Adrian Hall (actor)

Last updated

Adrian Hall
Born (1959-01-01) 1 January 1959 (age 65) [1]
Staines, Middlesex, England
Occupation(s)Actor, co-director
Years active1968–1972
Known forPlaying Jeremy Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Adrian Hall (born 1 January 1959) is an English former actor and co-director. [2] [3] He is best known for the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), in which he portrayed the part of Jeremy Potts. [4] [5] [6] [7] He was later Principal of the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA) until he resigned in 2021 following racism accusations. [3] [8]

Contents

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1968 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jeremy PottsFilm debut
1970 The Man Who Had Power Over Women BoyUncredited
1971 Jason King Bell BoyEpisode: Variations on a Theme
1972 BBC Play of the Month FlemingEpisode: Stephen D
The ViaductAndy SmithMiniseries
KadoyngBilly
1979Two PeopleDave2 episodes
1983 Jemima Shore Investigates SidEpisode: The Crime of the Dancing Duchess

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sherman Brothers</span> American songwriting duo

The Sherman Brothers were an American songwriting duo that specialized in musical films, made up of brothers Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman. Together they received various accolades including two Academy Awards and three Grammy Awards. They received nominations for a Laurence Olivier Award, a BAFTA Award, and five Golden Globe Awards. In 1976, they received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and the National Medal of the Arts in 2008.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eon Productions</span> British film production company known for producing the James Bond film series

Eon Productions Limited is a British film production company that primarily produces the James Bond film series. The company is based in London's Piccadilly and also operates from Pinewood Studios in the UK.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Barbara Broccoli</span> American film producer

Barbara Dana Broccoli is a British-American film and stage producer, best known internationally for her work on the James Bond film series. With her half-brother Michael G. Wilson, Broccoli controls the James Bond film franchise.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Richard M. Sherman</span> Musical artist

Richard Morton Sherman is an American songwriter who specialized in musical films with his brother Robert B. Sherman. According to the official Walt Disney Company website and independent fact checkers, "the Sherman Brothers were responsible for more motion picture musical song scores than any other songwriting team in film history."

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robert B. Sherman</span> American songwriter (1925–2012)

Robert Bernard Sherman was an American songwriter, best known for his work in musical films with his brother, Richard M. Sherman. The Sherman brothers produced more motion picture song scores than any other songwriting team in film history. Some of their songs were incorporated into live action and animation musical films including Mary Poppins, The Happiest Millionaire, The The Sword in the Stone, The Jungle Book, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Slipper and the Rose, and Charlotte's Web. Their best-known work is "It's a Small World " possibly the most-performed song in history.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matt Baker</span> British television presenter (born 1977)

Matthew James Baker is a British television presenter. He co-presented the children's television show Blue Peter from 1999 until 2006, BBC One's Countryfile since 2009 and The One Show from 2011 to 2020, with Alex Jones.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marc Kudisch</span> American stage actor (born 1966)

Marc Kudisch is an American stage actor, who is best known for his musical theatre roles on Broadway.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michelle Monaghan</span> American actress (born 1976)

Michelle Lynn Monaghan is an American actress. She has starred in the films Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), Gone Baby Gone (2007), Made of Honor (2008), Eagle Eye (2008), Trucker (2008), Source Code (2011), Pixels (2015), and Patriots Day (2016). She also received recognition for her role as Julia Meade in the action spy film series Mission: Impossible, making appearances in Mission: Impossible III (2006), Ghost Protocol (2011), and Fallout (2018).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Child Catcher</span> Fictional character from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

The Child Catcher is a fictional character in the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and in the later stage musical adaptation. The Child Catcher is employed by the Baron and Baroness Bomburst to snatch and imprison children on the streets of Vulgaria.

