video game. It was being made entirely remotely during the UK's national lockdown due to the Covid-19 global pandemic. It stars an ensemble cast including Mandip Gill (Doctor Who), Georgia Hirst (Vikings) and Marisa Abela (Industry). The film would go onto receive a BAFTA Cymru nomination in the Feature Film category.
In 2021, Paul wrote and directed 'The Gallery', a hostage-thriller interactive feature film/ FMV video game. It contains two narratives - the viewer must choose between a female protagonist (whose narrative is set in 1981 London) or a male protagonist (whose narrative is set in 2021 London). The cast is headlined by Anna Popplewell ('Chronicles Of Narnia') and George Blagden ('Versailles'), who interchange roles as both protagonist and antagonist across the two narratives. It released in 2022 across all major gaming platforms and was an Official Selection at the Dinard Film Festival where it was exhibited as a unique interactive cinema experience.
In 2022, Paul wrote and directed 'Ten Dates' (sequel to 'Five Dates'), a romantic-comedy interactive feature film/ FMV video game. It stars an ensemble cast including Rosie Day (Outlander), Sagar Radia (Industry) and Meaghan Martin (Camp Rock). It released across all major gaming platforms on Valentine's Day 2023.- Michael Gould was born on 3 May 1961 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), Frankenstein (1994) and Darkest Hour (2017).
- Anne De Vigier was born on 22 December 1943 in Ealing, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Gnomes of Dulwich (1969), The Forsyte Saga (1967) and The Saint (1962).
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Allan McKeown was born on 21 May 1946 in Ealing, Middlesex, London, England, UK. He was a producer and writer, known for Tracey Takes On... (1996), Get Carter (1971) and Lovejoy (1986). He was married to Tracey Ullman. He died on 24 December 2013 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Grant Roffey was born in 1957 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He has been married to Julie Walters since 2 July 1997. They have one child.
- Susan Valentine was born on 27 January 1951 in Ealing, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Don't Wait Up (1983), The Cedar Tree (1976) and The Dancing Years (1976).
- Earl Rhodes was born on 14 July 1962 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), The Tomorrow People (1973) and Porterhouse Blue (1987).
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Mitch Mitchell was born on 9 July 1947 in Ealing, Middlesex, England, UK. He was an actor and composer, known for The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972), Jennings at School (1958) and The Mend (2014). He was married to Lynn Collins. He died on 12 November 2008 in Portland, Oregon, USA.- Actress
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Fern Britton began her TV career in the South West of England reading local news bulletins for both the BBC and Westward Television's nightly show "Westward Diary". During the mid 1980s, she read the national news on the BBC's Breakfast Time and occasionally presented on the sofa with Frank Bough. This was followed by a move to TVS to co-present the South edition of Coast to Coast with Fred Dinenage. Whilst at TVS Fern co-presented the networked "Airport 90" programmes with Nick Owen, and she teamed up with Fred Dineage again to present the last ever TV programme in the TVS region, "Goodbye to all That", on 31st December 1992.
From TVS, she switched to become entertainment corespondent for London Tonight instead, on the LWT and Carlton regions. This post was short-lived, for Fern shortly moved to GMTV, and then to BBC2 as host of the popular Ready Steady Cook made by Bazal Productions. Since September 1999, she has been presenting This Morning. While Richard and Judy were still in residence, she was the Friday guest host with John Leslie, but the pair became main presenters in 2001 following R+J's departure to Channel Four. In 2002 her co-presenter became Phillip Schofield.- Writer
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Chris Claremont was born on 25 November 1950 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) and X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019).