• Charlie Naughton
  | birth_place = [[w:Glasgow|Glasgow]], Scotland Naughton was born in Glasgow. He was a member of [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)|The Crazy Gang]], and part
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• Jimmy Gold
  | birth_place = [[Glasgow]], Scotland Gold was born in [[Glasgow|Glasgow]]. His parents were John McGonigal, a painter and decorator, and Elizabeth
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• Jimmy Logan
  | caption = BBC promo from 1955 | birth_place = [[w:Dennistoun|Dennistoun]], [[Glasgow|Glasgow]], [[Lanarkshire|Lanarkshire]], Scotland
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• John Grieve (actor)
  | birth_place = [[w:Maryhill|Maryhill]], [[w:Glasgow|Glasgow]], [[w:Scotland|Scotland]] | death_place = Glasgow, Scotland
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• Eddie Large
  | birth_place = [[Glasgow]], Scotland ...Gray |first1=Sarra |title=Eddie Large: Little and Large star made millions from impressive 50 year career |url=https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/12
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• Dick Hills and Sid Green
  ...show ''[[Two of a Kind (UK TV series)|Two of a Kind]]'' (1962–66), and the comedians' first colour [[BBC]] series in 1968. Hills and Green also played supportin ...port/spl/aberdeen/sid-green-1.301138 Obituary: Sid Green], ''The Herald'' (Glasgow), 16 March 1999</ref> After their two-year contract ended, the two writers
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• Billy Bennett (comedian)
  | birth_place = [[Glasgow]], Scotland ...[blackface]].<ref name=fisher/> In 1930, when his contracts prevented him from broadcasting under his own name,<ref name=gifford>[[Denis Gifford]], ''The
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• Stanley Baxter
  | birth_place = [[w:Glasgow|Glasgow]], Scotland Baxter has also written a number of books based on [[w:Glasgow|Glasgow]].
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• Harold Berens
  | birth_place = [[w:Glasgow|Glasgow]], Scotland He was born into a Jewish family in [[w:Glasgow|Glasgow]], the son of a tailor, and grew up and was educated in [[w:Leeds|Leeds]],
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• Bob Spiers
  | birth_place = [[w:Glasgow|Glasgow]], [[w:Scotland|Scotland]], [[w:United Kingdom|UK]]<ref name="Independent"/ ...s he was affectionately known at the time, organised several student trips from the college to mainland Europe, including Brussels and Cologne, during this
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• Russ Abbot
  ...)|The Comedians]]'' under his birth name (Russ Roberts).<ref name="imdb"/> From 1980 onward, he released some albums as a solo artist and appeared in sever ...character (called C. U. Jimmy) came third in the ''[[The Herald (Glasgow)|Glasgow Herald]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s poll to find the most Scottish person in the
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• Little and Large
  ..._name= '''Edward Hugh McGinnis'''<br/>{{Birth date |1941|6|25|df=y}}<br/>[[Glasgow]], Scotland<br> '''Cyril John Mead'''<br/>{{Birth date |1942|12|19|df=y}}<b ...[[BBC One|BBC1]] with a new show called ''[[The Little and Large Show]]'' from 1978, and remained on the channel for over a decade until its cancellation
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• Dickie Henderson
  ...ckie Henderson obituary |work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]|location=Glasgow|date=23 September 1985|accessdate=17 April 2014}}</ref> was an English ente ...s}}</ref> They had a son and a daughter. After the death of his first wife from a barbiturate overdose in 1963, he remarried in 1965, to Gwynneth Wycherley
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• The Krankies
  | occupation = Television presenters, <br />comedians, singers From 1975 to 1984, The Krankies released a series of pop singles and an album. '
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• James Finlayson (actor)
  ...ed the role of a detective disguised as a [[teuchter]] (person originating from the Scottish West Highlands or Western Isles) in the stage production ''The ...humb|right|340x180px|alt=Still from Down on the Farm (1920)|[[Film still]] from ''Down on the Farm'' (1920)]]
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• Nicholas Parsons
  | alma_mater = [[University of Glasgow]] ...0b7bd1.flac |title = Nicholas Parsons' voice |type = speech |description = from the BBC programme ''[[Great Lives]]'', 13 May 2008.<ref>{{Cite episode |tit
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• Michael Bentine
  ...of those unbelievable places. I’ve tried, without success, to describe it from my own point of view, but the words won’t come. To me Belsen was the ulti ...tick" and "The Chairback", with a broken chairback having a number of uses from comb to machine gun and taking on a demoniacal life of its own. [[Peter Sel
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• Max Bygraves
  | children = 6 (three with Blossom, three from extramarital affairs) ...Bygraves in the role of Archie's teacher. The idea for the programme came from record producer [[Wally Ridley]], who also produced Bygraves' records durin
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• Freddie Starr
  ...apped'', Starr gives speech problems as the reason he spent two years away from home as a child.<ref>{{cite web |title=Freddie Starr reveals misery of chil Starr was encouraged by his mother to perform from the age of 12 working in clubs and pubs. For five years, he was a member of
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• Ted Kavanagh
  | birth_name = Henry Edward Kavanagh <!-- only use if different from name --> ...'s That Man Again]]'' (ITMA), a radio comedy series which ran for a decade from 1939 and was immensely successful. ''ITMA'' was devised by Kavanagh, produc
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