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 Al-Ahram Weekly | Sports | An Australian affair
Owens' victory over Campion, in a glass court on an island in the Red Sea, was her second straight over the world champion in less than a week, having upset Campion in four games in the opening qualifying round.
Campion started strongly to win the opening game but Melbourne-based Owens came back in the second to take the initiative, forcing her opponent into a series of unforced errors.
Campion revived her chances of reaching the semi-finals when she beat compatriot Natalie Grainger, the world No 4, 9-5, 9-4, 9-3 in 29 minutes in the second qualifying round.
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 Telegraph | News | Gerald Campion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Campion later claimed that, to regain weight, he had gorged himself on home-made jam tarts; judicious padding did the rest, as well as protecting him during Bunter's regular kickings and beatings.
The son of the scriptwriter Cyril Campion, Gerald Theron Campion was born at Bloomsbury, London, on April 23 1921; one of his godparents was Sir Gerald du Maurier.
Campion was a lover of French cuisine, and in later life he developed a new and successful career as a restaurateur, running a series of establishments in London and the Home Counties.
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 Gerald Campion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Gerald Campion was one of the earliest stars of British television and also one of its earliest victims.
Gerald Campion was born in London in 1921 and was 30 years old and married with two children when his big break came.
Gerald Campion died in Agen in July 2002 at the age of 81.
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 Guardian | Gerald Campion
Gerald Campion, who has died aged 81, had one of the best-known faces on British children's television in the 1950s.
Gerald Campion was not a particularly overweight man, but he had a perfectly round face and, padded-up, was nimble enough to perform energetic chases and slapstick falls.
Last year an 80th birthday party in London was planned, but Campion, who had undergone heart surgery, was too frail to make the journey from the south of France, where he lived with his second wife, Susan, to whom he was married for 40 years.
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 Gerald Campion - Comics UK
Gerald Campion also played the parts of those other Greyfriars students Cherry, Wharton and Mauleverer in 1953.
Campion was in his 30's when he first appeared as the greedy schoolboy in the 1950's BBC series.
Campion went on to star in films such as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Carry On Sergeant.
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 Guardian | Dinner with Bunter
Campion spent nearly a decade - 120 episodes between 1953 and 1961, all transmitted live - scoffing tuck, shirking prep and being thrashed by his nemesis, Mister Quelch ("Bend over, you wretched boy"), and in consequence became a huge star.
Campion first got the part of Bunter when he was only 16, after attending a screen test for a film being planned at Elstree studios.
During his years of stardom, Campion was also the proprietor of Gerry's Club, the famous haunt of actors requiring a late meal or an after-hours drink.
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 Gerald Campion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gerald Theron Campion (April 23, 1921 July 9, 2002) was an English actor best-known for his role as Billy Bunter in a 1950s television adaptation of books by Frank Richards.
The son of a screen writer, Cyril Campion, Gerald Campion appeared in numerous films and television programmes — mostly comedies — but his only major success was as Bunter, a juvenile role he played successfully despite being much older than his character.
In 1979 he recorded an appearance in Shada, a Doctor Who story which was recorded in part but never broadcast.
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 Joyca and Campion storm into semis
Campion simply made Dutchwoman Vanessa Atkinson run all over the court later in the afternoon before clinching a 9-4, 9-5, 9-4 victory.
The other semi-final promises to be an exciting affair when Joyce takes on Campion, the latter on the comeback trail after recovering from a major back operation.
While Campion was generous win her praise, Atkinson herself did not mince words.
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 Scotsman.com News - Obituaries - Gerald Campion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Gerald Theron Campion was born in a Bloomsbury pub which was run by his parents.
Campion was not fat (although he had been nicknamed "Fatty" at school), was not young and thought of himself as a serious actor.
Campion got the character just right: never becoming a caricature but creating a zany kid who was powerfully unlovable yet had just enough charm for the public to take to its hearts.
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 Michelle Martin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1993 World Open was won comfortably when she beat Liz Irving 9-2 9-2 9-1.
This was followed by victories against Cassie Campion (9-1, 9-0, 9-6) and Sarah Fitz-Gerald (8-10 9-2 9-6 9-3).
In 1999 she was the runner-up again losing to Cassie Campion 9-6 9-7 9-7.
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 Gerald Ford in TutorGig Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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 Gerald Campion Obit
Gerald Campion, the actor who played Billy Bunter for nearly a decade, has died aged 81.
Campion, married for 40 years to his second wife, Susan, also had a second career as a businessman, running exclusive bars in London's Soho; although, particularly after being 'typecast' as Bunter, it might be fairer to say that acting was his secondary career.
For many aficionados of Frank Richards, Campion was their introduction to the magical world of Greyfriars.
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 Campion Dating   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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 World Champion Challenge 2001
Benefits around the country have raised in excess of £6,500 for John, who is recovering sufficiently to appear at the challenge with Sarah, Cassie and local TV personality Roger Tames.
Fitz-Gerald approached the first head-to-head meeting of the world's two leading players boasting ten successive titles (including the Welsh Open in April), and quickly demonstrated her determination to impose her game in very hot and exhausting conditions by taking the ball early and attacking the back corners of the court with ferocious hitting.
Campion's response was to play a more measured all-court game but was unable to maintain the same level of consistency as her Australian opponent.
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 Campion College - Prizes
This award is a distinction given to a graduating Campion student who had consistently manifested a spirit of working generously for the good of the College, or an exemplary spirit of extraordinary spiritual courage.
This prize is awarded in memory of Gerald F. Lahey, S.J. who was Dean of Campion College from 1963 to 1969, and is given to the year's most outstanding Campion College graduate.
This prize is awarded to an outstanding student (not necessarily a Campion student) in a Campion English 100 class or 110 class.
