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Kenneth MacDonald est un Acteur Britannique né le 20 novembre 1950 à Manchester (Royaume-uni)
Kenneth MacDonald (20 November 1950 – 6 August 2001) was an English actor who was best known for the parts of Gunner Nobby Clark in It Ain't Half Hot Mum and Mike Fisher in Only Fools and Horses.
He attended St Anthony's preparatory school in Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, and went on to St Bernardine's Franciscan College in Buckingham, where he took part in school productions, notably The Business of Good Government, in which he played Herod, and Arsenic and Old Lace. Ken left school at eighteen to help support his mother Emily. He took a job at a Kellogg's cornflakes factory. During night shifts he would perform Hamlet and other Shakespeare plays that he had learned at school, earning the nickname "Hamlet". MacDonald met his wife Sheila while he was appearing in panto in Crewe in 1976. She was the costume designer at the time. They had two children: William (b. 1985) and Charlotte (b. 1986).
Kenneth MacDonald died shortly after midnight on 6 August 2001 at the age of 50, after suffering a massive heart attack, while on holiday with his family in Hawaii. Seven days after his death, MacDonald's guest appearance on BBC TV drama Merseybeat was aired, with the episode dedicated to his memory. He was buried ten days later on 16 August 2001 at Teddington Cemetery in Teddington in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
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Nationalité Royaume-uni
Naissance 20 novembre 1950 à Manchester (Royaume-uni)
Mort 6 aout 2001 (à 50 ans) à Hawaï (Etats-Unis)
Naissance 20 novembre 1950 à Manchester (Royaume-uni)
Mort 6 aout 2001 (à 50 ans) à Hawaï (Etats-Unis)
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He was born in Manchester, England, the son of Scottish heavyweight wrestling champion Bill MacDonald, who died of kidney failure at the age of 43, when Kenneth was 13.He attended St Anthony's preparatory school in Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, and went on to St Bernardine's Franciscan College in Buckingham, where he took part in school productions, notably The Business of Good Government, in which he played Herod, and Arsenic and Old Lace. Ken left school at eighteen to help support his mother Emily. He took a job at a Kellogg's cornflakes factory. During night shifts he would perform Hamlet and other Shakespeare plays that he had learned at school, earning the nickname "Hamlet". MacDonald met his wife Sheila while he was appearing in panto in Crewe in 1976. She was the costume designer at the time. They had two children: William (b. 1985) and Charlotte (b. 1986).
Kenneth MacDonald died shortly after midnight on 6 August 2001 at the age of 50, after suffering a massive heart attack, while on holiday with his family in Hawaii. Seven days after his death, MacDonald's guest appearance on BBC TV drama Merseybeat was aired, with the episode dedicated to his memory. He was buried ten days later on 16 August 2001 at Teddington Cemetery in Teddington in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
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My Night with Reg (1997)
, 1h45Réalisé par Roger Michell
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame
Thèmes Sexualité, Homosexualité, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre, LGBT, LGBT
Acteurs David Bamber, Anthony Calf, Joe Duttine, John Duttine, Kenneth MacDonald, Kenneth MacDonald
Note54%
Breaking Glass (1980)
, 1h44Réalisé par Brian Gibson
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Musical
Thèmes La musique, Musique
Acteurs Hazel O'Connor, Phil Daniels, Jon Finch, Jonathan Pryce, Mark Wingett, Gary Tibbs
Note67%
The film depicts the rise and fall of Kate (Hazel O'Connor), an angry but creative young singer and songwriter. At the beginning of the film, she is discovered by Danny (Phil Daniels), a young man who desperately wants to become a promoter of music bands but is stuck working for another agent (who forces him to buy hundreds of copies of the singles of one of his artists, Suzie Sapphire, to fix the music charts). Danny takes an active part in controlling Kate's career, impressed with her talent if not her band, whom he promptly fires. He arranges auditions and reaches out to former friends, and in doing so Kate's new band, Breaking Glass is formed. Breaking Glass consists of Kate on vocals and keyboard, best friends Tony (Mark Wingett) and Dave (Gary Tibbs) on lead and bass guitar respectively, the drug-addicted and partially deaf Ken (Jonathan Pryce) on saxophone and the 'mental' Mick (Peter-Hugo Daly) on drums.
