101 Sentences With "cabby"

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"I'm still just a cabby playing an actor," he said. from The New York Times
The cabby said another cab seemed to be following us. from The New York Times
The cabby said, 'Did you hear about Kennedy in Dallas? from The New York Times
The cabby overheard and met my eye in the rearview mirror. from The New York Times
Which is the more efficient, ultimately, the cabby or Google Maps? from The New York Times
"I don't believe that," the cabby said, as Mr. Panton tells it. from The New York Times
At the airport, Bill hailed a taxi driven by a black cabby. from The New York Times
A cabby who had just double-parked met me at the door. from The New York Times
One cabby recently sold his taxi because there was not enough work. from The New York Times
Initially he used his flexible hours as a cabby to visit and photograph them. from The New York Times
We wheeled into the hotel's driveway and the cabby spun around to offer his verdict. from The New York Times
It took a stranger though — a New York cabby — to put them over the top. from The New York Times
" Ms. Henner is famous for playing the cabby Elaine Nardo in the 1970s sitcom "Taxi. from The New York Times
"Everyone who hits a homer, 'Cabby' takes off the helmet and low-fives them," Lugo said. from Reuters
"We fought the Chinese for 22004,234 years; we fought the French for 2185," the cabby replied. from The New York Times
Or as Mr. Shaffron, the cabby, put it: "We won a battle, Uber will win the war." from The New York Times
But that doesn't mean this New York cabby is letting his time on stage go to his head. from The New York Times
Her father, John Patrick Duke, was a handyman and cabby; her mother, the former Frances McMahon, was a cashier. from The New York Times
I long for a Checker, an old-fashioned cab,With a bald, grizzled cabby who still likes to gab. from The New York Times
After the episode, Emma called cabby Nicolae Hent, who lost his fellow colleague and friend to suicide last year. from The New York Times
Andrea (Sofia Black-D'Elia), a young woman with sad, faraway eyes, mistakes him for a working cabby and hails a ride. from The New York Times
"Where to, Mac?" the cabby demanded, and without prompting launched into a tirade against the city's liberal mayor, John V. Lindsay. from The New York Times
In 1957, the young Mr. Kives left the farm for Winnipeg, where he worked as a cabby and a short-order cook. from The New York Times
They were so entranced that they told the cabby to keep driving, and they spent the next three hours circling the city. from The New York Times
But one cabby I met was a moonlighting soldier, trying to supplement a salary whose shrinking value could not support his family. from The New York Times
Bakkali recently had a polite exchange with a cabby, a man from Somalia, who rolled down his window at a red light. from The New York Times
I had a different question: Why had anybody ever paid $1 million for the right to the grueling job of being a cabby? from The New York Times
The driver knows his way around town without a GPS, and I get where I want without threatening the livelihood of a cabby. from The New York Times
He used a cabby chat group in the messaging app Viber to help organize support for the shaman as he approached Ulan-Ude. from The New York Times
London's cabby wars are less about the disruptive power of an app, or a new business model, than about the disruption of Britain. from The New York Times
Metropolitan Diary Dear Diary: My father, born and raised on the Lower East Side, was the prototypical Checker-driving New York City cabby. from The New York Times
Discovering once that his taxi driver had fought for the North Vietnamese, Mr. Lamb asked whether the cabby hated him because he was an American. from The New York Times
For me, and for a ton of others living here, Waze is essential unless you're an old-school cabby who happens to know the city. from The New York Times
There was also Tom O'Connor, 85, a retired cabby whose claim to fame was driving for 50 years in Manhattan and never receiving a traffic ticket. from The New York Times
Everything about the character is outsized, extreme, including an accent that sounds like it's been lifted from a New York cabby in an old Hollywood comedy. from The New York Times
"Cabby is an old-school guy who keeps on grinding it out and gets it done no matter how he's feeling," Mets Manager Mickey Callaway said. from The New York Times
"I've never been to New York before," I said to the cabby, a tall guy whose head was shaved bald long before the look became popular. from The New York Times
Days later, a cabby, invoking the shaman, strode up to the Kremlin-allied mayor of this Siberian city, yelled a string of grievances and posted his rant on YouTube. from The New York Times
A mom, a grandpa, a cabby, a cat, a rampant goat and a face-licking cow expand the lively cast of characters without ever being mentioned in the text. from The New York Times
Thankfully, Cabby stayed dry behind the plastic divider, but as he took the next street super fast, I sort of panicked, wondering if he was annoyed about the carbonated back-seat nightmare. from The New York Times
