Peter Alexander Haining (2 April 1940 – 19 November 2007) was a British journalist, author and anthologist who lived and worked in Suffolk. Born in Enfield, Middlesex, he began his career as a reporter in Essex and then moved to London where he worked on a trade magazine before joining the publishing house of New English Library.

Haining achieved the position of Editorial Director before becoming a full time writer in the early Seventies. He edited a large number of anthologies, predominantly of horror and fantasy short stories, wrote non-fiction books on a variety of topics from the Channel Tunnel to Sweeney Todd and also used the pen names "Ric Alexander" and "Richard Peyton" on a number of crime story anthologies. In the Seventies he wrote three novels, including ''The Hero'' (1973), which was optioned for filming.

In two controversial books, Haining argued that Sweeney Todd was a real historical figure who committed his crimes around 1800, was tried in December 1801, and was hanged in January 1802. However, other researchers who have tried to verify his citations find nothing in these sources to back Haining's claims. A check of the website Old Bailey at for "Associated Records 1674-1834" for an alleged trial in December 1801 and hanging of Sweeney Todd for January 1802 show no reference; in fact the only murder trial for this period is that of a Governor/Lt Col. Joseph Wall who was hanged 28 January 1802 for killing a Benjamin Armstrong 10 July 1782 in "Goree" Africa and the discharge of a Humphrey White in January 1802. Strong reservations have also been expressed regarding the reliability of another of Haining's influential non-fiction works, ''The Legend and Bizarre Crimes of Spring Heeled Jack''.

He wrote several reference books on ''Doctor Who'', including the 20th anniversary special ''Doctor Who: A Celebration Two Decades Through Time and Space'' (1983), and also wrote the definitive study of Sherlock Holmes on the screen, ''The Television Sherlock Holmes'' (1991) and several other television tie-ins featuring famous literary characters, including Maigret, Poirot, Dr. Finlay and James Bond. Peter Haining's most recent project was a series of World War Two stories based on extensive research and personal interviews: ''The Jail That Went To Sea'' (2003), ''The Mystery of Rommel's Gold'' (2004), ''Where The Eagle Landed'' (2004), ''The Chianti Raiders'' (2005) and ''The Banzai Hunters'' (2007).

He won the British Fantasy Awards Karl Edward Wagner Award in 2001.

Partial bibliography

Peter Haining contributed to over 170 books, authoring the vast majority, a few of which are listed here.

''M. R. James - Book of the Supernatural'' (1979) (ISBN 0-572-01048-6) Introduction by Sir John Betjeman. Articles and rare items about MRJ

''A Sherlock Holmes Compendium'' (1980)

''Doctor Who: The Key to Time A year by year record'' (1984) (ISBN 0-491-03283-8)

''The Nine Lives of Doctor Who'' (1999)

''The legend and Bizarre Crimes of Spring-Heeled Jack'' (1977)

''The Sherlock Holmes Scrapbook'' (1973) Indispensable for collectors of Sherlockiana

''Sweeney Todd: The Real Story of the Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' (1993) London: Robson Books

''On Call with Doctor Finlay'' (1994) London: Boxtree Limited

References

External links

Obituary in ''The Times'', 5 January 2008

Books by Peter Haining

Vault Of Evil

Haining bibliography

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Fineday or Kamiokisihkwew (born ca. 1852 – unknown; but after 1935) was a Cree war chief of the River People band of Plains Cree. He participated in the North-West Rebellion of 1885 (notably the battle of Cut Knife). Described by a contemporary as "brave in all things," he was a skilled warrior, hunter, trapper and (in later life) a powerful shaman.

Fineday's memories of the North West rebellion were published by the Canadian North-West Historical Society in 1926.

David G. Mandelbaum, in the introduction to his extensive study of the Plains Cree cites Fineday as his principal informant.

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Coordinates	28°01′00″N73°18′43″N
birth date	September 05, 1940
birth place	Chicago, Illinois, United States
birth name	Jo Raquel Tejada
occupation	Actress
nationality	American
years active	1964–present
spouse	James Welch (1959–1964)Patrick Curtis (1967–1972)Andre Weinfeld (1980–1990)Richard Palmer (1999–2008) }}

Jo Raquel Tejada (born September 5, 1940), better known as Raquel Welch, is an American actress, author and sex symbol. Welch came to attention as a "new-star" on the 20th Century-Fox lot in the mid-1960s. She posed iconically in an animal skin bikini for the British-release ''One Million Years B.C.'' (1966), for which she may be best known. She later starred in ''Bedazzled'' (1967), ''Bandolero!'' (1968), ''100 Rifles'' (1969), and the box office failure ''Myra Breckinridge'' (1970). Today, Welch is a noticeable face of television commercials for Foster Grant sunglasses and reading glasses.

