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Richard Carpenter is a Actor and Scriptwriter British born on 14 august 1929 at King's Lynn (United-kingdom)
Richard Michael "Kip" Carpenter (14 August 1929 – 26 February 2012) was an English television screenwriter, author and actor who created a number of British television series, including Robin of Sherwood and Catweazle.
Born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, Carpenter attended the Old Vic Theatre School before starting an acting career by working in rep. He appeared in occasional films, but was mostly active on British TV in the 60s as a character player, on one occasion opposite Tony Hancock in one of his last shows for the BBC, commonly known as "The Bowmans". Other TV shows in which he appeared in the 1960s included Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green and Gideon's Way.
In 1969, Carpenter created Catweazle, the children's series about an unfortunate wizard from the 11th century who is accidentally transported to the present-day. This changed the course of his career substantially. Carpenter earned international recognition and a Writers Guild award for creating the cult children's TV series.
During the 1970s, he wrote the series The Ghosts of Motley Hall (1976–78), Dick Turpin (1979–82), parts of the series The Famous Five and Doctor Snuggles and seventeen episodes of The Adventures of Black Beauty for ITV companies; and Cloud Burst, The Boy from Space and The King's Dragon as part of BBC's Look and Read (1967–2004) programme for schools, some episodes of which he also presented.
In the eighties came the historical adventures Smuggler and its later antipodean-based follow-up Adventurer and between them, the lavish HTV production Robin of Sherwood, which ran for three series. Carpenter then worked on a number of series for children and families in the nineties (The Winjin' Pom, Stanley's Dragon and Out of Sight), some of which (The Borrowers, The Return of the Borrowers, and The Scarlet Pimpernel) were based on classic novels.
Carpenter wrote novelisations of many of the early series he created: Catweazle, Cloud Burst, The Ghosts of Motley Hall, Smuggler, Robin of Sherwood (two books), and two books of Dick Turpin. Carpenter died from a pulmonary embolism on 26 February 2012 at the age of 82.
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Birth name Richard Michael Carpenter
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 14 august 1929 at King's Lynn (United-kingdom)
Death 26 february 2012 (at 82 years) at Hertfordshire (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 14 august 1929 at King's Lynn (United-kingdom)
Death 26 february 2012 (at 82 years) at Hertfordshire (United-kingdom)
Born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, Carpenter attended the Old Vic Theatre School before starting an acting career by working in rep. He appeared in occasional films, but was mostly active on British TV in the 60s as a character player, on one occasion opposite Tony Hancock in one of his last shows for the BBC, commonly known as "The Bowmans". Other TV shows in which he appeared in the 1960s included Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green and Gideon's Way.
In 1969, Carpenter created Catweazle, the children's series about an unfortunate wizard from the 11th century who is accidentally transported to the present-day. This changed the course of his career substantially. Carpenter earned international recognition and a Writers Guild award for creating the cult children's TV series.
During the 1970s, he wrote the series The Ghosts of Motley Hall (1976–78), Dick Turpin (1979–82), parts of the series The Famous Five and Doctor Snuggles and seventeen episodes of The Adventures of Black Beauty for ITV companies; and Cloud Burst, The Boy from Space and The King's Dragon as part of BBC's Look and Read (1967–2004) programme for schools, some episodes of which he also presented.
In the eighties came the historical adventures Smuggler and its later antipodean-based follow-up Adventurer and between them, the lavish HTV production Robin of Sherwood, which ran for three series. Carpenter then worked on a number of series for children and families in the nineties (The Winjin' Pom, Stanley's Dragon and Out of Sight), some of which (The Borrowers, The Return of the Borrowers, and The Scarlet Pimpernel) were based on classic novels.
Carpenter wrote novelisations of many of the early series he created: Catweazle, Cloud Burst, The Ghosts of Motley Hall, Smuggler, Robin of Sherwood (two books), and two books of Dick Turpin. Carpenter died from a pulmonary embolism on 26 February 2012 at the age of 82.
