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- Born in 1988 at Leamington Spa. Warwickshire, to knighted British actor Ben Kingsley and his theatrical director wife Alison Sutcliffe, Ferdinand has a brother Edmund and they both began appearing on stage in no-speaking roles as children. He also a brother Thomas Alexis Bhanji and sister Jasmine Bhanji from his father's first marriage. Turning down the opportunity to attend Clare College, Cambridge, Ferdinand instead was a student at the Guildhall Theatre School and since graduating has appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company,and the National Theatre earning a nomination in 2010 for the Ian Charleson Award for his role as best newcomer as Rosencratz. He also appeared in the film 'The Last Legion' playing his father's character as a young man and on television in crime dramas 'Ripper Street' and 'Poirot'. He is also a music producer under the name of FK.
- Geraldine Alexander was born in 1960 in Leamington Spa, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Bridgerton (2020), The Child in Time (2017) and Extras (2005).
- Amelia (born Emily Morris) grew up in Warwickshire, England. She took to the stage at a very early age and after doing her first voiceover at the age of 5 she went on to appear in 'Boon' (ITV) and 'Verdict' (BBC). At just 16 she trained with the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain (the youngest person to be accepted onto the full course that year) and just six months later became ITV's youngest ever continuity announcer, hosting kids' show CITV five days a week.
After taking a break from performance to gain a degree in Experimental Psychology Amelia signed with one of London's top voice agencies and launched herself back into the world of acting with characteristic enthusiasm. Since then she has appeared in multiple video games, movies and series, including playing Malady in 'Divinity Original Sin II' (Larian Studios) and several roles in both 'Elite Dangerous: Horizons' (Frontier Developments) and 'Star Wars Battlefront II' (EA). She was also the female continuity announcer for the UK's SyFy Channel for five years (2005 - 2010). - Leila Mimmack was born on 5 November 1993 in Leamington Spa to parents Maddy Kerr and Peter Mimmack, who run the Heartbreak Productions theatre company in Spencer Yard, Leamington is an English actress.. Mimmack went to Stratford-upon-Avon College. During her eight year at school Mimmack's teacher described the destruction of the rain forest, which had a big effect on her. Mimmack later became a climate change campaigner and attended rallies and marches. When she was 19 she moved to a narrow boat moored in Hackney marshes, partly because of environmental reasons.
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Leon Vitali was born on 26 July 1948 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK. He was an actor and casting director, known for Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Barry Lyndon (1975) and Romeo & Juliet (2013). He was married to Sharon Messer and Kersti Vitali. He died on 19 August 2022 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Nicholas Ball was born on 11 April 1946 in Leamington, Warwickshire, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Lifeforce (1985), Mutant Chronicles (2008) and Overlord (1975).- Steven Pacey was born on 5 June 1957 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Blake's 7 (1978), Return to House on Haunted Hill (2007) and Hope Gap (2019). He has been married to Joan Marine since 1986. They have two children.
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Edmund Kingsley was born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Capsule (2015), Stonehearst Asylum (2014) and Hugo (2011).- Director
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Craig Rees was born on 10 January 1974 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK. He is a director and actor, known for Sutures (2009), Friends (1994) and The X-Files (1993).- Edward Alexander "Aleister" Crowley was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, philosopher, professional writer, and self-proclaimed prophet. In his youth, Crowley joined the occult organization Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (1887-1903), where he received much of his training in theurgy and ceremonial magic. In 1904, Crowley established his own religion: Thelema (Greek for "the will"). He had supposedly received a divine revelation from an angel. Crowley believed that humans should strive to overcome both their desires and their socially-instilled inhibitions in order to find out the true purpose of their respective lives. Several of Crowley's religious ideas went on to influence Wicca, the practice of chaos magick, Satanism, and Scientology.
In 1875, Crowley was born in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire to a wealthy family. His father was the retired engineer Edward Crowley (1829-1887), who was 46-years-old at the time of Crowley's birth. Edward had grown wealthy due to being the partial owner of a successful brewery. Cowley's mother was Emily Bertha Bishop (1848-1917), a member of a somewhat prominent family whose members lived in both Devonshire and Somerset.
