William Russell
Nacimiento : 1924-11-19, Sunderland, County Durham, England, UK
Historia
William Russell Enoch (born 19 November 1924) is an English actor. He achieved prominence in 1956 when he took the title role in the ITV television series The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956–1957). In 1963, he became part of the original lead cast of BBC1's Doctor Who, playing the role of schoolteacher Ian Chesterton opposite William Hartnell from the show's first episode until 1965. Russell's film roles include parts in The Man Who Never Was (1956), The Great Escape (1963) and Superman (1978). On television, he notably appeared as Ted Sullivan in Coronation Street in 1992. In recent years, Russell has maintained his association with Doctor Who; he returned to the show in 2022, making a cameo appearance as Ian in "The Power of the Doctor", 57 years after the character's last television appearance.
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Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
The very first crew of the TARDIS land in a petrified forest on an alien planet. Determined to explore, the Doctor leads his companions into the metal city, where they discover danger at every corner and what will become his deadliest enemy... the mutant Daleks. It's time to encounter the Daleks once again, but this time in a way you've never seen them before. Originally transmitted in December 1963 to February 1964, the seven original episodes of the first Dalek story have received a cosmic makeover, dazzlingly colourised and woven together into a 75-minute blockbuster with brand-new sound and a brand-new score created by Mark Ayres. The Daleks has been gloriously updated, whilst ensuring the original story remains as thrilling as it was in 1963.
En un distópico y cercano futuro en Brasil, un gobierno autoritario ordena a todos los ciudadanos descendientes de africanos que se vayan a África, generando así caos, protestas, y un movimiento underground de resistencia, que inspirará a toda la nación.
This is the definitive set of interviews with the team of actors who brought the William Hartnell era of Doctor Who to life!
Together with a special tribute to William Hartnell (the Second Doctor), containing messages from a host of stars and production staff from Doctor Who, this also features the best in-depth interviews ever undertaken with, Carole Ann Ford (Susan), Jacqueline Hill (Barbara), William Russell (Ian), Peter Purves (Steven) and Jackie Lane (Dodo)!
Harry
Como parte de las celebraciones de su 50 aniversario, esta película viaja atrás hasta 1963 para descubrir los orígenes de una de las series más largas e influyentes de la historia...Doctor Who. Es la historia de William Hartnell, un actor veterano con problemas de salud anclado en papeles de tipo rudo, y de Verity Lambert, mujer pionera en el mundo de la televisión. Juntos encontraron esperanza y una última oportunidad en un serial infantil con monstruos y viajes en el tiempo... aun a costa de su propio legado.
Himself
Don't Lose Your Head was a DVD documentary concerning Doctor Who that was released on 28 January 2013.
Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
Vision On was a documentary of Clive Doig discussing the role of the vision mixer in making early Doctor Who episodes, including footage and discussion of studio mishaps that occurred on screen.
Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
The Sets of Marinus is a BBC documentary looking at set design for the Doctor Who story The Keys of Marinus. It was released on the DVD of the serial.
Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
Featured on the "Doctor Who: The Beginning" box set and tells the story of the Creation of the Daleks.
Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
Documentary on the sound effects of Doctor Who in the 1960s.
Self / Ian Chesterton
A feature on Doctor Who: The Beginning box set which tells the stories of the Doctor's time machine - the TARDIS.
Self / Ian Chesterton
Documents the making of the Doctor Who Serial, "The Edge of Destruction". It was released on the DVD of the serial and hence in The Beginning box set.
Self
A 55-minute documentary, detailing the creation of Doctor Who, including a rare interview with creator Sydney Newman, and new interviews with producer Verity Lambert, directors Waris Hussein and Richard Martin, actors William Russell and Carole Ann Ford, title sequence designer Bernard Lodge, and TARDIS sound effect creator Brian Hodgson
Ian Chesterton (archive footage)
The guest actors of the 1964 "Doctor Who" (1963) story, "The Aztecs", reminisce about their time on the programme and making the series.
As the very first Doctor, William Hartnell created the character that made Doctor Who a success. No other actor made such a lasting contribution to the programme or influenced it so greatly. In this special Myth Makers, Nicholas Briggs meets William’s friends, colleagues and family and explores the personality of this shy, complex and private man. With contributions from William Russell, Carole Ann Ford, Maureen O’Brien, Peter Purves, Verity Lambert, Michael Craze, Anneke Wills, Donald Tosh, Christopher Barry and a revealing interview with Jack Pitt, who was an extra in Doctor Who and shared William’s flat in London. Also featured is Jessica Carney, who has written a biography of the grandfather’s life titled Who’s There? This is not just a Myth Makers tribute… it’s almost a chance to meet the man himself.
King Charles VI of France / Bishop of Ely / Sir Thomas Erpingham
A documentary about Shakespeare's Globe opening performance of "Henry V" in 1997. The documentary combines the performance of Act IV with rehearsal shots and opening gala footage.
