Joe Longthorne, who has died at the age of 64, was one of the biggest light-entertainment stars of his generation, admired within
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:22AMHal Prince, who has died suddenly at the age of 91, bestrode Broadway in the 20th century, stamping his authoritative signature on
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:58AMWhen Glyn Houston’s ambition to become a comedian failed to materialise, his elder brother Donald, then a rising film star, helped secure
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:23AMFew figures in contemporary British theatre played such as crucial role in promoting the profile and welfare of directors as Ivor Benjamin,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:20PMAfter taking early retirement from an accountancy career that included extended periods with various iterations of London Transport and petroleum giant BP,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:02AMBryan Marshall seemed to be a permanent presence on British television screens for more than 40 years, remembered still as the steely
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMDespite coming to acting late in life, making his professional debut at the age of 31, Freddie Jones sustained a rich and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:54AMWilliam Simons was already a familiar face on television when he became a household name as PC Alf Ventress in ITV’s hit
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:49AMAs a recent graduate of LAMDA, Douglas Fielding expected to play fresh-faced young bobby on the beat PC Quilley for just three
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:30AMA playwright with more than 60 scripts to his name, Alan Drury was also the first literary manager to be appointed by
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:35AMIn a diverse career, the charismatic dancer, choreographer and actor James Supervia danced for Frederick Ashton and Rudolf Nureyev, appeared in pantomime,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMAlthough Adrian Brown was a BAFTA-nominated, Emmy award-winning television and theatre director, the notoriety that surrounded his relationship with Terence Rattigan during
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:10AMThe designer and director Franco Zeffirelli, who has died at the age of 96, roamed freely across theatre, opera, television and film
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:16AMA consummate radio actor with a lithe and cultured voice that commanded the ear, Stephen Thorne was a prolific contributor to the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMAs an actor, director and prolific playwright, Philip Osment, who has died at the age of 66, played a leading role in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:37PMPaul Darrow will be best remembered as the dour, dangerous, increasingly unhinged Avon, a glowering Machiavellian presence in Terry Nation’s critically panned
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:45AMAndrew Hall’s first job after graduating from LAMDA – as Russell, the son of Ria (Wendy Craig) and sibling of Adam (Nicholas
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AMA master farceur and versatile, impeccable company member, Royce Mills was an early linchpin of the Theatre of Comedy, a West End
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:19AMClover Roope’s conversion from classical ballet to contemporary dance mirrored the broadening of British dance vocabulary in the 1960s and beyond as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:15AMOne of Britain’s biggest stars of the 20th century, Gracie Fields typified the talent and graft required to sustain success through changing
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AMNigel Seale may not have been a name that many in the industry would instantly recognise, but as the managing director of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:06AMA writer whose work encompassed novels, theatre and television, John Bowen was a prolific talent who married the political and the popular
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:52AMFor a time Freddie Starr, who has died suddenly at the age of 76, was the most popular comedian of his day.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:10AMAlthough Mark Medoff wrote more than 30 plays for stage and radio and a further 12 screenplays, he will be largely remembered
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:12AMFor more than 30 years, Edward Kelsey’s voice was one of the most familiar and best-loved on radio. As The Archers’ workshy
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:26AMWith the death of Katherine Lewis at the age of 57, Irish dance has lost one of its most formidable advocates. As
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:10AMJohn McEnery was an actor fuelled by a complex, combustible inner life that manifested itself with a dark, compelling energy and often
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:08AMJohn Toogood’s first encounter with the stage as the middle legs of a dragon in the Theatre Royal, Lincoln’s 1958 pantomime was
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:05AMA playwright and poet who employed the rich, muscular vernacular of his native Scotland to often vivid effect, Donald Campbell, who has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:43AMAlthough Sandy Ratcliff’s most prominent role was as the trauma-afflicted cafe owner Sue Osman in the early, defining years of the BBC’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMIt was Shane Rimmer’s voice that first brought him to the UK from his native Canada as part of the close-harmony trio
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