Bruce Davis obit

Bruce Davis Dies: Longtime Academy Of Motion Picture Arts A Sciences Chief Executive Was 83

 

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Bruce Davis, who served as chief executive of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences for more than 20 years, died Saturday, Sept. 5 surrounded by family at his home in Los Angeles. He was 83.

Davis joined the Academy in 1981, following a position as chair of the theater department at Pennsylvania’s Juniata College. He was named executive director in 1989, a role in which he remained until his retirement in 2011.

“I don’t think I’ve been bored for a minute in 30 years here,” Davis told The Associated Press upon his retirement. “I feel like such a rube sometimes. To this day, when I get out of the car on Oscar night and step up there onto that carpet, you get that rush of energy. The lights are popping — not that anybody’s aiming at me — but still I think it’s one of the great rushes, emotionally speaking, that a person can have. I have never gotten tired of that.”

Born March 10, 1943, in Washington, D.C., Davis received an undergraduate degree in English at Juniata College, followed by a masters degree in Medieval Literature from the University of Maryland.

Under his leadership at the Academy, the organization expanded, thanks in large part to two major achievements in film preservation. Davis worked with Beverly Hills officials and Academy president Robert Wise to acquire the rights to the city’s 1928 Waterworks building, transforming it into the home of the Margaret Herrick Library. He also oversaw the acquisition of a sprawling 1948 television studio complex in Hollywood, and its conversion into the Academy Film Archive, along with the development of the Nicholl fellowship, the revival of the Science and Technology Council and the return of the Academy Awards to Hollywood. He was one of the earliest proponents of the Academy museum, which finally was realized when the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures opened on Wilshire Boulevard in 2021.

Davis was beloved at the Academy for his sharp wit, his engaging writing, and for establishing a tradition called Friday Lunches, where he would invite staff members at all levels from different departments to join him for a casual meal and conversation.

In 2022, his monumental history of Hollywood’s film Academy was published. Part memoir and part chronicle, The Academy and the Award: The Coming of Age of Oscar and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, was 12 years in the making.

One of the many interesting nuggets of info in the book was a possible solving of the mystery of who coined the name Oscar for the Academy Awards statue, with evidence pointing toward Eleanore Lilleberg, an assistant in the early days of the Academy. His research brought him to a small museum, in Green Valley, CA, named for and devoted to Eleanore’s woodcarver and gemologist brother Einar. In an unfinished autobiography, Einar explained that Eleanore appropriated the name “Oscar” from a Norwegian army veteran they had known in Chicago. Like the statuettes, he always “stood straight and tall.”

Davis went on to find a 1944 newspaper interview with one colleague and another’s oral history lending support to the Eleanore Lilleberg theory. “Unsought though it was, the credit for originating one of the world’s best-known nicknames should almost certainly belong to her,” he wrote.

Davis is survived by his wife Joann and their four daughters Brangien, Alexandra, Archer and Roxanne.

Robin Morgan obit

Robin Morgan Dies: Former Ms. Magazine Editor, Women’s Media Center Co-Founder With Jane Fonda & Gloria Steinem Was 85

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Robin Morgan, a former editor-in-chief of Ms. Magazine who co-founded the Women’s Media Center with Ms. co-founder Gloria Steinem and Jane Fonda, died today, September 5, just several days after the passing of her friend and colleague Steinem. Morgan was 85.

Her death was announced by her son Blake Morgan and Julie Burton, president and CEO of the Women’s Media Center. A cause of death was not disclosed, but her son noted that she died peacefully in her sleep. Robin Morgan was in her second decade of living with Parkinson’s Disease.

In a statement, Fonda said, “Robin Morgan was an artist, a poet, an activist, and in my eyes, a living legend — a woman whose anthology series, Sisterhood is Powerful, Sisterhood is Global, and Sisterhood is Forever provided the evidence needed to launch a feminist revolution, and it was part of my feminist education that led to the movie, 9 To 5.”

“I have learned so much from Robin over the years,” Fonda added. “I love her and all that she has brought to the world, the women’s movement, and to me on the most personal levels. I already miss her and my heart is broken.”

The editor-in-chief of Ms. Magazine from 1989 to 1994, Morgan, over the last decade, hosted, wrote, and produced the award-winning WMC podcast Women’s Media Center Live with Robin Morgan. The podcast recently produced its 500th episode.

Morgan, Fonda and Steinem co-founded the Women’s Media Center 21 years ago with a mission to give voice to and strengthen democracy for women in media and beyond. “Our job is to make women visible and powerful in the media,” Morgan once told Fox 5 Good Day New York. “And we do that through lots of programs — through training women in media skills, through SheSource, which is the go-to place for experts, through many programs and our radio program [now podcast], Women’s Media Center Live with Robin Morgan.”

Today the Women’s Media Center produces original on-air and online journalism by and about women, and documents and fights structural sexism and racism in media.

“Robin Morgan was one of the architects of the contemporary women’s movement,” Burton said in a statement. “Her global leadership for justice and equality, her work as a pioneering journalist who gave voice and visibility to women, and her fierce artistry as an internationally recognized poet and author of more than 20 books – these all constitute the legacy she has forged over decades of creative, cultural, and political work.”

“We will carry on her work,” Burton said of the WMC.

Fonda recalled another way in which Morgan made an impact.