Dr. Hastings
A black soldier in World War II England begins an affair with a white woman whose husband is a soldier currently overseas in battle and in doubts of her relationship with him as she discovered he had been having an affair with his secretary.
Rags
In a seedy New Jersey nightclub, gossip turns to murder when the owner Pete hires exotic dancer Danny Lee, who starts up an affair with barfly Ralph, much to the chagrin of his bedridden wife, Luane.
Dr. Mason
En un mundo futuro en el que la enfermedad ha sido finalmente derrotada y todo puede ser vendido, incluso el burdo espectáculo de la muerte, el raro caso de una mujer moribunda se convierte en el tema morboso de un revolucionario reality show, transmitido a través de los curiosos ojos de una peculiar cámara.
Don
BBC Play for Today. Maximillian Schreiber runs a series of gruelling motivational courses - all coming at a cost to the participants - including VAT.
8th Elder (uncredited)
Desde una galaxia remota, un recién nacido es enviado por sus padres al espacio debido a la inminente destrucción del planeta donde viven. La nave aterriza en la Tierra, y el niño es adoptado por unos granjeros que le inculcan los mejores valores humanos. Con los años el joven se irá a Metrópolis y allí usará sus poderes sobrenaturales para luchar contra el mal...
Lord Garrick
Al quemar a la bruja Mad Dolly, ella lanza una maldición mientras se quema en la estaca. Las víctimas sufrirán muertes horribles provocadas por trampas para osos, heridas de cuchillo y otros métodos de tortura medieval.
Doctor
One hot June day, three friends decide there is nothing they would like to do more than to get away from London. A boating holiday with lots of fresh air and exercise would be just the very thing, or so their doctors tell them. So, after debating the merits of hotel or camp beds and what to pack, they set off on their voyage - a trip up the Thames from Henley to Oxford - but very quickly find themselves ill-equipped for the trials of riverbank life.
Ian Chesterton
The Doctor and his companions are pursued through time and space by the Daleks on the desert planet Aridius and beyond.
Ian Chesterton
On the planet Xeros, the TARDIS crew discover their own future selves frozen in time as exhibits in a galactic museum and must avert this potential future.
Ian Chesterton
In 12th century Palestine, the Doctor and his friends are drawn into the holy war between the forces of King Richard the Lionheart and the Saracen ruler Saladin.
Ian Chesterton
On the planet Vortis, the Doctor and his companions aid the butterfly-like Menoptra in their battle against the parasitic Animus and its mind-controlled minions, the ant-like Zarbi.
Ian Chesterton
The TARDIS crew take up residence near Rome in 64AD, where Ian and Barbara are kidnapped by slave traders, and the Doctor's imitation of Maximus Pettulian sees him taken to the court of Emperor Nero where he inadvertently plays a part in deciding the course of history...
Ian Chesterton
On the planet Dido, the Doctor, Ian and Barbara meet two survivors from a crashed spaceship who are terrorised by the monster Koquillion.
Ian Chesterton
The TARDIS arrives in a desolate future London, where the Doctor discovers his old enemies the Daleks have taken control of Earth.
Ian Chesterton
When the TARDIS malfunctions, it and its travellers land on Earth at the size of insects. They uncover a murderous plot involving a new insecticide, but how can they stop the crime in their miniaturised condition?
Ian Chesterton
The TARDIS materialises not far from Paris in 1794 — one of the bloodiest years following the French Revolution of 1789. The travellers become involved with an escape chain rescuing prisoners from the guillotine and get caught up in the machinations of an English undercover spy, James Stirling — alias Lemaitre, governor of the Conciergerie prison.
Ian Chesterton
The Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Susan arrive in the TARDIS on board a spaceship. Their initial concern is for the ship's human crew, who are suffering from telepathic interference from the Sensorites, but Susan communicates with the Sensorites and finds the aliens fear an attack by the humans and are just defending themselves. Travelling to the Sense Sphere (the Sensorites' planet) the Doctor seeks to cure an illness to which the Sensorites and Ian have succumbed, but finds it has been caused by deliberate poisoning. The political manoeuvring of the Sensorite City Administrator poses another threat to the TARDIS crew as he seeks to discredit and implicate them.
Ian Chesterton
The TARDIS materialises inside an Aztec tomb. Outside it, the Doctor and his companions soon discover that Mexico in the 15th century is a bloodthirsty and dangerous place... And with Barbara mistaken for a reincarnation of an ancient high priest called Yetaxa, the history teacher thinks that she can put an end to the barbaric human sacrifices once and for all. But can she rewrite history without disastrous consequences?
Ian Chesterton
The TARDIS arrives on the planet Marinus on an island of glass surrounded by a sea of acid. The travellers are forced by the elderly Arbitan to retrieve four of the five operating keys to a machine called the Conscience of Marinus, of which he is the keeper. These have been hidden in different locations around the planet to prevent them falling into the hands of the evil Yartek and his Voord warriors, who plan to seize the machine and use its originally benevolent mind-influencing power for their own sinister purposes.
