'''''Lightning Conductor''''' is a 1938 British [[comedy film|comedy]] [[thriller film]] directed by [[Maurice Elvey]] and starring [[Gordon Har ...ickson|work=AllMovie}}</ref> and ''[[TV Guide]]'' called it "a suspenseful comedy with some good

'''''Luck of the Navy''''' is a 1938 British [[comedy film|comedy]] [[thriller film]] directed by [[Norman Lee]] and starring [[Geoffrey Toon With Britain on the brink of war, an enemy spy plans to steal secret documents and lay the blame on Clive Stanton.

...onald Adam (actor)|Ronald Adam]]. The film is an adaptation of the 1934 [[Spy fiction|espionage novel]] ''[[The Strange Boarders of Palace Crescent]]'' b ''Halliwell's Film & Video Guide'' described the film as "[quite an] engaging comedy-thriller in the Hitchcock mould, with entertaining performances and inciden

...t''''' is a 1940 British [[musical film|musical]] [[comedy film|comedy]] [[spy film]] directed by [[Maurice Elvey]] and starring [[Jack Hulbert]], [[Cicel ...-and-wife team who had made a series of successful comedy films during the 1930s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/3ds/under-your-hat/produc

...=2014-03-01}}</ref> It is the second in the [[Old Mother Riley]] series of films, and is also known by its re-release title, ''Old Mother Riley Catches a Qu ...meanwhile become involved with a suspicious young Parisian lady (really a spy with code name "Madame Zero", who believes he is an English agent).

...d as a film actress, with a lengthy career in British productions from the 1930s to the 1960s. She worked not only as an actor in Britain in the 1930s but also in stage management and production.<ref>{{cite news|title=Arrivals

| occupation = Comedy actor ...n (film series)|Carry On]]'' films, although he only appeared in the early films in the series, apart from returning for ''[[Carry On Emmannuelle]]'' in 197

...ion film]|]s. He enjoyed a long career in the film industry from the early 1930s until the early 1980s.<ref name=ChibnallBFI>{{cite web|last=Chibnall|first= ...n]]'' (1936); ''[[O-Kay for Sound]]'' (1937) for Varnel with [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)|The Crazy Gang]]; ''[[Alf's Button Afloat]]'' (1938) with Flanagan a

...7).<ref name=guardian/><ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fb7e804|title=Michael Ripper|website=BFI}}</ref> ...=BFI}}</ref> (His last Hammer role was as a railway worker in the atypical comedy ''[[That's Your Funeral]]'' two years later.)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ww

...es in the films of [[Will Hay]] and other popular British comedians of the 1930s and 1940s. Gawthorne was one of Britain's most called-upon supporting actor ...]] and other well-known comedians such as [[George Formby]], [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)|The Crazy Gang]], the [[w:Aldwych farce|Aldwych farce]]urs, [[Jack H

...eople|English]] [[actor]] who appeared in dozens of British films from the 1930s to the 1970s.<ref name=BFI>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f ...rat or other authority figure, Huntley was also a staple figure in British films, his many appearances including ''[[The Way Ahead]]'', ''[[I See a Dark Str

...ost of St. Michael's]]''), through the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' films]], and television. ===1920s and 1930s===

...had a long run in ''[[Under the Counter (musical)|Under the Counter]]'', a comedy in which she received glowing notices. Notable among her other successes w ...starring role was Eileen Cavanagh in the long-running [[Edwardian musical comedy]] ''[[The Arcadians (musical)|The Arcadians]]'', which she took over from [

...it very difficult for us to keep up the high reputation for sophisticated comedy we've never had.{{sfn|Took|Coward|2000|p=39}} ...the Horne'' Douglas Smith took the traditional role of a BBC announcer on comedy shows, introducing the programme and its component parts and reading the cr

...f>{{cite book |last=Fellner |first=Chris |title=The Encyclopedia of Hammer Films |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IVGfDwAAQBAJ&q=Adrienne+Riccoboni+bo ...hakespearean roles and in Hammer horror movies, as well as such well-known films as Dr Zhivago |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/28/adrienne-co

...the [[The Colonel (Monty Python)|Colonel]] and the lead role in two Python films, ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail|Holy Grail]]'' (1975) and ''[[Monty Py ...aised in [[Melton Mowbray|Melton Mowbray]]. He enjoyed science, acting and comedy and, after graduating from [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge|Emmanuel College,

| format = [[Radio comedy]] '''''The Goon Show''''' is a British [[radio comedy]] programme, originally produced and broadcast by the [[BBC Home Service]]

...en appeared in film, rising from a [[bit part|bit part]] actor in the late 1930s to a member of the main cast; by the time of his death he had appeared in n ...and made his television debut, becoming a reliable bit-part actor in many films, particularly in the [[war film|war film]] genre.

...tions in his book ''[[Spycatcher|Spycatcher]]'' that Jona was possibly the spy known as U35; Ustinov says in his autobiography that his father hosted secr ...ate=13 November 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref> He also appeared in propaganda films, debuting in ''[[One of Our Aircraft Is Missing]]'' (1942), in which he was

...comedian who became known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s. On stage, screen and record he sang light, [[Novelty song|comica ...4, he increasingly worked in film to develop into a major star by the late 1930s and 1940s, and became the UK's most popular entertainer during those decade