Veteran British actor Joss Ackland, best known for his roles in the films Lethal Weapon 2 and White Mischief, has died. He was 95. Ackland passed on Sunday, November 19, with his representative, Paul Pearson, confirming the death. “Joss was a long-term client and great friend who remained lucid, erudite and mischievous to the very end. He died peacefully with his family this morning,” Pearson said in a statement. Born on February 29, 1928, in London, England, Ackland trained at London’s Central School of Speech and Drama before making his professional stage debut at 17 years old, starring in the 1945 production of The Hasty Heart. He became a regular at the Old Vic Theatre, appearing alongside the likes of Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, and Tom Courtenay. Ackland starred in several British television shows throughout the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, including opposite Alec Guinness in the 1979 adaptation of Tinker Sailor Soldier Spy. He also appeared...
- 11/20/2023
- TV Insider
Gayle Hunnicutt, the Texas-born actor known for 1969’s “Marlowe” and her role as Vanessa Beaumont in “Dallas,” died on Aug. 31 in London, according to The Times of London. She was 80.
Hunnicutt played Vanessa Beaumont, an English aristocrat who shares an illegitimate son with Larry Hagman’s J.R. Ewing, in the final three seasons of “Dallas” from 1989 to 1991.
Born on Feb. 6, 1943, in Fort Worth, Texas, Hunnicutt made her television debut in 1966 on the NBC sitcom “Mister Roberts.” She guested on several series in the ’60s, including “The Beverly Hillbillies,” “Hey Landlord,” “Love on a Rooftop” and “Get Smart.”
On the film side, Hunnicutt starred opposite James Garner in the 1969 neo-noir crime film “Marlowe,” in which she played television star Mavis Wald. She appeared in more than 30 films during her career, including “The Wild Angels,” “P.J.,” “Freelance,” “Running Scared,” “Target” and “The Legend of Hell House” opposite Roddy McDowell.
Hunnicutt married...
Hunnicutt played Vanessa Beaumont, an English aristocrat who shares an illegitimate son with Larry Hagman’s J.R. Ewing, in the final three seasons of “Dallas” from 1989 to 1991.
Born on Feb. 6, 1943, in Fort Worth, Texas, Hunnicutt made her television debut in 1966 on the NBC sitcom “Mister Roberts.” She guested on several series in the ’60s, including “The Beverly Hillbillies,” “Hey Landlord,” “Love on a Rooftop” and “Get Smart.”
On the film side, Hunnicutt starred opposite James Garner in the 1969 neo-noir crime film “Marlowe,” in which she played television star Mavis Wald. She appeared in more than 30 films during her career, including “The Wild Angels,” “P.J.,” “Freelance,” “Running Scared,” “Target” and “The Legend of Hell House” opposite Roddy McDowell.
Hunnicutt married...
- 9/6/2023
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
Gayle Hunnicutt, whose best-known work came as Vanessa Beaumont, the mother of J.R. Ewing’s illegitimate son, in the final three seasons of Dallas, has died per multiple U.K. reports. Hunnicutt died last Thursday at a hospital in London, according to her ex-husband Simon Jenkins. She was 80 years old.
That Hunnicutt would find fame playing Vanessa Beaumont, a Brit, on a TV show called Dallas was a bit ironic for a woman born in Fort Worth. But it was entirely sensible given that the actress spent much of her career in British TV and movies, even marrying the be-knighted Jenkins before returning to work in the U.S.
Her TV career began with a role on the shortlived small-screen adaptation of Mister Roberts and included roles on The Beverly Hillbillies, Get Smart and in Marlowe opposite James Garner.
In 1970, Hunnicutt met and later married David Hemmings, who himself...
That Hunnicutt would find fame playing Vanessa Beaumont, a Brit, on a TV show called Dallas was a bit ironic for a woman born in Fort Worth. But it was entirely sensible given that the actress spent much of her career in British TV and movies, even marrying the be-knighted Jenkins before returning to work in the U.S.
Her TV career began with a role on the shortlived small-screen adaptation of Mister Roberts and included roles on The Beverly Hillbillies, Get Smart and in Marlowe opposite James Garner.
In 1970, Hunnicutt met and later married David Hemmings, who himself...
- 9/6/2023
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Amazon Audible has struck a deal with Indian production outfit The Foundry, bringing podcast adaptations of the likes of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Pride and Prejudice to the platform in India.
Around 60 hours’ worth of content has been licensed to the U.S. giant’s podcasting arm, consisting of adaptations plus originals created by The Foundry Editor-in-Chief Vekeana Dhillon, the writer of Disney+ Hotstar’s Virat Kohli animation Super V.
Adaptations that form part of the deal include a version of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, a Hindi adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and Munshi Premchand’s classic Karmabhoomi.
Original content includes Dhillon’s disaster audio series Trapped and mystery thriller The Woman in Bed#3.
Ridhima Thakral, Audible’s India Content Director, called The Foundry “one of the country’s premiere content development studios on our service.” “With stories produced across genres, including classics,...
Around 60 hours’ worth of content has been licensed to the U.S. giant’s podcasting arm, consisting of adaptations plus originals created by The Foundry Editor-in-Chief Vekeana Dhillon, the writer of Disney+ Hotstar’s Virat Kohli animation Super V.
Adaptations that form part of the deal include a version of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, a Hindi adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and Munshi Premchand’s classic Karmabhoomi.
Original content includes Dhillon’s disaster audio series Trapped and mystery thriller The Woman in Bed#3.
Ridhima Thakral, Audible’s India Content Director, called The Foundry “one of the country’s premiere content development studios on our service.” “With stories produced across genres, including classics,...
- 12/19/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Saturday the 25th of July 2020 marked a decade since the world was first introduced to Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman as Holmes and Watson in BBC One’s Sherlock. To mark the anniversary, creators Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat and Sue Vertue took part in a Q&a session answering fan questions read out by Moffat and Vertue’s son (and young Sherlock) Louis Moffat.
You can see the full 25-minute Q&a session courtesy of Sherlockology. It’s a warm, nostalgic chat, peppered by jokes, filming memories and affectionate ribbing of their host.
Questions ranged from the creators’ favourite Holmes and Watson other than their own, most challenging scenes to film (the gushing cold Reichenbach Falls in ‘The Abominable Bride’), what Irene Adler is doing now (‘something naughty’), and how Sherlock Holmes would react to lockdown (‘Sherlock would quarantine himself for three months without knowing that he had!’ says Moffat.
You can see the full 25-minute Q&a session courtesy of Sherlockology. It’s a warm, nostalgic chat, peppered by jokes, filming memories and affectionate ribbing of their host.
Questions ranged from the creators’ favourite Holmes and Watson other than their own, most challenging scenes to film (the gushing cold Reichenbach Falls in ‘The Abominable Bride’), what Irene Adler is doing now (‘something naughty’), and how Sherlock Holmes would react to lockdown (‘Sherlock would quarantine himself for three months without knowing that he had!’ says Moffat.
- 7/27/2020
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
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