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  • | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_place = [[w:West Derby|West Derby]], [[w:Liverpool|Liverpool]]
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  • He made his stage debut in 1931 at the [[Liverpool Playhouse|Liverpool Playhouse]], appearing in ''The Swan'' and had a long theatrical career whi * ''[[Man from Tangier|Man from Tangier]]'' (1957)
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  • | birth_place = [[w:West Derby|West Derby]], [[w:Liverpool|Liverpool]], England Ferris was born in [[w:West Derby|West Derby]], Liverpool. In the earlier years of his career, he was known as a comic actor, featuri
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  • ...at the [[Wyndham's Theatre]]. He toured Britain with ''[[Nigel Planer|Neal from the Young Ones]]''. [[Category:20th-century English male actors]]
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  • | birth_place = [[w:Liverpool|Liverpool]], England ...on Smith in the [[w:Everton, Liverpool|Everton]] district of [[w:Liverpool|Liverpool]] on 28 August 1881. He was a grand-uncle of actor [[w:Robin Askwith|Robin
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  • | birth_place = [[w:Liverpool|Liverpool]], [[w:Lancashire|Lancashire]], England He died in London on 30 March 2008 at the age of 82 from motor neurone disease.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCre
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  • | education = [[Liverpool Collegiate School]]<br/>[[Liverpool Cathedral]] ...r three years in the [[Civil Service (United Kingdom)|Civil Service]] in [[Liverpool]] before training as an actor at the [[London Academy of Music and Dramatic
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  • | birth_place = [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]], England ...ooks?id=qEW5BAAAQBAJ&q=brian+oulton+carry+on+films&pg=PT726|title=Carry-On Actors|isbn=9781908382085|last1=Ross|first1=Andrew|date=19 October 2011}}</ref>
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  • ...mbatant Corps]], before being seconded to the [[National Fire Service]] in Liverpool and London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertain ...=obit/> He is the father of actor [[Ioan Meredith]] and the grandfather of actors [[Ifan Meredith]] and Rhys Meredith.
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  • ...RG13/500 f.123 p.3 Fred Arthur Emney aged 1 living in Camberwell, but born Liverpool, Lancashire</ref> the son of Blanche ({{nee}} Round) and [[Fred Emney Sr|Fr [[Category:English male comedians]]
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  • | birth_place = [[Liverpool]], England Jones was born in [[Liverpool]]. After working as a signwriter and performing as an amateur, he trained a
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  • | birth_place = [[Liverpool]], England ...as an English actor who appeared in films, television, and theatre ranging from the 1930s to the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/
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  • | birth_place = [[w:Liverpool|Liverpool]], [[w:Lancashire|Lancashire]], England ...er aimless adolescent life as messenger, office boy at [[w:Liverpool Docks|Liverpool Docks]] and apprentice joiner.<ref name=guardianobit>[https://www.theguardi
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  • ...in the sitcom ''[[The Royle Family|The Royle Family]]'', playing the part from 1998 to 2000, and reprising his role for the specials in 2006 and 2008. ...sh TV series)|Heartbeat]]'', taking over as the show's main loveable rogue from [[Bill Maynard]]'s Claude Greengrass, and returning to the show briefly in
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  • | birth_place = [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]], England After leaving Marlborough College, Liverpool, Haygarth worked unsuccessfully in 1963 as a [[lifeguard]] in [[Torquay]],
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  • ...d joined the [[Royal Air Force Police|RAF Police]] but was later invalided from service, whereupon he joined [[Entertainments National Service Association] ...er 'Frisby Dike' (named after a Liverpool department store bombed in the [[Liverpool Blitz|Blitz]]) was the first time the [[Scouse|real Liverpudlian accent]] w
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  • | birth_place = [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]], England ...then a grammar school under headmaster R. F. Bailey, who brought with him, from his previous position as assistant headmaster at leading independent school
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  • ...). His sharp, dark features and small stature saw him typecast as villains from the Middle and Far East, particularly for [[Hammer Film Productions]]. ''[[ * ''[[Appointment in Liverpool]]'' (1988) .... Pilar
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  • ...st Riding of Yorkshire]]. The son of a railwayman, he was a [[tap dancer]] from an early age and trained at Nora Bray's school of dance with Audrey Spencer ...on series. He played the role of [[Dr. Who (Dalek films)|Dr. Who]]'s first male assistant, [[List of companions in Doctor Who spin-offs#Ian Chesterton|Ian
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  • | birth_place = [[Liverpool|Liverpool]], England He was credited in 40 films between 1948 and 1971, and on television from 1960 until his death. He was often cast as a police inspector or as a navy
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