wiktionary leaverLeaver may refer to Brett Leaver born 1970 , a former field hockey player from New Zealand Charles Owen Leaver Riley 1854&ndash 1929 , the first Anglican archbishop of Perth, Western Australia Chris J. Leaver ARCS DIC PhD CBE FRS FRSE, Sibthorpian Professor of Plant Sciences at the University of Oxford Henrietta Leaver 1916&ndash 1993 , Miss America in 1935 Huggy Leaver real name Hugh Leaver , a British actor Jimmy Leaver born 1898 , an English professional footballer surname ... more details
Brett Leaver born January 12, 1970 is a former field hockey player from New Zealand , who finished in eighth position with the Men s National Team, nickname d Black Sticks , at the Field hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain . He was born in Auckland . References http www.olympic.org.nz New Zealand Olympic Committee br br Navboxes title Brett Leaver &ndash International Tournaments list1 New Zealand FH Squad 1992 Summer Olympics New Zealand FH Squad 1997 WC Qualifier New Zealand FH Squad 1998 World Cup New Zealand FH Squad 1998 Commonwealth Games New Zealand FH Squad 2000 Olympic Qualifier New Zealand FH Squad 2001 WC Qualifier Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Leaver, Brett ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1970 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Leaver, Brett Category New Zealand field hockey players Category Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Category Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Category Olympic field hockey players of New Zealand Category 1970 births Category Living people Category People from Auckland NZ fieldhockey bio stub ... more details
Noel Harry Leaver 23 March 1889 &ndash 24 July 1951 was an English people English Painting painter and teacher . Early life Leaver was born at the School House in Austwick , North Yorkshire where his father Peter was a teacher. ref http www.haynesfineart.com artists noel leaver uk.htm artist page at haynesfineart.com Accessed 2010 ref Soon after the family returned to Worsthorne near Burnley in Lancashire . He was educated at St. James School and the Burnley School of Art. He won a National Scholarship to the Royal College of Art at age 16, receiving his full associateship at 21. Work Primarily a watercolourist , he was known for hot blue skies, often in contrast with shadowed buildings. He travelled widely across Europe and North Africa. ref http www.antiquesnews.co.uk features page.php?page 11 antiquesnews.co.uk Accessed 2010 ref He also taught at the Halifax School of Art 1912 15 and then the Burnley School of Art until the mid 1930 s. References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Leaver, Noel Harry ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Painter DATE OF BIRTH 23 March 1889 PLACE OF BIRTH Austwick , North Yorkshire DATE OF DEATH 24 July 1951 PLACE OF DEATH Burnley , Lancashire Use dmy dates date February 2011 DEFAULTSORT Leaver, Noel Category 1889 births Category 1951 deaths Category People from Burnley Category English painters Category Alumni of the Royal College of Art england bio stub UK painter stub ... more details
Infobox pageant titleholder name Henrietta Leaver photo title Miss Pittsburgh br Miss America 1935 nationalcompetition Miss America winner birth place McKeesport, PA , U.S. birth name Henrietta Leaver ... 36 25 36 in Henrietta Leaver March 28, 1916 September 18, 1993 , Miss Pittsburgh, was crowned Miss ... pageant since 1927, Henrietta Leaver from McKeesport, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ... it was announced that Leaver had been offered two screen tests. ref cite news title Miss America Given ... 5 ref Two months after her victory, Leaver found herself in a battle with Pittsburgh sculptor Frank ... title Ex Miss Americas date 1983 09 15 publisher The Pittsburgh Press page C10 ref Leaver and her ..., Leaver then requested that people her own age view and comment upon the statue and 60 ... page 1 ref Continuing in her modest ways, Leaver turned down a role offered her by Broadway theatre ... Pittsburgh Post Gazette page 3 ref During her time on the West Coast Leaver won another crown ... 