Prolific actor James Laurenson, who played Doctor Weir in the royal period drama The Crown, has died. He was 84. His passing was reported by multiple U.K. news outlets on Friday, May 10. A cause of death has not yet been provided. Born on February 17, 1940, in Marton, North Island, New Zealand, Laurenson made his acting career in the United Kingdom after moving there in the mid-1960s. He made his on-screen film debut in 1969 in Ken Russell’s romantic drama Women in Love. Throughout his career, Laurenson has had guest roles in numerous classic TV series such as Coronation Street, Z-Cars, The Professionals, Hammer House of Horror, Cagney and Lacey, Remington Steele, Bergerac, Midsomer Murders, Prime Suspect, Silent Witness, Hustle, Endeavour, Spooks, and many more. In more recent years, he played Earl of Westmoreland in the BBC adaptations of William Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Parts I and II and starred in...
- 5/13/2024
- TV Insider
Cast of Andrew Davies’ six-part drama adaptation of Victor Hugo’s 19th-century classic Les Miserables will be led by Dominic West and David Oyelowo. Courtesy of Masterpiece Dominic West (The Affair,...
- 1/10/2018
- by Clarence Moye
- AwardsDaily.com
Louisa Mellor Jan 6, 2018
New BBC crime thriller Hard Sun, from the creator of Luther, is action-packed escapism. Spoilers ahead…
This review contains spoilers.
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With our world inching daily closer towards a mass extinction event, a show about Earth being slapped with an imminent expiry date should probably feel like gritty realism rather than escapism. Hard Sun doesn’t though. It’s impeccably escapist, because it isn’t set in the real world but in the decidedly more exciting world of the action thriller. That means there’s an explosion and a punch-up and an international conspiracy every ten minutes, making it exactly the thing with which to fill your eyes in the drizzly, grey month of January.
Hard Sun also represents excellent value for your time investment in this TV-flooded age,...
New BBC crime thriller Hard Sun, from the creator of Luther, is action-packed escapism. Spoilers ahead…
This review contains spoilers.
See related The Simpsons: 50 best episodes 13 great Simpsons Treehouse Of Horror Halloween stories Watch Guillermo del Toro's couch gag for The Simpsons
With our world inching daily closer towards a mass extinction event, a show about Earth being slapped with an imminent expiry date should probably feel like gritty realism rather than escapism. Hard Sun doesn’t though. It’s impeccably escapist, because it isn’t set in the real world but in the decidedly more exciting world of the action thriller. That means there’s an explosion and a punch-up and an international conspiracy every ten minutes, making it exactly the thing with which to fill your eyes in the drizzly, grey month of January.
Hard Sun also represents excellent value for your time investment in this TV-flooded age,...
- 1/4/2018
- Den of Geek
Time to add a little bit of spooky to your evening as we have the first look at actress Maria Olsen in make-up as one of the creepy inhabitants of a haunted residence in the new flick from The Asylum, The Haunting of Whaley House. Dig it!
Check out the behind-the-scenes image from the Jose Prendes flick below. Look for it in July.
From the Press Release
The cast has been officially locked in for The Asylum’s thrill ride The Haunting Of Whaley House. The film stars Stephanie Greco (Chemical Peel, Phoenix Falling) as lead character Penny, who is convinced by her friend Craig, played by Graham Denman (Sick Girl, Eyes of the Woods), to give him a private tour of the infamously haunted Whaley House.
“Not only is the script super-scary, but I have the opportunity to play such a wonderfully written character, which is an actor’s dream,...
Check out the behind-the-scenes image from the Jose Prendes flick below. Look for it in July.
From the Press Release
The cast has been officially locked in for The Asylum’s thrill ride The Haunting Of Whaley House. The film stars Stephanie Greco (Chemical Peel, Phoenix Falling) as lead character Penny, who is convinced by her friend Craig, played by Graham Denman (Sick Girl, Eyes of the Woods), to give him a private tour of the infamously haunted Whaley House.
“Not only is the script super-scary, but I have the opportunity to play such a wonderfully written character, which is an actor’s dream,...
- 4/12/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The Asylum's latest spookfest The Haunting of Whaley House is getting set to go before cameras, and we have the last bits of casting news and more right here for ya! Dig it!
From the Press Release
The cast has been officially locked in for The Asylum’s thrill ride The Haunting Of Whaley House. The film stars Stephanie Greco (Chemical Peel, Phoenix Falling) as lead character Penny, who is convinced by her friend Craig, played by Graham Denman (Sick Girl, Eyes of the Woods), to give him a private tour of the infamously haunted Whaley House.
“Not only is the script super-scary, but I have the opportunity to play such a wonderfully written character, which is an actor’s dream,” says Stephanie Greco. “What’s funny is that the house we’re shooting at is actually really haunted and I’m the biggest scaredy cat you’ll ever meet,...
From the Press Release
The cast has been officially locked in for The Asylum’s thrill ride The Haunting Of Whaley House. The film stars Stephanie Greco (Chemical Peel, Phoenix Falling) as lead character Penny, who is convinced by her friend Craig, played by Graham Denman (Sick Girl, Eyes of the Woods), to give him a private tour of the infamously haunted Whaley House.
“Not only is the script super-scary, but I have the opportunity to play such a wonderfully written character, which is an actor’s dream,” says Stephanie Greco. “What’s funny is that the house we’re shooting at is actually really haunted and I’m the biggest scaredy cat you’ll ever meet,...
- 3/5/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
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