• Angela Douglas
  ...59 in ''[[w:The Shakedown (1959 film)|The Shakedown]]'', and then appeared with [[w:Tommy Steele|Tommy Steele]] in ''[[w:It's All Happening (film)|It's All ...1960–1985: 25 years, CBC Enterprises, 1986. {{ISBN|0-88794-231-8}} photo with brief description of cameo role p203.</ref> and ''[[Doctor at Large (TV ser
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• Bill Waddington
  ...t Lockwood]] as early as 1946. In the 1970s he enjoyed a stage partnership with [[Sid James]], only ended by James's death in 1976.<ref name=":0" /> ...les in ''Coronation Street''. His first two parts were uncredited as a man with a pipe in a cafe scene in 1967 and a drunken businessman who laughed at one
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• Charlie Williams (comedian)
  ...that were."<ref name="times"/><ref name="telegraph"/> He ended his career with [[Skegness Town F.C.|Skegness Town]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Brown|first=Neil|t ...e they have the broken biscuits?". I think it was a huge culture shock for people. And Charlie exploited this to the full.|[[Lenny Henry]] in ''Windrush –
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• Neil McCarthy (actor)
  He died of [[motor neurone disease]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a5-fBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA2 [[Category:People from Lincoln, England]]
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• David Jacobs (broadcaster)
  ...rogramme ''[[Navy Mixture|Navy Mixture]]'' in 1944. He became an announcer with the [[British Forces Broadcasting Service|British Forces Broadcasting Servi ...consisted of [[easy listening music|easy listening music]] and interviews with guests. From December 1967 until July 1984, Jacobs chaired the Radio 4 topi
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• Thorley Walters
  ...F.O.]]'' and was shocked at his appearance (he was ill with [[Parkinson's disease]]). That visit resulted in the Terry-Thomas Gala held in the [[Theatre Roya * ''[[The People That Time Forgot (film)|The People That Time Forgot]]'' (1977) – Norfolk
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• Michael Sheard
  ...h Michael Sheard (Real Audio)|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> He also worked with the [[Eighth Doctor]] in ''[[The Stones of Venice (Doctor Who audio)|The St ...s Great and Small]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7ced83c4|title=Sleeping Partners (1978)|website=BFI}}</ref> Also in 19
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• Terence Alexander
  ...ter of a rival school.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7cf03543|title=The Honour of the School (1970)|publisher=British Film ...70 film)|Waterloo]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ba47193|title=Waterloo (1970)|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref
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• Bob Hoskins
  ...reet]]''. He retired from acting in 2012 owing to [[Parkinson's disease]], with which he had been diagnosed the previous year, and died from [[pneumonia]] ...r=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=30 April 2014}}</ref> He left school at 15 with a single [[GCE Ordinary Level|O-Level]] and worked as a porter, lorry drive
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• Richard Vernon
  ...ependent 13 Dec 1997"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7f5efab7|title=Fellows [26/06/1967] (1967)|website=BFI}}</ref> He also ...series)|Persuasion]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7f6bead8|title=Persuasion Part 5 (1971)|website=BFI}}</ref> He played
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• Freddie Starr
  ...''The Freddie Starr Show ''(1996–1998) and two episodes of ''[[An Audience with...]]'' in 1996 and 1997. In 1999, he presented the game show ''[[Beat the C ...-onstage-persona/ |title=Obituary: Freddie Starr – 'unpredictable comedian with an anarchic and dangerous onstage persona' |publisher=[[The Stage]] |date=1
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• Richard Briers
  ...e Glen (TV series)|Monarch of the Glen]]'' (2000–05). From the late 1980s, with [[Kenneth Branagh]] as director, he performed Shakespearean roles in ''[[He ...f Middlesex [[tenant farmer]]s; a gregarious and popular man, he contended with a nervous disposition, and drifted between jobs, spending most of his life
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• Wendy Richard
  ...urnalism|tabloids]]. She was diagnosed with [[breast cancer]] in 1996; the disease returned in 2002 and again in 2008; this time it had spread throughout her ...er father's death, as Henry had been a [[Freemasonry|Freemason]], and help with fees was provided by the organisation. She found the school excessively str
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• Bob Monkhouse
  ...ame="Guardian obit" /> He established a comics writing and art partnership with Dulwich schoolmate [[Denis Gifford]] and the two formed their own publishin ...National service]] with the [[Royal Air Force]] in 1948. He won a contract with the BBC after his unwitting RAF group captain signed a letter that Monkhous
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• Ronnie Corbett
  ...rt]]'' (with Barker) and subsequently starred in<!-- First series overlaps with TFR. --> sitcoms such as ''[[No – That's Me Over Here!]]'', ''[[Now Look ..., We're British (film)|''No Sex Please, We're British'']]. He first worked with Ronnie Barker in the BBC TV series ''[[The Frost Report]]'' in 1966, and th
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• Anna Neagle
  [[File:Sunny (1941 film) still 1.jpg|thumb|right|Neagle with [[Paul Hartman]] and [[Ray Bolger]] in the film [[Sunny (1941 film)|''Sunny ...amour and sophistication to [[Second World War|war-torn]] London audiences with her lightweight musicals, comedies and historical dramas. Almost all of her
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• Kenneth More
  ...]]'' (1958). He also played more serious roles as a leading man, beginning with ''[[The Deep Blue Sea (1955 film)|The Deep Blue Sea]]'' (1955), ''[[Reach f ...me – ''[[The Comedy Man]]'' (1964) and ''[[The Greengage Summer]]'' (1961) with [[Susannah York|Susannah York]], "one of the happiest films on which I have
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• Dudley Moore
  ...ly... But Also]]''. As a popular double act, Moore’s buffoonery contrasted with Cook’s deadpan monologues.<ref name="double act">{{cite news |title=Peter ...et in [[Swinging Sixties|Swinging Sixties London]] (in which he co-starred with Cook) and Hollywood productions ''[[Foul Play (1978 film)|Foul Play]]'' (19
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• Terry-Thomas
  ...He spent several years appearing in smaller roles, before wartime service with [[w:Entertainments National Service Association|Entertainments National Ser In 1971, he was diagnosed with [[w:Parkinson's disease|Parkinson's disease]], which slowly brought his career to a conclusion; his last film role was
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• Peter Ustinov
  ..., vol. 2, Wiesbaden 2005. Also, a family photo shows Ustinov's grandmother with her husband and their children, including Ustinov's father Jona.</ref> ...ther [[Alexandre Benois|Alexandre Benois]] was a stage designer who worked with [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]] and [[Sergei Diaghilev|Diaghilev]]. Their pa
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