Person    | Male  Born 12/8/1931  Died 16/11/2018

William Goldman

Categories: Cinema, Literature

Countries: USA

Screenwriter and novelist. Born on 12 August 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He's the one who first said "Nobody knows anything" in reference to predicting which films will be successful.

He died due to complications from colon cancer and pneumonia, aged 87 years, on 16 November 2018 in Manhattan, New York, USA.

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William Goldman

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Laurence Olivier statue

Unveiled by Sir Richard Attenborough, Larry‘s son, Tarquin and widow, Joan Pl...

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Laurence Cowen

Laurence Cowen

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James Williamson

James Williamson

British film pioneer.  Born in Fife, raised in Edinburgh.  Came south as a master chemist. Became interested in photography and X-ray photography.  1896 he introduced the first programme of films t...

Person, Cinema, Scotland

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Robert Donat

Robert Donat

Actor. Born in Manchester.

Person, Cinema

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Pierre Rouve

Pierre Rouve

Diplomat, art critic, broadcaster, film producer and lecturer. Born Petar Christoff Ouvaliev in Sofia, Bulgaria. He came to Britain in 1947 as a diplomat. His extensive career in the British film i...

Person, Art, Cinema, TV & Radio, Balkans

1 memorial
Tommy Trinder

Tommy Trinder

Actor and comedian. Born Thomas Edward Trinder at 54 Wellfield Road, Streatham. His career started in music halls and graduated to West End theatres, films and television. He was the first compere ...

Person, Cinema, Theatre, TV & Radio

1 memorial

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Unknown bust 1

Unknown bust 1

SW1, South Eaton Place, 26

Bust 1, to the south, shows some damage but, we hope you agree, both busts represent the same man. But who? Only a few months later we c...

Croydon airport

Croydon airport

Croydon was London's first international airport. The terminal building, 1928 - 1959, was one of the first purpose-built terminal buildings in the world. The air traffic control tower is the first ...

Place, Aviation, Transport

3 memorials
Manning & Simpson

Manning & Simpson

Architects active in 1885.

Group, Architecture

1 memorial
Brand Pettit & Co

Brand Pettit & Co

Builders active in 1909.

Person, Property

1 memorial
Gillian Wearing

Gillian Wearing

Artist. Gillian C. Wearing, CBE, RA, was born on 6 December 1963 in  Birmingham, Warwickshire, (now Birmingham, West Midlands), a daughter of Bryan J. Wearing and Jean R. Wearing née Gregory. She c...

Person, Art, Sculpture

1 memorial