“In my film career, I know that designers often offer beautiful clothes for interview and award show purposes,” the actor said. “Imagine my surprise and delight a few years ago in learning that the esteemed House of Dior was honoring Robin Morgan, a feminist and women’s liberation leader and one of the organizers of the historic 1969 Miss America pageant protest (and the designer of the feminist symbol of the raised fist within the Venus symbol), with a specially created T-shirt series honoring Robin’s feminist Sisterhood anthology and its global impact.

“The small but mighty activist and literary force was being celebrated by the first woman creative director of Dior women’s haute couture, ready-to-wear, and accessories collections, Maria Grazia Chiuri. What a beautiful and meaningful act showing the power of combining art and activism.”

Morgan’s son Blake survives her; complete survivor information was not immediately available.

Jerry Oates obit

Pro Wrestling Legend Jerry Oates Passes Away At Age 81

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The pro wrestling world has lost another legend.

On Saturday morning, Cauliflower Alley Club announced via social media the unfortunate news regarding the passing of former pro wrestling star Jerry Oates.

Oates, who held the Central States and Pacific Northwest Championships along with a number of territory tag team championships while teaming with Ronnie Garvin and Jesse Ventura during his career, was 81 years of age at the time of his passing.

The family of Jerry Oates released a statement to Cauliflower Alley Club, which was posted via their official Facebook page on 9/5 (see post below).

“Family Statement on the Passing of Jerry Oates,” the header of the statement began. “It is with heavy hearts that the family of Jerry Oates announces his passing.”

The statement then went into a brief summary of Oates upbringing and journey in the world of pro wrestling.

“Born in Columbus, Georgia, Jerry lived a full and impactful life marked by his passion for professional wrestling, fitness, and service to his community,” the statement continued. “From 1970 to 2010, he enjoyed a distinguished career as a professional wrestler. He owned and operated the Oates Gym, a cornerstone of the Columbus fitness community for more than two decades. He also promoted bodybuilding and wrestling events and later served as a deputy with the Tybee Island Police Department and the Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office. Jerry touched countless lives through his strength, generosity, and enduring spirit.”

It was also announced that a memorial service will be held for the late Jerry Oates on Saturday, September 12, 2026.

The CAC mourns the passing of professional wrestling great Jerry Oates at the age of 81.

A true craftsman of the ring, Jerry was respected not just for his toughness and skill, but for the professionalism and pride he brought to the business every single night. He helped shape an era and earned the admiration of fans and peers alike through hard work, grit, and authenticity.

Our heartfelt condolences go out to his family, friends, and everyone whose lives he touched. His legacy will live on in the stories, the memories, and the impact he made on professional wrestling.

Rest in peace, Jerry Oates.

His formal obituary states that Oates died September 4, one day before his 79th birthday. He was born September 5, 1947, in Columbus.

Oates entered professional wrestling in 1970 after training under his brother-in-law, Dick Steinborn. Much of his career came during the territorial era, with stops in Georgia, Central States and the Pacific Northwest, as well tours of Japan, primarily for All Japan Pro Wrestling.

He frequently teamed with his brother Ted Oates. The Oates Brothers won the NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship and captured All Japan’s All Asia Tag Team Championship in October 1976, defeating Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma in Tokyo.

He held singles championships in Central States and Portland, teamed with Jesse Ventura to win the Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship, and partnered with Ronnie Garvin in Georgia.

One of Oates’ most notable title victories came on July 4, 1984, when he and Garvin defeated The Road Warriors for the NWA National Tag Team Championship in Columbus.

Oates also had a small but notable place in one of the pivotal business developments of the 1980s. He was a minority shareholder in Georgia Championship Wrestling and joined Jack & Jerry Brisco and Paul Jones in selling their stock to Vince McMahon.

That transaction gave McMahon control of the promotion and its WTBS television slot, leading to the July 14, 1984 broadcast that became known as “Black Saturday.”

Away from his own in-ring career, Oates helped train wrestlers including Marty Jannetty and remained involved in promoting wrestling around Columbus.

A memorial service will be held at Evangel Church in Columbus on Saturday, September 12. Les Thatcher and Von Hardin will host the service, with Bobby Simmons officiating.

Craig Douglas obit

Tributes paid to Isle of Wight born singer Craig Douglas

 

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Tributes are being paid to Isle of Wight born singer Craig Douglas, who has died at the age of 85.

Considered by many to be one of the most successful pop stars in Britain, Craig's cover of Sam Cooke's song Only Sixteen topped the UK charts in 1959, where it stayed for more than a month.

Born in Newport as Terence Perkins, Craig left the Island in the late 1950s and went on to have a string of hits, including A Teenager in Love, Pretty Blue Eyes and When My Little Girl Is Smiling.

At the height of his fame, he was outselling acts including Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley.

A spokesperson for Craig's family said he passed peacefully after a very short illness, with his family by his side.

They ask that people respect their privacy at this time.

In 1962, Craig starred alongside fellow musicians Helen Shapiro and Chubby Checker in the musical-comedy film It's Trad, Dad!

Craig then continued to record music, and he released his final studio album, The Craig Douglas Project, in 2011.

In 2021, the County Press reported on his 80th birthday celebration, which was arranged by his long-term friend, local showbiz journalist and broadcaster, the late John Hannam.

In a recent article about the IW's music legacy, Andrew Bradstock wrote about Craig’s career.

