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Atholl Fleming est un Acteur né le 6 décembre 1894
Atholl Fleming MBE (6 December 1894 – 6 May 1972) was a British actor and an Australian radio personality.
He was the third of nine children of the Rev R. S. Fleming, a Scottish Baptist minister of Pitlochry and later Beckenham in Kent. After a fall as a child, he became deaf in his right ear. He was educated at the City of London School. He saw fighting in France during World War I with the Royal West Kent Regiment, notably the Battle of the Somme, and was wounded three times – a shrapnel wound to the head, a bayonet wound in the knee and gas injuries, which left him with a cough for the rest of his life. He was awarded the Freedom of the City of London.
After the War, he abandoned a career with the Bank of England for the stage, appearing in a number of Whitehall farces and dramas on BBC television at Alexandra Palace. He starred in People Like Us at The Strand in 1929. He toured Australia in 1932 with Dame Sybil Thorndike and Sir Lewis Casson, (playing Dunois in St Joan and Macduff in the Scottish play) and while in Sydney married fellow company member, Phyllis Best, daughter of Sir Robert Best, a former member of the Australian parliament from Hawthorn, Victoria. Their son Robert Atholl Fleming (later a British television director and producer and MD of Argo Productions,) was born in 1933. Fleming appeared in a number of British films throughout the 1930s most notably as Bulldog Drummond in the Jack Hulbert comedy thriller Bulldog Jack (1935).
Before the outbreak of the Second World War he volunteered for duty, but was rejected because of his age and WW1 injuries. His Australian father-in-law persuaded him to take his family to Australia. He joined E.J Tait's touring company, then the Australian Broadcasting Commission as actor and drama producer. He was active in the British Drama League and acted as adjudicator for its annual competitions. In 1946 he was a member of the "Radio Players", who performed Max Catto's They Walk Alone and Philip Johnson's Lover's Leap to outstanding reviews. For a time, he was co-producer (with Richard Parry) for Kathleen Robinson's "Whitehall Institute of Dramatic Art", a competitor of Doris Fitton's Independent Theatre. He notably appeared as Gloucester in John Alden's 1951 production of King Lear at St James' Hall in Phillip Street.
He was called upon to adjudicate at major drama festivals.
As "Mac" he became the central figure in the Australian Broadcasting Commission's 'Children's Session' and, as "Jason", became the leader, to children all over Australia, of the hugely popular Argonaut's Club for most of its 31-year run, from 7 January 1941 until 2 April 1972. With his wife Phyllis he visited countless schools and children's hospitals. He became a figure much loved by generations of Australian children.
He was awarded an MBE on 14 June 1969 for his contribution to broadcasting and his work with children.
Fleming loved sport. He was a founder member of the Stage Golfing Society (handicap 7) and the Stage Cricket Club in England. He started the Stage and Radio Cricket Club in Sydney. He was a useful bat, a good slip field and a Machiavellian captain.
Atholl Fleming retired in 1969, shortly before the Argonaut's Club and the Children's Session, because of the advance of television, were closed. He was one of the best loved and most respected figures in Australian broadcasting.
^ Johnson, Rob The Golden Age of the Argonauts Hodder & Stoughton 1997 ISBN 0-7336-0528-1
^ "Music and Drama" Sydney Morning Herald 21 December 1929
^ "Shaw's St Joan – Sybil Thorndike's Art" The West Australian 9 May 1932
^ (Melbourne) Argus 12 September 1932
^ "Drama festival due next month" Sydney Morning Herald 30 August 1941
^ "Stage ... Whispers" Sydney Morning Herald 6 August 1950
^ Sydney Morning Herald 12 January 1952
^ "P.S. on Alden's Lear" Sydney Morning Herald 17 February 1951
^ "Drama Judge's Full Career" (Hobart) Mercury 24 May 1954
^ It's an Honour (Australian Government website)
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Naissance 6 décembre 1894
Mort 6 mai 1972 (à 77 ans)
Récompenses Membre de l'ordre de l'Empire britannique
Mort 6 mai 1972 (à 77 ans)
Récompenses Membre de l'ordre de l'Empire britannique
He was the third of nine children of the Rev R. S. Fleming, a Scottish Baptist minister of Pitlochry and later Beckenham in Kent. After a fall as a child, he became deaf in his right ear. He was educated at the City of London School. He saw fighting in France during World War I with the Royal West Kent Regiment, notably the Battle of the Somme, and was wounded three times – a shrapnel wound to the head, a bayonet wound in the knee and gas injuries, which left him with a cough for the rest of his life. He was awarded the Freedom of the City of London.
