| birth_place = [[Shildon]], [[County Durham]], England<ref>Harrison, Tim (11 October 2019) [https://thegoodlifesurbiton ...r performers, Peters spent much of his early childhood as a chorister at [[Durham Cathedral]].<ref>https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries--archive/obituaries/

| birth_place = [[Jarrow]], [[County Durham]], England ...le|English]] stage, film and television actor born in [[Jarrow]], [[County Durham]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/tz7/roger-avon|title=

| birth_place = [[Stockton-on-Tees]], [[County Durham]], England | death_place = Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England

| birth_place = [[Jarrow]], [[County Durham]], England He was born in [[Jarrow]], [[County Durham]], but within a few weeks of his birth moved to [[South Shields]] where his

...thernecho.co.uk/2001/7/22/164851.html |title=Newcastle one, Hollywood nil (From ''The Northern Echo'') |publisher=Archive.thenorthernecho.co.uk |date=22 Ju Smith co-wrote and took the lead role in the space comedy ''[[Morons from Outer Space]]'' (1985), but the film failed to make much impact. His next c

| birth_place = [[Portrack]], [[Stockton-on-Tees]], [[County Durham]], England ...walked out.<ref name="SunSun"/> His next big break came when he took over from a young [[Max Miller (comedian)|Max Miller]] who had walked out of a show.<

...ton Television]]</ref> The family later moved to [[Blackpool]] to get away from the bombing in the [[World War II|Second World War]]. ...]]'', with [[Eamonn Andrews]] as host. They found themselves working on it from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm each day; their agent fitted in another two jobs, so tha

...th_place = [[Stockton-on-Tees|Stockton-on-Tees]], [[County Durham|County Durham]], England

...onavirus/ |website=Heart |access-date=30 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref> From 2005 to 2008, he played Lenny in the BBC series ''[[Last of the Summer Wine ...ces in 2011 (Series 4) and 2012 (Series 5), and became a recurring fixture from series 6 onwards. He appeared in the 2015 Christmas special, and returned a

...industry's most important figures. His career spanned more than 75 years, from childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977, and e ...imelight]]'' (1952), ''[[A King in New York]]'' (1957), and ''[[A Countess from Hong Kong]]'' (1967).