He said: “While rock ’n’ roll gripped the nation, there was still space for the clean-cut, boy-next-door singer of the Pat Boone variety.

“And one of the leading British versions of Boone was a man from the Island, the farmhand and milkman, Terence Perkins, later Craig Douglas

“One day he came home from his job at Bill Strickland’s Farm in Calbourne to find his mother had entered him in a talent contest at the Medina Cinema in Newport.

“This was November 1957, and he was just 16.

“Singing Mary’s Boy Child, he won the contest over some rockers who, as he put it, "had bootlace ties, luminous socks, Tony Curtis haircuts and did Presley stuff."

“He sang Pat Boone’s Love Letters in the Sand to win the first heat.

“Soon after, he was spotted by the manager and record producer, Bunny Lewis, and his wife, Janique Joelle.

“They encouraged him to turn professional, and gave him the stage name, Craig Douglas.

“After a week at the Empire Theatre, Portsmouth (where he was billed as ‘The Boy with the Golden Voice’), Lewis got him on BBC TV’s Six-Five Special alongside Cliff Richard and Joe Brown.

“His career really took off when he signed with the record label, Top Rank.”

Actor

Jess Conrad, Liz Fraser, and Tony Wickert in Murder Can Be Deadly (1962)

Murder Can Be Deadly

5.8

Nightclub Singer

1962

 

Ring-A-Ding Rhythm! (1962)

Ring-A-Ding Rhythm!

5.9

Craig

1962

 

Soundtrack

Albert Finney in Cold Lazarus (1996)

Cold Lazarus

7.6

TV Mini Series

performer: "A TEENAGER IN LOVE"

1996

 

Hugh O'Conor in The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1995)

The Young Poisoner's Handbook

7.0

performer: "Nothing Shaking (But the Leaves On the Trees)"

1995

 

The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968)

The Morecambe & Wise Show

8.1

TV Series

performer: "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (uncredited)

1970

1 episode

 

Jess Conrad, Liz Fraser, and Tony Wickert in Murder Can Be Deadly (1962)

Murder Can Be Deadly

5.8

performer: "Another You", "Painted Smile"

1962

 

George Chakiris, Jocelyn Lane, Alfred Lynch, and Janette Scott in The Girl Swappers (1962)

The Girl Swappers

6.1

performer: "A Change of Heart"

1962

 

Ring-A-Ding Rhythm! (1962)

Ring-A-Ding Rhythm!

5.9

performer: "Rainbows", "Ring-a-Ding" (uncredited)

1962

 

Climb Up the Wall (1960)

Climb Up the Wall

4.0

performer: "Miss In-Between", "Of Love"

1960

 

Thanks

Talkies

7.0

TV Series

thanks

2019

1 episode

 

Self

Talkies

7.0

TV Series

Self

2019

1 episode

 

Noel Fielding, Greg Davies, Sophie Willan, and Jamali Maddix in Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1996)

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

7.8

TV Series

Self - Mystery Guest

2005

1 episode

 

Eamonn Andrews in This Is Your Life (1955)

This Is Your Life

6.4

TV Series

Self

1995

1 episode

 

The Time of Your Life (1983)

The Time of Your Life

5.0

TV Series

Self

1983

1 episode

 

Glamour...

TV Series

Self

1969–1973

6 episodes

 

The Golden Shot (1967)

The Golden Shot

6.8

TV Series

Self

1970

1 episode

 

The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968)

The Morecambe & Wise Show

8.1

TV Series

Self

1970

1 episode

 

Set 'em Up Joe

TV Series

Self

1969

1 episode

 

Dee Time (1967)

Dee Time

7.4

TV Series

Self

1969

1 episode

 

Tommy Quickly in Thank Your Lucky Stars (1961)

Thank Your Lucky Stars

7.5

TV Series

Self - Guest Host

1961–1966

16 episodes

 

Five O'Clock Club (1963)

Five O'Clock Club

7.8

TV Series

Self - Guest

1963–1966

10 episodes

 

Discs-a-gogo (1961)

Discs-a-gogo

7.4

TV Series

Self - PerformerSelf - Singer

1963–1965

2 episodes

 

A Vote for the Stars

TV Series

Self

1964

 

Song Boat

TV Mini Series

Self - Host

1964

2 episodes

 

Cilla Black in Blackpool Night Out (1964)

Blackpool Night Out

7.4

TV Series

Self

1964

1 episode

 

For Teenagers Only

TV Series

Self

1964

1 episode

 

Open House (1964)

Open House

TV Series

Self

1964

1 episode

 

Big Night Out (1961)

Big Night Out

7.0

TV Series

Self

1964

1 episode

 

Billy Cotton Band Show (1956)

Billy Cotton Band Show

6.4

TV Series

Self - Singer

1961–1962

2 episodes

 

Pops and Lenny (1962)

Pops and Lenny

TV Series

Self

1962

2 episodes

 

Young at Heart

TV Series

Self - Singer

1961

1 episode

 

A Song for Europe

TV Special

Self

1961

 

Whistle Stop!

