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  • | studio = [[Associated London Scripts|Associated London Films]] The film is based on the first volume of Milligan's war memoirs. Although it broadly follows Mil
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  • ...ast]] comedies, [[Adventure films|Adventure films]], [[Action films|Action films]] ...60s he was noticed by critics with large-scale adventure epic and comedies films, like ''[[Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines]]'', ''[[Battle of
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  • ...4) for the [[Rank Organisation]], he later acted in [[Art film|art-house]] films. In a second career, he wrote seven best-selling volumes of memoirs, six no Bogarde came to prominence in films including ''[[The Blue Lamp]]'' in the early 1950s, before starring in the
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  • ...]]'' (1953), he appeared in many roles as a carefree, happy-go-lucky gent. Films from this period include ''[[Doctor in the House]]'' (1954), ''[[Raising a ...'' (1961) with [[Susannah York|Susannah York]], "one of the happiest films on which I have ever worked."<ref name="More">Kenneth More (1978) ''More or Le
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  • | known_for = Farces (particularly at the Whitehall Theatre and on the BBC)<br />Campaigning for those with learning disabilities ...for the Pot''. His one-night TV shows made him the joint-highest paid star on the BBC. He often worked with his wife [[Elspet Gray]] and sister [[w:Sheil
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  • ...k | last=Smurthwaite | date=21 May 1996 | access-date=28 July 2019}}</ref> On television, Pertwee starred as the [[w:Third Doctor|third incarnation]] of ...tsch, 2000, p. 2</ref><ref>''An Hour with Jon Pertwee'', broadcast by BBC7 on 30 March 2009</ref> Jon was the son of screenwriter and actor [[w:Roland Pe
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  • ...[[author]] and [[satirist]]. He is best known for writing and playing his on-stage and television alter egos [[Dame Edna Everage]] and [[Sir Les Patters ...international renown, and he also appeared in numerous stage productions, films, and television shows. Originally conceived as a dowdy [[Moonee Ponds, Vict
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