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- | caption = Original British cinema poster ...riter)|Jack Davies]] and Henry Blyth. The cast includes several well-known British comedy and character actors, including [[James Robertson Justice]], [[Stanl9 KB (1,390 words) - 08:08, 1 October 2024
- ...rd Johnson]] as Drummond, made following the success of the [[James Bond]] films of the 1960s.{{#tag:ref|Johnson was the original choice for the role of Jam ...Peregrine Carruthers ([[Ronnie Stevens (actor)|Ronnie Stevens]]) from the British Embassy. Pandora kills the boat owner with a miniature infrasound device, b10 KB (1,416 words) - 17:11, 23 January 2023
- | honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] ...ast]] comedies, [[Adventure films|Adventure films]], [[Action films|Action films]]21 KB (3,142 words) - 14:00, 11 March 2023
- ...ten in supporting roles.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba192a594|title=Robert Morley}}</ref> In 1939 he received an ...es Morley as "a rotund, triple-chinned, delightful character player of the British and American stage and screen." In his autobiography, ''Responsible Gentlem25 KB (3,637 words) - 23:21, 13 February 2023
- ...th Century-Fox Productions Ltd]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b83cf5f|title=Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machine ...London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b83cf5f |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=BFI |language=en}}48 KB (7,067 words) - 22:57, 13 March 2023
- '''''The Iron Petticoat''''' (aka '''''Not for Money''''') is a 1956 British [[Cold War]] [[comedy film]] starring [[Bob Hope]] and [[Katharine Hepburn] ...d to capitalism. Subplots involve Lockwood trying to marry a member of the British upper class and communist agents trying to coerce Hepburn's character to re21 KB (3,293 words) - 14:53, 11 February 2023
- | honorific_suffix={{postnominal|country=GBR|size=100%|list=[[w:Order of the British Empire|CBE]]}} ...ichael James Bentine" with a date of birth of 26 January 1922.</ref> was a British comedian, [[w:Comedy film|comic actor]] and founding member of [[The Goon S21 KB (3,155 words) - 12:27, 12 December 2022
- ...[[w:20th Century-Fox|20th Century-Fox]] who later acted in British radio, films and TV. ...glo-Jewish History'', Palgrave Macmillan (2011), p. 626</ref> Lyon entered films in 1918 after a successful appearance on [[w:Broadway theatre|Broadway]] op15 KB (2,288 words) - 15:08, 13 November 2022
- ...on productions. He played [[Captain Mainwaring]] in the [[w:British sitcom|British sitcom]] ''[[Dad's Army]]'' from 1968 until 1977, was nominated for seven [ ...8}} he took up a job at the aircraft factory of [[w:Fairey Aviation|Fairey Aviation]] in 1936.{{sfnp|Lord|2002|p=22}} He described his job of progress chaser a38 KB (5,850 words) - 09:00, 10 March 2023