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- Lee Quigley was born on 13 August 1976 in Lambeth, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Superman (1978). He died on 10 March 1991 in Eastbourne, England, UK.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Godfrey James was born on 16 April 1931 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Aphrodite Inheritance (1979), The Legend of King Arthur (1979) and Trial (1971). He died on 29 October 2019 in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, UK.- Simon Oates was born on 6 January 1932 in Canning Town, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Doomwatch (1972), Doomwatch (1970) and The Mask of Janus (1965). He was married to Jaki Eastoe. He died on 20 May 2009 in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, UK.
- Actor
- Writer
- Music Department
At his first school in Bournemouth he used to stand outside the Pavilion Theatre listening to the Follies shows and learning the songs. At 9 he entered a song contest at the Rank Cinema in Sydenham and sang 'Eat More Fruit' In 1939 while in the army at Lincoln a friend came back from leave and remarked about the black out. Hubert said 'I'm going to get lit up when the lights go up in London' and thought it would make a good song. He'd previously done odd lyrics. Three years later it was featured in a West End show After the war he read a lot of Jerome K Jerome on the radio in 'Let's Go Jeroming' He did 18 years of 'Thanks For the Memory' and in the 60's wrote the musical version of 'Three Men in a Boat'.- Charles Webb was born on 9 June 1939 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was a writer, known for The Graduate (1967), The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker (1971) and Hope Springs (2003). He was married to Eve "Fred" Rudd and Eve ("Fred") Rudd. He died on 16 June 2020 in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, UK.
- Violet Farebrother was born on 22 August 1888 in Grimsby, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Easy Virtue (1927), Three's Company (1953) and Rheingold Theatre (1953). She died on 27 September 1969 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, UK.
- Actor
- Stunts
- Producer
Peter Grant was born on 5 April 1935 in South Norwood, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor and producer, known for Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1966), The Song Remains the Same (1976) and Yardbirds (1992). He was married to Gloria Grant. He died on 21 November 1995 in Eastbourne, England, UK.- Writer
- Actor
Wally K. Daly was born on 13 November 1940 in Grangetown, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Casualty (1986), Juliet Bravo (1980) and Byker Grove (1989). He was married to Pauline Baker. He died on 30 April 2020 in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, UK.- Actor
- Stunts
- Additional Crew
Derek Ware was born on 27 February 1938 in Manchester, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Willow (1988) and The Italian Job (1969). He died on 22 September 2015 in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, UK.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
London-born Anthony Pelissier was the son of actress Fay Compton and producer H.G. Pelissier. He became an actor in the 1930s, but soon realized that he was more inclined to making films than appearing in them. In 1937 he got his first screenwriting credit, and remained in that field until his directorial debut in 1949. Though his career as a director was short--only five years--his films were adaptations of some of the most renowned works in British literature: The History of Mr. Polly (1949) by H.G. Wells, The Rocking Horse Winner (1949) by D.H. Lawrence, and Encore (1951) by W. Somerset Maugham. His final film was Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953), a sly satire on television. He later went to work as the head of experimental production at the BBC.- Actor
- Writer
Henry Stamper was born on 2 March 1937 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Avengers (1961), BBC2 Playhouse (1973) and Oliver Twist (1985). He died on 18 January 2009 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, UK.- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Derek Elphinstone was born on 15 October 1913 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Red Shoes (1948), The Four Feathers (1939) and Distant Trumpet (1952). He was married to Daphne Elphinstone. He died on 19 February 1999 in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, UK.- Anne Clune was born on 11 January 1934 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Oblong Box (1969), Night of the Prowler (1962) and Love Is a Splendid Illusion (1970). She died in 1994 in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, UK.
