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| birth_place = [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[British Raj|British India]] ...Maitland''' (18 December 1914 – March 1992) was an [[w:Anglo-Indian|Anglo-Indian]] character actor in films and television programmes.

...ts]] activist. Prior to his show business career, he served in the British army with [[Gurkha]] and special forces units. ...aj]] rule. He was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in the [[British Indian Army]] on 9 July 1942.

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'''''Carry On Up the Khyber''''' is a 1968 [[British comedy|British comedy]] film, the 16th in the [[Carry On (film series)|series of 31 ''Carr ...rd Kipling|Kiplingesque]] movies and television series about life in the [[British Raj]], both contemporary and from earlier, Hollywood, periods. The title is

''[[It Ain't Half Hot Mum]]'' is a British [[television]] [[sitcom]], written by [[Jimmy Perry]] and [[David Croft (TV ...dy.co.uk/tv/it_aint_half_hot_mum/shop/2026/complete_collection/ |website=[[British Comedy Guide]] |access-date=12 November 2023 |date=2023}}</ref>

| nationality = British ...|CBE|MC}} (24 June 1912 – 5 January 1994), nicknamed '''Johnners''', was a British [[cricket]] commentator, author, and television presenter. He was most prom

...Rowan Atkinson]]. Although each series is set within a different period of British history, each character is part of the same familial [[dynasty]] and is usu ...the Third]]''), a shopkeeper (''[[Blackadder's Christmas Carol]]''), to an army captain (''[[Blackadder Goes Forth]]''). Throughout each series, Blackadder

...}}</ref> is a radio [[sitcom|sitcom]] about life aboard a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Royal Navy|Royal Navy]] [[Frigate#Modern Age|frigate]] named HMS ''Trou ...ohnston and writer [[Laurie Wyman]] both contemplated an Air Force- and an Army-themed sitcom before going to the BBC with ''The Navy Lark''. Wyman include

...who are comfortable where they are, bossing the Germans around. One of the officers is Major Attenborough ([[David Griffin (English actor)|David Griffin]]), al ...he next morning, after his Sergeant Major ([[Don Henderson]]) has left the army to marry a native girl, he discovers that they all have left their posts fo

'''''Whisky Galore!''''' is a 1949 British [[comedy film]] produced by [[Ealing Studios]], starring [[Basil Radford]], ...community runs through the film, and the story reflects a time when the [[British Empire]] was weakening.

| honorific_suffix = [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]] '''Sir Michael Murray Hordern''' [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (3 October 1911{{snds}}2 May 1995)<ref name=dnb>Morley, Sherid

| honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire|CBE]] ...dic, often [[w:parody|parody]]ing characters of authority such as military officers or policemen, he also performed in other film genres and roles. Films demon

...different characters and I had a whole box of dressing up clothes ... Red Indian, sailor suit, Chinese costume and I was very spoiled in that way ... I also ...place when he was nine – his mother gave all his books to [[The Salvation Army]], cheerfully explaining: "But you've read them, Barry".