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- ...comedy actor. Born and raised in [[Dhaka]], he moved to the United Kingdom from [[East Pakistan]] (now Bangladesh) in 1958 and appeared in several [[sitcom ...p attached to the [[Royal Artillery]]. The series was broadcast by the BBC from 1974 to 1981 and starred [[Windsor Davies]] as the Battery sergeant-major o12 KB (1,671 words) - 11:08, 14 September 2024
- ...est known for his appearances as "Mr Derek" in ''[[Basil Brush#Basil Brush from 1963 to 1984|The Basil Brush Show]]'' (1969–1973), [[Bernard Woolley]] in ...2. The character first appeared as the local police sergeant, then retired from the force and ran the post office before becoming a [[pub]]lican.<ref name=9 KB (1,223 words) - 19:08, 27 September 2024
- ...and Pugh many were sceptical as to whether the marriage would last, apart from Jimmy Perry and his wife Gillian. After the wedding there was a whip-round ...yn, the Meldrum family solicitor; in the series he featured alongside many actors who he had previously worked with on ''[[It Ain't Half Hot Mum]]'' includin11 KB (1,635 words) - 12:13, 2 September 2024
- | birth_place = [[Durrington, Wiltshire]], England ...Mulberry Smith in the long-running sitcom ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'', from 2003 until it ended its run in 2010.15 KB (2,092 words) - 12:55, 18 February 2023
- ..., and then by his father and stepmother, who ran a pub in [[Salisbury]], [[Wiltshire]].<ref name=Guardian060618/><ref name=Metro7612606>{{cite news |url=https:/ ...w]]'' and ''[[The Hostage (play)|The Hostage]]'', all of which transferred from the [[Theatre Royal Stratford East]] to the [[West End theatre|West End]].17 KB (2,509 words) - 10:53, 17 February 2023
- | birth_place = [[Semley]], [[Wiltshire]], England ...12-06-12|last1=Morley |first1=Margaret |year=1979 }}</ref> His mother came from a German family that had emigrated to South Africa. Morley attended [[Welli25 KB (3,637 words) - 23:21, 13 February 2023
- ...on|South East London]], in 1907. Educated at [[Marlborough College]] in [[Wiltshire]], Justice studied science at [[University College London]], but left after ...rapnel shell|shrapnel]] from a German shell), he was honourably discharged from the service with a pension.19 KB (2,878 words) - 22:58, 10 September 2024
- ...t recording for children, as well as the recipient of governmental honours from, amongst others, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. He also displayed ...significant contributions Ustinov had made as chancellor of the university from 1992 until his death.56 KB (7,853 words) - 10:43, 25 August 2024
- ...the role on television five years later. He often appeared in film, rising from a [[bit part|bit part]] actor in the late 1930s to a member of the main cas ...ears later. Hordern suffered from kidney disease during the 1990s and died from it in 1995 at the age of 83.90 KB (14,130 words) - 08:06, 29 March 2023
- | birth_place = [[Swindon|Swindon]], [[Wiltshire|Wiltshire]], England ...tures|publisher=BBC}}</ref> at the Haven Nursing Home, Kent Road, Swindon, Wiltshire. Her mother Winifred Maud Mary (Payne) was married to Albert Edward Sidney86 KB (13,434 words) - 23:28, 12 February 2023
- ...everything so cold and grey." After moving to Brockley, south east London from the age of 12 in 1931, he attended Brownhill Road School (later to be renam ...]]. The Milligan-Stephens partnership was finally ended by Stephens' death from a brain haemorrhage in January 1959; Milligan later downplayed and disparag59 KB (9,117 words) - 22:45, 2 October 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