• Doctor at Sea (film)
  ...ctor at Sea (novel)|novel of the same name]]. This was the second of seven films in the ''[[Doctor (film series)|Doctor]]'' series, following the hugely pop ...am Busters (film)|The Dam Busters]]'' and ''[[White Christmas (film)|White Christmas]]''.<ref>"'The Dam Busters'", ''The Times'' [London, England], 29 December
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• The Crowded Day
  | distributor = [[Adelphi Films]] ...ref> It was an attempt by [[Adelphi Films]] to move into bigger budgeted films. It was the last movie Guillermin directed for the company.<ref name="sight
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• Sandra Dorne
  ...de]], she was a regular female lead in B-films in the late 1940s and early 1950s. She trained at the [[Rank Organisation|Rank Organisation]]'s [[The Company ...tor [[Patrick Holt|Patrick Holt]] from 1954 until her death, Dorne died on Christmas Day 1992 at Paddington Community Hospital, Westminster, London. The cause o
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• Alec Bregonzi
  ...our'' recommended Bregonzi to other directors, so that he also appeared in 1950s/60s shows starring [[Benny Hill]], [[Charlie Drake]], [[Arthur Askey]], [[T He appeared in several films, including the French film ''L'Etincelle'' (1986), which he regarded as his
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• Eric Rogers (composer)
  ...wn for composing the scores for twenty-two ''[[Carry On films|Carry On]]'' films.<ref>{{cite book | last = Craggs | first = Stewart | title = Soundtracks : ...in 1963, ''[[Carry On Matron]]'' in 1972 and a hoard of other ''Carry On'' films. His final ''Carry On'' score was for ''[[Carry On Emmannuelle]]'' in 1978.
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• Diana King (actress)
  ...he continued to appear on television and in films throughout the 1940s and 1950s.<ref name=bfi/> In 1961, she appeared in ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The A ...]'' and ''[[Z-Cars]]''.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f6036a0|title=Diana King|publisher=British Film Institute}}
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• Corbet Woodall
  ...lar at [[Eton College]] where he also excelled at sports. He worked in the 1950s for the [[New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation]], before returning to Brita Corbet Woodall appeared in many television series, and also in some films, in which he invariably acted as either a television newsreader, or as an a
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• The Larkins (1958 TV series)
  ...by [[C.M. Pennington-Richards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ad1c48c|title=Inn for Trouble (1960)|publisher=}}</ref> *''Christmas with the Larkins'' (26 December 1958)
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• Norman Rossington
  ...for his roles in ''[[The Army Game]]'', the [[Carry On films|''Carry On'' films]] and [[w:the Beatles|the Beatles]]' film ''[[w:A Hard Day's Night (film)|A ...rsked!]]'', again as 'Cupcake'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ad40b5b|title=I only Arsked! (1959)|website=BFI}}</ref>
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• Damaris Hayman
  ...les. She made numerous performance in films and television series from the 1950s onwards.<ref>{{cite web|title=Doctor Who News - Damaris Hayman 1929-2021|ur ...Christmas special.<ref name=bfi/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b849505cc|title=The Liver Birds[11/03/71] (1971)|website=BFI}
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• Hercules Grytpype-Thynne
  ..._major = <!-- per [[MOS:MAJORWORK]] - major works include TV series, films, books, albums and games --> ...es Grytpype-Thynne''' is a character from the [[w:United Kingdom|British]] 1950s comedy radio programme ''[[The Goon Show]]''. He was voiced by [[Peter Sell
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• Dave King (actor)
  ...low Collection, Blackpool Central Library, Vol. 48 p. 38.</ref> During the 1950s he also starred in the same show alongside [[Shani Wallis]].<ref>Theatre Pr ...which featured a backing group called the Keynotes. He also charted with "Christmas and You" (No. 23, 1956) and "[[The Story of My Life (Burt Bacharach and Hal
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• The Telegoons
  | creator = [[Grosvenor Films]] ...ppet show, adapted from the highly successful BBC radio comedy show of the 1950s, ''[[The Goon Show]]'' produced for BBC television and first shown during 1
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• Stratford Johns
  ...ilm)|The Ladykillers]]'' (1955). He ran a small hotel in London during the 1950s, and was a member of the [[English Stage Company]] at the [[Royal Court The Johns later appeared in the much-maligned [[Ken Russell]] films ''[[Salome's Last Dance]]'' and ''[[The Lair of the White Worm (film)|The L
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• The Charlie Drake Show
  ...dcast on Thursdays at 7.30pm - was adventure and spoofed TV programmes and films. |"A Christmas Carol"
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• Alastair Sim
  ...in 1951 as [[Scrooge (1951 film)|''Scrooge'']] in Great Britain and as ''A Christmas Carol'' in the United States. Though an accomplished dramatic actor, he is ...ctor Calls (1954 film)|An Inspector Calls]]'' (1954). Later, he made fewer films and generally concentrated on stage work, including successful productions
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• Peter Butterworth
  ...n for his appearances in the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' series of films]]. He was also a regular on children's television and radio, and was known ..., who later went on to write many of the [[Carry On (franchise)|Carry On]] films in which Butterworth was to star.<ref name="memories">{{cite web|title=Stal
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• Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)
  ...ost of St. Michael's]]''), through the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' films]], and television. ...and ''[[Where's That Fire?]]'' (1939). In all he appeared in more than 70 films, including from this period [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[Sabotage (1936 film)
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• Nicholas Phipps
  ...ter who appeared in stage roles between 1932 and 1967 and more than thirty films between 1940 and 1970. He wrote [[West End theatre|West End]] plays, songs ...[Anew McMaster]]'s Shakespearian season at the [[Chiswick Empire]], and at Christmas, appeared at the Embassy in ''Aladdin ''. At the [[St Martin's Theatre|St M
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• Ian Lavender
  ...actor in a number of British 'low farce' films, including one ''[[Carry On films|Carry On]]'' film – ''[[Carry On Behind]]'' (1975). ...eries, proved rather more satisfactory, being adapted from scripts for the 1950s radio series ''[[Take It From Here]]'' that were written by [[Frank Muir]]
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