{{short description|1961 film}} | released = {{Film date|1961|04|04|London|df=y}}

| released = {{film date|df=y|1959|12|15|UK}}{{film date|df=y|1961|4|25|US}} ...and starring [[Norman Wisdom]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6aa5f5f8|title=Follow a Star (1959)|website=BFI}}</ref><ref>

...ilm director|film director]], best known for the long-running ''[[Carry On films|Carry On]]'' series of British film comedies. ...by his older brother, [[w:Ralph Thomas|Ralph Thomas]]. His own directorial debut was the [[w:short film|short film]] ''[[w:Circus Friends|Circus Friends]]''

...964) and ''[[King Rat (film)|King Rat]]'' (1965). He also scripted several films directed by others, such as ''[[The League of Gentlemen (film)|The League o ...o act, appearing on stage and playing numerous supporting roles in British films, in particular ''[[An Inspector Calls (1954 film)|An Inspector Calls]]'' (1

...musical war film directed by [[Richard Attenborough]] (in his directorial debut), with an ensemble cast, including [[Maggie Smith]], [[Dirk Bogarde]], [[Jo ...[[Charles Chilton]] as the radio play ''The Long Long Trail'' in December 1961,<ref>''The Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century English Literature'', ed

...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

|spouse = {{marriage|[[Jane Wenham (actress)|Jane Wenham]]|1957|1961|end=div}}<br>{{marriage|[[Anouk Aimée]]|1970|1978|end=div}}<br>{{marriage| ...ey, The Guardian 7 July 1961: 19.</ref> and in 1958, made his London stage debut in [[Jane Arden (director)|Jane Arden]]'s ''[[The Party (play)|The Party]]'

| distributor = [[EMI Films]] ...and [[Michael Palin]]) and directed by Gilliam and Jones in their feature directorial debuts. It was conceived during the hiatus between the third and fourth ser

...nd stage beginning in the mid-1950s, Smith has appeared in more than sixty films and seventy plays. She is one of the few performers to achieve the [[Triple ...performing at the [[Oxford Playhouse]] in 1952, and made her professional debut on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in ''New Faces of '56''. Over the followin

...",<ref name="Guardian: star dies" /> Le Mesurier appeared in more than 120 films across a range of genres, normally in smaller supporting parts. ...From there he took a position in [[repertory theatre]] and made his stage debut in September 1934 at the Palladium Theatre in [[Edinburgh]] in the [[J. B.

...ich toured Britain and the Far East. After the war, Sellers made his radio debut in ''ShowTime'', and eventually became a regular performer on various [[w:B ...e]] and [[w:black comedy|black humour]] were major features of many of his films, and his performances had a strong influence on a number of later comedians

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1961|03|06|1904|05|26|df=y}} | spouse = {{Marriage|Beryl Ingham|13 September 1924|1961|end=d.}}

...oped the Tramp persona and attracted a large fan base. He directed his own films and continued to hone his craft as he moved to the [[Essanay Studios|Essana ...ve the U.S. and settle in Switzerland. He abandoned the Tramp in his later films, which include ''[[Monsieur Verdoux]]'' (1947), ''[[Limelight (1952 film)|L