Crowley's parents were converts of the Plymouth Brethren, a Christian fundamentalist movement whose members believed that the Bible is the only authority for church doctrine and practice. Crowley received his early education at an evangelical boarding school located in Hastings. He was then send to the Ebor preparatory school in Cambridge. The boy grew to hate the abusive Reverend Henry d'Arcy Champney, who inflicted sadistic punishments on his students. Crowley eventually dropped out of this school, due to health problems. The boy had developed albuminuria, a urine disease.
By the time he was 12, Crowley was skeptical about Christianity and its teachings. Years of bible study had resulted in Crowley realizing and memorizing the inconsistencies in the Bible. He eagerly pointed these to his religious teachers. In his teen years, Crowley largely rejected Christian morality. He felt the need to satisfy his sexual urges, and did not view this need as immoral. He received college lessons in chemistry, and started writing poetry as a hobby. In his early 20s, Crowley was also a chess enthusiast, and an increasingly skilled mountaineer. In 1894, Crowley joined the Scottish Mountaineering Club. In 1895, Crowley climbed the peaks of five mountains in the Bernese Alps.
By 1895, Crowley started using his nickname "Aleister" as his legal name. From 1895 to 1898, Crowley attended Trinity College, Cambridge. He studied primarily philosophy and literature. He was the president of the local chess club, and briefly considered pursuing a career as a professional chess player. In 1896, Crowley had his first sexual experience with another man while vacationing in Stockholm, Sweden. He would later embrace his bisexuality. He had sexual sexual relationships with various men while living in Cambridge, though such activities were illegal in Victorian England. In 1897, Crowley started a romantic relationship with the on-stage female impersonator (drag queen) Herbert Charles Pollitt (1871-1942). They eventually broke up because Pollitt refused to join his boyfriend in his studies of mysticism and occultism. Crowley later wrote several texts concerning his lifelong regrets about ending his relationship with Pollitt.
In 1898, Crowley dropped out of Cambridge. He maintained excellent grades, but he lost interest in actually pursuing a degree. Also in 1898, Crowley published two volumes of his poems. Shortly after leaving Cambridge, the novice occultist Crowley started hanging out with members of the occultist organization Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (1887-1903). He was formally initiated into the organization in November 1898. His initiation ritual was performed by the organization's de facto leader, Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (1854 -1918). Crowley grew to consider Mathers to be an ineffectual leader.
In the late 1890s, Crowley received training in ceremonial magic by more experienced members of the Golden Dawn. He was fascinated with the ritual use of drugs. He rose through the organization's ranks, but was soon refused entry into the group's inner Second Order. The openly bisexual and libertine Crowley was disliked by several conservative members of the organization. Crowley had started a feud with a fellow member, the Irish poet William Butler Yeats (1865-1939). Yeats' friends resented Crowley.
A schism eventually started within the Golden Dawn, between Mathers' supporters and the members who disliked Mathers' autocratic policies. Crowley chose to support Mathers, and tried to take over one of the organization's temples in the name of Mathers. The dispute resulted in a court case between the rival factions of the Golden Dawn, over ownership of the temple. Mathers lost the court case, and Crowley started being treated as a pariah by members of the winning faction.
In 1900, Crowley decided to migrate to Mexico. He settled in Mexico City, where he experimented with the Enochian invocations of the famed occultist and alchemist John Dee (1527-1608/1609). His mountaineering activities led him to reach the top of several Mexican mountains, such as Iztaccihuatl, Popocatepetl, and Colima. After leaving Mexico, Crowley started traveling the world in search of new experiences. He visited California, Hawaii, Japan, Hong Kong, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), India, and France. Crowley took part in a failed mountaineering expedition that attempted to reach the peak of K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth. The expedition reached an altitude of 20,000 feet (6,100 meters). They abandon the attempt to reach the peak, as Crowley and several other expedition members were suffering from malaria.
In August 1903, Crowley married Rose Edith Kelly (1874-1932), the sister of one of his close friends. It was a marriage of convenience, not love. Rose wanted to escape an arranged marriage, and was fleeing from domineering family members. Her brother viewed the marriage as a personal betrayal by Crowley. The couple took an extended honeymoon. In February 1904, the couple settled in Cairo Egypt. Crowley started invoking ancient Egyptian deities in magical ceremonies. He also took the opportunity to study Islamic mysticism.
