Francis Phelan is a fictionalcharacter in many of William J. Kennedy s Albany novels, though he is featured most prominently in Ironweed . He is a former professional baseball player who left Albany in shame after dropping his infant son Gerald. ref Tierce, Michael. William Kennedy s Odyssey The Travels of Francis Phelan. Classical and Modern Literature A Quarterly 8.4 1988 247 26 ref ref Liam Kennedy Memory and Hearsay Ethnic History and Identity in Billy Phelan s Greatest Game and Ironweed MELUS, Vol. 18, 1993 http www.questia.com googleScholar.qst?docId 5000180528 ref The issue of his death is left ambiguous at the conclusion of Ironweed . In the film adaptation of the book, Phelan is portrayed by Jack Nicholson . References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Francis Phelan FictionalCharacter Category Fictional American people of Irish descent Phelan, Francis Category Fictional baseball players Category Fictional characters from New York Category Fictional murderers ... more details
Infobox character colour d6d6ff name Christine Williams first Season one, episode one last N A fullname Christine Williams gender Female occupation Psychologist spouse Tim Williams fictionalcharacter Tim Williams children 1 step son Max Williams fictionalcharacter Max Williams born c.1994 relatives N A portrayer Catherine McClements Christine Williams is a fictionalcharacter on the Australian drama series Tangle TV series Tangle . She is portrayed by Catherine McClements . Character biography The wife of Tim and stepmother to Max, Christine is a highly strung classical music loving psychologist who works hard at life and never takes anything for granted. She s a fantastic mother to Max and a strong, challenging partner to her politician husband Tim. Organised, thorough and secretly ambitious, Christine is someone who is generally able to think a problem through and respond rationally and strategically, except when her family is threatened as it is here on manifold fronts. ref http sharetv.org shows tangle au cast christine williams Christine Williams Share TV ref In season two, Christine finds herself questioning her own morality when she becomes attracted to Spiros Georgiades Don Hany , Tim s political adviser. ref Season two, episode 3 Desire ref When Tim is told to take a job in Singapore , Christine doesn t go with him, fearing that if she did she would lose Max. ref Season two, episode 5 Sleepwalking ref After Tim leaves, she eventually succumbs to her growing attraction to Spiros. ref Season two, episode 6 Lost and Found ref References reflist See Also Tangle TV series Tangle DEFAULTSORT Williams, Christine Category Tangle characters Category Fictional Australian people Category Fictional characters introduced in 2009 ... more details
Infobox character colour d6d6ff name Tim Williams first Season one, episode one last N A fullname Timothy Williams gender Male occupation Politician spouse Christine Williams fictionalcharacter Christine Williams children 1 son Max Williams fictionalcharacter Max Williams born c.1994 relatives N A portrayer Joel Tobeck Tim Williams is a fictionalcharacter on the Australian drama series Tangle TV series Tangle . He is portrayed by Joel Tobeck . Character biography Husband of Christine and father of Max, Tim was a junior State Cabinet minister in season one and a natural politician tipped for bigger things. But for this smooth operator things started to get rough. Tim s son Max is the result of an affair he had with Nat Manning Nat during the early days of his marriage to Christine. Now, after a long, hard battle to save his marriage and keep his son, he is in the enviable position of having a loving and functional marriage, a good relationship with his son, and a career on track to match his ambitions. Until Nat shows up batting her eyelids and conniving around the family cauldron... ref http sharetv.org shows tangle au cast tim williams Tim Williams Share TV ref In season two, Tim gets a new political adviser, Spiros Georgiades Spiros Don Hany ref Season two, episode 1 Cortege ref , and things are looking good when he starts to make a bid for the job of Victorian Premier. ref Season two, episode 3 Desire ref However, an honest and open press conference on the steps of parliament house see his dreams crushed and a new job in Singapore await. ref Season two, episode 4 Fallout ref References reflist See Also Tangle TV series Tangle DEFAULTSORT Williams, Tim Category Tangle characters Category Fictional Australian people Category Fictional characters introduced in 2009 ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 File Sam weller kyd.jpeg thumb right Sam Weller by Joseph Clayton Clarke Kyd Sam Weller is a fictional character in The Pickwick Papers , the first novel by Charles Dickens , and is the character that made Dickens famous. Weller first appeared in the third serialised episode. Previously the monthly parts of the book had been doing badly the humour of the character transformed the book into a publishing phenomenon. His way of quoting people has led to the label wellerism , often a type of proverb. In chapter 10 of the novel, the eponymous hero Mr Pickwick meets Sam Weller working at the White Hart Inn Southwark White Hart Inn in Borough, London The Borough and soon takes him on as a personal servant and companion on his travels. The relationship between the idealistic and unworldly Pickwick and the astute cockney Weller has been likened to that between Don Quixote and Sancho Panza . ref Mark Wormald 2003 Introduction to The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens ref References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Sam Weller Fictional Character Category Charles Dickens characters Weller, Sam lit char stub ... more details
