Were Robert Wise and Stuart Gillard both actors in films in the 20th century?
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Robert Wise Robert Earl Wise (September 10, 1914 – September 14, 2005) was an American film director, producer and editor. He won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for both "West Side Story" (1961) and "The Sound of Music" (1965). He was also nominated for Best Film Editing for "Citizen Kane" (1941) and directed and produced "The Sand Pebbles" (1966), which was nominated for Best Picture.
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Stuart Gillard He also wrote and directed the romance film "Paradise" in 1982, his directing debut.
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Jackboots on Whitehall Jackboots on Whitehall is a 2010 British puppet adult animated satirical action comedy war adventure film set in an alternative history Second World War, in which Nazi Germany has seized London. The British must band together at Hadrian's Wall if they are to thwart the German invasion. This is the first film of its kind to feature animatronic puppets and the voices of well-known British actors including Ewan McGregor, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Timothy Spall, Richard O'Brien, and Richard Griffiths. The film was executive produced by Frank Mannion. The film premiered at the EIFF on June 20, 2010 and was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on 8 October 2010 by Vertigo Films. The film grossed $20,776 on a $6 million budget. "Jackboots on Whitehall" was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 26 July 2011 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
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Walter Kingsford Walter Kingsford (20 September 1882 – 7 February 1958) was a British stage, film and television actor.
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John Gielgud Sir Arthur John Gielgud ( ; 14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight decades. With Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier, he was one of the trio of actors who dominated the British stage for much of the 20th century. A member of the Terry family theatrical dynasty, he gained his first paid acting work as a junior member of his cousin Phyllis Neilson-Terry's company in 1922. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art he worked in repertory theatre and in the West End before establishing himself at the Old Vic as an exponent of Shakespeare in 1929–31.
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Jack Warner (actor) Jack Warner, OBE (born Horace John Waters, 24 October 1895 – 24 May 1981) was a British film and television actor. He is closely associated with the role of PC George Dixon, which he played in the 1950 film "The Blue Lamp" and later in the television series "Dixon of Dock Green" from 1955 until 1976, but he was also for some years one of Great Britain's most popular film stars.
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The Escape (1994 film) The Escape is a 1994 Canadian action TV movie directed by Stuart Gillard starring Patrick Dempsey.
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State Secret (1950 film) State Secret is a 1950 British drama film directed by Sidney Gilliat and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jack Hawkins, Glynis Johns, Olga Lowe and Herbert Lom. It was made at Isleworth Studios. It was released in the United States under the title The Great Manhunt.
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Bob McKenzie (actor) Robert McKenzie (22 September 1880 – 8 July 1949) was an Irish film actor. He appeared in more than 310 films between 1915 and 1946.
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Owd Bob (1924 film) Owd Bob is a 1924 British drama film directed by Henry Edwards and starring J. Fisher White, Ralph Forbes and James Carew. It is based on the novel "Owd Bob" by Alfred Ollivant.
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Carlton + Godard = Cinema Carlton + Godard = Cinema is a 2003 Australian documentary about the Carlton film scene of the 1960s, including the work of such directors as Giorgio Mangiamele, Brian Davies, . It includes excerpts from films such as:
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Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard (] ; born 3 December 1930) is a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film critic. He is often identified with the 1960s French film movement "La Nouvelle Vague", or French New Wave.
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Alex Norton Alexander Hugh "Alex" Norton (born 27 January 1950) is a Scottish television, film and voice actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles as DCI Matt Burke in the STV detective drama series "Taggart", Eric Baird in BBC Two sitcom "Two Doors Down", DCS Wallace in "Extremely Dangerous", Gerard Findlay in "Waterloo Road" and Eddie in the "Renford Rejects". He has also had roles in internationally successful films including "Braveheart", "Local Hero" and "Les Misérables".
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Robert Osborne (disambiguation) Robert Osborne (1932–2017) was an American actor and film historian
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A Woman of Distinction A Woman of Distinction is a 1950 romantic comedy film directed by Edward Buzzell. It stars Rosalind Russell and Ray Milland.
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Robert Adair (actor) Robert Adair (3 January 1900 – 10 August 1954) was an American-born British actor. He was born in San Francisco and died in London.
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Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines; Or, How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes is a 1965 British comedy film starring Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, Robert Morley, Terry-Thomas, James Fox and Alberto Sordi, directed and co-written by Ken Annakin.
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Pride and Prejudice (1940 film) Pride and Prejudice is a 1940 American film adaptation of Jane Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice", directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier. The screenplay was written by Aldous Huxley and Jane Murfin, adapted specifically from the stage adaptation by Helen Jerome in addition to Jane Austen's novel. The film is about five sisters from an English family of landed gentry who must deal with issues of marriage, morality, and misconceptions. The film was released by MGM on July 26, 1940 in the United States, and was critically well received. "The New York Times" film critic praised the film as "the most deliciously pert comedy of old manners, the most crisp and crackling satire in costume that we in this corner can remember ever having seen on the screen."
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Kevin Summers Kevin Summers (born 1950) is an Australian actor who has worked in theatre, film & television for over four decades.
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Julian L'Estrange Julian L'Estrange (1880 - 1918) born Julian Boyle was an English born stage actor who later made a handful of silent films for Paramount Pictures. He met fellow performer Constance Collier in 1905 and after years of courtship married her in 1912. They were a well known married stage couple on both sides of the Atlantic. He died in the Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918. Collier never got over his early death and mentions him in her 1929 autobiography "Harlequinade". She never remarried.
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Ralph Riach Ralph Riach (born 1936) is a Scottish actor from Elgin, Moray. He is best known for his role as "John McIver" (better known as "TV John") in BBC One Scotland's comedy/drama "Hamish Macbeth". His career began at the age of 45, when he appeared in "Lost Empires" (1986). He has appeared in television shows including "Chancer", "Mosley", "Taggart", "Monarch of the Glen", "Peak Practice", "Doctor Finlay", and "Tutti Frutti". Film appearances include "The House of Mirth" (2000), "" (1999), "Braveheart" (1995) and "Copying Beethoven" (2006). He also portrayed John Laurie in the story of the making of Dad's Army.
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Robert DoQui Robert DoQui (April 20, 1934 – February 9, 2008) was an American actor who starred in film and on television. He is best known for his roles as King George in the 1973 film "Coffy", starring Pam Grier; as Wade in Robert Altman's 1975 film "Nashville"; and as Sgt. Warren Reed in the 1987 science fiction film "RoboCop", the 1990 sequel "RoboCop 2", and the 1993 sequel "RoboCop 3". He starred on television and is also known for his voice as Pablo Roberts on the cartoon series "Harlem Globetrotters" from 1970-1973.