| birth_place = [[w:Aldershot|Aldershot]], [[w:Hampshire|Hampshire]], England ...The Fully Authorised History of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue: The Clue Bible from Footlights to Mornington Crescent''], Arrow Books (2010) pg. 277</ref><ref>

| birth_place = [[w:Aldershot|Aldershot]], Hampshire, England ...6 April 1995) was an English television, film and stage actor and comedian from the [[w:music hall|music hall]] tradition.

| birth_place = [[w:Aldershot|Aldershot]], Hampshire ...n was born in [[w:Aldershot|Aldershot]], Hampshire, England, with [[Romani people|Romany]] blood on his mother's side. He was an accordion player and singer

...e an actor and when offered a job with the local rep, he took it and apart from six years in the army during World War II, he remained in the profession. ...sh Comedy Guide}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b86e3cda9|title=Physician Heal Thyself (1974)|website=BFI}}</ref> He al

...avilion, a repertory theatre in [[Folkestone]], Kent.<ref>{{Cite web|title=From Theatre to Club|url=https://www.leaspavilionarchive.org.uk/new-contribution ...on tour, and helped establish rep companies in [[Theatre Royal, Aldershot|Aldershot]], [[Southend]] and [[Eastbourne]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Portsmouth music s

| birth_place = [[Aldershot]], England ...eremy James Hardy''' (17 July 1961{{snd}}1 February 2019) was an [[English people|English]] comedian. Born and raised in [[Hampshire]], Hardy studied at the

...ilm Institute profile of Brian Clemens |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/473675/index.html}}</ref> While he was a [[w:copywriter|copywriter]] the ...don''), ''White Hunter'' (ITV, 1958–1960), ''[[w:The Man from Interpol|Man from Interpol]]'' (ITV, 1960–1961), and ''[[w:Richard the Lionheart (TV series

...' and realised that television production values were now little different from those in the film industry; as a result he developed a belated career in te ...a nursing home in [[Poole]], [[Dorset]].<ref name="ODNB"/> He had suffered from [[vascular dementia]] for the last twelve years of his life.<ref>{{cite web

...al Military Academy Sandhurst]], serving with the [[East Surrey Regiment]] from 1952 to 1955,<ref name="auto">Contemporary Dramatists, ed. James Vinson, St ...llaborated on the 1986 sitcom ''Room at the Bottom'' and ''Get Well Soon'' from 1997) unveiled their play ''[[Steptoe and Son]] – Murder at Oil Drum Lane

...ame show ''[[Bullseye (British game show)|Bullseye]]'', which he presented from its beginning in 1981 through to the end of its original run in 1995. ...r I]] veteran<ref name="LT"/> and his wife, Annie Whittaker; who were both from [[Clayton-le-Moors]], [[Lancashire]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Right Place, Ri

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2022|07|27<!--Per People magazine: "Cribbins' agent confirmed he died on Wednesday [the 27th] in a s ...d-cribbins-obituary|url-status = live}}</ref> the latter cited a statement from his agent.<ref name=Rice/> Other journalistic sources reported that he died

...ran for seven series and 52 episodes – including two Christmas specials – from 1991 to 1997 on [[BBC One|BBC1]]. Creators Norriss and Fegen co-wrote the f .../archive.org/details/bestofbritcomsfr0000berm|title=Best of the Britcoms : from Fawlty Towers to Absolutely Fabulous|date=1999|location=Dallas, Tex |publi

...edy]], and later [[television comedy|television comedy]] series, broadcast from 1954 to 1961 and written by [[Galton and Simpson|Ray Galton and Alan Simpso ...in the development of the [[Sitcom|situation comedy]], with its move away from radio variety towards a focus on character development.

...y Galore!'' was renamed ''Tight Little Island'', the film became the first from the studios to achieve box office success. It was followed by a sequel, ''[ ...islanders. In the midst of this catastrophe, Sergeant Odd returns on leave from the army to court Peggy, the daughter of the local shopkeeper, Joseph Macro

...ed four times and had three children from his first two marriages. He died from a heart attack, aged 54, in 1980. English filmmakers the [[Boulting brother ...particular. He was prone to laziness, but his natural talents shielded him from criticism by his teachers.{{sfn|Moritz|1961|p=371}} Sellers recalled that a

...industry's most important figures. His career spanned more than 75 years, from childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977, and e ...imelight]]'' (1952), ''[[A King in New York]]'' (1957), and ''[[A Countess from Hong Kong]]'' (1967).