• Fred Ferris (actor)
  | birth_place = [[w:West Derby|West Derby]], [[w:Liverpool|Liverpool]], England Ferris was born in [[w:West Derby|West Derby]], Liverpool. In the earlier years of his career, he was known as a comic a
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• Gwen Taylor
  ...Actress Gwen shows naked ambition at 72 as she lands a role in Corrie|work=Derby Telegraph|date=21 July 2011|access-date=27 September 2011|archive-url=https ...ole was as a Green Bean in 'Jack and the Beanstalk' at the [[Derby Theatre|Derby Playhouse]]. Gwen Taylor trained at [[East 15 Acting School]], London. In 1
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• Bernard Holley
  ...eadly Females'' (1976).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f0944d0|title=Bernard Holley|website=BFI}}</ref> ...Theatre, Farnham|Farnham]], [[Brighton]], [[Manchester]], [[Edinburgh]], [[Derby]] and [[Norwich]]. One of his last stage roles was in [[Allan Monkhouse]]'s
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• Raymond Glendenning
  ...niversity of London]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba8285235|title=Raymond Glendenning|website=BFI}}</ref> He worked brief He covered the [[FA Cup Final]] every year from 1946 to 1963.<ref name=bbc>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-north
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• Peter Graves, 8th Baron Graves
  ...the Spring]]'' (1954).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba93e0162|title=Peter Graves|website=BFI}}</ref> He also appeared along * ''[[Derby Day (1952 film)|Derby Day]]'' (1952)
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• Frank Muir
  ...for most of their careers. Together they wrote [[BBC Radio]]'s ''[[Take It from Here]]'' for over 10 years, and then appeared on BBC radio quizzes ''[[My W ...a schoolboy. Margaret Muir ran a small sweet-shop across the road from the Derby Arms.<ref>Muir, Frank ''A Kentish Lad''. Corgi Books, 1998, p. 17</ref>
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• Tom Walls
  Walls spent his early years as an actor, from 1905, mostly in [[Edwardian musical comedy|musical comedy]], touring the Br ...d about 150 winners, including [[April the Fifth]], his 1932 [[Epsom Derby|Derby]] winner.
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• Richard Wattis
  ...tive Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]] for [[Walsall]] from 1924 to 1929. ...servant Northbrook in ''[[The Prince and the Showgirl]]'' (1957). He broke from this typecasting in his later films, such as his starring role in ''[[Games
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• Michael Ripper
  ...ame=guardian/><ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fb7e804|title=Michael Ripper|website=BFI}}</ref> ...of Dracula]]'' in 1970.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b529515|title=Scars of Dracula (1970)|website=BFI}}</ref> (His last H
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• Alfie Bass
  ...for Best Live Action Short Film|Best Short]]. In addition, Bass took over from [[Chaim Topol|Chaim Topol]] in the role of [[Tevye|Tevye]] in ''[[Fiddler o ...ise or other. Basically playing the same character, he has hopped chirpily from drama to comedy and into costume pieces and back like an energised sparrow.
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• Googie Withers
  ...d a [[Dutch resistance]] fighter who helps British airmen return to safety from behind enemy lines.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|last=Arthur|first=Nigel|url=htt Withers made three films with her husband, ''[[Derby Day (1952 film)|Derby Day]]'' (1952), ''[[Devil on Horseback]]'' (1954), and ''[[Port of Escape]]
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• Frank Carson
  ...t. He was best known for being a regular face on television for many years from the 1970s onwards, appearing in series such as ''[[The Comedians (1971 TV s ...o rest in Belfast | date=3 March 2012}}</ref> with his grandmother hailing from [[Sicily]]. In his early days Carson was a choirboy at St Patrick's Catholi
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• Brian Johnston
  ...most prominently associated with the [[BBC]] during a career which lasted from 1946 until his death in January 1994. ...e]] in [[France]] during May but these plans were overtaken by the retreat from [[Dunkirk]]. He remained stationed in the United Kingdom until the invasion
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• Sam Kydd
  ...h-Irish actor.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f123863|title=Sam Kydd}}</ref> His best-known roles were in two major ...hese years he was awarded a pair of drama masks, made by the [[Red Cross]] from barbed wire.
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• Wally Patch
  * ''Up for the Derby'' (1933) - Bert Davis, Bookie (uncredited) * ''[[Crazy People (1934 film)|Crazy People]]'' (1934)
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• Bill Maynard
  ...000, reprising the character in the spin-off ''[[w:The Royal|The Royal]]'' from 2002 to 2003. ...50s, under the stage name of Bill Maynard {{snd}} the surname was inspired from seeing a billboard for the popular British confectionery, [[Maynards|Maynar
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• Roy Castle
  ...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 ...film ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'', the first of two cinematic spin-offs from the [[BBC]] television series. He played the role of [[Dr. Who (Dalek films
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• Tommy Handley
  ...music hall]] circuit. He became nationally known as a pioneer broadcaster. From 1924 onwards he was frequently heard on [[w:BBC|BBC]] [[w:variety show|vari ...Genome. Retrieved 12 June 2020</ref> The sketch remained in his repertory from 1921 to 1941, and according to Handley's biographer [[w:Ted Kavanagh|Ted Ka
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• Jill Summers
  </ref><ref name="Derby">{{cite web| title =Jill Summers| publisher =Derby Dead Pool| url =http://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool1997/obits/summers.h ..., "The Landlady", "The Bartered Bride" and "The Lady Porteress".<ref name="Derby" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Barker|first=Denis|date=13 January 1997|
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• Pat Coombs
  ...in ''Like They've Never Been Gone'' when she died on 25 May 2002, aged 75, from [[w:emphysema|emphysema]] in [[w:Denville Hall]] actors' home, a west Londo | Lady attending Donkey Derby
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