Nick Danger is a fictionalcharacter featured in several of the albums produced by the comedy group The Firesign Theatre How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You re Not Anywhere at All 1969 , Nick Danger The Case of the Missing Shoe 1979 , The Three Faces of Al 1984 and The Bride of Firesign 2001 . Voiced by Phil Austin , he is a film noir style hard boiled detective who gets into wacky, mysterious adventures, frequently involving mistaken identity, betrayal, and femme fatale s. His arch nemesis is Police Lt. Bradshaw voiced by Peter Bergman , and he is also frequently menaced by a slimy little man called Rocky Rococo voiced by Phil Proctor who is based on Dashiell Hammett s Joel Cairo from The Maltese Falcon . The love of his life, Betty Jo Bialosky, has numerous aliases, but Nick says Rocky Raccoon everyone knew her as Nancy . At the very end of How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You re Not Anywhere at All , a brief snippet from an imagined crime drama is heard, in which we learn that Nick Danger is a former policeman who became disheartened with the corruption in the force and turned in his badge. The character also features in the Firesign produced film Nick Danger in The Case of the Missing Yolk ref http www.imdb.com title tt0086009 Nick Danger in The Case of the Missing Yolk 1983 V Bot generated title ref A new stage production of Nick Danger Third Eye produced by Larry Barrett is premiering February 8, 2012 at the Powell Crosley Mansion in Sarasota, Florida. This is first stage production of Nick Danger and stars Keith Chrismon as Nick Danger, Joelle Davis as Nancy, with multiple characters and sound effects, by John Forsyth, Marty Fugate,, and Karle Murdock References reflist Category Fictional private investigators Category Fictional characters introduced in 1969 Firesign Theatre comedy stub ... more details
Multiple issues unreferenced July 2011 wikify July 2009 notability July 2011 Marcus Valerius Messala Corvinus is a fictional character in a series of historical detective novels by the Scottish people Scottish author David Wishart . Corvinus he goes by his cognomen is of a noble Ancient Rome Roman family, living in the reign of the Emperor Tiberius . He has turned his back on the cursus honorum , though, preferring a quiet private life with his wife, Rufia Perilla, the scholarly, beautiful stepdaughter of the poet Ovid . Corvinus main activity is solving mysteries and crimes. He met his wife when she contacted him to investigate the circumstances surrounding the exile and death of her stepfather, and has crossed paths with the Imperial family on several occasions. He was instrumental in the fall of Sejanus , acting on posthumous instructions from a member of the Imperial family. Although he is happiest in Rome, Corvinus travels rather frequently. He has been up and down Italy , and has spent years in Athens , particularly before and after the death of Sejanus. He and Rufia are childless, a source of sorrow to them, but have adopted a daughter, the child of a man who was executed for crimes uncovered by Corvinus. Marcus Corvinus books Ovid 1995 Germanicus 1997 The Lydian Baker 1998 Sejanus 1998 Old Bones 2000 Last Rites 2001 White Murder 2002 A Vote for Murder 2003 Parthian Shot 2004 Food for the Fishes 2005 In at the Death 2007 Illegally Dead 2008 Bodies Politic 2010 DEFAULTSORT Corvinus, Marcus Category Fictional ancient Romans Category Fictional detectives ... more details
other people Jack Mitchell Jack Mitchell disambiguation John Jack Mitchell , often referred to only as Mitchell , is a recurring fictional character in the short story short stories and sketch story sketches by Australia n writer Henry Lawson . He is widely considered one of Lawson s most memorable characters. ref name Manning Manning, Charles 1991 Henry Lawson , lecture at The University of Melbourne. Collected in Speaking out of turn lectures and speeches, 1940 1991, Melbourne University Publish pub. 1997 , pp. 181 196 ref Description Mitchell has been described as a shrewd, kindly, and philosophical swagman . ref name Penguin The Penguin Henry Lawson Short Stories first published 1986 with an introduction by John Barnes, Camberwell, Victoria Penguin Books Australia, pp. 1 16, 221 6 ref Critic John Barnes suggests that Mitchell functions as a persona rather than a fully developed character, replacing the author as narrator and storyteller, an instrument by which Lawson can create states of feeling and so define his sense of being human. ref name Penguin Mitchell is usually depicted as a traveller, often accompanied by a companion with whom he shares stories. ref name Penguin He has