| death_place = [[Cardiff]], Wales}} ...[[University Hospital of Wales|University Hospital of Wales]], in Cardiff, from the complications of a [[Stroke|stroke]] he'd had three weeks previously.<r

...sity College, Cardiff]] and joined local theatre company, Everyman Theatre Cardiff, and then trained at the [[Central School of Speech and Drama]] studying St ...Guardian}}</ref> Most of his roles were designed for television, and apart from the "Doctor" series, his appearances included ''[[The Vault of Horror (film

| death_place = [[Cardiff]], Wales ...''[[Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]'' serials, ''[[Spearhead from Space|Spearhead from Space]]'' (1970) and ''[[The Green Death|The Green Death]]'' (1973), and in

...Mulberry Smith in the long-running sitcom ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'', from 2003 until it ended its run in 2010. ...ite news| last=Webber| first=Richard| title=What happened to... ? Mr Lucas from ''Are You Being Served?''|work=Daily Express| date=29 September 2007}}</ref

...yclopaedia of Wales|year=2008|publisher=University of Wales Press|location=Cardiff|page=335|isbn=978-0-7083-1953-6}}</ref> He received an honorary degree from the [[Bangor University|University of Wales]], [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]],

...at [[Monmouth School]] and the [[Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama]] in Cardiff, of which he became a Fellow. After various menial jobs, Spinetti pursued a ...at [[Monmouth School]] and the [[Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama]] in Cardiff, of which he later became a Fellow. Early on, he worked as a waiter and fac

| death_place = [[Cardiff|Cardiff]], Wales ...ontemporary critic [[Roger Ebert]] called him "one of England's best young actors".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ebert |first1=Roger |title=Interview with Hywel Ben

He started his acting career in 1940, in a touring company in [[w:Cardiff|Cardiff]] playing a juvenile lead in ''Sweet Lavender''. He went on to join [[w:Rob ...of those unbelievable places. I’ve tried, without success, to describe it from my own point of view, but the words won’t come. To me Belsen was the ulti

...[[comedian|comic actor]] who starred in revue, variety, film and pantomime from the 1920s to the mid-1980s. His trademark rubber-neck dance, skeletal frame ...programme ''The Symbol of Entertainment Supreme'', consisting of extracts from shows running in [[Blackpool]] at the time, including the revue ''Out of th

...om the early 1950s Sykes began to make an ultimately successful transition from radio to TV, writing a number of series episodes and one-off shows for the ...a grocer's shop at 130 [[Uxbridge Road]], [[Shepherd's Bush]], was shared from around 1953 by Spike Milligan. (Sykes and Milligan later jointly formed [[A

...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 Riot ...is career declined in the early 1960s, two of his own favourite films date from this time – ''[[The Comedy Man]]'' (1964) and ''[[The Greengage Summer]]'

...] by [[Elizabeth II]] in 1976. In 2002, he received a [[BAFTA Fellowship]] from the [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] and was named a [[Disne ...(film)|This Happy Breed]]'' (1944), directed by [[David Lean]] and adapted from a [[This Happy Breed|Noël Coward play]].

...ton Mowbray]]. He enjoyed science, acting and comedy and, after graduating from [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge|Emmanuel College, Cambridge]] and [[St Bartho Chapman's main contribution to the "Dead Parrot sketch", derived from the piece within ''How to Irritate People'' and involving a customer return

...rly in [[w:Albania|Albania]] where his films were the only ones by Western actors permitted by dictator [[w:Enver Hoxha]] to be shown.<ref name="TelegraphObi ...C Two]], 15 October 2010</ref> in 1929 he walked (by his own account) to [[Cardiff]], [[Wales]], where he became a [[cabin boy]] in the [[British Merchant Nav

...Lords]] as a crossbencher in 1992 and was president of [[w:Mencap|Mencap]] from 1998 until his death. ...formed in the plays and two of them, Brian and Sheila, became professional actors. Sheila Mercier, as she became known, played [[w:Annie Sugden|Annie Sugden]

...ales/view/3488355/3488357 |work=Evening Express and Evening Mail |location=Cardiff, Wales |access-date=23 November 2022}}</ref> While there, he was on the sch ...played the Magistrate's Clerk in [[Walter Hackett]]'s ''Hyde Park Corner'' from 5 October 1934 to 11 April 1935 at the [[Apollo Theatre]] in London, the sa

...cords]]'' recognised Forsyth as having the longest television career for a male entertainer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/20 ...inging and dancing on BBC talent show ''Come and Be Televised'', broadcast from [[Radiolympia]], and introduced by [[Jasmine Bligh]].<ref name="Loxley"/><r

| birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> ...his career, and reruns of television programs featuring Harris were pulled from syndication.<ref>[http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/perth-rolf-

...edy]], and later [[television comedy|television comedy]] series, broadcast from 1954 to 1961 and written by [[Galton and Simpson|Ray Galton and Alan Simpso ...in the development of the [[Sitcom|situation comedy]], with its move away from radio variety towards a focus on character development.