• Top Secret (1952 film)
  ...2014-03-30}}</ref> A sanitation inspector is mistaken for an international spy. It was shot at the [[Elstree Studios]] of [[Associated British Picture Cor [[Category:1952 films]]
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• Down Among the Z Men
  ...Z Men''''' is a 1952 [[black-and-white|black-and-white]] British [[comedy|comedy]] film starring [[the Goons]]: [[Spike Milligan]], [[Peter Sellers]], [[Mic [[Conscription in the United Kingdom|National Service in Britain]] in the 1950s obliged all fit British men to serve in the military for two years, and the
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• Our Man in Havana (film)
  '''''Our Man in Havana''''' is a 1959 British spy comedy film shot in [[CinemaScope]], directed and produced by [[Carol Reed]], and ...xpensive. A deal was done with Carol Reed, who had made several successful films based on Graham Greene's novels, and Columbia Studios, for whom Reed had ju
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• Hugh Morton (actor)
  ...d theatre, cinema and television.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fcd62e8|title=Hugh Morton|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web ...e British [[w:Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|prime minister]] in the 1950s.<ref name=mg>"Broadcaster and actor", ''[[The Guardian]]'', 13 June 1984, p
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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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• Eric Barker
  | occupation = Comedy actor ...n (film series)|Carry On]]'' films, although he only appeared in the early films in the series, apart from returning for ''[[Carry On Emmannuelle]]'' in 197
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• William Franklyn
  ...ision and radio, and in several films. He appeared in several films in the 1950s, including ''[[Quatermass 2]]'' in 1957, and took a starring role in the 19 ...Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel]]'' (1955–56) and Peter Dallas in the spy drama series ''[[Top Secret (TV series)|Top Secret]]'' (1961–62), and als
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• Hercules Grytpype-Thynne
  ..._major = <!-- 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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• 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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• Jack Watson (actor)
  ...from the 1950s onwards.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fa677ad|title=Jack Watson|website=BFI}}</ref> ...n ''[[Arthur of the Britons]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ee6616a|title=Arthur Is Dead (1972)|website=BFI}}</ref> His
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• Take It from Here
  | format = [[Comedy]] ...ively in programmes such as ''[[Round the Horne]]'' and in many television comedy series.
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• Michael Ripper
  ...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> ...=BFI}}</ref> (His last Hammer role was as a railway worker in the atypical comedy ''[[That's Your Funeral]]'' two years later.)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ww
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• Warren Mitchell
  ...]], 1981) and ''[[In Sickness and in Health]]'' (BBC, 1985–92), and in the films ''[[Till Death Us Do Part (film)|Till Death Us Do Part]]'' (1969) and ''[[T ...Carry On Cleo]]'' (1964), ''[[The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (film)|The Spy Who Came In from the Cold]]'' (1965), ''[[The Assassination Bureau]]'' (196
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• Eric Sykes
  ...1960s when he appeared with [[Hattie Jacques]] in several popular [[BBC]] comedy television series. ...r both Fraser and [[Frankie Howerd]] and soon found himself in demand as a comedy writer. Forming a partnership with [[Sid Colin]], he worked on the [[BBC]]
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• Nicholas Parsons
  ...o]] and [[television presenter]]. He was the long-running presenter of the comedy radio show ''[[Just a Minute]]'' and hosted the game show ''[[Sale of the C ...), ''With Just a Touch of Hesitation, Repetition and Deviation: My Life in Comedy'', Mainstream Publishing, {{ISBN|978-1845967123}}</ref>
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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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• Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)
  ...ost of St. Michael's]]''), through the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' films]], and television. ...k. A review in ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' commended Hawtrey for having "a comedy sense not unworthy of his famous name".
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• Wilfrid Brambell
  ...dd Man Out]]'' as a tram passenger. His television career began during the 1950s, when he was cast in small roles in three [[Nigel Kneale]]/[[Rudolph Cartie ..., who played his son Harold). The series began as a pilot on the BBC's ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]'', and its success led to the commissioning of a full series. I
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• Barbara Windsor
  ...-you-never-knew-about-barbara-windsor.html |date=21 June 2007 }} ''Digital Spy'' 23 May 2007</ref> She joined the cast of ''EastEnders'' in 1994 and won t Between 1964 and 1974, she appeared in nine ''Carry On'' films, including ''[[Carry On Spying]]'' (1964), ''[[Carry On Doctor]]'' (1967),
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• Jean Kent
  ...John Mills and Granger.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f4a7a3c|title=Jean Kent|website=BFI}}</ref> ...emale lead in a thriller ''[[Sleeping Car to Trieste]]'' (1948), playing a spy.<ref name=independent/>
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