...eo McKern]], and [[Herbert Lom]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b09f6da|title=Mr. Topaze (1961)|publisher=}}</ref> His son ...eb/20140905001006/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/forums/your-favourite-british-films/107929-mr-topaze.html|archive-date=5 September 2014|url-status=dead}}</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]]''

| released = 30 March 1962 ...oduced by [[Amicus Productions]], a company known predominantly for horror films. It was director [[Richard Lester]]'s first feature film.<ref>{{cite book |

...Angry Silence|The Angry Silence]]'' (1960) and ''[[Only Two Can Play]]'' (1962). ...o act, appearing on stage and playing numerous supporting roles in British films, in particular ''[[An Inspector Calls (1954 film)|An Inspector Calls]]'' (1

...udios|Ealing Studios]] and had a 40-year career editing and directing many films and television programmes.<ref name=Kemp>{{cite book |last=Kemp |first=Phil ...y films, such as ''[[Things to Come]]'' (1936).<ref name=guardian2/> Other films he edited included those that were produced by [[Alexander Korda]], such as

...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

...[[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] for the 1962 version of ''[[Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 film)|Mutiny on the Bounty]]''. The pirate ship was named ''Edith'', after ...w given in 2001, Cleese described ''Yellowbeard'' as "one of the six worst films made in the history of the world".<ref>2001 interview included as an extra

...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]]' ...ompany.<ref>"Luther to end its run next month", ''The Times'', 16 February 1962, p. 15</ref>

...performing at the [[Oxford Playhouse]] in 1952, and made her professional debut on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in ''New Faces of '56''. Over the followin ...tober 2007 }}</ref> In 1956 Smith made her [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] debut playing several roles in the review ''New Faces of '56'', at the [[Ethel Ba

...",<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

...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