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Jonathan Pryce was born on 1 June 1947 in Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for The Two Popes (2019), The Wife (2017) and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). He has been married to Kate Fahy since April 2015. They have three children.- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Sian Gibson was born on 30 July 1976 in Mold, Flintshire, Wales, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Car Share (2015), The Power of Parker (2023) and Murder on the Blackpool Express (2017).- Writer
- Actor
- Director
Born George Emlyn Williams in Pen-y-Ffordd, Mostyn, Flintshire in northeast Wales on November 1905, he lived in a rural village in which Welsh was spoken until he was 12 years old, when his family moved to an English-speaking town, Connah's Quay. It changed the course of his life, as it was there that the teacher, Sarah Grace Cooke, recognizing his literary talent, encouraged him and helped him win a scholarship to Oxford, where he attended the college of Christ Church. She is immortalized in the character of "Miss Moffat" in his play, "The Corn is Green".
Education enabled him to escape the life at hard labor that was the lot of his people. He attended Christ Church, Oxford and also studied in Geneva, Switzerland. He joined a repertory theater and made his acting debut in "And So To Bed" in London in November, 1927. He eventually became an accomplished stage and screen actor, but it was as a playwright that he had his greatest success, eventually writing a score of plays.
He had his first theatrical success as a writer with "A Murder Has Been Arranged". The success of his 1935 play "Night Must Fall", which opened at London's Duchess Theatre, led to its being transferred to New York the following year. Williams had made his Broadway debut in 1927, as a 21-year-old in "And So To Bed", a comedy based on the diaries of Samuel Pepys (the title comes from how Pepys ended his diary entries; Pepys was the subject of a 1983 TV movie Pepys and So to Bed (1983)), and had appeared again on Broadway in Edgar Wallace's "Criminal at Large" in 1932. Opening on September 23, 1936 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, the play ran for 64 performances. It was made into a movie twice, in 1937 with Robert Montgomery in the lead role of the young psychopath, and later, in 1964, with Albert Finney taking over the role.
Walking around for two years with the head of a woman in a hat box, Williams recalled in 1965, likely was the reason that Sir Alexander Korda hired him for the part of "Caligula" in the 1937 version of Robert Graves's I, Claudius (1937), famous as "The Epic That Never Was", in which Charles Laughton was cast as the fourth Roman Emperor of the Julian-Claudian dynasty. The production was canceled after leading lady Merle Oberon got into a car accident.
"The Corn Is Green" was a Broadway triumph for the great Ethel Barrymore in 1940, and the 1945 film adaptation starred Bette Davis, as well as John Dall and Joan Lorring in Oscar-nominated performances. Katharine Hepburn later played the part of "Miss Moffat" in the 1979 TV movie directed by George Cukor, for which she won an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special.
Williams' plays "Yesterday's Magic", "The Morning Star" and "Someone Waiting" were also performed on Broadway, and he had a success on the Great White Way as an actor, himself, in a solo performance as Charles Dickens, which he revived twice. He was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for "A Boy Growing Up" (1958), an adaptation of a work by fellow Welshman Dylan Thomas. The tribal Williams also nurtured the young Welshman Richard Burton, whom he directed in his first lead film role in Woman of Dolwyn (1949). (Burton's professional stage debut had been in Williams' play "Druid's Rest", and Emyln Williams' son, Brook Williams, became one of Burton's life-long friends). Williams was the godfather to his Burton's daughter, Kate Burton, who is also an actress. In addition to directing and acting in film, Emlyn Williams famously collaborated with the great director Alfred Hitchcock. Williams acted in and wrote additional dialog for both the original The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) (1934) and Jamaica Inn (1939).
Emlyn Williams wrote two memoirs, "George, An Early Autobiography" (1961), and "Emlyn: An Early Autography, 1927-1935" (1974), as well as a 1967 non-fiction account of the Moors Murders entitled "Beyond Belief". His 1980 novel "Headlong" was adapted by David S. Ward into the movie King Ralph (1991). He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1962.
When he died in 1987, Emlyn Williams had written or co-written 20 screenplays in addition to his 20 plays. As an actor, he had appeared in 41 films and teleplays, plus made numerous appearances on stage.- Ruth Dunning was born on 17 May 1909 in Prestatyn, Flintshire, Wales, UK. She was an actress, known for The Grove Family (1954), Young and Willing (1954) and It's a Great Day! (1955). She was married to Jack Allen. She died on 27 February 1983 in London, England, UK.
- Peter Forbes-Robertson was born on 16 January 1927 in Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for Island of Terror (1966), Doctor Who (1963) and Nicholas Nickleby (1977). He died on 7 December 1995 in Wandsworth, London, England, UK.
