The Optimists of Nine Elms
The Optimists of Nine Elms, also known as The Optimists, is a 1973 British drama film starring Peter Sellers and directed by Anthony Simmons, who also wrote the 1964 novel upon which the film is based.
The film is about an old street musician (played by Sellers) who strikes up a friendship with two children - Liz, played by Donna Mullane, and her younger brother Mark, played by John Chaffey.
Neither of the child actors was featured in future films.
A young Keith Chegwin also played a small role.
Mullane was recruited for her role by the film crew when they were scouting locations and saw her as she was walking home from school
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Bruce Purchase
Bruce Purchase
( 2 October 1938 – 5 June 2008) was a New Zealand- born actor known for his roles on stage and television.
Born in Thames, New Zealand, he won a scholarship to study acting in England, training at RADA, and went on to become a founding actor-member of Laurence Olivier's National Theatre.
He also performed regularly with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
His TV credits included" Callan The First ChurchillsA Picture of Katherine MansfieldDoomwatch Fall of Eagles I, Claudius The New AvengersDoctor Who"( in the serial" The Pirate PlanetBlake's 7 Quatermass" and" The Tripods".
His films included" Macbeth"( 1971)," Mary, Queen of Scots"( 1971)," The Optimists of Nine Elms"( 1973)," Soft Beds, Hard Battles"( 1974)," Meetings with Remarkable Men"( 1979)," Pope John Paul II"( 1984),( 1985)," Playing Away"( 1987)," Lionheart"( 1987) and" Another Life"( 2001).
In 2007, Purchase became seriously ill while touring with a production of" The Last Confession".
He died of cancer on 5 June 2008 at his home in Putney, London.
Thomas Scott (diver)
Thomas Scott( 1907- date of death unknown) was an English diver.
Bill Smith (footballer, born 1897)
William Thomas Smith( born 9 April 1897, date of death unknown) was an English professional footballer.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Anthony Simmons (writer)
Anthony Simmons (16 December 1922 – 22 January 2016) was a British writer and film director.
He was associated with, though separate from, the Free Cinema movement; he said he was greatly influenced by Humphrey Jennings and by Michelangelo Antonioni’s movie "Il Grido" (1957).
Patricia Brake
Patricia Ann Brake (born 25 June 1942 in Bath, Somerset) is an English actress.
Patricia Brake played Ingrid Fletcher, the daughter of Norman Stanley Fletcher, in the BBC sitcom "Porridge", and its sequel "Going Straight".
Most recently, in 2015, she guest-starred in the BBC ongoing drama "Casualty" and in "Midsomer Murders" for ITV.
Alongside her extensive body of work in West End theatres, she has also appeared in UK soaps "EastEnders" and "Coronation Street".
but has played opposite many British comic actors in numerous situation comedies and one-off plays.
After leaving The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Brake's first acting roles were with the Royal Shakespeare Company where she played alongside such colleagues as Judi Dench, Diana Rigg, Ian Richardson and Ian Holm.
She appeared in series such as "A Sharp Intake of Breath" with David Jason, "Emergency – Ward 10" and "Lorna Doone", as well as film roles in "My Lover, My Son" (1970) and "The Optimists of Nine Elms" (1973).
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.

Question: When did the director of film The Optimists Of Nine Elms die?
Answer: 22 January 2016