Run Wild, Run Free
10:50 am - 12:55 pm, Tuesday, April 28 on Talking Pictures TV (82)
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Withdrawn, mute 10-year-old Philip is ignored by his parents and goes off to explore Dartmoor alone, where he meets a retired colonel who shares his knowledge of Devon's wildlife. Under the older man's nurturing tutelage, the boy begins to tame a wild white colt, but fate proffers a series of setbacks just as real progress is being made. Children's drama, starring John Mills, Mark Lester, Sylvia Syms and Bernard Miles
1969
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Cast & Crew
John Mills
(Actor)
.. The Moorman
Gordon Jackson
(Actor)
.. Mrs Ransome
Sylvia Syms
(Actor)
.. Mrs Ransome
Mark Lester
(Actor)
.. Philip Ransome
Bernard Miles
(Actor)
.. Reg
Fiona Fullerton
(Actor)
.. Diana
Richard C Sarafian
(Director)
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Did You Know..
John Mills
(Actor)
.. The Moorman
Born:
February 22, 1908
in
Norfolk
Best Known For:
A distinguished film and TV career.
Early-life:
Born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills at the Watts Naval School in North Elmham, Norfolk on February 22, 1908. His father was a teacher and his mother worked as a theatre box-office manager. John trained as a dancer in London at Zelia Raye's Dancing School and began appearing as a chorus boy in revues on the London stage.
Career:
Mills made his film debut in The Midshipmaid (1932) and went on to appear in a number of films, including Goodbye, Mr Chips (1939), before he enlisted in the Royal Engineers at the start of the Second World War. His war was cut short in 1942 by a stomach ulcer. He quickly returned to acting and went on to star in a number of acclaimed films in a career that spanned 70 years. Notable works included Great Expectations (1946), Scott of the Antarctic (1948), The Colditz Story (1954), Ice Cold in Alex (1958), Tunes of Glory (1960), Swiss Family Robinson (1960), Oh! What a Lovely War (1969), Ryan's Daughter (1970), Young Winston (1972), Gandhi (1982) and Hamlet (1996). Among his roles on TV, he starred in Quatermass, Young at Heart, A Woman of Substance and Martin Chuzzlewit. He also appeared in a number of productions on Broadway. He was knighted in 1976. He died on April 23, 2005, at the age of 97.
Quote:
'One of the luckiest things that ever happened to me was to be born with a desperate desire to become an actor.'
Trivia:
Father of actors Juliet and Haley Mills. Won an Academy Award for Ryan's Daughter. He portrayed a military character, usually an officer, in a number of films.
Gordon Jackson
(Actor)
.. Mrs Ransome
Sylvia Syms
(Actor)
.. Mrs Ransome
Born:
January 06, 1934
in
London
Best Known For:
At Home with the Braithwaites and her 1950s movie roles.
Early-life:
Sylvia Syms was born on January 6, 1934, in London. Not to be confused with the Broadway singer of the same name, this Sylvia Syms was an evacuee and was educated at various convent schools and a grammar school. She honed her acting craft at Rada where she received The Gerald Lawrence Scholarship and an HM Tenants Award.
Career:
Syms' first film role came in 1953's It Happens Every Thursday. Three years later, her big break came in My Teenage Daughter. She was a highly popular star for the next 15 years thanks to such movies as Ice-Cold in Alex, Expresso Bongo, Victim, and The Quare Fellow, featuring arguably her best performance. She was also nominated for a Bafta for The Tamarind Seed in 1974. Since then, her most memorable work has largely been on TV, although she did have a small role in 1989's Shirley Valentine. She had a regular role in Peak Practice in the mid-1990s and became a familiar face again thanks to At Home with the Braithwaites.
Quote:
'I quite like my own company. I've never really been worried about getting older or being alone.'
Mark Lester
(Actor)
.. Philip Ransome
Bernard Miles
(Actor)
.. Reg
Fiona Fullerton
(Actor)
.. Diana
Born:
October 10, 1956
in
Kaduna, Nigeria
Best Known For:
Being a Bond girl.
Early-life:
Fiona Elizabeth Fullerton was born in Kaduna, Nigeria, on October 10, 1956. She made her acting debut in the 1969 film Run Wild, Run Free, and followed this up with parts in Nicholas and Alexandra in 1971 and as the title character a year later in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Career:
Fullerton went on to enjoy an acting career for more than 30 years on the stage, TV and big screen. On TV, she starred in Angels, The Charmer, Hold the Dream, and To Be the Best, and on the stage she starred in a number of productions, including opposite Richard Harris in West End musical Camelot. In films, she is best remembered for playing Bond girl Pola Ivanova in A View to a Kill alongside Roger Moore. She left the acting profession in 1995 and embarked on a new career as a property guru. She now writes property features for a number of publications. In 2013, she was a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing.
Quote:
On Strictly Come Dancing: 'I was looking for a challenge and an adventure, and swapping my wellington boots from living in the country for a whole load of sequins is very appealing.'
Trivia:
Fullerton was the international face of Max Factor for two years.
Richard C Sarafian
(Director)
