Andrew Matthew William Faulds (1 March 1923 – 31 May 2000) was a British actor and politician. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person
Born in Isoko, Tanganyika (now Tanzania), to missionary parents, Faulds married Bunty Whitfield in 1945. Tanganyika is the name of an East African territory lying between the largest of the African great lakes Lake Victoria, Lake Malawi and Lake Tanganyika Tanzania ˌtænzəˈniːə officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya A missionary is a member of a Religion who works to convert those who do not share the missionary's faith someone who proselytizes. After graduating from the University of Glasgow, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1948 but first came to a wider public recognition playing Jet Morgan in Charles Chilton's radio drama Journey Into Space on the BBC Light Programme. The University of Glasgow (Oilthigh Ghlaschu was founded in 1451 in Glasgow, Scotland and along with its contemporary institutions the University of St Andrews The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC is a British Theatre company Charles Chilton MBE (born 1917 is a BBC radio presenter a writer and a producer Journey Into Space was a BBC Radio Science fiction programme written by BBC producer Charles Chilton. [1]
In 1959, Faulds and his wife played host to Paul Robeson who had travelled to England to appear at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon in Tony Richardson's production of Othello. Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson ( April 9, 1898 &ndash January 23, 1976) was a multi-lingual American Actor, athlete England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland "Shakespeare Theatre" redirects here For the theatre of that name in Newcastle see Shakespeare Theatre (Newcastle; for Shakespeare's original theatre see Stratford-upon-Avon (ˌstrætfɚd əpɒn ˈɛɪvən is a Market town and Civil parish in south Warwickshire, England. Tony Richardson ( June 5, 1928 – November 14, 1991) was an English theatre and Academy Award -winning film Robeson was still under severe censure and scrutiny in the USA owing to his socialist convictions and had only recently been allowed to travel abroad again following the confiscation of his passport during the McCarthyist episode. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the Means of production and distribution McCarthyism is a term describing the intense anti-communist suspicion in the United States in a period that lasted roughly from the late 1940s to the late 1950s It was during this visit that Robeson inspired Faulds to take up political activism. [1]
In the UK general election, 1964, the Labour Foreign Secretary, Patrick Gordon Walker, had been defeated in controversial circumstances in the Smethwick constituency by Conservative candidate Peter Griffiths. Campaign The pre-election campaign was prolonged as Douglas-Home delayed calling a general election in order to try to give himself the maximum time to improve the The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, commonly referred to as the Foreign Secretary, is a member of the United Kingdom Government heading the Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker Baron Gordon-Walker CH, PC ( 7 April, 1907 &ndash 2 December Smethwick was a parliamentary constituency, centred on the town of Smethwick in Staffordshire. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Peter Harry Steve Griffiths (born May 24, 1928) is a retired English Conservative Party politician Smethwick had been a focus of immigration from the Commonwealth in the economic and industrial growth of the years following World War II and Griffiths ran a campaign critical of the government's policy. Immigration refers to the movement of people among countries While the movement of people has existed throughout human history at various levels modern immigration implies long-term World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including There were rumours that his supporters had covertly circulated the slogan If you want a nigger for a neighbour, vote Liberal or Labour. Nigger is a Noun in the English language, most notable for its usage in a derogatory context to refer to Black people, and also as an informal The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party Faulds defeated Griffiths in the UK general election, 1966 and was Labour Member of Parliament for the constituency until his retirement in 1997. National opinion poll summary Research Services: 3% swing to Labour (forecast majority of 101National Opinion Polls: 3 A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. (The constituency was renamed Warley East in 1974. Warley East was a parliamentary constituency in the borough of Sandwell in the West Midlands of England. ) Smethwick remained the focus of much racial tension in England throughout Faulds' office, in particular following the Rivers of Blood Speech by Enoch Powell in 1968 which Faulds characterised as . England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The Rivers of Blood speech was a speech about Immigration and anti- Discrimination legislation in the United Kingdom made on 20 April, 1968 Brigadier John Enoch Powell, MBE ( June 16 1912 &ndash February 8 1998) was a British Politician, . . unchristian . . . unprincipled, undemocratic and racialist. [1]
There has been speculation that Faulds was denied ministerial office because of his open support of the Palestinian cause. Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn [1]
Faulds maintained his acting career throughout the 1960s and 1970s and, in particular became a key part of film director Ken Russell's repertory company, appearing in, among other films, The Devils (1971), Mahler (1974) and Lisztomania (1975). A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell, known as Ken Russell (born 3 July 1927 is an English Film director. The Devils ( 1971) is a Film directed by Ken Russell starring Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave, and based on the 1952 book Mahler is a 1974 Biographical film based on the life of Composer Gustav Mahler. Lisztomania is a 1975 film by Ken Russell, drawn from a biography of Franz Liszt. Notably, he appeared in Russell's film The Music Lovers (1971) alongside Glenda Jackson who was also to go on to become a Labour MP. The Music Lovers is a 1970 British Biographical film directed by Ken Russell. Glenda May Jackson, CBE, (born 9 May, 1936) is a British actress and Politician, currently Labour [1]
One of Faulds' most famous roles is that of Phalerus in Jason and the Argonauts (1963), taking part in the famous skeleton fight scene by Ray Harryhausen, and another was in one of Tony Hancock's best remembered television programmes, unseen but as the voice of 'mayday' in "The Radio Ham" (1961). Jason and the Argonauts ( 1963) is a Columbia Pictures fantasy Feature film starring Todd Armstrong as the titular Ray Harryhausen (born Raymond Frederick Harryhausen on June 29, 1920 in Los Angeles California) is an Academy Award -winning Anthony John "Tony" Hancock (born 12 May 1924 &ndash 24 June 1968) was a popular British Actor and
Notes
- ^ a b c d e White, Michael. "Obituary: Andrew Faulds", The Guardian, 1 June 2000. Retrieved on 2007-08-11. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation
External links
- White, Michael. "Obituary: Andrew Faulds", The Guardian, 1 June 2000. Retrieved on 2007-08-11. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation
- Andrew Faulds at the Internet Movie Database
- Catalogue of the Faulds papers at the Archives Division of the London School of Economics. The London School of Economics and Political Science, more commonly referred to as The London School of Economics or LSE, is a specialist college of the
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| Preceded by Peter Griffiths |
Member of Parliament for Smethwick 1966–1974 |
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Member of Parliament for Warley East 1974–1997 |
Succeeded by (constituency abolished) |
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