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Robert Aramayo is an English actor. From 2016 to 2017 he played the role of young Eddard Stark in the sixth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones. In 2021, he starred in the Netflix psychological thriller miniseries, Behind Her Eyes. He is set to play Elrond in the upcoming Amazon series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power in 2022.

Acting chameleon Sir Tom Courtenay, along with Sir Alan Bates and Albert Finney, became a front-runner in an up-and-coming company of rebel upstarts who created quite a stir in British "kitchen sink" cinema during the early '60s. An undying love for the theatre, however, had Courtenay channeling a different course from the aforementioned greats and he never, by his own choosing, attained comparable cinematic stardom.

The gaunt and glum, fair-haired actor was born Thomas Daniel Courtenay into modest surroundings on February 25, 1937, in Hull, East Yorkshire, England, the son of Thomas Henry Courtenay, a ship painter, and his wife, Anne Eliza (née Quest). Graduating from Kingston High School there, he trained in drama at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. His reputation as an actor grew almost immediately with his professional debut in 1960 as Konstantin in "The Seagull" at the Old Vic. Following tours in Scotland and London with the play, Tom performed in "Henry IV, Part I" and "Twelfth Night" (also at the Old Vic) before assuming the title role of Billy from Albert Finney in the critically acclaimed drama "Billy Liar" at the Cambridge Theatre in 1961. The story, which tells of a Yorkshire man who creates a fantasy world to shield himself from his mundane middle-class woes, was the initial spark in Tom's rise to fame.

The recognition he received landed him squarely into the heap of things as a new wave of "angry young men" were taking over British cinema during the swinging '60s. Singled out for his earlier stage work at RADA, he was eventually handed the title role in the war film Private Potter (1963), but it was his second movie that clinched stardom. Winning the role of Colin Smith in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Courtenay invested everything he had in this bruising portrayal of youthful desolation and rebellion. As a reform school truant whose solitary sentencing for robbing a bakery leads to a reawakening and subsequent recognition as a long distance runner, he was awarded a "Promising Newcomer" award from the British Film Academy, It was Courtenay then, and not Finney, who recreated his stage triumph as Billy Fisher in the stark film version of Billy Liar (1963). British Film Academy nominations came his way for this and for his fourth movie role in King & Country (1964). Vivid contributions to the films King Rat (1965), the ever-popular Doctor Zhivago (1965), which earned him his first Oscar nomination, and The Night of the Generals (1967) followed.

Despite all this cinematic glory, Courtenay did not enjoy the process of movie-making and reverted to his first passion -- the theatre -- beginning in 1966. Displaying his versatility with roles in such classic works as "The Cherry Orchard," "Macbeth" (as Malcolm), "Charley's Aunt," "The Playboy of the Western World," "Hamlet," "She Stoops to Conquer," "Peer Gynt" and "Arms and the Man," he still found scattered work in films, including The Day the Fish Came Out (1967), A Dandy in Aspic (1968) and Otley (1969), but none matched his earlier brilliance. In 1971 he took a self-imposed, decade-long sabbatical from filming.

Forming a sturdy association with the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester that would last over a decade, he continued to impress with lead roles in "The Rivals" and "The Prince of Homburg". Following his huge success as the libidinous Norman in "The Norman Conquests" in London, he made his Broadway debut with "Otherwise Engaged" (1977) and earned a Tony nomination and Drama League Award in the process. It was his second Tony-nominated triumph in "The Dresser" in 1980-1981, however, that lured Courtenay back to films when he was asked to recreate the role for the large screen. The Dresser (1983) co-starred Tom as the mincing personal assistant to an appallingly self-destructive stage star played by Albert Finney (Paul Rogers played the role with Tom on Broadway) who struggles to get the actor through a rigorous performance of "King Lear". Both British actors received Oscar nominations but lost the 1984 "Best Actor" award to American Robert Duvall.

Since then Tom has appeared on occasion in TV and film roles -- usually in support. A few standouts include the films Let Him Have It (1991), Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (1999), Last Orders (2001) and Nicholas Nickleby (2002), as well as the TV mini-series A Rather English Marriage (1998), for which he earned a British Television Award, Little Dorrit (2008) and the series Unforgotten (2015) for which he won a BAFTA award.

Over the years Sir Tom has excelled in solo stage shows as well. As a chronic alcoholic in "Moscow Stations," he won the 1994 London Critics Circle Theatre and London Evening Standard Theatre awards for "Best Actor." In 2002, he wrote the one-man show "Pretending To Be Me," based on the letters and writings of poet Philip Larkin. In the past decade he has continued to distinguish himself on both the classical ("King Lear," "Uncle Vanya") and contemporary ("Art") stages.

Courtenay's marriage to actress Cheryl Kennedy lasted about a decade (from 1973 to 1982). In 1988 he married Isabel Crossley, a stage manager at the Royal Exchange Theatre in London. He has no children from either marriage. In 1999, Sir Tom Courtenay was awarded an honorary doctorate from Hull University and in 2000 published his memoir "Dear Tom: Letters From Home", which earned strong reviews. Knighthood came a year after that.