They're in a bar in New York City, having just lost their jobs, and are wondering what's next, when a fight starts between a cabby and a passenger who stiffed him on a fare. from The New York Times
I start by dividing submissions into two groups: "reject," where a vast majority go for various reasons — too long, not interesting, irredeemable by editing, yet another lost iPhone returned by a heroic cabby, etc. from The New York Times
This time Karloff played the grave robber, giving a sensationally creepy performance — at once vicious and obsequious — as a cabby who moonlights with the illicit sale of fresh corpses for dissection by medical students. from The New York Times
Benoit Cohen stops short of demanding, "You talkin' to moi?" but like Robert De Niro in the 1976 film "Taxi Driver," the French filmmaker gamely takes on the role of a New York cabby. from The New York Times
Adapted from a play by Reg Cribb and loosely based on a real-life story, the film tells of Rex McRae, a cabby who has never left his hometown, Broken Hill, in New South Wales. from The New York Times
As miserable as his new life and identity appear, Mr. Takovic wants to keep it, despite the somewhat terrifying sense that a menacing cabby named Jeff has discovered Jimmy's previous iteration as Albuquerque's own Saul Goodman. from The New York Times
When I said, "Parkchester," the cabby was adamant that he could not take us there: It was the end of his shift, he was low on gas, he would never get a fare back, and so on. from The New York Times
London's cabby wars echo the culture wars that fueled Britain's vote last summer to leave the European Union — and that have brutally flared up again in recent weeks: immigrant versus native, old versus new, global versus national. from The New York Times
While the real-life name of the cabby and his ultimate fate are unclear (his name may have been Kim Sa-bok), the film calls him Kim Man-seob and gives him a poignant back story and destiny. from The New York Times
That's why Dmitry Bairov, the cabby whose tirade drew more attention to Mr. Gabyshev, rarely leaves home without two smartphones in his gray shoulder bag, a battery pack at his hip and a tripod clip dangling from a carabiner. from The New York Times
A particularly well-conceived arc in the early episodes involves a cabby (Leynar Gomez) who agrees to drive Escobar around Medellín (he hides in the trunk) and the young woman, Maritza (Martina García), he persuades to be his decoy passenger. from The New York Times
The novel rather often relies on such conveniences, as when Ketzel's cabby from the Vegas airport just happens to tell her one of the jokes that Ketzel's late husband invented — moreover, he claims to have heard the joke from the source himself. from The New York Times
Mr. McDonagh, 63, of Middle Village, Queens, has collected some of the livelier moments from his cabby career for his one-man Off Broadway show, "Off the Meter, On the Record," which opens tonight for previews at the Irish Repertory Theater in Chelsea. from The New York Times
But then Hunt cuts away from Joan and into Davis's bungalow, where we see that Davis had been trying to replicate Crawford's entrance — a complicated business involving two purses, sunglasses, glove removal and tipping a cabby — and she couldn't do it without fumbling. from The New York Times
As a London cabby from 2002 to 2008, he would show a passenger a satchel full of cash, which he said he had just won at a casino or in a lottery, and urge her to share a celebratory drink that he had spiked with a sedative. from The New York Times
" — the price in euros of a ride from Rome's city center to the airport — one cabby asked Haohao Zheng, a teacher who had the class in conniptions trying to get them to pronounce "xie xie" (thank you), explaining that the sound was similar to that made "by old women without any teeth. from The New York Times
Maqsood Ahmad, 49, a former cabdriver who owns Little Lahore, a restaurant on Crosby Street next to the gas station that has sold Pakistani cuisine to a mostly cabby clientele for two decades, believes gas stations have evaporated unchecked in part because their most loyal clients are working-class immigrants who often feel voiceless. from The New York Times
Tony becomes a cabby, fails as a publican, confesses his marital infidelity on camera, buys a home in London's outskirts, adds a vacation property in Spain, raises his granddaughter when his own daughter proves unable, tries and fails to open a sports pub, sells his home in Spain after the financial crisis and through it all talks about the celebrities he has driven in his taxi. from The New York Times
The New Gymnasium at JHS On May 2, 2011, the main gym collapsed due to a buildup of rainwater on the roof, causing the school to be temporarily closed. The school used the Cabby O'Neill Gymnasium, located near the courthouse on 6th street, Jasper, as a temporary replacement while a new gymnasium was built. This was the first time the Cabby O’Neill had hosted Jasper High School athletic events since 1977. The school rebuilt the gymnasium and an open house and dedication ceremony was held on September 20, 2013.
