The Entertainer was a 1960 film which told the story of a failing stage performer who tried to keep his career going even as his personal life fell apart. It starred Laurence Olivier, Brenda De Banzie, Roger Livesey, Joan Plowright, Alan Bates, Daniel Massey and Albert Finney. The movie was adapted by Nigel Kneale and John Osborne from Osborne's play, and was directed by Tony Richardson. It was later nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Laurence Olivier). 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Laurence Olivier, as photographed in 1939 by Carl Van Vechten Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM, KBE (May 22, 1907 – July 11, 1989) was an English actor and director, esteemed by many as the greatest actor of the 20th century. ... Brenda De Banzie (born July 28, 1915 in Manchester, England, died March 5, 1981) was a British actress of the stage and screen. ... Roger Livesey as Clive Candy, in the duel scene from Colonel Blimp. ... Joan Ann Plowright (born October 28, 1929 in Brigg, North Lincolnshire, England) is a British actress, widow of Laurence Olivier. ... Alan Bates as butler in Gosford Park (2001) Sir Alan Arthur Bates (CBE) (February 17, 1934 - December 27, 2003) was a British actor. ... Daniel Massey has several meanings: Daniel Massey (manufacturer) (1798-1856) the farm implement manufacturer Daniel_Massey_(actor) (1933-1998) the British Canadian actor This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Albert Finney Albert Finney (born 9 May 1936) is a British actor. ... Nigel Kneale (born Thomas Nigel Kneale on April 18, 1922 in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, UK) is a Manx television and film scriptwriter, who has worked mostly in the UK. He is best known for his creation of the character of Professor Bernard Quatermass, who has appeared in three... John James Osborne (December 12, 1929 – December 24, 1994) was an English playwright, the first of the Angry Young Men of the 1950s. ... Tony Richardson (June 5, 1928 - November 14, 1991) was a British director. ... 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. ... The Academy Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ...

External link

• The Entertainer at the Internet Movie Database