The Entertainer
Year:
1960
Production Country:
Great Britain
Kitchen sink. Decline of an old-time vaudeville performer, set in present day Britain.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Archie Rice Laurence Olivier
- Phoebe Rice Brenda De Banzie
- Billy Rice Roger Livesey
- Jean Rice Joan Plowright
- Frank Rice Alan Bates
- Graham Daniel Massey
- Mick Rice Albert Finney
- Tina Lapford Shirley Anne Field
- Mrs Ada Lapford Thora Hird
- soubrette Miriam Karlin
- Harold Hubbard Geoffrey Toone
- film star McDonald Hobley
- interviewer Anthony Oliver
- Charlie Klein Max Bacon
- Eddie Trimmer George Doonan
- Cobber Carson James Culliford
- Brother Bill Gilbert Davis
- columnist Charles Gray
- . Gwen Nelson
- Morecambe mother Hope Jackman
- [Wilfrid Lapford] Tony Longridge
- [Gloria] Jo Linden
- [sister at Alhambra] Angie Dean
- [sister at Alhambra] Debbie Dean
- [Britannia] Mercia Turner
- [other nude] Vicky Travers
- [trampoline act] Beryl & Bobo
- [Scots singer] Herman Welles
- [Scots singer] Constance Welles
- [rock 'n' roll trio] The Clippers
- [stage door keeper] James Thornhill
- [girl] Shirli Scott-james
- [teddy boy] Tony Selby
- [Morecambe father] A. Thompson
- [Morecambe daughter] Brenda Ralph
- [theatre manager] Nigel Davenport
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Tony Richardson
- Assistant Director Peter Yates
- [Assistant Director (2nd)] Roy Millichip
- [Assistant Director (3rd)] Mike Stephenson
- [Continuity] Maggie Unsworth
Production
- A Woodfall Production Woodfall Film Productions
- [Production Company] Holly Productions
- Distributed by British Lion Films
- [Distributed] in association with Bryanston Films
- Produced by Harry Saltzman
- Associate Producer John Croydon
- Production Manager R.L.M. Davidson
- [Production Secretary] Pat Moon
- Made at Shepperton Studios
Casting
- [Casting Director] Maude Spector
Writing
- Screenplay by John Osborne
- Screenplay by Nigel Kneale
- Adapted from the play by John Osborne
Photography
- Director of Photography Oswald Morris
- Camera Operator Denys Coop
- [2nd Camera Operator] Ginger Gemmell
- [Focus Puller] Ronnie Maasz
- [Clapper Loader] Michael Rutter
Stills
- [Stills] Bert Cann
Editing
- Film Editor Alan Osbiston
- [Assembly Cutter] Joan Morduch
- [Assistant Editor] Peter Barber
Design
- Art Director Ralph Brinton
- Assistant Art Director Edward Marshall
- [Draughtsman] Tony Woollard
- [Scenic Artist] Basil Mannin
- [Scenic Artist] Fred Mannin
Costumes
- Costume Designer Jocelyn Rickards
- Wardrobe Barbara Gillett
Make-up
- Make-up Tony Sforzini
- Hairdresser Bill Griffiths
Music
- Music Composed and Conducted by John Addison
- Associate Music Director Ronnie Cass
Choreography
- Laurence Olivier's Numbers Staged by Honor Blair
Sound
- sd Peter Handford
- sd Bob Jones
- [Sound Camera Operator] Des Edwards
- Sound System Westrex Recording System
- [Boom Operator] Ken Ritchie
- [Boom Assistant] Fred Peters
- [Sound Maintenance] Norman Bolland
- Sound Editor Chris Greenham
- [Assistant Dubbing Editor] Jeanne Henderson
Publicity
- [Publicity Director] Gerry Lewis
Unknown
- activity not known Michael Holden
