Gordon Jackson (actor) In 1989, he was diagnosed with bone cancer. He died the following year, aged 66, in London and was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium.[5] Jackson, Gordon (1923-1990) Biography. Even though he saw himself as insecure, fearful of unemployment, shaking when handling props, forgetting his lines, and even refusing to watch his own screen performances, Gordon Jackson, with his familiar soft, rich, Scottish burr was a character actor equally at home in films, theatre and television. He was born on 19 December 1923 in Glasgow, the son of a printer. His interest in acting came early, when he was among a group of pupils who visited the BBC Drama department in Glasgow. From there, he would make many broadcasts as a teenager, including playing a young Robbie Burns. On leaving school he became an apprentice engineering draughtsman at the Rolls-Royce Factory. Requiring a young Scottish actor for The Foreman Went to France (d. Charles Frend, 1942), producer Michael Balcon wrote to BBC Scotland, after which Jackson was successfully screen tested at Ealing Studios.
Graham Rinaldi. Upstairs, Downstairs - Out of Costume - During Upstairs, Downstairs 1. Gordon Jackson and his wife, actress Rona Anderson, photographed in the mid-1970s. During his life, Jackson starred in more than 80 feature films but Mr Hudson was probably his most famous role. Gordon Jackson (left) wins a 1975 Variety Club award for his role as Mr Hudson. Also shown (l-r): Bruce Forsyth, unknown, David Jacobs, Esther Rantzen and Alan Bates. Simon Williams photographed in the mid-1970s with his wife, actress Belinda Carroll. David Langton played Richard Bellamy, master of 165 Eaton Place, from the first episode to the last. A rare shot of Rachel Gurney, right, out of her Lady Marjorie costume and wig. Rachel Gurney (Lady Marjorie) rehearsing on set. Angela Baddeley and Evin Crowley during a dress rehearsal for A Cry for Help. Angela Baddeley in Make-up being fitted with her Mrs Bridges wig. Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Gordon Jackson.
Gordon Jackson. Alternative Perth. Born in Perthshire comprises a series of short essays on well-known figures born within the historical county of Perthshire. Each topical and biographical piece includes an original associated illustration. Born in Perthshire includes: William Archer:; Winifred Anna Cavendish Bentinck; Patrick Blair; General Edward Braddock; Alexander Bryce; Alexander Buchan; John Buchan; Peter Robert Drummond; Victoria Alexandrina Drummond; Mary Williamina Findlater:; David Octavius Hill; Marjory Kennedy-Fraser; Lena Login; Lawrence MacDonald; Alexander Mackenzie; James Mackenzie:; John James Rickard Macleod; Archibald Menzies; David Morrison; Eliza Ogilvy; Caroline Oliphant; Pontius Pilate; Robert Gillespie Reid; John Monteath Robertson; Thomas Ross; George Seton; Robert Stirling; John Wood.
The book also includes separate chapters entitled ‘A Brief Guide to a Few of the (Historical) Newspapers, Magazines, and Journals of Perth & District’ and ‘Honorary Burgesses & Honorary Freemen of Perth’. Gordon Jackson. Floodtide. Plot[edit] A young Scotsman becomes a ship designer instead of following the family tradition and entering farming. He works his way up the firm, marries the boss's daughter, and revolutionises shipbuilding. Cast[edit] External links[edit] Floodtide at the Internet Movie Database. Floodtide (1949. Whisky Galore! (film) Mackenzie also wrote a sequel, Rockets Galore! , which was filmed by the Rank Organisation in 1957. An attempt was made to produce a remake of the film between 2004 and 2006.[2][3] The inhabitants of the isolated Scottish island of Todday in the Outer Hebrides are largely unaffected by wartime rationing, until the supply of whisky runs out in 1943. Then gloom descends on the disconsolate natives.
