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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.
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 ...
This category comprises male actors or performers who have been knighted (either Knight Bachelor or Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire), including honorary knighthoods (i.e. Fairbanks, Hope, Milligan).
This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Alfred Allen (executioner) Harry Allen (executioner) B. Robert Baxter (executioner) James Berry (executioner)
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 ...
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.
David Strickland, American actor, best known for his character Todd on Suddenly Susan (22 March 1999) Petr Lébl, Czech theatre director (11 December 1999) Justin Pierce, British-born American skateboarder and actor (10 July 2000) Stuart Adamson, British musician (16 December 2001) Jon Lee, Welsh drummer with Feeder (7 January 2002)
Actors and actresses. A-C. Gillian Anderson (born 1968) Dame Julie Andrews (born 1935) Vanessa Angel (born 1966) Richard Armitage (born 1971)