21 publisher The Pittsburgh Post Gazette page 3 ref In the late 1930s Leaver had been contacted by Columbia ... she could never prove it, Leaver, who had been paid 250 for the photos, was convinced that the striking ... logo.htm title The History of a Logo accessdate 2010 08 17 ref Years later, discussion of Leaver ... lost her Miss America title, by comparing Leaver not being invited back to crown her successor as she ... into her reign as Miss America, in July 1936, it was disclosed that Leaver had eloped with her longtime ... earlier, on May 28. ref cite news title Miss Leaver Honeymoons With Her Childhood Beau date 1936 07 ... interview with Leaver that she had actually secretly married on January 1, 1936, not quite four ... publisher The Pittsburgh Post Gazette page 18 ref Leaver later, in 1948, married John Thomason of Columbus ... Ex Miss Americas Leaver died of cancer in 1993, survived by two daughters, a sister, and five grandchildren ... Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata NAME Leaver, Henrietta ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT ... more details
Huggy Leaver born Hugh Leaver , sometimes credited as Huggy Lever , is a United Kingdom British actor ref Halliwell s Film & Video Guide 2004 by Leslie Halliwell, John Walker ref and former vocalist of The Plastix , a early UK Punk band. ref http www.boredteenagers.co.uk plastix.htm ref ref Punk diary the ultimate trainspotter s guide to underground rock, 1970 1982 by George Gimarc ref He has appeared in Trial and Retribution , Birds of a Feather , A Touch of Frost TV series A Touch of Frost and Black Books . He also played Paul in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and appeared as a cab driver in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen film The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen . ref Film Review 2001 2002 The Definitive Film Yearbook by James Cameron Wilson ref More recently, he played the recurrent role of Clint EastEnders Clint in EastEnders . He has a love of motorcycles and has customized some in the streetfighter style, as created by designer artist Andy Sparrow , in his strip Bloodrunners ref http www.bloodrunners.com bikes ref in the eighties. One such streetfighter was featured in the 1995 movie Mad dogs and Englishmen and ridden by C. Thomas Howell s despatch rider character. References Reflist External links IMDb name 495363 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Leaver, Huggy ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Leaver, Huggy Category English soap opera actors Category Living people Category Year of birth missing living people UK tv actor stub ... more details
Infobox Football biography 2 playername Jimmy Leaver fullname height dateofbirth 26 December 1898 ref name moss cite web url http www.mossleyweb.com MwebFrameset0809.htm title The Mossley Managers publisher Mossley AFC accessdate 2010 02 11 ref cityofbirth Blackburn countryofbirth England dateofdeath 1959 ref name moss position Defender association football Defender years1 1919 1920 clubs1 Blackburn Rovers F.C. Blackburn Rovers caps1 0 goals1 0 years2 1920 1926 clubs2 Blackpool F.C. Blackpool caps2 106 goals2 4 ref name joyce cite book first Michael last Joyce title Football League Players Records 1888 1939 year 2004 isbn 1 899468 67 6 ref years3 1926 1927 clubs3 Watford F.C. Watford caps3 35 goals3 3 ref name joyce years4 1928 1932 clubs4 Mossley A.F.C. Mossley caps4 goals4 years5 1932 193? clubs5 Stalybridge Celtic F.C. Stalybridge Celtic caps5 goals5 manageryears1 1932 1939 managerclubs1 Stalybridge Celtic F.C. Stalybridge Celtic manageryears2 1939 1940 managerclubs2 Mossley A.F.C. Mossley James Jimmy Leaver born 26 December 1898, died 1959 was an English professional association football ... football defender . Blackpool Leaver made his debut for Blackpool on 7 February 1920, in a 1 0 victory ... matches in the Blackpool F.C. season 1920 21 1920 21 season. Leaver made four appearances in Blackpool ... 1922 23 1922 23 , Leaver appeared in over half of the Seasiders nowiki nowiki league games. In his ... Leaver achieved exactly the same stats in Blackpool F.C. season 1923 24 1923 24 . This time, however ... X page 222 ref For the Blackpool F.C. season 1924 25 1924 25 term, Leaver made 33 league appearances ... 1925 26 1925 26 season was Leaver s final one with Blackpool. He made ten league appearances and scored ... id ISBN 1 873626 07 X page 226 ref Leaver left Blackpool to join Watford F.C. Watford , joining Mossley ... F.C. managers Mossley A.F.C. managers Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Leaver ... , England DATE OF DEATH 1959 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Leaver, Jimmy Category 1898 births Category ... more details
