the rock band Smokie. Ces Podd – (born 1952) retired international footballer from Saint Kitts and Nevis who started his professional career playing for Bradford City FC, with whom he made a record 565 appearances over 14 years. Wilhelm Norbert Pollack – (1868–1916) chairman of Bradford City FC through its most successful period and did much to keep the club solvent through the early years of the first world war. Pollack of German descent also ran a successful textile business in the city. Lived in Bradford. Nima Poovaya-Smith – curator, art historian and writer. Andrew-Lee Potts – (born 1979) actor, born in Bradford. Sarah-Jane Potts – (born 1976) actress, born in Bradford. Duncan Preston – (born 1946) actor probably best known for his appearances in television productions written by Victoria Wood. He was born in Eccleshill, Bradford. Antony Price – (born 1945) London fashion designer. Born in Keighley. J.B. Priestley, OM – (1894–1984) novelist, playwright and broadcaster, born in Bradford. R Euan Rabagliati – (1892–1978) pilot, racecar driver and was later recruited by MI6 during World War II serving as head for the Netherlands and Denmark. He shot down the first German plane in World War I. Born in Bradford. Arthur Raistrick – (1896–1991) British geologist, archaeologist, academic, and writer. He was born in Saltaire, Shipley. Anita Rani – (born Ahita Rahi Nazran; 1977 in Bradford) English radio and television presenter and journalist. Adil Rashid – (born 1988) cricketer, born in Bradford, who plays for Yorkshire CCC and for England. Berthold Reif – (1862–1937) born in, Butschowitz, Czechoslovakia, said to have had the "Spice of Adventure", the last of the Jewish wool merchants to establish a textile export house in the city. Michael Rennie – (1909–1971) film, television, and stage actor, perhaps best known for his starring role as the space visitor Klaatu in the 1951 classic science fiction film The Day the Earth Stood Still. He was born in Idle. Dean Richards – (1974–2011) professional footballer who was born in Bradford. He played for Bradford City, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur and England U21. Tony Richardson – born in Shipley (1928–1991) theatre and film director and producer, who won two Oscars for his film, Tom Jones. He was born in Shipley. Geoffrey Richmond – (born 1940 or 1941) chairman of Bradford City AFC from 1994 to 2002, the most successful era for the club since before the First World