- Actor
- Writer
Fyfe Robertson was born on 19 August 1902 in Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for What a Whopper (1961), Three Rousing Tinkles (1966) and Londoners (1965). He was married to Vera Ford and Elizabeth Smith. He died on 4 February 1987 in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, UK.- Actor
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Ronald Frankau was born on 22 February 1894 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Skin Game (1931), Much Too Shy (1942) and What Do We Do Now? (1945). He was married to Cynthia Robins, Renee Roberts and Hilda Mary Stuart Petley. He died on 11 September 1951 in Eastbourne, England, UK.- Additional Crew
- Actor
Malcolm Goddard was born on 7 August 1926 in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Giselle (1952), Where's Jack? (1969) and Hit Parade (1952). He died on 13 June 2016 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, UK.- Music Department
- Writer
- Actor
Henry Hall was born on 2 May 1898 in Peckham, London, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Jeepers Creepers (2001), Doctor Sleep (2019) and Chemical Wedding (2008). He died on 28 October 1989 in Eastbourne, England, UK.- Hatton Duprez was born on 10 March 1917 in Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Adventures of the Sea Hawk (1958), The Only Way (1948) and A Gunman Has Escaped (1948). He died in 1990 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, UK.
- Kenneth Strong was born on 9 September 1900 in Montrose, Angus, Scotland, UK. He died on 11 January 1982 in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, UK.
- Music Department
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Russ Conway was born on 2 September 1925 in Bristol, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Meet the Wife (1963), A Weekend with Lulu (1961) and The Adventures of Brigadier Wellington-Bull (1959). He died on 16 November 2000 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, UK.- Mme. d'Esterre was born on 5 October 1863 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921), Henry, King of Navarre (1924) and The Sign of Four (1923). She was married to John Norcott D'Esterre . She died on 25 January 1954 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, UK.
- Joe Black was born on 6 May 1918 in Yeadon, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Shillingbury Tales (1980), Come Back Mrs. Noah (1977) and Red Letter Day (1976). He died on 12 August 1999 in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, UK.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Leading composer-conductor of familiar orchestral music and a famed British organist. Born of Russian parents at 27 Tottenham Court in London, his father, Morris Torchinsky, was a professional trombonist and encouraged his son to excel. Sidney studied piano at the Blackheath Conservatoire, then became accompanist to violinist Albert Sandler and an organist at cinemas including the Regal, Marble Arch, Edmonton, the Regal Kingston, and finally the new Gaumont State in 1937, making many records, broadcasts and personal appearances. He joined the Royal Air Force as an air gunner in 1940 and was stationed near Blackpool where he continued to record at the Opera House. Subsequently he was commissioned as an RAF Squadron Leader and conducted the RAF Concert Orchestra where his talents for composing and orchestral arranging were honed. At about the time he composed the music for the BBC's radio series "Much Binding in the Marsh", he was discovered by production-music publishers as a source for quality mood-music compositions. From 1946 on, he contributed and conducted (with the Queen's Hall Light Orchestra ) many instrumental works for the Chappell's catalog under both his own name and the 'Denis Rycoth' pseudonym (an anagram). From 1947 to 1949, he also conducted the New Century Orchestra until a British Musicians' Union ban put an end to that collaboration. In 1953, the BBC's popular "Friday Night is Music Night" was launched, with Sidney Torch conducting the BB Concert Orchestra for nearly twenty years until his 1972 retirement. Before then he had conducted numerous celebrity concerts at such venues as the Royal Festival Hall in London and others. His personality has been described by some of his instrumentalists and choral singers as tyrannical, and in a rare 1983 interview he admitted to being "cruel" in his professional dealings but added that in his opinion the final results may have been beneficial and that those he targeted may have been the better for it. His light-orchestral works are still very-often heard today, and American audiences remember his music from movie trailers, especially from drive-in theatres.- Pauline Williams was born on 8 September 1922 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for A Spy at Evening (1981), Cluff (1964) and Armchair Theatre (1956). She was married to Leslie Sands and Harry Geldard. She died on 7 May 2003 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, UK.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Colin Pilditch was born on 3 January 1953 in Camberwell, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Mystery and Imagination (1966), The Butterfly Ball (1977) and Made (1972). He died on 20 January 2000 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, UK.