• Sam Costa
  | nationality = British ...singer, entertainer and broadcaster. Initially a popular singer in the [[British dance band|dance band]] era and a comic actor on the show ''[[Much-Binding-
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• Vic Oliver
  {{short description|Austrian-born British actor and radio comedian (1898–1964)}} ...or Oliver von Samek''' (8 July 1898 – 15 August 1964) was an Austrian-born British actor and radio comedian.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce
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• Harry Towb
  ...e attended the Finiston School and Technical College. He enlisted in the [[British Army]] during [[World War II]] and managed a military canteen, but was disc ...peared on the long-running BBC [[music hall]] show, ''[[The Good Old Days (British TV series)|The Good Old Days]]''.
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• Davy Kaye
  | honorific_suffix = [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]] ...re|MBE]] (born '''David Kodeish''', 25 March 1916 – 3 February 1998) was a British comedy actor and entertainer.
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• Alfred Marks
  ...Alfred Edward Touchinsky <ref>Brian McFarlane (ed.) ''The Encyclopedia of British Film'', Methuen/BFI, 2003, p. 433<!-- ISBN needed --></ref> ...ed Edward Touchinsky'''; 28 January 1921{{spaced ndash}}1 July 1996) was a British actor and comedian. In his 60-year career, he played dramatic and comedy ro
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• Ray Ellington
  {{cite book |title = Who's Who of British Jazz ...h_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1985|02|27|1916|03|17}}<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>
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• Lionel Bart
  ...Stratford East]], he played an instrumental role in the 1960s birth of the British musical theatre scene after an era when American musicals had dominated the ...Bart was described by [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] as "the father of the modern British musical".<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|title=Lionel Bart, 68, Songwriter; Cre
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• Ron Moody
  ...mother was a [[Lithuanian Jews|Lithuanian Jew]]; said Moody, "I'm 100% [[Jews|Jewish]]—totally kosher!"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com In 2004, the British [[ITV1]] nostalgia series ''After They Were Famous'' hosted a documentary o
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• Benny Lee
  ...ast1=Took |first1=Barry |title=Laughter in the Air: An Informal History of British Radio Comedy|location=London|publisher=Robson Books|date=1976|isbn=97809038 ...eing Served? characters#Mr Klein (Benny Lee) (series 8)|Mr. Klein]] in the British sitcom, ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' (1981).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ww
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• Stanley Black
  '''Stanley Black''' [[Order of British Empire|OBE]] (14 June 1913 – 27 November 2002) was an English bandleader, ...London, England.<ref name="Larkin"/> His parents were Polish and Romanian Jews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8482948&s
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• Bud Flanagan
  ...s appointed an [[w:Order of the British Empire|Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in 1959. ...'s last recording was [[Jimmy Perry]] and Derek Taverner's theme for the [[British sitcom]] ''[[Dad's Army]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dadsarmy.co.uk/
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• Bernard Bresslaw
  Bresslaw was a member of the [[Grand Order of Water Rats]], a British entertainment fraternity and in 1988 he was elected "King Rat" of the order ...es]], appeared with English comedienne [[Maureen Lipman]] in a series of [[British Telecom]] advertisements in the late 1980s. Bresslaw and Margolyes played G
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• Ronald Frankau
  ...], became a comedy writer and co-created the Channel 4 sitcom [[Peep Show (British TV series)|Peep Show]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/art ...://www.britishpathe.com/video/ronald-frankau-12|title=Ronald Frankau|first=British|last=Pathé|website=www.britishpathe.com}}</ref> Ronald Frankau formed vari
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• Ben Lyon
  ...io executive at [[w:20th Century-Fox|20th Century-Fox]] who later acted in British radio, films and TV. [[Category:20th-century American male actors]]
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• Michael Balcon
  ...Hollywood-style moguls, Balcon emerged as a key figure, and an obdurately British one too, in his benevolent, somewhat headmasterly approach to the running o ...Films, and later headed British Lion Films. He served as chairman of the [[British Film Institute]] production board to help fund and encourage new work.
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• Miriam Karlin
  | honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire|OBE]] ...[w:Anti-Nazi League|Anti-Nazi League]]<br>[[w:British Humanist Association|British Humanist Association]]<br>[[w:Equity (trade union)|Equity]]
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• Clive Swift
  ...Academy of Dramatic Art|Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]. His family was [[Jews|Jewish]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-poli ...c.uk/shakespeare/index.php/title/14092 |title=Midsummer Night's Dream, A · British Universities Film & Video Council |website=bufvc.ac.uk |access-date=2 Febru
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• Sid James
  ...James''' (born '''Solomon Joel Cohen'''; 8 May 1913 – 26 April 1976) was a British actor and comedian, born in South Africa, whose career encompassed radio, s ...the rest of his life. He starred in the 1970s sitcom ''[[Bless This House (British TV series)|Bless This House]]'' until his death in 1976.
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• Marty Feldman
  ...cademy Television Awards|British Academy Television Awards]] including [[w:British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance|Best Entertainm ...TmrBgAAQBAJ&q=guinness+book+of+box+office+hits+swern+childs&pg=PA268|title=British Film Culture in the 1970s: The Boundaries of Pleasure: The Boundaries of Pl
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• Sydney Tafler
  {{short description|British actor (1916-1979)}} ...date=13 July 2012 |title=Sydney Tafler |website=[[w:British Film Institute|British Film Institute]] |quote=Born: 31 July 1916, London. Died: 7 November 1979,
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