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Denis Andrew King (born 25 July 1939, Hornchurch, Essex) is an English Ivor Novello award-winning composer, singer and actor. He began his musical career at the age of six as a banjolele-playing singer at children's matinees and by the age of thirteen, with his two older brothers, Mike and Tony, was a member of one of the most successful pop groups of the Fifties and Sixties, The King Brothers— considered by many to be Britain’s first Boy Band. Denis played the piano, Mike the guitar, Tony the double bass.
By the time King was thirteen The King Brothers were touring around the U.K. in what was known as Twice-Nightly Variety (the equivalent of America’s vaudeville), performing two shows a night in one town before moving on to the next the following week. For two years Denis attended a different school in a different town almost every week. Along with concerts and tours around Europe, The King Brothers did summer shows, television appearances, played the famous Windmill Theatre and in 1956 became the youngest Variety act to play the London Palladium. Within a year they were in the record charts. "A White Sport Coat" and “Standing On The Corner” were their biggest successes. They appeared with Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Frankie Vaughan, Roy Castle, Shirley Bassey, Alma Cogan, Ronnie Corbett, Bruce Forsyth, Morecambe and Wise, as well as American stars Bobby Darin, Howard Keel, Sammy Davis Jr, Judy Garland, Lena Horne, Sarah Vaughan, Sophie Tucker and Frank Sinatra.
With the disbanding of the group in 1970, Denis studied orchestration at the Guildhall School of Music in London and got his first break in television writing the music for The Adventures of Black Beauty (“Galloping Home”), which won the Ivor Novello Award. To date, he has created themes and incidental music for over two hundred television series including Within These Walls, Dick Turpin, Two's Company, Lovejoy, We'll Meet Again and Hannay as well as written over one hundred jingles for radio and television advertising. He has also worked on films, writing the scores to Simon, Simon (1970), Holiday on the Buses (1973), Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1973), Sweeney! (1977), If You Go Down in the Woods Today (1981) and Privates on Parade (1982).
As a musician he has performed with Dame Edna Everage, Albert Finney, Benny Green, Maureen Lipman in her successful stage show Re: Joyce, and with Dick Vosburgh in their comic revues BEAUTY AND THE BEARDS and SING SOMETHING SILLY and on the BBC Radio radio comedy series Hello, Cheeky! from 1973 to 1979, and appeared in the TV version produced by Yorkshire Television in 1976.
His debut as a theatrical composer was with the original 1977 Royal Shakespeare Theatre's production of Privates On Parade (book and lyrics by Peter Nichols) which won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Musical. Other theatre productions include A Saint She Ain't and The Un-American Songbook (with Dick Vosburgh); Stepping Out (play) - The Musical]] (with Richard Harris and Mary Stewart-David); BASHVILLE and VALENTINE’S DAY (with Benny Green); Worzel Gummidge starring Jon Pertwee and Lost Empires (with Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall); Wind In The Willows and Treasure Island (with Willis Hall); West Five Story (with Richard Harris); Baby On Board (with Mary Stewart-David) for the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, where it was directed by Alan Ayckbourn. King has written extensively with Ayckbourn and together they have created the musicals Whenever, Orvin - Champion Of Champions, and Awaking Beauty, which premiered in December 2008 at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough.
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By the time King was thirteen The King Brothers were touring around the U.K. in what was known as Twice-Nightly Variety (the equivalent of America’s vaudeville), performing two shows a night in one town before moving on to the next the following week. For two years Denis attended a different school in a different town almost every week. Along with concerts and tours around Europe, The King Brothers did summer shows, television appearances, played the famous Windmill Theatre and in 1956 became the youngest Variety act to play the London Palladium. Within a year they were in the record charts. "A White Sport Coat" and “Standing On The Corner” were their biggest successes. They appeared with Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Frankie Vaughan, Roy Castle, Shirley Bassey, Alma Cogan, Ronnie Corbett, Bruce Forsyth, Morecambe and Wise, as well as American stars Bobby Darin, Howard Keel, Sammy Davis Jr, Judy Garland, Lena Horne, Sarah Vaughan, Sophie Tucker and Frank Sinatra.
