Rona Anderson Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1969). Following this film she continued her work on the stage and in television series. From 1953 through 1983, Anderson appeared in several British television programmes. She appeared in three episodes of "The Human Jungle" (1964–65) during its second season. Anderson played the role of Mary on the British sitcom "Bachelor Father" (1970–71). Anderson later appeared in a 1983 episode of the long-running crime series "The Professionals", in which her husband, actor Gordon Jackson, played George Cowley. Of her numerous roles in British B films in the 1950s, the film historians Steve Chibnall and Brian
John Cowley (actor) Laurence Olivier seeking a position at the Old Vic; however, Olivier politely declined. In 1964, Cowley was chosen to play the part of Tom Riordan in RTÉ's new series, "The Riordans". His performance won him a Jacob's Award in 1967 and he continued in the cast until the series ended in 1979. Tom Hickey, who played Tom Riordan's son, Benjy, described Cowley as the "central rock of "The Riordans"" and "the father of the whole enterprise". Following "The Riordans", Cowley returned to the stage and continued acting up to the end of his life. At the time of his death,