Blunder Boys (1955)
Réalisé par Jules White
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Buddy movie
Acteurs Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Kenneth MacDonald, Benny Rubin, Frank Sully
Rôle Capt. F. B. Eye
Note71%
After serving in the Army, the stooges decide to head off to college and major in criminology. Graduating with the lowest possible honors, the boys join the police force and they receive an assignment, which is to search for a bandit called the Eel who is going to rob the Biltless Hotel. They go to the hotel, but fail to catch the criminal or retrieve the money he stole. As a result, they are booted off the force and the three end up as ditch diggers.
Hot Ice (1955)
Réalisé par Jules White
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Buddy movie
Acteurs Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Kenneth MacDonald, Kenneth MacDonald, Christine McIntyre
Rôle Dapper
Note66%
The Stooges are wannabe detectives who inadvertently get their chance to crack a case in Scotland. They manage to stumble on a lead concerning the priceless Punjab diamond being stolen by a crook named Dapper (Kenneth MacDonald). With dreams of becoming genuine detectives, the trio head for Squid McGuffy's cafe asking for the whereabouts of Dapper. They manage to convince everyone at the restaurant that they are actually police.
Of Cash And Hash (1955)
Réalisé par Jules White
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Buddy movie
Acteurs Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Vernon Dent, Christine McIntyre, Kenneth MacDonald
Rôle Lefty Loomis
Note68%
The Stooges are mistaken for three armored car thieves after getting caught in crossfire. Captain Mullin (Vernon Dent) gives the boys a lie detector test, but finds no reason to hold them. He releases them, and they return to work at their restaurant, the Elite Café. Friend Gladys Harmon (Christine McIntyre) stops by the restaurant just as one of the real armored car bandits flees the scene. They then chase the bandit to a spooky old mansion where they and their hideous hatchet man, Angel (Duke York), are hiding. When the mob abducts Gladys, the Stooges come to her rescue and retrieve the stolen money.
Loose Loot (1953)
Réalisé par Jules White
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Buddy movie
Acteurs Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Kenneth MacDonald, Kenneth MacDonald, Tom Kennedy
Rôle Icabod Slipp
Note71%
The Stooges are trying to obtain their inheritance from their late uncle. Unfortunately, it has been swiped by con man Icabod Slipp (Kenneth MacDonald). The trio track Slipp down at the Circle Follies Theatre, and duke it out.
Hold That Lion! (1947)
Réalisé par Jules White
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Transport, Le train, Buddy movie
Acteurs Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Curly Howard, Kenneth MacDonald, Kenneth MacDonald
Rôle Icabod Slipp
Note77%
The Stooges are the sole heirs to a grandiose inheritance, but the money is in the hands of an underhanded broker named Icabod Slipp (Kenneth MacDonald). They try to claim the inheritance at the office of Cess, Poole, and Drayne. Their attorney, played by Emil Sitka, explains that he doesn't have their money and they have to find Slipp. While in the office, the trio try to help find some files and tangle with a very stubborn filing cabinet. One by one the Stooges confront Slipp in his office. He in turn accuses first Larry, then Moe, then Shemp, of being that crook Slipp, and successfully flees his office with the money.
Hands Across the Rockies (1941)
, 56minutesRéalisé par Lambert Hillyer
Genres Western
Acteurs Wild Bill Elliott, Dub Taylor, Kenneth MacDonald, Kenneth MacDonald, Donald Curtis, Slim Whitaker
Rôle Juneau Jessup
Note60%
Border Vengeance (1935)
, 56minutesOrigine Etats-Unis
Genres Western
Acteurs Kenneth MacDonald, Kenneth MacDonald, Clarence Geldart, Pat Harmon, Ben Corbett, Slim Whitaker
Rôle Flash Purdue
Note43%
A rancher is murdered by Flash Purdue (Kenneth MacDonald) after he catches Flash in the act of rustling his cattle. Flash diverts attention from himself by accusing the nearby Benson ranch of being the ones who perpetrated the deed. When his family is accused, Peeler Benson (Reb Russell) shoots at Flash and hits his ear. As a mob grows, he is able to get to his family in time to warn them so that they are able to escape across the border to safety. Hoping to clear his family's name, Peeler decides to stay behind, and joins a traveling rodeo circuit under the name The Muley Kid. Five years later he returns to town and is captured by Flash, who intends kill him out of vengeance for the injury to his ear.