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Simon Lack is a Actor born on 19 december 1913
Simon Lack (19 December 1913 – 8 August 1980) was a Scottish actor, working mostly in England.
He was born Alexander MacAlpine, in Cleland, Scotland. Known locally as Alec, he was the youngest child and only son of his father, Alexander McAlpine (known as Sandy) and his mother Euphemia Ritchie. His sisters were Charlotte (Lottie), Mary, Euphemia (Euphie), and Jenny. Another sister, Jessie, died in childhood. Sandy McAlpine was a stonemason, but worked down the mines when there was no masonry work available, making Simon Lack's later role in Proud Valley particularly poignant to those who knew him from his youth. Euphemia Ritchie's family were somewhat wealthier, but she was disowned on account of her choice of husband, and the family lived for many years in a one room apartment (known in Scottish working class language as a 'single end'), although it seems eventually one of her uncles relented and came to their aid. Alec's earliest ventures into acting were in local theatres.
He seems to have chosen the pseudonym Simon Lack when he embarked upon the London stage.
He lost five years during World War II (as did so many British actors). He served in the European theatre, and was present at Monte Cassino.
After the war he returned to acting, getting back into stage work.
He was also a member of the BBC Radio company during the late 1950s/early 1960s, and notably guest-starred in all but two of the Paul Temple serials (mysteries) that starred Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury.
His television roles included two Doctor Who serials; The Mind of Evil (1971) and The Androids of Tara (1978). He also guest-starred in episodes of The Saint, Jason King, and Doomwatch. He had co-starring roles in Telford's Change, Enemy at the Door and The Borgias.
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Birth 19 december 1913
Death 8 august 1980 (at 66 years)
Death 8 august 1980 (at 66 years)
He was born Alexander MacAlpine, in Cleland, Scotland. Known locally as Alec, he was the youngest child and only son of his father, Alexander McAlpine (known as Sandy) and his mother Euphemia Ritchie. His sisters were Charlotte (Lottie), Mary, Euphemia (Euphie), and Jenny. Another sister, Jessie, died in childhood. Sandy McAlpine was a stonemason, but worked down the mines when there was no masonry work available, making Simon Lack's later role in Proud Valley particularly poignant to those who knew him from his youth. Euphemia Ritchie's family were somewhat wealthier, but she was disowned on account of her choice of husband, and the family lived for many years in a one room apartment (known in Scottish working class language as a 'single end'), although it seems eventually one of her uncles relented and came to their aid. Alec's earliest ventures into acting were in local theatres.
He seems to have chosen the pseudonym Simon Lack when he embarked upon the London stage.
He lost five years during World War II (as did so many British actors). He served in the European theatre, and was present at Monte Cassino.
After the war he returned to acting, getting back into stage work.
He was also a member of the BBC Radio company during the late 1950s/early 1960s, and notably guest-starred in all but two of the Paul Temple serials (mysteries) that starred Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury.
His television roles included two Doctor Who serials; The Mind of Evil (1971) and The Androids of Tara (1978). He also guest-starred in episodes of The Saint, Jason King, and Doomwatch. He had co-starring roles in Telford's Change, Enemy at the Door and The Borgias.
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Trog (1970)
, 1h33Directed by Freddie Francis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Horror
Actors Joan Crawford, Michael Gough, Bernard Kay, Kim Braden, David Griffin, John Hamill
Roles Colonel Vickers
Rating40%
Set in contemporary England, the film follows Doctor Brockton (Joan Crawford) who learns that in the caves of the countryside, a troglodyte is alive and might be able to be helped and even domesticated. She gets the creature to the surface and attempts to train him, but runs into trouble as a few people oppose this, especially a local businessman afraid of negative commercial consequences, Sam Murdock (Michael Gough). Murdock frees the creature, leading to a rampage.
The Bushbaby (1969)
, 1h40Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical
Themes Children's films
Actors Louis Gossett Jr., Donald Houston, Laurence Naismith, Marne Maitland, Geoffrey Bayldon, Jack Gwillim
Roles first officer
Rating63%
One night in the Kenyan grasslands, Jackie Leeds and her family's native friend and servant, Tembo Murumbi, chase a young galago about its preferred habitat, a baobab tree. Tembo catches the small animal and offers it to Jackie as a gift; she names the small bushbaby 'Komba'. A year or so passes since this first encounter, and one day at church, Komba's playfulness causes commotion, disrupting the daily hymn. Feeling defeated, the pastor yields the podium to Professor Crankshaw, who takes the opportunity to bid farewell to a number of church members. Jackie notices that Crankshaw, 'Cranky' as she calls him, looks firmly into her father's eyes as he speaks, and she becomes alarmed. After church, Jackie's suspicions are confirmed when her father explains that, due to the new powers in Kenya's government, his employment as a game warden is likely to be terminated. They'll leave for London where he'll fill an opening at the zoo. Jackie is upset at the news, specially when she learns that Komba will have to be left behind. For Jackie, leaving Africa means leaving the home she's known all of her life: her school, her friends, and the grave of her mother, Penelope Leeds, who had been killed in the uprising of 1961.
