Doctor in the House


5:05 pm - 6:55 pm, Monday, August 3 on Talking Pictures TV (82)

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About this Broadcast

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A medical student is taken under the wing of three roguish colleagues who lead him astray into a series of pranks and amorous escapades that succeed in infuriating the dictatorial chief surgeon. Comedy based on the novel by Richard Gordon, starring Dirk Bogarde, Kenneth More, James Robertson Justice and Donald Sinden


1954 subtitles
Comedy Movie/Drama

Cast & Crew

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Dirk Bogarde (Actor) .. Simon Sparrow
James Robertson Justice (Actor) .. Sir Lancelot Spratt
Kenneth More (Actor) .. Dr Miles Grimsdyke
Donald Sinden (Actor) .. Benskin
Kay Kendall (Actor) .. Isobel
Muriel Pavlow (Actor) .. Joy
Donald Houston (Actor) .. Taffy
Suzanne Cloutier (Actor) .. Stella
Ralph Thomas (Director)

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Did You Know..

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Dirk Bogarde (Actor) .. Simon Sparrow
Born: March 28, 1921 in London
Best Known For: His matinee idol looks.
Early-life: Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde was born on March 28, 1921 in London. His father, Ulric van den Bogaerde, was the art editor of The Times and his mother, Margaret Niven, was an actress. Dirk attended University College School in Hampstead and later studied at Chelsea College of Art and Design. He started out as an actor with the Amersham Repertory Company and made his acting debut in 1939 in a play where he only had one line. He made his West End debut a few months later in JB Priestley's Cornelius.
Career: In 1940, Bogarde joined the Queen's Royal Regiment as an officer and served in the Air Photographic Intelligence Unit. He was awarded seven medals in his five years of active duty. He returned to acting after the Second World War and in 1947 appeared on stage in Power Without Glory. He made his movie debut in the same year with one line in Dancing with Crime. His first lead role came a year later when he starred in Esther Waters. On the strength of this performance, the Rank Organisation signed him to a long-term contract and he appeared in a variety of parts for them for the next 14 years. His notable films include Doctor in the House (1954), Victim (1961), The Servant (1963), Darling (1965), Death in Venice (1974) and A Bridge Too Far (1977). He won Bafta film awards for Darling and The Servant. He was knighted in 1992. He died of a heart attack on May 8, 1999, at the age of 78.
Quote: (On Rex Harrison): 'He's the actor I've learned most from. Whenever I used to think about how I would play a part I would first think how Rex would approach it.'
Trivia: Away from acting, he wrote seven volumes of memoirs, six novels and a number of articles for the Daily Telegraph.
James Robertson Justice (Actor) .. Sir Lancelot Spratt
Kenneth More (Actor) .. Dr Miles Grimsdyke
Donald Sinden (Actor) .. Benskin
Born: October 09, 1923 in Plymouth
Best Known For: His unmistakable voice.
Early-life: Donald Alfred Sinden was born in Plymouth on October 9, 1923. His father was a chemist. Donald originally wanted to be an architect, but his performance in an amateur production led to him being offered a job with a theatre company set up to entertain troops during the Second World War. He was unable to fight in the conflict due to acute asthma. He later studied at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Career: Sinden made his professional debut in a production of George and Margaret at Brighton's Theatre Royal in 1942. He went on to become an acclaimed Shakespearean star. His first film was Portrait from Life (1948). Other more memorable movies include The Cruel Sea (1953), Mogambo (1953), Doctor in the House (1954), Above Us the Waves (1955), Twice Around the Daffodils (1962) and The Day of the Jackal (1973). He's perhaps better known for his TV work in such series as Father Dear Father, Two's Company, Never the Twain and Judge John Deed. He died on September 11, 2014, at the age of 90.
Quote: 'When I meet people they say, 'I thought you put that voice on for TV'. But you can't put on a voice like this - you're just lumbered with it.'
Trivia: He was knighted in 1997.
Kay Kendall (Actor) .. Isobel
Muriel Pavlow (Actor) .. Joy
Donald Houston (Actor) .. Taffy
Suzanne Cloutier (Actor) .. Stella
Ralph Thomas (Director)

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