• Roger Kitter
  ...aptain Alberto Bertorelli]] in [['Allo 'Allo! (series 7)|series 7]] of the British sitcom TV series ''[['Allo 'Allo!]]'' after the actor [[Gavin Richards]] le ...e ITV show ''[[Who Do You Do?]]''. With [[Kaplan Kaye]] he also recorded a song "[[Chalk Dust - The Umpire Strikes Back]]" using the [[monicker]] "The Brat
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• Doc Cox
  ...obert Doc Cox''' (born 1 July 1946), also known as '''Ivor Biggun''', is a British musician and former television journalist. He is known for his appearances ...hen Ivor is pronounced [[Rhoticity in English|non-rhotically]] (as in most British accents) as {{IPAc-en|'|aɪ|v|ə}}, the full name is a [[homophone|homophon
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• Arthur Haynes
  ...ews |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/838493/index.html|title= British Film Institute ScreenOnline | accessdate=4 July 2010| archiveurl= https://w ...reatest comedy star in the world. In 1966, he appeared as a patient in the British film ''[[Doctor in Clover]]''.<ref name="BBC/BFI"/>
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• Bill Owen (actor)
  ...role of [[Compo Simmonite|William "Compo" Simmonite]] in the long-running British sitcom ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''. Compo is a scruffy working-class pe ...he West End hit ''Son of Oblomov'' in 1964. Owen also recorded a [[novelty song]] with [[Kathy Staff]] in 1983 called "Nora Batty's Stockings".
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• Arthur Askey
  ...Empire|OBE]] in 1969 and a [[Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|CBE]] in 1981; he continued to appear frequently on television, radi ...'[[The Arthur Askey Show]]''. He was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' on two occasions, in December 1959 when he
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• Binnie Hale
  ...(ed.) "Raine, Patricia", ''British Film and Television Yearbook'', Vol. 4, British and American Film Press (1952)</ref> The marriage ended in divorce about 19 ...Musicals101.com, 2007, accessed 6 February 2015</ref> Her recording of the song "[[Spread a Little Happiness]]" from that musical is possibly her best reme
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• Terry Scott
  Scott's novelty record "My Brother" (written by [[Mitch Murray]], released in 1962 on [[Par [[Category:British male comedy actors]]
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• Charlie Drake
  ...britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001180/19631003/062/0009| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> He was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' on two occasions, in December 1961 when he
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• Hylda Baker
  ...|date= 2011-09-26|accessdate=2014-03-15}}</ref> it is described by the [[w:British Film Institute|BFI]] as a "low life comedy, unfolded against an [[w:industr ...arest]]</ref> (the same year she was a subject of ''[[w:This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' when she was surprised by [[w:Eamonn Andre
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• Alfie Bass
  ...to prevent a march through the East End by the [[British Union of Fascists|British Union of Fascists]].<ref name="ondb">{{cite ODNB |last1=Sharp |first1=Rober ...''[[The Fearless Vampire Killers|The Fearless Vampire Killers]]'' (1967) (British title ''The Dance of the Vampires'') as innkeeper Yoine Shagal with his dau
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• Max Bygraves
  ...x and his wife, Blossom, said, 'That's no good, what does it mean?'... The song was absolutely perfect for Max and its whole secret was 'What the hell does ...om Brown's Schooldays]]'' (1951). Bygraves appeared as himself in the 1954 British film musical ''Harmony Lane'' directed by Lewis Gilbert, and 'What Now, Dav
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• Bernard Bresslaw
  Bresslaw was a member of the [[Grand Order of Water Rats]], a British entertainment fraternity and in 1988 he was elected "King Rat" of the order * "[[Charlie Brown (The Coasters song)|Charlie Brown]]/The Teenager's Lament" (1959)
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• Clive Dunn
  | nationality = British ...= [[w:Royal Armoured Corps|Royal Armoured Corps]], [[w:British Army|British Army]]
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• Arthur Mullard
  {{short description|British actor (1910–1995)}} | branch = British Army
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• Gracie Fields
  | honorific_prefix = [[Order of the British Empire|Dame]] | honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|DBE]] [[Venerable Order of Saint John|OStJ]]
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• List of The Morecambe & Wise Show (1978 TV series) episodes
  This is an episode summary of [[United Kingdom|British]] [[TV comedy]] show ''[[The Morecambe & Wise Show (1978 TV series)|The Mor ...[[Peter Cushing]], [[Derek Griffiths]], [[Syd Lawrence]], [[Ann Hamilton (British actress)|Ann Hamilton]], [[Kenneth Watson (actor)|Kenneth Watson]], [[Frank
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• Hale and Pace
  ...ount of musical numbers with every episode featuring at least one original song performed by Hale and/or Pace. ...rase 'I do, Ron, Ron' in their stilted conversations in a reference to the song "[[Da Doo Ron Ron]]" by [[The Crystals]].<ref name=":0" /> The Two Rons' st
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• Neil Innes
  ...his childhood in [[West Germany]] where his father was deployed with the [[British Army of the Rhine]]. He took piano lessons from age 7 to 14 and taught hims ...verett|1999|p=132}} Innes won an [[Ivor Novello Award]] for Best Novel(ty) Song in 1968 for "I'm the Urban Spaceman".
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• Bernard Cribbins
  |branch = [[British Army]] ...l [[novelty record]]s "[[The Hole in the Ground]]" and "[[Right Said Fred (song)|Right Said Fred]]" and for his appearances in comedy films including ''[[T
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• Marty Feldman
  ...cademy Television Awards|British Academy Television Awards]] including [[w:British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance|Best Entertainm ...TmrBgAAQBAJ&q=guinness+book+of+box+office+hits+swern+childs&pg=PA268|title=British Film Culture in the 1970s: The Boundaries of Pleasure: The Boundaries of Pl
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