Alison Steadman in the late Mike Stott's "My Mad Grandad" on BBC Radio 4. In Manchester in 1972, shooting his television film "Hard Labour", director Mike Leigh drove over to Liverpool to see Ted Whitehead's play "The Foursome", (Steadman was in the Liverpool Everyman cast). He asked Steadman to be in his film. "During the preparation of the film, Mike and Alison, as they both say, 'got together.'" They married in 1973 and had two sons, Toby (b. February 1978) and Leo (b. August 1981). The couple separated in 1995 and divorced in 2001. Steadman's present partner is Michael Elwyn;the couple live
Charles Barton (director) Tyler". He directed every episode of the Amos 'n' Andy show at Hal Roach Studios for CBS, from 1950 to 1954, and episodes of the Ray Milland television series, "Meet Mr. McNutley" from 1953-1955. Barton also directed 106 episodes of the CBS television sitcom Family Affair from 1967 to 1971. Barton was married to actress/singer Julie Gibson from 1973 until his death from a heart attack in 1981. Charles Barton (director) Charles Barton (May 25, 1902December 5, 1981) was a film and vaudeville actor and film director. He won an Oscar for best assistant director in 1933. His first film