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Albert Pierrepoint (1905–1992) was the most prolific British hangman of the twentieth century, executing 434 men and women between 1932 and 1955. This table records the locations of each of the executions he participated in, the numbers in brackets being the number of executions he was assistant executioner at (often assisting his uncle, Thomas Pierrepoint), the other numbers are those in ...
This list of notable actors from the United Kingdom includes performers in film, radio, stage and television This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Black British male actors (318 P) B. Black British male comedians (37 P) M. Black British male musicians (2 C, 3 P) S. Black British sportsmen (1,780 P)
Albert Pierrepoint (/ ˈ p ɪər p ɔɪ n t / PEER-point; 30 March 1905 – 10 July 1992) was an English hangman who executed between 435 and 600 people in a 25-year career that ended in 1956. His father Henry and uncle Thomas were official hangmen before him. Pierrepoint was born in Clayton in the West Riding of Yorkshire. His family struggled ...
In the theatrical annals of wild and wicked stage plays, there are black comedies, blacker comedies, and blacker-than-the-dead-of-night comedies like “Hangmen.“ Prolific playwright Martin ...
He was a small celebrity during this period among the populace, many of whom wanted to catch a glimpse of this relatively young man who was the country's executioner. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Billington carried out the vast majority of executions from 1902 to 1904.
Pierrepoint is a 2005 British film directed by Adrian Shergold about the life of British executioner Albert Pierrepoint. The film premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival [1] and was released in the UK on 7 April 2006. [2] In the United States, it had a limited theatrical release at three screens on 7 June 2007, grossing $21,766.