...edy-drama film]] directed by [[Albert Finney]] (in his feature directorial debut) and starring Finney, [[Billie Whitelaw]] and [[Liza Minnelli]].<ref name=" ...sake, as in the motorway café sequence, Albert Finney has made a promising debut as a director."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1968 |title=Charlie Bubb

| studio = Highroad Productions<br>Bruce Cohn Curtis Films, Ltd. | released = {{film date|df=y|1969|5|22|UK}}{{film date|1969|3|11|NYC}}

...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]]''

| released = 10 March 1969 {{small|(United Kingdom)}} ...musical war film directed by [[Richard Attenborough]] (in his directorial debut), with an ensemble cast, including [[Maggie Smith]], [[Dirk Bogarde]], [[Jo

...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]] ...iage|Patricia Walker|1953|1967|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|[[Julie Andrews]]|1969}}}}

...w given in 2001, Cleese described ''Yellowbeard'' as "one of the six worst films made in the history of the world".<ref>2001 interview included as an extra [[Eric Idle]] mentioned ''Yellowbeard'' as one of the worst films he has ever made, but said he enjoyed making it. "Sometimes, the best times

...which he co-directed with Gilliam, and also directed the subsequent Python films ''[[Monty Python's Life of Brian|Life of Brian]]'' and ''[[Monty Python's T ...s the television series ''[[The Complete and Utter History of Britain]]'' (1969). He appeared in ''[[Do Not Adjust Your Set]]'' (1967–69) with Palin, [[E

...ey, The Guardian 7 July 1961: 19.</ref> and in 1958, made his London stage debut in [[Jane Arden (director)|Jane Arden]]'s ''[[The Party (play)|The Party]]' ...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

...performing at the [[Oxford Playhouse]] in 1952, and made her professional debut on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in ''New Faces of '56''. Over the followin ...'[[The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (film)|The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie]]'' (1969) and [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]

...",<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.

...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 ...e]] and [[w:black comedy|black humour]] were major features of many of his films, and his performances had a strong influence on a number of later comedians