• Old Mother Riley's New Venture
  ...7-02-11}}</ref> It is the twelfth in the long-running [[Old Mother Riley]] films, and was the first of the series to play in [[London's West End]]. In addit ...ng the way also manage a trip to a beauty parlour, a banquet with [[Arab]] royalty, some [[Saint Patrick's Day]] celebrations, and a climactic [[custard pie f
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• Splitting Heirs
  ...ave |date=30 April 1993 |title='Splitting Heirs' Has An Air Of Desperation About It |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1993-04-30/entertainment/9304300 ...ne|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=14 January 1994|page=50|title=UK films and co-productions}}</ref> It performed poorly in the United States and Can
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• Britannia Hospital
  | studio = [[EMI Films]]<br>[[British Lion Films]] ...ham Crowden]], whom he had had a run-in with in ''O Lucky Man''. All three films have characters in common. Some of the characters from ''if....'' that did
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• Carry On (franchise)
  *[[List of Carry On films cast members|''et al...'']]}} ...shows that later toured the regions. The series drew on [[List of Carry On films cast members|regular ensemble]] that included [[Sid James]], [[Kenneth Will
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• A. E. Matthews
  ...roles on the stage and in film for eight decades. Already middle-aged when films began production, he enjoyed increasing renown from [[World War II|World Wa ...d [[Barry Morse|Barry Morse]], and was later cast in the extremely popular films ''[[Carry On Admiral]], [[Doctor at Large (film)|Doctor at Large]]'' and ''
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• Wee Georgie Wood
  ...Georgie Wood''', was a British comic entertainer and actor who appeared in films, plays and [[music hall]] revues. He had a lengthy career of over fifty yea ...ing Rat' of the [[Grand Order of Water Rats]]. However, he wrote a book, ''Royalty, Religion and Rats!'', which gave away some of the organisation's secrets,
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• Bill Fraser
  He also appeared in the comedy films ''[[The Amorous Milkman]]'' and ''[[Doctor at Large (film)|Doctor at Large] ...s Your Life]]'' in 1981 when he was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]] at the Royalty Theatre in London.
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• Hattie Jacques on stage, radio, screen and record
  ...appearances in fourteen [[Carry On series on screen and stage|''Carry On'' films]] and for her professional partnership with [[Eric Sykes]].{{sfn|Gray|2004} ....{{sfn|Gray|2004}} From 1958 to 1974 she appeared in fourteen ''Carry On'' films,{{sfn|Merriman|2007|pp=92 & 164}} where she was "usually cast as formidable
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• Cicely Courtneidge
  Courtneidge appeared in 12 British films in the 1930s, and one in Hollywood, finding this work to be very lucrative. ...rm in early 20th century England, celebrated in [[Arthur Wimperis]]'s song about "Gilbert the Filbert, The Colonel of the Knuts."|group= n}}
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• Max Bygraves
  He also occasionally worked as an actor, appearing in British films including ''[[Bless 'Em All (film)|Bless 'Em All]]'' (1948) and ''[[Tom Bro ...'Roamin' Holiday'' and the variety shows ''Max'' and ''Max Bygraves at the Royalty''.<ref name=leigh/> From 1983 to 1985, Bygraves hosted ''[[Family Fortunes]
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• Thora Hird
  ...ather managed a number of entertainment venues in Morecambe, including the Royalty Theatre, where Hird made her first appearance, and the [[West End Pier, Mor Initially, Hird made regular appearances in films, including the wartime propaganda film ''[[Went the Day Well?|Went the Day
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• Stanley Holloway on stage and screen
  ...ghter]]'' alongside [[Herman's Hermits]].<ref name="BFI: Mrs Brown" /> His films in the early 1970s included ''[[The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes]]'', '' | [[Royalty Theatre]]
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• Robert Morley
  ...ten in supporting roles.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba192a594|title=Robert Morley}}</ref> In 1939 he received an ...on (director)|Robert Stevenson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b43e8c5|title=Return to Yesterday (1940)}}</ref> Later, he
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• Dudley Moore
  His career as a comedy film actor was marked by hit films, particularly ''[[Bedazzled (1967 film)|Bedazzled]]'' (1967), set in [[Swin ...d and his left leg below the knee was withered. He remained self-conscious about this throughout his life.
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• Rising Damp
  ...ce with a kind of ironic complicity, as expressed through lies reminiscing about his African life full of magic, violence and sexual promiscuity, often resu ...an "African Prince" and the son of an African tribal chief. Philip's lies about his 'primitive' background seem most obviously an ironic response to Rigsby
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• Stanley Holloway
  ...war, he appeared in the film ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' and made a series of films for Ealing Studios, including ''[[Passport to Pimlico]]'', ''[[The Lavender ...tage plays in Britain, Canada, Australia and the US, and continued to make films into his eighties. Holloway was married twice and had five children, includ
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• Diana Dors
  Having excelled in her elocution studies, after lying about her age, at 14 she was offered a place to study at [[London Academy of Musi ===First films===
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• List of Till Death Us Do Part episodes
  ...were married. A discussion with Wally the Milkman leads on to a discussion about the existence of God, to which Mike denies His existence. After Alf is left ...t by people collecting for a Vietnam War victims charity leads to a debate about war – the Vietnam, Second and First World Wars – only then resulting in
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• Bruce Forsyth
  ...orsyth attended [[the Latymer School]]. After watching [[Fred Astaire]] in films at the age of eight, he trained in dance in [[Tottenham]] and then [[Brixto ...u-might-not-know-about-sir-bruce-forsyth/|title=9 facts you might not know about Sir Bruce Forsyth|last=Loxley|first=Tom|date=5 April 2014|work=[[Radio Time
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• Monty Python
  {{about|the comedy group|their TV show frequently called Monty Python|Monty Python' ...to something larger in scope and influence, including touring stage shows, films, albums, books and musicals. The Pythons' influence on comedy has been comp
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