• Eccles
  ...<!-- per [[MOS:MAJORWORK]] - major works include TV series, films, books, albums and games --> ...the 1950s [[w:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] [[w:radio|radio]] [[w:comedy|comedy]] series ''[[The Goon Show]]''. In the episode "[[The MacReekie Rising of '
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• The Duke Wore Jeans
  '''''The Duke Wore Jeans''''' is a 1958 British [[comedy film|comedy]] [[musical film]] by producer [[Nat Cohen]] starring [[Tommy Steele]] and |[[UK Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/The%20Duke%20Wore%20Jeans|title=The Official Charts Company - Original Soun
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• Max Harris (composer)
  ...ald]] and [[Frank Sinatra]], he wrote jingles for commercials in the later 1950s. ...ard (TV series)|New Scotland Yard]]'' (1972), the [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]] comedy series ''[[Odd Man Out (UK TV series)|Odd Man Out]]'' (1977) and the [[BBC]
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• Dave King (actor)
  ...V with ''The Dave King Show''<ref name="Leigh"/> which was song, dance and comedy with famous guests of the day. ...g)|The Story of My Life]]" (No. 20, 1958).<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
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• Ying Tong Song
  ...id not sing on any of the Goons' [[Decca Records|Decca]] recordings of the 1950s, including this song, only speaking his words.<ref>Harry Secombe speaking a ...rst= David |editor-last= Roberts |year=2006 |title=[[British Hit Singles & Albums]] |edition=19th |publisher=[[Guinness World Records|]] |location=London |is
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• Max Bygraves
  ...y performer. He appeared on his own television shows, sometimes performing comedy sketches between songs. He made twenty ''[[Royal Variety Performance]]'' ap ...producer [[Wally Ridley]], who also produced Bygraves' records during the 1950s.<ref name=leigh/>
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• Hercules Grytpype-Thynne
  ...<!-- per [[MOS:MAJORWORK]] - major works include TV series, films, books, albums and games --> ...tpype-Thynne''' is a character from the [[w:United Kingdom|British]] 1950s comedy radio programme ''[[The Goon Show]]''. He was voiced by [[Peter Sellers]].
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• The Best of Sellers
  | genre = [[Comedy]], [[satire]] ...ing critical acclaim and reaching number three in the [[UK Albums Chart|UK Albums Chart]].
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• Stanley Unwin (comedian)
  ==Comedy career== ...ho would become his managers for the rest of his career. By the end of the 1950s, Unwin had ventured into the film industry, being given a part in the [[Car
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• Peter Sellers on stage, radio, screen and record
  ...nment, including film, radio and theatre. He appeared in the [[BBC Radio]] comedy series ''[[The Goon Show]]'', recorded a number of hit comic songs and beca ...ily.{{sfn|Sikov|2002|p=9}} During his career, he also released a number of albums containing sketches and comic songs;{{sfn|Hall|2006|p=254}} the songs were
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• Arthur Mullard
  ...ing career, Mullard found work as a cockney character actor in film and TV comedy, notably in the series ''[[Romany Jones]]''. ...ian.com/media/2003/sep/30/broadcasting.uknews |title=Bilko named best ever comedy |work=The Guardian |date=30 September 2003}}</ref>
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• Songs for Swingin' Sellers
  | genre = [[Comedy]], [[satire]] ...ritical and commercial success, the album reached number three in the [[UK Albums Chart]] and Martin's elaborate production has been cited as an artistic for
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• Stanley Black
  ...conducted the [[BBC Dance Orchestra|BBC Dance Orchestra]] for the popular comedy show ''[[Ray's a Laugh]]'', starring [[Ted Ray (comedian)|Ted Ray]].<ref na ...continue his conducting, arranging and performing career and resulted many albums. He was particularly popular in United States, as evidenced by his inclusio
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• Frankie Howerd
  ...rd catch-phrases such as "titter ye not". He also became a regular in the 1950s editions of the weekly hard-copy comic ''[[Film Fun]]''. ...nt formats and contexts, including [[farce|stage farces]], [[Shakespearean comedy]] roles, and [[British sitcom|television sitcoms]]. At the start of the 196
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• Bernard Miles
  In 1946 his comedy about the [[Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]] ''[[Let Tyrants Trembl By the 1950s, he had started to work in television. In 1951 he played [[Long John Silver
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• Bryan Forbes
  He published a short story collection in the early 1950s, which induced producer [[Albert R. Broccoli|"Cubby" Broccoli]] to offer hi ...ome of the concert footage was later licensed for the Eagle Vision Classic Albums series ''Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'' documentary.) During filming, Forbes f
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• Ken Dodd
  | medium = Stand-up comedy, theatre, radio, television and music ...music hall]] entertainer", and was primarily known for his live [[stand-up comedy|stand-up]] performances.
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• Kenneth Williams
  ...une 2014}}</ref> as well as being a regular panellist on [[BBC Radio 4]]'s comedy panel show ''[[Just a Minute]]'' from its second series in 1968 until his d ...er a short spell in [[repertory theatre]] as a serious actor, he turned to comedy and achieved national fame in ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]''. He sustained con
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• Benny Hill
  ...lapstick, burlesque and [[double entendre]] in a format that included live comedy and filmed segments, with Hill at the focus of almost every segment. ...ang Bang]]'' (1968) and ''[[The Italian Job]]'' (1969). His [[Comedy music|comedy song]] "[[Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)]]" was 1971's [[List of U
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• Bernard Cribbins
  ...nd "[[Right Said Fred (song)|Right Said Fred]]" and for his appearances in comedy films including ''[[Two-Way Stretch]]'' (1960) and the ''[[Carry On (franch ...[Trevor Peacock]], was another top 30 hit.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>
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