been likened to the Romantic outcast figure of The Wanderer poem The Wanderer . ref name Penguin Published Jack Mitchell Stories Jack Mitchell appeared in the following Henry Lawson stories, among others wikisource Mitchell A Character Sketch Mitchell A Character Sketch On The Edge Of A Plain wikisource Some Day Some Day wikisource Shooting The Moon Shooting The Moon wikisource Our Pipes Our Pipes Bill, the Ventriloquial Rooster wikisource Enter Mitchell Enter Mitchell wikisource Mitchell Doesn t Believe in the Sack Mitchell Doesn t Believe in the Sack wikisource Another of Mitchell s Plans Another of Mitchell s Plans References reflist Category Literary characters Mitchell, Jack lit char stub ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 Infobox character name Floyd Pinkerton image alias Pink Floyd first The Wall creator Roger Waters occupation Musician nationality British portrayer Bob Geldof br Pink Floyd The Wall film Pink Floyd The Wall Floyd Pinkerton , more commonly known as Pink Floyd , is the fictional central character of Pink Floyd band Pink Floyd s album rock opera The Wall and the accompanying film Pink Floyd The Wall film Pink Floyd The Wall 1982 , in which he is portrayed by Bob Geldof . ref cite web url http www.imdb.com title tt0084503 title Pink Floyd The Wall 1982 publisher IMDb.com date accessdate 2012 04 20 ref He is also mentioned in The Final Cut album The Final Cut . He is depicted as a schizophrenia schizophrenic or at least a schizoid personality disorder schizoid rock star suffering from a mental breakdown. Character background Pink was born at the end of the Second World War , shortly before his father was killed when his bunker was bombed by a German Stuka dive bomber during the Operation Shingle battle of Anzio . Pink had great difficulty in growing up without a father. This was presented as the first brick in Pink s symbolical wall of self inflicted isolation .... The wall represents the walls that people put up to separate themselves from society. The character ... . He primarily modeled the character of Pink after Syd Barrett , ref cite web url http www.thewallanalysis.com ... 20 ref one of Pink Floyd s founding members, but he also added other elements to the character such as Pink ... for Consequence of Sound , theorizes that the character of Floyd Pinkerton, in becoming a proverbial ... Category The Wall rock opera Category Film characters Category Fictional musicians Category Fictional rock musicians Category Fictional people with neurological or psychological disorders Category Fictional English people Category Fictional characters introduced in 1979 Category Fictional characters introduced in 1982 Category Fictional Nazis es Pink Floyd personaje ficcional ka ... more details
is the main source for the Igor of public imagination, though this character was actually named Fritz ... a character named Ygor , played by Bela Lugosi this character, however, is neither a hunchback ... himself. Not a hunchback, the character is deaf and mute, and is portrayed as an unconditionally ... named Igor Jim Boyd actor Jim Boyd , and later Luis Avalos who served a character known simply as The Mad ... Show 1975 , the character of Riff Raff Richard O Brien is a hunch backed servant of Dr. Frank N. Furter .... He is portrayed by Steve Lundquist . The character also appeared in the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes ... character s faithful old family retainer, Igor, who is portrayed as an anthropomorphic vulture ... character named Igor. The main character of the computer animated film Igor film Igor 2008 is the former ... of the vampire leader, Count Dragorin. A hunchbacked character named Igor is a recurring character ... video game series, Igor is a recurring character who assists the main characters by helping ... van helsing http www.RoccoGoesCocco.com Frankenstein DEFAULTSORT Igor Category Fictional henchmen Category Fictional scientists Category Fictional hunchbacks Category Frankenstein characters Category Fictional characters introduced in 1939 fr Fid le Igor ... more details
El Coyote The Coyote is the name of a fictionalcharacter very similar to Zorro , although acting 100 years later. He first appeared in the novel El Coyote 1944 by Jos Mallorqu . Between 1944 and 1953 El Coyote appeared in 192 Pulp magazine pulp like novels. ref p.314 Stephan, Alexander The Americanization of Europe Culture, Diplomacy, and Anti Americanism after 1945 Berghahn Books, 2006 ref Description El Coyote s real name is C sar de Echag e and he is a rich man living at a ranch called San Antonio outside of Los Angeles. In Mallorqui s novels one can trace that C sar was born sometimes between 1826 and 1830. The novels cover adventures from 1846 until circa 1875. C sar was inspired by a masked female actress and by the Zorro legend when he started operating as El Coyote in 1846. Coyote protects the original Spanish community of California from the Anglo Americans. The novels comprise the years from December 1851 to around 1874, there are 120 original volumes plus 10 extras plus at least 62 Nuevo Coyote telling stories of pre 1851. Coyote had a black shirt neither white nor blue or red although the drawing show a white or blue