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Miriam Heard was born in 1978 in St. Asaph, Flintshire, Wales, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Tierra Yerma (2016), Welcome Home Emma-Rose and Maria Graham: Diary of a Residence in Chile (2014).- Gilbert Wynne was born in 1934 in Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales, UK. He is an actor, known for The Duchess (2008), Mystery and Imagination (1966) and Doctor Who (1963).
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- Actor
Gareth Jones was born on 5 July 1961 in St. Asaph, Flintshire, Wales, UK. He is a director and actor, known for GamePad (2001), Vinyl (2012) and ITV Telethon (1988).- Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
Penelope Mortimer was born on 19 September 1918 in Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales, UK. She was a writer, known for Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965), A Summer Story (1988) and The Pumpkin Eater (1964). She was married to John Mortimer and Charles Dimont. She died on 19 October 1999 in London, England, UK.- Producer
- Actor
- Production Manager
Norman Williams was born on 7 June 1918 in Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, UK. He was a producer and actor, known for White Hunter (1957), Scott of the Antarctic (1948) and The Man Who Finally Died (1963). He was married to Patricia Dainton. He died on 27 March 2010 in Surrey, England, UK.- Actress
Ruth Ellis was born on 9 October 1926 in Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales, UK. She was an actress. She was married to George Johnston Ellis. She died on 13 July 1955 in Islington, London, England, UK.- Director
- Producer
Christopher Hodson was born on 12 January 1929 in Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales, UK. He was a director and producer, known for Upstairs, Downstairs (1971), Mr. Digby Darling (1969) and A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (1987). He died on 26 December 2015 in Chichester, West Sussex, England, UK.- Sam Livesey was born on 14 October 1873 in Flintshire, Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for Young Woodley (1930), The Mill on the Floss (1936) and The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933). He was married to Cassie Livesey and Margaret Ann Edwards, aka Maggie Edwards. He died on 7 November 1936 in London, England, UK.
- Dion Williams was born in 1975 in Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales, UK. He is an actor, known for Roses and Chocolates, Hope (2009) and Disposal (2009).
- Anthony Roye was born on 4 May 1922 in Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for Strife (1960), The Avengers (1961) and The Pickwick Papers (1985). He died on 23 August 1995 in Bracknell, Berkshire, England, UK.
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- Soundtrack
Felix Powell was born on 23 May 1878 in St. Asaph, Flintshire, Wales, UK. He is known for Chalet Girl (2011), Darling Lili (1970) and Sapphire & Steel (1979). He died on 10 February 1942 in Peacehaven, East Sussex, England, UK.- Aubrey Phillips was born in 1933 in Bagillt, Flintshire, Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for Emmerdale Farm (1972), The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991) and Coronation Street (1960). He died on 11 March 2015 in Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, Wales, UK.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kevin Kavanagh was born in 1927 in Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales, UK. He was a writer and assistant director, known for Walkabout (1971), The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967) and A Prize of Arms (1962). He died in October 1993 in Chichester, West Sussex, England, UK.- Jennifer Toye was born on 16 December 1933 in Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, UK. She was an actress, known for Ruddigore (1966) and BBC Show of the Week (1965). She died on 17 January 2022.
- Tani Bentis was born in 1941 in Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, UK. She was an actress, known for Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord (1998), Crossroads (1964) and Dear Sarah (1989). She was married to Des Braiden and Colin Rieley. She died in November 2011 in Manorhamilton, County Leitrim, Ireland.
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- Actor
Syd Lawrence was born on 26 June 1923 in Shotton, Flintshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Sez Les (1969), All Star Comedy Carnival (1972) and The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968). He died on 5 May 1998 in England, UK.- Writer
- Additional Crew
Elwyn Ambrose was born in 1912 in Saltney, Flintshire, Wales, UK. He is a writer, known for The Castle of the Living Dead (1964), The Caretaker's Daughter (1952) and Miss MacTaggart Won't Lie Down (1966).- Buddug-Mair Powell was born in 1928 in Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales, UK. She is an actress, known for Festival (1963) and Under Milk Wood (1957).
- Alwyn Sheppard Fidler was born on 8 May 1909 in Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, UK. He was married to Margaret Kidner. He died on 4 January 1990 in Reigate, Surrey, England, UK.
- Cecil Dereham was born on 8 June 1891 in Northop, Flintshire, Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for In the Days of Robin Hood (1913). He died in 1960 in Holborn, London, England, UK.
- Ronald Waterhouse was born on 8 May 1926 in Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, UK. He was married to Sarah Ingram. He died on 8 May 2011.