- in
picaresque style and
opens with the middle-aged,
discontented Jess
Oakroyd in the
fictional Yorkshire town of Bruddersford. He opts to
leave his family...
- many
British film roles, The
Times considered his best
known to be Jess
Oakroyd in The Good
Companions with John
Gielgud and
Jessie Matthews (1933) and...
-
adaptation of J.B. Priestley's The Good
Companions (in the
central role of Jess
Oakroyd), Fall of Eagles,
Backs to the Land, The Professionals,
Doctor Who (in...
- Gielgud) with his
talent for songwriting, and
recently unemplo**** Jess
Oakroyd (Edmund Gwenn) with his
theatrical ambitions,
together persuade Miss Trant...
- Beware! Mrs. Lack 1956 Home and Away
Margie 1957 The Good
Companions Mrs.
Oakroyd 1957
These Dangerous Years Mrs.
Larkin 1958
Further Up the Cr**** Mrs. Galloway...
-
absconds with the most
recent box-office
revenue and the lady pianist. Jess
Oakroyd, an
amiable man who has
abandoned his
shrewish wife,
endears himself to...
-
Without Pity (1957) – Alec
Graham The Good
Companions (1957) –
Albert Oakroyd The One That Got Away (1957) – Duty Officer,
Hucknall The
Silent Enemy...
- Good
Companions mentions the road,
which represented to
protagonist Jess
Oakroyd (a Yorkshireman) the
gateway to such 'exotic'
destinations as Nottingham...
- Halifax. The
bunker was in the
grounds of
Oakroyd Hall,
making this a
target for the
German Luftwaffe;
Oakroyd Hall is now the
headquarters of the West...
-
Unnamed Feature film, (Voice role) 1980–1981 The Good
Companions Mrs.
Oakroyd TV mini-series (3 episodes) 1982 The
Gentle Touch Paula Ferris TV series...