shirt ... and he wore gloves the mask covered more of his upper face than shown on the fine drawings. He was born C sar de Echag e in Los Angeles, which he left for Havana as a youngster around 1845 and officially returned in December 1851 although operating as Coyote in California several times . C sar s sister Beatriz was born 1833 she married ex Washington resident Edmond Greene both knew of C sars double identities . After his first wife s Leonore de Acevedo, born circa 1832 death in 1857, when C sar Jr nicknamed El Cuervo The Raven from 1873 ... Category Series of books Category Fictional characters from California Category Fictional American people of Spanish descent Category Fictional vigilantes Category Characters in pulp fiction Category Western genre characters Category Fictional gentleman thieves Category Fictional outlaws Category ... more details
Category Fictional characters introduced in 1844 DEFAULTSORT Athos FictionalCharacter Category Alexandre Dumas characters Category Fictional versions of real people Category Fictional French people ...Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox character name Athos series d Artagnan Romances image File Athos silver rv.gif 228px caption first The Three Musketeers last The Vicomte of Bragelonne Ten Years Later cause creator Alexander Dumas voice nickname alias species gender Male occupation Musketeer title Musketeers of the Guard family spouse significantother children relatives religion nationality France French Olivier d Athos de la F re, Comte de la F re is a fictionalcharacter in the novels The Three Musketeers , Twenty Years After , and The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, p re . In The Three Musketeers , he and the other two musketeer s Porthos and Aramis are friends of the novel s protagonist, d Artagnan . He has a mysterious past connecting him with the villain of the novel, Milady de Winter . The oldest by some years, Athos is a father figure to the other musketeers. He is described as noble and handsome but also very secretive, drowning his secret sorrows in drink. He is very protective of d Artagnan, the youngest, whom he regards as a son. By the end of the novel, it is revealed that he is the Comte de la F re, who was Milady s husband before she married the Baron de Winter. In the latter two novels, he is openly known as the Comte de la F re and is the adopted father of the young hero, Raoul, vicomte de Bragelonne and it is ultimately revealed that he is his biological father as well . In Twenty Years After it is left uncertain whether Athos is the father of Mordaunt John Francis de Winter, son of Milady de Winter . Mordaunt attempts to avenge the death of his mother by killing those responsible. However, he himself dies while he and Athos struggle in the middle ... first name. The fictional Athos is named after the historical musketeer Armand de Sill gue d Athos ... more details
Jimmy the Hand is a fictionalcharacter appearing in the novels of Raymond E. Feist . He is first introduced in the first Riftwar novel Magician novel Magician . He also appears in the rest of the Riftwar Saga and is a key character in the Riftwar legacy novels. Biography Jimmy is the son of The Upright Man. The Upright man is leader of the Mockers Krondor s guild of thieves. Jimmy has grown up on the streets as a thief and a pickpocket he shows exceptional talent as a thief and is known to be very quick and dextrous. When introduced into the novel Jimmy s age is unclear Jimmy doesn t know himself as he was orphaned although he guesses at 14 or 15 ref Riftwar Magician , Chapter 25 Escape ref . Jimmy meets with Arutha conDoin in Krondor and helps him meet the Mockers to help him escape the city. Jimmy and Arutha become friends and Arutha teaches him how to swordfight with a rapier . Arutha later becomes the Prince of the Western Realm of which Krondor is the capital. In Silverthorn novel Silverthorn , the second book of the Riftwar series, Jimmy intervenes when a hired assassin from a guild known as the Nighthawks tries to kill Arutha. Jimmy breaks into the palace grounds to inform of the attempt and to tell him that the assassin was a member of the Nighthawks. With Jimmy s help, Arutha is able to capture two members of the Nighthawks and to question them whereby he learns of the dark powers arrayed against him. ref Riftwar Silverthorn , Chapter 3 Plots ref Jimmy then helps Arutha set up a meeting with the Mockers to help him track down the lair of the Nighthawks which is somewhere in the city. This meeting with the Mockers ends with the Upright Man agreeing to help Arutha in exchange for making Jimmy a squire. ref Silverthorn novel Silverthorn , Chapter 4 Revelations ref This is the first indication in the books of Jimmy s parentage. Jimmy shows many uses as a squire, but still ... with the Mockers which help him keep the city in order. Jimmy marries Pug fictionalcharacter ... more details