Chris Leaver ARCS DIC PhD Order of the British Empire CBE fellow of the Royal Society FRS Royal Society of Edinburgh FRSE is Emeritus Professor of Plant Sciences at the University of Oxford and an Emeritus Fellow , of St John s College, Oxford , United Kingdom. His area of expertise is in plant biochemistry , development, plant physiology and signalling. External links http dps.plants.ox.ac.uk external staff staff detail.asp?key CJL Chris Leaver http www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov entrez query.fcgi?db pubmed&cmd search&term Leaver CJ Chris Leaver scientific publications from PubMed http dps.plants.ox.ac.uk Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford DEFAULTSORT Leaver, Chris Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people Category Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Category Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Category Fellows of St John s College, Oxford Category British biochemists UK botanist stub UK biochemist stub ... more details
Infobox Person name Charles Owen Leaver Riley image Archbishop Riley.jpg image size 180px caption Charles O L Riley p Chaplain General of the Australian Military Forces br 1914 1918 birth date 26 May 1854 birth place Birmingham death date 23 June 1929 death place Perth, Western Australia occupation Archbishop spouse Elizabeth Merriman parents Lawrence William Riley br Emma, n e Shaw children Charles Lawrence Riley br Basil Riley Charles Owen Leaver Riley 26 May 1854 23 June 1929 was a clergyman and the first Anglican archbishop of Perth, Western Australia . Riley was born in Birmingham , Warwick , the eldest child of Rev. Lawrence William Riley, vicar of St Cross, Knutsford, England, and his wife Emma, n e Shaw. ref name ADB Riley was educated at Heversham Grammar School and Owen s College, Manchester , and Caius College, Cambridge where he graduated B.A. in 1878, M.A. in 1881, and was given the honorary degree of D.D. in 1894. ref Venn id RLY874CO name Riley, Charles Owen Leaver ref He was ordained deacon in 1878 and priest in 1879, and was curate at Brierly , Yorkshire from 1878 to 1880, Bradford from 1880 to 1882, and Lancaster, Lancashire Lancaster from 1882 to 1885. He became vicar of St Paul s, Preston, Lancashire Preston , in 1885, a position he held for nine years. In 1894 Riley was appointed bishop of Perth, Western Australia , then the Anglican Diocese of Perth largest Anglican diocese in the world , with an area of convert 1000000 sqmi km2 and a scattered population of about 100,000. He was consecration consecrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury at Westminster Abbey on 18 October 1894. Riley arrived in Western Australia on 3 February 1895 ref name ADB and found ... cite web url http www.adb.online.anu.edu.au biogs A110403b.htm title Riley, Charles Owen Leaver 1854 ... Leaver ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 26 May 1854 PLACE OF BIRTH Birmingham DATE ... Riley, Charles Owen Leaver Category 1854 births Category 1929 deaths Category Australian Anglican ... more details
Charles Owen Leaver Riley , Chaplain General of the Australian Military Forces and first Archbishop of Perth, Western Australia source http www.adb.online.anu.edu.au biogs A110403b.htm Original is in the http innopac.slwa.wa.gov.au record b1977470 State Library of Western Australia, record no. b1977470 . First published 1914 1918. PD Australia Category Images of Australian people ... more details
Summary Source Jeff Leaver Summary Black, Olive and Yellow Lefty s Deceivers tied in March 2009. Photo taken on Kodak EashyShare C613 on 6 2 2009. Licensing self cc by sa 3.0 GFDL ... more details
Summary attribution Volgograd.ru Main building of the Volgograd State University, 300x191 pixels, 96 dpi. Source http www.volgograd.ru theme job leaver volgu 88172.pub volgograd.ru theme job leaver volgu 88172.pub . Accessdate February 25, 2010. Created on January 17, 2007. Published in accordance with material usage regulations of the copyright holder http www.volgograd.ru volgograd.ru . Licensing cc by 3.0 ... more details
