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  • ...''' is a 1984 British [[Comedy film|comedy]]-[[Drama (film and television)|drama]] [[sports film]] written and directed by [[Robert Boris]] and starring [[R ...an, he collects enough money to make the trip and arrives at Oxford in his 1955 [[Ford Thunderbird]], which promptly gets stuck between two walls along a v
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  • | released = 24 November 1955 (UK) '''''Man of the Moment''''' is a 1955 British [[comedy film]] starring [[Norman Wisdom]], [[Belinda Lee]], [[Lana
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  • * ''[[Eric & Ernie]]'' (2010) one-off drama following the very earliest years of the duo's journey to success ...Scenes]]'' (2010) charting the careers of the duo and making of the above drama
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  • | released = {{film date|1955|11|22|London|df=y}} '''''Simon and Laura''''' is a 1955 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Muriel Box]] and starring [[Peter Fin
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  • ...United Kingdom:'''<br>10 November 1953<br>'''United States:'''<br>29 March 1955 ...to Remember''''' is a 1953 British [[w:comedy film|comedy]] [[w:drama film|drama film]] directed by [[Ralph Thomas]] and starring an [[w:ensemble cast|ensem
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  • *{{Marriage|Leslie Newport-Gwilt|1955|end=div}} ...orked in the theatre, including pantomime, and appeared in several feature films.
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  • ...was an [[w:England|English]] character actor who appeared in nearly eighty films between 1947 and 1978. ...at the [[w:Central School of Speech and Drama|Central School of Speech and Drama]], and won his first film role in 1947, playing Mr Trafford in [[w:Alexande
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  • ...eenonline.org.uk}}</ref><ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba17b8221|title=Frank Launder}}</ref> He began working as a screenwriter on British films in the 1930s, contributing the original story for the classic [[Will Hay]]
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  • | distributor = [[British Lion Films]] (UK)<br />[[Kingsley-International Pictures]] (US) ...Feeling]]'' by [[Kingsley Amis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b2302d3|title=Only Two Can Play (1962)|publisher=}}</ref> [
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  • ...arry On]]'', ''[[Doctor (film series)|Doctor]]'' and ''[[St. Trinian's]]'' films.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carryon.org.uk/irregularly_c.htm|title=Carry ...ttps://books.google.com/books?id=qEW5BAAAQBAJ&q=cyril+chamberlain+carry+on+films&pg=PT242|title=Carry-On Actors|isbn=9781908382085|last1=Ross|first1=Andrew|
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  • ...Years B.C.]]'', ''[[Mysterious Island (1961 film)|Mysterious Island]]''), drama (''[[Becket (1964 film)|Becket]]'', ''[[Bunny Lake is Missing]]''), and sci ...r by American troops, after which he returned to London. One of the first films he was cast in was [[Bridge on the River Kwai]] which was based on the expe
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  • | caption = Wattis circa 1955 ...-society-1-2634458|title=Secret war role of popular and talented member of drama society|newspaper=Harrogate Advertiser|date= 9 July 2007|access-date=26 Feb
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  • '''''Appointment with Fear''''' was a horror drama series originally broadcast on [[BBC Radio]] in the 1940s and 1950s, and re ==''Appointment with Fear'' (1943-1955 and 1976)==
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  • | known_for = [[Carry On (film series)|''Carry On'' films]]<br/>''[['Allo 'Allo!]]'' ...prominence with his appearances in the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' films]].
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  • ...screen actress, author and wildlife campaigner. She is best known for the films ''[[A Town Like Alice (film)|A Town Like Alice]]'' (1956), ''[[Carve Her Na ...e of fourteen, after which she attended the [[Central School of Speech and Drama]], at that time based at the [[Royal Albert Hall]], London.<ref>V&A, Theatr
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  • ...thern club circuit. Driver developed [[w:Poliomyelitis|polio]] in December 1955. According to the [[w:BFI Screenonline|BFI Screenonline]], he spent "the ne ...ved his first television credit for an episode of ''Skyport'' (1959–60), a drama set in an airport broadcast on 24 March 1960. His former performing partner
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  • ...4ce2b9ee347b3 |title=John Gregson }}</ref> He was best known for his crime drama and comedy roles. ...officer, or in comedy roles in [[Ealing Studios|Ealing]] and other British films.
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  • | yearsactive = 1955&ndash;1998 | spouse = {{Marriage|Nanette Ryder|1955|2002}}
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  • ...his work for [[w:Hammer Film Productions|Hammer]], for whom he directed 14 films, and [[w:science fiction film]|]s. He enjoyed a long career in the film ind ...starred Askey, ''[[Bees in Paradise]]'' (1944). He followed this with two films starring [[Vic Oliver]] and [[Margaret Lockwood]], ''[[Give Us the Moon]]''
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  • ...}}</ref> He also appeared in the [[ITV Network|ITV]] [[period piece|period drama]] ''[[Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)|Upstairs, Downstairs]]'' as the ...citor to the Bellamys in [[London Weekend Television|LWT's]] popular 1970s drama series ''[[Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)|Upstairs, Downstairs]]''.
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