In early April 1904, Crowley started listening to the disembodied voice of the angel Aiwass. It supposedly delivered to Crowley messages from the god Horus, concerning a new age for humanity. Crowley recorded his divine revelations in "The Book of the Law", the first publication of Thelema. The disembodied voice supposedly also requested a number of difficult tasks from Crowley, who simply chose to ignore them as unreasonable demands.
In 1905, Crowley returned to his private estate in Scotland, for the first time in several years. He renounced his former mentor Mathers, as Crowley was convinced that the old man was conspiring against him. Crowley established his own printing company, the "Society for the Propagation of Religious Truth". He chose the name to mock a Christian charity organization, the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (1698-). The primary purpose of the company was the promotion of Crowley's literary works. By this point, Crowley was relatively famous as a poet. Several of his poems were favorably received by critics, but they never sold well.
Crowley soon resumed world traveling. He led a failed mountaineering expedition to climb the mountain Kanchenjunga in Nepal. Crowley faced a mutiny over his reckless behavior during the expedition. He returned to India, then made an extended tour of Southern China. He also visited Hanoi in Vietnam. He worked on a new ritual while in China, invoking his Holy Guardian Angel. He proceeded to travel through Japan and Canada, and visited New York City in a failed effort to secure funding for a new mountaineering expedition.
Crowley's return to the United Kingdom came with a nasty surprise for him. He learned that his first-born daughter Lilith Crowley had died of typhoid fever during his absence. He also realized that his wife Rose was struggling with alcoholism, and that she was probably not fit to be a parent. His own health was failing at the time, and he underwent a series of surgical operations.
In 1907, Crowley started regularly using hashish in his magic rituals. In 1909, he published an essay concerning the mystical aspects of hashish use. He published several books concerning the occult during the late 1900s. The family fortune which he had inherited was running out at the time, and he tried to secure additional funds. At one point, Crowley was hired by George Montagu Bennett, the Earl of Tankerville, to protect him from evil witchcraft. Crowley realized that Tankerville was a cocaine-addict suffering from paranoia, so Crowley just improvised a drug rehabilitation project for his employer.
In 1908, Crowley realized that horror short stories were selling much better than poetry. So he published a series of his own horror stories. He also became a regular writer for a weekly magazine, the so-called "Vanity Fair" (1868-1914). In 1909, Crowley established his own magazine, "The Equinox" (1909-1998). The magazine specialized in texts about occultism and magick, but also regularly published poetry, prose fiction, and biographies.
In 1909, Crowley divorced his wife Rose, as he was fed-up with her drinking binges. Rose was institutionalized in 1911.In November 1909, Crowley started a long journey through the deserts of Algeria. He chose to recite the Quran on a daily basis while living in the desert. At one point, Crowley offered a blood sacrifice to the demon Choronzon while still in Algeria. He returned to London in January 1910, to find that his old mentor Mather was suing him for publishing secret texts of the defunct Golden Dawn. Crowley both won the court case, and enjoyed the publicity which the case brought him. The yellow press was portraying him as a Satanist, and Crowley found it amusing to embrace various stereotypes about Satanism at the time.
In 1910, Crowley organized the Rites of Artemis, a public performance of magic and symbolism. All the performers were associates and followers of Crowley. The celebrations received favorable reviews from the press. The encouraged Crowley soon organized the Rites of Eleusis in Westminster, but this performance received mostly negative reviews. There were press reports at the time that Crowley was homosexual, but the authorities made no attempt to arrest him. Crowley devoted the next couple of years to his writing activities, completing 19 works on magic and mysticism in this period. He also continued publishing poetry and fiction.
In 1912, Crowley published the magical book "The Book of Lies", one of his best-reviewed works. Crowley found himself accused of plagiarizing the works of the German occultist Theodor Reuss (1855-1923), based on the similarities between their ideas. Crowley managed to convince Reuss that the similarities were coincidental, and befriended Reuss in the process. Crowley was then initiated in Reuss' own occult organization, the Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO). With Reuss' permission, Crowley established a British branch of the organization and completely rewrote most of the organization's rituals. OTO was practicing sex magic, and Crowley liked that idea.