refimprove date February 2012 About the literary and television character the professional wrestler named after the character Stone Cold Steve Austin other uses Steve Austin disambiguation Steve Austin Infobox character colour Hexadecimal colour EG FFFFFF, Default DEDEE2 name Steve Austin first Cyborg novel last Bionic Ever After? TV movie alias The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic man species Human , Cyborg gender Male occupation Espionage Secret agent , former astronaut and test pilot, former soldier novels rank Colonel United States Colonel spouse Jaime Sommers The Bionic Woman children Michael Austin portrayer Lee Majors creator Martin Caidin Steve Austin is a fictionalcharacter created by Martin Caidin for his 1972 novel, Cyborg novel Cyborg , who later became a 1970s television icon as portrayed by Lee Majors in the 1974 1978 series The Six Million Dollar Man . Background As originally conceived by Caidin, Austin is a former United States Army US Army helicopter pilot who served ... arm . Caidin s character also had some additional bionic parts his TV counterpart lacked, such as a steel ... transmitter built into a rib. Both versions of the character are subsequently recruited into the OSO ... of the character to alien invasion in the TV version . Austin s personality was altered in the TV series ..., Austin s superior is OSO chief Oscar Goldman . Goldman was replaced by another character, Oliver ... Sommers character has a bionic eye similar to that of Austin s in addition to the bionic parts of the original character. http www.dailymail.co.uk pages live articles showbiz showbiznews.html?in article ... Austin, Steve Category Bionic franchise Category Science fiction characters Category Fictional cyborgs Category Fictional characters with superhuman strength Category Fictional characters who can move at superhuman speeds Category Fictional secret agents and spies Category Fictional astronauts Category Fictional colonels Category Fictional air force personnel Category Fictional aviators zh ... more details
promotion from Detective Sergeant to Detective Chief Inspector in one bound In the mid 80s the character ... to his Bulman character at the height of the show s success, writing two more XYY Man novels The Crypto .... Henderson obtained the rights for TV use of the character, but became busy with other projects ... Fictional British police detectives Bulman, George ... more details
other uses2 Doli Unreferenced date January 2010 Doli is a fictionalcharacter in Lloyd Alexander Lloyd Alexander s fantasy series The Chronicles of Prydain . Doli is one of the fair folk , a nation of faery faeries , and other magical beings who live in an extensive underground kingdom that spans the entire country of Prydain . Profile Doli is described as a short, stocky dwarf mythology dwarf who carries a number of weapons including a battleaxe. He is adept in many skills including hunting, fighting, as well as magical skills such as turning invisible although he obtains this skill only after the completion of one of his adventures . When first introduced, Doli seems to be gruff, short tempered, and unfriendly, with a tender side often staunchly, yet unsuccessfully, concealed. Doli s famous line from the books, which he often states gruffly yet with obvious unspoken pride as he is setting right something that has not been done well, is Can t stand a botched job. As a prominent figure in the books, Doli almost always appears or is included in quests undertaken by Taran the Assistant Pig Keeper, the Princess Eilonwy , the gentle creature Gurgi , and the self styled Bard Fflewddur Fflam . Appearances In The Book of Three , the companions meet Doli when they are trapped in the realm of the Fair Folk. Doli is ordered by his king to accompany them on their journey, fights valiantly when the party is beset by their enemies, and at the end of the story is granted the ability which he has long coveted to become invisible. In The Black Cauldron , Doli is part of the raiding party which inflitrates Annuvin to steal the Black Crochan, only to find that it has been stolen already. He joins s Taran s companions near the Marshes of Morva and thence on their journey, rescuing them when they are captive through the use of his invisibility. In Taran Wanderer , Doli is turned into a frog ... Category Fictional dwarves Category Fictional fairies and sprites Category Disney s The Black ... more details
Wilfredo is a fictional comedy character portrayed by the United Kingdom British comedian Matt Roper . The character is an obnoxious, deluded and uncouth satire of a romantic music romantic singer ... . Character origins and appearance Physically, the character of Wilfredo is a grotesque caricature ... shirt, a wild black mop wig and a set of prominent prosthetic teeth. Typically, the character ... have described the character as a wonderful and vile creation ref name Broadway Baby http www.broadwaybaby.com ... Weeks , Three Weeks, retrieved 08 01 12 ref . The character began his life onstage performing cover ... his performance. The character hails from Granada in Spain , the fourth son of a fourth son ref name New Current , a gifted child prodigy who evolved into a national singing star. The character is always ... , the younger sister of Wilfredo. The character of Maria wears identical teeth and hair, although ... as at the 2011 Edinburgh Festival Kris Howe may accompany also in character as Wilfredo s Uncle ... songs from a fictional back catalogue of bestselling