...try=GBR|MBE}} (30 July 1925 – 26 November 2013) was a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] [[comedian|comedian]], [[actor|actor]] and [[jazz|jazz]] [[musician|music ...sident comedian on variety radio show, ''[[Welsh Rarebit (radio programme)|Welsh Rarebit]]'', and he gained further success as one of the regular comedy gue

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...ography |website=Screenonline.org.uk |access-date=2016-09-10}}</ref> was a Welsh screenwriter and novelist. Especially known for his work in [[British telev ...creenonline.org.uk"/> where he collaborated on hundreds of radio plays for comedians such as [[Terry Scott]], [[Eric Sykes]], [[Harry Worth]] and [[Frankie Howe

Askey served in the [[Royal Welsh Fusiliers|Royal Welsh Fusiliers]] in the [[First World War|First World War]] and performed in arm [[Category:Male actors from Liverpool]]

...02-22}}</ref> [[prop comedian]] and [[Magic (illusion)|magician]] of Anglo-Welsh parentage. As an entertainer, his appearance was large and lumbering at {{c ...e family were lodging. His parents were Thomas H. Cooper, a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] recruiting sergeant in the [[British Army]] and later coal miner, and Cat

...fe of Brian director dies, aged 77|newspaper=The Independent}}</ref> was a Welsh comedian, director, historian, actor, writer and member of the [[Monty Pyth ...Wales]] programme ''[[Coming Home (UK TV series)|Coming Home]]'' about his Welsh family history. In July 2014, Jones reunited with the other four living Pyt

...f Midlothian FC]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Comedian Ronnie Corbett launches Welsh Premier League |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/19258982 |work=BBC ...ronnies-star-a6961496.html |title=Ronnie Corbett dead: Ricky Gervais leads comedians paying tribute to The Two Ronnies star |work=[[The Independent]] |location=

Williams stated in his diaries that he believed he was of [[Welsh people|Welsh]] extraction because of his parents' surnames (Williams was later proven co [[Category:20th-century British comedians]]

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...don, the only child of publisher John Atherton Rushton (1908-1958) and his Welsh wife Veronica (née James, 1910-1977). He was educated at [[Shrewsbury Scho [[Category:20th-century English comedians]]

...''[[The Greatest Mountain in the World]]''; he announces himself as 'Sex: male; name: Bogg F, Superintendent, Ministry of Works and Housing', and declares ...s (''à la'' [[Mai Jones|Mai Jones]]) end virtually every sentence with the Welsh word "bach" (which means 'small' – occasionally, a Welshman will refer to

...pted to take on the persona of "Charlie" so as not to be himself. He and a male nurse often entertained the patients with comedy routines. He found work at ...|2007|p=179}}</ref> Barker was never happy with the sketch's final line (a male assistant asking "What sort of billhooks did you want?") and changed it (to

...utory notice of his application for citizenship was published in a [[Wales|Welsh]] newspaper so as not to alert the Germans.<ref>According to Ustinov in his | ''[[The Comedians (1967 film)|The Comedians]]''

...e Edna Everage]], was "never called a drag act because he's a heterosexual male. But I'm called one because I'm a gay man. It's homophobic and it's wrong a ...dic element common to drag queens of his generation.<ref>{{cite news |last=Welsh |first=Daniel |title=Alan Carr Backtracks After Claiming Paul O'Grady Would

...is films, and his performances had a strong influence on a number of later comedians. Sellers was nominated three times for an [[w:Academy Award|Academy Award]] ...one performance of a comedy routine in [[Peterborough]]; the headline act, Welsh vocalist [[Dorothy Squires]], however, persuaded the management to reinstat

...and lodged with – a fellow soldier whom he had encountered during the war, Welsh singer and comic Harry Secombe. ...earances on the BBC Wales variety show ''[[Welsh Rarebit (radio programme)|Welsh Rarebit]]'' from May. In addition to Grafton’s, a more public stage to ex

...130928143948/http://www.gigglebeats.co.uk/2013/09/interview-steve-nallon-2-comedians-are-all-lunatics/ |archive-date=28 September 2013 }}</ref> In later series, *[[Neil Kinnock]], the 'Welsh Windbag', talking for hours about anything other than policies.<ref name="P