• As Long as They're Happy
  {{short description|1955 film by J. Lee Thompson}} | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1955|3|15}}
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• Binnie Hale
  ...an English actress, singer and dancer. She was one of the most successful musical theatre stars in London in the 1920s and 1930s, able to sing leading roles ...ned [[St. Martin's Theatre]]. After this, she played in several revues and musical comedies, including ''150 Pound Revue'' (1917), Charlotte in ''The Kiss Cal
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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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• Doris Hare
  ...West End theatre|West End]] in [[Noël Coward]]'s show ''[[Words and Music (musical)|Words and Music]]'', alongside [[John Mills]]. In 1936, she made her [[Bro ...o Laine]], who was standing in for [[Bertice Reading]]. In 1982, when this musical was revived by [[John Dexter]] at [[Chichester Festival Theatre]], Doris Ha
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• Value for Money
  | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1955|08|09}} '''''Value for Money''''' is a 1955 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Ken Annakin]], based on the novel of the same name by
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• Nice Work If You Can Get It (song)
  ...g/details/catalogofcopyrig323libr |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries 1937 Musical Compositions New Series Vol 32 Pt 3 For the Year 1937 |date=1937 |publisher ...''[[w:Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First|Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First]]'' (1962)<ref name="standards" />
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• The Ladykillers (1955 film)
  {{short description|1955 crime comedy film directed by Alexander Mackendrick}} | released = {{film date|df=y|1955|12|08|UK}}
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• Benny Lee
  | occupation = {{hlist | Comedy actor | singer}} ...995|access-date=6 December 2020}}</ref> was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] comedy actor and singer. He started his career in stage roles, and developed a tel
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• Cardew Robinson
  | occupation = Comedy actor == Television, films and theatre ==
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• William Franklyn
  ...actors. He was taken to Australia as a baby, where his father toured with musical comedies. The young Franklyn attended [[Wesley College, Melbourne|Wesley]] ...age, on television and radio, and in several films. He appeared in several films in the 1950s, including ''[[Quatermass 2]]'' in 1957, and took a starring r
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• Jerry Desmonde
  ...Northern Echo }}</ref> He built a career as a [[song and dance]] man in [[musical theatre]] and later toured parts of the United States in 1927-1928 with [[B ...tps://web.archive.org/web/20070404075445/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/genres/musical/filmography/001.html |archive-date=4 April 2007 }}</ref> an infamous flop,
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• Stratford Johns
  | yearsactive = 1955&ndash;1998 | spouse = {{Marriage|Nanette Ryder|1955|2002}}
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• Dilys Laye
  ...s an English actress and [[screenwriter|screenwriter]], best known for her comedy roles. ...True|Trottie True]]''.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f3eedd1|title=Dilys Laye|website=BFI}}</ref>
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• Arthur Askey
  ...starred in several [[Gainsborough Pictures|Gainsborough Pictures]] comedy films during the [[Second World War|Second World War]] including ''[[Charley's (B ...er role in the writing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/comedy/bandwagon.htm |title=Bandwaggon |website=Britishcomedy.org.uk |access-date=
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• Davy Kaye
  | occupation = [[Actor|Comedy Actor]], [[Entertainer]] ...(born '''David Kodeish''', 25 March 1916 – 3 February 1998) was a British comedy actor and entertainer.
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• Kenneth Connor
  | known_for = [[Carry On (film series)|''Carry On'' films]]<br/>''[['Allo 'Allo!]]'' ...prominence with his appearances in the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' films]].
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• Dora Bryan
  ...[[Gift Horse (film)|Gift Horse]]'' (1952), ''[[The Cockleshell Heroes]]'' (1955), ''[[The Green Man (film)|The Green Man]]'' (1956) and ''[[Carry On Sergea ...cock's Half Hour]]'' in an episode commonly known as "Cinderella Hancock" (1955). [[British Pathe]] filmed Bryan in 1957 in 'Home on Wheels', featuring her
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• Leslie Henson
  ...irector]]. He initially worked in [[silent films]] and [[Edwardian musical comedy]] and became a popular [[music hall]] comedian who enjoyed a long stage car ...ed to the West End, playing in ''[[Kissing Time]]'' (1919) and a series of musical comedies and farces throughout the 1920s and 1930s.
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• Melvyn Hayes
  | television = ''[[Quatermass II]]'' (1955)<br/>''[[It Ain't Half Hot Mum]]'' (1974–1981)<br/>''[[The Curse of Frank ...[It Ain't Half Hot Mum]]'', for appearing in the [[Cliff Richard]] musical films ''[[The Young Ones (1961 film)|The Young Ones]]'', ''[[Summer Holiday (1963
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• Jack Hulbert
  ...ritish actor, director, screenwriter and singer, specializing primarily in comedy productions, and often working alongside his wife (Dame) [[Cicely Courtneid ...ts|Cambridge Footlights]]. He was one of the earliest famous alumni of the comedy club.
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