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Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and emotionally vulnerable characters. Actor Robert De Niro described him as "an actor with the everymans face who embodied the heartbreakingly human". At a young age Hoffman knew he wanted to study in the arts, and en ... ... ( read more! ) Susan Melody George (born 26 July 1950) is an English stage and screen actress, movie and television show producer. She is best known for appearing in films such as Straw Dogs (1971) with Dustin Hoffman, Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974) with Peter Fonda, and Mandingo (1975) with Ken Norton. ... ... ( read more! ) Peter Vaughan (born Peter Ewart Ohm 4 April 1923 6 December 2016) was an English character actor known for many supporting roles in British film and television productions. He also acted extensively on the stage.He is perhaps best known for his role as Grouty in the sitcom Porridge and its 1979 film adaptation. Other parts included a recurring rol ... ... ( read more! ) Born in Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland, Thomas Patrick T. P. McKenna was a distinguished character actor of film and TV and a prolific stage actor. He made his stage debut in "Summer and Smoke" by Tennessee Williams at the Pike Theatre in Dublin in 1954 and his film debut in the 1960 film The Night Fighters. Film credits included Straw Dogs, Ulysse ... ... ( read more! ) A rugged intense masculine actor who played villains in films such as Straw Dogs (1971) and took the lead role of rugby player Gareth Hopkins in two series of TV drama Fallen Hero (1978-79). He died in January 2019 aged 83. ... ... ( read more! ) Jim Norton (born 4 January 1938) is an Irish stage, film and television character actor, known for his work in the theatre, most notably in Conor McPhersons The Seafarer, and on television as Bishop Brennan in the sitcom Father Ted. ... ... ( read more! ) ... One of the most brilliant character actors of his generation, Hollywoods loss was British televisions gain with Ken Hutchison. Born in Scotland, his handsome features and cheeky expression guaranteed him a career in character roles, but his dangerous streak led him early in his career into dark, villainous roles. He was cast by Sam Peckinpah as one ... ... ( read more! ) ... ... Born in Kuala Lumpur, British Malaya, to a Swiss-French mother and an American father, Peter Arne was an actor and an antique dealer who was murdered in 1983. In the late 1940s, Arne and his partner Jack Corke befriended acclaimed novelist Mary Renault and her partner, Julie Mullard, on the SS Cairo, a steamer bound from Britain to South Africa a ... ... ( read more! ) ... Actor and writer Colin Welland will perhaps be forever remembered for his triumph at the 1982 Academy Awards, when he won the Best Screenplay Oscar for his screenplay for the hit film Chariots of Fire, proclaiming "The British are Coming!" As an actor, his first film appearance is perhaps still his best-loved, the sympathetic Mr Farthing in Kes (19 ... ... ( read more! ) June Muriel Brown OBE (16 February 1927 3 April 2022) was an English actress and author. She was best known for her role as Dot Cotton on the BBC soap opera EastEnders (19851993 19972020). In 2005, she won Best Actress at the Inside Soap Awards and received the Lifetime Achievement award at the British Soap Awards. Brown was appointed a Member of ... ... ( read more! )