The Flame Trees of Thika - ITV - September 1, 1981 - October 13, 1981
Historical Drama (7 episodes)
Running Time: 50 minutes
Stars:
David Robb as Robin Grant
Hayley Mills as Tilly Grant
Holly Aird as Elspeth Grant
Nicholas Jones as Hereward Palmer
Sharon Maughan as Lettice Palmer
Morgan Sheppard as Piet Roos
Ben Cross as Ian Crawford
Mick Chege as Njombo
John Nettleton as Major
Carol MacReady as Mrs. Nimmo
Steve Mwenesi as Sammy
David Bradley as Alex Wilson
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Birthdays 8.16
Beer Birthdays
Emile A.H. Seipgens (1837)
Johann Kjeldahl (1849)
Dann Paquette (1968)
John Pinkerton (1969)
Justin Dvorkin (1982)
Jacob McKean (1983)
Five Favorite Birthdays
Charles Bukowski; writer (1920)
James Cameron; Canadian film director (1954)
Steve Carell; comedian, actor (1962)
Pierre de Fermat; French mathematician (1601)
Hal Foster; Canadian-American author and illustrator (1892)
E.F. Schumacher; philosopher, economist (1911)
Famous Birthdays
Arthur Achleitner; German author (1858)
Scott Asheton; drummer (1949)
Kevin Ayers; English singer-songwriter and guitarist (1948)
Angela Bassett; actor (1958)
Bruce Beresford; Australian film director (1940)
Ivan Bilibin; Russian illustrator, artist (1876)
Gloria Blondell; actress (1910)
Ann Blyth; actress and singer (1928)
Frankie Boyle; Scottish comedian (1972)
Ida Browne; Australian geologist and palaeontologist (1900)
Arthur Cayley; English mathematician (1821)
Matt Christopher; author (1910)
Madonna Ciccone; pop singer (1958)
Mae Clarke; actress (1910)
Albert Cohen; Greek-Swiss author and playwright (1895)
Vincenzo Coronelli; Italian cosmographer and cartographer (1650)
Robert Culp; actor (1930)
Jean de La Bruyère; French philosopher (1645)
Bill Evans; jazz pianist (1929)
Suzanne Farrell; ballet dancer (1945)
Ernie Freeman; pianist and bandleader (1922)
Barbara George; R&B singer-songwriter (1942)
Hugo Gernsback; Luxembourger-American author (1884)
Frank Gifford; New York Giants QB, tv sportscaster (1930)
Anita Gillette; actor (1936)
Eydie Gorme; singer (1932)
Georgette Heyer; English author (1902)
Timothy Hutton; actor (1960)
Laura Innes; actress and director (1957)
Eddie Kirkland; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1928)
Reiner Kunze; German poet (1933)
Jules Laforgue; Uruguayan-French poet and author (1860)
Ketty Lester; singer and actress (1934)
Robert Squirrel Lester; soul singer 91942)
T. E. Lawrence; British colonel, diplomat, writer and archaeologist (1888)
Kathie Lee-Gifford; television personality (1953)
Gary Loizzo; guitarist, singer (1945)
Gabriel Lippmann; French physicist (1845)
William Keepers Maxwell, Jr.; novelist, short story writer, and essayist (1908)
George Meany; labor organizer (1894)
Pierre Méchain; French astronomer (1744) Otto Messmer; cartoonist and animator, co-created Felix the Cat (1892)
Lois Nettleton, American actres (1927)t
Julie Newmar; actor (1933)
Fess Parker; actor (1924)
Armand J. Piron; violinist, composer, and bandleader (1888)
Taylor Rain; porn actor (1981)
Billy Joe Shaver; singer-songwriter and guitarist 91939)
Bill Spooner; rock musician, singer (1949)
John Standing; English actor (1934)
Wendell Meredith Stanley; biochemist (1904)
James "J.T." Taylor; R&B singer-songwriter (1953)
Nigel Terry; British actor (1948)
Wallace Thurman; author and playwright (1902)
Mal Waldron; pianist and composer (1925)
Lesley Ann Warren; actor (1946)
Eric Weissberg; singer, banjo player, and multi-instrumentalist (1939)
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Terror in the Sky - CBS - September 17, 1971
Drama
Running Time: 90 minutes
Stars:
Doug McClure as George Spencer
Leif Erickson as Marty Treleavan
Roddy McDowall as Dr. Baird
Lois Nettleton as Janet Turner
Keenan Wynn as Milton
Kenneth Tobey as Captain Wilson
Jack Ging as Controller
Sam Melville as Stewart
Leonard Stone as Harry Burdick
Television film remake of 1957's Zero Hour!, which itself was based on the 1956 television play Flight into Danger. Arthur Hailey recycled the premise in his book Runway Zero-Eight which was co-written with John Castle in 1958.
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John Nettleton: Yes Minister star dies aged 94 | Ents & Arts News
Actor John Nettleton, who starred in Yes Minster, has died aged 94, his representatives have confirmed.He was best known for portraying Sir Arnold Robinson in the political satire sitcom and in its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister, in the 1980s.His agent, Scott Marshall Partners, said in a statement: "It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our beloved client and much-loved stage and screen actor John Nettleton at the age of 94."He is survived by his wife Deirdre, three children and five grandchildren."
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