• Black Knight (Monty Python)
  | gender = Male ...k Knight''' is a fictional character who appears in a scene of the feature film ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]''. He is a [[knight]] dressed in blac
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• Wilfrid Hyde-White
  ...s Colonel Pickering in the film version of the musical ''[[w:My Fair Lady (film)|My Fair Lady]]'' (1964).<ref name="obit2">{{Cite newspaper The Times |titl ...a tour of [[Union of South Africa|South Africa]] in 1932 before making his film debut in ''[[Josser on the Farm]]'' (1934) where he was credited as "Wilfri
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• David Jason
  ...yfanwy-talog-6175249|title=Sir David Jason opens up on tragic romance with Welsh actress|first1=Sion|last1=Morgan|date=13 October 2013|website=WalesOnline}} ...in the Willows]]'', the [[The BFG|BFG]] in the [[The BFG (1989 film)|1989 film]] and the title characters of ''[[Danger Mouse (1981 TV series)|Danger Mous
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• Ronnie Corbett
  | unit = Film Unit ...le'']], ''[[Some Will, Some Won't]]'', and [[No Sex Please, We're British (film)|''No Sex Please, We're British'']]. He first worked with Ronnie Barker in
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• Terry Jones
  ...fe of Brian director dies, aged 77|newspaper=The Independent}}</ref> was a Welsh comedian, director, historian, actor, writer and member of the [[Monty Pyth ...hout the use of punch lines. He made his directorial debut with the Python film ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail|Holy Grail]]'', which he co-directed wi
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• Tommy Cooper
  ...02-22}}</ref> [[prop comedian]] and [[Magic (illusion)|magician]] of Anglo-Welsh parentage. As an entertainer, his appearance was large and lumbering at {{c ...e family were lodging. His parents were Thomas H. Cooper, a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] recruiting sergeant in the [[British Army]] and later coal miner, and Cat
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• Mervyn Johns
  ...n'''; 18 February 1899{{spaced ndash}}6 September 1992) was a Welsh stage, film and television character actor who became a star of British films during th ...aptain Boycott (film)|Captain Boycott]]'' (1947), and ''[[Easy Money (1948 film)|Easy Money]]'' (1948), and later guest appearances on [[television play|te
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• Kenneth Williams
  ...org.uk/4ce2ba1d037a2 |title=Kenneth Williams &#124; BFI |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=30 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/we Williams stated in his diaries that he believed he was of [[w:Welsh people|Welsh]] extraction because of his parents' surnames (Williams was later proven co
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• Alan Rickman
  ...)|Eye in the Sky]]'' (2015), and ''[[Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016 film)|Alice Through the Looking Glass]]'' (2016). .../2009/feb/19/best-actors-never-nominated-for-oscars|title=Oscars: the best actors never to have been nominated|work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=February
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• Kenneth More
  ...re#Current classes|CBE]] (20 September 1914 – 12 July 1982) was an English film and stage actor. ...est Frontier (film)|North West Frontier]]'' (1959), ''[[The 39 Steps (1959 film)|The 39 Steps]]'' (1959) and ''[[Sink the Bismarck]]'' (1960).
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• Willie Rushton
  ...don, the only child of publisher John Atherton Rushton (1908-1958) and his Welsh wife Veronica (née James, 1910-1977). He was educated at [[Shrewsbury Scho ...ye]]'' (1977) and ''[[Adventures of a Plumber's Mate]]'' (1978). His final film appearance was as Big Teddy in ''[[Consuming Passions]]'' released in 1988.
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• George Melly
  ...[[blues]] singer, critic, writer and lecturer. From 1965 to 1973 he was a film and television critic for ''[[The Observer]]''; he also lectured on [[art h ...Britain had taken place at [[Alexandra Palace]]. The event included [[Alex Welsh]], [[Diz Disley]], [[Acker Bilk]], [[Chris Barber]], [[Kenny Ball]], [[Ken
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• List of The Goon Show cast members and characters
  ...''[[The Greatest Mountain in the World]]''; he announces himself as 'Sex: male; name: Bogg F, Superintendent, Ministry of Works and Housing', and declares ...(''à la'' [[w:Mai Jones|Mai Jones]]) end virtually every sentence with the Welsh word "bach" (which means 'small' – occasionally, a Welshman will refer to
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• The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
  {{Infobox film | editing = [[Frederick Wilson (film editor)|Frederick Wilson]]
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• Rolf Harris
  ...]]'' and ''[[Animal Hospital]]''. In 1985, he hosted the short educational film [[Kids Can Say No!|''Kids Can Say No!'']], which warned children between ag ...ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/arts/sites/rolf-harris/ Rolf Harris], BBC Welsh Arts. Retrieved 27 June 2014</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/2011040
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• Peter Ustinov
  ...Miklós Rózsa|Miklós Rózsa]], composer of the music for ''[[Quo Vadis (1951 film)|Quo Vadis]]'' and of numerous concert works, dedicated his String Quartet ...utory notice of his application for citizenship was published in a [[Wales|Welsh]] newspaper so as not to alert the Germans.<ref>According to Ustinov in his
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• David Niven
  ...[[James Bond (literary character)|James Bond]] in ''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]'' (1967). ...-speaking role in [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]'s ''[[Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film)|Mutiny on the Bounty]]'' (1935). This helped him gain a contract with [[Sa
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• Ronnie Barker
  | medium = Books, film, stand-up comedy, television, theatre ...pted to take on the persona of "Charlie" so as not to be himself. He and a male nurse often entertained the patients with comedy routines. He found work at
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• It Ain't Half Hot Mum
  ...aint-half-hot-mum-obituary/|title=Windsor Davies, starred as the bellowing Welsh sergeant major in ‘It Ain’t Half Hot, Mum’ – obituary|newspaper=The ...eps them out of combat duty, but some do daydream of becoming world-famous actors when they leave the army.
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• List of Are You Being Served? characters
  ...'''[[Grace & Favour]]''''', from 1992 until 1993 with many of the original actors reprising their roles. An Australian version was also produced. John Inman ! align="center" width="8%"|[[Are You Being Served? (film)|Film]]
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