Francis Matthews

...whom he is closely associated. Scarlet's puppet has been said to be based upon a young Cary Grant or Roger Moore; voice actor Francis Matthews told Simon Archer, author of Fab Facts, the story of meeting Roger Moore shortly after the...

In this article: Captain Scarlet, Mysteron, Captain Black, and Roger Moore

...notable for gaining great influence with the Tsars prior to the Russian Revolution . It also stars Barbara Shelley, Francis Matthews, Suzan Farmer, Richard Pasco, Dinsdale Landen and Renee Asherson. The story is largely...

In this article: Grigori Rasputin, Richard Pasco, Rasputin, the Mad Monk, Felix Yusupov, Derek Francis, Dinsdale Landen, Renee Asherson, Christopher Lee, and Barbara Shelley

...been released on CD as audiobooks. Durbridge licensed the character to the BBC, which from 1964 made 64 TV episodes starring Francis Matthews as Paul Temple, assisted by Ros Drinkwater as his wife Steve. 52 parts of the series were...

In this article: Paul Temple, Peter Coke, John Bentley, Francis Durbridge, Marjorie Westbury, and Rene Deltgen

Francis Matthews (born 2 September 1927 in York) is an English film, TV and stage actor. He attended St Michael's Jesuit College, Leeds and started his acting career with Leeds repertory theatre before service in the Royal Navy. His most...

In this article: Leeds, Royal Navy, Francis Durbridge, Captain Scarlet, George Cole, and Morecambe and Wise

...bites and vampirizes her. Dracula's servant Klove uses the blood of victim Alan Kent to resurrect the Count. Charles (Francis Matthews ) and Diana (Suzan Farmer) are confronted by Helen and the Count, but manage to escape, eventually...

In this article: Dracula: Prince of Darkness, Count Dracula, Charles Tingwell, Dracula, Christopher Lee, and Terence Fisher

...has been called "the best reader there is" and has three times won the Audiofile Earphones Award. Paul is married to actress Paula Stockbridge and has two sons from his previous marriage. His elder brother Francis Matthews is also an actor.

In this article: Macbeth, West End, King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, God, and Sir Toby Belch

The Revenge of Frankenstein is a 1958 British horror film made by Hammer Film Productions. It stars Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews , Michael Gwynn, Oscar Quitak and Eunice Gayson, and is directed by Terence Fisher. The rest of the cast...

In this article: The Revenge of Frankenstein, Oscar Quitak, Michael Gwynn, Peter Cushing, Richard Wordsworth, Surgery, Dracula, and Leonard Salzedo

...a 1945 tale, in which Temple had been played by Barry Morse. The following year, a Temple television series began, starring Francis Matthews. Coke would later maintain that this had been a failure - in truth, it was a success (it ran until...

In this article: Peter Coke, Paul Temple, Francis Durbridge, Peter Cook, London, Marjorie Westbury, Make Mine Mink, BBC7, and Royal Navy

...being disappointed by the 1996 movie made of his "Strip Tease." It took producers Katharine Dore and Jon Plowman and helmer Francis Matthews three years and a private performance in Hiaasen's home to get the go-ahead. But although the...

In this article: Lucky You, Carl Hiaasen, Christopher Brookmyre, Loudon Wainwright III, Florida, Reactionary, Jon Plowman, and Strip Tease

...and imagination to turn one of Hollywood's best loved movies into a musical, but Steve Brown (music, book and lyrics) and Francis Matthews (book and lyrics) have plenty of both. The result is a bustling, warm-hearted piece, with songs that...

In this article: It's a Wonderful Life, Recession, Mr Potter, George Bailey, and Lehman Brothers