Malcolm Storry was born on 13 January 1948 in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Princess Bride (1987), The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997) and The Last of the Mohicans (1992). He has been married to Jennifer Ruth Udale since 1972. They have three children.

Unassuming, innocent-eyed and undeniably ingratiating, Brit comedy actor Ian Carmichael was quite the popular chap in late 50s and early 60s film. He was born in Hull, Yorkshire, England on June 18, 1920, the son of Arthur Denholm Carmichael, an optician, and his wife Kate (Gillett). After receiving his schooling at Bromsgove High School and Scarborough College, he was accepted into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and trained there, making his stage debut as a mute robot in "RUR". in 1939. That same year he also appeared as Claudius in "Julius Caesar" and was appearing a revue production of "Nine Sharp" (1940) when his young career was interrupted by WWII. He served in Europe for many years with the Royal Armoured Corps as a commissioned officer in the 22nd Dragoons.

Ian returned to the theatre in 1947 with roles in four productions: "She Wanted a Cream Front Door", "I Said to Myself", "Cupid and Mars" and "Out of the Frying Pan". He also sharpened his farcical skills in music hall revues where he worked with such revue legends as Hermione Baddeley and Dora Bryan. Given his first film bit as a waiter in Bond Street (1948), he continued in rather obscure roles for several years. While he was sincerely capable of playing it serious, which would include roles in the U.S. film Betrayed (1954) starring Clark Gable and Lana Turner, as well as the war-themed adventures The Colditz Story (1955) and Storm Over the Nile (1955), it was his association with late 50s "silly-ass" comedy that gave his cinematic career a noticeable boost. After repeating his stage success (the only cast member to do do) playing David Prentice in the film version of Simon and Laura (1955) opposite Kay Kendall and Peter Finch, he co-starred in a series of droll satires for the Boulting Brothers and Ealing Studios. While he might have been upstaged on occasion by a motley crew of scene-stealers (Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Raymond Huntley, Margaret Rutherford), Ian was sublimely funny himself as the hapless klutz caught up in their shenanigans. Private's Progress (1956), the service comedy which got the whole ball rolling, and its sequel, I'm All Right Jack (1959), along with the Boulting's Lucky Jim (1957) Brothers in Law (1957) and Happy Is the Bride (1958) firmly established Ian as a slapstick movie star.

The inane fun continued into the 60s with ripe vehicles in Skywatch (1960), School for Scoundrels (1960), Double Bunk (1961), The Amorous Mr. Prawn (1962) and Heavens Above! (1963). During the late 1960s and 1970s, he found more fulfillment playing wry, bemused, upper-crust characters on comedy TV, particularly his Bertie Wooster in The World of Wooster (1965) which reunited him with frequent Boulting Brothers co-star Dennis Price as Jeeves, Wooster's chilly-mannered personal valet. Ian's leading role as the Bachelor Father (1970), based on the story of a real-life perennial bachelor who took on several foster children, only added to his popularity. In later years, he was frequently heard on the BBC radio.

Ian made vigilant returns to the comedy stage whenever possible in such lightweight vehicles as "The Tunnel of Love", "The Gazebo", "Critic's Choice", "Birds on the Wing", "Darling, I'm Home", "Springtime for Henry" and appeared in his last musical "I Do! I Do!" in 1968. Earlier, in 1965, he made his Broadway debut starring in "Boeing-Boeing", which lasted only a few weeks. A more successful revival of this show showed up on Broadway in 2008.

Semi-retired since the mid-1980s, Ian continued to show elderly spryness here and there with a smattering of films including The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971), From Beyond the Grave (1974), The Lady Vanishes (1979) and Dark Obsession (1989). On TV, he was quite popular in the role of the gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey in several crime mystery mini-series: Clouds of Witness (1972), The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1972), Murder Must Advertise (1973), The Nine Tailors (1974) and Five Red Herrings (1975), and had a recurring role on the TV series Strathblair (1992).

To cap his career off, he was honored as an OBE in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours List. Made a widower after 40 years by his first wife Jean (Pym) McLean, he married novelist/radio producer Kate Fenton, who is over thirty years his junior, in 1992. He has two daughters, Lee and Sally, from his first marriage. In 1979, his autobiography, "Will the Real Ian Carmichael?...", was published.

A charmer to the end, his last (recurring) appearance was on the TV series The Royal (2003) in 2009. The actor died on February 7, 2010, following a month-long illness.

Derren Litten was born on 21 December 1970 in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for Benidorm (2007), The Spa (2013) and The Catherine Tate Show (2004).

Oliver Stokes was born on 13 March 1998 in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for The Damned United (2009), Benidorm (2007) and The Street (2006).

Amy Gledhill was born on 3 November 1987 in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for The Jonathan Ross Show (2011), Would I Lie to You? (2007) and Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1996).

Leah Brotherhead was born in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK. She is known for Hullraisers (2022), Zomboat! (2019) and White Gold (2017).