In 1913, Crowley served as the producer for a group of female violinists. Primarily because the group's leader was a close friend and lover of Crowley. He followed them during 6 weeks of performances in Moscow, Russia. Crowley wrote several new works while in Moscow. In January 1914, Crowley and his long-term lover Victor Neuburg settled together in a Parisian apartment. The couple experimented with sex magic rituals, which involved the use of strong drugs. At the time, Crowley regularly invoked the Roman gods Jupiter and Mercury in his new rituals. Noticing that Neuburg had started distancing himself from Crowley by the end of their vacation in Paris, Crowley had an intense argument with him and ritually cursed Neuburg.
By 1914, Crowley was nearly bankrupt. He financially depended on donation by his followers. In May 1914, he transferred the ownership of his estate in Scotland. Later that year, Crowley suffered from a bout of phlebitis. Following his recovery, he decided to migrate to the United States for financial reasons. He settled in New York City, where he became a regular writer for the American version of the magazine "Vanity Fair" (1913-1936). He continued experimenting with sex magic while living in the Big Apple.
During World War I, Crowley declared his support for the German Empire against the British Empire. His sympathies were possibly influenced by his German friends in the OTO. In 1915, Crowley was hired as a writer for the propagandist newspaper "The Fatherland", which championed German interests in the United States. Crowley left New York City for a while, going on an extended tour of Canada, Mexico, and the United States. He visited Vancouver to make contact with the local variation of the OTO. Crowley spend part of the winter of 1916 in New Orleans, which was his favorite American city. In February 1917, Crowley headed to Florida for a family reunion with a number of his evangelical Christian relatives who had settled there.
Later in 1917, Crowley returned to New York City. He struggled with unemployment, as several of the newspapers and magazines which had previously hired him had shut down. In 1918, Crowley worked on a new translation of the Taoist book "Tao Te Ching". At the time, Crowley claimed to have started experiencing past life memories. Fueled by his belief in reincarnation, Crowley proclaimed himself to be a reincarnation of Pope Alexander VI/Rodrigo de Borja (1431-1503, term 1492-1503). Having more free time than usual while living in Greenwich Village, Crowley found a new hobby in painting. He exhibited several of his painting at a local literary club, and attracted some attention from the local press.
In 1919, the impoverished Crowley moved back to London. The local press labeled a traitor for his Germanophile tendencies. He was suffering from asthma attacks at the time. An English doctor prescribed a supposedly miraculous drug for Crowley, which promised to cure his asthma. The drug was actually heroine, and was highly addictive. Crowley developed a drug addiction. In January 1920, Crowley moved to the Parisian apartment of his lover Leah Hirsig. While there, he started efforts to establish a new organization, the Abbey of Thelema. He named it after a fictional organization which had appeared in the works of Francois Rabelais (c. 1483-1553).
In April 1920, Crowley settled in Sicily with a number of his supporters and their families. They established the Abbey of Thelema. They established daily rituals for the sun god Ra. Crowley offered a libertine education for the children of his followers, and allowed them to witness sex magic rituals. The organization soon attracted new followers, but Crowley's drug addiction was increasingly out of control. In 1922, Crowley published the autobiographical novel "Diary of a Drug Fiend". The British press criticized it for supposedly promoting the use of drugs.
In 1923, Crowley was at the center of an international scandal. A young Thelemite follower died from a liver infection, after drinking polluted water. His widow published stories of the unsanitary conditions in the Abbey, and of self-harm rituals which Crowley had created for his followers. The international press published scathing stories for Crowley. Benito Mussolini, the fascist Prime Minister of Italy (1883-1945, term 1922-1943) decided to deport Crowley in April 1923. The Abbey was not officially targeted by the fascist government, but it soon collapsed due to its lack of leadership. There was no way to attract more followers of Crowley to Sicily without using Crowley's physical presence as a tool for recruitment.
In self-exile in Tunis during much of 1923, Crowley started working on his autobiography, "The Confessions of Aleister Crowley". In January 1924, Crowley moved back to France in preparation for a series of nasal operations. For the next few years, Crowley spend part of each year in Tunis and part of each year in France. He wrote a few significant works at the time, though some of his personal relationships deteriorated.
