#Eileen Herlie

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That's so cute! If only there were examples...

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[darlingbandit]

(Not to mention that Laurence Olivier was eleven years older than Eileen Herlie, the actress playing his mother.)

[scotianostra]

The Scottish actor Archibald Duncan was born in Glasgow on 26th May 1914.

His father was a regimental sergeant major and his mother a postmistress. He was educated at Govan High School and afterwards and worked as a welder in the Glasgow shipyards.

It was at the Citizens Theatre Company that Duncan joined the training ground of many Scottish actors including, Molly Urquart, Duncan Macrae, Gordon Jackson and Eileen Herlie. He then made his Scottish acting debut in Juno and the Paycock, playing all three gunmen, at Glasgow's Alhambra in May 1944.

Duncan went on to star in London's West End with the likes of the great Scottish character actor Alistair Sim and the late George Cole. Film roles started to follow with , Floodtide , The Gorballs Story, The Elusive Pimpernel, Green Grow the Rushes, Henry V, The Lavender Hill Mob, You're Only Young Twice and Walt Disney's The Story Of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men as 'Red Gill' amongst many others. Duncan also teamed up with Richard Todd and James Robertson Justice in Disney’s Rob Roy the Highland Rogue as Dugal Mac Gregor.

One of Duncan's first big TV roles was as Inspector Lestrade in the 1954 series Sherlock Holmes, but perhaps Archibald Duncan is best remembered for his second Robin Hood role, where 6'2" Duncan played Little John alongside Richard Greene in The Adventures of Robin Hood which ran for 143 episodes on ITV here and CBS in the states from 1955 to 1959. I just had a wee look and many of the episodes are on Youtube.

Duncan's portrayal of Little John would be fondly remembered decades later for his combination of strength, skill and humour. It was during the filming this unforgettable series that this Scottish gentle giant proved to be a true hero and managed to prevent a runaway horse from hurtling towards a group of spectators, consisting of mainly children, watching close by. For this brave feat, he was awarded the Queen’s Commendation for Bravery and £1,360 in "damages". But it also resulted in him missing the recording of eleven episodes of Robin Hood. So between times, a replacement was found in fellow Scotsman, Rufus Cruickshank.

Another great Scottish film he appeared in was Ring of Bright Water. Archie Duncan's career in television production carried on with parts in programmes like Z Cars, Hereward the Wake, Orlando, Black Beauty and Bootsie and Snudge.

Sadly in 1978 he suffered a massive stroke which caused paralysis down his right side. Sadly he passed away at Whipps Cross Hospital in Leytonstone, London aged 65 on 24th July 1979.

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laurence olivier directed and starred in the 1948 movie adaptation of hamlet. he was 40 when it came out, even tho hamlet is clearly not meant to be middle-aged. eileen herlie, who played the queen, hamlet’s mother, was 30 when the movie came out. this is why i can’t watch old movies. it’s like when an actress turned 35 they sent her off to the glue factory.

[oldisnewradio]

MUSIC! MUSIC! MUSIC! We’ll Listen to 4 Renditions of "Once Upon A Time" with music by Charles Strouse & lyrics by Lee Adams for the score of All American with performances by

Ray Bolger and Eileen Herlie

Tony Bennett

Diahann Carroll

Jonathan Karrant

Join me Wednesday at 9PM(ET) for Everything Old Is New Again Radio Show on The Penthouse at www.thepenthouse.fm

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Hamlet Mother's Day!

Sir Laurence Olivier was 41 when his movie Hamlet (1948) was released. Eileen Herlie, who played Hamlet's mother Gertrude, was 30. Herlie also played Gertrude on Broadway in 1964 with Richard Burton's Hamlet (1964), which was filmed and shown in a limited release. Whereas she was eleven years younger than her "son" when Hamlet was played by Olivier, she was seven years older than Burton.

She had first played the role on stage (UK) in 1945 at the age of 27.

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[ulrichgebert]

Wir drücken uns ein bisschen vor den Rosenkriegen. Stattdessen: Mittelalter noir von und mit Laurence Olivier, als unentschlossenen Dänenpinzen Hamlet, der in einem äußerst übelriechenden Mordfall innerhalb seiner Familie ermittelt. Es ist zwar was faul im Staate Dänemark, aber es ist zumindest todschick und sehr stimmungsvoll photographiert.