<i>Chitty Chitty Bang Bang</i> 1968 British-American musical-fantasy film by Ken Hughes

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a 1968 musical fantasy film directed by Ken Hughes and produced by Albert R. Broccoli. It stars Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, Gert Fröbe, Anna Quayle, Benny Hill, James Robertson Justice, Robert Helpmann, Heather Ripley and Adrian Hall. The film is based on the 1964 children's novel Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car by Ian Fleming, with a screenplay co-written by Hughes and Roald Dahl.

The Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA) was a British drama school. It had two sites: ALRA South on Wandsworth Common in south London and ALRA North in Wigan, Greater Manchester. It was founded in 1979 by director and actor Sorrel Carson who then directed the school as its principal until 2001.

Harold Owen "Gary" Wilmot, MBE is a British singer, actor, comedian, presenter, writer and director who rose to fame as a contestant on New Faces. As a television presenter, he is best known as the host of You and Me, So You Want To Be Top and Showstoppers. His West End credits include Me and My Girl, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Prince of Egypt, and Wicked.

Adrian Keith Noble is a theatre director, and was also the artistic director and chief executive of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1990 to 2003.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Darbyshire</span> English actor

Michael Darbyshire was an English actor of stage and screen. He is perhaps best known for his role as Hubert Davenport, the Victorian ghost, in the long running BBC TV children's comedy series Rentaghost.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (car)</span> Vintage racing car

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is the vintage racing car which is featured in the book, musical film and stage production of the same name. Writer Ian Fleming took his inspiration for the car from a series of aero-engined racing cars built by Count Louis Zborowski in the early 1920s, christened Chitty Bang Bang. The original Chitty Bang Bang's engine was from a Zeppelin dirigible. The name reputedly derived either from the sound it made whilst idling, or from a bawdy song from World War I.

<i>Chitty Chitty Bang Bang</i> (musical) Stage musical

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a musical with music and lyrics written by Richard and Robert Sherman and a book by Jeremy Sams. It is sometimes referred to as Chitty the Musical to distinguish it from the 1968 film of the same name on which it is based, written by Roald Dahl, Ken Hughes, and Richard Maibaum. The 1968 film was based in turn on the book of the same name by Ian Fleming. The show premiered at the London Palladium on April 16, 2002, directed by Adrian Noble before opening on Broadway in 2005.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tommy Knight</span> English actor (b. 1993)

Thomas Lawrence Knight, usually credited as Tommy Knight, is an English actor best known for playing Luke Smith in The Sarah Jane Adventures and Doctor Who, Kevin Chalk in the original run of Waterloo Road, Cal Bray in Glue and Archibald Brodie in Victoria.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Max Bacon (actor)</span> English comedian, thespian and musician

Max David Bacon was a British actor, comedian and musician. Although he was British-born, his comedic style centred on his pseudo-European, Yiddish accent and in his straight-faced mispronunciation of words.

Heather Ripley is a Scottish former actress. She is best known for the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), in which she played Jemima Potts.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carrie Hope Fletcher</span> English entertainer and author (born 1992)

Carrie Hope Fletcher is an English theatre actress, children's author and vlogger known. Her performances include playing the roles of Éponine and Fantine in Les Misérables, she also starred in the original British production of Heathers: The Musical and originated the role of Cinderella in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella.

References

  1. "Adrian Hall". The Spotlight. Index to Actresses—Part 2. Index to Children. London: The Spotlight. Autumn 1971. p. 2985. OCLC   269257955.
  2. "Adrian Hall | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
  3. 1 2 Byrne, John (11 December 2019). "ALRA principal Adrian Hall: 'Be real, be honest, be on time'".
  4. Smith, Laura (8 April 2002). "The Dream Of Fame That Fell Apart". Evening Standard. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  5. "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: How Wigan Man Went Obscurity Stardom Thanks Legendary Musical". Wigan Today. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  6. "Adrian Hall". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019.
  7. "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang flies into Hampshire!". Daily Echo. 17 October 2018.
  8. "ALRA teaching and administrative staff members". alra.co.uk.