Malcolm McDowell.

watsea · Guru

RE: WHO IS THIS

watsea · Guru

The background behind the gent may give some clue to the gent's identity.

watsea · Guru

The fella is known as Australian though spends much of his time overseas.

Santa · Guru

I've a feeling it's Andrew Hoy, Olympic equestrian.

watsea · Guru

Santa,

Your feelings are correct, it is Andrew Hoy. Over to you.

Andrew Hoy bio:

Andrew James Hoy, OAM^[1] (born 8 February 1959) is an Australian equestrian rider. He has won six Olympic medals: three gold, two silvers and one bronze. He has competed in eight Olympic games, from 1984 to 2020 with the exception of 2008,[^[2]] which is an Australian record;^[3] and at the 2020 Summer Olympics he was 62 years old, making him Australia's oldest ever male Olympian.^[4] After winning two medals in Tokyo, he did not rule out trying for future Olympic teams.^[5]

Hoy is based in Leicestershire, in the United Kingdom with his team. He has been living in the UK since 1993.^[6]

Hoy was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2000.^[7]

Andrew Hoy was born in Culcairn, NSW, and spent his earlier years there. He started riding when only six-years-old. The rest of his life has been spent around horses. In 1978, he moved to England to train and now lives there.

Hoy participated in his first International Championships at the age of 19 where he represented Australia at the 1978 World Championships in Kentucky. A year later, he won his first CCI4* competition.^[8]

Andrew and his ex-wife Bettina Hoy, who competed at the Olympic level for Germany, lived for 12 years in Gloucestershire, at the Gatcombe Park estate of The Princess Royal. The Hoys were the only married couple that has ever competed against each other in different teams for the same Olympic medals.^[9] In January 2009, the couple moved to the DOKR (Deutsches Olympia Kommitee für Reiterei) in Warendorf, Germany. In June 2010 Andrew Hoy moved to Farley Estate in the UK, and then to Wiltshire. In November 2011, Bettina publicly announced their separation.^[10] She handed her ride, Lanfranco TSF to her former husband, Andrew Hoy, under the terms of their divorce agreement.^[11] In 2013, Hoy and partner Stefanie Strobl moved to Somerby, Leicestershire.^[6] Hoy and Strobl have a daughter and son.^[4]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics he rode David and Paula Evans' 12-year-old Anglo-Arab Vassily de Lassos.

Santa · Guru

Thanks Ted.

Next up, who is this gentleman?

watsea · Guru

Santa,
I thought somebody would surely know that bloke, so I held off a while to give some else a turn. But I taking my turn now.

It is Reg Lindsay.

Santa · Guru

watsea wrote:
Santa,
I thought somebody would surely know that bloke, so I held off a while to give some else a turn. But I taking my turn now.

It is Reg Lindsay.

Right again Ted, like you I was surprised no one id'd him sooner.

Reginald John Lindsay OAM (7 July 1929 5 August 2008) was an Australian country music singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and radio and television personality. He won three Golden Guitar Awards and wrote more than 500 songs in his 50-year music career. Lindsay recorded over 65 albums and 250 singles. Reg made his first trip to Nashville in June 1968 and recorded his first Nashville EP on this historic trip.

Lindsay's most popular cross-over hit was a cover version, "Armstrong" (March 1971), which reached No. 6 on the Go-Set National Top 60. It was written and originally performed by the American folk musician John Stewart as a tribute to Neil Armstrong's lunar landing in 1969.

-- Edited by Santa on Saturday 11th of November 2023 10:39:06 AM

watsea · Guru

For my turn, who is this man?

watsea · Guru

First clue. The man is an Englishman. I think well known across the world

watsea · Guru

This thread does not always run like clockwork.

Santa · Guru

Malcolm McDowell.

Clockwork Orange, Stanly Kubrick, disturbing movie, difficult to watch.

watsea · Guru

Yes Sant, it is Malcolm McDowell. I thought Clockwork clue would make it easier.

Your turn again.

Bio:

Malcolm McDowell (born Malcolm John Taylor; 13 June 1943)^[1]^[2] is an English actor. He is known for portraying Alex DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange (1971) and the title character in the "Mick Travis trilogy" (19681982). McDowell is the recipient of an Evening Standard British Film Award, alongside nominations for Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012.^[3

McDowell's other notable film credits include The Raging Moon (1971), Voyage of the Damned (1976), Time After Time (1979), Caligula (1979), Cat People (1982), Blue Thunder (1983), The Caller (1987), Star Trek Generations(1994), Tank Girl (1995), Mr. Magoo (1997), Gangster No. 1 (2000), I Spy(2002), I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003), The Company (2003), Doomsday(2008), Easy A (2010), The Artist (2011), and Bombshell (2019). He also played Dr. Samuel Loomis in the 2007 remake of Halloween and its sequel, Halloween II (2009).

Outside film, McDowell appeared in recurring roles on Entourage (20052011) and Heroes (20062007), starring roles on Franklin & Bash (20112014) and Mozart in the Jungle (20142018), and has played Patrick "Pop" Critch on the Canadian series Son of a Critch since 2022. He has also voiced characters in various animated shows, films and video games, such as Superman: The Animated Series (19961999), Metalocalypse (20072012), Bolt (2008), Fallout 3 (2008), the Elder Scrolls franchise (20142021), and Call of Duty: Black Ops III (2016).

Santa · Guru

Thanks Ted.

This one shouldn't be too difficult.

Santa · Guru

Clue time!

He was a British military man.

Santa · Guru

Also an author.

Santa · Guru

He was said to be highly critical of the Sykes-Picot agreement.

Santa · Guru

He was strongly pro-Arab.

