WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 8th September 1925 Died: 24th July 1980 (aged 54) Peter Sellers (born Richard Henry Sellers) was born in Portsmouth and is best known to many as Inspector Clouseau but to a certain generation he is probably more fondly remembered as part of the comedy troupe that starred in …
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John Wayne 1907-1979
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 26th May 1907 Died: 11th June 1979 (age 72) Born Marion Robert Morrison in Winterset, Iowa. As a child he was given the nickname ‘Little Duke’ and the name stuck, becoming known as ‘The Duke’ in later life. He played football at high School as well as being …
Dennis Hopper 1936-2010
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 17th May 1936 Died: 29th May 2010 (aged 74) Dennis Lee Hopper showed his acting credentials at the age of 13 whilst at High School in California; his family moved there from Kansas where he was born. Art was, probably, his first passion having started attending art classes …
Danny Kaye (1911 – 1987)
Born: 18th January 1911 Died: 3rd March 1987 (aged 76) David Daniel Kaminsky was born in Brooklyn; the third son of Jacob and Clara, Ukranian-Jewish immigrants who had settled there two years before his birth (he was their only son to be born in the USA). A born entertainer who never graduated from High School, …
Heath Ledger (1979-2008)
Born: 4th April 1979 Died: 22nd January 2008 (aged 28) This is a Neighbours or Home and Away question and having watched one of them from day one I can tell you quite categorically that he definitely wasn’t in Neighbours – Heath Andrew Ledger was a Home and Away boy at the age of 18! …
Richard Pryor (1940-2005)
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 1st December 1940 Died: 10th December 2005 (65 years) Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III was born and raised in Illinois. His mother was a prostitute and his father was a bartender, boxer and World War II veteran. His mother abandoned him when he was a child and …
Sir Norman Wisdom (1915-2010)
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 4th February 1915 Died: 4th October 2010 (aged 95) As you will know my main modus operandi for these things is to look at an actors top five worldwide box office films and then talk about my favourite film of theirs. Unfortunately, as I have found out, that’s …
From Ramsay Street to Hollywood
Neighbours 1986 – 2022 Do you watch a film with an Australian actor and play the ‘Home and Away’ or ‘Neighbours’ game? We do in our house. Together they have: Won two and have been nominated for seven Oscars Won two and have been nominated for 14 Golden Globes Won two Emmys Won one and …
Dame Margaret Rutherford (1892-1972)
Born: 11th May 1892 Died: 22nd May 1972 (aged 80) As you will know my main modus operandi for these things is to look at an actors top five worldwide box office films and then talk about my favourite film of theirs. Unfortunately, as I have found out, that’s not always possible, I don’t know …
The Beautiful Game – Penalties
this article contains spoilers Hooliganism noun violent or rowdy behaviour by young troublemakers Who can forget the scenes of fans swarming towards and fighting their way past the stewards at Wembley stadium before the Euro 2020 final? Maybe not what some would classify as hooliganism when you look back through footballing history but just look …