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  • | studio = [[Walter Shenson]] Films ...ector)|Joseph McGrath]].<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a8db1c9|title=Digby the Biggest Dog in the World (1973)}}</
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  • ...le=Unidentified Flying Oddball - Details |website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]] |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=July 31, 2019 }}</ref ...itle=Unidentified Flying Oddball - History |website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=July 31, 2019 }}</ref>
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  • '''''The Great McGonagall''''' is a 1974 British comedy film directed by [[Joseph McGrath (film director)|Joseph McGrath]] and star ...by Peter Sellers), ''William McGonagall Meets George Gershwin: A Scottish Fantasy'' (1988) and ''William McGonagall: Freefall'' (1992).<ref>{{cite web|title=
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  • | studio = Python Films<br />Umbrella Films '''''Jabberwocky''''' is a 1977 British [[fantasy film|fantasy]] [[comedy film]] co-written and directed by [[Terry Gilliam]]. Jabberwocky stars [[Mi
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  • ...-02-09 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ycba.yale.edu/programs/programs-films.asp |title= Yale Center for British Art |access-date=9 February 2007 }}</re ''[[Britannia Hospital]]'' (1982) completes the trilogy of films featuring Mick Travis,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.d
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  • ...-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905065924/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/Confessions-of-a-Window-Cleaner_1974 |archive-date=5 September 2011 |url-st '''''Confessions of a Window Cleaner''''' is a 1974 British [[sex comedy]] film, directed by [[Val Guest]].<ref name=leach132>Leach, p.132</ref>
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  • ...m star Mary Millington honoured|url=http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/659451/A-blue-plaque-for-a-blue-lady-Risqu-film-star-Mary-Millington-honour ...during this period by shooting short [[Softcore pornography|softcore]] sex films for the British [[8 mm film|8&nbsp;mm]] market, as well as hardcore, [[Porn
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  • ...e]] and [[Sean Connery]], respectively. She also had roles in high profile films such as ''[[The Italian Job]]'' (1969), ''[[The Wild Geese]]'' (1978) and Leon also appeared in the [[Hai Karate]] television adverts in the 1970s which gained her substantial publicity. She also became known globally as a
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  • In February 2018 she appeared in the daytime comedy drama ''[[Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators]]'' Episode 2 as ca ...to the Secret Garden]]'' (2001).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba04b523c|title=Sheila Steafel}}</ref>
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  • ...evision series and stage productions, plus comedy and horror films, in the 1970s and 1980s. ...nd ''[[Carry On Matron]]'' (1972) amongst others. She also appeared in the films ''[[The Killing of Sister George (film)|The Killing of Sister George]]'' (1
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  • ...ck comedy]], [[Comedy drama]], [[Musicals]], [[Adventure films]], [[Action films]], [[Sex comedies]], [[Western (genre)|Western]] ...rector of comedies, he also directed several drama, musical, and detective films. Late in his career, he took up writing, producing and directing for theate
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  • ...a regular long running role alongside Bruce Forsyth in both series of the comedy ''[[Slinger's Day]]'' from 1986 to 1987, and, in 1991, he appeared in the f ...ce cast of ''[[The Light Princess]]'', a partly animated, hour-long family fantasy that aired on the [[BBC]] in 1978.<ref name=cartoon>{{cite news |url=http:/
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  • | distributor = [[EMI Films]] ...by the [[Arthurian legend]], written and performed by the [[Monty Python]] comedy group ([[Graham Chapman]], [[John Cleese]], [[Terry Gilliam]], [[Eric Idle]
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  • .../ref><ref>{{cite web | title = David Jason | url = https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba16c38d9 | publisher = British Film Institute | access-date ...] (BAFTAs), (1988, 1991, 1997, 2003), four [[British Comedy Awards|British Comedy Awards]] (1990, 1992, 1997, 2001) and seven [[National Television Awards|Na
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  • |data4 = [[Sketch comedy|Sketch comedy]], [[surreal humour|surreal humour]] ...] from 1970 until 1982, combining [[sketch comedy|sketches]] and situation comedy.
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  • ...lace|Wallace]] in the [[Academy Award]]-winning ''[[Wallace and Gromit]]'' films and portrayed [[Norman Clegg|Norman "Cleggy" Clegg]] in ''[[Last of the Sum ...is film appearances include the [[Hammer Film Productions|Hammer]] horror films ''[[The Curse of the Werewolf]]'' (1961) and ''[[Taste the Blood of Dracula
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  • ...1972). Other notable film roles include Private Brigg in the [[Comedy film|comedy]] ''[[The Virgin Soldiers (film)|The Virgin Soldiers]]'' (1969), Dennis in ...starred as Private Brigg in ''[[The Virgin Soldiers]]'', a [[comedy drama|comedy-drama]] film set during the [[Malayan Emergency]]. Bennett described the fi
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  • ...don, England|date=3 January 1964|page=4}}</ref> Finney received 10% of the films earnings, which made him over $1 million.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Va ...965/ |archive-date=6 April 2019 }}</ref><ref name="guard"/> He returned to films with ''[[Two for the Road (film)|Two for the Road]]'' (1967) co starring [[
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  • ...e co-creator, main writer and a principal cast member of the British radio comedy programme ''[[The Goon Show]]'', performing a range of roles including the ...n the fight against [[Nazi Germany]], but even then he wrote and performed comedy sketches as part of concerts to entertain troops. After his call-up, but be
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  • ...ade numerous stage and television appearances and acted in over 75 British films, he is best remembered as the [[First Doctor]] in [[BBC Television]]'s ''[[ ...8, he played the sergeant in the first [[Carry On (film series)|Carry On]] comedy film, ''[[Carry On Sergeant]]''. He appeared as Will Buckley, another milit
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