Jordan Metcalfe was born on 24 May 1986 in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Misfits (2009), Maddigan's Quest (2006) and Pride (2014). He has been married to Laura Elsworthy since 28 July 2018.

Laura Elsworthy was born in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK. She is known for Cinderella (2015), Testament of Youth (2014) and Macbeth (2013). She has been married to Jordan Metcalfe since 28 July 2018.

Alan Dossor was born on 19 September 1941 in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a director and producer, known for First and Last (1989), Fair Game (1994) and Star Quality (1985). He was married to Elaine Donnelly and Dinah Williams. He died on 6 August 2016 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK.

Calum Scott was born on 12 October 1988 in Kingston upon Hull, England, UK. He is a music artist and actor, known for Lost Frequencies ft Calum Scott: Where Are You Now (2021), Stargirl (2020) and The Vampire Diaries (2009).

Gavin Scott was born in 1950 in Kingston-Upon-Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Absolutely Anything (2015), Small Soldiers (1998) and The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne (2000).

Louis Chamoun was born on 18 January 1984 in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for The Survey (2024), A dream within a dream and so on... (2022) and Classroom in Jeju (2017).

Sean McAllister was born in 1965 in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK. He is a director and producer, known for A Syrian Love Story (2015), The Reluctant Revolutionary (2012) and Japan: A Story of Love and Hate (2008).

Adam Bassett was born on 29 June 1981 in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for Love's Labour's Lost: Performed in British Sign Language (2012), Retreat and 24/7 (2009).

Michelle Dewberry was born on 9 October 1979 in Kingston upon Hull, Humberside, England, UK. She is an actress, known for DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal (2022), The Apprentice UK (2005) and Sky News: Sunrise (1989).

Martin Barrass was born on 22 February 1956 in Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Railway Children (2016), Angels (1975) and Remembrance (1982).

David Whitfield was born on 2 February 1925 in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Nowhere Boy (2009), Sea Wife (1957) and Markadong hudas (1994). He was married to Sheila Priestman. He died on 16 January 1980 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Joe Longthorne was born on 31 May 1955 in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Joe Longthorne Show (1988), Granada Reports (1980) and The Nineteenth Hole (1989). He was married to James Moran. He died on 3 August 2019 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK.

Janet Prince was born in Willerby, Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK. She is known for Phase (2021), Pleasure Island (2015) and Coronation Street (1960). She has been married to Stephen Frost since 1978.

Dick Henderson (1891-1958) was a rotund bowler-hatted English comedian and character actor, who began in music hall. He was born in Hull, East Yorkshire. He was reputed to be the first comic to finish his act with a straight song. He spent some time in the United States from the late twenties and made several Vitaphone shorts. He was the father of the comedian Dickie Henderson, who appeared as his son in Things Are Looking Up (1935).

Paul Morris was born on 12 March 1987 in Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an assistant director and actor, known for Alleycats (2016), Home and Censor (2021).

Kay Mander was born in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire. Her father was an accountant and bookkeeper. She spend part of her childhood in France and Germany, where her father was employed by an international company.

In 1935, Mander was hired as a secretary for the International Film Congress, which took place in Berlin, Nazi Germany. She met delegates from the British feature film industry, who encouraged her to seek work in the United Kingdom. She took their advice and sought employment in the British film industry. She was initially hired to serve as an interpreter for Hans Schneeberger, a German expatriate cameraman who could not yet speak English. She then spend a few years working for the publicity, budget and production departments of British film studios.

In 1940, Mander was hired by film producer Arthur Elton to direct a training film for the aircraft construction industry. The result was ''How to File'' (1941), which explained proper tool uses with what film historians have called "skillful technical exposition" . She was soon hired to direct more instructional and promotional films. She directed about 50 films, between 1940 and 1957. Her last was the feature film ''The Kid from Canada'' (1958).

Early in the Cold War, Mander had trouble getting hired, due to her political affiliation. She was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain for decades, and served as a prominent union activist. She was views as a Soviet-sympathizer. While her career as a director suffered, she still served as a shooting continuity specialist for several films. Among her high-profile works in that field were the films ''From Russia With Love'' (1963), ''The Heroes of Telemark''(1965) and ''Fahrenheit 451'' (1966).

Mander died in 2013, when 98-years-old.

Rob Hubbard is a British composer best known for his composition of computer game theme music, especially for microcomputers of the 1980s such as the Commodore 64. His work showcased the potential of the Commodore 64's sound hardware and provided many examples of how appropriate music can improve the gaming experience. He first started playing music aged seven. After leaving school he went to music college. In the late seventies, before scoring games, he was a professional studio musician. He decided to teach himself BASIC and machine code for the Commodore 64. Writing a few demos and some educational software for learning music, he approached Gremlin Graphics in 1985 with samples of his work, in an attempt to market his software. Gremlin was more interested in the tunes than the software, and he was asked to create the soundtrack for Thing on a Spring, a platform game. Hubbard went on to write or convert music for a variety of publishers on over 75 games between 1985 and 1989.