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  • '''Roy Rolland''' (29 June 1921 – 16 August 1997) was an English comedian and stage actor who was the [[understudy]] for [[Arthur Lucan]] as [[Old Mother Riley ...ref name=Obit/> Following Lucan's death in 1954, [[Kitty McShane]], his on-stage daughter and real-life ex-wife, hired Rolland to appear with her as Old Mot
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  • * ''[[No Sex Please, We're British (film)|No Sex Please, We're British]]'' (1973) - Postman [[Category:20th-century English male actors]]
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  • | nationality = British ...''' (8 June 1883 in [[Thames Ditton]], England&nbsp;– 13 April 1966) was a British actor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/169183|ar
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  • ...ng]] act was developed into a humorous show stopper. In December 1926, the British division of [[Phonofilm|DeForest Phonofilm]] released a short sound film of ...e also started his career as a juggler, working with his brother under the stage name of ''The Cromwells''. In 1922, he was in the USA on [[Broadway theatre
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  • ...ork=The Telegraph|date=23 April 2021|access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref> was a British playwright, screenwriter and actor. ...ony Marriott at the Film Reference website]</ref> A [[No Sex Please, We're British (film)|film version]] starring [[Ronnie Corbett]] was released in 1973.
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  • {{short description|British comedian and actor (1891–1971)}} ...y Lowe Corris'''; 8 October 1891 – 3 June 1971) was a [[Manx people|Manx]]-British comedian and actor.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090118162453/http://
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  • He is best known for his role as Dr. Dick Stuart-Clark in the hugely popular British television comedy series ''[[Doctor in the House (TV series)|Doctor in the [[Category:English male film actors]]
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  • ...nd very vulgar. He lived in B11 and had a large dog which he would take on stage as part of his act".<ref name=Vincent2008>{{cite book |last=Vincent |first= [[Category:English male comedians]]
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  • ...nd also worked as an [[entertainer|entertainer]]. He made his professional stage debut with a group called the Harmaniacs. In 1940, he became resident comed ...as Sid Hooper in the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] soap opera, ''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]'', before taking a lease in 1980 on the [[Roses The
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  • ...racter actor, who appeared in a number of roles in film, television and on stage during a career which spanned from 1951 to 2006.<ref>[https://www.bafta.org *''[[Barry Lyndon]]'' (1975) – British soldier
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  • ...w:West Chiltington|West Chiltington]], [[w:Sussex|Sussex]], England) was a British film actor and screenwriter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sif ...om}}</ref> He acted in and wrote a few of his films, and acted with him on stage. In 1964, he starred in [[w:Strictly for the Birds|Strictly for the Birds]]
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  • {{Use British English|date=October 2014}} ...oon''' (19 March 1909 &ndash; 17 December 1981) was an English [[w:Theatre|stage]], [[w:film actor|film]] and [[w:television actor|television actor]].<ref>{
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  • | caption = The Patton Brothers (Brian left, Jimmy right) on stage at the [[Futurist Theatre]] in [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]] | medium = Television and stage
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  • ...f, and then trained at the [[Central School of Speech and Drama]] studying Stage Acting.<ref name=independent>Anthony Hayward [https://www.independent.co.uk ...ing drama school he landed the role of Duncan Waring in the hugely popular British television comedy series ''[[Doctor in the House (TV series)|Doctor in the
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  • ...Lune''' (born '''Harold Garnett'''; 18 August 1920 – 7 January 1968) was a British [[actor|actor]], best known for portraying Private Len Bone in the TV serie ...two daughters, Lynne and Anne. He turned professional in 1947, taking his stage name from the [[River Lune|River Lune]] that flows through Lancashire, and
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  • | nationality = Burmese / American / British '''Peter Gordeno''' (20 June 1939 &ndash; 18 October 2008) was a British dancer, recording artist, cabaret singer, choreographer, and occasional act
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  • | occupation = Stage, film and television actor ...://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9feaefce|title=Roger Avon|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref>
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  • '''Bernard John Holley''' (9 August 1940 – 22 November 2021) was a British actor whose career spanned more than six decades. ...uford College|Rose Bruford Drama School]], and made his first professional stage appearance at the [[Theatre Royal, Lincoln]], in 1963.
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  • | years_active = 1910–1980 - stage from 1950, screen 1964-1980 ...Kenneth Waller) (series 1–8, series 8)|'Young Mr. Grace']] in the 1970s [[British sitcom]] ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'', as well as minor character [[List o
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  • ...edia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=PA1862|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|date=16 May 2016|publisher= ...umber of films and television series until the 1980s, usually as typically British gentlemen and officer types.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.u
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