• The Happiest Days of Your Life (film)
  | studio = [[London Films]]<br>Individual Pictures | distributor = [[British Lion Films]] {{small|(UK)}}
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• St Trinian's School
  ...ries was Searle's most famous work and inspired a popular series of comedy films. Searle published his first St Trinian's School cartoon in 1941 in the magazine ''[[Lilliput (magazine)|Lilliput]]''. Short
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• Blue Murder at St Trinian's
  | distributor = [[British Lion Films]] {{small|(UK)}} ...rinian's'' film series, with its plot seeing the students of the fictional school making plans to secure a place on a European tour, all while subsequently a
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• Carry On Teacher
  ...film, the third in the [[Carry On (film series)|series of 31 ''Carry On'' films]] (1958–1992). It was released at the Plaza Cinema in London on 3 Septemb ...ting headmaster. He spots an advertisement for a headmaster of a brand new school near where he was born and decides to apply for the post.
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• Doctor in the House
  ...he 1952 novel]] by Gordon, and follows a group of students through medical school. It made [[Dirk Bogarde]] one of the biggest British stars of the 1950s. Other well-known British actors featured in the film were [[Kenneth More]]
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• Shirley Eaton
  ...tus. Eaton also had roles in the early [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' films]]. ...], won a place at the [[w:Aida Foster Theatre School]], a specialist drama school, and remained there until she was sixteen.<ref name="Reid">{{Cite book |fir
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• Richard Wattis
  ...actor, co-starring in many popular British [[Comedy film|comedies]] of the 1950s and 1960s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9fc336a8 |arch ...[[King Edward's School, Birmingham|King Edward's School]] and [[Bromsgrove School]], after which he worked for the electrical engineering firm William Sander
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• Frank Williams (actor)
  ...Ardingly College]], West Sussex, and [[Hendon School]] (then Hendon County School).<ref name=":1" /> Williams was an only child and in 1956 bought a house on ...ams wished to enter. He made several television appearances throughout the 1950s, during series one of ''[[The Army Game]]'' he made various small appearanc
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• Norman Hudis
  ...ng the success of this Carry On début, Hudis wrote a further five Carry On films (''[[Carry On Nurse]]''; ''[[Carry On Teacher]]''; ''[[Carry On Constable]] * ''[[w:High Terrace|High Terrace]]'' (1956)
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• Sabrina (actress)
  ...p;– 24 November 2016), better known as '''Sabrina''' or '''Sabby''', was a 1950s English [[glamour photography|glamour model]] who progressed to a minor fil ...tle=Entertaining Television: The BBC and Popular Television Culture in the 1950s|first=Su|last=Holmes|date=1 November 2015|publisher=Oxford University Press
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• Francis Matthews (actor)
  | education = [[Mount St Mary's Catholic High School, Leeds|St Michael's Jesuit College, Leeds]] ...781445640846|via=Google Books}}</ref> then [[Mount St Mary's Catholic High School, Leeds|St Michael's Jesuit College]] in [[Leeds]].<ref name=steven />
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• Ronald Fraser (actor)
  ...hows from the 1950s to the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f003887|title=Ronald Fraser|work=BFI}}</ref> An unusual app ...from [[Scotland]]. He attended [[Ashton Sixth Form College|Ashton Grammar School]]. He was educated in Scotland and did [[national service]] as a lieutenant
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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 King scored four hits on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in the middle of the 1950s. The biggest were "[[Memories Are Made of This]] (No. 5, 1956) and "You Can
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• Arthur Askey
  ...Voice]] include "The Bee Song" (1938), a lasting part of his act. From the 1950s, Askey was a prominent television presence and made regular appearances on ...St. Michael's Council School (1905–11) and the [[Liverpool Institute High School for Boys|Liverpool Institute for Boys]] (1911–16).<ref>Arthur Askey, ''Be
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• George Cole (actor)
  ...Flash Harry (St Trinian's)|Flash Harry]] in the early ''[[St Trinian's]]'' films. ...secondary school in nearby [[w:Morden|Morden]].<ref name=barker/> He left school at 14 to be a butcher's boy and had an ambition to join the [[w:Merchant Na
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• Alastair Sim
  ...ath in 1976. Starting in 1935, he also appeared in more than fifty British films, including an iconic adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novella ''[[A Christ ...ty of Edinburgh]] in 1925. He also ran his own private elocution and drama school, from which, with the help of the playwright [[John Drinkwater (playwright)
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• Hugh Griffith
  ...te=16 April 2013}}</ref> He was educated at [[Llangefni|Llangefni]] County School and attempted to gain entrance to university, but failed the English examin ...h began his film career in British films during the late 1940s, and by the 1950s was also working in [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]]. He won the [
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• Boulting brothers
  ...of satirical comedies in the 1950s and 1960s. They produced many of their films through their own production company, '''Charter Film Productions''', which ...uith]]'s 1931 film ''[[Tell England (film)|Tell England]]'' while still at school.<ref name=odnb>{{Cite ODNB|id=30836|title=Boulting, John Edward (1913–198
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• Peggy Mount
  ...nd]]. She became known for playing domineering middle-aged women in plays, films and television shows. ...verything I Ever Wanted'', by Andrew Ross, was published in 2019 by Fantom Films Limited.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fantompublishing.co.uk/product/andr
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• Roy Castle
  ...as an entertainer in an amateur concert party. As a young performer in the 1950s, he lived in [[Cleveleys]] near [[Blackpool]] and appeared there at the loc ...from the [[BBC]] television series. He played the role of [[Dr. Who (Dalek films)|Dr. Who]]'s first male assistant, [[List of companions in Doctor Who spin-
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