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- | birth_place = [[Dublin]], [[Irish Free State|Ireland]] | death_place = [[Goatstown]], Dublin, Ireland16 KB (2,171 words) - 16:03, 25 August 2024
- | birth_place = [[w:Dublin|Dublin]], [[w:County Dublin|County Dublin]], Ireland O'Conor was born in Dublin<ref name=independent>Alan Strachan, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obi9 KB (1,420 words) - 00:30, 5 February 2023
- | birth_place = [[w:Dublin|Dublin]], Ireland O'Shea was born and brought up in [[Dublin]] and educated by the [[Congregation of Christian Brothers|Christian Brothe17 KB (2,423 words) - 15:09, 18 January 2023
- ...a German [[U-boat|U-boat]] commander attempting to kidnap a British agent from a ship in the Atlantic, while his father played the ship's captain. ..., he played the witch Jethrow Keane in ''[[The City of the Dead (film)|The City of the Dead]]'' (known as ''[[Horror Hotel|Horror Hotel]]'' in the United S14 KB (2,094 words) - 23:32, 17 February 2023
- | birth_place = [[Dublin]], Ireland ...h Marks (1879–1965), a former opera singer. The family surname was changed from "Bramble" by Wilfrid's grandfather Frederick William Brambell. His two olde16 KB (2,449 words) - 20:04, 24 August 2024
- ...t. He was best known for being a regular face on television for many years from the 1970s onwards, appearing in series such as ''[[The Comedians (1971 TV s ...o rest in Belfast | date=3 March 2012}}</ref> with his grandmother hailing from [[Sicily]]. In his early days Carson was a choirboy at St Patrick's Catholi13 KB (1,932 words) - 22:28, 1 October 2024
- ...ather owned property in Prague and Šumava, with his income deriving mainly from two restaurants and a guest house. Lom's father, as a younger son, inherite ...efore they divorced after separating between 1961 and 1976. He had a child from a relationship with Brigitta Appleby. He later married Eve Lacik; they divo18 KB (2,706 words) - 16:00, 25 August 2024
- ...7). After briefly serving with the [[Royal Flying Corps]], he was released from active service by the British government to help run a concert party called ...y]]'' in 1955. Henson's film career was intermittent, and he made 14 films from 1916 to 1956. The most notable of these was ''[[Tons of Money (1924 film)|T19 KB (2,834 words) - 20:01, 16 August 2024
- ...ed the role of a detective disguised as a [[teuchter]] (person originating from the Scottish West Highlands or Western Isles) in the stage production ''The ...humb|right|340x180px|alt=Still from Down on the Farm (1920)|[[Film still]] from ''Down on the Farm'' (1920)]]25 KB (3,674 words) - 22:23, 28 September 2024
- ...particularly in [[Albania]] where his films were the only ones by Western actors permitted by dictator [[Enver Hoxha]] to be shown.<ref name="TelegraphObit" ...ur.<ref name="TelegraphObit" /> In 1995, he was given the [[Freedom of the City]] of London and of [[irana]].<ref name="TelegraphObit" /> The same year, he50 KB (7,368 words) - 22:33, 24 August 2024
- ...Reginald Perrin in the BBC's ''[[The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin]]'' from 1976 to 1979.<ref name=obit/> ...ned the [[w:Bristol Old Vic|Bristol Old Vic]] and was there for two years, from 1959 to 1961, a time he described as "the bedrock of his career", followed35 KB (5,150 words) - 14:02, 21 February 2023
- .../100britishfilms/ |access-date=4 September 2019}}</ref> A 2017 poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers, and critics for ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Tim ...tish fiancé. During the reception, Charles experiences further humiliation from several ex-girlfriends, including the distraught Henrietta, who angrily cla50 KB (7,069 words) - 15:31, 17 March 2023
- ...came president of the [[British Music Hall Society]], taking over the role from [[Roy Hudd]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishmusichallsociety.com/pat110 KB (14,760 words) - 19:34, 27 September 2024
- * United States (from 1951) * Ireland (from {{Circa|1970}})110 KB (15,399 words) - 15:48, 25 January 2023
- ...small private school, Selwood House. She enjoyed the cinema; her heroines from the age of eight onwards were [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] act ...ned [[J. Arthur Rank]]'s "[[The Company of Youth|Charm School]]" for young actors, subsequently appearing in many of their films.<ref name=Bret/> The Charm S86 KB (13,434 words) - 23:28, 12 February 2023
- ...1980 to 1984. A sequel, '''''Yes, Prime Minister''''', ran for 16 episodes from 1986 to 1988. All but one of the episodes lasted half an hour, and almost a ...|last=Cockerell |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Cockerell |title= Live from Number 10: The Inside Story of Prime Ministers and Television |year=1988 |p90 KB (13,454 words) - 07:50, 11 September 2024
- ...e ukulele to his performance. He started his recording career in 1926 and, from 1934, he increasingly worked in film to develop into a major star by the la ...|George Formby]] (he is now known as George Formby Sr). Formby Sr suffered from a chest ailment, identified variously as [[bronchitis]], [[asthma]] or [[tu87 KB (13,680 words) - 07:53, 16 March 2023