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- | birth_place= [[w:Leeds|Leeds]], [[w:West Riding of Yorkshire|West Riding of Yorkshire]], England | death_place= Leeds, [[w:West Yorkshire|West Yorkshire]], England3 KB (424 words) - 16:26, 26 January 2023
- ...rth_place = [[w:Leeds|Leeds]], [[w:West Riding of Yorkshire|West Riding of Yorkshire]], England '''Geoffrey Davies''' (born 15 December 1942 in [[Leeds]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]) is an [[England|English]] actor.3 KB (434 words) - 15:56, 13 January 2023
- ...Jimmy right) on stage at the [[Futurist Theatre]] in [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]], 2013 ...n-85-weds-26-year-old-girlfriend-1-8502350|title=Chuckle Brother and South Yorkshire resident Jimmy Patton, 85, weds 26-year-old girlfriend|website=www.yorkshir5 KB (721 words) - 13:57, 11 March 2023
- | birth_place = [[Skipton]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], [[England]] | death_place = [[Cononley]], [[North Yorkshire]], England6 KB (902 words) - 22:41, 13 March 2023
- | birth_place = [[Halifax, West Yorkshire]], [[England]] ...[[York]]. As a young man he began his career in [[repertory]] theatre in [[Yorkshire]] and he toured with a theatrical company headed by [[Jean Forbes-Robertson6 KB (908 words) - 22:56, 13 March 2023
- | company = [[ITV Yorkshire|Yorkshire Television]] ...". It was produced by [[ITV Yorkshire|Yorkshire Television]] and broadcast from 1986 to 1987. Its second, and final, series was simply called '''''Farringt5 KB (767 words) - 14:50, 27 December 2022
- ...orn in [[Batley|Batley]], in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire|West Riding of Yorkshire]], [[England|England]] in 1926 and started his career in radio in [[Mandato <!-- from6 KB (886 words) - 08:07, 30 March 2023
- ...Harry Lauder]]". During the winter seasons, he performed in theatres in [[Yorkshire]], and started to develop his stage character of a typical north of England ...ol]], where he settled and was known as "the Falstaff of the South Pier". From 1931,<ref>[https://worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/Enjoyment/Radio%20Wh4 KB (571 words) - 16:03, 26 January 2023
- |birth_place=[[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]], [[Yorkshire]], England ...West Yorkshire|Halifax]] in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire|West Riding of Yorkshire]]. He moved to [[Southport|Southport]], [[Lancashire|Lancashire]], with his8 KB (1,227 words) - 16:24, 11 April 2023
- ...He left in 1973 to become Head of Light Entertainment at [[w:ITV Yorkshire|Yorkshire Television]] and was responsible for commissioning ''[[Rising Damp]]''.<ref ...duced ''[[Steptoe and Son]]'', the first sitcom to have serious 'straight' actors in the leading roles, with scripts (again by Galton and Simpson) who brough5 KB (775 words) - 22:52, 21 October 2022
- ...n Lambeth, south London in 1898, he directed over fifty films between 1919 from the [[silent era]] through to 1949 in the [[sound film|sound era]].<ref nam [[Category:English male silent film actors]]4 KB (598 words) - 12:20, 20 February 2023
- | birth_place = [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire]], England ...= [[Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire|Brough]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire]], England7 KB (1,022 words) - 14:06, 11 March 2023
- ...y Barraclough returns to his roots|url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/coronation-street-star-roy-barraclough-4975858|access-date=1 June 2017 ...h the soap only lasted a year, Barraclough became a regular guest actor on Yorkshire TV shows.8 KB (1,148 words) - 18:16, 12 February 2023
- ...[[w:Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], [[w:East Riding of Yorkshire|East Riding of Yorkshire]], England | death_place = [[w:Grosmont, North Yorkshire|Grosmont]], England13 KB (1,947 words) - 15:50, 13 January 2023
- | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_place = [[Leeds|Leeds]], [[Yorkshire|Yorkshire]]5 KB (805 words) - 12:57, 18 February 2023
- | birth_place = [[Thrybergh]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], England | death_place = [[Rotherham]], [[South Yorkshire]], England9 KB (1,242 words) - 23:30, 13 February 2023
- | known_for = Sir Gregory Pitkin, CBE in ''[[The Men from the Ministry]]'' ...r-Secretary, Sir Gregory Pitkin, [[CBE|CBE]] in the BBC comedy ''[[The Men from the Ministry]]''.10 KB (1,385 words) - 22:35, 15 March 2023
- ...= [[Bridlington|Bridlington]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|East Riding of Yorkshire]], England ...eady middle-aged when films began production, he enjoyed increasing renown from [[World War II|World War II]] onwards as one of the British cinema's most f11 KB (1,728 words) - 00:09, 13 February 2023
- | birth_place = [[Wombwell]], South Yorkshire, England ...tober 1917 – 3 June 2004) was an English actor born in [[Wombwell]], South Yorkshire, England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/12006|7 KB (1,051 words) - 17:55, 27 January 2023
- | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> Mennard died from cancer in 1989 at Salisbury hospital. He was 71.<ref name="Worth"/>4 KB (585 words) - 17:10, 26 January 2023