• Miss London Ltd.
  ..., [[black-and-white]], [[comedy film|comedy]], [[musical film|musical]], [[war film]], [[film director|directed]] by [[Val Guest]] and starring [[Arthur A This musical comedy playing in [[war]]time London, stars [[Arthur Askey]] as Arthur Boden alias Miss London, the
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• Once Upon a Dream (1949 film)
  ...h Jones]], and [[Guy Middleton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b213ade|title=Once upon a Dream (1948)|publisher=}}</ref> I Just after [[World War II]], former army officer Major Gilbert returns home, shortly after his ser
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• Bees in Paradise
  An [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] bomber plane gets into trouble. The four aircrew bail out and p ...s to be noble and offers a solution (even if it means losing her chance of romance with Peter). The cup final of the island's [[Rugby Union|rugby]] league tak
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• Haver and Lee
  ...Robb Wilton]], 1936), and ''[[Once in a Million]]'' (1936), and made short films for [[British Pathé]].<ref>[https://www.britishpathe.com/video/haver-lee After the end of the [[Second World War]], Keyes reprised his role as Duckweed in ''Danger - Men at Work!'', but wi
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• The Americanization of Emily
  ...r during the [[Normandy Invasion]]. The film is set in London during World War II in the weeks leading up to [[D-Day]] in 1944.<ref>[https://books.google. ...War]], the film has since been praised as a "[[Avant-garde|vanguard]] anti-war film."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/1184%7C0/Th
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• Inspector Clouseau
  ...llers, Clouseau's faux French accent became more exaggerated in successive films (for example, pronouncing "[[Room (architecture)|room]]" as "reum"; "[[Pope ===Films===
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• Garry Marsh
  ...erahty's The Road to Madrid: An Anglo-Irish Falstaff in Spain's Theatre of War.|journal=ES Review. Spanish Journal of English Studies|volume=39|issue=39|p Marsh began acting on the stage at the age of fifteen. He started off in films as a [[leading man|leading man]] but later became a [[character actor|chara
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• Stanley Black
  During [[World War II|World War II]], Black joined the [[Royal Air Force|Royal Air Force]], and became invo ...olved with the film industry, he composed and arranged music for about 200 films. He was appointed music director at [[Elstree Studios (Shenley Road)|Elstre
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• John Gregson
  ...40 credited film roles.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9ee347b3 |title=John Gregson }}</ref> He was best known for ...officer, or in comedy roles in [[Ealing Studios|Ealing]] and other British films.
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• Arthur Crabtree
  ...land) was a British [[cinematographer]] and [[film director]]. He directed films with comedians such as [[Will Hay]], the [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)|Crazy Crabtree did some films for [[Michael Powell]], ''[[Lazybones (1935 film)|Lazybones]]'' (1935) and
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• Graham Crowden
  ...He was best known for his many appearances in television comedy dramas and films, often playing eccentric "offbeat" scientist, teacher and doctor characters ...scientists in film, taking the role of Doctor Millar in the [[Mick Travis films]] of director [[Lindsay Anderson]], ''[[O Lucky Man!]]'' (1973) and ''[[Bri
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• Curse of the Pink Panther
  ...3 [[comedy film]] and a continuation of ''[[The Pink Panther]]'' series of films created by [[Blake Edwards]] in the early 1960s. The film was one of two pr ...y briefly considered for the role of [[Clouseau]] for ''[[The Pink Panther|Romance of the Pink Panther]]'' following Sellers' death, had been [[Blake Edwards]
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• Terry Nation
  ...previously appeared in colour in the [[Dr. Who (Dalek films)|Peter Cushing films]]. Only production stills and low-quality audio extracts survive. ...series)|MacGyver]]'' (1985) and ''[[A Fine Romance (1989 TV series)|A Fine Romance]]'' (1989).<ref name="imdb">{{IMDb name|0622334}}</ref>
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• Ben Lyon
  ...[[w:20th Century-Fox|20th Century-Fox]] who later acted in British radio, films and TV. ...glo-Jewish History'', Palgrave Macmillan (2011), p. 626</ref> Lyon entered films in 1918 after a successful appearance on [[w:Broadway theatre|Broadway]] op
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• Anna Neagle
  ...er lightweight musicals, comedies and historical dramas. Almost all of her films were produced and directed by [[Herbert Wilcox]], whom she married in 1943. ...understudied [[Jessie Matthews]].<ref>Vermilye, Jerry. ''The Great British Films''. Secaucus, New Jersey: Citadel Press, 1978. p. 21.</ref>
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• The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
  ...lms]] <br /> [[Company Pictures]] <br /> HD Vision Studios <br /> Labrador Films <br /> De Mann Entertainment ...r utilizes his talent for impersonation to disguise himself as the elderly war veteran character he was auditioning for. Once the casting agent ([[Alison
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• Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)
  ...ost of St. Michael's]]''), through the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' films]], and television. ...and ''[[Where's That Fire?]]'' (1939). In all he appeared in more than 70 films, including from this period [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[Sabotage (1936 film)
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• List of Steptoe and Son episodes
  ...rt suspects that he must be seeing a girl. Determined to put a stop to the romance, he gets Harold to invite the girl back to the house for dinner. Meanwhile, ...takes their last £10 and tries again, this time bringing home 400 [[World War II]] gas masks. Featuring [[Frank Thornton]].
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• David Niven
  | battles = [[Second World War]] ...geles|Hollywood]]. There, he hired an agent and had several small parts in films through 1935, including a non-speaking role in [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]'s ''
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• Robert Morley
  ...ten in supporting roles.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba192a594|title=Robert Morley}}</ref> In 1939 he received an ...on (director)|Robert Stevenson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b43e8c5|title=Return to Yesterday (1940)}}</ref> Later, he
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