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The Terrornauts (1967)
, 1h15Directed by Montgomery Tully
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, Dans l'espace, Space opera
Actors Zena Marshall, Max Adrian, Simon Oates, Charles Hawtrey, Patricia Hayes, Charles Hawtrey
Roles Danny
Rating48%
Project Star Talk is based at a UK radio telescope site, its mission is to listen for radio signals from other intelligences. Dr. Joe Burke (Simon Oates) is the head of the project assisted by his small team consisting of electronics expert Ben Keller (Stanley Meadows) and office manager Sandy Lund (Zena Marshall). Due to the lack of success reported by the Site Manager, Dr. Henry Shore (Max Adrian), Project Star Talk is given 90 days in order to report positive results. During this period an accountant, Mr. Yellowlees (Charles Hawtrey) is sent to look over the project's accounts. As luck would have it, a repeating signal is received by the project, but the signal is only coming from a small asteroid with no atmosphere in the outer Solar System. Despite this, Dr. Burke spends the balance of his grant to equip the telescope with a powerful transmitter to contact the source of the signals. The night of the transmission, Mr. Yellowlees and Mrs. Jones (Patricia Hayes) who runs the tea trolley, stay to witness this historic event. While waiting for a response, Dr. Burke tells of his father's discovery at an archaeological dig in France of a cube that gave him strange dreams as a boy, inspiring him to become an astronomer. The signal is sent and reaches the asteroid. The asteroid has on it a huge installation that receives the radio signal and answers it with a spaceship sent riding down the radio beam to the point of transmission. When the spacecraft arrives at Project Star Talk, it picks up the transmitter shed and carries it, the project staff and the 2 witnesses to the alien installation. The telescope staff's leader believes, despite eyewitnesses that the transmitter shed exploded, killing the Star Talk team.
Clash by Night (1964)
, 1h15Directed by Montgomery Tully
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors Terence Longdon, Jennifer Jayne, Harry Fowler, Alan Wheatley, Peter Sallis, John Arnatt
Roles Danny Watts
Rating61%
Mystery Submarine (1963)
, 1h32Directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Submarine films, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Edward Judd, James Robertson Justice, Laurence Payne, Joachim Fuchsberger, Albert Lieven, Robert Flemyng
Roles Lt. Haskins
Rating66%
U153 is damaged during air attack in the Atlantic, and it’s crew abandon to escape Chlorine gas leakage due to broken battery cells. Her commanding officer is overcome by fumes before he can jettison the ship’s papers. Aware of the intelligence windfall that this represents, the submarine is taken by a British prize crew to be examined and inspected (in much the same manner that befell the real German U-boat later renamed HMS Graph ).
H.M.S. Defiant (1962)
, 1h41Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Histoire de France, Napoleonic Wars films
Actors Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde, Anthony Quayle, Maurice Denham, Nigel Stock, Richard Carpenter
Roles Lieut. Posonby
Rating70%
The humane Captain Crawford (Guinness) is in command of the warship HMS Defiant during the French Revolutionary Wars. He soon finds himself in a battle of wills with his first officer, the sadistic and supercilious first lieutenant, Mr. Scott-Padget (Bogarde). The Lieutenant believes that Crawford is too soft on his crew, and also disagrees with the captain's decision to proceed with orders to sail to Corsica despite word that Napoleon has overrun much of Italy. Scott-Padget has powerful family connections, which he has used in the past to "beach" two previous commanding officers with whom he disagreed. Knowing that Crawford is helpless to intervene, Scott-Padget subjects the former's son, Midshipman Harvey Crawford (David Robinson), to excessive daily punishments so as to gain leverage over the captain.
The Password Is Courage (1962)
, 1h56Directed by Andrew L. Stone
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Prison films, Political films
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Maria Perschy, Olaf Pooley, Alfred Lynch, Nigel Stock, Richard Carpenter
Roles Robinson
Rating67%
Charles Coward (Dirk Bogarde) is a senior British NCO incarcerated in the POW camp Stalag VIII-B. He encourages his fellow inmates to escape, and tries to humiliate the German guards at every opportunity.
Tarnished Heroes (1961)
, 1h15Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Dermot Walsh, Anton Rodgers, Richard Carpenter, Maurice Kaufmann
Roles Private Frederick Burton
Rating56%
When Major Roy Bell (Walsh) and his company are trapped by the advancing German army, Bell decides to embark on a suicide mission to blow up a bridge which is of strategic importance to the enemy. However, the only resource available to him is a group of rag-tag army failures, made up of drunks, thieves and deserters. According to the officer's handbook, 'an officer will perform whatever task confronts him with whatever men are available'. Under Bell's guidance, these men must now rise to the challenge and prove themselves as heroes if they are to fulfil the mission and come back alive.
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Stanley's Dragon (1994)
, 1h32Origin United-kingdom
Themes Films about animals, Films about dragons
Actors Milton Johns
Rating60%
The film takes place in present-day England. Stanley Katz (Trichter) is an American exchange student who, upon becoming separated from his friends in a cavern, finds an unusual rock. He and his friend Rosie (Fothergill) take it home and wash it, discovering it is actually an egg. Rosie suspects it is a dinosaur egg, but when it hatches, they discover the creature inside is actually a dragon. The dragon grows quickly and they name him "Olly". However, the dragon is appropriated by the local authorities, who put it in a zoo. Suspecting the dragon may be the last of its kind, Stanley endeavours to free it.