TV Series

Self

1961

1 episode

 

Climb Up the Wall (1960)

Climb Up the Wall

4.0

Self

1960

 

Make a Date

TV Series

Self - Singer

1960

1 episode

 

The Sunday Break (1958)

The Sunday Break

TV Series

Self - Performer

1960

1 episode

 

Six-Five Special (1957)

Six-Five Special

6.6

TV Series

Self

1958

6 episodes

 

Archive Footage

Sounds of the Sixties

7.6

TV Mini Series

Self (archive footage)

1991

1 episode

 

Bernard Braden and Esther Rantzen in Braden's Week (1968)

Braden's Week

7.6

TV Series

Self (archive footage)

1970

1 episode

 

Richard O'Sullivan obit

Man About the House star Richard O'Sullivan dies aged 82

 

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Actor Richard O'Sullivan, whose roles included Robin Tripp in 1970s TV sitcoms Man About the House and Robin's Nest, has died aged 82.

He was also known for starring in Doctor at Large, Dick Turpin, and the 1980s sitcom Me and My Girl, alongside Tim Brooke-Taylor, Joanne Ridley and Joan Sanderson.

O'Sullivan died surrounded by close family at Brinsworth House, the Royal Variety Charity's care home, in west London where he had lived for 23 years.

In a statement, Giles Cooper of the Royal Variety said: "Richard O'Sullivan was a master of effortless charm and impeccable comic timing, bringing pure warmth, wit, and unforgettable joy to millions of living rooms as a true giant of British television."

Cooper added Sullivan would be "sorely missed by us all at the Royal Variety Charity".

The actor's son James O'Sullivan said in his own statement: "My dad was as funny and charming in real life as he appeared on our TV screens over the years.

"Although much of his career happened before I was born, I was fortunate enough to be able to enjoy and witness his incredible talents on the countless re-runs of his shows that made him the respected and loved actor that he was."

He thanked the staff at Brinsworth House for their "love, kindness and care".

Man About the House co-starred Paula Wilcox, Sally Thomsett, Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy in six series on ITV.

It was about a man sharing a London flat with two single women - quite a daring storyline for that era.

In Me and My Girl, he played a widow living with his adolescent daughter.

Getty Images Paula Wilcox, Richard O'Sullivan and Sally Thomsett as Chrissy, Robin and Jo in Man About The House, all with 70s clothes and haircutsGetty Images

Paula Wilcox, Richard O'Sullivan and Sally Thomsett played Chrissy, Robin and Jo in Man About The House

Born in London in 1944, O'Sullivan started his career as a child actor in the 50s and 60s, playing uncredited roles in dramas in 1953.

He went on to appear in the Children's Film Foundation's first serial production Raiders of the River, and in 1956 he was in Sir Peter Hall's production of Love's Labour's Lost at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford.

He also appeared in 1961 film Spare the Rod, a social commentary drama about a teacher working in a tough, deprived area, starring Max Bygraves and Donald Pleasance. O'Sullivan played a difficult and defiant student in his final year.

After gaining steady work in dramatic roles, including 1963's Cleopatra, as Pharoah Ptolemy XIII, which starred Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, he moved towards comedy, in shows such as The Ronnie Barker Playhouse, in 1968, and The Galton and Simpson Comedy the following year.

Ray Galton and Alan Simpson went on to create the sitcoms Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe and Son.

O'Sullivan was also in two films with Sir Cliff Richard in the 1960s – The Young Ones in 1961 and Wonderful Life in 1964.

By 1973, he took his starring role in Man About the House, which was a big success, not least because of its daring plot about a man living with two single women.

"The issue was not the living arrangement itself, but what it implied," British Comedy Classics said of the series.

"A man sharing a flat with two unmarried women would be read as sexual, and that risked the show being rejected or framed as inappropriate for prime-time viewing."

In order to bypass any potential disapproval from their landlords, George and Mildred Roper, who also got their own spin-off TV series, the two women claim their flatmate Robin is gay.

Robin keeps up the pretence for their landlords, which created the comedy and made it acceptable watching for a pre-watershed 70s audience.

Between 1979 and 1982 he took on the more dramatic titlular role of 18th Century highwayman Dick Turpin, in ITV's series.

But by the 80s he returned to sitcoms with Me and My Girl, which ran from 1984 to 1988, and Trouble in Mind in 1991, about a married psychiatrist who is having something of a mid-life crisis.

After this his career became much quieter, with an appearance in Noel's House Party and a starring role in a 1996 film called Holed, about a golfing match.

In his statement, James O'Sullivan concluded: "Always kind-spirited, good humoured, a doting grandfather and a wonderful dad – I will miss him dearly."

 

Actor

Holed

6.5

TV Movie

Henry

1996

 

Noel's House Party (1991)

Noel's House Party

6.3

TV Series

The Duke of Crinkley Bottom

1992

1 episode

 

Trouble in Mind (1991)

Trouble in Mind

4.4

TV Series

Adam Charlesworth

1991

9 episodes

 

Richard O'Sullivan and Joanne Ridley in Me and My Girl (1984)

Me and My Girl

6.4

TV Series

Simon Harrap

1984–1988

52 episodes

 

Bobby Ball, Tommy Cannon, and Eric Sykes in Rhubarb Rhubarb (1980)

Mr H Is Late

7.3

TV Short

Breakfasting Neighbour

1988

 

Janet Key, Richard O'Sullivan, Joanna Van Gyseghem, and John Wells in The Giftie (1988)

The Giftie

8.5

TV Movie

Paul

1988

 

Dick Turpin (1979)

Dick Turpin

7.3

TV Series

Dick Turpin

1979–1982

31 episodes

 

Robin's Nest (1977)

Robin's Nest

6.4

TV Series

Robin

1977–1981

48 episodes

 

Richard O'Sullivan, Sally Thomsett, and Paula Wilcox in Man About the House (1973)

Man About the House

7.3

TV Series

RobinRobin Tripp

1973–1976

39 episodes

 

Can You Keep It Up for a Week? (1974)

Can You Keep It Up for a Week?

