The Night Visitor
02:00 am - 04:00 am, Thursday, August 6 on Talking Pictures TV (82)
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About this Broadcast
A man falsely declared insane and sent to an asylum for a murder his sister and her husband committed escapes to seek revenge. Horror, starring Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann
1971
Horror
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Max von Sydow
(Actor)
.. Salem
Trevor Howard
(Actor)
.. The Inspector
Liv Ullmann
(Actor)
.. Ester Jenks
Laslo Benedek
(Director)
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Did You Know..
Max von Sydow
(Actor)
.. Salem
Born:
April 10, 1929
in
Lund, Sweden
Best Known For:
Playing Father Merrin in The Exorcist.
Early-life:
Carl Adolf von Sydow was born on April 10, 1929, in Lund, Sweden. While at school he started a theatre club with fellow students. He honed his craft at the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school and made his film debut in 1949 Swedish offering Bara en mor (aka Only a Mother). In 1957 he starred in landmark Ingmar Bergman movie The Seventh Seal. A string of international films followed, including The Greatest Story Ever Told (in which he played Jesus) and American epic Hawaii.
Career:
In 1973, von Sydow was cast in The Exorcist, which became one of his biggest hits to date. He didn't land another career-defining role until 1980 when he played Ming the Merciless in a much loved version of Flash Gordon. A string of hit-and-miss movies followed, including Conan the Barbarian, Never Say Never Again, Dune and Hannah and Her Sisters. He also turned his hand to directing in 1988 with the movie Ved vejen. In recent years he made a return to the world of blockbusters with Minority Report and Rush Hour 3, and also added dramatic weight to TV series The Tudors. His recent work includes Shutter Island, Robin Hood, and Truth & Treason.
Quote:
'Acting is such a weird profession. It's such a futile thing. Even when it's there on film, there's nothing really to it.'
Trivia:
Was offered the title role in the first James Bond film Dr. No (1962), which went to Joseph Wiseman.
Trevor Howard
(Actor)
.. The Inspector
Born:
September 29, 1913
in
Kent
Best Known For:
Brief Encounter.
Early-life:
Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith was born in Kent on September 29, 1913. He was educated at Clifton College and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He played a number of roles on the West End stage before being called up into the Army Signal Corps in 1940. He was discharged from service in 1943 for mental instability.
Career:
Howard had small roles in the films The Way Ahead (1944) and The Way to the Stars (1945) before his big break in 1945, playing the stoic Dr Alec Harvey in David Lean's Brief Encounter. He went on to have an acclaimed film career, starring in The Third Man (1949), Outcast of the Islands (1951), The Cockleshell Heroes (1955), The Key (1958), Sons and Lovers (1960), Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) and Rawlinson End (1980). He died on January 7, 1988 at the age of 74.
Quote:
'We don't have the Method School of acting in England. We simply read the script, let it seep in, then go put on whiskers - and do it.'
Trivia:
He was a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club. Received an Academy Award nomination for Sons and Lovers. He won a Primetime Emmy for The Invincible Mr Disraeli.
Liv Ullmann
(Actor)
.. Ester Jenks
Laslo Benedek
(Director)
