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  • ...tling''' (born '''Dilys Rhys Jones''', 5 May 1942 – 10 August 2021) was an English actress, best known for appearing on [[British television|British televisio Watling was born Dilys Rhys Jones, the daughter of actor Ion Rhys Jones and Patricia Hicks. Ion Rhys Jones was killed in actio
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  • ...d Daniel Houston''' (6 November 1923&nbsp;– 13 October 1991) was a [[Wales|Welsh]] actor whose first two films—''[[The Blue Lagoon (1949 film)|The Blue La ...Vale]], near Tonypandy, [[Glamorgan|Glamorgan]] and was the elder brother of actor [[Glyn Houston|Glyn Houston]] and a sister, Jean.<ref>{{cite book | t
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  • ...he role of Farthing in the [[Dad's Army (2016 film)|2016 film adaptation]] of ''Dad's Army''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0930595/|tit ...2-06-27 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>GRO Registers of Birth: SEP 1931 1a 774 HAMPSTEAD – Frank J. Williams, mmn = Myles</ref> H
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  • {{short description|Welsh actor (1930–2019)}} ...den]] in ''[[Never the Twain]]'' (1981–1991), and his deep [[Welsh English|Welsh-accented]] voice was heard extensively in advertising voice-overs.
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  • {{short description|Welsh actor and theatre director}} ...<ref name=obit/> actor, author, poet, and raconteur. He appeared in dozens of films and stage plays throughout his 50-year career, including the three 19
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  • ...ers#Arnold Ernst Toht|Arnold Toht]] in ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' (1981) | alma_mater = [[London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art|London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]]
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  • ...valet [[Jeeves]] in [[The World of Wooster|1960s television adaptations]] of [[P. G. Wodehouse]]'s stories. ...studied acting at the [[Embassy Theatre (London)|Embassy Theatre]] School of Acting.<ref name=gaye/>
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  • | years_active = 1963–{{ as of |2021|02| alt= present }} ...yfanwy-talog-6175249|title=Sir David Jason opens up on tragic romance with Welsh actress|first1=Sion|last1=Morgan|date=13 October 2013|website=WalesOnline}}
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  • | caption = Publicity photo of Williams in the early 1960s ...url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/487102/ |title=BFI Screenonline: Williams, Kenneth (1926–1988) Biograp
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  • ...dwill ambassador|goodwill ambassador]] for [[UNICEF|UNICEF]] and president of the [[World Federalist Movement|World Federalist Movement]]. ...a]], composer of the music for ''[[Quo Vadis (1951 film)|Quo Vadis]]'' and of numerous concert works, dedicated his String Quartet No. 1, Op. 22 (1950) t
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  • ...1996|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=19 November 2016}}</ref> was an English cartoonist, satirist, comedian, actor and performer who co-founded the sati ...days, except that "it was [[Blandings Castle|Blandings]] country. The sort of place you go to die, not to be educated".<ref>"Obituaries: William Rushton"
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  • ...Barker in the BBC TV series ''[[The Frost Report]]'' in 1966, and the two of them were given their own show by the BBC five years later. ''[[The Two Ron ...rch of Scotland in the early 20th century and features in church histories of the time.<ref name="DIDiscs RC">{{cite episode|title=Desert Island Discs wi
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  • | honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire#Current classes|CBE]] ...ish Empire#Current classes|CBE]] (20 September 1914 – 12 July 1982) was an English film and stage actor.
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  • | alma_mater = [[w:University of Western Australia|University of Western Australia]]<br />[[w:Claremont Teachers' College|Claremont Teachers ...lf-harris-trial-entertainer-career|title=Rolf Harris trial shattered image of avuncular entertainer|work=The Guardian|date=30 June 2014|access-date=10 Ju
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  • | burial_place = [[Church of St Rumwold, Bonnington]], England ...y subsequently dropped the character and in the 2000s became the presenter of various television and radio shows, including ''[[The Paul O'Grady Show]]''
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  • {{Short description|English actor and comedian (1925–1980)}} | honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire|CBE]]
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