4.5

Mr. Rose

1974

 

Man About the House (1974)

Man About the House

5.9

Robin Tripp

1974

 

Doctor in Charge (1972)

Doctor in Charge

7.4

TV Series

Dr. Lawrence BinghamLionel BinghamLeonard Bingham

1972–1973

26 episodes

 

All Star Comedy Carnival (1973)

All Star Comedy Carnival

6.4

TV Special

Robin TrippDr. Lawrence Bingham (segments "Man About the House", "Doctor in Charge")

1973

 

Father Dear Father (1973)

Father Dear Father

5.0

Richard

1973

 

Patrick Cargill, Noel Dyson, Ann Holloway, and Natasha Pyne in Father, Dear Father (1968)

Father, Dear Father

6.5

TV Series

HowardSteven

1968–1973

3 episodes

 

Alcock and Gander (1972)

Alcock and Gander

7.0

TV Series

Richard Gander

1972

6 episodes

 

Au Pair Girls (1972)

Au Pair Girls

4.9

Stephen

1972

 

Now Look Here (1971)

Now Look Here

6.5

TV Series

Keith

1971

7 episodes

 

Doctor at Large (1971)

Doctor at Large

7.0

TV Series

Lawrence Bingham

1971

10 episodes

 

Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)

Thirty-Minute Theatre

7.0

TV Series

Second Lieutenant AudenLieutenant Halliday

1968–1971

2 episodes

 

Play for Today (1970)

Play for Today

7.8

TV Series

Whiteley

1970

1 episode

 

Ronnie Barker, Michael Hordern, and Roger Livesey in Futtocks End (1970)

Futtocks End

6.1

The Boots

1970

 

Kaz Garas, Anthony Quayle, and Anneke Wills in Strange Report (1969)

Strange Report

8.0

TV Series

Perk

1969

1 episode

 

Jack Warner in Dixon of Dock Green (1955)

Dixon of Dock Green

6.9

TV Series

Cris PatrosGeoffrey Saunders

1967–1969

2 episodes

 

Horror House (1969)

Horror House

4.8

Peter

1969

 

Galton and Simpson Comedy (1969)

Galton and Simpson Comedy

7.7

TV Series

3rd Angel

1969

1 episode

 

BBC Play of the Month (1965)

BBC Play of the Month

7.1

TV Series

Michael Barnes

1968

1 episode

 

Ronnie Barker and Richard O'Sullivan in The Ronnie Barker Playhouse (1968)

The Ronnie Barker Playhouse

TV Series

Arthur

1968

1 episode

 

A Dandy in Aspic (1968)

A Dandy in Aspic

6.2

Nevil

1968

 

Scottish Playbill

TV Series

1967

1 episode

 

The Golden Age

TV Series

Robin

1967

1 episode

 

NET Playhouse (1964)

NET Playhouse

6.6

TV Series

Lieutenant John Hallett

1967

1 episode

 

Room at the Bottom

TV Series

The Honourable Tarquin

1967

1 episode

 

Great Expectations (1967)

Great Expectations

7.2

TV Series

Herbert Pocket

1967

7 episodes

 

The Wednesday Play (1964)

The Wednesday Play

7.3

TV Series

Christopher TenterdenMark

1966–1967

2 episodes

 

Drama 61-67 (1961)

Drama 61-67

7.4

TV Series

Lieut. Charles Reed

1966

1 episode

 

Conflict

TV Series

George D'Alroy

1966

1 episode

 

Foreign Affairs

TV Series

Taplow

1966

6 episodes

 

No Hiding Place (1959)

No Hiding Place

7.5

TV Series

TomDigby Gabriel

1965–1966

2 episodes

 

Love Story (1963)

Love Story

6.9

TV Series

David

1966

1 episode

 

Reginald Marsh in Seven Deadly Sins (1966)

Seven Deadly Sins

TV Series

Mike Sands

1966

1 episode

 

Patrick McGoohan in Secret Agent (1964)

Secret Agent

8.2

TV Series

Aldo Shargis

1966

1 episode

 

Emergency-Ward 10 (1957)

Emergency-Ward 10

6.3

TV Series

John Brown

1965

7 episodes

 

Pamela Brown and Barry Warren in Six Shades of Black (1965)

Six Shades of Black

TV Series

Dingo Jubb

1965

1 episode

 

John Thaw in Redcap (1964)

Redcap

7.8

TV Series

Boy C.S.M. Duffy

1964

1 episode

 

Seaside Swingers (1964)

Seaside Swingers

5.1

Jimmy

1964

 

Susan Hampshire and Cliff Richard in Swingers' Paradise (1964)

Swingers' Paradise

5.3

Edward

1964

 

ITV Play of the Week (1955)

ITV Play of the Week

6.6

TV Series

DigbyLieutenant John Hallett

1963–1964

2 episodes

 

Walt Disney in The Magical World of Disney (1954)

The Magical World of Disney

8.3

TV Series

HugoGeorge Ransley

1962–1963

6 episodes

 

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow (1963)

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

7.3

George Ransley

1963

 

Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rex Harrison in Cleopatra (1963)

Cleopatra

7.0

Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII

1963

 

Jezebel ex UK (1963)

Jezebel ex UK

5.8

TV Series

Paul Brooks

1963

1 episode

 

John Cassavetes and Richard O'Sullivan in The Webster Boy (1962)

The Webster Boy

5.8

Jimmy Webster

1962

 

The Prince and the Pauper (1962)

The Prince and the Pauper

6.3

John Marlowe

1962

 

Wonderful to Be Young! (1961)

Wonderful to Be Young!

