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  • ...2b9f952a1f|title=Billy Milton|publisher=[[w:British Film Institute|British Film Institute]]|accessdate=10 September 2018}}</ref> *''[[The Flag Lieutenant (1926 film)|The Flag Lieutenant]]'' (1927) - (uncredited)
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  • ...oogle.com/books?id=mqyuDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA495|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth Edition|first1=Brian|last1=McFarlane|first2=Anthony|last2=Slide|dat ...r]]'' (1962) and had a cameo role in the James Bond movie ''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]'' (1965).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv
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  • }}<!--|access-date=4 July 2012--></ref> which he adapted from the original French ''[[Le Manège enchanté]]''. ...hompson, a hotel waiter,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.filmreference.com/film/81/Eric-Thompson.html |title=Eric Thompson Biography (1929-1982) |work=film
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  • ...1994 partially-[[improvised comedy]] film ''[[There's No Business... (1994 film)|There's No Business...]]'', alongside comedy duos Raw Sex ([[Simon Brint]] ...y's Toast of London pilot. Appeared in ''Hustle''. Also appearances in ''[[French and Saunders]]'', ''[[The Lenny Henry Show]]'', ''[[The Detectives (1993 TV
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  • ...viewers. Griffin would appear in the smash hit film ''[[Battle of Britain (film)|Battle of Britain]]'' in 1969 as Sergeant Pilot Chris and in popular telev | ''[[A French Mistress]]''
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  • ...201929/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/49042 "McCARTHY, Neil"] BFI Film & TV Database. Retrieved 2 July 2012.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www. ...modern languages at [[Trinity College Dublin]], and trained as a Latin and French teacher (he could also speak fluent Greek).<ref name=WhosWho>''Who's Who on
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  • ...ooks?id=qEW5BAAAQBAJ&q=brian+oulton+carry+on+films&pg=PT726|title=Carry-On Actors|isbn=9781908382085|last1=Ross|first1=Andrew|date=19 October 2011}}</ref> * ''[[Sally in Our Alley (1931 film)|Sally in Our Alley]]'' (1931) as Minor Role (uncredited)
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  • ...rning (TV series)|London's Burning]]'' (1988), ''[[w:A Royal Scandal (1996 film)|A Royal Scandal]]'' (1997), and ''[[w:Happiness (British TV series)|Happin ...ding the French film ''L'Etincelle'' (1986), which he regarded as his best film part. Bregonzi's extensive acting work included television commercials, bot
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  • ...known as '''Jonathan Cecil''', was an English [[theatre|theatre]], [[film|film]], and [[television|television]] [[actor|actor]]. ...d]], where he read [[modern languages]], specialising in [[French language|French]] and continued with amateur dramatics.<ref name=gore>{{cite news |url=http
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  • Born in the village of [[Harwell, Oxfordshire|Harwell]], [[Berkshire]], to [[French Canadian]] parents, he became a [[bantamweight]] [[boxing]] champion. ...ter his [[landing craft]] was hit and sunk, he only remembered waking in a French [[convent]]. During recovery he attended a [[Vera Lynn]] concert, after whi
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  • ...n the films ''[[w:The Stud (film)|The Stud]]'' (1978) and ''[[w:The Bitch (film)|The Bitch]]'' (1979) and Jim Medhurst in ''[[w:London's Burning (TV series ...from [[w:St Edmund Hall, Oxford|St Edmund Hall]] in 1966, with a degree in French and Russian.<ref name="sydney" />
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  • ...Man with the Golden Gun]]'' (1974) was his one appearance in a James Bond film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/marne-maitland/credi * ''[[Cairo Road (film)|Cairo Road]]'' (1950) .... Gohari
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  • ...spite a long-standing reputation as one of the hardest drinking of British actors he was still working in his last years. He was perhaps best known as Basil ...orth Africa, he appeared in the comic play ''[[French Without Tears (play)|French Without Tears]]'' by [[Terence Rattigan]]. He trained as an actor at [[RADA
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  • ...Edward Touchinsky <ref>Brian McFarlane (ed.) ''The Encyclopedia of British Film'', Methuen/BFI, 2003, p. 433<!-- ISBN needed --></ref> ...e book|last=Naughton|first=Bill|title=Sprng and Port Wine|publisher=Samuel French|year=1967|isbn=0 573 01550 3|location=London}}</ref> and in 1967, he toured
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  • ...ards = BAFTA {{awd|Most Promising Newcomer to Film|1958|[[Brothers in Law (film)|Brothers in Law]]|Alec Blair}} ...> He is most remembered for his roles in the popular British ''[[Carry On (film series)|Carry On]]'' films, although he only appeared in the early films in
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  • ...website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref><ref name=argus/> He made his first film appearance in 1933 and subsequently became a familiar face in British and o ...=https://www.filmlinc.org/films/blithe-spirit/|title=Blithe Spirit|website=Film at Lincoln Center}}</ref>
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  • {{short description|Irish film actor}} ...930s and 1940s. Gawthorne was one of Britain's most called-upon supporting actors during this period.
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  • In the 2006 BBC television film ''[[Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!]]'', about the life of Williams, Paddick *''[[w:School for Scoundrels (1960 film)|School for Scoundrels]]'' (1960) – Instructor<ref name="imdb">{{IMDb nam
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  • ...] appearing in [[Terence Rattigan]]'s play ''[[French Without Tears (play)|French Without Tears]]''. A few days later, World War II broke out. From 1939 to 1 Aldridge's first professional appearance was in the part of Kenneth in ''French without Tears'', at the Palace Theatre, Watford, in August 1939. He was in
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  • ...films]] and [[w:the Beatles|the Beatles]]' film ''[[w:A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]''. ==Film roles==
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