The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
2:00 pm - 2:52 pm, Wednesday, December 24 on Great! TV (34)
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The girls burn their school to the ground, prompting a mysterious Middle Eastern gentleman to offer new premises for their studies - but he has a sinister ulterior motive for helping the badly behaved youngsters. Comedy, starring Cecil Parker, Joyce Grenfell, George Cole and Irene Handl
1960
Comedy
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Cecil Parker
(Actor)
.. Professor Canford
Joyce Grenfell
(Actor)
.. Sgt Ruby Gates
George Cole
(Actor)
.. Flash Harry
Irene Handl
(Actor)
.. Miss Harker-Parker
Thorley Walters
(Actor)
.. Butters
Eric Barker
(Actor)
.. Culpepper-Brown
Sid James
(Actor)
.. Alphonse O'Reilly
Dennis Price
(Actor)
.. Gore-Blackwood
John Le Mesurier
(Actor)
.. Minister
Frank Launder
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Cecil Parker
(Actor)
.. Professor Canford
Joyce Grenfell
(Actor)
.. Sgt Ruby Gates
George Cole
(Actor)
.. Flash Harry
Born:
April 22, 1925
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing Arthur Daley in Minder.
Early-life:
George Edward Cole was born in London on April 22, 1925. His mother, whom he never met, abandoned him at 10 days old, and he was adopted by the Cole family. George left school to be a butcher's boy, but won a part in a touring musical and opted for acting instead. At 15 he and his adoptive mother moved in with Alastair Sim's family after he appeared in a film with the thespian. They helped him lose his cockney accent, and he stayed with them until his first marriage at 27.
Career:
Cole made his big-screen debut in 1941's Cottage to Let, but didn't achieve fame until he landed the part of Flash Harry in the classic St Trinian's films. He went on to have a successful career on stage, TV and in movies, often appearing opposite mentor Sim in such productions as Scrooge and The Green Man. TV credits include My Good Friend, Dad, An Independent Man, Blott on the Landscape and Minder, which ran for 15 years. In his later years, he appeared in Station Jim, Bodily Harm, Mary Reilly, A Class Apart, and Diamond Geezer. He died on August 6, 2015, after a long illness. He was 90.
Quote:
"I made my first film in 1940. I can't think much has changed apart from the equipment and cost."
Trivia:
In 2013, Cole published his autobiography, The World Was My Lobster.
Irene Handl
(Actor)
.. Miss Harker-Parker
Thorley Walters
(Actor)
.. Butters
Eric Barker
(Actor)
.. Culpepper-Brown
Sid James
(Actor)
.. Alphonse O'Reilly
Born:
May 08, 1913
in
Johannesburg, South Africa
Best Known For:
Being a member of the Carry On team.
Early-life:
Born Solomon Joel Cohen in Johannesburg, South Africa, on May 8, 1913. He trained and worked as a hairdresser before serving with the South African Army during the Second World War. Determined to be an actor, he left for England in 1946 and worked in repertory theatre before he started making his mark on the British film industry.
Career:
James became known in the film trade as `one-take James" and was constantly in demand for small parts. His first major role was alongside Alec Guinness and Stanley Holloway in The Lavender Hill Mob (1951). His first big break came in 1954, when he became Tony Hancock's sidekick in the hugely popular BBC radio comedy Hancock's Half Hour. His next break came when he appeared on the big screen in Carry On Teacher (1959). He went on to make 19 Carry On films and various stage and TV spin-offs. On the small screen, he enjoyed success in the sitcoms Hancock's Half Hour, Citizen James, George and the Dragon and Bless This House. He was touring in a stage version of The Mating Season when he suffered a fatal heart attack on April 26, 1976. He was 62.
Quote:
"All I can do is play myself."
Trivia:
James's well-publicised affair with Carry On co-star Barbara Windsor was dramatised in the 1998 stage play Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick, and the 2000 TV adaptation Cor, Blimey! His trademark in the Carry On films was his dirty laugh.
Dennis Price
(Actor)
.. Gore-Blackwood
John Le Mesurier
(Actor)
.. Minister
Born:
April 05, 1912
in
Bedford
Best Known For:
Playing Sergeant Wilson in Dad's Army.
Early-life:
John Elton Le Mesurier Halliley was born on April 5, 1912, in Bedford. He was brought up in Bury St Edmunds and attended Sherborne School in Dorset before embarking on a career in law. He switched to acting at the age of 20 when he began attending the Fay Compton School of Acting, where one of his classmates was Alec Guinness. John performed in repertory theatre before serving in the Royal Tank Regiment during the Second World War. He reached the rank of captain.
Career:
After the war, Le Mesurier returned to the stage and made his film debut in 1948 in Death in the Hand. He appeared in a number of films and television series during the 1950s and 1960s, including I'm All Right Jack, I Was Monty's Double, Hancock's Half Hour and The Pink Panther. In 1968, he landed the role that made him famous, playing Sergeant Arthur Wilson in Dad's Army. He won a Best Actor Bafta in 1971 for his performance in Dennis Potter's Traitor. He continued to be in demand after Dad's Army finished in 1977, appearing in a number of TV programmes, including Ripping Yarns, Worzel Gummidge, Brideshead Revisited and Hi-de-Hi! He died from a stomach haemorrhage on November 15, 1983, at the age of 71.
Quote:
His last words before slipping into a coma were reportedly, "It's all been rather lovely."
Trivia:
Married three times, to actress June Melville (1939), actress Hattie Jacques (1949) and actress Joan Malin (1966). He had two sons, Robin and Kim, with Hattie.
Frank Launder
(Director)