With the disbanding of the group in 1970, Denis studied orchestration at the Guildhall School of Music in London and got his first break in television writing the music for The Adventures of Black Beauty (“Galloping Home”), which won the Ivor Novello Award. To date, he has created themes and incidental music for over two hundred television series including Within These Walls, Dick Turpin, Two's Company, Lovejoy, We'll Meet Again and Hannay as well as written over one hundred jingles for radio and television advertising. He has also worked on films, writing the scores to Simon, Simon (1970), Holiday on the Buses (1973), Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1973), Sweeney! (1977), If You Go Down in the Woods Today (1981) and Privates on Parade (1982).
As a musician he has performed with Dame Edna Everage, Albert Finney, Benny Green, Maureen Lipman in her successful stage show Re: Joyce, and with Dick Vosburgh in their comic revues BEAUTY AND THE BEARDS and SING SOMETHING SILLY and on the BBC Radio radio comedy series Hello, Cheeky! from 1973 to 1979, and appeared in the TV version produced by Yorkshire Television in 1976.
His debut as a theatrical composer was with the original 1977 Royal Shakespeare Theatre's production of Privates On Parade (book and lyrics by Peter Nichols) which won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Musical. Other theatre productions include A Saint She Ain't and The Un-American Songbook (with Dick Vosburgh); Stepping Out (play) - The Musical]] (with Richard Harris and Mary Stewart-David); BASHVILLE and VALENTINE’S DAY (with Benny Green); Worzel Gummidge starring Jon Pertwee and Lost Empires (with Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall); Wind In The Willows and Treasure Island (with Willis Hall); West Five Story (with Richard Harris); Baby On Board (with Mary Stewart-David) for the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, where it was directed by Alan Ayckbourn. King has written extensively with Ayckbourn and together they have created the musicals Whenever, Orvin - Champion Of Champions, and Awaking Beauty, which premiered in December 2008 at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough.
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The Last Dance (1993)
, 1h53Directed by Colin Nutley
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Dance films, Sports films
Actors Helena Bergström, Reine Brynolfsson, Ewa Fröling, Peter Andersson, Rikard Wolff, Philip Jackson
Rating51%
A Swedish woman is found dead in Blackpool. Was she murdered?
Sound
Pandorum (2009)
, 1h48Directed by Christian Alvart
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, Seafaring films, Post-apocalyptic films, Transport films, Dans l'espace, Underwater action films, Films set in the future, Space opera
Actors Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Cam Gigandet, Antje Traue, Antje Traue, Norman Reedus
Roles ADR Supervisor
Rating66%
In 2174, the human population has exceeded the carry capacity of Earth, leading humanity to build an interstellar ark named Elysium. Its mission is to send 60,000 people on a 123-year trip to establish a colony on an Earth-like planet named Tanis. The passengers and crew are placed in hypersleep, with the crew on a hypersleep rotation to cover the entire journey. Eight years into the mission the ship receives a transmission from Earth in multiple languages: "You're all that's left of us. Good luck, God bless, and godspeed."
The Last Dance (1993)
, 1h53Directed by Colin Nutley
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Dance films, Sports films
Actors Helena Bergström, Reine Brynolfsson, Ewa Fröling, Peter Andersson, Rikard Wolff, Philip Jackson
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating51%
A Swedish woman is found dead in Blackpool. Was she murdered?
The Worst Witch (1986)
, 1h10Directed by Robert Young
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Actors Fairuza Balk, Diana Rigg, Charlotte Rae, Tim Curry, Sabina Franklyn, Su Elliott
Rating67%
The film follows the plot of the 1974 book. The movie centers around Mildred Hubble, who is invariably the school's "Worst Witch." Mildred creates many mishaps, including the incidents of when Mildred turns herself invisible and transforms Ethel into a pig. The climax surrounds Miss Cackle's notorious twin evil sister, Agatha, plotting to take over the Academy. Ultimately Agatha is foiled by Mildred and Mildred establishes herself as the hero for the academy.
Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1984)
, 1h33Directed by Peter Medak
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Peter Sellers, Anthony Franciosa, Spike Milligan, Clive Revill, Peter Boyle, James Villiers
Rating46%
Bumbling pirate crewman (Sellers) kills his captain after learning where he has hidden buried treasure. However as he begins to lose his memory, he relies more and more on the ghost of the man he's murdered to help him find the treasure.
Privates on Parade (1983)
, 1h40Directed by Michael Blakemore
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Musical
Themes Military humor in film, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors John Cleese, David Bamber, Michael Elphick, Bruce Payne, John Standing, Nicola Pagett
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating48%
, 1h18Directed by Eric Sykes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Eric Sykes, Robin Bailey, Norman Bird, Glyn Houston, Roy Kinnear, Marc Sinden
Rating57%
A Boy Scout troop led by their scoutmaster (Sykes) is on a field trip to a seemingly-peaceful English woodland. However, the woods are actually teeming with strange characters, some of whom turn out to be disguised police officers and others criminals. The police are searching for £2,000,000 in stolen banknotes and hope that the criminals will lead them to them. The criminals, on the other hand, are aware that the police are looking for them and doing their best to avoid betraying the location of their stash. It later transpires that the money is just a smokescreen for a top-secret document that the gang's leader - actually a KGB officer - is trying to smuggle out of the country. Despite an escalation of security in which the police are eventually joined by the army, navy and air force, it is the scoutmaster's chaotic bungling that leads him to discover the money and flush out the ringleader. At the end it is revealed that the scoutmaster was in fact an undercover police officer and that his bungling was a ruse.
Rhubarb Rhubarb (1980)
, 28minutesDirected by Eric Sykes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Jimmy Edwards, Eric Sykes, Bob Todd, Charlie Drake, Bill Fraser, Nicholas Bond-Owen
Rating65%
A police inspector is so intent on winning a round of golf against a vicar, despite his lack of ability at the game, that he employs his constable to furtively disentangle his ball from the odd spots in which it usually comes to rest - while his opponent looks for help from a higher power...
Sweeney! (1977)
, 1h29Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Ian Bannen, Lynda Bellingham, Barry Foster, Colin Welland
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating66%
The film followed the adventures of DI Regan and DS Carter as they became embroiled in a deadly political scandal. One of the leading members of the government, Charles Baker (Ian Bannen), is about to secure a huge deal with OPEC stabilising the world oil market and boosting Britain's position within it. Baker is the rising star of the government, regarded as a future prime minister, and he is closely controlled by his urbane, manipulative American press secretary Elliot McQueen (Barry Foster).
Holiday on the Buses (1973)
, 1h25Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Reg Varney, Anna Karen, Doris Hare, Michael Robbins, Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating58%
Three of the company's buses are wrecked due to Stan's negligent bus driving, which means Stan (Reg Varney), Jack (Bob Grant) and Inspector Blake (Stephen Lewis) are sacked. Stan and Jack get a job as bus crew at a Pontins holiday camp in Prestatyn, North Wales, only to find that Blakey has also got a job at the camp, as security inspector. Stan invites the family to stay (using his staff discount) whilst he proceeds to chat up the guests and staff. Tight fisted Arthur refuses to pay the train fare, instead relying on his ever present motorcycle and sidecar to take the Butlers to the camp. They meet Stan on the road, who accidentally forces them into a kerb causing all the luggage to land in a river and all the family's clothes are ruined.
The Spy's Wife (1972)
Actors Dorothy Tutin, Ann Lynn, Tom Bell, Vladek Sheybal
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating59%
Simon Simon (1970)
, 32minutesDirected by Graham Stark
Genres Comedy
Actors Graham Stark, Norman Rossington, John Junkin, Julia Foster, Ernie Wise, Paul Whitsun-Jones
Roles Music
Rating59%
Two handymen, (Graham Stark and John Junkin) cause chaos on a new crane while haphazardly trying to accomplish jobs for their ever more frustrated boss. This 'silent' comedy features a host of cameos from the likes of Peter Sellers, Michael Caine, Bob Monkhouse, Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise and Tony Blackburn.