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- | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_place = [[w:Haslington|Haslington]], [[w:Cheshire|Cheshire]]3 KB (439 words) - 14:05, 16 January 2023
- | birth_place = [[w:Stockport|Stockport]], [[w:Cheshire|Cheshire]], England ...d 14 February 2021.</ref> was an English actor and writer for films and TV from the 1950s.4 KB (547 words) - 14:20, 14 January 2023
- | birth_place = [[Wallasey]], [[Cheshire]], [[England]] Born in [[Wallasey|Wallasey]], [[Cheshire|Cheshire]], he starred as the eponymous policeman in the BBC radio series ''[[The Ad3 KB (455 words) - 11:59, 21 February 2023
- | birth_place = [[Stockport]], [[Cheshire]], England [[Category:People educated at Roundhay School]]3 KB (457 words) - 20:15, 19 September 2024
- | birth_place = [[w:Stockport|Stockport]], [[w:Cheshire|Cheshire]], England [[Category:People from Stockport]]5 KB (661 words) - 14:18, 23 January 2023
- ...UK<ref>{{cite web|title=Charles Crichton|work=People.theiapolis|url=http://people.theiapolis.com/director-20NN/charles-crichton/|access-date=16 December 2015 Born in [[w:Wallasey|Wallasey]], [[w:Cheshire|Cheshire]], he became best known for directing many comedies produced at [[w:Ealing14 KB (2,069 words) - 23:33, 3 February 2023
- | birth_place = [[Sale, Greater Manchester|Sale]], [[Cheshire]], England ...was born on 24 April 1933 in [[Sale, Greater Manchester|Sale]], [[Cheshire|Cheshire]], and began acting in 1961 with a theatre role in ''[[Caesar and Cleopatra7 KB (1,052 words) - 16:05, 24 February 2023
- | birth_place = [[w:Dukinfield|Dukinfield]], [[w:Cheshire|Cheshire]], England ...she adopted the surname as her stage name, hence Kathy Staff. She retired from the stage at this point to raise her family, but started working as an extr9 KB (1,251 words) - 17:31, 26 December 2022
- | birth_place = [[Dukinfield]], [[Cheshire]], England ...a [[cotton mill]] for £1 a week.<ref name="Indy"/><ref name="Tele Obit"/> From 1947 to 1949 he did his [[National service#United Kingdom|National Service]9 KB (1,292 words) - 12:52, 7 February 2023
- ...of [[British Railways]]''. Born Honour Fuller, her stage name was derived from her favourite measurement of alcohol, a gill, and her favourite time of yea ...ial". Amongst Summers' possessions were "a whole file of complaint letters from [[working men's club]]s." The complaints were generally that she was too r14 KB (1,996 words) - 11:09, 22 February 2023
- | birth_place = [[Wallasey|Wallasey]], [[Cheshire|Cheshire]], England<ref name="wirral-born-star">{{cite news|title=Tributes to Wirral ...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 2008.12 KB (1,762 words) - 15:30, 11 February 2023
- | birth_place = [[Wallasey]], [[Cheshire]], England ...d joined the [[Royal Air Force Police|RAF Police]] but was later invalided from service, whereupon he joined [[Entertainments National Service Association]12 KB (1,737 words) - 08:10, 5 August 2024
- ...=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311235854/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f6003ba |url-status=live }}</ref> was an Anglo-Indian actor. He was b ...Stuart "Harry" Bates (1893–1985), son of Albert Bates, of [[Congleton]], [[Cheshire]],<ref name=kelly>Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Class13 KB (1,738 words) - 22:58, 10 September 2024
- | birth_place = [[Heswall]], [[Cheshire]],{{efn|Part of Merseyside since 1974}} England ...ame show ''[[Bullseye (British game show)|Bullseye]]'', which he presented from its beginning in 1981 through to the end of its original run in 1995.16 KB (2,294 words) - 12:08, 20 February 2023
- | birth_place = [[Cheadle, Greater Manchester|Cheadle]], [[Cheshire]], England ...when she first entered [[show business]], she adopted the surname "Davey" from her mother's second husband (the "r" was added years later).6 KB (876 words) - 22:34, 7 September 2024
- ...ing "wasp-waist and swivel-hippy". Unwin claimed that the inspiration came from his mother, who once told him that on the way home she had "falolloped (fal ...n's Home|National Children's Home]] in [[Congleton|Congleton]], [[Cheshire|Cheshire]]. In the late 1920s, he studied radio, television and languages at [[Unive14 KB (2,034 words) - 07:56, 2 October 2024
- | birth_place = [[Bramhall|Bramhall]], [[Stockport|Stockport]], [[Cheshire|Cheshire]], England ...accommodate them and the last half desperately trying to save the building from a flood, and whilst all this is going on, put up with his nagging wife ([[H16 KB (2,397 words) - 18:33, 12 February 2023
- ...Master's Voice]] include "The Bee Song" (1938), a lasting part of his act. From the 1950s, Askey was a prominent television presence and made regular appea ...(née Bowden, d. 1949), originally from [[Knutsford|Knutsford]], [[Cheshire|Cheshire]] and Samuel Askey (d. 1958), company secretary of Sugar Products of Liverp15 KB (2,289 words) - 22:24, 28 March 2023
- | birth_place = [[Wallasey]], [[Cheshire]], England ...ctober 2013</ref> (part of [[Wallasey]]) in [[Wirral Peninsula|Wirral]], [[Cheshire]], England. He attended Wallasey Grammar School and made his professional s13 KB (1,977 words) - 20:00, 18 July 2024
- ...isher = [[Bowdoin College|]] | title = Actor Burt Kwouk '53 Receives Honor from English Crown | date = 28 July 2011 | access-date = 24 May 2016}}</ref> The ...22337b08c32b08c5b609516963223|archive-date=14 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> From 2002 to the series's end in 2010, he had a [[regular character|regular role23 KB (3,395 words) - 10:51, 20 February 2023