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| Drummonds | |
|---|---|
| Starring | Richard Pasco |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60mins |
| Production company | LWT |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 30 August 1985 – 5 June 1987 |
Drummonds was a 1985 British television series set in a boarding school for boys during the mid-1950s. It was produced for the ITV by LWT and ran for two seasons between 30 August 1985 and 5 June 1987. It starred Richard Pasco as the school's headmaster, George Drummond and Ciaran Madden as his wife Mary..
The series was filmed at Amesbury School in Surrey, England.[ citation needed ]
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Lauren Emma Drummond is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Mika Grainger in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road, Chantelle Lane in the BBC One medical drama series Holby City and student nurse Faye Clark in the ITV Drama The Royal (2009–2011).
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back is a 1937 American mystery film thriller film directed by Louis King and starring John Howard as the English adventurer Bulldog Drummond. John Barrymore plays Drummond's friend Colonel Nielsen and is actually Top-billed in the picture. The supporting cast includes Drummond series regular Louise Campbell, Reginald Denny, E.E. Clive, and J. Carrol Naish. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures, and is the second in the studio's series following Bulldog Drummond Escapes which had starred Ray Milland.
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Andre Jamal Drummond is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A center, he was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the first round of the 2012 NBA draft with the ninth overall pick.
Daniel James Bell-Drummond is an English professional cricketer, who plays for Kent County Cricket Club. He has represented England at youth level and has played for the England Lions cricket team at senior level.
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Ryan Shawn Drummond is an American actor, comedian, singer, clown, mime artist and theatrical performer, who is best known for his role as the original English voice of Sonic the Hedgehog in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise from 1998 to 2004.
Kate Drummond is a Canadian film, television, theatre and voice actress; film producer, director and screenwriter. Kate starred as Nikki Bender alongside Brooke Shields in Hallmark Movies & Mysteries's Flower Shop Mystery TV movie series, she played Agent Lucado in the television series Wynonna Earp, as Authority Phydra in Utopia Falls (2020), and won best lead performance in a TV movie at the Canadian Screen Awards, for playing Claire Porter in Nowhere - Secrets of a Small Town (2019). In 2022, she starred alongside Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson in The Man from Toronto .
Gentner Frederick Drummond is an American attorney, rancher, banker, and politician from Oklahoma. Drummond is a member of the Republican Party and the current Attorney General of Oklahoma. He flew in the Gulf War air campaign during the Persian Gulf War, gaining national coverage for being one of the first American pilots interviewed during the war. He resides in the McBirney Mansion and is a member of the Oklahoma Drummond ranching family.