• Mister Drake's Duck
  | distributor = [[Eros Films]] (UK) <br> [[United Artists]] (US) ...e's Duck''''' is a 1951 British [[science fiction film|science-fiction]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Val Guest]] and starring [[Douglas Fairbanks Jr.]], [[
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• Don't Blame the Stork
  | distributor = [[Adelphi Films]] ...ber 2020 |language=en}}</ref> The movie was adapted from an earlier German comedy film.<ref name="AM"/> It was shot at [[Walton Studios]] with sets designed
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• The Man in the White Suit
  |gross=£90,000<ref name="sue">{{cite book|title=British Cinema of The 1950s The Decline of Deference|first1=Sue|last1= Harper|first2=Vincent|last2= Por ...ire|satirical]] [[w:science fiction film|science fiction]] [[w:comedy film|comedy film]] made by [[w:Ealing Studios]]. It stars [[w:Alec Guinness|Alec Guinne
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• Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
  | distributor = [[Renown Pictures]] (UK)<br>Blue Chip Films (US)<br> [[Columbia Pictures]] (US re-release 1963) ...London''''' or '''''My Son, the Vampire''''', is a 1952 British [[horror comedy]] film directed by [[John Gilling]], starring [[Arthur Lucan]] and [[Bela L
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• The Ugly Duckling (1959 film)
  ...Hearn & Alan Barnes, ''The Hammer Story: The Authorised History of Hammer Films'', Titan Books, 2007 p 46</ref> ...twee]] and [[Reginald Beckwith]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b94e3ca|title=The Ugly Duckling (1959)}}</ref> The film is
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• Val Guest
  ...Film Productions|Hammer]], for whom he directed 14 films, and [[w:science fiction film]|]s. He enjoyed a long career in the film industry from the early 1930 ...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
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• Terry Nation
  | genre = {{hlist|[[Science fiction]]|[[comedy]]|[[Horror fiction|horror]]}} ...nd novelist. Especially known for his work in [[British television science fiction]], he created the [[Dalek]]s and [[Davros]] for ''[[Doctor Who]]'', as well
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• Bob Danvers-Walker
  ...: Priv. printed |date=1917}}</ref> He used the surname '''Walker''' to the 1950s. He spent much of his childhood in [[w:Tasmania|Tasmania]] and began his ra ...he show was in temporary exile from the BBC (1950–51), and for the science-fiction series ''[[w:Dan Dare|Dan Dare]], Pilot of the Future'' on the same station
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• Alfie Bass
  ...lm Unit|Army Film Unit]] documentaries.<ref>{{cite news |title=Alfie Bass: Comedy and pathos on stage and screen |work=The Times |date=19 July 1987 |location ...ays by [[Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] and [[George Bernard Shaw]]. During the 1950s, he continued to direct shows at Unity, and on one occasion appeared in cou
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• Dennis Price
  ...Place of One's Own]]'' (1945) starring [[James Mason]]. [[British National Films Company|British National]] borrowed him for ''[[The Echo Murders]]'' (1946) ...borough's ''[[The Magic Bow]]'' (1946) with Granger and Kent. [[Two Cities Films]] used him in one of its melodramas, ''[[Hungry Hill (film)|Hungry Hill]]''
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• Patricia Hayes
  She was featured in many radio and television comedy shows between 1940 and 1996, including ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'', ''[[Ray Hayes was cast in supporting roles for films including ''[[The Bargee|The Bargee]]'' (1964), ''[[The NeverEnding Story (
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• Sid James
  ...co.uk/films/2016/04/26/beyond-carry-on-sid-jamess-20-best---and-weirdest---films/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |a ...lms from 1947, he was cast in numerous small and supporting roles into the 1950s. He appeared in the film ''[[w:The Lavender Hill Mob|The Lavender Hill Mob]
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• The Best of Sellers
  | genre = [[Comedy]], [[satire]] ...e]] label in December 1958, the album has been cited as "the first British comedy LP created in a recording studio". Sellers plays all of the roles, [satire|
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• Fenella Fielding
  ...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 [[Metropolitan Borough of
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• Nicholas Parsons
  ...o]] and [[television presenter]]. He was the long-running presenter of the comedy radio show ''[[Just a Minute]]'' and hosted the game show ''[[Sale of the C ...), ''With Just a Touch of Hesitation, Repetition and Deviation: My Life in Comedy'', Mainstream Publishing, {{ISBN|978-1845967123}}</ref>
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• Lew Grade
  ...sion.org/emc/tvheroes/lewgrade/index4.php Lew Grade, Part 4: Embracing the 1950s] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728124700/http://www.tra ...P Films]] became a subsidiary of ITC. Co-founded by [[Gerry Anderson]], AP Films produced two marionette puppet ("[[Supermarionation]]") series for children
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• Adrienne Corri
  ...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
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• Peter Sallis
  ...lace|Wallace]] in the [[Academy Award]]-winning ''[[Wallace and Gromit]]'' films and portrayed [[Norman Clegg|Norman "Cleggy" Clegg]] in ''[[Last of the Sum ...is film appearances include the [[Hammer Film Productions|Hammer]] horror films ''[[The Curse of the Werewolf]]'' (1961) and ''[[Taste the Blood of Dracula
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• Red Dwarf
  *[[Science fiction]]}} '''''Red Dwarf''''' is a British [[science fiction comedy]] franchise created by [[Rob Grant]] and [[Doug Naylor]], which primarily c
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• Camp (style)
  ...e Kuchar]], [[ASS Studios]] began making a series of short, no-budget camp films. Their feature film ''[[Satan, Hold My Hand]]'' (2013) features many elemen ...e Bed Sausage]], 1971)'', who mainly used this style in the 1970s, created films which achieved a [[cult status]].<ref name="CampWaters">{{cite web|title=Jo
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