...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>

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...musical war film directed by [[Richard Attenborough]] (in his directorial debut), with an ensemble cast, including [[Maggie Smith]], [[Dirk Bogarde]], [[Jo ...[[Theatre Workshop]] in 1963.<ref>Banham (1998, 645), Brockett and Hildy (2003, 493), and Eyre and Wright (2000, 266–69).</ref>

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...matography = [[Gerald Gibbs (cinematographer)|Gerald Gibbs]]{{sfn|McArthur|2003|p=1}} ...od]] and [[Gordon Jackson (actor)|Gordon Jackson]]. It was the directorial debut of [[Alexander Mackendrick]]; the screenplay was by [[Compton Mackenzie]],

...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

...which he co-directed with Gilliam, and also directed the subsequent Python films ''[[Monty Python's Life of Brian|Life of Brian]]'' and ''[[Monty Python's T === Directorial work ===

..., ''[[Erin Brockovich (film)|Erin Brockovich]]'' (2000), ''[[Big Fish]]'' (2003), ''[[The Bourne Ultimatum (film)|The Bourne Ultimatum]]'' (2007), ''[[Befo ...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]]'

...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

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...",<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

...ngwriter and comedian who became known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s. On stage, screen and record he sang light, [[Novelt ...but also appearing at the [[Shepherd's Bush Empire]], his official London debut.{{sfn|Smart|Bothway Howard|2011|p=88}} Although he had a further recording