• Just William's Luck (film)
  '''''Just William's Luck''''' is a 1947 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Val Guest]] and starring William Graham, [[Garry Marsh * Collins, Fiona & Ridgman, Jeremy. ''Turning the Page: Children's Literature in Performance and the Media''. Peter Lang, 2006.
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• William Comes to Town
  '''''William Comes to Town''''' is a 1948 British [[w:comedy film|comedy film]] directed by [[Val Guest]] and starring William Graham and [[Garry Ma * Collins, Fiona & Ridgman, Jeremy. ''Turning the Page: Children's Literature in Performance and the Media''. Peter Lang, 2006.
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• Alan Hume
  | known_for = ''[[Carry On films|Carry On]]'' films<br>''[[w:Return of the Jedi|Return of the Jedi]]'' (1983)<br>''[[w:Octopuss | employer = [[w:Cineguild Productions|Cineguild Productions]] (1940s)
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• Hue and Cry (film)
  | distributor = {{ubl|[[General Film Distributors|GFD]] (UK)|[[Eagle-Lion Films]] (US)}} ...[working class]] [[children's street culture]] and [[Childhood secret club|children's secret clubs]].
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• Old Mother Riley
  ...''[[Film Fun]]'' comic included an “Old Mother Riley” strip cartoon in the 1940s. ...Previous to Old Mother Riley, drag was a mixture of singing acts and short comedy sketches in music halls across the UK.
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• Dear Mr. Prohack
  ...is Johns]] and [[Dirk Bogarde]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a892403 |title=Dear Mr. Prohack (1949) |publisher=Ftvdb.bfi *[[TV Guide]] said, " Mediocre comedy with an excellent cast, including [[Denholm Elliott]] in his debut."<ref>{{
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• Flanagan and Allen
  | genre = [[Comedy music]] ...ging and comedy [[double act|double act]] most active during the 1930s and 1940s. Its members were [[Bud Flanagan]] (1896 – 1968, born Chaim Weintrop) and
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• Graham Moffatt
  | occupation = Comedy actor and publican ...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
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• Haver and Lee
  ...a British [[comedy duo]] who were active between the late 1920s and early 1940s. Haver was '''Clay Keyes''' (born Henry James Newbold; 9 December 1892 &nd ...Boisset troupe of acrobats and comedians, known internationally for their comedy and [[pantomime]] skills. Most of the troupe, including Tully's parents, w
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• Basil Radford
  ...ed in many [[Cinema of the United Kingdom|British films]] of the 1930s and 1940s. ...ngside [[Naunton Wayne]] as two [[cricket]]-obsessed Englishmen in several films from 1938 to 1949.
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• Avril Angers
  ....co.uk/news/newsstory.php/10402/comedy-great-avril-angers-dies-at-87|title=Comedy great Avril Angers dies at 87|date=10 November 2005|work=[[w:The Stage|The ...mas]], she was one of the original cast of British television's first ever comedy series ''[[How Do You View?]]'' in 1949.<ref name="Avril Angers"/>
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• Leo Franklyn
  ...of his early career was in [[w:Edwardian musical comedy|Edwardian musical comedy]]; in his later career he was chiefly associated with [[w:farce|farce]]. ...He spent ten years performing in Australia in musical comedies. From the 1940s he appeared regularly in [[w:pantomime|pantomime]] as the [[w:Pantomime dam
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• Ronald Frankau
  ...way to radio and films.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f4db93a|title=Ronald Frankau|website=BFI}}</ref> ...017|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> Rosemary's son, [[Sam Bain]], became a comedy writer and co-created the Channel 4 sitcom [[Peep Show (British TV series)|
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• Jane Hylton
  ...''') was an English actress who accumulated 30 film credits, mostly in the 1940s and 1950s, before moving into television work in the latter half of her car ...ut most alumni only had modest film careers, regularly employed in British films but rarely if ever receiving star-billing. Female graduates of the program
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• Frank Carson
  | genre = comedy ...nited Kingdom)|Parachute Regiment]], mainly in the Middle East in the late 1940s. During his service he shot dead an armed Zionist terrorist.<ref name="theg
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• Val Guest
  ...his work for [[w:Hammer Film Productions|Hammer]], for whom he directed 14 films, and [[w:science fiction film]|]s. He enjoyed a long career in the film ind ...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
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• Patricia Hayes
  ...programme ''Norman and Henry Bones – The Boy Detectives'' during the late 1940s. Hayes was cast in supporting roles for films including ''[[The Bargee|The Bargee]]'' (1964), ''[[The NeverEnding Story (
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• Sid Field
  ...3 February 1950) was an English comedy entertainer who was popular in the 1940s. ...y ([[vaudeville]]) acts were more limited in nature. Despite his flair for comedy and acting, it was not until he had spent decades touring provincial [[musi
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• Reg Varney
  ...LWT]] sitcom ''[[On the Buses]]'' (1969–73) and its three spin-off feature films. Having performed as a [[music hall]] entertainer, Varney first came to nat ...East]] for a time. After being [[demobilization|demobilised]] in the late 1940s, he starred on stage in a comic revue entitled ''Gaytime'', with [[Benny Hi
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• Peter Jones (actor)
  He appeared in the 1949 comedy ''[[Love in Albania]]'' by [[Eric Linklater]]. He co-wrote the 1954 play '' ...://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/708353.stm|title=ENTERTAINMENT &#124; Comedy veteran Peter Jones dies|publisher=BBC News|date=10 April 2000|access-date=
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