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Valentine Dyall (7 May 1908 – 24 June 1985), the son of veteran actor Franklin Dyall and his first wife Mary Phyllis Dyall (née Logan), was an English character actor. His very distinctive sepulchral voice made him especially popular as a voice actor and he was known for many years as "The Man in Black", the narrator of the BBC Radio horror series Appointment with Fear.
In 1934, Dyall appeared with his father at the Manchester Hippodrome in Sir Oswald Stoll's presentation of Shakespeare's Henry V, playing the roles of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Captain Gower and a cardinal of France. He also appeared in one movie with his father, the 1943 spy thriller Yellow Canary starring Anna Neagle and Richard Greene; Dyall's part was that of a German U-boat commander attempting to kidnap a British agent from a ship in the Atlantic, while his father played the ship's captain. In the same year, he played a small role as a German officer in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp and, the following year, played the Duke of Burgundy in Laurence Olivier's 1944 film rendition of Henry V.
I cannot believe that this version of Poe's masterpiece is not on here, so I am happy to contribute this to the common source! I grew up with this cassette and Dyall's inimitable tones. If I get likes for this, I will post 'The Black Cat' and 'The Pit and the Pendulum', also!
Spike Milligan - A Series of Unrelated Incidents at Current Market Value (1961). Spike stars with Bob Todd, Bill Kerr, Graham Stark, Valentine Dyall, Sheree Winton & a final TV outing for mustachioed 'token Italian' comedy actor Mario Fabrizi, who died 18 months later, aged just 38.
Starring Ted Rogers & Dusty Bin. with Chris Emmett & Mike Newman. Guest Stars - Norman Vaughan, Barbara Windsor, Deryck Guyler, Valentine Dyall, Caroline Munro & The Brian Rogers Connection. Series 6 - Edition 5 Transmitted - 31st December 1983.
Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/thinkslinger/appointment-with-fear-5-18-1944 Appointment With Fear "The Clock Strikes Eight" This is the tale of the Barton Case, which involves the pending execution of one Helen Barton for the murder of her fiancee. The problem is that she claims to be suffering from amnesia, but nobody believes her. When her memory apparently returns a few hours before her scheduled death, she claims innocence and things get complicated. Chilly! Ahhh!!! Background: "Suspense" was one of the best radio programs of all time, and it was simply too good not to copy. The other American networks had to create their own imitations, but the BBC was able to copy the program almost directly, changing little more than the title and the host. The result was "Appointment Wi...
Hello, welcome and where am I? Oh yes another great trouser-filler from the host with the most...bones, Nigel Honeybone from that frightful delightful television show THE SCHLOCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW. Sit back as I present Nigel as he presents that wonderful British tourist trap known as Horror Hotel, starring two of the tallest baritones ever to grave celluloid, Christopher Lee and Valentine Dyall. Although made in England, Horror Hotel is set in the USA, and you can sometimes hear the actors slip in and out of their accents. It's easy to make fun of its clichés, but the truth is Horror Hotel created many clichés that were later done to death and, at its best, contains some genuinely creepy scenes and a plot twist or two. But I should warn all you practicing witches out there, I don't th...
"Radio fixes the person but frees the imagination." This might be the first time this ghost story has been viewed publicly in 36 years. I watched it on BBC, but a couple of people have pointed out (below) that it was made by an independent company, BAC films Dublin. The graphics are credited to Radio Times. A number of people across the net remember the story, and I've seen requests for it. The quality isn't terrific as I transferred my home video recording to DVD more than 10 years ago - and it's now converted to Flash. T P McKenna stars, playing Ainsley Rupert MacCready, a radio storyteller who writes his own stories (making his character probably not a million miles removed from A J Alan) in this creepy story by David Thomson. Borrowing a synopsis from IMDB: "It is a well worked tradi...