albums, with titles ranging from El Chico ... the character in 2008 at a benefit in Totnes , Devon before performing at the Glastonbury Festival ... in Cornwall with a full band, before guesting with Barcelona based gypsy jazz combo Gadjo . The character ... until the summer of 2009 while writing and exploring the concept of the character more fully ... and His Music at the Etcetera Theatre in April 2010. Featuring the character Mana Maria on guitar ... initial terror at the character, later adding I left unscathed, having spent the evening roaring ... Para Las Damas , before performing the character in Lecce , Italy for the Factory K NOS artist collective ... ref . In August 2010 the character returned to Italy for an appearance at the Salento Summer Festival ... at the Canal Cafe Theatre. In addition, on June 16th Roper presented the character to an audience ... Retrieved 08 01 12 ref was enough to initiate further interest in the character from radio audiences ... more details
Infobox character image name Bony gender Male D.O.B occupation Detective affiliation relatives portrayed Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte Bony is a half Indigenous Australians Aboriginal , half white detective character created by Arthur Upfield . Bony appeared in dozens of Upfield s novels from the late 1920s until the author s death in 1964. Early life His white father is unknown and his Aboriginal mother was murdered while he was still an infant. ref The Will of the Tribe ref . He has a Masters Degree in Criminal Science from University of Queensland Brisbane University . ref http www.kirjasto.sci.fi aupfiel.htm Arthur Upfield Bot generated title ref Career He is a member of the Queensland police force, although the novels are set throughout Australia . ref http nicholnl.wcp.muohio.edu DingosBreakfastClub Australia upfieldmysteries.html Locations Australian Natural History and Human Ecology Page, Just For fans of Arthur Upfield s Bony Mysteries ref Bony often works undercover, usually as a station hand or labourer, with only a few senior police aware of his true identity. He frequently uses the alias Nat Bonnar, but other names such as Robert Burns ref Death of a Swagman ref are used also. He often states that my friends call me Bony . Bony is an accomplished tracker, but admits his shortcomings and will sometimes request, or permit, the use of more experience native trackers. Personal life Although his age is not specifically mentioned in the novels, Bony seems to be in his early fifties. He is married to Marie ref The Cake in the Hat Box 1955 ref , lives in Banyo in Brisbane ref Murder Must Wait. Arthur Upfield 1953 ref , and they have three adult sons, the oldest, Charles, is studying to be a doctor. Television portrayals Boney TV series Boney was an Australian television series made in 1972, featuring James Laurenson in the title role. The name was spelt Boney ... External links imdb name 0098069 DEFAULTSORT Bony Category Fictional police officers Category Fictional ... more details
Infobox soap character series Peyton Place TV series Peyton Place name Joe Rossi image1 Image Michael Christian in Peyton Place.jpg caption 200px first February 22, 1968 411 last October 30, 1968 473 cause Left town creator portrayer Michael Christian episode nickname alias species gender Male age born death occupation title callsign family Michael Rossi brother br Lisa sister parents spouse Jill Smith romances cousins aunts uncles siblings grandparents residence Joe Joey Rossi is a fictionalcharacter on the television drama Peyton Place TV series Peyton Place . He was portrayed by actor Michael Christian, between the fourth and fifth season in 1968. Character history Early life Joe had a reputation of a typical bad boy. He never had a lot of contact with his much older brother Michael Rossi and grew up in New York under the care of his sister Lisa. ref name fortwelve Peyton Place , episode 412 season 4, episode 44 ref In his teens, he spent most of his time hanging out with a bad crowd and he was often put in Juvenile delinquency juvenile s prison for theft and other minor criminal acts. ref name fortwelve He often stood in the shadow of Michael, who was idolized, whereas Joe was looked down upon. ref name fortwelve Connection to Jill Offscreen, in the late 1960s, Joe had a short lived relationship with Jill Smith , who suddenly left him. ref name forthirteen Peyton Place , episode 413 season 4, episode 45 ref Peyton Place In 1968, Joe comes to Peyton Place, because he could not bare living with his sister anymore. However, it is later revealed he fled to town to avoid the revenge of a hoodlum friend in New York City. He immediately seeks contact with Michael, who criticizes him for his lack of responsibility. ref name fortwelve Meanwhile, he notices Jill s baby and thinks it is his, but Jill denies it. ref name forthirteen It later turns out Joe and Jill together made up a story on their baby to scheme the residents of Peyton Place. They marry and leave town. Production ... more details