The battleaxe is one of several stereotypes found in nursing – a tyrannical, fierce matron exemplified by Nurse Ratched or Hattie Jacques in popular medical dramas and comedies. Judith Furse played a "battle-axe woman" in Carry On Cabby.
Over the clouded > surface there now lay an intricate tracery of whorls and lines where my > finger had wandered aimlessly. Holmes clapped his hand to his brow and, > throwing open the other window, he shouted an order to the cabby.
Zhao then portrayed a cabby in the 2007 film The Longest Night in Shanghai, starring alongside Masahiro Motoki and Dylan Kuo. The same year, Zhao starred in the television series Thank You for Having Loved Me. She reportedly received a salary of 100,000 yuan per episode.
Elsy Kreher married James Walter (Jim) Borders in 1926; her husband was a London cabby. They had a daughter, Pamela, born in 1930. The couple jokingly called their house "Insanity", and themselves "the Borders of Insanity." The Borders moved away from London in 1940, and divorced in 1944.
She next played in Gentleman Joe (The Hansom Cabby) on a provincial tour.The Era, 7 September 1895, p. 9 In 1896–98 Pounds played Dorothy Travers in The French Maid in a pre-London tour and then in the West End.The Era, 11 April 1896, p. 13; and 17 April 1897, p.
She appeared in her sixth Carry On, Carry On Cabby, in 1963, as "Peggy Hawkins", the emotionally neglected wife of taxi-firm boss "Charlie", played by Sid James. Jacques later named the film as her favourite of the series, as she was allowed to drop her "battleaxe" persona and play the romantic lead opposite James.
She was played by the actress Marcia Warren in the 2011 TV play Hattie, a drama based on the career of Hattie Jacques. The play featured a number of scenes with the two actresses on the set of Carry On Cabby (her antepenultimate role) with Cannon characterised as being disenchanted with acting and proposing leaving show business.
He was Director of Productions for the Bournemouth Theatre Company (1965–66). Stage appearances has included Boeing Boeing, There's a Girl in My Soup, Double Edge, The Unexpected Guest. Films include Reach for the Sky and Carry on Cabby. TV appearances included Mutiny at Spithead, The New Canadians and more than 300 appearances in Dixon of Dock Green.
She is perhaps best remembered for her role as Edie Hornett opposite Peggy Mount in the comedy Sailor Beware! (1956). She played "Brother" Lil in the British television comedy series The Rag Trade (1961–1963), and also appeared in four Carry On films: Carry On Constable (1960), Carry On Regardless (1961), Carry On Cruising (1962) and Carry On Cabby (1963).
Loki asks why Sofie seems sad, and she explains that she still has to leave for Singapore. Back at Ragnhild's house, Sofie does not enjoy her Christmas dinner, because she is constantly thinking about the move to Singapore. They hear the taxicab arrive in the middle of dinner, so Sofie and Tove go outside. However, the cabby is actually Loki in disguise.
Marlene arrives and helps Pinocchio to avoid the tunnel's many dangers. However, Scamboli incapacitates Marlene, so he can kill Pinocchio with a laser gun. Pinocchio uses the medal to shield himself from the laser, causing the beam to reflect back at Scamboli and destroy his weapon. Meanwhile, Cabby accidentally gave Geppetto the remote that controls all Scambobots, getting them fired.