Early life

Welch was born Jo Raquel Tejada in Chicago, Illinois, the older sister to brother James and sister Gayle. She is the daughter of Josephine Sarah (née Hall, 1909–2000) with English ancestry dating back to the ''Mayflower'', and Armando Carlos Tejada Urquizo (1911–1976), a Bolivian of Spanish descent. Her father, an aeronautical engineer, emigrated from La Paz, Bolivia at age 17; her mother was American, the daughter of architect Emery Stanford Hall and wife Clara Louise Adams. Raquel was raised in the Presbyterian religion and continues to attend church.

As a young girl, she wanted to be a performer. Her first love and ambition was ballet, which she studied from ages seven to seventeen. She gave up ballet after her instructor told her that she did not have the proper body. While a student at La Jolla High School in 1958, she won the Fairest of the Fair beauty pageant at the San Diego County Fair.

Career

She changed her surname to that of her first husband, James Welch, in 1959. That year, she played the title role in ''The Ramona Pageant'', a yearly outdoor play at Hemet, California which is based on the novel ''Ramona'' by Helen Hunt Jackson and Bob Biloe.

She reported the weather at KFMB, a local San Diego television station. Because of her heavy schedule at the time, she decided to leave her studies at San Diego State University (then known as San Diego State College). Her first marriage broke up and she moved with her two children, Damon and Latanne, to Dallas, Texas, where she modeled for Neiman Marcus and worked as a cocktail hostess, intending to move on to New York City from there.

Instead, Welch moved back to California, found a place in Los Angeles, California, and started making the rounds of the movie studios. She was cast in bit parts in two films and in the television shows ''Bewitched'', ''McHale's Navy'', and ''The Virginian'', as well as on the weekly variety series ''The Hollywood Palace'' as a billboard girl and presenter of acts.

Welch's first featured role came in the beach film ''A Swingin' Summer'', which led to a contract with 20th Century Fox. She was subsequently cast in a leading role in the sci-fi film ''Fantastic Voyage'' (1966), which was a hit and made her a star. She was the last star to be created under the studio system.

On loan out to Hammer Studios in Britain, Welch starred in the remake of ''One Million Years B.C.'' striking an iconic pose in a prehistoric animal-skin bikini. She was described as "wearing mankind's first bikini" and the fur bikini was described as a "definitive look of the 1960s". One author said, "although she had only three lines in the film, her luscious figure in a fur bikini made her a star and the dream girl of millions of young moviegoers." Her publicity still for the film became a bestselling poster, and helped her be seen as one of the leading sex symbols of the 1960s and 1970s. After her appearance as lust incarnate in the hit ''Bedazzled'', she returned to the U.S. and appeared in the Western film ''Bandolero!'', with James Stewart and Dean Martin, which was followed by the private-eye drama ''Lady in Cement'' with Frank Sinatra. Her looks and fame led ''Playboy'' to dub her the "Most Desired Woman" of the 1970s. Welch presented at the Academy Award ceremony several times during the 1970s due to her popularity, and accepted the Best Supporting Actress Oscar on behalf of fellow actress Goldie Hawn when she couldn't be there to accept it.

Welch's most controversial role came in the notorious ''Myra Breckinridge''. She took the part as the film's transsexual heroine in an attempt to be taken seriously as an actress, but the movie turned out to be a dismal failure. Welch starred in the movie, ''100 Rifles,'' a 1969 western directed by Tom Gries. The film also starred Jim Brown, Burt Reynolds, and Fernando Lamas. The original music score was composed by Jerry Goldsmith. 100 Rifles was one of the first films to feature an interracial sex scene between Jim Brown and Raquel Welch.

In 1970, Welch teamed up with Tom Jones and producer/choreographer David Winters of Winters-Rosen Productions for the TV special ''Raquel!'', considered by some viewers to be a classic pairing together of 1970s pop-culture icons in their prime. The multi million-dollar TV song-and-dance extravaganza was filmed around the world, from Paris to Mexico. The show featured lavish production numbers of classic songs from the era, extravagant costumes, and notable guest performances, including John Wayne and Bob Hope in the Wild West. The actress was due to star in an 1982 adaptation of John Steinbeck's ''Cannery Row'', but was fired by the producers a few days into production (they claimed that the 40 year old was too old to play the character). She was replaced with Debra Winger. Welch successfully sued, collecting a $15 million settlement.

In addition to her TV special, ''Raquel!'', her television appearances include the TV movies ''The Legend of Walks Far Woman'' and ''Right to Die'' in which she turned in a stirring performance as a woman stricken with Lou Gehrig's disease, and in the PBS series ''American Family'', about a Mexican American family in East Los Angeles. She has appeared in the night-time soap opera ''Central Park West'' and made infomercials and exercise videos.

In 1987, she flirted with a pop singing career, releasing the dance single "This Girl's Back In Town." She has performed in a one-woman nightclub musical act in Las Vegas and has starred on Broadway in ''Woman of the Year'', receiving praise for following Lauren Bacall in the title role, and in ''Victor/Victoria'', having less success following Julie Andrews and Liza Minnelli in the title roles.

