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  • | birth_place = [[Sculcoates]], [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire]], England ...was born in [[Sculcoates]], [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire]], the son of a [[machinist]]. He was an [[apprentice]] [[Fitter (occupati
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  • | birth_place = [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire]], England ...= [[Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire|Brough]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire]], England
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  • ...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.yorkshir
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  • | notable_work = ''[[The Comedians (1971 TV series)|The Comedians]]'', ''[[The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club]]''}} ...he [[Granada Television]] programme ''[[The Comedians (1971 TV series)|The Comedians]]'' in the early 1970s.
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  • ...= Charlie Williams appearing on ''[[The Comedians (1971 TV series)|The Comedians]]'' in the 1970s. | birth_place = [[Royston, South Yorkshire|Royston]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], England
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  • | birth_place = [[w:Middlesbrough|Middlesbrough]], [[w:Yorkshire|Yorkshire]], England He lived in the [[Blackpool]] area from the early 1930s, and in 1940 began a thirteen-year run in the resort's sum
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  • ...lywell Green|Holywell Green]], [[w:West Riding of Yorkshire|West Riding of Yorkshire]], [[w:England|England]] ...st was adapted for [[w:BBC Television|BBC Television]] and was transmitted from 14 March to 20 June 1951.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/he
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  • ...|first=Roy |year=1976 |title=British Music Hall: An Illustrated Who's Who from 1850 to the Present Day |location=London |publisher=Paul Elek |page= 124|is ...m 1940 he toured with his own show, "On with the Modley".<ref name=busby/> From 1949, he became successful on [[BBC radio]] as the resident comedian and ho
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  • | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> Mennard died from cancer in 1989 at Salisbury hospital. He was 71.<ref name="Worth"/>
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  • ...He left in 1973 to become Head of Light Entertainment at [[w:ITV Yorkshire|Yorkshire Television]] and was responsible for commissioning ''[[Rising Damp]]''.<ref ...io programme)|Workers' Playtime]]'', on which he worked with up-and-coming comedians including [[Dick Emery]], [[Tony Hancock]], and [[Benny Hill]]. He moved i
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  • | death_place = [[w:Northallerton|Northallerton]], [[w:North Yorkshire|North Yorkshire]], England ...ghton was part of the County Borough of Salford (1844–1974 — "City" status from 1926)</ref> [[Lancashire]]. On leaving school he worked at the family [[m
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  • | birth_place = [[Sheffield]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], England ...son Crusoe]]'' in [[Barnsley]], at the age of four, worked with his father from the age of 10 and subsequently became stage manager for the family show.
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  • | birth_place = [[Hoyland Common]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], England ...When he was only five months old, his father died from injuries resulting from an industrial accident. He left school at 14 and was a miner for eight year
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  • | birth_place = [[Sheffield]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], England ...hildhood Caine's father died from cancer and she suffered [[sexual abuse]] from her paternal grandfather. Caine's mother had a history of alcoholism and dr
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  • | birth_place = [[w:Rotherham|Rotherham]], Yorkshire ...his in a theatre in Coventry. Fifty years later, deciding he needed a rest from the business (he planned a cruise around the world with his wife, Kay White
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  • | birth_place = [[w:Pudsey|Pudsey]], West Riding of Yorkshire, England ...</ref> Carson was born as Jean Shufflebottom in [[Pudsey]], West Riding of Yorkshire.<ref name="BFI">{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/1947
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  • ...ss-date=16 October 2021}}</ref> [[West Riding of Yorkshire|West Riding of Yorkshire]], England ...|title=South Yorkshire Times and Mexborough & Swinton Times |journal=South Yorkshire Times and Mexborough & Swinton Times |date=January 20, 1933 |page=16}}</ref
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  • | death_place = [[Rotherham]], [[South Yorkshire]], England ...ealing two bananas from the harvest festival display. Having been expelled from his first school for being unruly, he finished his education, age 14, at gr
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  • ...est known for hosting the [[Yorkshire Television]] game show ''[[3-2-1]]'' from 1978 to 1988. ...[[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]], [[Cliff Richard]] and [[Alma Cogan]] and comedians [[Terry Scott]] and [[Hugh Lloyd]]. He went on to host ''[[Sunday Night at
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  • | birth_place = [[Shipley, West Yorkshire|Shipley, Yorkshire, England]], UK ...British [[cinematographer]] and [[film director]]. He directed films with comedians such as [[Will Hay]], the [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)|Crazy Gang]] and [[Ar
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