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- {{short description|English actor and screenwriter}} Marriott also co-created the long-running British television series ''[[w:Public Eye (TV series)|Public Eye]]'' with [[w:Roger Marshall3 KB (416 words) - 18:18, 8 January 2023
- {{Short description|British radio and television comedy scriptwriter}} '''Bob Block''' (20 July 1921 – 17 April 2011) was a British radio and television comedy scriptwriter.3 KB (438 words) - 14:15, 23 January 2023
- ...hom he also compèred the ''Smash Hits'' programme on [[w:Radio Luxembourg (English)|Radio Luxembourg]]. ...>{{Cite web |url=http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/bobmonkhouse.htm |title=Television Heaven |access-date=2011-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2004 KB (495 words) - 14:16, 24 January 2023
- | genre = Television ...BR|size=100|OBE}} (17 July 1930 – 5 October 2018) was an English radio and television scriptwriter, best known for the [[Galton and Simpson]] comedy writing part5 KB (669 words) - 15:50, 22 December 2022
- {{short description|British television, radio, and comic strip author}} ...a British writer of television, radio and comic strips, best known for his television work. With his professional partner, [[w:Hazel Adair (screenwriter)|Hazel A7 KB (940 words) - 14:40, 23 December 2022
- '''Mike Walling''' (8 July 1950 – 2 July 2020) was an English comic [[actor]] and [[screenwriter]]. Walling began his career as an English teacher at [[Holland Park School]] in [[London]]. In the mid-1970s, while s5 KB (772 words) - 19:58, 16 August 2024
- '''Derek Roy''' (25 August 1922 – 15 March 1981) was an [[English people|English]] comedian, whose public profile was at its greatest in the late 1940s and [[Category:English male comedians]]5 KB (638 words) - 23:58, 18 February 2023
- ...''[[At the Stroke of Nine]]'' (1957), ''Tales from Dickens'' (1958), ''ITV Television Playhouse'' (1958), ''[[Emergency-Ward 10]]'' (1960), ''[[Dixon of Dock Gre ...oem|nl}}'' (1982) and ''Privé Voor Twee'' (1988) for [[Netherlands|Dutch]] television.<ref name=IMDB/>5 KB (641 words) - 23:53, 21 January 2023
- ...10 September 1924, [[Manchester]] – 15 May 2009, [[Hertfordshire]]) was an English novelist and screenwriter.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120804222855/http:/ ...rs]] and [[Johnny Dorelli]]), and Hollywood as well as working for British television and continuing to contribute to ''Punch''.5 KB (674 words) - 15:11, 18 August 2024
- | nationality = English '''Lee Cornes''' is an [[England|English]] television [[actor]] and writer born in [[Worcester, England|Worcester]].5 KB (731 words) - 22:18, 18 March 2023
- | genre = Television ...ls|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}} (27 November 1929 – 8 February 2017) was an English scriptwriter, best known for the [[Galton and Simpson]] comedy writing part8 KB (1,111 words) - 12:05, 6 February 2023
- ...12 December 1970, in London) was a British [[film director]] (1933–62) and television director (1962–64), usually of light-hearted subject matter.<ref>{{cite w [[Category:Writers from London]]6 KB (836 words) - 11:48, 7 February 2023
- ...he British Empire|OBE]] (12 November 1916 – 28 February 1981) was an English [[screenwriter|screenwriter]]. ...'') was voted the greatest one-liner in movie history by a thousand comedy writers, actors, impresarios and members of the public for the launch of Sky Movies6 KB (865 words) - 12:28, 18 February 2023
- ...-date=28 February 2015}}</ref> (17 November 1936 – 11 January 1998) was an English actor, writer and [[satire|satirist]]. ...vejoy]]'' (1991) and comedy shows like ''[[Yes Minister]]'', he also wrote television scripts and screenplays, such as ''[[Princess Caraboo (film)|Princess Carab7 KB (1,004 words) - 11:06, 8 September 2024
- {{Use British English|date=October 2015}} ...7 July 1922 – 8 February 2016) was an English writer for film, theatre and television, and is most closely associated with the first six of the ''[[Carry On (fra7 KB (1,153 words) - 23:35, 17 January 2023
- ...rtune''' (born '''John C. Wood'''; 30 June 1939 – 31 December 2013) was an English satirist, comedian, writer, and actor, best known for his work with [[John ...air with a tree. He appeared with [[Peter Sellers]] in a [[Barclays Bank]] television commercial in 1980, shortly before Sellers' death.8 KB (1,166 words) - 13:59, 18 March 2023
- | genre = Television, cinema, radio ...=2012-07-21|title=Sid Colin|work=BFI}}</ref> He is best remembered for the television comedies ''[[The Army Game]]'' (1957–59), ''[[Up Pompeii!]]'' (1969–1978 KB (1,243 words) - 15:02, 23 January 2023
- ...sh actor and [[Screenwriter|scriptwriter]] who had a long career in radio, television and film, specialising in comedy. ...wever, he is best remembered for his comedy roles and his appearances as a television quiz master. Worldwide filmgoers will remember him best for playing "Shake"10 KB (1,412 words) - 13:59, 18 March 2023
- {{short description|English actor (1926–2009)}} ...Dad's Army' | date=29 June 2009 | access-date=30 April 2010}}</ref> was an English actor. He was best known for his role as [[Private Sponge]] in the BBC come8 KB (1,078 words) - 16:35, 22 December 2022
- | genre = Television ...Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (22 July 1930 – 23 December 2014) was an English writer, screenwriter, author, poet and actor. He was the co-writer of seve11 KB (1,534 words) - 19:45, 20 January 2023