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Gordon Gostelow is a Actor Néo-Zélandais born on 14 may 1925 at Wellington (Nouvelle zelande)
Gordon Gostelow (14 May 1925 – 3 June 2007) was a New Zealand actor. He was educated in Australia at North Sydney Boys High School and Sydney University where he graduated in Economics.
Gostelow went to England in the mid-1950s and worked in the theatre (pantomime and comedy), including the Royal Shakespeare Company and various roles on British television. In Shakespeare he was especially associated with the role of the alcoholic reprobate Bardolph in the Henriad plays. He played the character on television in both An Age of Kings in 1960 and in the BBC Television Shakespeare's version of the plays in 1979. He also played several other roles in the former production, but was said to have been "born" to play Bardolph.
He played the parts of Perks in the 1968 TV serial of The Railway Children, Milo Clancey in the Doctor Who serial The Space Pirates in 1969, and the Duke of Medina Sidonia in Elizabeth R. In 1984, he took the part of Alf Battle in the supermarket sitcom Tripper's Day. He appeared in a 1999 episode of Midsomer Murders, entitled "Death's Shadow".
In the 1980 episode of Nova "It's About Time", Gostelow, as St. Augustine, appears from the past to game contestant Dudley Moore when Moore is stumped by the question of what happened before the beginning of time. St. Augustine remarks, "What was God doing before He created Heaven and Earth? (and time)... If God was doing anything, He was perhaps devising punishments for people who pry into mysteries." He points out to Moore the absurdity of using the concept of 'before' "to frame a question about the one event in the universe to which it is inappropriate, namely the beginning of time."
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Gordon Gostelow
Birth name Gordon Massey Gostelow
Nationality Nouvelle zelande
Birth 14 may 1925 at Wellington (Nouvelle zelande)
Death 3 june 2007 (at 82 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Nationality Nouvelle zelande
Birth 14 may 1925 at Wellington (Nouvelle zelande)
Death 3 june 2007 (at 82 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Gostelow went to England in the mid-1950s and worked in the theatre (pantomime and comedy), including the Royal Shakespeare Company and various roles on British television. In Shakespeare he was especially associated with the role of the alcoholic reprobate Bardolph in the Henriad plays. He played the character on television in both An Age of Kings in 1960 and in the BBC Television Shakespeare's version of the plays in 1979. He also played several other roles in the former production, but was said to have been "born" to play Bardolph.
He played the parts of Perks in the 1968 TV serial of The Railway Children, Milo Clancey in the Doctor Who serial The Space Pirates in 1969, and the Duke of Medina Sidonia in Elizabeth R. In 1984, he took the part of Alf Battle in the supermarket sitcom Tripper's Day. He appeared in a 1999 episode of Midsomer Murders, entitled "Death's Shadow".
In the 1980 episode of Nova "It's About Time", Gostelow, as St. Augustine, appears from the past to game contestant Dudley Moore when Moore is stumped by the question of what happened before the beginning of time. St. Augustine remarks, "What was God doing before He created Heaven and Earth? (and time)... If God was doing anything, He was perhaps devising punishments for people who pry into mysteries." He points out to Moore the absurdity of using the concept of 'before' "to frame a question about the one event in the universe to which it is inappropriate, namely the beginning of time."
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, 1h34Directed by Bruce Robinson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Richard E. Grant, Rachel Ward, Richard Wilson, Jacqueline Tong, John Shrapnel, Susan Wooldridge
Roles Priest
Rating67%
The movie is a farce about a mentally unstable advertising executive, Denis Dimbleby Bagley (played by Grant), who suffers a nervous breakdown while making an advert for pimple cream. Ward plays his long-suffering but sympathetic wife. Richard Wilson plays John Bristol, Bagley's boss.
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
, 2h22Directed by Clive Donner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Themes Political films, French Revolution films
Actors Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen, James Villiers, Eleanor David, Dominic Jephcott
Roles Duval
Rating75%
In 1792 during the Reign of Terror of the French Revolution, a secret league of brave Englishmen are rescuing French aristocrats from the guillotine. The leader of this secret society is a mysterious English nobleman known only as the Scarlet Pimpernel, whose signature sign is a humble wayside flower. In society he hides his identity by posing as the wealthy but foppish and seemingly empty-headed Sir Percy Blakeney (Anthony Andrews). After rescuing the Count de Beaulieu and his family, Percy is introduced to the beautiful French actress Marguerite St. Just (Jane Seymour) through her brother, Armand (Malcolm Jamieson), whom he rescued from an attack. Percy is attracted to Marguerite, but she is in a relationship with Paul Chauvelin (Ian McKellen), an agent of Maximilien Robespierre. Due to the Scarlet Pimpernel's past successes, Chauvelin is assigned to discover his identity and capture him.
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
, 3h9Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films, Films about capital punishment, Films about royalty
Actors Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Roderic Noble, Ania Marson, Lynne Frederick, Candace Glendenning
Roles Alexander Guchkov
Rating71%
The story begins with the birth of Tsarevich Alexei on 12 August 1904 during the Russo-Japanese War. Tsar Nicholas (Michael Jayston) is warned by the Prime Minister Count Witte (Laurence Olivier) and his uncle Grand Duke Nicholas (Harry Andrews) that the war is futile and costing too many lives. They tell him the Russian people want representative government, health care, voting and workers' rights, but Nicholas wants to maintain the autocracy. Meanwhile, underground political parties led by Vladimir Lenin (Michael Bryant), Joseph Stalin (James Hazeldine) and Leon Trotsky (Brian Cox) have formed.
In Search of Gregory (1969)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Julie Christie, John Hurt, Michael Sarrazin, Adolfo Celi, Paola Pitagora, Roland Culver
Roles Old Man
Rating53%
Catherine Morelli goes to the latest wedding of her father, Max, who in turn wants to introduce her there to a potential suitor, Gregory Mulvey.
Alice in Wonderland (1966)
, 1h12Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy
Themes Films based on Alice in Wonderland, Children's films
Actors John Gielgud, Peter Cook, Leo McKern, Peter Sellers, Alison Leggatt, Peter Eyre
Roles Gardener
Rating67%
The Idol (1966)
, 1h49Directed by Daniel Petrie
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Jennifer Jones, Michael Parks, John Leyton, Guy Doleman, Natasha Pyne, Jack Watson
Roles Simon
Rating53%
A rebellious student embarks on an affair with the mother of his best friend, leading to disastrous consequences.