• Douglas Byng
  {{Short description|English comic singer and songwriter}} '''Douglas Coy Byng''' (17 March 1893 – 24 August 1987) was an English comic singer and songwriter in [[w:West End theatre|West End theatre]], [[w
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• Les Dawson
  '''Leslie Dawson Jr.''' (2 February 1931 – 10 June 1993) was an English comedian, actor, writer, and presenter, who is best remembered for his [[w: ...figures in [[w:English literature|English literature]], in particular the 19th-century essayist [[w:Charles Lamb (writer)|Charles Lamb]], whose florid style influ
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• British comedy
  ...haracters, plots, and settings, and has produced some of the most renowned comedians and characters in the world. ...without dialogue in the 1890s, and Chaplin and Laurel were among the young comedians who worked for him as part of "Fred Karno's Army".<ref name="Karno">McCabe,
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• The Pickwick Papers (1952 film)
  | language = English ...th this version...It's a very funny film with some of England's best light comedians and comediennes."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-pick
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• Arthur Mullard
  ...1995 B32 136 ISLINGTON. DoB = 19 September 1910 Age 85 approx</ref> was an English actor and singer. [[Category:English male comedians]]
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• Sean Lock
  '''Sean Lock''' (22 April 1963 – 16 August 2021){{efn |name="date"}} was an English comedian and actor. He began his comedy career as a [[Stand-up comedy|stand ...ph obit" /> In 1981, he left education with a grade E in [[English studies|English]] [[A-Level]].<ref name="Telegraph obit" /><ref name="Times obit" /> Afterw
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• Charlie Drake
  ...5 – 23 December 2006), known professionally as '''Charlie Drake''', was an English comedian, actor, writer and singer. [[Category:English male comedians]]
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• Double entendre
  ...mporary English online |publisher=Longman |work=Dictionary of Contemporary English |access-date=29 August 2014 | url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.arch ...''mot/expression à'') ''double sens'' don't have the suggestiveness of the English expression.<ref name=grammarphobia/>
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• Benny Hill
  ...V Show, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/21/arts/benny-hill-67-english-comedian-and-creator-of-tv-show-is-dead.html |author=Craig Wolff}}</ref> ...me "Cave". This is CORRECT&nbsp;— Please do not change to 1925. --> was an English [[comedian|comedian]], [[actor|actor]], [[singer|singer]] and [[writer|writ
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• Tommy Cooper
  ...miner, and Catherine Gertrude (''née'' Wright), Thomas's [[English people|English]] wife from [[Crediton]], [[Devon]].<ref name="exmem" /><ref>GRO Register o ...hen Cooper was three. It was in Exeter that he acquired the [[West Country English|West Country accent]] that became part of his act.<ref name="BBC1">{{cite n
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• Ken Dodd
  ...inals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}} (8 November 1927 – 11 March 2018) was an English [[stand-up comedy|comedian]], singer and occasional actor. He was described ...tps://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comedy/comedians/ken-dodd-12-funny-moments-defined-rib-tickling-career/ |archive-date=12 Jan
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• George Formby Sr
  ...rn '''James Lawler Booth'''; 4 October 1875&nbsp;– 8 February 1921) was an English comedian and singer in musical theatre, known as one of the greatest [[musi [[Category:19th-century British male singers]]
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• Tommy Trinder
  ...[[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (24 March 1909 – 10 July 1989) was an English stage, screen and radio comedian whose catchphrase was "You lucky people!". ...ilm]] ''[[Champagne Charlie (1944 film)|Champagne Charlie]]'', playing the 19th-century music hall performer [[George Leybourne]] opposite [[Stanley Holloway]] as
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• Bernard Cribbins
  ...s-doctor-who-star-dies-at-93-xvk7vnmjn|url-status = live}}</ref>}}) was an English actor and singer whose career spanned over eight decades. [[Category:20th-century English comedians]]
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• Gracie Fields
  ...ace Stansfield'''; 9 January 1898{{spaced ndash}}27 September 1979) was an English<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanac ...acie-1898-1979|title=FIELDS, Gracie (1898-1979) - English Heritage|website=English-heritage.org.uk}}</ref> Her career accelerated from this point, with [[Dram
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• Dudley Moore
  ...tps://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comedy/comedians/the-25-best-comedy-duos/peter-cook-and-dudley-moore/ |archive-date=11 Janua * ''[[The Adventures of Milo and Otis]]'' (1986) – Narrator (English version, voice)
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• Peter Cook
  ...s at 57|author= Mel Gussow|date= January 10, 1995|page= D20}}</ref> was an English actor, comedian, [[satirist]], playwright and screenwriter. He was the lead ...tps://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comedy/comedians/the-25-best-comedy-duos/peter-cook-and-dudley-moore/ |archive-date=12 Janua
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• Barry Humphries
  ...d [[Secondary education#Australia|matriculated]] with brilliant results in English and Art. Humphries himself described this schooling, in a ''[[Who's Who]]'' ...ies, and this was during the Edna segments: English actress [[Emily Perry (English actress)|Emily Perry]] played Edna's long-suffering bridesmaid from New Zea
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• I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
  | language = English ...ly 1990s (see below). Since then the panel has featured a variety of guest comedians.<ref name="people">{{cite web|url=https://www.isihac.net/about.php|title=Ab
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• It's That Man Again
  ...he ''[[Burns and Allen|Burns and Allen Show]]'', although with a much more English quality.{{sfn|Briggs|1985|p=128}} ...}} The writer and producer John Fisher, in his examination of 20th century comedians and comedy, highlights ''ITMA''{{'}}s "speed of delivery, its quick-fire su
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