• The Ghost Train (1931 film)
  | image = The Ghost Train (1931 film).jpg '''''The Ghost Train''''' is a 1931 British [[comedy film|comedy]] [[thriller film]] directed by [[Walter Forde]] and starring [[Jack Hulber
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• A Man of Mayfair
  ...an Barry]] and [[Warwick Ward]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6afcfd5f|title=BFI &#124; Film & TV Database &#124; MAN OF M ...afterwards he was signed up by [[Herbert Wilcox]] and appeared in several films for him during the decade beginning with ''[[Goodnight, Vienna]]'' (1932).
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• Up for the Cup (1950 film)
  | studio = Byron Films ...work=BFI}}</ref> The film is a remake of the 1931 film ''[[Up for the Cup (1931 film)|Up for the Cup]]'', also directed by Jack Raymond.<ref>{{cite web|url
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• My Wife's Family (1941 film)
  '''''My Wife's Family''''' is a 1941 [[UK|British]] domestic [[comedy film]] directed by [[Walter C. Mycroft]] and starring Charles Clapham, [[Jo ...2b6beb6b5b|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-12|title=My Wife's Family (1931)}}</ref> a Swedish version ''[[Mother-in-Law's Coming]]'', in 1932;<ref>[[:
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• The Middle Watch (1940 film)
  ...ttp://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b05ff97|title=The Middle Watch (1931)}}</ref><ref>http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/76415/Girls-at-Sea/notes.html { This [[comedy film]] features battleship Captain Maitland ([[Jack Buchanan]]) celebrating
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• The Middle Watch (1930 film)
  | distributor = [[Wardour Films]] '''''The Middle Watch''''' is a 1930 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Norman Walker (director)|Norman Walker]] and starring
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• Walter Forde
  ...=BFI}}</ref> Born in Lambeth, south London in 1898, he directed over fifty films between 1919 from the [[silent era]] through to 1949 in the [[sound film|so ...films. Emerging as an established film director in the 1930s, he directed films for [[Gainsborough Pictures]] and [[Ealing Studios]].
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• Jill Melford
  | birth_date = 23 November 1931 ...Melford''' (23 November 1931 – 21 February 2018)<!-- A DOB of 23 November 1931 is given in some sources but that might be an error, see https://en.wikiped
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• My Wife's Family (1956 film)
  | studio = Forth Films '''''My Wife's Family''''' is a 1956 [[United Kingdom|British]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Gilbert Gunn]] and starring [[Ronald Shiner]], [[Ted R
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• Frank Launder
  ...eenonline.org.uk}}</ref><ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba17b8221|title=Frank Launder}}</ref> ...in the 1930s, contributing the original story for the classic [[Will Hay]] comedy ''[[Oh, Mr Porter!]]'' (1937).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.o
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• Harry Driver
  | birth_date = {{birth date|1931|05|13|df=y}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1973|11|25|1931|05|13|df=y}}
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• Brian Jackson (actor)
  {{short description|British actor (1931–2022)}} | birth_date = {{birth date|1931|04|06|df=y}}
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• Crazy Gang (comedy group)
  ...is happen. The show, which was called ''Crazy Week'' opened on 30 November 1931. Other Crazy Weeks followed with Flanagan and Allen added. The name Crazy G ...It was natural for them to get together as they shared a similar style of comedy and worked on the same bills at theatres.
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• April Olrich
  | birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|07|17|df=y}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|04|15|1931|07|17|df=y}}
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• Arthur Crabtree
  | yearsactive = 1931-1961 (film & TV) .... He directed films with comedians such as [[Will Hay]], the [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)|Crazy Gang]] and [[Arthur Askey]] and several of the [[Gainsborough
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• Leslie Fuller
  '''Leslie Fuller''' (9 October 1888 – 24 April 1948) was a British comedy film actor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/7565 ...edies. This was the start of his film career and he went on make around 26 films between 1930 and 1945, many of them "[[quota quickies]]". He leased the old
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• The Good Companions (1933 film)
  '''''The Good Companions''''' is a 1933 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Victor Saville]] starring [[Jessie Matthews]], [[John ...Explore.bfi.org.uk |access-date=12 March 2014}}</ref> This British musical-comedy follows an unlikely trio as they try to revive the fortunes of the flounder
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• Harry Korris
  ...e (film)|1943 film version]]. He also appeared in several [[Frank Randle]] films.<ref>Richards p.275</ref> ...rank Randle]] films. In 1941, he became the star of the popular BBC radio comedy ''[[Happidrome (radio)|Happidrome]]'', playing the part of Mr Lovejoy, a ha
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• The Ghost Train (1941 film)
  The first sound film version was [[The Ghost Train (1931 film)|released in 1931]] with [[Jack Hulbert]]. The Askey version was announced in August 1939.<re [[Category:1940s comedy horror films]]
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• Moore Marriott
  ...dy Dick]]'' (1935), but he was a significant supporting performer in Hay's films from 1936 to 1940, and while he starred with Hay during this period he play ...nally intended to train as an architect, but instead he became an actor in films.<ref name=Hay/> Rather like [[Clive Dunn]] and [[Wilfrid Brambell]] later,
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