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...ona]]. He performed in drag and also as himself in theatrical productions, television shows and film. ...n the United Kingdom and was featured in theatre productions, and in film, television and records.

{{short description|British actor}} | birth_place = [[w:Kuala Lumpur|Kuala Lumpur]], [[w:British Malaya|Malaya]]

| nationality = British | television = ''[[Odd Man Out (British TV series)|Odd Man Out]]''<br>''[[Are You Being Served?]]''<br>''[[Take a Letter, Mr.

...|Worzel Gummidge]]'' (1979–81) and [[Magic Grandad]] in the BBC television series ''Watch'' (1995).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity ...0727-72-6|title=Who's Who on Television, 1st Edition|publisher=Independent Television Books Ltd}}</ref>

...= ''[[Coronation Street]]'' (1981–1982, 1988–2001)<br>''[[Bad Girls (TV series)|Bad Girls]]'' (2003–2006) ...Girls (TV series)|Bad Girls]]''. She has since enjoyed a varied stage and television career.

...mbered for his lead role in the [[Television in the United Kingdom|British television]] sitcom ''[[Father, Dear Father]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screeno ...dhurst. Cargill became a commissioned officer in the [[British Indian Army|British Indian Army]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/alt

{{Infobox television | followed_by = ''[[Are You Being Served? (Australian TV series)]]''<br />''[[Grace & Favour]]''

...including productions staged in Europe. His many television appearances on British TV, include ''Take My Wife'' in which he played a London-based booking agen ===Television===

'''Graham Chapman''' (8 January 1941 – 4 October 1989) was a British actor, comedian and writer born in England. He was one of the six members o ...ft Britain for Los Angeles, where he attempted to be a success on American television, speaking on the college circuit and producing the pirate film ''[[Yellowbe

...] singer, critic, writer and lecturer. From 1965 to 1973 he was a film and television critic for ''[[The Observer]]''; he also lectured on [[art history]], with ...ans Revival" style jazz were very popular in Britain. In January 1963, the British music magazine ''[[NME]]'' reported that the biggest trad jazz event to be

| medium = Radio, television ...ped his trademark voices and surreal characters which he later adapted for television.

...atic Art]]. He began to entertain during [[World War II]] service in the [[British Army]]. It was at this time that he adapted his surname to Howerd "to be di ...g Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'' (1963–1965), which led into regular television work. In 1966 and 1967, he co-hosted a 90-minute Christmas show called ''Th

...eatrical; [[effeminate]] or homosexual" behavior, and by the middle of the 1970s, camp was defined by the college edition of ''[[Webster's New World Diction === Television ===

...[[BBC Radio 4]]'s comedy panel show ''[[Just a Minute]]'' from its second series in 1968 until his death 20 years later. ...and subsequently kept himself in the public eye with chat shows and other television work.

...evision documentary,<ref>David McKenna, ''A Storm in a Teacup'', Channel 4 Television, 1993.</ref> there was once (in London) an "[[East End of London|East End]] ...utsiders and [[undercover police]]men. It was also used extensively in the British [[Merchant navy|Merchant Navy]], where many gay men joined [[ocean liner]]s

...tly dropped the character and in the 2000s became the presenter of various television and radio shows, including ''[[The Paul O'Grady Show]]''. ...television, radio, and theatrical appearances. As Savage, he presented the television shows ''[[The Big Breakfast]]'' (1995–1996), ''[[Blankety Blank]]'' (1997

...nd [[satirist]]. He is best known for writing and playing his on-stage and television alter egos [[Dame Edna Everage]] and [[Sir Les Patterson]]. He is also a fi ...nal renown, and he also appeared in numerous stage productions, films, and television shows. Originally conceived as a dowdy [[Moonee Ponds, Victoria|Moonee Pond