In the mid-1920s, Crowley declared himself to be the new leader of the OTO, following the death of Reuss. His right to leadership was questioned by other candidate leaders,. The OTO soon split itself to several rival factions, each proclaiming itself to be the true continuation of the original organization. In 1928, Crowley was deported from France. Due to Crowley's past loyalty to the German Empire, the French authorities worried that he may be a German agent.
In 1929, Crowley moved back to the United Kingdom. He secured a book deal with Mandrake Press, which agreed to publish his autobiography and several works of prose fiction. The Great Depression negatively affected Crowley. In November 1930, Mandrake went into liquidation. Crowley was left with no regular published for his works, and no regular source of income. Crowley spend part of the year 1930 in Berlin, Germany, where his expressionistic paintings were displayed in a gallery. His works gained favorable press reviews, but few of them were actually sold. Painting was not a profitable occupation for Crowley.
In January 1932, Crowley started socializing with German communists and other far left figures in Berlin, despite having never previously expressed any interest in their ideologies. Some of his biographers suspect that Crowley was merely acting as a spy for British intelligence at this time. Later that year, he returned to London for another nasal surgery. In desperate need of money, Crowley launched a series of court cases for libel against his perceived enemies. The litigation proved more expensive than he expected, and he was declared bankrupt in February 1935. The bankruptcy case revealed that Crowley's expenses over the past few years had far exceeded his income.
In 1936, Crowley published "The Equinox of the Gods". It was his first new book in half a decade, and sold unusually well. Crowley also managed to secure funding from the Agape Lodge, a Californian splinter faction of the OTO. His benefactor was the Lodge's de facto leader, the rocket engineer Jack Parsons (1914-1952). Crowley was concerned at the time about the disestablishment of the German faction of the OTO, whose members faced persecution by the Nazi Party. Several of Crowley's German friends had been arrested, and others had fled the country.
During World War II, Crowley was closely associated with the British intelligence community. His biographers are uncertain whether he was working as a British agent, or merely assisting actual agents. Among Crowley's close associates during the War were two fellow British writers who were working as intelligence agents: Roald Dahl (1916-1990) and Ian Fleming (1908-1964). Crowley supposedly helped create a new war slogan for the BBC, called "V for Victory". His asthma attacks worsened during the war, in part because the medication he needed was unavailable. He was briefly hospitalized in Torquay. Among Crowley's last published works was a wartime book about the concept of human rights.
On December 1, 1947, Crowley died due to chronic bronchitis, aggravated by pleurisy. He was 72-years-old at the time of his death. Despite Crowley maintaining several friendly and professional contacts during the last years of his life, only about a dozen people bothered to attend his funeral. His body was cremated, and his ashes were delivered to the next leader of the OTO, Karl Gemer. Gemer was living at the time in exile in the United States. Gemer buried Crowley's ashes in a garden located in Hampton, New Jersey. Crowley remains one of the most famous and influential occultists of his era, thought the nature of his legacy remains a controversial topic. - Christian Horner was born on 16 November 1973 in Leamington Spa, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Vamos Vegas (2023), Formula 1: Ten Sport (2003) and South at Six (1974). He has been married to Geri Horner since 15 May 2015. They have one child.
- Nora Nicholson was born on 7 December 1887 in Leamington, Warwickshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Secret Agent (1964), A Town Like Alice (1956) and The Forsyte Saga (1967). She died on 18 September 1973 in London, England, UK.
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Dan Martin was born on 8 August 1979 in Leamington Spa, England, UK. He is known for Possessor (2020), The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) and Infinity Pool (2023). He has been married to Jennifer Handorf since 28 June 2008.- Nikki Kelly was born on 23 November 1951 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Hi-de-Hi! (1980), You're Driving Me Crazy (1978) and Kelly Monteith (1979).
- Thomasin Rand was born in 1980 in Leamington, Warwickshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Love's Labour's Lost (Globe Theatre Version) (2010), Sherlock (2010) and The Bletchley Circle (2012).