After the War, he abandoned a career with the Bank of England for the stage, appearing in a number of Whitehall farces and dramas on BBC television at Alexandra Palace. He starred in People Like Us at The Strand in 1929. He toured Australia in 1932 with Dame Sybil Thorndike and Sir Lewis Casson, (playing Dunois in St Joan and Macduff in the Scottish play) and while in Sydney married fellow company member, Phyllis Best, daughter of Sir Robert Best, a former member of the Australian parliament from Hawthorn, Victoria. Their son Robert Atholl Fleming (later a British television director and producer and MD of Argo Productions,) was born in 1933. Fleming appeared in a number of British films throughout the 1930s most notably as Bulldog Drummond in the Jack Hulbert comedy thriller Bulldog Jack (1935).
Before the outbreak of the Second World War he volunteered for duty, but was rejected because of his age and WW1 injuries. His Australian father-in-law persuaded him to take his family to Australia. He joined E.J Tait's touring company, then the Australian Broadcasting Commission as actor and drama producer. He was active in the British Drama League and acted as adjudicator for its annual competitions. In 1946 he was a member of the "Radio Players", who performed Max Catto's They Walk Alone and Philip Johnson's Lover's Leap to outstanding reviews. For a time, he was co-producer (with Richard Parry) for Kathleen Robinson's "Whitehall Institute of Dramatic Art", a competitor of Doris Fitton's Independent Theatre. He notably appeared as Gloucester in John Alden's 1951 production of King Lear at St James' Hall in Phillip Street.
He was called upon to adjudicate at major drama festivals.
As "Mac" he became the central figure in the Australian Broadcasting Commission's 'Children's Session' and, as "Jason", became the leader, to children all over Australia, of the hugely popular Argonaut's Club for most of its 31-year run, from 7 January 1941 until 2 April 1972. With his wife Phyllis he visited countless schools and children's hospitals. He became a figure much loved by generations of Australian children.
He was awarded an MBE on 14 June 1969 for his contribution to broadcasting and his work with children.
Fleming loved sport. He was a founder member of the Stage Golfing Society (handicap 7) and the Stage Cricket Club in England. He started the Stage and Radio Cricket Club in Sydney. He was a useful bat, a good slip field and a Machiavellian captain.
Atholl Fleming retired in 1969, shortly before the Argonaut's Club and the Children's Session, because of the advance of television, were closed. He was one of the best loved and most respected figures in Australian broadcasting.
^ Johnson, Rob The Golden Age of the Argonauts Hodder & Stoughton 1997 ISBN 0-7336-0528-1
^ "Music and Drama" Sydney Morning Herald 21 December 1929
^ "Shaw's St Joan – Sybil Thorndike's Art" The West Australian 9 May 1932
^ (Melbourne) Argus 12 September 1932
^ "Drama festival due next month" Sydney Morning Herald 30 August 1941
^ "Stage ... Whispers" Sydney Morning Herald 6 August 1950
^ Sydney Morning Herald 12 January 1952
^ "P.S. on Alden's Lear" Sydney Morning Herald 17 February 1951
^ "Drama Judge's Full Career" (Hobart) Mercury 24 May 1954
^ It's an Honour (Australian Government website)
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Au service de sa majesté (1937)
, 1h27Réalisé par Raoul Walsh
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Comédie, Comédie dramatique, Action, Aventure
Acteurs John Mills, Wallace Ford, Anna Lee, Frank Cellier, Grace Bradley, Frederick Leister
Rôle Schoolmaster
Note57%
Accusé d'un crime qu'il n'a pas commis, Jimmy Tracy, un mauvais garçon new-yorkais, fuit en Angleterre en empruntant l'identité de sa supposée victime, un Canadien. Sur place, il se retrouve presque malgré lui enrôlé dans l'armée britannique. Il rencontre Bert Dawson, militaire de carrière. Tous deux aimeraient conquérir le cœur de Sally Briggs, la fille du sergent-major. Mais lorsque les combats font rage, l'amitié et la solidarité prennent le dessus.
Bulldog Jack (1935)
, 1h12Réalisé par Walter Forde
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Thriller, Comédie, Policier
Thèmes Transport, Le train
Acteurs Jack Hulbert, Fay Wray, Ralph Richardson, Claude Hulbert, Gibb McLaughlin, Atholl Fleming
Rôle Bulldog Drummond
Note60%
Bulldog Drummond (Atholl Fleming) is injured when his car that has been sabotaged is involved in a crash. When Jack Pennington (Jack Hulbert) agrees to masquerade as a sleuth, he is enlisted to help Ann Manders (Fay Wray) find her jeweller grandfather who has been kidnapped by a gang of crooks who want him to copy a valuable necklace they want to steal. Their plan backfires in the British Museum and the film climaxes in a chase on a runaway train in the London Underground.
Little Friend (1934)
Réalisé par Berthold Viertel
Genres Drame
Acteurs Matheson Lang, Lydia Sherwood, Nova Pilbeam, Arthur Margetson, Jean Cadell, Jimmy Hanley
Rôle Shepherd
Note66%
A young girl (Pilbeam) slowly becomes aware that her parent's marriage is disintegrating.
Men Like These (1932)
Réalisé par Walter Summers
Genres Drame, Action, Aventure, Historique
Acteurs Syd Crossley, Atholl Fleming
Note17%