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  • | birth_place = [[Doncaster|Doncaster]], England | known_for = Sir Gregory Pitkin, CBE in ''[[The Men from the Ministry]]''
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  • ...er and actor on radio and television, best known as Pa Glum in ''[[Take It from Here]]'' and as headmaster "Professor" James Edwards in ''[[Whack-O!]]''. ...Comedian Jimmy Edwards Took Part in Doncaster's D-Day Efforts |newspaper= Doncaster Free Press {{Subscription required|via=HighBeam Research}} |access-date= 19
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  • ...erisms and minces his way into court - only to be mistaken for the Earl of Doncaster by his father. Unfortunately, the Infanta misunderstands Edmund's appearanc ...ts Edmund by threatening him with a scythe, assuming him to be the Earl of Doncaster.
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  • ...ish actor and television presenter who appeared in films and on television from 1961 until 2017. His television roles included the police drama ''[[The Odd Barron made many one-off television appearances, from ''[[Redcap (TV series)|Redcap]]'' and ''[[Z-Cars]]'' in the mid-1960s, to '
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  • ...the Chuckle Brothers''. The comedy of the Chuckle Brothers usually derived from [[slapstick]], other [[visual gag]]s, and [[wordplay]], and their [[catchph ...''A Merry Morning'', in which the brothers entertained around 250 children from the Leeds area in [[Yeadon Town Hall]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://collectio
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  • ...House of Lords]] as a crossbencher in 1992 and was president of [[Mencap]] from 1998 until his death. ...formed in the plays and two of them, Brian and Sheila, became professional actors. Sheila Mercier, as she became known, played [[Annie Sugden]] for more than
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  • ...ted in 1975 for a BBC radio adaptation of series 1, transmitted on Radio 4 from July to October that year. A feature film spin-off was made in 1976. Around ...Bob has also bought his own house on a new estate, further distancing him from his and Terry's pasts. Reflecting the distinctions now separating the two y
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