He was especially associated with the comic series Taxi! (1969–1972,1975–1978), in which he not only portrayed New York cabby Red Kowalski, but also co-wrote many scripts with Joe Stewardson. Other shows in which he was involved included Lux Radio Theatre, Playhouse 90, and Tuesday Theatre. Jay adapted, cast, and directed the first 6 months of episodes for The Avengers.
Using his job as a cabby, Laudenberg's modus operandi consisted of picking up lonely, alcoholic or ill women who reminded him of his ex-wife, whom he would then bind, rape and strangle, either in Los Angeles or San Francisco. He was questioned by police during the initial investigations, but denied everything, and since the perpetrator left barely any clues behind, he was let off.
Their heyday came at the turn of the 20th century when over 2000 were on the registry. That century saw a steady decline in their numbers. The last wooden built barge SB Cabby, was built by Gill, at the LRTC yard in Frindsbury in 1928. The last Thames barge to trade entirely under sail was the Everard-built in 1970, owned by the folk song collector Captain A. W. (Bob) Roberts.
At this time he also collaborated with songwriter Tony Russell on the musical The Matchgirls about the London matchgirls strike of 1888. He co-starred as Spike Milligan's straight man in the West End hit Son of Oblomov in 1964. Owen also recorded a novelty song with Kathy Staff in 1983 called "Nora Batty's Stockings". Owen was a regular in the early Carry On films (Sergeant, Nurse, Regardless and Cabby).
As his reputation grew, he was offered many conducting jobs for films. Most notably, he composed the music for 22 Carry On films. He also conducted the music for the first James Bond film Dr. No under the name Eric Rogers. He would later go on to compose many film scores himself, most notably Carry On Cabby in 1963, Carry On Matron in 1972 and a hoard of other Carry On films.
This was the first film in the series to feature Carry On regular Jim Dale, and the first not to feature Kenneth Williams in the cast. Carry On Cabby was originally planned as a non- Carry On film, called Call Me A Cab (after a stage play) but midway through development it became part of the Carry On series. The film notably from others in the series for its dramatic plotline of a troubled marriage.
A counterpoint to Lord Bertie, Tug is a boxer from the slums of London. His parents being killed in the war, Tug is out for revenge and can be a very risky person to have around. He scorns alcohol, much to the amusement of his fellow squadron members. In return for Biggles setting him up for a job as a London cabby, he occasionally helps Biggles and his gang on their missions after the Second World War.
As he runs away, he comes across Scamboli's robotic henchmen, Cabby and Rodo, who take Pinocchio to see Scamboli. While they talk to each other, Pinocchio says, "Life would be great if kids were more like us", sparking an idea in Scamboli's diabolical brain. With the true opening of Scamboland, he makes Pinocchio into an attraction, but when Geppetto gets word of this, he tries to convince him to come home. While Pinocchio performs at a concert, Scamboli kidnaps Geppetto.
Chaykin returned to DC to write the three-issue miniseries Twilight, drawn by José Luis García-López and revamping some of DC's science-fiction heroes of the 1950s and 1960s, such as Tommy Tomorrow and Space Cabby. Later, Chaykin collaborated twice with artist Mike Mignola: In 1990–1991, they produced the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser miniseries for Epic Comics with co-writer John Francis Moore and inker Al Williamson. This was followed with the Ironwolf: Fires of the Revolution graphic novel in 1992.Greenberger, p.
His boss arranges a sham firing based on his having wrecked his cab, but this causes a revolt among the cabbies, who plan to go on strike to support his reinstatement. The robbery is carried off, but the gang discovers Martin's identity and tries to kill him by locking him in a deep freezer at an ice cream factory. He is saved by his cabby comrades, his boss, and Myra, who ride to the rescue and corner the crooks with the aid of the police.
Carry On Doctor is a 1967 British comedy film, the 15th in the series of 31 Carry On films (1958–1992). It is the second in the series to have a medical theme. Frankie Howerd makes the first of his two appearances in the film series and stars alongside regulars Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Peter Butterworth, and Bernard Bresslaw. Hattie Jacques returns for the first time since Carry On Cabby four years earlier, while Barbara Windsor returns after her debut in Carry On Spying three years earlier.