Macbeth (1964)
, 1h30Directed by George Schaefer
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Films about royalty
Actors Maurice Evans, Judith Anderson, Michael Hordern, Ian Bannen, Felix Aylmer, Jeremy Brett
Roles Menteith
Rating81%
Deuxième version de la pièce classique de Shakespeare, avec les mêmes deux étoiles et le même réalisateur que sa première version, mais avec un casting différent.
The Longest Day (1962)
, 2h51Directed by Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck, Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Radio, Political films, Children's films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Patrick Barr, Richard Burton, Lyndon Brook, Robert Mitchum
Rating76%
The movie is filmed in the style of a docudrama. Beginning in the days leading up to D-Day, it concentrates on events on both sides of the channel, such as the Allies waiting for the break in the poor weather and anticipating the reaction of the Axis forces defending northern France. The film pays particular attention to the decision by Gen. Eisenhower, supreme commander of SHAEF, to go after reviewing the initial bad-weather reports as well as reports about the divisions within the German High Command as to where an invasion might happen or what the response to it should be.
The Durant Affair (1962)
Directed by Godfrey Grayson
Genres Drama
Actors Jane Griffiths, Conrad Phillips, Nigel Green, Simon Lack, Francis De Wolff, Richard Caldicot
Roles Roland Farley
Rating64%
A will is contested in court, after a fortune is granted to an unexpected heiress.
, 1h9Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Laurence Payne, Susan Stephen, Ralph Michael, Richard Caldicot, Basil Dignam, Austin Trevor
Roles Wilson
Rating59%
On the Fiddle (1961)
, 1h26Directed by Cyril Frankel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors Alfred Lynch, Sean Connery, Cecil Parker, Stanley Holloway, Alan King, Eric Barker
Roles Flight Leuitenant Baldwin
Rating58%
During the Second World War, spiv Horace Pope is taken to court for street peddling. In mitigation he tells the judge he is only working in the black market while waiting to enlist in the war effort. On hearing this plea, the judge calls his bluff and forces him to sign up.
Just William (1940)
, 1h12Directed by Graham Cuts
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Richard Lupino, Fred Emney, Basil Radford, Amy Veness, Iris Hoey, Roddy McDowall
Roles Robert Brown
Rating60%
A rascal child recruits his friends as assistants to help his father to get elected to the city council. Sadly, the children accidentally helped two jewel thieves to escape. They feel sorry about this, and then, to redeem themselves, the kids begin investigating a rival candidates conspiracy. Their involvement causes the boy's father to win the elections.
The Proud Valley (1940)
, 1h16Directed by Pen Tennyson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Paul Robeson, Edward Chapman, Simon Lack, Edward Rigby, Clifford Evans, George Merritt
Roles Emlyn Parry
Rating66%
David Goliath, a Black American, arrives in Wales and wins the respect of the very musically oriented Welsh people through his singing. He shares the hardships of their lives, and becomes a working-class hero as he helps to better their working conditions and ultimately, during a mining accident, sacrifices his life to save fellow miners.
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
, 1h54Directed by Victor Saville, Sam Wood
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about education
Actors Robert Donat, Greer Garson, John Mills, Paul Henreid, Terry Kilburn, Judith Furse
Roles Wainwright (uncredited)
Rating78%
In 1928, Mr Chipping (Robert Donat), a retired schoolteacher of 83, is kept home by a cold. He falls asleep and his school teaching career is related in flashback.
Sons of the Sea (1939)
, 1h22Directed by Maurice Elvey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors Leslie Banks, Kay Walsh, Mackenzie Ward, Cecil Parker, Simon Lack, Ellen Pollock
Roles Philip Hyde
Rating56%
England, 1939. The head of Dartmouth Naval College is murdered. His successor, Captain Hyde, believes that he was in fact the intended target of the assassination. He soon begins to realise that both British and foreign intelligence agents are at work. He enlists the help of his son, a reluctant sea cadet, to smoke them out.