Ian Chesterton
The TARDIS crew lands in the Himalayas of Cathay in 1289, their ship badly damaged, and are picked up by Marco Polo's caravan on its way along the fabled Silk Road to see the Emperor Kublai Khan. The story concerns the Doctor and his companions' attempts to thwart the machinations of Tegana, who attempts to sabotage the caravan along its travels through the Pamir Plateau and across the treacherous Gobi Desert, and ultimately to assassinate Kublai Khan in Peking, at the height of his imperial power.
Ian Chesterton
In this completely TARDIS-based story, the crew find themselves and their ship acting very strangely indeed. Blame runs high for the Ship's unusual behavior, until the Doctor realizes the TARDIS itself may be trying to warn them...
Ian Chesterton
The TARDIS brings the Doctor, Susan, Barbara, and Ian to the planet Skaro where they meet two indigenous races — the Daleks, malicious mutant creatures encased in armoured travel machines, and the Thals, beautiful humanoids with pacifist principles. They convince the Thals of the need to fight for their own survival.
Ian Chesterton
Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton, two humble teachers during 1963, discover a genius student's grandfather, simply known as "the Doctor", and his police box time machine. Deciding that the pair knows too much about his otherworldly origins, they are whisked away on a journey through time and space.
Sorren
En 1943 los nazis, exasperados por el número de fugas de sus prisiones por un número relativamente pequeño de prisioneros aliados, deciden trasladarlos a todos a una prisión de alta seguridad "a prueba de fugas" durante el resto de la guerra. Los presos no tardan en trazar el plan de uno de los intentos de fuga más ambiciosos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Basado en una historia real.
A fraudster is arrested for stealing a large sum of money from his partners. When he learns that a particularly brilliant barrister will lead the prosecution against him he sets out to undermine the credibility of the barrister.
A gang of high class corporate thieves use blackmail to induce their victims to sell property at knock-down prices.
Hephaestion
The story of Alexander the Great.
Bill Anderson
A clerk sees his big chance to escape a humdrum existence, but his resolve is tested as many unexpected obstacles arise.
A very old Austin 7 car is found by two children and bought by their uncle, the Vicar, but the garage proprietor conceals its faulty transmission, which leads to some surprising developments.
Joe
En la primavera de 1943, un vecino de Punta Umbría descubrió, mientras pescaba en ”El Portil”, el cuerpo sin vida de un militar inglés junto con los restos de una balsa neumática. Sin saberlo, aquel pescador, acababa de encontrar al hombre que nunca existió: la operación ”Mincemeat” había comenzado.
Ramsey
II Guerra Mundial. La marina de guerra británica se encuentra amenazada por el acorazado alemán Tirpitz. Con una gran potencia de fuego, sobretodo sus ochos cañones de 381 milímetros con alcance de hasta 34 kilómetros, este acorazado podría acabar fácilmente con sus líneas de suministros marítimos, siendo este un riesgo que Inglaterra no puede consentir. Resguardado en el fiordo de Trondheim, Noruega, es imposible atacarlo con una oportunidad de éxito. Pero el Comandante Fraser (John Mills) propone un ingenioso y arriesgado plan. Su idea consiste en llegar a Trondheim camuflados con un pesquero noruego y una vez próximos al objetivo usar tres submarinos de bolsillo experimentales que deberán depositar bajo su casco varias cargas explosivas subacuáticas.
Alec Bigley
Norman is the oldest orphan at Greenwood Children's Home and now acts as their caretaker. All the orphans are very happy and well cared for. The adventures start when a nasty property developer (boo hiss) who is also the chairman of the orphanage board wants to close the orphanage and build a factory on the site. The children are sent to Brighton for the day and Norman is very excited because he's "Never seen the Sea". When they get back they discover the plan to close the orphanage and have to decide what to do
Leslie Gowland
Jim Gay loves his racing greyhound but, out of town, he finds a dog with a better chance to win. His friends bet on his dog while he bets against.
Lieutenant Poole
Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial un comando aliado de diez hombres tiene la difícil misión de destruir un estrategico aeropuerto enemigo en una isla griega ocupada por alemanes e italianos.
Keith Merton
A private detective goes after the people who murdered his girlfriend.
Officer at Prison
Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). En 1942, Malta es bombardeada por la aviación alemana. En este escenario surge un romance entre un piloto, que es profesor universitario, y una muchacha maltesa.
Michael
Yvonne is seething when her devoted son, Michael, declares his intention to marry Madeleine, despite the latter's admitting to having an affair with a mysterious older man. At the same time, George, Michael's father, confides in Yvonne's sister, Leo, that he is in fact Madeleine's other lover. Together, they hatch a plot to end Madeleine's hopes of marriage - by threatening to reveal George's scandalous secret to his son.
Basado en una historia real ocurrida durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, cuando un comandante de la Marina británica preparó a sus hombres para enfrentarse a la flota alemana a pesar de estar en clara inferioridad de condiciones. El valor de los militares ingleses quedó para siempre en la memoria del pueblo inglés, al otorgarles una gran victoria moral.
