• Wonderful Things!
  | image = "Wonderful_Things!"_(1958).jpg | released = 10 June 1958 (London) (UK)
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• Quiet Wedding
  ...g (play)|Quiet Wedding]]'' by [[Esther McCracken]]. The film was remade in 1958 as ''[[Happy Is the Bride]]''. It was Lockwood's first film following a series of films with [[Carol Reed]].<ref name="vagg">{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vag
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• Carry On Nurse
  ...e of 10.4 million, had the highest cinema viewing of any of the "Carry On" films.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/apr/17/g Bell's operation is delayed, which upsets him greatly as he is planning a romantic weekend. He offers the men in the ward the champagne he was going to drink
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• Kenneth Connor
  | known_for = [[Carry On (film series)|''Carry On'' films]]<br/>''[['Allo 'Allo!]]'' ...prominence with his appearances in the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' films]].
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• Blake Edwards
  ...ck comedy]], [[Comedy drama]], [[Musicals]], [[Adventure films]], [[Action films]], [[Sex comedies]], [[Western (genre)|Western]] ...rector of comedies, he also directed several drama, musical, and detective films. Late in his career, he took up writing, producing and directing for theate
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• Richard Murdoch
  ...edy]], Murdoch quickly moved on to increasingly prominent roles in musical comedy and [[revue]] in the [[West End theatre|West End]] and on tour. He made his ...singly prominent roles in musicals and [[revue]]s, including the secondary romantic lead to [[Jack Buchanan]]'s star, in ''Stand up and Sing'' (1932),<ref>[htt
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• Adrienne Corri
  ...f>{{cite book |last=Fellner |first=Chris |title=The Encyclopedia of Hammer Films |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IVGfDwAAQBAJ&q=Adrienne+Riccoboni+bo ...hakespearean roles and in Hammer horror movies, as well as such well-known films as Dr Zhivago |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/28/adrienne-co
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• Bill Travers
  ...Douglas Fairbanks Presents]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8784435e|title=The Heel (1953)|website=BFI}}</ref> ...le went to [[Dirk Bogarde]]. Travers briefly returned to Britain to make a comedy, ''[[The Smallest Show on Earth]]'' (1957), with his second wife [[Virginia
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• Angela Morley
  ...in 1969, until the demise of ATV in 1981. By 1953, Morley was also scoring films for the [[w:Associated British Picture Corporation|Associated British Pictu ...les Chart]] in January 1959,<ref name=":4" /> and "Kiss Me Honey Kiss Me" (1958).<ref name=":6" /> She was the head of an orchestra and a chorale at this t
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• Burt Kwouk
  ...aracters|Cato]] in the ''[[The Pink Panther (film series)|Pink Panther]]'' films. He made appearances in many television programmes, including a portrayal o ...when he least expected it to keep him alert, usually resulting in a ruined romantic encounter or Clouseau's flat being completely destroyed. Amid the chaos, th
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• Kenneth Williams
  | known_for = [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' films]] ...une 2014}}</ref> as well as being a regular panellist on [[BBC Radio 4]]'s comedy panel show ''[[Just a Minute]]'' from its second series in 1968 until his d
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• List of Carry On films cast members
  ...a list of actors who have appeared in [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' films]]. ...Jacques—this plot device was used to greatest effect in the hospital-based films, which gave rise to Williams' famous catchphrase "ohhh Matron!".
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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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• John Le Mesurier on stage, radio, screen and record
  ...remembered for his role as [[Sergeant Arthur Wilson]] in the BBC situation comedy ''[[Dad's Army]]'', between 1968 and 1977.{{sfn|McCann|2010|p=ix}} ...e played the character Jack Mottram. He went on to appear in over 100&nbsp;films, including ''[[Private's Progress]]'' (1955), ''[[I'm All Right Jack]]'' (1
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• Arthur Lowe
  ...ous Players repertory company. Lowe was immediately offered a trial in the comedy play ''Bedtime Story'', in which he took the part of Dickson.{{sfnp|Lord|20 During this time Lowe began a romantic relationship with [[w:Joan Cooper|Joan Cooper]] (1922–1989), a married ac
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• Mervyn Johns
  ...sh stage, film and television character actor who became a star of British films during the Second World War. ...worked regularly at [[Ealing Studios]], first with starring roles in such films as ''[[They Knew Mr. Knight (film)|They Knew Mr. Knight]]'' (1946), ''[[The
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• Willie Rushton
  ...Chelsea]], London, the only child of publisher John Atherton Rushton (1908-1958) and his Welsh wife Veronica (née James, 1910-1977). He was educated at [[ ...am also worked on two books, ''Private Eye on London'' and ''Private Eye's Romantic England'' that make heavy use of his cartooning talents. One of the first '
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• Norman Wisdom
  ...ish actor, comedian, musician and singer best known for a series of comedy films produced between 1953 and 1966 featuring his hapless onscreen character tha ...and many [[Eastern Bloc]] countries, particularly in [[Albania]] where his films were the only ones by Western actors permitted by dictator [[Enver Hoxha]]
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• Stanley Holloway
  ...d to star in [[variety show|variety]], [[pantomime|pantomime]] and musical comedy, including several [[revue|revue]]s. ...war, he appeared in the film ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' and made a series of films for Ealing Studios, including ''[[Passport to Pimlico]]'', ''[[The Lavender
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• Hattie Jacques
  ...he is best known as a regular of the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'']] films, where she typically played strict, no-nonsense characters, but was also a ...brief, uncredited role. From 1958 to 1974 she appeared in 14 ''Carry On'' films, playing various roles including the formidable hospital [[matron|matron]].
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