5.8

Ernest

1961

 

Spare the Rod (1961)

Spare the Rod

6.7

Fred Harkness

1961

 

A Story of David: The Hunted (1960)

A Story of David: The Hunted

5.5

Abiathar

1960

 

And Women Shall Weep (1960)

And Women Shall Weep

Godfrey Lumsden

1960

 

The DuPont Show of the Month (1957)

The DuPont Show of the Month

6.7

TV Series

Jim Hawkins

1960

1 episode

 

A House Called Bell Tower

TV Series

Gary Jones

1960

7 episodes

 

The Four Just Men (1959)

The Four Just Men

7.1

TV Series

Pietro

1960

1 episode

 

Witness in the Dark (1959)

Witness in the Dark

6.6

Don Theobald

1959

 

Carry on Teacher (1959)

Carry on Teacher

6.2

Robin Stevens - Saboteur

1959

 

The Nun's Story (1959)

The Nun's Story

7.5

Pierre (Gabrielle's Brother) (uncredited)

1959

 

ITV Television Playhouse (1955)

ITV Television Playhouse

8.3

TV Series

BoyEric Corrigan

1958–1959

3 episodes

 

Mary Britten, M.D.

TV Series

DavidJimmy

1958

1 episode

 

Decision (1958)

Decision

6.2

TV Series

1958

1 episode

 

The Highwayman

TV Movie

Luke

1958

 

Television World Theatre (1957)

Television World Theatre

TV Series

Gordon Evans as a boy

1958

1 episode

 

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955)

The Adventures of Robin Hood

7.6

TV Series

Will DalePrince Arthur

1957–1958

2 episodes

 

Sword of Freedom (1957)

Sword of Freedom

7.2

TV Series

Alberto

1957

1 episode

 

Dangerous Exile (1957)

Dangerous Exile

5.6

Louis XVIIRichard de Beauvais

1957

 

Little Lord Fauntleroy

TV Mini Series

Cedric Errol

1957

4 episodes

 

Anna Neagle in No Time for Tears (1957)

No Time for Tears

6.2

William Reynolds

1957

 

Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! (1957)

Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!

6.3

TV Series

Thomaso

1957

1 episode

 

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre

7.0

TV Series

Paton

1956

1 episode

 

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in Rheingold Theatre (1953)

Rheingold Theatre

8.0

TV Series

David HowardTim

1955–1956

2 episodes

 

John Mills in It's Great to Be Young! (1956)

It's Great to Be Young!

6.4

Lawson, The Angel Hill Kids

1956

 

John Gregson, Richard O'Sullivan, and Jacqueline Ryan in Jacqueline (1956)

Jacqueline

6.7

Michael

1956

 

Raiders of the River (1956)

Raiders of the River

7.1

Joey

1956

 

London Playhouse

TV Series

Johnny

1956

1 episode

 

Boris Karloff in Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954)

Colonel March of Scotland Yard

7.1

TV Series

Roger

1956

1 episode

 

Sherlock Holmes (1954)

Sherlock Holmes

7.5

TV Series

Andrew Fenwick

1955

1 episode

 

The Secret (1955)

The Secret

5.8

John Martin

1955

 

The Warriors (1955)

The Warriors

5.8

Thomas Holland

1955

 

I cavalieri dell'illusione (1954)

I cavalieri dell'illusione

5.6

1954

 

Loves of Three Queens (1954)

Loves of Three Queens

5.1

Benoni (segment "I Cavalieri dell'illusione")

1954

 

Make Me an Offer! (1954)

Make Me an Offer!

6.1

Charlie. as a boy

1954

 

Ann Todd, Kieron Moore, and Michael Redgrave in The Green Scarf (1954)

The Green Scarf

6.9

Child Jacques

1954

 

Dance Little Lady (1954)

Dance Little Lady

5.3

Peter

1954

 

The Stranger's Hand (1954)

The Stranger's Hand

6.0

Roger Court

1954

 

Malta Story (1953)

Malta Story

6.5

Ninno Gonzar (uncredited)

1953

 

Andrew Ray in The Yellow Balloon (1953)

The Yellow Balloon

6.8

Boy Singing at Sunday School (uncredited)

1953

 

Music Department

Robin's Nest (1977)

Robin's Nest

6.4

TV Series

composer: theme music

1977–1981

48 episodes

 

Composer

Trouble in Mind (1991)

Trouble in Mind

4.4

TV Series

music written by

1991

8 episodes

 

Robin's Nest (1977)

Robin's Nest

6.4

TV Series

Composer

1977–1981

 

Soundtrack

Richard O'Sullivan, Sally Thomsett, and Paula Wilcox in Man About the House (1973)

Man About the House

7.3

TV Series

performer: "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen" (Opus 65, No. 6)

1975

1 episode

 

Seaside Swingers (1964)

Seaside Swingers

5.1

performer: "Say You Do"

1964

 

Susan Hampshire and Cliff Richard in Swingers' Paradise (1964)

Swingers' Paradise

5.3

performer: "A Girl in Every Port", "Home", "We Love a Movie", "All Kinds of People", "A Matter of Moments", "My Mammy " (uncredited)

1964

 

Self

Eamonn Andrews in This Is Your Life (1955)

This Is Your Life

6.4

TV Series

Self

1974–1999

9 episodes

 

Has Anyone Seen My Pussy? (1997)

Has Anyone Seen My Pussy?

