• Jackie Wright
  ...also nicknamed '''Little Jackie''' and '''Uncle Jackie''', was a Northern Irish comedian. ...inutive stature – he was only {{convert|4|ft|11|in|m}} tall – and Northern Irish accent became assets to the comedy.
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• Frank Carson
  | notable_work = ''[[The Comedians (1971 TV series)|The Comedians]]'' ...nwards, appearing in series such as ''[[The Comedians (1971 TV series)|The Comedians]]'' and ''[[Tiswas]]''. His trademark line was "It's the way I tell them!"
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• Arthur Haynes
  ...h [[Dermot Kelly (actor)|Dermot Kelly]] who played another tramp (called ''Irish''), who was not very bright.<ref>{{cite web|title=TV Greats Arthur Haynes|u [[Category:English male radio actors]]
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• Peter Gawthorne
  {{short description|Irish film actor}} ...known for his roles in the films of [[Will Hay]] and other popular British comedians of the 1930s and 1940s. Gawthorne was one of Britain's most called-upon sup
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• Stephen Lewis (actor)
  ...y-news/on-the-buses-actor-stephen-lewis-dies-aged-88-31449703.html |work=[[Irish Independent]] |date=13 August 2015 |accessdate=13 August 2015}}</ref><ref n [[Category:English male film actors]]
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• Eddie Large
  ...dian Eddie Large dies aged 78 after contracting coronavirus |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=2 April 2020}}</ref> Large lived in [[Portishead, Somers [[Category:British male comedians]]
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• Wilfrid Brambell
  '''Henry Wilfrid Brambell''' (22 March 1912 – 18 January 1985) was an Irish television and film actor and comedian, best remembered for playing the gru ...War]]. After leaving school, he worked part-time as a reporter for ''[[The Irish Times]]'' and part-time as an actor at the [[Abbey Theatre]] before becomin
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• Mel Smith
  ...urchill's]] encounter with the Irish nationalist leader [[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]] in 1921.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegr * 1986 ''Comedians Do It on Stage''
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• Milo O'Shea
  '''Milo Donal O'Shea''' (2 June 1926 – 2 April 2013) was an [[Irish people|Irish]] actor. He was twice nominated for the [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Pl ...ast=Coveney|first=Michael|title=Milo O'Shea obituary: Milo O'Shea obituary Irish stage and screen character actor who appeared in Barbarella, The Verdict an
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• Les Dawson
  ...he only child of bricklayer Leslie Dawson, Sr. and Julia Nolan, who was of Irish descent.<ref name="ODNB">{{Cite ODNB|id=51827|title=Dawson, Leslie [Les] (1 ...tp://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2004/12/01/26/the_comedians_comedian|title=The comedians' comedian|date=1 December 2004|work=Chortle.co.uk|access-date=1 February 20
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• Mike Reid (actor)
  ...orthern England|Northern English]] and [[Northern Ireland|Northern Irish]] comedians, Reid stood out. As a comedian, Reid's well-known catchphrases included 'Te *''[[The Comedians (1971 TV series)|The Comedians]]'' (1971) .... Presenter
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• Bill Waddington
  ...16 September 2000|title=Cantankerous pensioner in 'Coronation Street'|work=Irish Times}}</ref> [[Category:English male soap opera actors]]
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• Dave Allen (comedian)
  ...religious authority. His technique and style have influenced young British comedians.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last=Otchet|first=Amy|date=May 1999|title=Mark T ...father, Gerard "Cully" Tynan O'Mahony, was the managing editor of ''[[The Irish Times]]'' and a nephew of writer [[Katharine Tynan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=h
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• Bernard Manning
  ...ppers and Shunters Social Club]]'', ''[[The Comedians (1971 TV series)|The Comedians]]'', The Embassy Club ...e 1970s, appearing on shows such as ''[[The Comedians (1971 TV series)|The Comedians]]'' and ''[[The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club]]''. His act became c
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• Bobby Ball
  ...all-fame-dies-after-testing-positive-for-covid-19-1.4394374 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=30 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref> with whom he had tw [[Category:20th-century English male actors]]
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• Jimmy James (comedian)
  He was often hailed as a ''"comedians' comedian"''.<ref name="Manchunian"/><ref name="JimmyBFI">{{cite web |url=h ...oved – this is an important word – was ''loved'' – by both. One of the few comedians that all the comics used to stand on the side and watch. One of the greats.
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• Jeremy Hardy
  ...e [[Danny McNamee]], whose conviction for involvement in the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]]'s (IRA) [[Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings|Hyde Park ...dians-line-up-for-jeremy-corbyn-rally-in-doncaster-1-8090226|title=TV star comedians line up for Jeremy Corbyn rally in Doncaster|location=Doncaster|publisher=[
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• George Martin (comedian)
  ...s an original approach at the time, and he became one of the first topical comedians. ...for other named performers of the day. He wrote for the first TV series of Irish comedian [[Dave Allen (comedian)|Dave Allen]]; ''Tonight with Dave Allen'',
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• Marriott Edgar
  ...nd Albert'' has been performed as a two-part song of eighteen verses to an Irish folk tune by [[Charlestown (Manning album)|Kathy Hampson]]'s Free Elastic B [[Category:English male poets]]
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• Sean Lock
  ...urer.<ref name="Telegraph obit" /><ref name="Times obit" /> After Lock saw comedians like [[Alexei Sayle]] and [[Paul Merton]] performing in comedy clubs, he de ...erry Sadowitz]], [[Kenneth Williams]] and [[Hylda Baker]] as his favourite comedians.
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