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Michelle Duffy was born in 1977 in England, to Irish parents. She grew up in Warwickshire, England and has lived in Leeds, London and Oxfordshire. She is primarily a writer known for her work on comedy drama series The South Westerlies (2020) and Irish continuing drama Fair City (1989). She has been married to Karl Schweppe since December 2009.- David Hobbs was born on 9 June 1939 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. He is an actor, known for Cars 2 (2011), Stroker Ace (1983) and Formula 1 (1950). He is married to Margaret. They have two children.
- Gwynne Whitby was born on 8 July 1903 in Leamington Spa, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Mine Own Executioner (1947), Time Without Pity (1957) and Princess (1969). She was married to Hugh Williams. She died on 11 July 1984 in Denville Hall, Northwood, London, England, UK.
- Monica Marko was born on 10 November 1919 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Love Happens (2009), Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011) and Knight Moves (1992). She died on 10 August 2016 in White Rock, British Columbia, Canada.
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Gareth Icke is a musician, author, actor and TV Presenter. Gareth Icke first came into the public spot light with his band 'Kody' who toured all over Europe and America. When the band split he released his first solo album 'It Gets Worse At Night' in 2009 and the single 'Feels Like A Race' was play listed by BBC Radio 1.
His second album 'A Brand New Battle' contains perhaps his best known song 'Remember Who You Are'. It was released on Eromeda Records in 2012 and yielded three singles, 'Remember Who You Are', 'What's Love Without Meaning' and 'Beat Up'. He also wrote 'How Not To Be A Rock Star' a book based on his exploits on tour with Punk Rock band 'Kody'
Gareth Icke also presents a music show called 'The Banned' on the TV Channel 'The Peoples Voice'. He's set to appear in an independent movie called 'A New York Story'- Actress
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Sheena Marshe was born in 1935 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Armchair Theatre (1956), Dentist on the Job (1961) and Out of This World (1962). She was married to Doug Robinson. She died in 2019 in Kent, England, UK.- Music Department
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Catherine Bott was born on 11 September 1952 in Leamington Spa, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Transcendence (2014), Angel Heart (1987) and Kingdom of Heaven (2005).- Actor
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Jay is an English actor, director, writer, and producer.
As an actor, Jay has played supporting, character and lead roles in theatre, commercials, television and film. His ear for accents has been displayed by his portrayal of characters from various places, including London, Yorkshire, Scotland, South Africa, California, New York and Alabama, among others.- Director
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Juliet McKoen was born in January 1955 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England. She is a director and writer, known for Frozen (2005), Born of Fire (1987) and Mavis and the Mermaid (2000).- Actor
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David Blackwell was born on 13 January 1976 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Unit 19, Jagame Thandhiram (2021) and Ernaline.- Randy Turpin was the British and European Middleweight Champion and England's shining boxing star when he scored the upset of the century in 1951 by winning a 15-round decision over the legendary Sugar Ray Robinson to capture the world's 160-pound boxing title. Robinson had a record of 128-1-3 and had won 93 straight fights. Turpin, 23 and with a record of 41-2-1, seemed destined for greatness. However, his reign as World Champion lasted only 64 days; when Robinson stopped him in the 10th round of their rematch to regain the title. Even though Turpin went on to win the Empire Middleweight title as well as the British and Empire Light-heavyweight titles, he never again wore the world's championship crown. Knockout defeats to Tiberio Mitri in one round, Gordon Wallace in four and Yolande Pompey in two ended his days as a contender, and he retired in 1958. His private life was filled with emotional and financial problems, and he made a comeback in an unlicensed bout on March 18, 1963 at Wisbech, England, knocking out Eddie Marcano in six rounds. His final bout was in Malta, on August 22, 1964 when he knocked out Charles Seguna in two rounds. Turpin also took up professional wrestling and worked in a scrapyard as his financial difficulties deteriorated further. On May 17, 1966, the 37-year-old former champion shot and killed himself in the café he and his wife, Gwyneth, ran in his hometown of Leamington in Warwickshire, England.
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Jack Payne was born on 22 August 1899 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Say It with Music (1932), Jamboree! (1957) and Pantomania, or It Was Never Like This (1955). He was married to Peggy Cochrane. He died on 4 December 1969 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK.- Henry Caine was born on 19 June 1888 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Ghost Train (1931), The Brown Wallet (1936) and Strangler's Morgue (1946). He was married to Laura Sammons. He died on 9 July 1962 in Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK.