taxobox image regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots unranked ordo Commelinids ordo Poales familia Bromeliaceae subfamilia Tillandsioideae genus Vriesea species V. racinae binomial Vriesea racinae binomial authority L.B. Smith Vriesea racinae is a species biology species of the genus biology genus Vriesea . This species is Endemism endemic to Brazil . Cultivars Vriesea Chiquita Vriesea Chiquita Vriesea Glossy Girl Vriesea Glossy Girl Vriesea Honeycomb Vriesea Honeycomb Vriesea Kerryana Vriesea Kerryana Vriesea Pamela Leaver Vriesea Pamela Leaver Vriesea Yvonne Vriesea Yvonne References http www.dpi.inpe.br referata arq 22 Rafael Bromelias Bromelia Mata Atlantica.pdf BROMELIACEAE DA MATA ATL NTICA BRASILEIRA retrieved 22 October 2009 http www.bsi.org brom info cultivar bcr.html BSI Cultivar Registry Retrieved 11 October 2009 Category Vriesea racinae Category Bromeliaceae species Category Flora of Brazil Vriesea stub vi Vriesea racinae ... more details
of the information needed for a comparison. ref name Sharyn Leaver 2009 Strategies for Providing ... Leaver 2009 . A repository of application data. Planning tools provide a common inventory of application ... more details
taxobox image regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots unranked ordo Commelinids ordo Poales familia Bromeliaceae subfamilia Tillandsioideae genus Vriesea species V. hieroglyphica binomial Vriesea hieroglyphica binomial authority Carri re E. Morren Vriesea hieroglyphica is a species biology species of the genus biology genus Vriesea . This species is Endemism endemic to Brazil . Cultivars Vriesea After Glow Vriesea After Glow Vriesea El Supremo Vriesea El Supremo Vriesea Elvira Vriesea Elvira Vriesea Gigant Jade Vriesea Gigant Jade Vriesea Glossy Girl Vriesea Glossy Girl Vriesea Grand Purple Vriesea Grand Purple Vriesea Hawaiian Sunrise Vriesea Hawaiian Sunrise Vriesea Intermedia Vriesea Intermedia Vriesea Jungle Jade Vriesea Jungle Jade Vriesea Leverett s Delight Vriesea Leverett s Delight Vriesea Machu Picchu Vriesea Machu Picchu Vriesea Madame Morobe Vriesea Madame Morobe Vriesea Maureen Vriesea Maureen Vriesea Montezuma s Gem Vriesea Montezuma s Gem Vriesea Pamela Leaver Vriesea Pamela Leaver Vriesea Patrice Vriesea Patrice Vriesea Shizuko Murakami Vriesea Shizuko Murakami Vriesea Yellow Wave Vriesea Yellow Wave Vriesea You Beaut Vriesea You Beaut References http www.dpi.inpe.br referata arq 22 Rafael Bromelias Bromelia Mata Atlantica.pdf BROMELIACEAE DA MATA ATL NTICA BRASILEIRA retrieved 22 October 2009 http www.bsi.org brom info cultivar bcr.html BSI Cultivar Registry Retrieved 11 October 2009 Category Vriesea hieroglyphica Category Bromeliaceae species Category Flora of Brazil Vriesea stub vi Vriesea hieroglyphica ... more details
Beauty pageant winner Henrietta Leaver represented image Flag of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.svg 22px Miss Pittsburgh date September 7, 1935 presenters King Neptune entrants 53 placements 12 venue Steel Pier , Atlantic City , New Jersey broadcaster Miss America 1935 , the 9th Miss America pageant, was held at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 7, 1935, following a one year hiatus. ref cite news title Miss Pittsburgh Wins Beauty Crown last Associated Press date 1935 09 08 publisher The New York Times page 25 ref ref cite news title Loretta Young s Double New Queen Of U.S. Beauty date 1935 09 08 publisher Syracuse Herald page 8D ref ref cite news title A Crown For Miss America last Associated Press Wire Photo date 1935 09 14 publisher Daily Democrat Times page 5 ref Upon arrival in Atlantic City contestants were strongly encouraged to exhibit some form of talent during the pageant, the first time for this event. ref cite web url http www.missamerica.org our miss americas 1930 1935.aspx title Henrietta Leaver 1935 accessdate 2010 08 19 ref Aside from winning the Miss America crown, entrants from Pennsylvania placed three of the nine semi finalists. Results Placements class wikitable Final results Contestant Miss America 1935 image Flag of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.svg 22px Miss Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Henrietta Leaver 1st Runner up flagicon Missouri Miss Missouri Edna Smith 2nd Runner up flagicon Kentucky Miss Kentucky Jeane Megerle Top 12 Burlington, New Jersey Burlington, NJ Miss Burlington, New Jersey Burlington Mary Dillinger File Flag of California.svg 22px Miss California Virginia Dunham File Flag of Florida.svg 22px Miss Florida Elizabeth Hull Miss New Haven, Connecticut New Haven Ruth Rubin File Montgomerycounty.jpg 22px Miss Norristown, Pennsylvania Norristown Helen Keaser Miss Penns Grove, New Jersey Penns Grove Elizabeth Koehler File Flag of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.svg 22px Miss Miss Pennsylvania Philadelphia Jean Kathryn McCool ... more details