Yet, as Crohmălniceanu writes, Aderca manages to avoid "lewdness", and instead carries out, "with deftness", a "plunge into the unconscious".Crohmălniceanu (1972), p.425 The themes are expanded upon in Femeia cu carne albă: Mr. Aurel and his cabby Mitru take a trip along the Danube, stopping over for Aurel to have erotic encounters with various local women. The latter are quasi-anonymous, referred to by the defining characteristic of their carnal appeal: "the red backfisch", "the woman of the rains", and the eponymous "white-fleshed woman" Ioana of Rogova.Crohmălniceanu (1972), p.425.
Due to the failure of the ice plant at Oxford, Kellond moved the team to Swindon where they became known as the Swindon Chill. Following a move back to the university-town, the club's concessions from the council for the ice costs were lost along with the majority of its players. A group of ice hockey- loving businessmen created the Oxford Blades, bringing in former Stars' coach Sid Cabby as managing director in January 1999. Due to a sponsorship deal, the club was known during their debut season as The City Motors FOX Blades.
The President carried technical information that would allow the United States to be the dominant world power, but in 24 hours it would become useless. Hauk enforced the time limit by implanting microscopic explosive capsules in Plissken's carotid arteries, which would detonate at the deadline. Plissken rescued the President with the help of Harold Hellman (Harry Dean Stanton) (now known as Brain, and working for the Duke of New York), Brain's "squeeze" Maggie (Adrienne Barbeau), and a taxicab driver nicknamed Cabby (Ernest Borgnine). Only Plissken and the President survived their escape.
One of Judith Furse's earliest film successes was as Sister Briony in Black Narcissus (1947). She was known for her heavy-set, somewhat masculine looks, and was often cast as overbearing types such as the villainous Doctor Crow in Carry On Spying (1964). Other films included The Man in the White Suit (1951), Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952), Blue Murder at St Trinian's (1957), Carry On Regardless (1961), Live Now, Pay Later (1962) and Carry On Cabby (1963). One of her more sympathetic roles was as Flora, Greer Garson's concerned travelling companion, in the original Goodbye, Mr Chips (1939).
Shelley's early career included roles in British films such as It's Great to Be Young (1956), Carry On Regardless (1961), No My Darling Daughter (1961), The Cool Mikado (1962) and Carry On Cabby (1963). In 1968 Shelley starred as Gwendolyn Pigeon in the film The Odd Couple."The Odd Couple Cast" afi.com, retrieved 2 September 2018 Thereafter she took on numerous roles in television and films such as The Boston Strangler (1968),"Carole Shelley Film Credits" afi.com, retrieved 2 September 2018 Some Kind of a Nut (1969), The Whoopee Boys (1986), Little Noises (1992)," 'Little Noises' Cast and Crew" allmovie.
The first screenplay he submitted, on spec, to series producer Peter Rogers was Carry On Jack, although the first of his screenplays to be filmed was 'Call me a Cab'. It went on to be renamed Carry On Cabby. Peter Rogers liked Rothwell's writing so much that he asked him to become the Carry On staff writer; Rothwell went on to write a further nineteen Carry On films. He took the genre into a more lewd and bawdy direction from that of Carry On's first screenwriter, Norman Hudis, but he was careful never to stray into pornography.
Hawk finds out that Red works for Tony Marcus, a black crime boss. Under the pretense of hiring Trumps's hooker, the one that warned him earlier, Spenser questions her and finds out that April has been transferred to the "Sheep Ranch" (a brothel that specializes in kinky acts) in Providence, Rhode Island. Undercover in a garish red outfit, Spenser finds the Sheep Ranch with the help of a local cabby and busts April out of there going through the madam and bouncer to do it. On the road with April, Spenser discovers that she was moved there right after he talked to Amy.
