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Encyclopedia > Anthony Nicholls
Anthony Nicholls
Born October 16, 1902
Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Died February 22, 1977
(aged 74)
London, England,
United Kingdom
Years active 1930's - 1977
Spouse(s) Faith Kent (2 children)

Anthony Nicholls (born October 16, 1902 - February 22, 1977[1]) was an English film, television, and stage actor. Look up October in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Events A Roman army of 90,000 men commanded by Germanicus gains a victory at Idistaviso, defeating the German war chief Arminius and capturing his wife Thusnelda, and recovering the lost eagles of Varus legions. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Windsor (IPA: usually , but also ) is a suburban town and tourist destination in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Gaius Sulpicius Galba becomes consul. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... Look up October in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Events A Roman army of 90,000 men commanded by Germanicus gains a victory at Idistaviso, defeating the German war chief Arminius and capturing his wife Thusnelda, and recovering the lost eagles of Varus legions. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Gaius Sulpicius Galba becomes consul. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Interior of the 1928 B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor or actress is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ...

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Biography

Nicholls was born in Windsor, Berkshire, England and served in the Royal Artillery.[1] In post-war years he met the much younger Faith Kent during a production of Vanity Fair. They subsequently married and had two children, actresses Kate and Phoebe Nicholls.[2] Distinguishing himself on the Shakespearean stage alongside the Redgrave family, Laurence Olivier and Peter O'Toole, he would go on to make the portrayal of government officials a way of life in his films.[3] Windsor (IPA: usually , but also ) is a suburban town and tourist destination in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... Tactical Recognition Flash of the Royal Artillery The Royal Regiment of Artillery, generally known as the Royal Artillery (RA), is, despite its name, a corps of the British Army. ... This article should be transwikied to wiktionary The term post-war is generally used for the period after the end of World War II, i. ... Title-page to Vanity Fair, drawn by Thackeray, who furnished the illustrations for many of his earlier editions Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero is a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray that satirizes society in early 19th-century England. ... Phoebe Nicholls (Born 1958), is an English actress best-remembered for her performance as Lady Cordelia Flyte, the youngest child of the Marchmain family, in the classic TV miniseries Brideshead Revisited . ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Redgrave family is one of the enduring theatrical dynasties, which is now into its fifth generation. ... Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907–11 July 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and four-time Emmy winning English actor, director, and producer. ... Peter Seamus OToole (born Peter James OToole on August 2, 1932) is an eight-time Academy Award-nominated Irish actor. ...


American audiences first saw Nicholls in the company of Ronald Reagan, Richard Todd and Patricia Neal in The Hasty Heart.[3] He made his television debut in 1937[4] and continued with steady work in acting for four decades, including the 1966 Academy Award-winning film A Man For All Seasons. He was already a veteran by the time of the television series
The Champions,[4] where he played his best known role as W.I. Tremayne the overseer of three top secret agents.[3] He died at age 74 in 1977. His grandson Tom Sturridge is also an actor. Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981 – 1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967 – 1975). ... Richard Todd (born June 11, 1919) is a British actor. ... Patricia Neal (born January 20, 1926, Packard, Kentucky) is an Academy Award winning American actress. ... The Hasty Heart is a 1949 melodramatic film which tells the story of a group of wounded Allied soldiers during World War II who rally around a surly, unappreciative Scotsman when they find out he is dying. ... See also: 1936 in television, other events of 1937, 1938 in television and the list of years in television. // Events February 6 - The BBC Television Service drops the Baird system in favour of the Marconi-EMI 405 lines system. ... // Events Top grossing films North America Thunderball Dr. Zhivago Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? That Darn Cat! The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming Academy Awards Best Picture: A Man for All Seasons - Highland, Columbia Best Actor: Paul Scofield - A Man for All Seasons Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... A Man for All Seasons is a 1966 film based on Robert Bolts play of the same name about Sir Thomas More. ... Alexandra Bastedo, Stuart Damon, and William Gaunt as The Champions. ... Thomas Sturridge (born 1986) is a British actor from London, England. ...


Selected Filmography

The Guinea Pig is a 1948 British film also known as The Outsider in the United States. ... The Dancing Years was one of the most popular musicals by Ivor Novello. ... The Hasty Heart is a 1949 melodramatic film which tells the story of a group of wounded Allied soldiers during World War II who rally around a surly, unappreciative Scotsman when they find out he is dying. ... The Weak and the Wicked is a 1953 film directed be J. Lee Thompson based on the book by Joan Henry, starring Glynis Johns and Diana Dors. ... Dunkirk is a 2nd World War film made in 1958, starring John Mills with Bernard Lee. ... Victim is a 1961 British film directed by Basil Dearden, starring Dirk Bogarde and Sylvia Syms. ... Night of the Eagle is a 1962 horror film directed by Sidney Hayers. ... The Pumpkin Eater is a 1964 film which tells the story of a multiply-married woman, with many children, who finds herself with husband number three and pregnant with child number seven, unsure of where her life is taking her. ... Othello is a 1965 movie based on the Shakespeare play Othello; starring Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Frank Finlay, and Joyce Redman. ... A Man for All Seasons is a 1966 film based on Robert Bolts play of the same name about Sir Thomas More. ... If. ... For the 1943 Frank Capra documentary, see The Battle of Britain. ... This is a 1970 film starring Peter Lawford and Sammy Davis Jr. ... O Lucky Man! (1973) is a surreal British film directed by Lindsay Anderson. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Television

The Time Machine is a novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895, later made into two films of the same title. ... The first incarnation of the Disney anthology television series, commonly called The Wonderful World of Disney, premiered on ABC on October 27, 1954 under the name Disneyland. ... The Saint was a long-running British action adventure television series, made by ITC Entertainment, that aired on ITV stations between 1962 and 1969, and on American television as a syndicated show (1962-1967) and on NBC (1967-69). ... The Avengers is a British 1960s television series featuring secret agents in a fantasy 1960s Britain. ... Man in a Suitcase was a 1967 television series produced by ITC Entertainment, one of several ITC productions that used an American star in an attempt to boost the shows sales in the US - in this case Richard Bradford, a method actor who had been spotted after appearing opposite... Alexandra Bastedo, Stuart Damon, and William Gaunt as The Champions. ... Department S was a British espionage/science fiction adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. ... Shylock and Jessica by Maurycy Gottlieb (1856-1879) The Merchant of Venice is a famous comedy (note: at the time the play was written, comedy had a very different meaning; see Shakespearean comedies) by William Shakespeare, written at an uncertain date between 1594 and 1597. ... Z-Cars (sometimes written as Z Cars, and always pronounced zed, never zee) was a British television drama series centred around the work of regular beat police officers in the fictional town of Newtown, near Liverpool, in the north-west of England. ... Softly, Softly was a British television drama series, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC One. ... Special Branch is a British television series made by Thames Television for ITV and shown between 1969 and 1974. ... Left to right: Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell and Martin Landau from Space:1999s second season. ...

Stage

  • 1964: Hay Fever

For the play, see Hay Fever. ...

References

  1. ^ a b IMDb.com. Biography for Anthony Nicholls. Retrieved on April 27, 2007.
  2. ^ IMDb.com. Biography for Faith Kent. Retrieved on April 27, 2007.
  3. ^ a b c All Movie guide. Anthony Nicholls. Retrieved on April 27, 2007.
  4. ^ a b BBC. The Champions- The TV Series. Retrieved on April 27, 2007.

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Persondata
NAME Nicholls, Anthony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Windsor, Berkshire, England
DATE OF DEATH February 22 1997
PLACE OF DEATH London, England


 
 

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