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Simon Anthony Fox Ward (16 October 1941 – 20 July 2012) was a British stage and film actor from Beckenham, England. He was known chiefly for his performance as Winston Churchill in the 1972 film Young Winston. He played many other screen roles, including those of Sir Monty Everard in Judge John Deed and Bishop Gardiner in The Tudors.
16 September 1897. Churchill is a junior officer in India determined to make a name for himself and to become a member of Parliament.As the older Churchill (voiced by Simon Ward) narrates, events shift back to his childhood.
Winston Churchill in his honorary air commodore's uniform, c. 1940. Named the Greatest Briton of all time in a 2002 poll, and widely regarded as being among the most influential people in British history, Winston Churchill has been regularly portrayed in film, television, radio and other media.
Ward LeRoy Churchill (born October 2, 1947) [1] is an American activist and author. He was a professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado Boulder from 1990 until 2007. [ 2 ] Much of Churchill's work focuses on the historical treatment of political dissenters and Native Americans by the United States government, and he expresses ...
On the Justice of Roosting Chickens: Reflections on the Consequences of U.S. Imperial Arrogance and Criminality is a 2003 book written by Ward Churchill and published by AK Press. [1] The "Roosting Chickens" of the title comes from a 1963 Malcolm X speech [ 2 ] [ 3 ] about the John F. Kennedy assassination , which the rights activist called ...
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years is an eight-part 1981 drama serial based on Winston Churchill's years in enforced exile from political position during the 1920s and 1930s. It was made by Southern Television on a budget of £3¼ million and originally broadcast on ITV on Sunday nights at 10 pm. [ 1 ] It was written and directed by ...
The lead role was given to Simon Ward, who later recalled, "I hadn't known the books and a lot of people hadn't known about them then, so at that time I wasn't taking on a national icon. It's always nerve-wracking playing a real person particularly if that real person is still alive and comes and sits on set watching you.
The Four Feathers is a 1978 British television film adaptation of the classic 1902 novel The Four Feathers by novelist A. E. W. Mason. Directed by Don Sharp, this version starred Beau Bridges, Robert Powell, Simon Ward and Jane Seymour, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.