Certain unexpected events over the next few months cause delays. Finally the actual robbery is scheduled for May 22nd, but Pierce's plans are again disrupted when "Clean Willy" suddenly turns "nose" (police informer). Pierce's cabby Barlow murders Willy before he can reveal the most crucial information, although Willy has told enough to cause Edward Harranby, a very senior Scotland Yard detective, to deduce that a major robbery is planned. Through careful manipulation of a "blower" (informant) Pierce diverts the police's attention to an alleged robbery of the transatlantic cable company's payroll in Greenwich, leaving the thieves free and clear to finally strike.
Carry On Cabby is a 1963 British comedy film, the seventh in the series of 31 Carry On films (1958–1992). Released on 7 November 1963, it was the first to have a screenplay written by Talbot Rothwell (although the first screenplay "Tolly" submitted to Peter Rogers was developed as Carry On Jack) from a story by Dick Hills and Sid Green (script writers for Morecambe and Wise). Regulars Sid James, Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawtrey are all present. Liz Fraser makes her third appearance (and last for more than a decade) and Esma Cannon makes her fourth and final appearance.
Taxi! was a BBC television comedy-drama series transmitted in 1963 and 1964. Created by Ted Willis, who had developed Dixon of Dock Green, Willis was well aware of taxicab drivers inclination to provide stories, and intended 12 individual plays for what became the first series. Starring Sid James as cab firm owner and driver Sid Stone, it is similar to his role in the near contemporary film Carry On Cabby (1963), but the programme was more a drama with humour than comedy, Jack Rosenthal scripted a few episodes and Bill Owen appeared as the cab firm's co-owner Fred Cudell with Ray Brooks as driver Terry Mills.
However, he is best known in Britain for his appearances in eleven Carry On films, a long-running series of comedy farces, generally playing the hapless romantic lead. His Carry On career began in small roles: first as an expectant father in Carry On Cabby (1963), and was followed by Carry On Jack (1963). From Carry On Spying (1964) onwards, his roles were more substantial. Following Carry On Cleo (1964), his first principal role was Carry On Cowboy (1965), set in the Wild West, where he played an immigrant English sanitary engineer called Marshall P. Knutt who is mistakenly hired as a police marshal.
As evening falls, tomboy cabby Corky (Winona Ryder) picks up Hollywood executive Victoria Snelling (Gena Rowlands) from the airport, and as Corky drives, Victoria tries to conduct business on her phone. Despite their extreme differences socially, the two develop a certain connection. When Victoria suggests that cab driving is not much of a career, Corky counters that her dream in fact is to become a mechanic. During the ride Victoria, who is a casting agent, comes to realise that Corky would be ideal for a part in a movie she is casting, but Corky rejects the offer because she intends to be a mechanic.
Polly, Digory, and a cabby and his horse (who were brought along by mistake) are the only ones not alarmed by Aslan or his singing (Jadis and Uncle Andrew are both terrified); Jadis because she knows what he is and Andrew because he has no idea. After the world is created, the children and the flying talking horse Fledge (Strawberry, the Cabby's roan horse who has been transformed) fly to a walled garden in the Western Wild to retrieve a magical apple. This apple, when planted, grows into a tree that serves to protect the young land of Narnia. Aslan gave Digory an apple from the newly planted tree to heal his sick mother.
Aslan next appointed its first rulers, the cabby and his wife, as King Frank I and Queen Helen (the cabby's wife Nellie was called into Narnia by Aslan soon afterwards), and commanded them to rule peacefully over the talking beasts. Aware that the evil Witch-Queen Jadis had entered his new land, Aslan sent Digory to retrieve a magic apple from a garden in the Western Wild beyond Narnia. When Digory returned, the apple was planted by the river, where it immediately grew into a tree which as Aslan explained would protect Narnia from Jadis for many years. Aslan allowed Digory to take an apple from the new tree back to our world for his ill mother.
Born Shirley Anne Broadbent in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, Barrie attended St Anne's College, St Anne's on Sea. She then trained at the Arts Educational School in London and later at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She appeared in pantomime as a child and was a dancer before acting in a number of British television and film roles in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as presenting Hickory House with former Coronation Street star Alan Rothwell between 1973 and 1977. She was also in two of the Carry On films, a long-running series of British comedy films: she had a supporting turn as a cab driver in Carry On Cabby (1963) and took the title role in Carry On Cleo (1964).
