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  • | nationality = Burmese / American / British ...ird". He also appeared in the films ''[[Secrets of a Windmill Girl|Secrets of a Windmill Girl]]'' (1966), ''[[The Touchables (film)|The Touchables]]'' (1
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  • ...hnston Forbes-Robertson|Johnston Forbes-Robertson]] and her great-aunt was American actress [[w:Maxine Elliott|Maxine Elliott]]. ...unch'' vol. 263 (1972), p. 122</ref> In 1977, she appeared in two episodes of the drama series ''[[w:Secret Army (TV series)|Secret Army]]'' in which she
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  • '''Jill Adams''' (22 July 1930 – 13 May 2008) was an English actress, artist and fashion model. She featured or starred in over 25 films ...ggins/|title = Arthur James Siggins on "white imperialism" &#124; the Afro American (1951)}}</ref> and an expert animal handler, worked on the film ''[[The Fou
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  • {{cite book |title = Who's Who of British Jazz ...sodes, often as a parodic [[Indigenous peoples of Africa|African]], Native American or [[Arab|Arab]] [[Tribal chief|chieftain]] (but also often, with no attemp
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  • ...ter]] during the 1930s, he moved into arranging and recording in the Latin American music style and also won awards for his classical conducting. ...inning a ''[[Melody Maker|Melody Maker]]'' competition for his arrangement of a jazz chorus the next year.<ref name="Telegraphobit">{{cite news|url=https
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  • | honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire|OBE]] ...ority.20110803100120311|accessdate=18 December 2019|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|edition=4th|first=Colin|last=Larkin|publisher=Oxford Universi
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  • ...yearofbirth_offset=0|last=Find my past|title=Arthur Howard}}</ref>) was an English stage, [[film actor|film and television actor]].<ref name=mcfarlane/><ref>{ ...clopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=PA369|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|date=16 May 2016|pu
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  • ...ds|Blake Edwards]]' [[The Pink Panther (film series)|Pink Panther]] series of films. ...pur|Kuala Lumpur]], [w:[British Malaya|]], to a Swiss-French mother and an American father, and gained his early acting experience in British provincial [[w:re
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  • {{short description|English actor, composer, singer and writer}} ...ottenham was part of Middlesex when Moody was born, it did not become part of London until 1965-->, England
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  • ...she played from the 1930s to the 1950s, co-starring several times with the English actress [[Hermione Gingold]]. ...ard]] for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series for her portrayal of Nell Naugatuck on the TV series ''[[Maude (TV series)|Maude]]''.
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  • ...a creative organization. He is known for his leadership, and his guidance of young Alfred Hitchcock. ...s Ealing Films, and later headed British Lion Films. He served as chairman of the [[British Film Institute]] production board to help fund and encourage
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  • | last = ''The Thoughts of Chairman Alf'' (1998) ...Health]]''. He also appeared in the [[chat show|chat show]] ''The Thoughts of Chairman Alf''. The character was created by [[Johnny Speight]] and played
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  • | alma_mater = [[w:University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology|Manchester Technical College]] ...two-parter episode of [[Batman (TV series)|''Batman'']] (1966), the voice of [[Shere Khan]] in Disney's ''[[The Jungle Book (1967 film)|The Jungle Book]
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  • {{short description|English actor and television personality}} ...een'''<ref name="receiving order" /> (2 February 1920 – 3 May 1997) was an English radio and television presenter, game show host and actor.
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  • ...nd film actress. She had a dominant stage presence and played a wide range of powerful characters. She is best remembered for her performance as [[Miss H ...ents Alfred and Marta ({{née}} Burnett) Hunt. She spent the first 20 years of her life in Argentina before she travelled with her parents to the United K
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  • ...ty Python]] would perform) and ''[[Marty (TV series)|Marty]]'', the latter of which won Feldman two [[w:British Academy Television Awards|British Academy ...ps://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/04/obituaries/marty-feldman-film-comic-victim-of-heart-attack-at-48.html |access-date=12 November 2021 |newspaper=The New Yo
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  • ...[:File:Andrew Sachs, audio description of London Zoo.ogg|audio description of London Zoo]] for [[VocalEyes]] }} ...s name on British television and found his greatest fame for his portrayal of the comical Spanish waiter [[Manuel (Fawlty Towers)|Manuel]] in ''[[Fawlty
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  • |honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] ...]]'', contributed to ''[[Punch (magazine)|Punch]]'' and published a volume of memoirs.
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  • | birth_place = [[Maida Vale]], [[County of London|London]], England ...State Athletics}}</ref> 9 December 1897{{spaced ndash}}24 May 1987) was an English actress known for her sharp-tongued, eccentric character.
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  • | honorific_suffix = [[W:Order of the British Empire|CBE]] ...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
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