Reina James Reina James Reina James (born 1947) is a British author. She has written two novels, the first of which won the Society of Authors’ McKitterick Prize in 2007. James was born in 1947, shortly after her parents arrived in the UK from South Africa. Her father was the actor Sid James. During her teenage years she played in a folk group before marrying and starting a family. In her late 20s she appeared in the stage play "John, Paul, George, Ringo … and Bert" by Willy Russell, and later appeared in Russell's musical "Blood Brothers". Having worked since the 1980s
James Elliott (actor) James Elliott (actor) James Elliott (11 June 1928 – 12 February 2011) was a Scottish Australian radio, theatre, television and film actor and best known for his long-running role of Alf Sutcliffe an original character in the 1970s television soap opera "Number 96". James Elliott was born in Glasgow, Scotland and was an original cast member of television soap opera "Number 96" which premiered March 1972. The show became Australia's highest-rated television program in 1973 and 1974. Alf and his wife Lucy (Elisabeth Kirkby) were immigrants from Yorkshire, England and Alf was presented as an archetypal "whinging Pom" who complained