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  • | birth_place = [[Crosby, Merseyside|Crosby]], [[Lancashire]], England * ''[[A Nice Girl Like Me]]'' (1969) - Male Basket Weaver
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  • | birth_place = [[w:St Helens, Merseyside|St Helens]], [[w:Lancashire|Lancashire]], England ...nd his mother was Mary Elizabeth Dorning, formerly Howard.<ref>Information from his entry in the Register of Births.</ref> He was educated at [[w:Cowley In
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  • | death_place = [[Prescot]], [[Merseyside]], England ...idge]]''<ref name=BBC>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-26186650|title=Porridge actor Ken Jones, who played 'Horrible' Ives, dies|d
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  • ...in the sitcom ''[[The Royle Family|The Royle Family]]'', playing the part from 1998 to 2000, and reprising his role for the specials in 2006 and 2008. ...sh TV series)|Heartbeat]]'', taking over as the show's main loveable rogue from [[Bill Maynard]]'s Claude Greengrass, and returning to the show briefly in
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  • ...ormer]]'', ''[[Confessions of a Driving Instructor]]'' and ''[[Confessions from a Holiday Camp]]''.<ref name="Sky"/> From 1985 to 1986, Booth appeared as pub landlord Ted Pilkington in the short-li
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  • * ''[[The Magnet (film)|The Magnet]]'' (1950) - The people of Merseyside [[Category:English male film actors]]
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  • ...creen-8916513.html "Graham Stark: Actor, author and director who graduated from music hall to the big screen"], ''The Independent'', 31 October 2013</ref> ...hnny Speight]] with each episode featuring a different group of supporting actors, including [[Deryck Guyler]], [[Arthur Mullard]], [[Derek Nimmo]], [[Patric
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  • ...rg]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Kenneth Cope|url=http://www.corrie.net/profiles/actors/cope_kenneth.html|access-date=6 June 2019|website=www.corrie.net}}</ref> Cope also appeared in the satirical series ''[[That Was The Week That Was]]'' from 1962 until 1963.
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  • ...apped'', Starr gives speech problems as the reason he spent two years away from home as a child.<ref>{{cite web |title=Freddie Starr reveals misery of chil Starr was encouraged by his mother to perform from the age of 12 working in clubs and pubs. For five years, he was a member of
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  • ...], [[w:Lancashire|Lancashire]]<!--It was Lancashire until 1 April 1974 and Merseyside thereafter-->, England Everett was dismissed from the BBC in 1970 after making remarks about a government minister's wife. He
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  • ...y Galore!'' was renamed ''Tight Little Island'', the film became the first from the studios to achieve box office success. It was followed by a sequel, ''[ ...islanders. In the midst of this catastrophe, Sergeant Odd returns on leave from the army to court Peggy, the daughter of the local shopkeeper, Joseph Macro
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  • ...s Cheshire when O'Grady was born and remained so until 1974 when it became Merseyside. --> England
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  • ...Tabernacle, Tottenham Court Road|Whitefield's Tabernacle]] from 1903 and, from 1910, chairman of the [[Congregational Union of England and Wales]]. Betwee ...8–9}}<ref name="LP: Silvester death" /><ref name="D Tel: jolly old eek" /> From September that year Horne attended [[St George's School, Harpenden]] as a [
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  • ...n [[w:United Kingdom|Britain]] and [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] by some actors, circus and fairground showmen, [[Professional wrestling|professional wrest ...plan/life-at-sea/gaylife/polari.aspx|title=The secret language of polari - Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool museums|website=Liverpoolmuseums.org.uk|access-d
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  • ...e ukulele to his performance. He started his recording career in 1926 and, from 1934, he increasingly worked in film to develop into a major star by the la ...|George Formby]] (he is now known as George Formby Sr). Formby Sr suffered from a chest ailment, identified variously as [[bronchitis]], [[asthma]] or [[tu
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