TV Movie

Self

1997

 

Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins in Light Lunch (1997)

Light Lunch

7.2

TV Series

Self

1997

1 episode

 

Today's the Day

TV Series

Self

1995

1 episode

 

The Hypnotic World of Paul McKenna (1993)

The Hypnotic World of Paul McKenna

6.7

TV Series

Self

1994

1 episode

 

Schofield's Christmas TV Gold

TV Movie

Self

1993

 

Noel Edmonds in Telly Addicts (1985)

Telly Addicts

6.3

TV Series

Self

1993

1 episode

 

Granada Reports (1980)

Granada Reports

5.8

TV Series

Self - Interviewee

1992

1 episode

 

Terry Wogan in Wogan (1982)

Wogan

6.2

TV Series

Self

1991

1 episode

 

Jos Brink and Rolf X. Wouters in Wedden, dat..? (1984)

Wedden, dat..?

6.4

TV Series

Self - Guest Panelist

1990

1 episode

 

That's Showbusiness (1989)

That's Showbusiness

4.8

TV Series

Self - Panelist

1989

2 episodes

 

Michael Aspel, Lionel Blair, and Una Stubbs in Give Us a Clue (1979)

Give Us a Clue

7.1

TV Series

Self - PanellistSelf - Panelist

1979–1988

6 episodes

 

Christopher Lee in International Pro-Celebrity Golf (1975)

International Pro-Celebrity Golf

7.5

TV Series

Self

1986–1987

2 episodes

 

Babble

TV Series

Self

1983–1984

8 episodes

 

Password (1982)

Password

6.8

TV Series

Self

1983

1 episode

 

On Safari (1982)

On Safari

7.4

TV Series

Self

1982

1 episode

 

Carole Ashby and Nicholas Parsons in Sale of the Century (1971)

Sale of the Century

6.7

TV Series

Self - Contestant

1982

1 episode

 

Children in Need

TV Special

Self

1981

 

Punchlines (1981)

Punchlines

5.4

TV Series

Self

1981

1 episode

 

Night of One Hundred Stars

TV Movie

Self

1980

 

Star Games (1978)

Star Games

4.5

TV Series

Self

1980

1 episode

 

Sally James, John Gorman, and Chris Tarrant in Tiswas (1974)

Tiswas

7.7

TV Series

Self

1980

1 episode

 

Terry Wogan in Blankety Blank (1978)

Blankety Blank

6.3

TV Series

Self

1979

1 episode

 

On Location

TV Series

Self

1979

1 episode

 

It's a Knockout (1966)

It's a Knockout

7.4

TV Series

Self

1976–1979

3 episodes

 

The Steve Jones Game Show

TV Series

Self

1979

 

Graeme Garden in Star Turn (1976)

Star Turn

6.8

TV Series

Self

1978

1 episode

 

The Sweepstakes Game

TV Series

Self - Panellist

1976

2 episodes

 

Liza Goddard, Nerys Hughes, Joanna Lumley, Bill Maynard, Patrick Mower, Jon Pertwee, Magnus Pyke, Victor Spinetti, and Mollie Sugden in Whodunnit? (1972)

Whodunnit?

7.9

TV Series

Self - Panellist

1974–1976

3 episodes

 

The Larry Solway Show (1974)

The Larry Solway Show

TV Series

Self

1976

1 episode

 

Lee Remick in The T.V. Times Awards Show (1975)

The T.V. Times Awards Show

TV Special

Self

1975

 

Lulu (1975)

Lulu

TV Series

Self

1975

1 episode

 

Call My Bluff (1965)

Call My Bluff

7.1

TV Series

Self

1973

2 episodes

 

Archive Footage

Simon Sheridan in Saucy!: Secrets of the British Sex Comedy (2024)

Saucy!: Secrets of the British Sex Comedy

7.4

TV Series

Self (archive footage)

2024

 

Biography (1987)

Biography

7.7

TV Series

Self (archive footage)

2009

1 episode

 

Revealed (2002)

Revealed

6.9

TV Series

Dick Turpin (archive footage)

2007

1 episode

 

The Unforgettable Yootha Joyce (2001)

The Unforgettable Yootha Joyce

7.7

TV Movie

Self - Robin Tripp (archive footage)

2001

 

Best of British (1987)

Best of British

7.7

TV Series

Self (archive footage)

1988

1 episode

 

Kraft Mystery Theater (1961)

Kraft Mystery Theater

7.8

TV Series

Don Theobald (archive footage)

1961

1 episode

 

Jon Small obit

Jon Small, Drummer In Early Billy Joel Bands, Has Died

 

He was not on the list.

