• Every Day's a Holiday (1965 film)
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• I've Gotta Horse
  | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1965|7|8}} ...duced and co-wrote the story, with musical direction by Mike Leander. This 1965 [[Cinema of the United Kingdom|U.K.]] release was filmed on location in [[T
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• The Knack ...and How to Get It
  | released = {{start date|1965|6|3|df=y}} '''''The Knack …and How to Get It''''' is a 1965 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Richard Lester]] and starring [[Rita Tushingham]], [[R
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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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• Brian Jackson (actor)
  ...at [[Stratford-upon-Avon]] and London. In 1969–70, he appeared in [[Mame (musical)|''Mame'']] at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]], starring [[Ginger Rogers] |1965|| ''[[The Heroes of Telemark]]'' || Norwegian Naval Attache || Uncredited
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• Georgy Girl
  ...James Mason]]. Directed by [[Silvio Narizzano]], the film was based on the 1965 novel by [[Margaret Forster]]. ...Parkin ([[Lynn Redgrave]]) is a 22-year-old Londoner who has considerable musical talent, is well-educated, and has an engaging, unpretentious character. At
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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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• William Franklyn
  ...own for voicing the "Schhh... You Know Who" adverts for [[Schweppes]] from 1965 to 1973. He also performed on stage, film, television and radio, taking ove ...actors. He was taken to Australia as a baby, where his father toured with musical comedies. The young Franklyn attended [[Wesley College, Melbourne|Wesley]]
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• Sam Peckinpah's "Salad Days"
  "'''Sam Peckinpah's 'Salad Days{{'}}'''" is a [[Sketch comedy|sketch]] from the 7th episode of the [[List of Monty Python's Flying Circus ...ah's latest project, which is an adaptation of the musical ''[[Salad Days (musical)|Salad Days]]''.
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• Hugh Paddick
  {{Short description|Comedy actor (1915–2000)}} | occupation = Comedy actor
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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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• Bill Fraser
  ...bn=0330367757}}</ref> In 1986 he won the [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance]] for his stage role in the play ''[[When We Are Married]]''.<r ...n street led to Fraser's giving Sykes his first work as a writer for radio comedy<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/ericsykes.htm |title=
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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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• Dick Clement
  ...joined the [[BBC|BBC]] as a studio manager and started writing scripts and comedy sketches.<ref name=Porridge>{{cite book|year=2001|author1=Richard Webster | ...y Lads'', and by the end of the decade they had also written three feature films: ''[[The Jokers]]'', ''[[Otley (film)|Otley]]'', (directed by Clement) and
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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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• 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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• Millicent Martin
  | spouse = {{marriage|[[Ronnie Carroll]]|1959|1965|reason=div}}<br>{{marriage|[[Norman Eshley]]|1969|1973|reason=div}}<br>{{ma ...ny Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical|Best Featured Actress in a Musical]]. Other television roles include her recurring role as [[Minor characters
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• Derek Nimmo
  ...[[The World of Wooster]]'' (as "Bingo Little"),<ref name=Indy/> and in the comedy film ''[[One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing]]''<ref name=BBC/> (as "Lord South ...e|West End]] [[Play (theatre)|plays]] and starred in the [[musical theatre|musical]] ''[[Charlie Girl]]'', which contained a scene specially written to allow
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• Lance Percival
  ...comedian and singer, best known for his appearances in [[Satire|satirical comedy]] television shows of the early 1960s and his ability to improvise comic [[ ...s-Royce]]'' (1964). He had a major role, and second billing, in the comedy musical ''[[It's All Over Town]]'' (1964).
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• Arthur Haynes
  ...is death from a heart attack in 1966. Haynes also appeared on radio and in films. ...Fulham]] baker.<ref name="BBC/BFI">Mark Lewisohn ''Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy'' (BBC, 2003) + Filmographic Unit, BFI National Library, December 2007</ref
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