[badgaymovies]

Freud (1962)

Films directed by #JohnHuston including Freud starring #MontgomeryClift, today's review on MyOldAddiction.com

JOHN HUSTON Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB Alternate Title: The Secret Passion USA, 1962. Bavaria Film. Story by Charles Kaufman, Screenplay by Charles Kaufman, Wolfgang Reinhardt. Cinematography by Douglas Slocombe. Produced by Wolfgang Reinhardt. Music by Jerry Goldsmith. Production Design by Stephen B. Grimes. Costume Design by Doris Langley Moore. Film Editing by Ralph Kemplen. John Huston…

[musicalsorwhatever]

“I Get Embarrassed” is the sixth song in the 1959 Broadway musical Take Me Along. With music and lyrics by Bob Merrill (Funny Girl), the book by Joseph Stein (Fiddler on the Roof) and Robert Russell was based on the 1933 Eugene O'Neill play Ah, Wilderness. The show was nominated for ten Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and won one. This song is performed by Jackie Gleason, who won the Tony for his role as Sid Davis, and Eileen Herlie, who was nominated for the Tony for her role as Lily Miller.

[emailsfromanactor]

A scene from Hamlet drawn by cartoonist Sam Norkin. The original caption reads:

MY SON, THE NUT—Richard Burton, as Hamlet, sees his father’s ghost and Eileen Herlie, as his mother, thinks he’s lost his marbles in this scene from the new production. This version of the Shakespeare play, at Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, uses no scenery or formal costumes.

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Lauence Olivier and  Eileen Herlie in Hamlet (1948)

[thriftstorerecords]

Take Me Along Jackie Gleason, Walter Pidgeon, Eileen Herlie, Various Artists RCA Victor Records/USA (1959)

[scotianostra]

The Scottish actor Archibald Duncan was born in Glasgow on 26th May 1914.

His father was a regimental sergeant major and his mother a postmistress. He was educated at Govan High School and afterwards and worked as a welder in the Glasgow shipyards.

It was at the Citizens Theatre Company that Duncan joined the training ground of many Scottish actors including, Molly Urquart, Duncan Macrae, Gordon Jackson and Eileen Herlie. He then made his Scottish acting debut in Juno and the Paycock, playing all three gunmen, at Glasgow’s Alhambra in May 1944.

Duncan went on to star in London’s West End with the likes of the great Scottish character actor Alistair Sim and the late George Cole.  Film roles started to follow with , Floodtide , The Gorballs Story, The Elusive Pimpernel, Green Grow the Rushes,  Henry V, The Lavender Hill Mob, You’re Only Young Twice and Walt Disney’s The Story Of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men as ‘Red Gill’ amongst many others. Duncan also teamed up with Richard Todd and James Robertson Justice in Disney’s Rob Roy the Highland Rogue as Dugal Mac Gregor.

One of Duncan’s first big TV roles was as Inspector Lestrade in the 1954 series Sherlock Holmes, but perhaps Archibald Duncan is best remembered for his second Robin Hood role,  where 6'2" Duncan played Little John alongside  Richard Greene in The Adventures of Robin Hood which ran for 143 episodes on  ITV here and CBS in the states from 1955 to 1959. I just had a wee look and many of the episodes are on Youtube.

Duncan’s portrayal of Little John would be fondly remembered decades later for his combination of strength, skill and  humour.  It was during the filming this unforgettable series that this Scottish gentle giant proved to be a true hero and managed to prevent a runaway horse from hurtling towards a group of spectators, consisting of mainly children, watching close by. For this brave feat, he was awarded the Queen’s Commendation for Bravery and £1,360 in “damages”. But it also resulted in him missing the recording of eleven episodes of Robin Hood. So between times, a replacement was found in fellow Scotsman, Rufus Cruickshank.

Another great Scottish film he appeared in was Ring of Bright Water.  Archie Duncan's career in television production carried on with parts in programmes like Z Cars, Hereward the Wake, Orlando, Black Beauty and Bootsie and Snudge.

In  1978 he suffered a massive stroke which caused paralysis down his right side, sadly he passed away at Whipps Cross Hospital in Leytonstone, London aged 65 on 24th July 1979.

[j-r-123]

ALL MY CHILDREN - 25th anniversary party - 1/23/95

*front, left to right: Eileen Herlie, Tommy Michaels, Julia Barr, Pepe (dog), Amir Jamal Williams, Julia Pikus, David Canary, Sean Marquette, Susan Lucci, Ray MacDonnell, Kevin Alexander, Michael E. Knight, James Mitchell; *second row, left to right: John Callahan, Eva LaRue, Christopher Lawford, Michael Nader, Cady McClain, Winsor Harmon, Richard Shoberg, Jill Larson;

*third row, left to right: Lynne Thigpen, William Christian, Grant Aleksander, Kelly Ripa, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Rudolf Martin, Sydney Penny, Ingrid Rogers, Keith Hamilton Cobb;

*top row, left to right: Margaret Sophie Stein, Kimberly Foster, Felicity La Fortune, James Kiberd, Robin Mattson, Walt Willey, Teresa Blake. Missing: Ruth Warrick, Mary Fickett.