Image with inadequate rationale removed Image Aunt Esther.jpg right thumb Aunt Esther Infobox character name Esther Anderson caption Esther Winfield Anderson first List of Sanford and Son episodes The Big Party last Sanford TV series Here Comes the Bride Part Two gender Female occupation Deaconess spouse Woodrow Woody Anderson children Clifford Daniel Cliff Anderson son adopted relatives Elizabeth Winfield Sanford sister deceased br Flossie Winfield sister br Essie Winfield mother br Elroy Winfield father br Edgar brother in law br Jake brother in law br Ethel Winfield sister br Minnie Winfield sister br Elizabeth niece br Ellen Winfield sister br Hazel Winfield sister br Fred Sanford brother in law br Lamont Sanford nephew Rosetta sister and husband Paul. Hazel sister . Elisie sister and husband Edgar. portrayer LaWanda Page creator Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin , based on Albert Steptoe created by Galton and Simpson Esther Winfield Anderson , known and feared as Aunt Esther , is a fictionalcharacter from the television series, Sanford and Son . She was played by actress LaWanda Page , a long time friend of the series star, Redd Foxx . Page was Foxx s first and only choice to play Esther. Foil for Foxx s character At first, Fred s main foil on the show was in his sister in law and Lamont s aunt, Ethel Beah Richards . Ethel s involvement in the Sanfords family squabbles lasted only midway through the second season, whereupon she was replaced with her more tart tongued sister, Esther. Fred and Esther s relationship as in laws went on to become a major part of the series legend, as each time Esther appeared, Fred would insult her and audiences were drawn to the show in greater ..., Fred would sometimes redeem himself with acts of kindness toward Esther. Character history ... Anderson, Esther Category Fictional characters introduced in 1973 Category Sanford and Son characters Category Fictional African American people Category Fictional characters from California ... more details
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mergeto List of Oz characters date February 2011 For the character from Nocturnals Comic book Polychrome Nocturnals Infobox character name Polychrome series Oz image File Polychrome.jpg 150px caption as illustrated by John R. Neill in The Tin Woodman of Oz 1918 first The Road to Oz 1909 last arguable cause nickname Polly alias species fairy gender female occupation title Daughter of the Rainbow family Rainbow father , unnamed sisters spouse children relatives creator L. Frank Baum Polychrome is a fairy and the daughter of the Rainbow . She first appears in The Road to Oz , the fifth of the fourteen The Oz books Oz books by L. Frank Baum . ref Jack Snow writer Jack Snow , Who s Who in Oz , Chicago, Reilly & Lee, 1954 New York, Peter Bedrick Books, 1988 p. 163. ref She also appears in later books in the series. When Dorothy Gale , the Shaggy Man , and Button Bright first meet Polychrome in the fifth chapter of The Road to Oz , she is dancing to keep warm, after accidentally sliding off her father s rainbow and landing on the surface of the Earth. Her father withdrew his bow without realizing she d been left behind. Polychrome is described as A little girl, radiant and beautiful, shapely as a fairy and exquisitely dressed.... She was clad in flowing, fluffy robes of soft material that reminded Dorothy of woven cobwebs, only it was colored in soft tintings of violet, rose, topaz, olive, azure, and white, mingled together most harmoniously in stripes which melted one into the other with soft blendings. Her hair was like spun gold and floated around her in a cloud, no strand being fastened or confined by either pin or ornament or ribbon. In personality she is sweet and ethereal and generally the archetypal good fairy. Polychrome is more a decorative than an active presence in The Road to Oz, but she makes positive contributions in her subsequent appearances in Baum s fictions ... Oz Category Oz characters Category Fictional fairies and sprites Category Fictional characters introduced ... more details
reed.php Misadventures DEFAULTSORT Henry Reed FictionalCharacter Category Children s fiction ...Other persons Henry Reed Henry Reed is the main character and narrator of a series of five children s literature children s novels by Keith Robertson writer Keith Robertson . The first four novels were illustrated by Robert McCloskey . Four of the five novels share a similar premise Henry, the son of an American diplomat , lives abroad with his parents. He spends summer vacation with his aunt and uncle in the small town of Grover s Corner, New Jersey , in the same house where his mother grew up. Uncle Al is Henry s mother s brother. Henry is a serious, entrepreneur ial boy, and most of the books concern his efforts to earn money by starting some kind of business. All of the novels are told as a series of Henry s Diary journal entries recounting his day by day adventures throughout the summer. Margaret Midge Glass , a year younger than Henry, is the only person in the neighborhood close to his age. She becomes his friend and business partner throughout the series. Midge is somewhat tomboyish and more spontaneous and free spirited than Henry, which he sometimes finds annoying. Their relationship sometimes resembles a screwball comedy minus the romance. In all of the books, events spiral out of control, leading to chaotic and humorous misadventures. Henry and Midge are usually the unintentional cause of these adventures, although they re not deliberately mischievous. The Henry Reed books In the first book, Henry Reed, Inc. 1958 in literature 1958 , paperback reissue ISBN 0 14 034144 7 , 13 year old Henry meets his aunt Mabel and uncle Al adopts a stray beagle , Agony and makes friends with Midge. Henry turns an old family barn into the headquarters for Henry Reed, Inc., a research service. Henry attempts to make money by drilling for oil , hunting for Truffle fungi truffles ... of the 20th century Reed, Henry Category Child characters in literature Category Fictional characters ... more details
