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High Noon
Season 4, Episode 6
Matthew feigns illness to avoid a fight with a boxer whose girlfriend he has been dating. Ray Winstone guest stars
Comedy
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Reece Dinsdale
(Actor)
.. Matthew Willows
John Thaw
(Actor)
.. Henry Willows
Ray Winstone
(Actor)
.. Bill Bateman
Perry Fenwick
(Actor)
.. Ratty Randall
Sara Crowe
(Actor)
.. Cherry Gibson
Eric Chappell
(Writer)
Graham Wetherell
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Reece Dinsdale
(Actor)
.. Matthew Willows
Born:
August 06, 1959
in
Normanton, West Yorkshire
Best Known For:
Playing ill-fated Joe McIntyre in Coronation Street.
Early-life:
Reece Dinsdale was born on August 6, 1959, in Normanton, West Yorkshire. He trained at the Guildford School of Music and Drama from 1977 to 1980 then honed his craft on stage in Nottingham, Birmingham and at the Edinburgh Festival. He made his TV debut in 1981 thriller Knife Edge before landing a part in the series Partners in Crime in 1983. He was much in demand in 1984, appearing in an episode of Minder, apocalyptic drama Threads and acclaimed Michael Palin film A Private Function. In the years that followed he paid the rent with a string of projects, including Bergerac, Robin of Sherwood and The Storyteller.
Career:
In 1985 Dinsdale landed a key role in Eric Chappell's sitcom Home to Roost, starring alongside John Thaw. It ran for five years and paved the way for Haggard, ITV's answer to Blackadder, also penned by Chappell. In 1995, he starred in ID, a movie about football hooligans, and a year later landed the role of DI Charlie Scott in detective drama Thief Takers. Other notable projects have included Kenneth Branagh's film version of Hamlet, Conviction, Life on Mars, The Chase and Coronation Street; he appeared in 175 episodes of the Weatherfield soap. Recent offerings have included roles in Taggart and Waterloo Road.
Quote:
"I was more nervous coming on to the show [Corrie] than anything else I've done in my career."
Trivia:
In 2012, he directed the one-off drama The Crossing.
John Thaw
(Actor)
.. Henry Willows
Born:
January 03, 1942
in
Manchester
Best Known For:
Inspector Morse.
Early-life:
John Edward Thaw was born on January 3, 1942, in Manchester. He had a younger brother, Ray, but theirs wasn't an easy childhood. The boys' mother, Dorothy, left home when John was seven, while their father, Jack, was often away working as a long-distance lorry driver. Despite being painfully shy, John began appearing in amateur dramatics productions and eventually won a place at RADA, where he studied alongside his friend, Tom Courteney.
Career:
Thaw's first professional job came at the Liverpool Playhouse. His film debut came in 1962's The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, which starred Courteney. Thaw worked extensively on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre, and early TV roles came in Z Cars and Redcap. But it was The Sweeney, alongside Dennis Waterman, that made him a household name thanks to its uncompromising style. He switched to comedy with Home to Roost, but it was playing Inspector Morse that made him a national treasure. Almost everything he touched then turned to gold; he starred in top-rated dramas such as Kavanagh QC, Goodnight Mister Tom and Buried Treasure. He died in 2002 following a battle with cancer of the oesophagus.
Quote:
"I was born looking fifty."
Trivia:
Divorced first wife Sally Alexander after four years and one daughter in 1968. Married Sheila Hancock in 1974. They had a daughter together, and Thaw adopted Hancock's daughter from her first marriage.
Ray Winstone
(Actor)
.. Bill Bateman
Born:
February 19, 1957
in
London
Best Known For:
Scum and Sexy Beast.
Early-life:
Born Raymond Andrew Winstone on February 19, 1957, in Hackney, east London, but moved with his family to Enfield when he was seven. His parents ran a fruit and veg business. He began boxing shortly before his teens and proved to be a formidable opponent, becoming London Schoolboy Champion three times and fighting twice for England. He also studied at the Corona Theatre School where he came to the attention of director Alan Clarke who cast him as Carlin in the controversial BBC play Scum in 1977.
Career:
Scum was remade as a movie two years later. Winstone reprised his role, winning huge critical acclaim, before landing a part in the cult Brit flick Quadrophenia. After becoming a well-known name and face, he appeared in numerous TV shows, including Fox, Robin of Sherwood, and The Ghostbusters of East Finchley, but is better known for his often violent or controversial films, such as Nil By Mouth, Face and Sexy Beast. He is currently the face of an advertisement campaign for an on-line betting company, resolutely appearing during live football matches quoting the latest odds. Other projects include Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Departed, Great Expectations, Vincent and the big-screen remake of The Sweeney.
Quote:
"If you can get in a ring with 2,000 people watching and be smacked around by another guy, then walking on stage isn't hard."
Trivia:
He supports West Ham United.
Perry Fenwick
(Actor)
.. Ratty Randall
Born:
May 29, 1962
in
Canning Town
Early-life:
Perry was born in Canning Town on May 29, 1962. He has a sister, Tracey, and two brothers, Faron and Lee. He went on to attend the Sylvia Young Theatre School. He had minor roles in a number of TV shows, including Tucker's Luck, Bergerac and Inspector Morse, before landing a recurring role on the hugely popular sitcom Watching.
Best Known For:
Playing Billy Mitchell in EastEnders.
Career:
Throughout the 1990s, Fenwick made guest appearances in the likes of Lovejoy, Minder, Pie in the Sky, Shine on Harvey Moon, Ellington, Casualty and The Bill. His big break came in 1998 when he joined the cast of EastEnders as Billy Mitchell.
Quote:
"People believe Walford does exist."
Trivia:
He filmed his 1,000th episode of EastEnders in August 2010.
Sara Crowe
(Actor)
.. Cherry Gibson
Eric Chappell
(Writer)
Graham Wetherell
(Director)