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Graduated from the University of Windsor in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies and Communications.
Graduated from The Vancouver Film School in 2005 with a diploma in Film Production.
Co-Produced and worked as a 1st AD on the Bif Naked music video entitled, "My Greatest Masterpiece."
Wrote, produced, and directed several short films and music videos while attending University.
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Walter Howard was born on 7 March 1866 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for The Lifeguardsman (1916), The Midnight Wedding (1912) and The Midnight Wedding (1914). He was married to Agnes [Maria] Chesson (actress). He died on 6 October 1922 in London, England, UK.- Actor
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Jay Wilbur was born on 10 May 1894 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Hi Gang! (1941). He died on 12 March 1969 in Cape Town, South Africa.- Wilfred Mellers was born on 26 April 1914 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK. He was married to Peggy Pauline Lewis. He died on 17 May 2008 in Scrayingham, North Yorkshire, England, UK.
- William Moore was born on 23 September 1985 in Leamington Spa. He is an actor, known for Nutcracker and Mouse King (2017) and Dance On! Zwischen Applaus und Abschied (2022).
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Jennie Dempster was born on 8 August 1973 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK. She is a producer and director, known for Great Expectations (1998), Your Face or Mine? (2002) and I Love the 1990s (2001).- Harry Caine was born on 19 January 1888 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Fire Raisers (1934). He was married to Laura Tomkins. He died on 9 July 1962 in Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK.
- Unity Grimwood was born in 1933 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Tales of the Unexpected (1979), Strange Report (1969) and Testament of Youth (1979).
- Norman Painting was born on 23 April 1924 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Archers (2007), This Is Your Life (1955) and Network (1974). He died on 29 October 2009 in Warmington, Warwickshire, England, UK.
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Ernest Pascoe was born in 1922 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK. He is known for Sunday Night (1965) and Gallery (1984). He died on 21 September 1996.- Cinematographer
Patrick Lobzun was born on 19 March 1951 in Leamington, Ontario, Canada. He was a cinematographer, known for The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati (1996), Veritales (2006) and The Gift of Time (1996). He died on 31 July 2015 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.- Susan Winterton was born on 20 October 1939 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Girl at the Window (1956), The Nutcracker (1958) and Giselle (1959).
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Chris was born on October 16, 1986 in Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for portraying the character of Nez from his OddNez (2019) web series, He also dose short films alongside with video game 'Let's Plays' which are often uploaded to his channel also Known for Revived (2011).- Director
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Dick Bird was born on 16 August 1892 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Youth Marches On (1938) and White Wilderness (1958). He was married to Ada Bovee and Pansy Nix. He died on 26 September 1986 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.- Paul Jennings was born on 20 June 1918 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for This Is London (1953), Holiday with Everything (1958) and Riverside 2000 (1966). He was married to Celia Blom. He died on 26 December 1989 in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, UK.
- Trina Gulliver was born on 30 November 1969 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Poison Arrows (2022), World Seniors Darts Championship (2022) and World Professional Darts Championship (1978). She has been married to Sue Biddle since 2010. She was previously married to Paul Gulliver.
- Alex Dudley was born on 29 June 1983 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Nick Wilson's Gamers (2004).
- Sound Department
Harry Webb was born on 20 April 1986 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK. Harry is known for Schrödinger's Girl (2009) and Blood Actually (2008).- Actress
Was born to Margaret and Hubert Greenwood in England, but was raised in Hollywood, California.
As a young woman her interests included tennis, horsemanship and dance.
With her sister, she was a dancer at Grauman's Chinese Theatre for one season which resulted in a short lived movie career as a dancer. Left films after marrying an army officer.
Led a very active life right up until her death at age 93.
2 children: Pamela and Michael- Michael Billington was born on 16 November 1939 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK. He is a writer, known for Omnibus (1967), The London Programme (1975) and All the World's a Stage (1984). He has been married to Jeanine Bradlaugh since 12 December 1978. They have one child.
- Michael Bliss was born on 18 January 1941 in Leamington, Ontario, Canada. He was married to Elizabeth Haslam. He died on 18 May 2017 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Madison Hawke was born on 21 July 2003 in Leamington, Ontario, Canada.