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- ...nally worked as an actor, and had several roles in ''[[Monty Python's Life of Brian]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba ...e=Bernard McKenna|first=University of|last=Winchester|publisher=University of Winchester}}</ref>3 KB (466 words) - 23:45, 5 February 2023
- [[File:Salon of the Vocalion Warerooms, Aeolian Hall, London.png|thumb|Salon of the [[w:Vocalion Records|Vocalion]] warerooms, Aeolian Hall (1916)]] ...e Orchestrelle Company of New York (the Aeolian Company). As manufacturers of musical instruments, and especially the mechanical piano-player known as th3 KB (471 words) - 13:13, 23 January 2023
- | honorific_suffix = [[w:British Society of Cinematographers|B.S.C.]] ...= ''[[Carry On films|Carry On]]'' films<br>''[[w:Return of the Jedi|Return of the Jedi]]'' (1983)<br>''[[w:Octopussy|Octopussy]]'' (1983)<br>''[[A View t4 KB (582 words) - 17:15, 23 January 2023
- ...0 television productions including ''[[Please Sir!]]'' (he played the part of Mr Dunstable, Dennis Dunstable's father), ''[[The Sweeney]]'', ''[[Coronati *''[[House of Cards (1968 film)|House of Cards]]'' (1968) - Edmond Rosier5 KB (721 words) - 15:33, 13 January 2023
- ...ionally as '''Gillian Raine''', was a British actress, singer and the wife of the actor [[Leonard Rossiter]] from 1964–1984 (his death), though they ha ...: A Face for Radio|website=Radio Times}}</ref> She died in 2018 at the age of 91.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.equity.org.uk/news/2018/november/equity-5 KB (750 words) - 15:07, 27 March 2023
- ...cessdate=5 June 2018}} {{subscription required}}</ref> Neil was the eldest of three boys. ...Daily Sketch]]'' after finding details of the 21st birthday party of a son of the [[Aga Khan|Aga Khan]] at the [[Savoy Hotel|Savoy Hotel]].<ref name="Fre6 KB (795 words) - 08:09, 29 March 2023
- ...rge Cole]], [[Sid James|Sidney James]] and [[Bernard Bresslaw]] as members of the gang, alongside [[w:Brenda de Banzie|Brenda de Banzie]] as the victim a ..., the latest in a series of disasters. Fingers then comes up with the idea of robbing businessman William Gordon. Gordon bluffs them into believing the p6 KB (970 words) - 14:07, 23 November 2022
- '''''Brewster's Millions''''' is a 1935 [[Cinema of the United Kingdom|British]] [[musical film|musical]] [[comedy film|comedy ...ions of his uncle's will, Jack attains the £6,000,000, as well as the love of Cynthia.7 KB (975 words) - 11:01, 20 February 2023
- ...the plot features three [[chorus line]] girls competing for the affection of a wealthy bachelor. ...she can extract, tries to detach him at the first night party but instead of these brash blonde showgirls he prefers the quiet brunette Leslie.7 KB (996 words) - 00:09, 5 February 2023
- | caption = Cover of 1999 DVD version ...d based on the play of the same name written by [[John Mortimer]] (creator of [[Horace Rumpole]]).6 KB (823 words) - 11:33, 12 March 2023
- ...e over proceedings, to the dismay of the couple and the increasing despair of Janet's father. One way or another the wedding - if there is one - is going * [[Arthur Mullard]] as a house redecorator (uncredited)5 KB (667 words) - 20:06, 8 February 2023
- ...= [[w:Redcar|Redcar]], [[w:North Riding of Yorkshire|North Riding of Yorkshire]] ...status=dead }}</ref> and is probably best remembered as the fictional wife of [[Dickie Henderson]] in ''The Dickie Henderson Show''.<ref name="DaveBudd">11 KB (1,557 words) - 14:20, 15 January 2023
- ...Franklyn''' (7 April 1897 – 17 September 1975) was an English actor. Much of his early career was in [[w:Edwardian musical comedy|Edwardian musical come ...ncipally associated with British farces. From 1956 to 1969 he was a member of [[Brian Rix]]'s company, first at the [[w:Whitehall Theatre|Whitehall Theat8 KB (1,269 words) - 17:37, 3 January 2023
- | name = Guest House Paradiso | image = Guest House Paradiso.jpg7 KB (1,038 words) - 09:02, 15 February 2023
- ...81738/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/88054/The-Cracksman/overview The New York Times]</ref><ref>[https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117790119.html?category ...anipulated by two gangs into a [[safe-cracking]] scheme but, with the help of undercover policewoman Muriel, he helps trap the crooks and clear his name.4 KB (483 words) - 11:51, 12 March 2023
- | released = 7 September 1949 (London, UK)<br>14 July 1950 (New York, USA) ...omedy film]] directed by [[Thornton Freeland]]. It is a modern-day version of [[Arnold Bennett]]'s 1922 novel, ''Mr Prohack'', as adapted in the play by7 KB (1,042 words) - 19:00, 12 March 2023
- ...Owen (actor)|Bill Owen]], who played William "Compo" Simmonite (the father of Tom Simmonite) in the show. ...London Assurance'. His performance as Krapp in Fiona Baddeley's production of Beckett's masterpiece 'Krapp's Last Tape' was likened to those given by Mic6 KB (734 words) - 23:23, 25 January 2023
- | next = [[The Terrible Revenge of Fred Fu-Manchu]] '''''The Sale of Manhattan''''' ({{aka}} ''The Lost Colony'') is an episode from [[The Goon3 KB (471 words) - 22:54, 27 February 2023
- '''Ernest Clark''' (12 February 1912 – 11 November 1994) was a British actor of stage, television and film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/per Clark was the son of a master builder in [[Maida Vale]], and was educated nearby at [[St Maryleb9 KB (1,315 words) - 19:34, 7 August 2024
- ...[Eric Sykes]] and [[George Cole (actor)|George Cole]]. It is an adaptation of [[One Way Pendulum (play)|the play]] by [[N. F. Simpson]].<ref name="BFIsea Study of absurdity in a suburban family: father rebuilds the [[Old Bailey]] in the l7 KB (1,102 words) - 12:23, 2 September 2024