| birth_place = [[Belfast]], Ireland | death_place = [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]]

| birth_place = [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]] | notable_work = ''[[The Comedians (1971 TV series)|The Comedians]]''

| caption = BBC promo from 1955 ...420.stm |date=13 April 2001 |access-date=7 November 2010}}</ref> His aunt, from whom he took his stage surname, was [[w:Broadway theatre|Broadway]] perform

...r months after his death Mark's daughter - and Reid's granddaughter - died from cot death. He coped by ploughing himself into work, but Reid said years lat |title = Supplementary Memorandum from the National Secular Society

...ppers and Shunters Social Club]]'', ''[[The Comedians (1971 TV series)|The Comedians]]'', The Embassy Club ...e 1970s, appearing on shows such as ''[[The Comedians (1971 TV series)|The Comedians]]'' and ''[[The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club]]''. His act became c

...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

| birth_place = [[Dublin]], Ireland ...religious authority. His technique and style have influenced young British comedians.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last=Otchet|first=Amy|date=May 1999|title=Mark T

...Cats]]'' from 2005 to 2015, and on ''[[8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown]]'' from 2012 until his death in 2021. ...k/sunday-life/news/sean-lock-made-regular-trips-to-visit-uncle-in-northern-ireland-40774477.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Lock, the youngest of four children

...04}} Formby also had a successful recording career and made the transition from music hall to [[revue]] in 1916. ...his name to [[George Formby]]; Formby Jr went on to become the top British male star in box office takings between 1937 and 1943.

From 3.30pm to 4.15pm on Wednesday 26 April 1949, a trial recording of a new BBC ...[[Robert Moreton]], plus [[Doris Nichol]] (a colleague of Jacques Brown’s from Danger – Men at Work!) and [[Bob Bain]]. Peter was Lord Peter, the twenty

...came president of the [[British Music Hall Society]], taking over the role from [[Roy Hudd]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishmusichallsociety.com/pat

...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 ...s first properly home-grown screen comedian. He was an influence on future comedians—particularly [[Charlie Drake]] and [[Norman Wisdom]]—and, culturally, o

...Mad, Mad, Mad World]]'' (1963) and ''[[How to Murder Your Wife]]'' (1965). From the mid-1960s on he also frequently starred in European films, in roles suc ...and, shortly before his death, was living in poverty, existing on charity from the Actors' Benevolent Fund. A charity gala was held in his honour, which r