Murder, She Wrote: Appointment in Athens
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Appointment in Athens
Season 6, Episode 1
A trip to Paris - and a chance encounter with a British agent friend - sees Jessica re-routed to Athens, where she gets embroiled in an intriguing mix of murder and espionage. Richard Todd and Ian Ogilvy guest star, with Angela Lansbury
Movie/Drama
Mystery
Cast & Crew
Richard Todd
(Actor)
.. Col Alec Scofield
Ian Ogilvy
(Actor)
.. Harold Baines
Angela Lansbury
(Actor)
.. Jessica Fletcher
Len Cariou
(Actor)
.. Michael Haggerty
RJ Adams
(Actor)
.. Father Markopulos
Thom Christopher
(Actor)
.. Dimitri Popadopalous
Vincent McEveety
(Director)
Tom Sawyer
(Writer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Richard Todd
(Actor)
.. Col Alec Scofield
Ian Ogilvy
(Actor)
.. Harold Baines
Born:
September 30, 1943
in
Woking, Surrey
Best Known For:
The Return of the Saint.
Early-life:
Ian Raymond Ogilvy was born in 1943 in Woking, Surrey. His father was a leading figure in advertising. As a youngster Ogilvy knew he wanted to act, thanks to roles in school plays. After serving an apprenticeship as an assistant stage manager with London's Royal Court Theatre, he went on to study at RADA. His first film, Revenge of the Blood Beast, was directed by his childhood friend Michael Reeves, with whom he also made The Sorcerers and Witchfinder General.
Career:
While working in repertory theatre, Ogilvy boosted his CV with a number of appearances in series such as The Avengers and Strange Report, and gained much popularity in Seventies programme Upstairs, Downstairs. He continued to work solidly in film and TV, most notably in I, Claudius. In 1978, he was given the starring role in The Return of the Saint, a show which made him a household name. He moved to America in the 1980s and appeared in a host of TV shows including Melrose Place, Diagnosis Murder and Murder, She Wrote. He also appeared in the movie Death Becomes Her.
Quote:
"It's dumb to have regrets, and in any case, whatever else The Return of the Saint did or didn't do, it made me very well known. For an actor, that is the big thing."
Trivia:
Away from acting, he has enjoyed success with his novels, which have included Loose Chippings, The Polkerton Giant, and Measle and the Wrathmonk.
Angela Lansbury
(Actor)
.. Jessica Fletcher
Born:
October 16, 1925
in
London
Best Known For:
Murder, She Wrote.
Early-life:
Angela Brigid Lansbury was born in London on October 16, 1925. Her mother was Irish actress Moyna MacGill; her father, Edgar Lansbury, was a timber merchant and member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. She has younger, twin brothers, who became theatre producers. Her cousin was legendary animator Oliver Postgate. Angela's father died in 1934, and her mother became involved with a former soldier who was strict with the children. Her mother eventually took her children to Hollywood when she landed a part in a touring Noel Coward play.
Career:
While working in a department store in LA, Lansbury met a casting director through her mother. He offered her a role in the 1944 film Gaslight; she was just 18, but it landed her an Oscar nomination. Roles in National Velvet, Blue Hawaii and Bedknobs and Broomsticks followed. She gained further Academy Award nominations for The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Manchurian Candidate. She's also worked extensively on stage, winning a record five Tony Awards. But it was playing Jessica Fletcher in the long-running TV series Murder, She Wrote, that turned her into a household name. More recently, Lansbury has appeared in Nanny McPhee and Mr Popper's Penguins.
Quote:
"I'm never left behind. I'm the bionic woman."
Trivia:
Arguably her most offbeat work is a fitness book - Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves - My Personal Plan for Fitness and Well-Being.
Len Cariou
(Actor)
.. Michael Haggerty
RJ Adams
(Actor)
.. Father Markopulos
Thom Christopher
(Actor)
.. Dimitri Popadopalous
Vincent McEveety
(Director)
Tom Sawyer
(Writer)
