• The Silken Affair
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• Sailor Beware! (1956 film)
  | image = Sailor Beware 1956 Film.jpg | studio = [[Remus Films]]<br>[[Romulus Films]]
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• Value for Money
  '''''Value for Money''''' is a 1955 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Ken Annakin]], based on the novel of the same name by ...spaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |volume=24 |issue=5 |date=4 July 1956 |access-date=10 July 2020 |page=55 |via=National Library of Australia}}</re
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• Kenneth Connor
  | 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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• Genevieve (film)
  '''''Genevieve''''' is a 1953 British comedy film produced and directed by [[Henry Cornelius]] and written by [[William Alan and Wendy have an argument over Ambrose's supposed romantic attentions to her, and Alan goes off to the garage to sulk. Whilst he works
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• Adrienne Corri
  ...f>{{cite book |last=Fellner |first=Chris |title=The Encyclopedia of Hammer Films |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IVGfDwAAQBAJ&q=Adrienne+Riccoboni+bo ...hakespearean roles and in Hammer horror movies, as well as such well-known films as Dr Zhivago |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/28/adrienne-co
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• Blake Edwards
  ...ck comedy]], [[Comedy drama]], [[Musicals]], [[Adventure films]], [[Action films]], [[Sex comedies]], [[Western (genre)|Western]] ...rector of comedies, he also directed several drama, musical, and detective films. Late in his career, he took up writing, producing and directing for theate
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• Richard Murdoch
  ...edy]], Murdoch quickly moved on to increasingly prominent roles in musical comedy and [[revue]] in the [[West End theatre|West End]] and on tour. He made his ...singly prominent roles in musicals and [[revue]]s, including the secondary romantic lead to [[Jack Buchanan]]'s star, in ''Stand up and Sing'' (1932),<ref>[htt
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• Bill Travers
  ...rs decided to become an actor.<ref>{{cite news |author=M. H. |date=15 July 1956 |title=Big Briton |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |id={{ProQuest|11376446 ...Douglas Fairbanks Presents]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8784435e|title=The Heel (1953)|website=BFI}}</ref>
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• Margaret Rutherford
  ...Marple]] in a series of four [[George Pollock (director)|George Pollock]] films. She was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire|Order of ...es.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20040307/ai_n12751110/pg_3 |title=A life in films: Murder she hid |newspaper=The Independent on Sunday |first=Matthew |last=S
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• Kenneth Williams
  | known_for = [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' films]] ...une 2014}}</ref> as well as being a regular panellist on [[BBC Radio 4]]'s comedy panel show ''[[Just a Minute]]'' from its second series in 1968 until his d
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• Mervyn Johns
  ...sh stage, film and television character actor who became a star of British films during the Second World War. ...worked regularly at [[Ealing Studios]], first with starring roles in such films as ''[[They Knew Mr. Knight (film)|They Knew Mr. Knight]]'' (1946), ''[[The
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• John Le Mesurier on stage, radio, screen and record
  ...remembered for his role as [[Sergeant Arthur Wilson]] in the BBC situation comedy ''[[Dad's Army]]'', between 1968 and 1977.{{sfn|McCann|2010|p=ix}} ...e played the character Jack Mottram. He went on to appear in over 100&nbsp;films, including ''[[Private's Progress]]'' (1955), ''[[I'm All Right Jack]]'' (1
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• Cicely Courtneidge
  ...had a long run in ''[[Under the Counter (musical)|Under the Counter]]'', a comedy in which she received glowing notices. Notable among her other successes w ...starring role was Eileen Cavanagh in the long-running [[Edwardian musical comedy]] ''[[The Arcadians (musical)|The Arcadians]]'', which she took over from [
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• Anna Neagle
  ...er lightweight musicals, comedies and historical dramas. Almost all of her films were produced and directed by [[Herbert Wilcox]], whom she married in 1943. ...understudied [[Jessie Matthews]].<ref>Vermilye, Jerry. ''The Great British Films''. Secaucus, New Jersey: Citadel Press, 1978. p. 21.</ref>
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• Norman Wisdom
  ...ish actor, comedian, musician and singer best known for a series of comedy films produced between 1953 and 1966 featuring his hapless onscreen character tha ...and many [[Eastern Bloc]] countries, particularly in [[Albania]] where his films were the only ones by Western actors permitted by dictator [[Enver Hoxha]]
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• Stanley Holloway
  ...d to star in [[variety show|variety]], [[pantomime|pantomime]] and musical comedy, including several [[revue|revue]]s. ...war, he appeared in the film ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' and made a series of films for Ealing Studios, including ''[[Passport to Pimlico]]'', ''[[The Lavender
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• Arthur Lowe
  ...ous Players repertory company. Lowe was immediately offered a trial in the comedy play ''Bedtime Story'', in which he took the part of Dickson.{{sfnp|Lord|20 During this time Lowe began a romantic relationship with [[w:Joan Cooper|Joan Cooper]] (1922–1989), a married ac
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• Willie Rushton
  ...am also worked on two books, ''Private Eye on London'' and ''Private Eye's Romantic England'' that make heavy use of his cartooning talents. One of the first ' ==Films, television and radio==
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• John Le Mesurier
  ...",<ref name="Guardian: star dies" /> Le Mesurier appeared in more than 120 films across a range of genres, normally in smaller supporting parts. ...nd made his film debut in 1948, starring in the [[B movie|second feature]] comedy short ''[[Death in the Hand]]'', opposite [[Esme Percy]] and [[Ernest Jay]]
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