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  • | studio = [[Associated London Scripts|Associated London Films]] | released = {{Film date|1973}}
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  • [[File:Op de Hollandse toer (1973).jpg|thumb|Booth (right) with [[Wim Sonneveld]] while shooting ''[[Op de Ho ...ector with the war documentary ''Blitz on Britain'' (1960). His subsequent films include ''[[A King's Story]]'' (1965),<ref name=":0">{{cite book |last=Walk
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  • ...he Mummy's Shroud]]'' (1967), ''[[White Cargo (1973 film)|White Cargo]]'' (1973), ''[[The Slipper and the Rose]]'' (1976) and ''[[Bloodbath at the House of The drama ''[[War and Remembrance (miniseries)|War and Remembrance]]'' (1988), in which he played Sir [[Trafford Leigh-Mallory
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  • | budget = £750,000<ref name="guard">Boulting threat to halt films Barker, Dennis. The Guardian19 Mar 1973: 1.</ref>
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  • ...ilm director|film director]], best known for the long-running ''[[Carry On films|Carry On]]'' series of British film comedies. ...ef> He served four years in the [[w:British Army|British Army]] during the war, and upon his return to civilian life thought it too late to continue his
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  • ...ettled in [[w:London|London]] during the [[w:Second World War|Second World War]] and featured with [[Vic Oliver]] in the radio series'' [[Hi Gang! (radio ==Films==
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  • ...in the 1970s, including those of Private Cheeseman in ''[[Dad's Army]]'' (1973&ndash;1974) and Tom Price in ''[[Survivors (1975 TV series)|Survivors]]'' ( ...but joined the local amateur dramatic society. During [[World War II|World War II]], he joined the [[Royal Air Force|Royal Air Force (RAF)]], and was a [[
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  • ...s roles in television and film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba09ad1c6|title=Norman Chappell|website=BFI}}</ref> ...ogers (comedian)|Ted Rogers]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8553c5ce|title=3-2-1[14/12/79] (1979)|website=BFI}}</ref>
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  • ...1924 – 22 December 2019) was an English actor. He appeared in a variety of films (including ''[[The Day of the Jackal (film)|The Day of the Jackal]]'') and ...Thornbury Grammar School]], [[Gloucestershire]]. During the [[Second World War]] he served in the [[British Army|Army]] and he also worked for an [[estate
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  • ...development of [[BBC Television]] when it restarted after the Second World War. ...fter repertory work, he served in the armed forces during the Second World War.<ref name=ww/>
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  • ...er in the film, television and theatre, which included appearances in four films of cult director [[Pete Walker (director)|Pete Walker]]. * ''[[Tiffany Jones (film)|Tiffany Jones]]'' (1973) - Marocek
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  • | death_date = {{death date and age|1973|06|06|1921|12|24|df=y}} ...Popular radio entertainer. ''[[w:The Times|The Times]]'' Thursday, 7 June 1973; pg. 21; Issue 58802</ref> He is best remembered for his long-running [[w:B
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  • ...wn for composing the scores for twenty-two ''[[Carry On films|Carry On]]'' films.<ref>{{cite book | last = Craggs | first = Stewart | title = Soundtracks : ...y untutored and he found himself playing the piano during the Second World War for free beer.
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  • ...other [[Sydney Box|Sydney]] and his wife [[Muriel Box|Muriel]] at [[Verity Films]], where she helped produce more than 200 wartime [[propaganda]] shorts.<re ...FICE SUCCESS. |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] | date=11 April 1973 |access-date=17 December 2015 |page=55 |via=National Library of Australia}}
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  • ...ouse (TV series)|On the House]]'' (1970-1971)<br />''[[Whoops Baghdad]]'' (1973) ...dies ''[[The Army Game]]'' (1957–59), ''[[Up Pompeii!]]'' (1969–1970), and films including ''[[Carry On Spying]]'' and ''[[Percy's Progress]]''. He occasio
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  • ...ical information about World War II and the Home Guard. Photographs in the 1973 Annual were mainly from the film, with photographs in other issues taken fr '''''Dad's Army Annual 1973''''', {{ISBN|978-0-7235-0142-8}}.<br />
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  • He also appeared in several films and theatre productions, and was being offered work in [[Pantomime|panto]] * ''[[No Sex Please, We're British (film)|No Sex Please, We're British]]'' (1973) - Postman
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  • ...time. Up to his call-up in 1939 at the outbreak of [[w:World War II|World War II]], which included a spell in [[w:Bombay|Bombay]], he had joined the Crom ...states, was thankfully never used for) [[Arthur Lowe]]. He also made a few films, and spent time flying around the globe visiting family, mixed in with the
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  • Pertwee left school during the [[Second World War|Second World War]] and worked for a company that made parts for [[Spitfire|Spitfire]] cannon ...well as the radio sequel ''[[It Sticks Out Half a Mile]]'', set after the war. Pertwee was president of the [[Dad's Army Appreciation Society]] and the a
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  • ...recognisable faces in [[Cinema of the United Kingdom#Post-war cinema|post-war British cinema]]. ...the [[Japan]]ese [[Changi Prison|prisoner of war camp Changi]]. After the war, he was helped by Dame [[Sybil Thorndike]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wc03.
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