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Richard Bebb is a Actor born on 12 january 1927
Richard Bebb (12 January 1927 – 12 April 2006) was an English actor of stage, screen and radio.
Born Richard Bebb Williams in London, he changed his name to his mother's surname, Bebb, when he took up acting as there was already a British actor called Richard Williams. Bebb's father Herbert Edward Williams was a physician whose practice was run from part of St Mary's Lodge, the family's impressive home in Stoke Newington. Bebb was educated at Highgate School in North London, and attended Trinity College, Cambridge from 1944–47.
In 1952, he married actress Gwen Watford (1927–94), who predeceased him.
Bebb was a prolific performer in theatre, television and radio, probably most famously as "Second Voice" in the original 1954 BBC Radio broadcast of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood, opposite Richard Burton's "First Voice". He also appeared in several films, such as Pope Joan (1972) and King Ralph (1991).
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Richard Bebb
Birth 12 january 1927
Death 12 april 2006 (at 79 years)
Death 12 april 2006 (at 79 years)
Born Richard Bebb Williams in London, he changed his name to his mother's surname, Bebb, when he took up acting as there was already a British actor called Richard Williams. Bebb's father Herbert Edward Williams was a physician whose practice was run from part of St Mary's Lodge, the family's impressive home in Stoke Newington. Bebb was educated at Highgate School in North London, and attended Trinity College, Cambridge from 1944–47.
In 1952, he married actress Gwen Watford (1927–94), who predeceased him.
Bebb was a prolific performer in theatre, television and radio, probably most famously as "Second Voice" in the original 1954 BBC Radio broadcast of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood, opposite Richard Burton's "First Voice". He also appeared in several films, such as Pope Joan (1972) and King Ralph (1991).
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Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
, 1h35Directed by John Schlesinger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about children
Actors Kate Beckinsale, Joanna Lumley, Ian McKellen, Rufus Sewell, Eileen Atkins, Sheila Burrell
Rating71%
Flora Poste (Kate Beckinsale), an orphan in the 1920s, moves to the country with her rustic and colloquial relatives, the Starkadders. The Starkadders live in a run-down farm off the beaten track in Sussex. Flora resolves to fix their situation.
King Ralph (1991)
, 1h37Directed by David S. Ward
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors John Goodman, Peter O'Toole, John Hurt, Camille Coduri, Richard Griffiths, Leslie Phillips
Roles Gamekeeper
Rating53%
The entire House of Wyndham (based on the House of Windsor), the ruling family of the United Kingdom in the film, is electrocuted in a freak accident while posing for a family photograph, after a cable becomes wet during a storm. The British government immediately begins a search led by courtier and royal private secretary Sir Cedric Willingham to look for any surviving heirs to whom to pass the crown. A researcher finally locates a living heir named Ralph Jones, an American rock and roll musician.
The Death of Adolf Hitler (1973)
Origin United-kingdom
Themes Political films
Actors Frank Finlay, Marion Mathie, Caroline Mortimer, Ed Devereaux, Ray McAnally, Derek Francis
Roles Grand Admiral Doenitz
Rating65%
Pope Joan (1972)
, 2h12Directed by Michael Anderson, Herbert Wise
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Films set in the Viking Age, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Liv Ullmann, Olivia de Havilland, Franco Nero, Lesley-Anne Down, Patrick Magee, Nigel Havers
Roles Lord of Manor
Rating55%
Nous sommes dans l’Empire franc au IXème siècle, Jeanne voyage de pays en pays avec sa mère et son père, un prédicateur itinérant anglais qui prêche toujours là où l’occasion se présente. Jeanne, à qui son père a appris très tôt à lire et à écrire est capable de lire dans les textes bibliques et aide son père dans les sermons. Quand elle lit des textes de la Bible, ceux qui l’écoutent sont stupéfaits, n’arrivant pas à croire qu’une fille si jeune en soit capable.
The Yellow Teddy Bears (1963)
Directed by Robert Hartford-Davis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Victor Brooks, Thane Bettany, Jill Adams, John Glyn-Jones, Raymond Huntley, Noël Dyson
Roles Frank Lang
Rating53%
The Final Test (1953)
, 1h30Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Sports films, Cricket films
Actors Jack Warner, Jack Warner, Robert Morley, George Relph, Adrianne Allen, Brenda Bruce
Roles Frank Weller
Rating65%
The film is a comedy drama, set around leading cricketer Sam Palmer's last appearance for England. He desperately wants his son to be there at The Oval to witness this, but the son is more concerned with meeting a leading poet Alexander Whitehead. Whitehead, it turns out, is more interested in cricket. Whitehead takes Reggie along to the match, in time to see Sam get out for a duck.