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  • ...s | first = Stewart | title = Soundtracks : an international dictionary of composers for film | publisher = Routledge | location = London | year = 2018 | isbn = [[Category:English film score composers]]
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  • {{Short description|English composer and arranger}} [[Category:British film score composers]]
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  • '''Ronald Hazlehurst''' (13 March 1928 &ndash; 1 October 2007) was an English [[composer]] and [[conducting|conductor]] who, having joined the [[BBC]] in ...e="BBC"/> In 1999, he was awarded a Gold Badge from the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters.<ref name="BBC"/>
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  • ...' [[Order of British Empire|OBE]] (14 June 1913 – 27 November 2002) was an English bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and pianist.<ref name="Larkin">{{ [[Category:English conductors (music)]]
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  • ...through his pop songwriting, penning numerous hits for the stable of young male singers promoted by artist manager and music publisher [[Larry Parnes]]. Ba [[Category:Broadway composers and lyricists]]
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  • ...rder of the British Empire|OBE]] (23 December 1946 – 22 April 2011) was an English television scriptwriter responsible for several [[British sitcom|British si ...h no qualifications. He did, however, attend evening classes in German and English, and read Teach Yourself books after leaving school.<ref>{{cite web|url=htt
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  • ...V Show, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/21/arts/benny-hill-67-english-comedian-and-creator-of-tv-show-is-dead.html |author=Craig Wolff}}</ref> ...me "Cave". This is CORRECT&nbsp;— Please do not change to 1925. --> was an English [[comedian|comedian]], [[actor|actor]], [[singer|singer]] and [[writer|writ
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  • {{short description|English writer, scriptwriter, producer, author and actor (1923-2016)}} ...eived an [[Ivor Novello Award]] from the [[British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors]] in 1971.<ref>[http://theivors.com/archive/1970-1979/the-ivors
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  • ...ne 1995 |page=14 |supp=y}}</ref> (4 February 1915 – 4 October 2010) was an English actor, comedian, musician and singer best known for a series of comedy film ...&start=1|title=Works Written by Wisdom Norman|work=The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|access-date=11 October 2010}}</ref>
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  • ...ls|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} (3 January 1926{{snds}}8 March 2016) was an English [[record producer]], [[arrangement|arranger]], [[composer]], [[conducting|c ...ie (soundtrack)|film's score]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfiles.co.uk/composers/George-Martin.htm |title=George Martin – film composer and Music Producer
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  • ...Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (21 July 1934 – 27 November 2019) was an English [[w:Theatre director|theatre and opera director]], actor, author, televisio ...bourne]], followed by a new production of ''The Marriage of Figaro'' for [[English National Opera]] in 1978. Miller's other turns as an opera director include
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  • ...n|1974|p=38}}{{refn|Among the definitions of "brass" given by the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' and the lexicographer [[w:Eric Partridge|Eric Partridge]] is " ...st usual spelling, according to the ''[[w:Oxford English Dictionary|Oxford English Dictionary]]'' is "polari", but Took and Feldman used the alternative "pala
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  • ...oharp]], in addition to singing. He played the didgeridoo on two albums by English pop singer [[Kate Bush]], entitled ''[[The Dreaming (album)|The Dreaming]]' ...practice]]. During his time hosting the series, he adopted an abandoned [[English Bull Terrier]] from the practice named "Dolly".<ref name="Time">{{cite web|
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  • | language = English ...tt"/> Moffat's father had been a headteacher and Moffat himself had taught English before writing ''Press Gang'', so his initial proposal was a programme simi
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  • {{short description|English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)}} ...|country=GBR|size=100%|KBE}} (16 April 1889{{snd}}25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer<!--see talk page before adding or remo
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  • | language = English Loquacious and verbose, he frequently uses both his mastery of the English language and his grasp of [[Latin]] and Greek grammar both to perplex his p
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