• Thank Evans
  ...er]]. The film is sequel to ''[[Educated Evans (film)|Educated Evans]]'' (1936), with Miller, [[Hal Walters]] and [[Albert Whelan]] all returning to repri ''Thank Evans'' is classed as "missing, believed [[Lost film|lost]]", with only a one-minute fragment known to survive.<ref>[https://web.arch
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• Educated Evans (film)
  | image = "Educated_Evans"_(1936).jpg | released = {{Film date|1936|09}}
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• Don't Get Me Wrong (film)
  ...6a91bf9d|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-13|title=Don't Get Me Wrong (1936) - BFI|work=BFI}}</ref> It was made at [[Teddington Studios]] with sets des Unlike several of Miller's Teddington films which are now [[lost film|lost]], this still survives.
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• Manning Haynes
  ...began in 1918's ''Lead Kindly Light''. Haynes switched to directing silent films in the 1920s. He usually billed himself professionally as H. Manning Hayne * ''[[w:The Lost Chord (1917 film)|The Lost Chord]]'' (1917)
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• Graham Moffatt
  ...s an English comedic [[character actor]]. He is best known for a number of films where he appeared with [[Will Hay]] and [[Moore Marriott]] as 'Albert': a p ...minor, mostly uncredited roles before getting his big break in Will Hay's films.
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• John Paddy Carstairs
  ...of light-hearted subject matter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba13473bc|title=John Paddy Carstairs|website=BFI}}</ref> He w ...tairs directed many British comedies including many of [[Norman Wisdom]]'s films.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/590042/|title=
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• Garry Marsh
  Marsh began acting on the stage at the age of fifteen. He started off in films as a [[leading man|leading man]] but later became a [[character actor|chara * ''[[The Lost Chord (1933 film)|The Lost Chord]]'' (1933) – Joseph Mendel
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• Michael Ripper
  | yearsactive = 1936–1992 ...7).<ref name=guardian/><ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fb7e804|title=Michael Ripper|website=BFI}}</ref>
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• Leslie Fuller
  ...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 With the outbreak of the [[Second World War]], fewer films were made, and Fuller's style of comedy was beginning to date. In 1945 he m
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• Peter Bull
  | years_active = 1936–1984 ...character actor|character actor]] who appeared in supporting roles in such films as ''[[w:The African Queen (film)|The African Queen]]'', ''[[Tom Jones (196
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• Bernard Miles
  ...ter actor, writer and director.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f0848ac|title=Bernard Miles|website=BFI}}</ref> He opened t ...olling bass-baritone voice made him a regular presence on the stage and in films for more than fifty years. In addition to his acting, he was a voice-over a
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• Jimmy James (comedian)
  ...<ref name="NorthEcho"/> which may account for his declared bankruptcies in 1936, 1955 and 1963.<ref name="SunSun"/> In James's first film for [[Mancunian Films]] in 1950, he starred with [[Norman Evans]] in ''[[Over the Garden Wall (19
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• Mavis Villiers
  ...in the silent era. Much of her activity as a child actress in Hollywood is lost or uncredited; her first accredited film role was as 'the Girl' in a 1927 s ...role before her death.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba52e1c84|title=Mavis Villiers|website=BFI}}</ref>
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• Oh, Mr Porter!
  ...the window of the old railway carriage he is sleeping in (the cow has been lost in transit and is being milked by Harbottle), and the team's breakfast cons ...branch line]] near the border, and with everybody claiming that Porter has lost his mind (there is no such team as Buggleskelly Wednesday, and Harbottle po
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• Sid James
  * {{marriage|Berthe Sadie Delmont|12 August 1936|1940|reason=divorced}} ...co.uk/films/2016/04/26/beyond-carry-on-sid-jamess-20-best---and-weirdest---films/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |a
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• Shirley Anne Field
  ...o ran a theatrical agency and obtained for her roles in late 1950s British films, usually uncredited. .... She had small parts in ''[[All for Mary]]'' (1955), ''[[Lost (1956 film)|Lost]]'' (1956), ''[[Yield to the Night]]'' (1956) (directed by [[J. Lee Thompso
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• Sandy Powell (comedian)
  ...million records, earning a penny a side, so over £60,000. The first, ''The Lost Policeman'' on the cheap Broadcast label, sold almost half a million copies ...ay it again as everyone was saying it now. He also appeared in a number of films during the 1930s, usually as himself. In 1939, he was voted the fifth most
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• Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)
  ...ost of St. Michael's]]''), through the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' films]], and television. ...[[His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen|His Majesty's Theatre]] in Aberdeen. In 1936 Hawtrey played in a revival of the play, this time taking the larger role o
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• Wilfrid Hyde-White
  ...Wilfrid Hyde White" (without the hyphen). He also appeared in some earlier films as plain "Hyde White". He later added the hyphen, as well as his first name ...lyn Monroe]] in the film ''[[Let's Make Love]]'' (1960), followed by other films, including ''[[My Fair Lady (film)|My Fair Lady]]'' (1964).<ref name="obit2
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• Lili Damita
  ...21 March 1994) was a French-American actress and singer who appeared in 33 films between 1922 and 1937. ...om/books?id=zPcAVLunPx8C&q=lily+damita&pg=PA141|title=Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene|last2=Schatzberg|first2=Walter|date=1999|publisher=Berghahn
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