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 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Billy Bunter actor dies
British actor Gerald Campion, who was best known as the rotund Billy Bunter, has died at the age of 81.
Campion had to wait until his 30s before he found fame, when he took the role of the greedy schoolboy character in the 1950s BBC series.
Campion set up his own showbiz club in London which attracted some of the biggest names in British entertainment, including Tony Hancock, Stanley Baker, Galton and Simpson, Graham Hill, Ron Grainer, and Wilfred Bramble.
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 Gerald Campion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Gerald Theron Campion (April 23, 1921 - July 9, 2002) was an English actor, best known for his role as Billy Bunter in a 1950s television adaptation of the books by Frank Richards.
The son of a screen writer, Cyril Campion, Gerald Campion appeared in numerous films and television programmes - mostly comedies - but his only major success was as Bunter, a role for which he was considerably too old.
After dropping out of acting, he ran a restaurant.
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 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
'''Gerald Theron Campion''' (April 23 1921 – July 9 2002) was an England English actor best-known for his role as Billy Bunter in a 1950s television adaptation of books by Charles Hamilton (writer) Frank Richards.
The son of a screen writer, Cyril Campion, Gerald Campion appeared in numerous cinema films and television programmes — mostly comedies — but his only major success was as Bunter, a juvenile role he played successfully despite being much older than his character.
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 Squashtalk Player Profiles: Sarah Fitz-Gerald
Cassie Campion was now the woman to beat, and Nicol David the incredible junior from Malaysia, a rapidly rising star.
The British Open was Fitz-Gerald's first competition in eight months and her rustiness and conditioning was exposed in the second round.
Leilani credited Fitz-Gerald for her huge upset of the highly favored Campion in the finals of the event.
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 World Champion Challenge: Campion, Fitz-Gerald
Her opponent, Sarah Fitz-Gerald from Australia was unable to defend her three consecutive title wins due to an enforced eight (8) month absence from the game to repair cartilage damage to her left knee.
In 2000, Campion has won her fourth (4) British Championship whilst her opponent has made a remarkable return to international competition with an unbeaten record which has brought her four (4) World Tour titles.
Cassie Campion knows she is the true World Champion after her win in Seattle last year, and Sarah Fitz-Gerald believes she would have taken her fourth consecutive title if she had not been injured.
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 Campion Interview
It is now 5½ years (weary years to Campion) since the B.B.C. first fitted him into those tight check trousers, the padded blazer, and the pinpoint Greyfriars School cap, and put him on the air to play the best-known figure in English fiction next to Peter Pan and Sherlock Holmes.
Only Campion as the lying, thieving, cheating Bunter remains to tempt viewers to look on Children's Television.
Everybody that is, except Gerald Campion, who fears that he is stuck with Billy Bunter, his jam tarts, his "yarroos" and his "leggos" for the rest of his natural life.
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 1993 Oscar Winners   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Spielberg shared the best picture award with men whose credentials were crucial in implementing the project: Gerald R. Molen, a collaborator with Spielberg on numerous productions, and Branko Lustig, a survivor of Auschwitz.
Campion doubted that the shy, diminutive Anna (who had accompanied her sister and a friend to the open casting call) would have enough vitality to bring Flora to life.
Nevertheless, Paquin's audition commanded Campion's attention, and the child's instinct for performance continued to catch people's eyes from that moment on.
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 World Squash News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Campion, who underwent back surgery in 2000, was reluctant to risk further injury in the difficult conditions.
On her official website www.cassiecampion.com, Campion expressed her mixed emotions after the final: "Despite being disappointed at losing, I think the final is probably the best I have played since I returned to the World Tour and I'm looking forward to competing in the next round of WISPA events, including the British Open in April"
After a tentative start, Campion fought hard and eventually prevailed by frustrating Charman-Smith with persistent length and subtle changes of pace, which prevented her opponent from recapturing her impressive form of the previous rounds.
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 Campion Family Genealogy Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
RE: William Eugene Campion - William Campion, Sr.
Obit: Vera Elizabeth "Betty" (Campion) Hamilton, 82, b.
Re: Campion Research UK - William Campion, Sr.
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 WISPA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
While Australia's Sarah Fitz-Gerald has strengthened her position at No1, England's Cassie Campion has risen to No3 in the new June Women's World Squash Rankings, announced today (30th May) by the Women's International Squash Players' Association (WISPA).
The in-form Australian, unbeaten in 47 straight matches, will create a new record if she successfully defends her Australian Open title in Adelaide at the end of June.
Campion, the 1999 world champion from Norfolk, celebrated her 40th WISPA final appearance at the Hurghada International in April, then reached the semi-finals of the Seattle Open where she lost to Fitz-Gerald.
www.wispa.net /Archive/news/page64.htm   (223 words)

  
 TRF Front Page Archive August 2001
News has reached the ageing portion of TRF Towers' staffers that the actor Gerald Campion has passed away.
Campion played the part of greedy schoolboy Billy Bunter (full name William George Bunter) The Fat Owl of the Remove, in the 1950's TV show.
The character was a favourite of children and adults alike and was surely an early role model for Evening Express roly-poly hack Charlie Allan.
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 Gerald Peary - interviews - Sue Brooks
There's It was at Sydney's Australian Film, Television, and Radio School (AFTRS) that filmmaker Jane Campion and cinematographer Sally Bongers discovered each other, and collaborated on Campion's early shorts and Sweetie (1989).
Brooks, bemused, recalled that, in 1984, she bested Campion in a short film competition at the Sydney Film Festival.
One wonders how Campion feels today, when her 2003 feature, In the Cut, badly failed, while Japanese Story swept the recent Australian Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actress for Toni Collette, and, deservedly, Best Director for Brooks.
www.geraldpeary.com /interviews/abc/brooks.html   (585 words)

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