File Rose Coyle.jpg thumb right Rose Coyle Rose Veronica Coyle July 30, 1914 February 1988 was Miss America in 1936. Coyle, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , was the first to receive an encore in the talent completion. In 1938, she married Leonard Schlessinger , the National General Manager of the Warner Bros. Theatres. ref cite web url http www.missamerica.org our miss americas 1930 1936.asp title Miss America History 1936 accessdate 2006 12 30 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20060923035834 http www.missamerica.org our miss americas 1930 1936.asp Bot retrieved archive archivedate 2006 09 23 ref References references s start succession box before Henrietta Leaver title Miss America years 1936 after Bette Cooper s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Coyle, Rose ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Coyle, Rose Category 1914 births Category 1988 deaths Category Miss America winners Category American people of Irish descent Category Miss America Preliminary Talent winners US pageant bio stub ... more details
NCR Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Air Stereo Type Album Artist The Damnwells Cover Released August 15, 2006 Recorded Genre Alternative rock Length 62 38 Label Epic Records Rounder Records Producers Jon Kaplan, Wes Kidd Reviews Absolutepunk.net 93 http www.absolutepunk.net showthread.php?t 180427 link Allmusic Rating 3.5 5 Allmusic class album id r845136 pure url yes link IGN 8.9 10 http music.ign.com articles 725 725457p1.html link Air Stereo is The Damnwells The Damnwells second full length album, released on August 15, 2006. Track listing I ve Got You 3 32 Accidental Man 4 29 You Don t Have to Like Me to Love Me Tonight 3 47 Golden Days 4 19 Louisville 4 33 Sell the Lie 3 34 Shiny Bruise 5 05 Heartbreaklist 3 55 Kung Fu Grip Kiss 4 29 I am a Leaver 4 59 Graceless 4 40 Keep a Little Organ 5 07 God Bless America 10 09 Air Stereo Bonus Track 4 18 External links Category 2006 albums 2000s alt rock album stub ... more details
The Gamma People is a 1956 in film 1956 British science fiction film directed by John Gilling and starring Paul Douglas actor Paul Douglas , Eva Bartok and Leslie Phillips . Plot A passenger car carrying a reporter and his photographer mysteriously breaks away from their train, accidentally ending up on a side track in Gudavia, an isolated Ruritanian romance Ruritanian style one village Eastern Bloc dictatorship. The newsmen find a mad scientist using gamma rays to turn the country s youth into either geniuses or subhumans at the bidding of an equally mad dictator. Cast Paul Douglas actor Paul Douglas as Mike Wilson Eva Bartok as Paula Wendt Leslie Phillips as Howard Meade Walter Rilla as Boronski Philip Leaver as Koerner Martin Miller Czech actor Martin Miller as Lochner Michael Caridia as Hugo Wendt Pauline Drewett as Hedda Lochner Jocelyn Lane as Anna Olaf Pooley as Bikstein Rosalie Crutchley as Frau Bikstein Leonard Sachs as Telegraph Clerk Paul Hardtmuth as Hans Cyril Chamberlain as Graf External links imdb title 0049248 DEFAULTSORT Gamma People Category 1956 films Category British science fiction films Category English language films Category Films directed by John Gilling Category Columbia Pictures films 1950s UK film stub John Gilling ... more details
