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- ...ny Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical|Best Featured Actress in a Musical]]. Other television roles include her recurring role as [[Minor characters ...heatre|Broadway]] debut alongside [[Julie Andrews]] in ''[[The Boy Friend (musical)|The Boy Friend]]'' in September 1954.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Millicent Marti15 KB (2,314 words) - 12:17, 17 March 2023
- ...ntomime as well as straight dramas. In the Australian tour of ''[[Camelot (musical)|Camelot]]'' in 1963–1965 he played King Pellinore. In London in 1966 he ...e Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer]]'' (1970).<ref>[https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba3d0fd47 "Desmond Walter-Ellis"], British Film Institute. Re4 KB (592 words) - 12:29, 22 February 2023
- ...y Lads'', and by the end of the decade they had also written three feature films: ''[[The Jokers]]'', ''[[Otley (film)|Otley]]'', (directed by Clement) and ...[Keith Waterhouse]]'s ''[[Billy Liar]]'' into the stage musical ''[[Billy (musical)|Billy]]'', starring [[Michael Crawford]], which ran at London's [[Theatre10 KB (1,539 words) - 23:33, 17 February 2023
- ...stribution.pdf|last=Petrie|first= Duncan James |year=2017|title= Bryanston Films : An Experiment in Cooperative Independent Production and Distribution|jour ...be Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]], and three [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Awards]], includ23 KB (3,403 words) - 22:32, 18 March 2023
- ...-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406181225/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/The-Flesh-and-the-Fiends_1959/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and is probably be ...m/JuneLaverickApr58.htm |archivedate=15 July 2011}}</ref> Her peak year in films was 1958, where she appeared in three prominent film roles, notably as the11 KB (1,557 words) - 14:20, 15 January 2023
- | studio = [[Romulus Films]] ...hive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806100326/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b208402 |url-status=live }}</ref>28 KB (4,176 words) - 23:49, 2 February 2023
- ...50s at seaside resorts around England in summer season shows. In the early 1960s, she toured Europe with [[Joan Littlewood]]'s Theatre Workshop in ''[[Oh! W ...ound her understudying [[Barbara Windsor]] in the [[Ned Sherrin]]-produced musical ''Sing a Rude Song'', based on the life of [[music hall]] singer [[Marie Ll4 KB (646 words) - 13:07, 8 February 2023
- ...Lads]]'', and by the end of the decade they had also written three feature films: ''[[The Jokers]]'', ''[[Otley (film)|Otley]]'' (directed by Clement) and ' ...[Keith Waterhouse]]'s ''[[Billy Liar]]'' into the stage musical ''[[Billy (musical)|Billy]]'', starring [[Michael Crawford]], which ran at London's [[Theatre11 KB (1,628 words) - 23:25, 15 January 2023
- ...s appearances in [[Satire|satirical comedy]] television shows of the early 1960s and his ability to improvise comic [[calypso music|calypso]]s about current ...s-Royce]]'' (1964). He had a major role, and second billing, in the comedy musical ''[[It's All Over Town]]'' (1964).14 KB (2,046 words) - 11:30, 4 January 2023
- {{Infobox musical artist ...dance band]] leader and [[clarinet|clarinet]] player from the 1920s to the 1960s. He performed several songs with suggestive lyrics, including "[[My Girl's9 KB (1,184 words) - 08:09, 30 March 2023
- ...ick Hastings|Patrick Hastings]] and the 1949 musical ''[[w:Her Excellency (musical)|Her Excellency]]'' at the [[w:London Hippodrome|London Hippodrome]]. ===Films===11 KB (1,616 words) - 10:30, 13 December 2022
- ...Henry Blunt, Archdeacon of St. Ogg's, in ''[[All Gas and Gaiters]]'', late 1960s ...ith [[Frankie Howerd]]. His final major role was on television in the late 1960s, as the Archdeacon of St Ogg's in the [[BBC|BBC]] comedy series ''[[All Gas13 KB (2,145 words) - 08:45, 20 February 2023
- ...levision|television]] and [[w:theatre|theatre]], appearing occasionally in films. ...1972 and 1973), taking over from [[Bob Monkhouse]]. Vaughan appeared in a 1960s TV advertising campaign for [[w:Cadbury's Roses|Cadbury's Roses]] chocolate6 KB (859 words) - 15:27, 17 October 2022
- ...bot Rothwell]], a scriptwriter for the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' films]], and the second series by Rothwell and [[Sid Colin]]. Two later specials ...of [[Pompeii]]. Since Mills had recently seen Frankie Howerd in the stage musical ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'' he casually remarked16 KB (2,288 words) - 12:43, 9 August 2022
- ...ead }}</ref> was an [[w:English people|English]] actor. He starred in the 1960s [[w:BBC|BBC]] radio show ''[[Round the Horne]]'', performing in sketches su ...iginal [[w:West End theatre|West End]] production of ''[[w:The Boy Friend (musical)|The Boy Friend]]'', in 1954.<ref name="Stevens">{{cite book12 KB (1,668 words) - 20:57, 8 January 2023
- ...t [[Southend-on-Sea]] for almost five years. He began to appear in British films from the mid-1950s, including a bit part in the classic [[Ealing Studios|Ea Johns later appeared in the much-maligned [[Ken Russell]] films ''[[Salome's Last Dance]]'' and ''[[The Lair of the White Worm (film)|The L11 KB (1,586 words) - 08:46, 13 February 2023
- * '''Musical Director:''' * Walter Shenson Films33 KB (4,906 words) - 17:32, 7 February 2023
- {{Short description|1969 British musical film directed by Richard Attenborough}} '''''Oh! What a Lovely War''''' is a 1969 British comedy musical war film directed by [[Richard Attenborough]] (in his directorial debut), w26 KB (4,027 words) - 16:37, 24 November 2022
- ...since the early 1960s.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2b8baa6|title=Helen Fraser|website=BFI}}</ref> For internat ...theatre|West End]] production of ''[[Bad Girls: The Musical|Bad Girls: The Musical]]'' in 2007.<ref name="actress" />13 KB (1,917 words) - 14:28, 24 February 2023
- ...usky voice. Fielding appeared in two ''[[Carry On (franchise)|Carry On]]'' films, ''[[Carry On Regardless]]'' (1961) and ''[[Carry On Screaming!]]'' (1966). ...fi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba07d6a9e|title=Fenella Fielding|website=BFI Films, TV & People|access-date=27 March 2020}}</ref> in [[w:Metropolitan Borough18 KB (2,624 words) - 20:26, 7 February 2023