Refimprove date March 2010 Infobox Wuxia novel character name Chen Zhen image caption author Ni Kuang novels portrayers Bruce Lee , br Bruce Leung , br Jet Li , br Donnie Yen , br Wu Yue actor Wu Yue , br Jordan Chan nicknames aliases gender Male birth sects Chin Woo Athletic Association teachers Huo Yuanjia family spouse children qinggong neigong unarmedskills Hung Ga Hong Fist ref name Donnie Yen http www.donnieyen.com films 1995 fistfury.htm Fist of Fury on Donnie Yen s website ref , br Karate ref Chen Zhen learns karate during his overseas studies in Japan in Huo Yuanjia 2001 TV series Huo Yuanjia 2001 ref , br Mizongyi Mizong Fist ref Huo Yuanjia teaches Chen Zhen the Mizong Fist in most of the adaptations especially television series . In Fist of Legend , Huo Yuanjia s son Huo Ting en teaches Chen Zhen the skill. ref PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU READ THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE BEFORE YOU ADD ANY INFORMATION For every skill martial art added to this section, either a reference or an explanatory footnote on how Chen Zhen learned the skill MUST be included. We don t want to see all kinds of random ... Chinese title Chen Zhen t s p Ch n Zh n j Can4 Zan1 Chen Zhen is a fictional Chinese martial artist ... final quest to avenge Huo Yuanjia and shares a similar ending to Fist of Fury . The character ... on a quest to avenge Huo Yuanjia and revive his master s legacy, the Jingwu Spirit . Character ... Yen was asked by reporters on how different his character was as compared to the earlier versions of Chen Zhen. Yen replied that there were significant differences, and gave his definition of the character ... character were inherited from Bruce Lee s, such as the white Mao suit worn by Chen Zhen and the use of nunchaku , but still there were differences in movements and overall character design between ... Fictional characters introduced in 1972 Category Film characters Category Fictional wushu practitioners Category Fictional karateka Category Fictional Chinese people Category Culture heroes fa ... more details
fleet. Hamilton s character Hamilton displays very little personality throughout the books. His actions ..., Carl Category Fictional secret agents and spies Category Fictional Swedish people Category Fictional navy personnel Category Fictional murderers Category Fictional counts and countesses Category Fictional characters introduced in 1986 da Carl Hamilton no Carl Hamilton nn Carl Hamilton fi Carl ... more details
Joe Wilson is a fictionalcharacter appearing in several well known short stories by Australian writer Henry Lawson . Joe Wilson first appeared in wikisource Brighten s Sister in law Brighten s Sister in law , the first story Lawson wrote after his arrival to England, and the longest he had ever written up to that time. ref name Penguin The Penguin Henry Lawson Short Stories first published 1986 with an introduction by John Barnes, Camberwell, Victoria Penguin Books Australia, pp. 13, 224 5 ref It was first published in Blackwood s Magazine in November 1900. ref name Penguin Published Joe Wilson Stories class wikitable style margin auto Publication order vs. Chronological order Publication order Chronological order 1. wikisource Brighten s Sister in law Brighten s Sister in law 1. wikisource Joe Wilson s Courtship Joe Wilson s Courtship 2. A Double Buggy at Lahey Creek 2. wikisource Brighten s Sister in law Brighten s Sister in law 3. wikisource Water Them Geraniums Water Them Geraniums 3. wikisource Water Them Geraniums Water Them Geraniums 4. wikisource Joe Wilson s Courtship Joe Wilson s Courtship 4. A Double Buggy at Lahey Creek Publication wikisource Joe Wilson s Courtship Joe Wilson s Courtship was the final Joe Wilson story to have been written, though, chronologically, its events take place first. ref name Penguin In 1901, when all four stories were published in the collection Joe Wilson and His Mates , the stories were printed in order of narrative chronology. ref name Penguin After the fourth story, Lawson added the following note, under the title The Writer Wants to Say a Word Cquote IN writing the first sketch of the Joe Wilson series, which happened to be Brighten s Sister in law , I had an idea of making Joe Wilson a strong character. Whether he is or not, the reader must judge. It seems to me that the man s natural sentimental selfishness, good nature, softness , or weakness call it which you like developed ... more details
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