• Tommy the Toreador
  | released = 21 December 1959 (London) (UK) '''''Tommy the Toreador''''' is a 1959 British [[musical film|musical]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[John Paddy Carstairs]] and starring [[Tommy Steele]],
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• The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
  | distributor = [[British Lion Films]] | released = November 1959
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• Jazz Boat
  | studio = [[Warwick Films]] '''''Jazz Boat''''' is a 1960 British black-and-white musical comedy film directed by [[Ken Hughes]] and starring [[Anthony Newley]], [[Anne Aub
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• Lock Up Your Daughters (1969 film)
  |based_on = musical ''[[Lock Up Your Daughters (musical)|Lock Up Your Daughters]]''<br>based on play ''[[Rape upon Rape]]''by [[Hen | studio = Domino Films
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• Things Are Looking Up (film)
  ...ooking-Up_1935|website=britmovie.co.uk|publisher=Britmovie Home of British Films|access-date=1 September 2015}}</ref><ref>Cook, 1997, p. 188</ref> It was ma ...idge--mary-lawson-2419-p.asp |website=oldrarefilms.com |publisher=Old Rare Films |access-date=8 May 2022}}</ref>
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• The Lady Is a Square
  | image = The Lady is a Square (1959).jpg ...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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• Dick Bentley
  ...w bars of music deliberately badly, interspersed with jokes and legitimate musical numbers. He made his first appearance on [[ABC Radio and Regional Content|A ...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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• 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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• Leo Franklyn
  ...of his early career was in [[w:Edwardian musical comedy|Edwardian musical comedy]]; in his later career he was chiefly associated with [[w:farce|farce]]. ...British and American shows. He spent ten years performing in Australia in musical comedies. From the 1940s he appeared regularly in [[w:pantomime|pantomime]
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• Our Man in Havana (film)
  | released = {{Film date|df=y|1959|12|30}} (UK)<br/>{{Film date|1960|01|27}} (USA) '''''Our Man in Havana''''' is a 1959 British spy comedy film shot in [[CinemaScope]], directed and produced by [[Carol Reed]], and
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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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• April Olrich
  ...0Olrich&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q=April%20Olrich&f=false ''The London Stage, 1950–1959: Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''] (Rowman & Littlefiel ...w York, she won the Whitbread Anglo-American Theatre Award for Outstanding Musical Performance.<ref name="Baker">Richard Anthony Baker, [https://www.thestage.
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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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• Julian Orchard
  {{Short description|English comedy actor (1930–1979)}} | occupation = Comedy actor
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• Lupino Lane
  | death_date = {{Death date and age|1959|11|10|1892|06|16|df=y}} ...music hall]] and film performances. Increasingly celebrated for his silent comedy short subjects, he is best known in the United Kingdom for playing Bill Sni
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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 ...ttps://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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• The Bobo
  ...bsite=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> It is based on the 1959 novel ''Olimpia'' by Burt Cole, also known as Thomas Dixon. ...Macmillan Company. $3.50. Mitgang, Herbert. ''The New York Times'' 12 July 1959: BR22.</ref>
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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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• Cardew Robinson
  | occupation = Comedy actor == Television, films and theatre ==
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