| released = {{film date|df=y|1959|12|15|UK}}{{film date|df=y|1961|4|25|US}} ...e.org.uk/film/id/1017897/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Follow a Star (1959)|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref>

...ilm director|film director]], best known for the long-running ''[[Carry On films|Carry On]]'' series of British film comedies. ...by his older brother, [[w:Ralph Thomas|Ralph Thomas]]. His own directorial debut was the [[w:short film|short film]] ''[[w:Circus Friends|Circus Friends]]''

...udios|Ealing Studios]] and had a 40-year career editing and directing many films and television programmes.<ref name=Kemp>{{cite book |last=Kemp |first=Phil ...y films, such as ''[[Things to Come]]'' (1936).<ref name=guardian2/> Other films he edited included those that were produced by [[Alexander Korda]], such as

...964) and ''[[King Rat (film)|King Rat]]'' (1965). He also scripted several films directed by others, such as ''[[The League of Gentlemen (film)|The League o ...o act, appearing on stage and playing numerous supporting roles in British films, in particular ''[[An Inspector Calls (1954 film)|An Inspector Calls]]'' (1

...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

...]'' and was Lysander in a TV version of ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (1959) directed by [[Peter Hall (director)|Peter Hall]]. ...don, England|date=3 January 1964|page=4}}</ref> Finney received 10% of the films earnings, which made him over $1 million.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Va

...",<ref name="Guardian: star dies" /> Le Mesurier appeared in more than 120 films across a range of genres, normally in smaller supporting parts. ...From there he took a position in [[repertory theatre]] and made his stage debut in September 1934 at the Palladium Theatre in [[Edinburgh]] in the [[J. B.

...performing at the [[Oxford Playhouse]] in 1952, and made her professional debut on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in ''New Faces of '56''. Over the followin ...tober 2007 }}</ref> In 1956 Smith made her [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] debut playing several roles in the review ''New Faces of '56'', at the [[Ethel Ba

...ich toured Britain and the Far East. After the war, Sellers made his radio debut in ''ShowTime'', and eventually became a regular performer on various [[w:B ...Action Short Film]] for ''[[The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film]]'' (1959). He won the [[w:BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|BAFTA Award f

...ngwriter and comedian who became known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s. On stage, screen and record he sang light, [[Novelt ...but also appearing at the [[Shepherd's Bush Empire]], his official London debut.{{sfn|Smart|Bothway Howard|2011|p=88}} Although he had a further recording

...oped the Tramp persona and attracted a large fan base. He directed his own films and continued to hone his craft as he moved to the [[Essanay Studios|Essana ...ve the U.S. and settle in Switzerland. He abandoned the Tramp in his later films, which include ''[[Monsieur Verdoux]]'' (1947), ''[[Limelight (1952 film)|L