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Patrick Garland, English actor and director (died 2013)
Patrick Ewart Garland was a British director, writer and actor. His television film of The Snow Goose (1971) won a Golden Globe for "Best Movie made for TV", and was nominated for both a BAFTA and an Emmy. He was awarded Honorary D Litt at the University of Southampton 1994 and an Honorary Fellow of St Edmund Hall, Oxford in 1997.
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Patrick Garland was born in 1935. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.
These figures put everyday life in Patrick Garland's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.
| Measure | 1935 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Gas | $0.19 | $3.45/gal |
| Average home | $5,000 | $435,000 |
| Average income | $2,700 | $67,500 |
| Minimum wage | $0.25 | $7.25/hr (federal) |
| Movie ticket | $0.25 | $11.95 |
| Postage stamp | $0.03 | $0.73 |
| Population | 127.3M | 341 million |
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