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- | studio = Pyramid Films | released = 19744 KB (624 words) - 17:57, 20 February 2023
- ...obituary-alfred-roome-1288277.html|website=independent.co.uk|publisher=The Independent|accessdate=19 August 2016|date=12 December 1997}}</ref> ...rty years including many of the [[Aldwych Farces]] films, and [[Will Hay]] films such as ''[[Boys Will Be Boys (1935 film)|Boys Will Be Boys]]''.5 KB (710 words) - 10:00, 19 April 2023
- | parents = [[Arthur Askey]] (1900–1982) &<br />Elizabeth May Swash (1899–1974) ...r [[Arthur Askey]], and his wife Elizabeth May Swash (b. 1899, m. 1925, d. 1974). In many of her television roles she starred with him.3 KB (338 words) - 14:30, 24 February 2023
- ==Films== ...derived from the [[Barry McKenzie]] comic strip in ''[[Private Eye]]''. By 1974, he had largely retired but briefly returned to the screen to appear in ''[6 KB (872 words) - 09:58, 19 April 2023
- ...ilm director|film director]], best known for the long-running ''[[Carry On films|Carry On]]'' series of British film comedies. ...''[[w:Hamlet (1948 film)|Hamlet]]'' (1948). His editing work included many films directed by his older brother, [[w:Ralph Thomas|Ralph Thomas]]. His own dir7 KB (962 words) - 08:53, 6 February 2023
- ...from the 1950s onwards.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fa677ad|title=Jack Watson|website=BFI}}</ref> ...tson-1105138.html|title=Obituary: Jack Watson|date=9 July 1999|website=The Independent}}</ref>7 KB (1,080 words) - 13:57, 16 January 2023
- |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/diana-coupland-424214.html |work=INDEPENDENT14 KB (1,884 words) - 11:16, 14 February 2023
- ...rice in the popular [[LWT]] situation comedy ''[[Please Sir!]]''.<ref name=independent/> He used a broad [[Welsh accent|Welsh accent]] for much of his work, but h ...series ''[[Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt]]'' where he played Clive.<ref name=independent/>8 KB (1,206 words) - 23:30, 17 February 2023
- | released = {{Film date|1974|11|08|df=y}} ...-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905065924/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/Confessions-of-a-Window-Cleaner_1974 |archive-date=5 September 2011 |url-st20 KB (3,004 words) - 23:37, 19 February 2023
- ...uary-bernard-braden-1471203.html |title=Obituary: Bernard Braden |work=The Independent|date=6 February 1993 |accessdate=2017-07-14}}</ref> Seven years later, he, ...as the old scoffers just fade away". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', 5 January 1974.</ref>7 KB (1,060 words) - 18:20, 12 February 2023
- ...best remembered for her roles in several ''[[Carry On (franchise)|Carry On Films]]'' in the 1960s, including ''[[Carry On Cowboy]]'' (1965) as an all-singin Her other films have included ''[[The Comedy Man]]'' (1964), ''[[Digby, the Biggest Dog in7 KB (987 words) - 13:29, 25 August 2024
- | years active = 1974–1993 ...[[West End theatre|West End]] debut in ''[[Junior Miss]]''.<ref name="The Independent"/> As well as doing several years in rep, Pugh toured [[music hall]]s and c6 KB (898 words) - 11:17, 24 August 2024
- ...itt]]'' and ''[[The Gaffer (TV series)|The Gaffer]]'' and appeared in five films in the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' series]]. After a hiatus from te ...Spanners Eleven", and was part of a series called ''[[Seven of One]]''. In 1974, Maynard became a subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This15 KB (2,241 words) - 12:50, 28 December 2022
- ...ple/obituaries-benny-lee-1527812.html|title=Obituary: Benny Lee|work=[[The Independent]]|date=30 December 1995|access-date=6 December 2020}}</ref> was a [[Scottis ==Films==10 KB (1,402 words) - 08:06, 30 March 2023
- ...[[Kitty Clive]].<ref name="auto"/> He went on to play supporting roles in films and television series and dramas, including ''[[The Italian Job]]'' (1969), ...y series written by Lew Schwarz.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba02564a9|title=Henry McGee|website=BFI}}</ref> McGee was the7 KB (1,006 words) - 12:25, 14 January 2023
- ...hows from the 1950s to the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f003887|title=Ronald Fraser|work=BFI}}</ref> An unusual app ...ople/obituary-ronald-fraser-1272946.html "Obituary: Ronald Fraser"], ''The Independent'', 15 March 1997. Retrieved 24 February 2012</ref>9 KB (1,282 words) - 19:31, 5 September 2024
- ...|professional wrestler]] before commencing an acting career which included films, many roles on British television and work on the stage. His film appearanc ...ibed him upon his death as "one of Britain's best-loved actors".<ref name="independent"/>16 KB (2,354 words) - 23:49, 13 January 2023
- ...1924 – 22 December 2019) was an English actor. He appeared in a variety of films (including ''[[The Day of the Jackal (film)|The Day of the Jackal]]'') and He appeared in numerous British films from the 1950s onwards, including ''[[Operation Amsterdam]]'' (1959), ''[[S9 KB (1,242 words) - 14:19, 23 January 2023
- ...w.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/dave-freeman-531156.html|website = The Independent|accessdate = 18 November 2015}}</ref> ...1973, starring [[Terry Scott]] and [[June Whitfield]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1974, it transferred to the [[Duke of York's Theatre]] starring [[David Jason]].10 KB (1,398 words) - 23:28, 17 February 2023
- ...ood<br />|1955|1972|reason=div}}<br />{{marriage|Elizabeth Amy Brent<br />|1974}} ...st 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424083030/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/don-estelle-36873.html|archive-date=24 April 2017}}</9 KB (1,301 words) - 16:01, 25 August 2024