In a 1997 episode of the comedy series ''Seinfeld'' entitled ''The Summer of George'', Welch played a highly temperamental version of herself, assaulting series characters Kramer and Elaine, the former because he fired her from an acting job and the latter because Welch mistakenly thought that Elaine was mocking her. She also appeared as a guest on the American TV series ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'', as Sabrina's flamboyant Aunt Vesta.

In 2001, she had a supporting role in the hit film ''Legally Blonde'' opposite Reese Witherspoon. She also appeared in ''Welcome to the Captain'', which premiered on CBS television on February 4, 2008.

Achievements and awards

In 1974, Welch won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Musical or Comedy for ''The Three Musketeers''. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance in the TV drama ''Right to Die'' (1987).

Beauty and business career

''The Raquel Welch Total Beauty and Fitness Program'' was published in 1984. The book, written by Welch with photographs by André Weinfeld, includes a Hatha Yoga fitness program, her views on healthy living/nutrition, as well as beauty and personal style. As a businesswoman, Welch succeeded with her signature line of wigs. She also began a jewelry and skincare line, although neither of those ventures compared to the success of her wig collection ''HAIRuWEAR''.

In January 2007, Welch was selected as the newest face of MAC Cosmetics Beauty Icon series. Her line features several limited edition makeup shades in glossy black and tiger print packaging. As of June 2010, she is featured in several television ads for sunglasses by Foster Grant.

Personal life

Welch has been married to

James Welch (1959–1964), publicist and agent; divorced

Patrick Curtis (1967–1972), director and producer; divorced

Andre Weinfeld (1980–1990); divorced

Richard Palmer (1999), from whom she is currently (as of 2011) separated.

Welch is the mother of Damon Welch (born November 6, 1959) and actress Tahnee Welch (born Latanne Rene Welch, December 26, 1961). Tahnee followed her mother's December 1979 example and appeared on the cover of ''Playboy'' in the November 1995 issue.

Filmography

''A House Is Not a Home'' (1964)

''Roustabout'' (1964)

''A Swingin' Summer'' (1965)

''Do Not Disturb'' (1965)

''Sex Quartet'' (1966)

''The Queens'' (1966)

''Fantastic Voyage'' (1966)

''One Million Years B.C.'' (1966)

''Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand'' (1966)

''The Oldest Profession'' (1967)

''Fathom'' (1967)

''Bedazzled'' (1967)

''Bandolero!'' (1968)

''The Biggest Bundle of Them All'' (1968)

''Lady in Cement'' (1968)

''100 Rifles'' (1969)

''Flareup'' (1969)

''The Magic Christian'' (1969)

''The Beloved'' (1970)

''Myra Breckinridge'' (1970)

''Hannie Caulder'' (1971)

''Bluebeard'' (1972)

''Fuzz'' (1972)

''Kansas City Bomber'' (1972)

''The Last of Sheila'' (1973)

''The Three Musketeers'' (1973)

''The Four Musketeers'' (1974)

''The Wild Party'' (1975)

''Mother, Jugs & Speed'' (1976)

''Crossed Swords'', a.k.a. the Prince and the Pauper (UK title) (1977)

''L'Animal'' (1977)

''Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult'' (1994) (Cameo)

''Chairman of the Board'' (1998)

''What I Did for Love'' (1998)

''Get Bruce'' (1999) (documentary)

''Tortilla Soup'' (2001)

''Legally Blonde'' (2001)

''Forget About It'' (2006)

Television work

''Raquel!'' (1970)

''Really Raquel'' (1974)

''NBC's Saturday Night Live'' (host, April 24, 1976)

''The Muppet Show''

''Mork & Mindy'' 2 Episodes (1979)

''From Raquel with Love'' (1980)

''The Legend of Walks Far Woman'' (1982)

''Right to Die'' (1987)

''Scandal in a Small Town'' (1988)

''Trouble in Paradise'' (1989)

''Tainted Blood'' (1993)

''Torch Song'' (1993)

''Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby'' (1993) (voice)

'' Lois & Clark'' (Diana Stride) Season 2 Episode 35 "Top Copy" (1995)

''Sabrina, the Teenage Witch'' Episode #08 ("Third Aunt From the Sun") as Aunt Vesta (1996)

''Central Park West'' (1996–1997)

''Seinfeld'' (1997)

''Spin City'' (1997, 2000) 3 episodes

''Jim Brown: All-American'' (2002)

''American Family'' (2002–2004) 8 episodes

''8 Simple Rules'' (2004)

''Welcome to The Captain'' (2008) 5 episodes

Books

Raquel Welch: ''Raquel: Beyond the Cleavage'', Publisher: Weinstein Books (March 29, 2010), ISBN 978-1602860971

References

External links

Bob Hope 1967 show in Vietnam, Raquel Welch at 21:21

Raquel Welch Cover Art Gallery

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