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Splitting Heirs is a 1993 British black comedy film directed by Robert Young and starring Eric Idle, Rick Moranis, Barbara Hershey, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Cleese and Sadie Frost. It features music by Michael Kamen .
Alan Edgar Stratford Johns (22 September 1925 – 29 January 2002 [1]), known as Stratford Johns, was a British stage, film and television actor who is best remembered for playing the role as senior CID officer Charlie Barlow, a character he originated in the early years of the long-running BBC police series Z-Cars, and then continued to play in several spin-off series in the 1960s and 1970s.
Eric Idle was born on 29 March 1943 in Harton Hospital, in South Shields. [1] His mother, Norah Barron Sanderson, [2] was a nurse, [1] and his father, Ernest Idle, [2] [3] served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, only to be killed in a road accident while hitchhiking home for Christmas in December 1945.
Splitting Heirs: Universal Pictures: Robert Young (director); Eric Idle (screenplay); Eric Idle, Rick Moranis, Barbara Hershey, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Cleese, Sadie Frost, Stratford Johns, Brenda Bruce, William Franklyn, Richard Huw, Charu Bala Chokshi, Jeremy Clyde, Eric Sykes: Three of Hearts: New Line Cinema
She next took on the part of an aspiring duchess in Splitting Heirs (1993), a farcical period drama from the director Robert Young about two children (Eric Idle and Rick Moranis) who are separated at birth. Reviews of the film were negative, though the critic Vincent Canby of The New York Times found her to be "very funny".
Splitting Heirs: CID Officer 1997: The Woodlanders: Dr. Fitzpiers [11] 1998 Speak Like a Child: Billy, Age 30 1998 Sentimental Education: August 1999 The Lost Son: Martin 2000 Best: Paddy 2000 Breathtaking: Mick Wilmott 2001 The Point Men: Horst 2004 Dear Frankie: Davey 2005 Rag Tale: Paul (Mac) MacAvoy, Sports Editor 2007 Jetsam: Jack 2011 ...
Splitting Heirs: Robert Young: Rick Moranis, Eric Idle, Barbara Hershey: United Kingdom [307] Surf Ninjas: Neal Israel: Rob Schneider, Nicolas Cowan, Leslie Nielsen: United States: Action Comedy [308] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Stuart Gillard: Elias Koteas, Paige Turco, Stuart Wilson: United States: Action Comedy [309] Undercover Blues ...
Young did, however, direct Splitting Heirs, which starred Cleese and Eric Idle. Young has continued to work on television drama since then. In addition to television, in early 2016, Young would return to directing Robin of Sherwood for an ITV/Spiteful Puppet production audio drama.