Jon Small, who played drums in Billy Joel's early bands the Hassles and Atilla and later became an accomplished director of music videos and concert films, has died. Joel announced his passing in a social media post today, and a death announcement circulating on social media notes he died Friday. His funeral will be held on Sept. 9 in Great Neck, New York. No cause of death has been listed.

Getting their start as teenagers in New York City, Small and Joel were best friends who first teamed up in the 1960s as members of the psych rock and soul band the Hassles. The group released two albums for United Artists in the late '60s, with Joel, the primary songwriter, taking over lead vocals from original singer John Dizek on the second LP, 1969's Hour Of The Wolf. Joel and Small then left the Hassles to form the hard rock duo Attila, whose lone self-titled album came out on Epic in 1970.

Attila dissolved the following year when Joel began dating Small's wife, Elizabeth Weber, a subject that all parties discussed at length in the HBO documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes. Joel felt such guilt over betraying Small that he attempted suicide by drinking furniture polish, but Small rescued him by driving him to the hospital. The saga became the basis for "Tomorrow Is Today" from Joel's 1971 solo debut album Cold Spring Harbor.

Small became a filmmaker specializing in music videos and concert films. He directed Aerosmith and Run-DMC's famous "Walk This Way" video, multiple Garth Brooks videos such as "The Red Strokes" and "Standing Outside The Fire," clips for Anita Baker and Luther Vandross, and several Billy Joel videos, among them "Tell Her About It" and the Ray Charles duet "Baby Grand." Small began to focus on concert films later in his career, helming projects for country stars like Brooks, Reba McEntire, Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton, and Rascal Flatts, as well as work with Van Morrison and multiple Billy Joel concert movies.

Cassandra Wilson obit

WBGO mourns the loss of NEA Jazz Master and two-time Grammy Award-winning vocalist Cassandra Wilson

 She was not on the list.

The music world is mourning the loss of two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer Cassandra Wilson. Wilson died this morning (September 2) in Jackson, Mississippi. She was 70.

Wilson's manager for 20 years, Robert Torre, released this statement to WBGO:

"It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Cassandra Wilson, the Grammy Award-winning and legendary jazz artist. Cassandra Wilson transitioned peacefully at home, surrounded by family, close friends, and her manager.

Her family and close friends respectfully ask for privacy during this difficult time as they grieve her loss.

Further information regarding memorial services and

arrangements will be shared at a later time."

The unique vocalist from Jackson, Mississippi was described by critic Gary Giddins as "a singer blessed with an unmistakable timbre and attack who has expanded the playing field" by incorporating blues, country and folk music into her work.

WBGO's "Daybreak" host Gary Walker first met Cassandra Wilson at the studios in Newark in 1982 before she was famous. She was married at the time to then-WBGO weekend announcer Anthony Wilson. The couple had just moved to New York from the South. During Cassandra's first chat with Gary she told him she was jazz singer who wanted to test her mettle in the jazz capital of the world. Gary was saddened to hear of her passing today.

"There were no boundaries for Cassandra Wilson as to what she explored. And she did it with that sultry, smoky voice of hers, whether she was working on a Miles Davis re-imagination, approaching a great American Standard or approaching the world of Bob Dylan. Her rendition of Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay" is just phenomenal. Every time she approached a piece of music with that sultry, smoky vibe of hers, you thought 'this is Cassandra's music' because it was."

ellow NEA Jazz Master and WBGO legendary staffer Dorthaan Kirk says news of Cassandra's death is hard to process. Kirk says they were basically family and Cassandra referred to her as "Mother Kirk".

"I'm just devastated. Cassandra completely related to me because she looked up to me as an elder and somebody that was in the business."

Dorthaan fondly remembers taking Cassandra to Lush Life in Greenwich Village. It was the first time Cassandra had visited a jazz club in New York City. "DK" also knew early on that Cassandra would become a sensation.

"I'm not a musician. I don't know all the technical terms, but it's about a feeling. There was something in her presentation like the way she sounded and played guitar. There was just a great feeling that I knew that something was there that was special. I thought she should be known by a wider and broader audience."

Cassandra began playing piano at six, guitar by the age of twelve and was working as a vocalist by the mid-'70s, singing a wide variety of material. After moving to New York City in the early 80’s, Cassandra met saxophonist Steve Coleman and became one of the founding members of the M-Base Collective.

At the completion of her stint with M-Base, Cassandra sought a more acoustic context for her vocal expression. She signed with Blue Note Records in 1992 and released a landmark album titled "Blue Light 'Till Dawn" which would pave the way for a new generation of jazz singers seeking an approach and repertoire that challenged the supremacy of the American Standard songbook.

Wilson has continued interpreting in fresh and creative ways jazz, vintage blues, country and folk music. Her awards include: two Grammys, the Django D’Or, The Edison Music Award, and a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail. On March 2022, Wilson was awarded the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master's Fellowship. She also performed one of the leading roles in Wynton Marsalis' "Blood on the Fields", the first jazz work to receive a Pulitzer Prize.

In 2015, Cassandra Wilson joined forces with the prestigious label, Legacy, a subsidiary of Sony Music.

The National Endowment of the Arts named Wilson as 2022 NEA Jazz Master alongside Stanley Clarke, Billy Hart, and Donald Harrison.

Cassandra Wilson was a true friend of WBGO and will be greatly missed.