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  • {{Short description|Scottish comedian}} | nationality = Scottish
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  • ...in 1992, whilst also working on the [[choreography|choreography]] for the film. [[Category:British male film actors]]
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  • ...r of the British Empire|OBE]] (29 March 1915 – 6 December 1997) was a Scottish [[w:jazz|jazz]] [[w:trombone|trombonist]] and vocalist. [[Category:Scottish jazz trombonists]]
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  • ...ite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/12510|title=BFI &#124; Film & TV Database &#124; LESLIE, Eddie|date=January 19, 2009|archive-url=https: ...title=University of Glasgow - MyGlasgow - Archives & Special Collections - Scottish Theatre Archive|website=www.gla.ac.uk}}</ref> He performed with Patrica Har
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  • {{Short description|Scottish actor}} '''John Grieve''' (14 June 1924 &ndash; 21 January 2003) was a [[w:Scotland|Scottish]] [[w:actor|actor]], best known as the [[w:engineer|engineer]] Macphail in
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  • {{short description|Scottish performer, producer, impresario and director}} ...April 2001), known professionally as '''Jimmy Logan''', was a [[w:Scotland|Scottish]] performer, [[w:theatrical producer|theatrical producer]], [[w:impresario|
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  • | caption = Branche (L), [[Richard Wilson (Scottish actor)|Richard Wilson]] (R) ...Branche''' (born 1947) is a British actor, best known for his role in the film ''[[My Beautiful Laundrette]]'' and television roles in ''[[The Jewel in th
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  • ...hompson, a hotel waiter,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.filmreference.com/film/81/Eric-Thompson.html |title=Eric Thompson Biography (1929-1982) |work=film ...ctress [[Phyllida Law]],<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.filmreference.com/film/27/Phyllida-Law.html |title=Phyllida Law Biography (1932-) |work=filmrefere
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  • His parents were the Scottish [[Congregational church|Congregational]] minister, psychologist and academi ...British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=PA1718|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|date=16 May 2016|publisher=Oxfor
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  • ...nger. He started his career in stage roles, and developed a television and film career. ...ple.theiapolis.com/actor-1QSY/benny-lee/|url-status=dead|title=Benny Lee - Scottish actor -Theiapolis|archivedate=19 April 2015}}</ref><ref name="Hrld19960113"
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  • {{short description|Scottish actor}} ...-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}} (12 August 1922 – 6 June 1987) was a Scottish actor and [[w:playwright|playwright]], best known for his role as [[w:Corre
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  • ...ondon, he was the son of [[theatrical agent]] John Cadell, grandson of the Scottish [[character actress]] [[Jean Cadell]], great nephew of [[Francis Cadell (ar ...]]'' (1978–80), and also appeared briefly in the disaster film ''[[Meteor (film)|Meteor]]'' (1979) as a TV news reporter.
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  • ...in London|An American Werewolf in London]]'' (1981) and ''[[w:Walter (1982 film)|Walter]]'' (1982). |1969|| ''[[w:Otley (film)|Otley]]'' || Police Driver ||
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  • ...sh actor and professional wrestler. He was born in [[India]], the son of a Scottish-born Customs and Excise inspector and an Indian woman.<ref name=IMDB>{{cite ==Film career==
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  • '''William Simpson Fraser''' (5 June 1908 – 9 September 1987) was a Scottish actor who appeared on stage, screen and television for many years.<ref name ...d in the comedy films ''[[The Amorous Milkman]]'' and ''[[Doctor at Large (film)|Doctor at Large]]''; the big-screen version of ''[[Love Thy Neighbour (197
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  • ...arge from the army he joined a singing group called the [[George Mitchell (Scottish musician)|George Mitchell]] singers. They appeared in a couple of stage pla *''[[Every Day's a Holiday (1965 film)|Every Day's a Holiday]]'' (1964) - Kenneth
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  • ...1952) and as [[Samuel Pickwick]] in the film ''[[The Pickwick Papers (1952 film)|The Pickwick Papers]]'' (1952), the latter earning him a [[BAFTA Award for ...r Robin Hood]]'') and [[Samuel Pickwick]] in ''[[The Pickwick Papers (1952 film)|The Pickwick Papers]]'' of the same year. His rotund appearance and fruity
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  • ...so wrote television scripts and screenplays, such as ''[[Princess Caraboo (film)|Princess Caraboo]]'' (1994). ...Wells also played Denis Thatcher in the Bond movie ''[[For Your Eyes Only (film)|For Your Eyes Only]]'' (1981). In 1991, he and Thorne again played the Tha
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  • ...ary) |newspaper=[[The Times]] |date=21 October 2010 |page=65}}</ref> was a Scottish actor. He was best known for his many appearances in television comedy dram ...lso playing the sinister Doctor Smiles in [[The Final Programme (film)|the film]] of [[Michael Moorcock]]'s first [[Jerry Cornelius]] novel, ''[[The Final
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  • ...comedies such as the ''[[Doctor in the House|Doctor]]'' and ''[[Carry On (film series)|Carry On]]'' series. ...is mother Elsie M Jones, ran a milk round.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|title=Film actor Donald Houston's Rhondda blue plaque honour|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk
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