'''''Where There's a Will''''' is a 1936 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[William Beaudine]] and starring [[Will Hay]], [[Graham [[Category:1936 films]]

'''''Good Morning, Boys!''''' is a 1937 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Marcel Varnel]] and featuring [[Will Hay]], [[Graham M ...film, both of whom would go onto act as straight men to Hay in his future films.

'''''Ask a Policeman''''' is a 1939 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Marcel Varnel]] and starring [[Will Hay]], [[Moore Mar ...be closed down and Harbottle takes him to the library to look for books on crime. On their way the coastguard stops them and tells them his brother a lighth

...ritish actor, director, screenwriter and singer, specializing primarily in comedy productions, and often working alongside his wife (Dame) [[Cicely Courtneid ...ts|Cambridge Footlights]]. He was one of the earliest famous alumni of the comedy club.

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| occupation = Comedy actor ...n (film series)|Carry On]]'' films, although he only appeared in the early films in the series, apart from returning for ''[[Carry On Emmannuelle]]'' in 197

...ough some sources list ''[[Davy (film)|Davy]]'' (1958) as the final Ealing comedy.<ref>http://www.britmovie.co.uk/studios/Ealing-Studios {{Webarchive|url=htt ...little in common with the later Ealing comedy films. Ealing made no comedy films at all in 1945 and 1946.<ref name="auto">Murphy p.211</ref>

...ayed publicans, policemen or yokels, most prominently in horror and comedy films alongside [[Christopher Lee]] and [[Peter Cushing]].<ref>{{cite web|url=htt ...is film debut in 1940 in ''[[The Big Blockade]]'', he went on to appear in films such as ''[[Green for Danger (film)|Green for Danger]]'' (1946), ''[[The Fa

...Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos|website=AllMovie}}</ref> During the 1930s he had a brief career as a musical comedian in theatre, before choosing act ...)|Mona Lisa]]'' (1986).<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fcd80f1|title=Robert Dorning|website=BFI}}</ref>

...ion film]|]s. He enjoyed a long career in the film industry from the early 1930s until the early 1980s.<ref name=ChibnallBFI>{{cite web|last=Chibnall|first= ...n]]'' (1936); ''[[O-Kay for Sound]]'' (1937) for Varnel with [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)|The Crazy Gang]]; ''[[Alf's Button Afloat]]'' (1938) with Flanagan a

...12-07-11|title=Edward Black|work=BFI}}</ref> He also produced such classic films as ''[[The Lady Vanishes]]'' (1938). Black has been called "one of the unsu ...used to come off as successful as his others."<ref>Round Table on British Films Cornelius, Henry; Dickinson, Thorold; Havelock-Allan, Anthony; John, Rosamu

...es in the films of [[Will Hay]] and other popular British comedians of the 1930s and 1940s. Gawthorne was one of Britain's most called-upon supporting actor ...]] and other well-known comedians such as [[George Formby]], [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)|The Crazy Gang]], the [[w:Aldwych farce|Aldwych farce]]urs, [[Jack H

...rtraying pompous authority figures in comedies including each of the seven films in the ''[[Doctor (film series)|Doctor]]'' series. He also co-starred with ...served as secretary of the [[British Ice Hockey Association]] in the early 1930s<ref>''Motor Sport'', December 1933, Page 57.</ref> and managed the [[Great

...Conway]]), and [[Simon Templar]], ''The Saint'', in five films made in the 1930s and 1940s.<ref>George Sanders The Guardian 26 Apr 1972: 5.</ref> ...ve, superior, and somewhat threatening air made him in demand for American films for years to come.<ref>Sanders 1960, p.117</ref> ''Lloyd's of London'' was

...ten in supporting roles.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba192a594|title=Robert Morley}}</ref> In 1939 he received an ...|title=Playboys and Mayfair Men: Crime, Class, Masculinity, and Fascism in 1930s London|first=Angus|last=McLaren|date=15 September 2017|publisher=JHU Press|

...it very difficult for us to keep up the high reputation for sophisticated comedy we've never had.{{sfn|Took|Coward|2000|p=39}} ...the Horne'' Douglas Smith took the traditional role of a BBC announcer on comedy shows, introducing the programme and its component parts and reading the cr

...}}</ref> In 1957, she starred opposite [[Kenneth Williams]] in the musical comedy ''Share My Lettuce'', written by [[Bamber Gascoigne]].<ref>{{cite web |url= ...t his match – that she was extraordinary. He said that anyone who can play comedy that well can also play tragedy and he offered her the likes of Desdemona i

| format = [[Sketch comedy|Sketch comedy]] ...monly contracted to '''''ITMA''''') was a [[BBC|BBC]] [[radio comedy|radio comedy]] programme which ran for twelve series from 1939 to 1949. The shows featur