Things take an unexpected turn for the better when the freighter S.S. Cabinet Minister runs aground in heavy fog late one night and begins to sink. The Biffer (Morland Graham) and Sammy MacCodrun (John Gregson) row out to investigate and are ecstatic to learn from its departing crew that the cargo consists of 50,000 cases of whisky. Captain Paul Waggett (Basil Radford), the stuffy English commander of the local Home Guard, orders Odd to guard the cargo, but Macroon casually remarks that, by longstanding custom, a man cannot marry without hosting a party in which whisky must be served. Notes. Whisky Galore. Whisky Galore (1949. Sailor Beware! (1956 film) It follows the story of a sailor betrothed to be married, but wary that home-life may echo that of her parents: a hen-pecked husband and battle-axe mother.
It was one of Michael Caine's very first films, where he has a small, uncredited role as a sailor. The film was one of the ten most popular films at the British box office in 1956.[3] Jump up ^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p509Jump up ^ IMDb: Release info for Sailor Beware! Retrieved 2013-01-30Jump up ^ BRITISH. FILMS MADE MOST MONEY: BOX-OFFICE SURVEY The Manchester Guardian (1901-1959) [Manchester (UK)] 28 Dec 1956: 3 Sailor Beware! Panic in the Parlor (1956. Hamlet (1969 film) The film, a departure from big-budget Hollywood renditions of classics, was made with a small budget and a very minimalist set, consisting of Renaissance fixtures and costumes in a dark, shadowed space. A brick tunnel is used for the scenes on the battlements. The Ghost of Hamlet's father is represented only by a light shining on the observers. The film places much emphasis on the sexual aspects of the play, to the point of including an incestuous relationship between Laertes and Ophelia.
Jump up ^ Alexander Walker, Hollywood, England, Stein and Day, 1974 p452 Hamlet at the Internet Movie Database. Hamlet (1969. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (film) The novel was turned into a play by Jay Presson Allen that opened in London in 1966 with Vanessa Redgrave and on Broadway in 1968, with Zoe Caldwell in the title role, a performance for which she won a Tony Award. This production was a moderate success, running for just less than a year, but it has often been staged by both professional and amateur companies since then. The film was released on DVD in the UK by Acorn Media in July 2010. Jean Brodie (Maggie Smith) is a teacher in the junior-aged section of the Marcia Blaine School for Girls in Edinburgh, Scotland in the 1930s. Brodie is known for her tendency to stray from the hard knowledge of the school's curriculum, to romanticize fascist leaders like Benito Mussolini and Francisco Franco, and to believe herself to be in the prime of life.
Miss Brodie tries to manoeuvre Jenny and Mr. Mary, influenced by Brodie, sets out to Spain to join her brother, whom she believes is fighting for Franco. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969. Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series) Set in a large townhouse in Edwardian, First World War and interwar Belgravia in London, the series depicts the lives of the servants "downstairs" and their masters—the family "upstairs". Great events feature prominently in the episodes but minor or gradual changes are also noted. The series stands as a document of the social and technological changes that occurred between 1903 and 1930. Despite having a champion in Stella Richman, the show suffered from internal politics at the station, most notably from the sales department who could not see the attraction of a period drama, and master tapes of the programme spent nearly a year in storage awaiting a transmission date.[1] Eventually the network had a space in its schedule at the unfashionable time of Sunday nights at 10:15 and called upon LWT to fill it.
They chose Upstairs, Downstairs, and with no promotion of the show, there was little expectation of success. However, audiences steadily grew and the series became a hit.[1] Upstairs, Downstairs (TV Series 1971–1975. The Professionals (TV series) CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5) is a fictional British law enforcement department, instructed by the home secretary to use any means to deal with crimes of a serious nature that go beyond the capacity of the police, but are not tasks for the security service or military. The choice of name CI5 is possibly inspired by Criminal Investigation Department and MI5. The premise allowed the programme-makers to involve a wide variety of villains including terrorists, hit-men, racist groups and espionage suspects, with plots sometimes relating to the cold war.
Led by the formidable George Cowley (Jackson), CI5 is known for using unconventional and sometimes illegal methods to beat criminals, or as Cowley put it "Fight fire with fire! " The use of a fictitious force in this context was somewhat less controversial than the portrayal of the real flying squad on The Sweeney. Cowley's two best agents are Ray Doyle (Shaw) and William Bodie (Collins). "It's not a toy, Bodie" - George Cowley, Hunter/Hunted. The Professionals (TV Series 1977–1983.