Valentine Dyall - Doctor Morelle - Julia Lang - Miss Frayle - The case of the missing heiress
Cast: Angela Richards, Bernard Hepton, Christopher Neame, Clifford Rose, Jan Francis, Juliet Hammond-Hill, Michael Culver, Ron Pember, Stephen Yardley, Terrence Hardiman, Valentine Dyall
Original song by Skinny Wizard. Video is from the public domain. (The City of the Dead (U.S. title: Horror Hotel) is a 1960 horror film directed by John Llewellyn Moxey and starring Christopher Lee and Valentine Dyall. Produced in England but set in America)
"Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" (abridged) by William Shakespeare cast Narrator........Michael Benthall Claudius........John Phillips Hamlet..........Sir Michael Redgrave Queen Gertrude..Margaret Rawlings Horatio.........David Dodimead Marcellus.......Mark Kingston Barnardo........Anthony Webb Ghost...........Valentine Dyall Polonius........Derek Francis Ophelia.........Barbara Jefford Player King.....Valentine Dyall Player Queen....Irene Sutcliffe Laertes.........John Humphry Osric...........Job Stewart Priest, First Pirate, Second Pirate, Clown...Job Stewart, Anthony Webb, Mark Kingston Directed by Sir Michael Redgrave. Script adapted by Michael Benthall, Fiona Bentley and Morys Aberdare. Musique Concrete and Sound Patterns by Desmond Leslie. Sound Supervision Cyril Ornadel. 1962...
David Lean Directs Noël Coward Blu-ray Digipack / Digipak [SHOWCASING] David Lean Directs Noël Coward (1942, 1944, 1945) Blu-ray Digipack / Digipak [THE CRITERION COLLECTION] https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/861-david-lean-directs-noel-coward?q=autocomplete [SPECIFICATIONS] Video Resolution: 1080p Original aspect ratio: 1.37:1 Audio: English: LPCM Mono Discs: Four discs (4 Blu-rays) Packaging: Slipcover in original pressing - DigiPack Playback: Region A (locked) Run Time: 407 minutes [DIRECTED BY] David Lean [IN WHICH WE SERVE] STARRING: Noël Coward John Mills Bernard Miles Celia Johnson Kay Walsh Joyce Carey Derek Elphinstone Richard Attenborough [THIS HAPPY BREED] STARRING: Robert Newton Celia Johnson Amy Veness John Mills Stanley Holloway Alison Leggatt Kay Walsh Eileen Erskine...
NARRATOR Michael Benthall CLAUDIUS, King of Denmark John Phillips HAMLET Michael Redgrave QUEEN GERTRUDE Margaret Rawlings HORATIO David Dodimead MARCELLUS Mark Kingston BARNARDO Antony Webb GHOST Valentine Dyall POLONIUS Derek Francis OPHELIA Barbara Jefford PLAYER KING Valentine Dyall PLAYER QUEEN Irene Sutcliffe LAERTES John Humphrey OSRIC Job Stewart PRIEST / FIRST PIRATE / SECOND PIRATE /CLOWN Job Stewart, Antony Webb, and Mark Kingston
The City of the Dead (U.S. title: Horror Hotel) is a 1960 horror film directed by John Llewellyn Moxey, starring Christopher Lee and Valentine Dyall. Produced in England but set in America, the British actors were required to speak with American accents throughout. On the recommendation of her professor (Christopher Lee), a young female student (Venetia Stevenson) travels to the fictional Massachusetts town of Whitewood to do some research into witchcraft. She finds the town occupied by the reincarnation of an infamous witch (Patricia Jessel) who was burned at the stake in the 17th century. To sustain her immortality, virgins must be sacrificed to the witch every year – and this year, the student is the chosen victim. * You can visit our facebook page for further movie mayhem; https://ww...
The Case of Charles Peace (1949) Crime, Michael Martin Harvey, Chili Bouchier, Valentine Dyall Businessman Charles Peace leads a double life--by day he's a . Drama & mystery related movies.
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