• Appointment with Venus (film)
  | released = {{Film date|df=y|1951|10|08}} ...f [[Alderney cattle|Alderney cattle]] from the Channel Island during World War II.<ref>[http://www.alderneysociety.org/aldcow.html Alderneysociety.org] {{
  8 KB (1,243 words) - 16:19, 11 April 2023
• Hotel Sahara
  | studio = Tower Films | released = 9 July 1951
  10 KB (1,496 words) - 19:16, 4 February 2023
• Two Thousand Women
  | distributor = [[Gainsborough Studios]]<br />Ellis Films (US) | released = 6 November 1944 (UK)<br />October 1951 (US)
  8 KB (1,241 words) - 14:05, 5 February 2023
• Robert Moreton
  ...series by Tony Hancock. Moreton also had his own radio series starting in 1951, ''[[Bumblethorpe]]'', scripted by [[Spike Milligan]], in which he would re ...ed in several comedy films, including ''[[w:One Wild Oat|One Wild Oat]]'' (1951) and ''[[w:The Time of His Life|The Time of His Life]]'' (1955). He also a
  4 KB (636 words) - 15:45, 23 December 2022
• Basil Radford
  ...haracter actor who featured in many [[Cinema of the United Kingdom|British films]] of the 1930s and 1940s. ...ngside [[Naunton Wayne]] as two [[cricket]]-obsessed Englishmen in several films from 1938 to 1949.
  8 KB (1,209 words) - 22:47, 13 March 2023
• Billy Russell (comedian)
  ...Cartoonist". He served in the [[South Staffordshire Regiment]] during the war, and entertained the troops as "The Trench Philosopher", performing [[monol ...On realising that many in his audience did not want to be reminded of the war, he modified the act to become "Old Bill in [[Civvies]]", and was sometimes
  6 KB (828 words) - 16:39, 5 October 2022
• Ealing comedies
  ...cle Bill]]'' (1957) the last,<ref>Parkinson, David. ''Radio Times Guide to Films 2010'', BBC Worldwide, 2009. {{ISBN|978-0-9555886-2-4}}</ref> although some {{quotebox|width=30%|quote=In the immediate post-war years there was as yet no mood of cynicism: the bloodless revolution of 194
  12 KB (1,827 words) - 20:19, 10 March 2023
• Kathleen Harrison
  ...951 film ''[[w:Scrooge (1951 film)|Scrooge]]'' (US: ''A Christmas Carol'', 1951) and a Cockney [[w:charwoman|charwoman]] who inherits a fortune in the tele ...ra (film)|Caesar and Cleopatra]]'' (1945), before making her name in later films.
  10 KB (1,514 words) - 10:30, 13 December 2022
• Colin Gordon
  ...itish actor born in [[w:Ceylon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f8974d1|title=Colin Gordon|website=BFI}}</ref> ...rixton]]. He served in the [[British Army|army]] during the [[Second World War]] for six years.
  9 KB (1,275 words) - 08:55, 24 January 2023
• Harry Booth (filmmaker)
  ...ector with the war documentary ''Blitz on Britain'' (1960). His subsequent films include ''[[A King's Story]]'' (1965),<ref name=":0">{{cite book |last=Walk *''[[Penny Points to Paradise]]'' (1951)
  3 KB (410 words) - 15:35, 19 February 2023
• Peter Butterworth
  ...n for his appearances in the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' series of films]]. He was also a regular on children's television and radio, and was known ===Early life and war service===
  16 KB (2,397 words) - 18:33, 12 February 2023
• Elspet Gray
  ...[Doctor Who]]'' story ''[[Arc of Infinity]]'' and the [[World War II|World War Two]] drama ''[[Tenko (TV series)|Tenko]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www ...s (TV series)|Dinnerladies]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1f59721|title=Elspet Gray|website=BFI}}</ref>
  7 KB (1,066 words) - 18:00, 3 January 2023
• Harold Goodwin (English actor)
  ...rdian |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref> He appeared in numerous British films of the 1950s and 1960s, usually playing 'flat cap'-wearing working class ch ...and ''[[The Longest Day (film)|The Longest Day]].'' He can also be seen in films such as ''[[The Ladykillers (1955 film)|The Ladykillers]]'', ''[[Sea of San
  7 KB (1,051 words) - 17:55, 27 January 2023
• The Pickwick Papers (1952 film)
  ...res]] who had successfully released another Dickens adapation ''[[Scrooge (1951 film)|Scrooge]]'' the previous year. ...irst British film to be shown in the Soviet Union after the [[Second World War]], premiering on 29 July 1954 in a number of cities with a dubbed soundtrac
  7 KB (995 words) - 14:02, 5 February 2023
• Geoffrey Keen
  ...Frederick Gray|Sir Frederick Gray]] in the ''[[w:James Bond|James Bond]]'' films. ...t joined the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] in 1939 when [[World War II|the war]] started. Keen enlisted in the [[Royal Army Medical Corps]], though also m
  12 KB (1,786 words) - 14:28, 23 November 2022
• Peter Bull
  ...character actor|character actor]] who appeared in supporting roles in such films as ''[[w:The African Queen (film)|The African Queen]]'', ''[[Tom Jones (196 ...nt)|HMS Raleigh]] during training in the [[w:Second World War|Second World War]], and later {{HMS|King Alfred|1939 shore establishment|6}}; he served as a
  12 KB (1,771 words) - 20:03, 8 January 2023
• Traveller's Joy
  | released = 26 December 1950 (Sweden)<br>28 March 1951 (London) (UK) ...hmen travelling in Europe and the problems experienced by them due to post-war currency restrictions.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-arti
  8 KB (1,164 words) - 20:32, 8 February 2023
• Down Among the Z Men
  ...ory Z" was one of the classes of reserve organization. During the [[Korean War]] there was much apprehension that, in order to supply enough troops, the g ...en'' is the only film starring all four Goons; Bentine was absent from the 1951 ''[[Penny Points to Paradise]]''. In the film, Bentine, Milligan and Seller
  6 KB (914 words) - 23:12, 7 February 2023
• Betty Box
  ...ns the Stars. |newspaper=[[The Age]] |location=Melbourne |date=10 February 1951 |access-date=17 December 2015 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}< ...for him. He was running an organisation that made training and recruitment films. I went along as a general dogsbody, and as more men were called up, there
  11 KB (1,607 words) - 14:18, 23 January 2023
• Dick Bentley
  ...ging in England, he returned to Australia, and during the years of [[World War II]], he spent entertaining the troops in the Pacific theatre. In 1951, during the run of ''Take It From Here'', Bentley briefly returned to Austr
  6 KB (872 words) - 09:58, 19 April 2023

View (previous 20 | next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)