David Morrissey was born in 1963 in Liverpool. He attended the local Everyman Youth Theatre, and went on to train at RADA. One Summer was David Morrissey's screen debut. David was 17 when cast in the role of Billy, and celebrated his 18th birthday during filming.
He has had a very successful career on stage and screen in the UK including the films Drowning by Numbers, Hilary & Jackie; critically acclaimed TV dramas Holding On, Our Mutual Friend, State of Play, The Deal, and Blackpool; as well as a foray into the US market in Captain Corelli's Mandolin, and currently filming the sequel to Basic Instinct along side Sharon Stone. He also directs for film and TV - including the BBC drama 'Passer By' starring James Nesbitt.
David Morrissey promoting Born Romantic (2000)
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A native of Liverpool, Spencer Leigh also attended the Everyman Youth Theatre and later studied full time at a Liverpool Drama college. He was 20 when One Summer was broadcast, a year and a half after filming commenced.
He has appeared in a number of films but most notably several by director Derek Jarman including Caravaggio, The Last of England, Aria and The Garden. His TV appearances include the premiere episode of Inspector Morse as a troubled university student embroilled in a murder investigation.
In 1991 Spencer Leigh moved to the United States and worked with music video producer Jake Scott, then into directing TV commercials. Currently Spencer lives in New York and works as an independant producer/director.The 2003 Criterion DVD release of Derek Jarman's Jubilee includes an original documentary on Jarman directed by Spencer Leigh. Spencer is currently working with Criterion on documentary material for the Merchant Ivory Collection.
Born
4th April 1947, James Hazeldine died on 17th Dec 2002, aged
55. He was rehearsing for his role as Sigmund Freud in a new
stage play, The Talking Cure, at the time.
Best
know for playing Bayleaf in the firefighting drama London's
Burning, a role he played continuously for seven years from
the series inception in 1988 through to 1995. His other TV appearences
included the popular sci-fi series The Omega Factor, and Chocky. James Hazeldine
was also an accomplished and successful stage actor. He started his career in the theatre at the Victoria Theatre, Salford as a student A.S.M. then on to various repertory theatres in the North of England, eventually being cast in the Edward Bond season at the Royal Court Theatre in London. A bench is dedicated to his memory outside the National Theatre on the South Bank.
This site was in the final stages of development at the time of James Hazeldine's death, and is dedicated to his memory.
Links:
IMDB
Filmography
The
Guardian Obituary
BBC
News Obituary
The
Mirror Obituary
The
Omega Factor
London's
Burning
Hazeldine
on 'Shipman'
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