Richards was born in Sandbach. He was educated at Clifton College"Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p266: Bristol; J. W. Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948 and Magdalene College, Cambridge, where his intellectual talents were developed by the scholar Charles Hicksonn 'Cabby' Spence. He began his career without formal training in literature; he studied philosophy (the "moral sciences") at Cambridge University, from which derived his assertions that, in the 20th century, literary study cannot and should not be undertaken as a specialisation, in and of itself, but studied alongside a cognate field, such as philosophy, psychology or rhetoric. His early teaching appointments were as adjunct faculty: at Cambridge University, Magdalene College would not pay a salary for Richards to teach the new, and untested, academic field of English literature.
At school, Van Ost became the youngest adult dancer at the London Palladium before moving into films and television at age 18. She appeared in four Carry On films - Carry On Cabby (1963), Carry On Don't Lose Your Head (1967), Carry On Doctor (also 1967) and Carry On Again Doctor (1969). Her other film roles included The Beauty Jungle (1964), Mister Ten Per Cent (1967), Casino Royale (1967), Corruption (1968), The Smashing Bird I Used to Know (1969), Incense for the Damned (1971), and the Hammer horror film The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973). She appeared as the dim-witted Penny in an episode of The Avengers entitled "Dead Man's Treasure" (1967), and a year later was considered for the part of Diana Rigg's replacement as Steed's sidekick.
Through painstaking surveillance, conversations with bank employees and a deliberately bungled pickpocketing attempt, Pierce deduces that Trent's key is kept at his mansion, but is still unable to learn the exact location. After learning that Trent is keen on ratting (a blood sport involving the betting on dogs killing rats,) Pierce succeeds in becoming acquainted with Trent and while visiting the Trent mansion feigns a romantic interest in Elizabeth Trent, Trent's plain twenty-nine-year-old daughter, who has had few suitors. While pretending to court Elizabeth, Pierce learns that the key is most likely located in the basement wine cellar. With the assistance of his longtime mistress, known only as "Miss Miriam" (who is also an actress,) and his loyal associate, a buck cabby named Barlow, Pierce and Agar successfully break into Trent's home and wine cellar by night and make a wax impression of the key.
Banton's shadow becomes lethal after Banton gets stuck in a particle accelerator, causing him to accidentally destroy anyone close to him, after which the government imprisons and tortures him in an effort to weaponize his superpower. Shalhoub's film roles following his Wings breakout included an excitable producer consulted by John Turturro's character in Barton Fink and a fast-talking lawyer in The Man Who Wasn't There (both directed by the Coen brothers), a linguistically unidentified cabby in Quick Change, a Cuban-American businessman in Primary Colors, sleazy alien pawn shop owner Jack Jeebs in the Men in Black films, a sympathetic attorney working for John Travolta's lawyer in A Civil Action, a widowed father in Thirteen Ghosts, a cameo role in the film Gattaca, and a has-been television star in Galaxy Quest. He had a co-starring role in the film Big Night, where he played an Italian-speaking chef complete with accent. In 1995 he had a role in the hit NBC sitcom Frasier in the episode "The Focus Group" as an Arab newsstand owner named Manu Habbib.
Her first film appearance was in Touch and Go (1955), using her birth name, and The Smallest Show on Earth (1957) in which she worked with Peter Sellers for the first time. Her breakthrough role was as the daughter of Sellers' character in I'm All Right Jack (1959), for which she received a BAFTA nomination as Most Promising Newcomer. She was in several of the early Carry On films: Carry On Regardless (1961), Carry On Cruising (1962), and Carry On Cabby (1963), but was sacked by producer Peter Rogers after casually saying the series could be better marketed. She re-appeared in the series in Carry On Behind (1975), her salary apparently half of what it had been before. Her other film appearances include Two-Way Stretch (1960), again with Sellers, The Bulldog Breed (1960), Double Bunk (1961) The Painted Smile (1962), The Americanization of Emily (1964), The Family Way (1966), Dad's Army (1971), and a string of sex comedies: Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976), Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976), Adventures of a Private Eye (1977) and Rosie Dixon – Night Nurse (1978).