• Edward Sinclair
  ...Verger]] [[List of Dad's Army characters#Maurice Yeatman|Maurice Yeatman]] in ''[[Dad's Army]]'' ...rger]] [[Maurice Yeatman]] in ''[[Dad's Army]]''. He also made appearances in ''[[Z-Cars]]'' and ''[[Danger Man]]''.
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• Alan Curtis (British actor)
  ...ong career in the film, television and theatre, which included appearances in four films of cult director [[Pete Walker (director)|Pete Walker]]. Curtis lived in [[Chiswick|Chiswick]], where he died in February 2021 aged 90.<ref>[https://alancurtis.org.uk/ Alan Curtis home pag
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• Pete and Dud
  ...e Good Evening 1974.JPG|thumb|Peter Cook ('Pete') and Dudley Moore ('Dud') in 1974]] '''Pete and Dud''' were characters played by the comedians and entertainers [[Peter Cook]] and [[Dudley Moore]
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• Harold Bennett
  ...Dad's Army characters#Other platoon members#Sidney Blewitt|Sidney Bluett]] in ''[[Dad's Army]].'' ...d eventually worked as stage producer in the [[Tower Theatre Company|Tower Theatre]], London. He subsequently pursued a career as a draughtsman for an electri
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• Lee Cornes
  ...e Cornes''' is an [[England|English]] television [[actor]] and writer born in [[Worcester, England|Worcester]]. ...and won best Stand Up Comedian at the [[Charrington London Fringe Awards]] in 1987.
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• Peter Bayliss
  ...heatre productions. He made several films for the [[Children's Film Unit]] in his later years. *''[[Alice in Wonderland (1999 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' (1999) - Mr. Dodo
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• Derek and Clive
  {{short description|Double act of comedic characters created by Dudley Moore (Derek) and Peter Cook (Clive)}} ...release, more than 100,000 copies of [[Derek and Clive (Live)]] were sold in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-08-02|title=Derek and Clive ar
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• Davy Kaye
  ...shows at his school, making his professional debut at the Mile End Empire in 1935. On the outbreak of the [[Second World War]], Kaye tried to join up, b ...e of [[Hawley Harvey Crippen|Dr Crippen]]) at the [[Novello Theatre|Strand Theatre]].<ref name=rats>[http://www.gowr.net/Members/pkrdavykaye.html Kaye] on The
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• Aubrey Woods
  | death_place = [[w:Barrow-in-Furness|Barrow-in-Furness]], [[w:Cumbria|Cumbria]], England ...haracter of [[w:List of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory characters#Other characters|Bill, the Candy Store Owner]], singing "[[w:The Candy Man|The Candy Man]]"
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• Jack Train
  ...actor best known for his appearances as a variety of eccentric characters in the [[w:BBC|BBC]] radio series ''[[It's That Man Again]]'' (''ITMA''). ...he show, but otherwise he remained a stalwart until Handley's sudden death in 1949 put an end to ''ITMA''. ''[[w:The Times|The Times]]'' said of Train:
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• Robin Parkinson
  ...l 2019|title=Robin Parkinson|website=BFI|access-date=23 April 2019}}</ref> in ''[['Allo 'Allo!]]'' (22 episodes: series 7 to 9), after the death of [[Der ...ries)|The Professionals]]'' (series 2, episode 8: ''A Stirring of Dust''). In addition, he narrated and provided voices for the ITV television series ''[
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• Stephen Lewis (actor)
  | caption = As Inspector Cyril Blake in ''[[On the Buses]]'' ...d Harry Lambert in ''[[Oh, Doctor Beeching!]]'', although he also appeared in numerous stage and film roles.
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• Four Yorkshiremen sketch
  ...kshiremen sketch at ''[[w:Monty Python Live (Mostly)|Monty Python Live]]'' in 2014]] ...oup [[Monty Python]] (which included Cleese and Chapman), who performed it in their live shows, including ''[[w:Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl|M
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• Eric Thompson
  ...[[Old Vic]] acting school in London and joined the Old Vic theatre company in 1952.<ref name="Stevens"/> ...odes of ''[[Coronation Street]]'', in 1964 and 1969 (playing two different characters).
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• E. L. Wisty
  ...ow-it-all, Wisty usually appeared in monologues, or in two-handed sketches in which he bores the other person. According to British comedy scholar [[Roge ...or a short while in [[Uplyme]] in [[Devon]]. At the time, a few miles away in [[Lyme Regis]], there was an electrical retail shop called "E. L. Wiscombe"
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• Alec Bregonzi
  ...; 4 June 2006) was an [[w:England|English]] [[w:actor|actor]] who appeared in a number of stage and television roles.<ref>{{Cite web|last=McGillivray|fir ...erhead|Leatherhead]], amongst other places. Work in the West End followed, in [[w:Tennessee Williams|Tennessee Williams]]'s ''[[w:Camino Real (play)|Cami
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• Hugh Paddick
  ...in the 1960s [[w:BBC|BBC]] radio show ''[[Round the Horne]]'', performing in sketches such as "Charles and Fiona" (as Charles) and "[[Julian and Sandy]] ...est End]] production of ''[[w:The Boy Friend (musical)|The Boy Friend]]'', in 1954.<ref name="Stevens">{{cite book
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• Harry Towb
  ...he Way to the Forum]]'' at the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/jul/30/har ...episodes of the BBC soap opera ''[[EastEnders]]'' as [[List of EastEnders characters (2008) #David|David]], [[Janine Butcher]]'s fiancé. He also appeared on th
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• Aubrey Morris
  | caption = in character as 'Leslie' in [[Catweazle]] ...1 June 1926 – 15 July 2015) was a British actor known for his appearances in the films ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'' and ''[[The
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• Jonathan Cecil
  ...2 September 2011), known as '''Jonathan Cecil''', was an English [[theatre|theatre]], [[film|film]], and [[television|television]] [[actor|actor]]. Cecil was born in [[London|London]], England, the son of [[Lord David Cecil|Lord David Cecil]
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