Craig1 · Guru

ah, just like some Vicorian school teachers/indoctrinators ?

Santa · Guru

Died as a result of a motor bike accident in 1935.

watsea · Guru

Today, I saw the clue about his death from a motorcycle accident. The film "Lawrence of Arabia" came to my mind.
So if my reckoning is ok, the photo is T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia).

I must say, the quality of that B&W photo is terrific.

Santa · Guru

Well done Ted, it is TE Lawrence, I suspected the last clue may give it away.

T. E. Lawrence CB DSO
Lawrence in 1918
Birth name	Thomas Edward Lawrence
Other name(s)	T. E. Shaw, John Hume Ross
Nickname(s)	Lawrence of Arabia
Born	16 August 1888 Tremadog, Carnarvonshire, Wales
Died	19 May 1935 (aged 46) Bovington Camp, Dorset, England
Buried	St Nicholas, Moreton, Dorset
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army Royal Air Force
Years of service	19141918 19231935
Rank	Colonel (British Army) Aircraftman (RAF)
Battles/wars	First World War Arab Revolt Siege of Medina Battle of Aqaba Capture of Damascus Battle of Megiddo
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath^[1] Distinguished Service Order^[2] Knight of the Legion of Honour (France)^[3] Croix de guerre (France)^[4]
Alma mater	Jesus College, Oxford

Thomas Edward Lawrence CB DSO (16 August 1888 19 May 1935) was a British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and writer who became renowned for his role in the Arab Revolt (19161918) and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign (19151918) against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. The breadth and variety of his activities and associations, and his ability to describe them vividly in writing, earned him international fame as Lawrence of Arabia, a title used for the 1962 film based on his wartime activities.

He was born out of wedlock in August 1888 to Sarah Junner (18611959), a governess, and Sir Thomas Chapman, 7th Baronet (18461919), an Anglo-Irish aristocrat. Chapman left his wife and family in Ireland to cohabit with Junner. Chapman and Junner called themselves Mr and Mrs Lawrence, using the surname of Sarah's likely father; her mother had been employed as a servant for a Lawrence family when she became pregnant with Sarah. In 1896, the Lawrences moved to Oxford, where Thomas attended the High School and then studied history at Jesus College, Oxford, from 1907 to 1910. Between 1910 and 1914 he worked as an archaeologist for the British Museum, chiefly at Carchemish in Ottoman Syria.

Soon after the outbreak of war in 1914 he volunteered for the British Army and was stationed at the Arab Bureau (established in 1916) intelligence unit in Egypt. In 1916, he travelled to Mesopotamia and to Arabia on intelligence missions and became involved with the Arab Revolt as a liaison to the Arab forces, along with other British officers, supporting the Arab Kingdom of Hejaz's independence war against its former overlord, the Ottoman Empire. He worked closely with Emir Faisal, a leader of the revolt, and he participated, sometimes as leader, in military actions against the Ottoman armed forces, culminating in the capture of Damascus in October 1918.

After the First World War, Lawrence joined the British Foreign Office, working with the British government and with Faisal. In 1922, he retreated from public life and spent the years until 1935 serving as an enlisted man, mostly in the Royal Air Force (RAF), with a brief period in the Army. During this time, he published his best-known work Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1926), an autobiographical account of his participation in the Arab Revolt. He also translated books into English, and wrote The Mint, which detailed his time in the Royal Air Force working as an ordinary aircraftman. He corresponded extensively and was friendly with well-known artists, writers, and politicians. For the RAF, he participated in the development of rescue motorboats.

Lawrence's public image resulted in part from the sensationalised reporting of the Arab revolt by American journalist Lowell Thomas, as well as from Seven Pillars of Wisdom. On 19 May 1935, six days after being injured in a motorcycle accident in Dorset, Lawrence died at the age of 46.

watsea · Guru

Ok. Who is this lady? I can continue with the black and white photos. smile

-- Edited by watsea on Saturday 2nd of December 2023 02:14:43 PM

watsea · Guru

She is an Aussie. Known elsewhere in the world too.

watsea · Guru

She is an Aussie actor, numerous award nominations and winner of many awards.

Big Gorilla · Guru

Actress Judy Davis.

watsea · Guru

BG, yes correct it is Judy Davi. Your turn now.

Judith Davis (born 23 April 1955) is an Australian actress in film, television, and on stage. With a career spanning over 40 years, she has been commended for her versatility and regarded as one of the finest actresses of her generation. Frequent collaborator Woody Allen described her as "one of the most exciting actresses in the world".^[1] She is the most awarded recipient for the AACTA Award with nine accolades and has received numerous accolades, including three Emmy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards, and two nominations for Academy Awards.

Davis was born in Perth, Western Australia in the suburb of Floreat Park and had a strict Catholic upbringing.^[2]^[3] She was educated at Loreto Convent and the Western Australian Institute of Technology and graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), Sydney, Australia in 1977.

She has been married to actor and fellow NIDA graduate Colin Friels since 1984; they have two children, son Jack and daughter Charlotte.^{[citation needed]} Their relationship was briefly in the media when an argument led to a domestic violence court order against Friels however, they remained together.^[4] They live in the Sydney suburb of Birchgrove, New South Wales.^[5]

Davis is a 1977 graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art, where she starred opposite Mel Gibson in Romeo and Juliet. Most of Davis's stage work has been in Australia, including Visions (1979), Piaf (1980), Miss Julie (1983), King Lear (1984), Hedda Gabler (1986), Victory (2004) and The Seagull(2011). She earned a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress nomination for the 1982 London production of Insignificance. She returned to the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 2017 to direct the play Love and Money.