Alibi is a 1942 Cinema of the United Kingdom British mystery film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Margaret Lockwood , James Mason and Hugh Sinclair . ref http ftvdb.bfi.org.uk sift title 28107 ref Police hunt for the killer of a nightclub hostess. It was based on the novel L Alibi by Marcel Achard . Cast Margaret Lockwood ... Helene Ardouin Hugh Sinclair ... Inspector Calas James Mason ... Andre Laurent Raymond Lovell ... Prof. Winkler Enid Stamp Taylor ... Dany Hartley Power ... Gordon Jane Carr ... Delia Edana Romney ... Winkler s Assistant Rodney Ackland ... Winker s Assistant Elisabeth Welch ... Singer Olga Lindo ... Mlle. Loureau Muriel George ... Mme. Bretonnet George Merritt ... Bourdille Judy Gray ... Josette Philip Leaver ... Dodo References references External links imdb title 0034446 http www.briandesmondhurst.org www.briandesmondhurst.org official legacy website of the director with filmography including Alibi CinemaoftheUK Category 1942 films Category British films Category Mystery films Category English language films Category Films directed by Brian Desmond Hurst 1940s UK film stub ... more details
Keep Smiling is a 1938 Cinema of the United Kingdom British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Gracie Fields , Roger Livesey and Mary Maguire . ref http ftvdb.bfi.org.uk sift title 38849 ref After they are cheated out of money by an ex manager, a group of performers club together to buy a bus and travel around the country doing shows. Banks incidentally, had starred in a 1925 silent film with this same title, a copy of which was recently located in Russia. Cast Gracie Fields Gracie Gray Roger Livesey Bert Wattle Mary Maguire Avis Maguire Peter Coke Rene Sigani Jack Donohue Denis Wilson Hay Petrie Jack Mike Johnson Charlie Eddie Gray Silvo Tommy Fields The Three Bolas Gladys Dehl The Three Bolas Nino Rossini The Three Bolas Edward Rigby Silas Gray Joe Mott Bill Sneed Philip Leaver De Courcy Gus McNaughton Eddie Perkins References references CinemaoftheUK Category 1938 films Category British films Category English language films Category 1930s comedy films Category Films directed by Monty Banks Category British comedy films 1930s UK film stub ... more details
as did his nude statue of Henrietta Leaver , Miss America 1935. Though Leaver posed for Vittor, she ... plaster statue Leaver was shocked that it was a nude and demanded her representation be draped or veiled ... stay as it had been created. Leaver did not back down and demanded people her own age review The American Venus, as it had originally been called. Unfortunately for Leaver her 60 peers, many of whom were ... did subside, Leaver, Vittor and the statue resurfaced five decades later in recaps of controversial ... more details
Bob Courtney October 25, 1922 ref name wp October 24, 2010 ref name wp was a United Kingdom British born South Africa n actor and Presenter broadcaster . Courtney appeared in more than twenty film roles and worked as an on air presenter and broadcaster on Springbok Radio . ref name wp ref name times cite news first last title Bob Courtney Legend of Springbok Radio s glory days url http www.timeslive.co.za sundaytimes article735935.ece Bob Courtney Legend of Springbok Radios glory days work The Times South Africa publisher date 2010 10 30 accessdate 2010 11 14 ref Additionally, Courtney co founded Radio Today in 1996. ref name times Courtney was born Christopher Robert Courtney Leaver on October 25, 1922, in Dorset , England . ref name times Courtney successfully studied to be an accountant. Leaver, a self taught pianist , was drafted into the Royal Air Force s entertainment corps as an entertainer during World War II . ref name wp cite news first last title Actor, radio legend laid to rest today url http www.weekendpost.co.za article.aspx?id 620420 work The Weekend Post publisher date 2010 10 29 accessdate 2010 11 14 ref ref name times Courtney served as an RAF entertainer in North Africa , Greece and Italy . ref name times He met two South African entertainers, Siegfried Mynhardt and Uys Krige , in Rome , Italy, near the end of World War II. Krige and Mynhardt persuaded Courtney to move from Britain to South Africa . ref name times Leaver emigrated to South Africa in 1946 and began working at the South African Broadcasting Corporation SABC in 1947 using the shortened name, Bob Courtney . ref name times He hosted many of the SABC s most well known radio show s during the 1940s. ref name times In 1950, Courtney began hosting the Welcome Little Stranger childrens show on the now defunct Springbok Radio . ref name times His radio name on the show was Uncle Bob. ref name times However, Courtney s most famous job at Springbok Radio was the host of the hugely popular quiz ... more details
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