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  • ...was an [[w:England|English]] character actor who appeared in nearly eighty films between 1947 and 1978. ...> but then retrained 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 Traf
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  • | studio = [[London Films]]<br>Individual Pictures | distributor = [[British Lion Films]] {{small|(UK)}}
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  • | gross = $1,750,000 (US/Canada rentals)<ref>"Big Rental Films of 1969", ''Variety'', 7 January 1970 p 15</ref> ...pper finds an Asian girl on the floor of the club. Assuming she's drunk or high, he makes a date with her and thinks she responds. It turns out the girl is
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  • | gross = $2.3 million <small>(rentals)</small><ref>"Big Rental Films of 1969", ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', 7 January 1970 p 15</ref> ...lows a group of pupils who stage a savage insurrection at a boys' boarding school. The film was the subject of controversy at the time of its release, receiv
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  • ...ries was Searle's most famous work and inspired a popular series of comedy films. Searle published his first St Trinian's School cartoon in 1941 in the magazine ''[[Lilliput (magazine)|Lilliput]]''. Short
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  • | education = [[Mount St Mary's Catholic High School, Leeds|St Michael's Jesuit College, Leeds]] ...781445640846|via=Google Books}}</ref> then [[Mount St Mary's Catholic High School, Leeds|St Michael's Jesuit College]] in [[Leeds]].<ref name=steven />
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  • ...eer by joining Oldham Rep straight after leaving [[Childwall]] Valley High School for Girls.<ref>''Who's Who On Television'', p 270. ITV Books in association ...ace on British television and also appeared in a few British films. In the 1960s she made guest appearances on ''[[Armchair Theatre]]'', ''[[Dixon of Dock G
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  • ...tus. Eaton also had roles in the early [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' films]]. ...], won a place at the [[w:Aida Foster Theatre School]], a specialist drama school, and remained there until she was sixteen.<ref name="Reid">{{Cite book |fir
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  • ...starring in many popular British [[Comedy film|comedies]] of the 1950s and 1960s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9fc336a8 |archive-url=ht ...[[King Edward's School, Birmingham|King Edward's School]] and [[Bromsgrove School]], after which he worked for the electrical engineering firm William Sander
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  • ..., the 17th release in the [[Carry On (franchise)|series of 31 ''Carry On'' films]] (1958–1992). It features series regulars [[Sid James]], [[Kenneth Willi ...nneth Williams]]), who is fervently pursued by his lovelorn colleague, the school's matron, Miss Haggard ([[Hattie Jacques]]). The girls soon leave for Balls
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  • | education = [[w:Brisbane State High School|Brisbane State High School]] ...e appeared in lead and [[w:Character actor|character roles]] in Australian films and TV series.
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  • ...ivate's Progress]]'' (1956) and ''[[I'm All Right Jack]]'' (1959). In the 1960s, he played [[w:Bertie Wooster|Bertie Wooster]] opposite [[Dennis Price]]'s ...rborough College]] in North Yorkshire and [[w:Bromsgrove School|Bromsgrove School]] in Worcestershire,<ref name="Guardian obituary"/> before training as an a
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  • ...Ardingly College]], West Sussex, and [[Hendon School]] (then Hendon County School).<ref name=":1" /> Williams was an only child and in 1956 bought a house on ...Loach]], in addition to small parts in numerous TV series of the 1950s and 1960s.
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  • ...intings of Hancock, referred to as the 'infantile school' or the 'shapeist school', parody the [[Naïve art|naive]] style. ...ry 2011 |date=2011 }}</ref> or whether Hancock's poor quality 'Infantilist School' artworks were actually produced as a joke by the British modernist painter
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  • ...liked the experience and left. She then auditioned for the Bristol Old Vic School, intending to train as a stage designer, and discovered - by "happy mistake ...sey]] tale ''[[The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club]]''. She appeared in films such as ''[[Peter's Friends]]'' (1992), ''[[Much Ado About Nothing (1993 fi
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  • ...ar in many television series and stage productions, plus comedy and horror films, in the 1970s and 1980s. ..., ''[[The Amazing Mr. Blunden]]'' (1972) and the musical film ''[[Take Me High]]'' (1973) with [[Cliff Richard]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google
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  • ...] in [[Salisbury]], [[Wiltshire]], [[Selhurst High School|Selhurst Grammar School]], [[Croydon]], and King Edward VII Nautical College, London, where he was ...rs for ''The Army Game'', but not ''Bootsie and Snudge''.</ref> During the 1960s and 1970s, he provided scripts for television series as diverse as ''[[That
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  • ...r in film, television, theatre and radio for over 55 years. He appeared in films including ''[[Take a Girl Like You (film)|Take A Girl Like You]]'' (1970) a ...im transferred, aged 12, to [[New College Nottingham|High Pavement Grammar School]]. In 1956 he passed the entrance exam for [[King’s College, Cambridge]];
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  • ...ey had one daughter, Joanna, who was educated at [[Ashford, Kent|Ashford]] School for Girls. ...star of the TV series ''No Hiding Place'', in 1949: [[Polly James]] in the 1960s: and [[Anne Stallybrass]], who started out as ASM in 1960 and went on to pl
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  • ...thor=Sheridan, Simon |year=2013 |publisher=Odeon Entertainment/Euro London Films |id=ODNF386}}</ref> ...funky, swinging feast of fun". He adds that while many sex comedies of the 1960s and 70s stereotyped female [[au pair]]s as "sexually provocative sexpots",
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