• The Duke Wore Jeans
  | studio = Insignia Films | released = {{film date|df=y|1958|3|30|}}
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• Tommy the Toreador
  '''''Tommy the Toreador''''' is a 1959 British [[musical film|musical]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[John Paddy Carstairs]] and starring [[Tommy Steele]], ...an himself, plays the part of a sailor in this lively and likeable musical comedy";<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/film/cm7zh/tommy-the-toreado
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• The Lady Is a Square
  | released = {{Film date|1958}} ...s a Square''''' is a black and white 1958 British [[comedy film|comedy]] [[musical film]] directed by [[Herbert Wilcox]] and featuring [[Anna Neagle]], [[Fran
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• Crazy Gang (comedy group)
  ...It was natural for them to get together as they shared a similar style of comedy and worked on the same bills at theatres. ...rriott]], who was a frequent co-star of Will Hay, often turned up in their films. Eddie Gray, their associate and equally crazy comic, appeared in the later
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• Dick Henderson
  | death_date = {{death date and age|1958|10|15|1891|3|20|df=y}} '''Richard Henderson''' (20 March 1891 &ndash; 15 October 1958) was an English [[music hall]] comedian, singer and [[character actor]].
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• Dick Bentley
  ...35 years. |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] | date=19 November 1958 |accessdate=9 June 2012 |page=36 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} ...the ABC. In 1954, he starred in ''[[And So to Bentley]]'', a sketch-format comedy show for the BBC, co-starring [[Peter Sellers]]. The show only lasted for o
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• Brian Jackson (actor)
  | yearsactive = 1958–2019 ...at [[Stratford-upon-Avon]] and London. In 1969–70, he appeared in [[Mame (musical)|''Mame'']] at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]], starring [[Ginger Rogers]
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• Peter Glaze
  ...ayson (actor)|James Finlayson]] in [[w:Laurel and Hardy|Laurel and Hardy]] films, long before it became associated with cartoon character [[w:Homer Simpson| ...Royal Variety Performance]] in 1982. He also appeared in ''[[Whack-O!]]'' (1958); as the villainous City Administrator in the ''[[w:Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]
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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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• 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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• 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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• Robert Dorning
  ...hotos|website=AllMovie}}</ref> During the 1930s he had a brief career as a musical comedian in theatre, before choosing acting as his profession. ...)|Mona Lisa]]'' (1986).<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fcd80f1|title=Robert Dorning|website=BFI}}</ref>
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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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• Our Man in Havana (film)
  ...film review; 30 January 1960, page 18.</ref> The film is adapted from the 1958 novel ''[[Our Man in Havana]]'' by [[Graham Greene]]. The film takes the ac ...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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• Lionel Jeffries
  ...received a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Golden Globe Award]] nomination during his acting career. Jeffries built a successful career in British films mainly in comic character roles and as he was prematurely bald he often pla
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• Ted Kavanagh
  | death_date = {{Death date and age|1958|09|17|1892|03|07|df=y}} | spouse = {{Marriage|Agnes O'Keefe|31 March 1919|1958}}
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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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• Stratford Johns
  ...the mid-1950s, including a bit part in the classic [[Ealing Studios|Ealing comedy]] ''[[The Ladykillers (1955 film)|The Ladykillers]]'' (1955). He ran a smal 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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• Hugh Paddick
  {{Short description|Comedy actor (1915–2000)}} | occupation = Comedy actor
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