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Angus Wilson Lennie (18 April 1930 – 14 September 2014) was a Scottish film, television and theatre actor with a 50-year career. His numerous credits include the character of Flying Officer Archibald Ives in The Great Escape, and Shughie McFee in the television soap opera Crossroads.
Donald Henry Pleasence (/ ˈ p l ɛ z ə n s /; [2] 5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995) [3] was an English actor. He began his career on stage in the West End before having a screen career, which included starring in a 1954 BBC adaptation of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, before playing numerous supporting and character roles in films including RAF Flight Lieutenant Colin Blythe in The ...
George Mikell (born Jurgis Mikelaitis; 4 April 1929 – 12 May 2020 [1] [2]) was a Lithuanian-Australian actor and writer best known for his performances as Schutzstaffel (SS) officers in The Guns of Navarone (1961) and The Great Escape (1963). [3] Mikell appeared in over 30 British and American feature films and had numerous leading roles in ...
1914: Walter Dalgleish, an Australian actor, collapsed and died on stage during an unnamed performance in the King's Theatre in Fremantle, Western Australia. 1918: Chung Ling Soo, magician (real name: William Ellsworth Robinson), died as a result of a bullet catch illusion going wrong on stage. [8]
The Great Escape continues to receive acclaim from modern critics. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 94% based on 53 reviews. The site's critics consensus reads, "With its impeccably slow-building story and a cast for the ages, The Great Escape is an all-time action classic." [63]
2019-02-03 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: 46 Character killed off with a stroke. Luke Perry: Fred Andrews Riverdale: 42 2019-03-04 Stroke: 3 Character killed off with an off-screen hit-and-run accident in the season 4 premiere. Cameron Boyce: Zach Mrs. Fletcher: 5 2019-07-06 Epileptic seizure: 1 Miniseries. Completed before his death. Simon ...
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Von Lindeiner was the basis for the character "Colonel von Luger" in the film The Great Escape, played by actor Hannes Messemer. [5] He has been portrayed by Manfred Andrae in the made-for-TV film The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988). He is depicted as being executed by firing squad for his failure to prevent the breakout.