• James Booth
  ...stible charm."<ref name="ind">Obituary: JAMES BOOTH ; Leading actor of the 1960s who specialised in playing cheerful cockneys: [First Edition] ...professional difficulties. These included his appearance in the flop stage musical ''[[Twang!!]]'' in 1965, the flop film ''[[The Secret of My Success (1965 f
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• The Americanization of Emily
  ...ith the same director and producer. In 1964, a [[Broadway theatre|Broadway musical]] with music written by [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]] was announced. ''The Americanization of Emily'' was among the films selected for ''The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made'
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• St Trinian's School
  ...ries was Searle's most famous work and inspired a popular series of comedy films. In the 1950s, films were developed that were based on the cartoon series. These comedies implie
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• Victor Spinetti
  ...hout his 50-year career, including the three 1960s [[The Beatles|Beatles]] films ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]'', ''[[Help! (film)|Help ...c.co.uk/news/uk-wales-18148017 "Victor Spinetti, actor and star of Beatles films, dies"], BBC News, 19 June 2012</ref> But Harrison also later told him, "Yo
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• Ken Annakin
  ...ast]] comedies, [[Adventure films|Adventure films]], [[Action films|Action films]] ...60s he was noticed by critics with large-scale adventure epic and comedies films, like ''[[Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines]]'', ''[[Battle of
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• Arthur Askey
  ...starred in several [[Gainsborough Pictures|Gainsborough Pictures]] comedy films during the [[Second World War|Second World War]] including ''[[Charley's (B ...starred in several [[Gainsborough Pictures|Gainsborough Pictures]] comedy films, including ''[[Band Waggon (film)|Band Waggon]]'' (1940), based on the radi
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• Peggy Mount
  ...nd]]. She became known for playing domineering middle-aged women in plays, films and television shows. ...tre]] and [[Royal Shakespeare Company|Royal Shakespeare]] companies in the 1960s, '70s and '80s, respectively.
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• Madeline Smith
  ...ar in many television series and stage productions, plus comedy and horror films, in the 1970s and 1980s. ...at, I Love You]]'' (1970), ''[[The Amazing Mr. Blunden]]'' (1972) and the musical film ''[[Take Me High]]'' (1973) with [[Cliff Richard]].<ref>{{cite book|ur
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• Cicely Courtneidge
  ...16, and was quickly promoted from minor to major roles in his [[Edwardian musical comedies]]. ...duction. No other producers offered the young Courtneidge leading roles in musical comedies, and she turned instead to the [[music hall|music hall]], learning
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• Diana Coupland
  ...y [[Joan Littlewood|Joan Littlewood]] as Sally in the [[Theatre Workshop]] musical ''Make Me An Offer'', and soon appeared in [[West End theatre|West End]] sh ...tinued in the role until James died in 1976. She appeared in several other films, including ''[[The Millionairess|The Millionairess]]'' (1960), ''[[The Fami
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• Ray Barrett
  ...e appeared in lead and [[w:Character actor|character roles]] in Australian films and TV series. ...:eisteddfod|eisteddfod]] that was broadcast on [[w:4BH|4BH]] radio, with a musical monologue about a dog called "Paddy". This was to place him on a path diffe
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• Peter Sallis
  ...ds|Academy Award]]-winning ''[[w:Wallace and Gromit|Wallace and Gromit]]'' films and portrayed [[Norman Clegg|Norman "Cleggy" Clegg]] in ''[[Last of the Sum ...film appearances include the [[w:Hammer Film Productions|Hammer]] horror films ''[[w:The Curse of the Werewolf|The Curse of the Werewolf]]'' (1961) and ''
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• Malcolm McFee
  ...ase Sir!]]''. McFee had made his film debut in the 1969 satirical anti-war musical ''[[Oh! What a Lovely War]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/ti ...t on Saturday or Sunday nights), and tells of the fall of a TV star of the 1960s who later became unknown.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lyricsfreak.com/m
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• Amanda Barrie
  ...ppeared in two of the ''[[Carry On series on screen and stage|Carry On]]'' films before being cast as [[Alma Halliwell]] in [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] [[soap ...in two of the [[Carry On films]], a long-running series of British comedy films: she had a supporting part as a cab driver in ''[[Carry On Cabby]]'' (1963)
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• Bill Kerr
  ...atrick Troughton|Patrick Troughton]], and a long-running part in the early 1960s BBC-TV soap, ''[[w:Compact (soap opera)|Compact]]''. ...=6-TvZ0O5NHQC&pg=PA130 ''West End Broadway: The Golden Age of the American Musical in London''], Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2012, p.130</ref> He appeared
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• Dennis Price
  ...his portrayal of the omniscient valet [[Jeeves]] in [[The World of Wooster|1960s television adaptations]] of [[P. G. Wodehouse]]'s stories. ...Place of One's Own]]'' (1945) starring [[James Mason]]. [[British National Films Company|British National]] borrowed him for ''[[The Echo Murders]]'' (1946)
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• Lionel Jeffries
  ...films and received a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Golden Globe Award]] nomination during his acting career. Jeffries built a successful career in British films mainly in comic character roles and as he was prematurely bald he often pla
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• Blake Edwards
  ...ck comedy]], [[Comedy drama]], [[Musicals]], [[Adventure films]], [[Action films]], [[Sex comedies]], [[Western (genre)|Western]] ...rector of comedies, he also directed several drama, musical, and detective films. Late in his career, he took up writing, producing and directing for theate
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• Bill Owen (actor)
  ...d]]. At this time he also collaborated with songwriter Tony Russell on the musical ''[[The Matchgirls]]'' about the [[London matchgirls strike of 1888]]. He c ...[[University of Oxford]]. He also featured in several [[Lindsay Anderson]] films including ''[[O Lucky Man!]]'' (1973) and ''[[In Celebration]]'' (1974).
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• Steptoe and Son
  ...ode. In addition, the early 1970s saw [[Steptoe and Son (film)|two feature films]], two 46-minute [[Christmas]] specials. In 2005, the play ''[[Steptoe and During its production in the 1960s and 1970s, ''Steptoe and Son'' marked itself out as radical compared to mos
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