• Alan Hackney
  ...ton]], and later, while at [[Manchester University]], was called up to the army. Hackney was posted to [[Invicta Park Barracks|Maidstone Barracks]] for one ...er Sisters]] and [[Johnny Dorelli]]), and Hollywood as well as working for British television and continuing to contribute to ''Punch''.
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• Edward Sinclair
  ...st of Dad's Army characters#Maurice Yeatman|Maurice Yeatman]] in ''[[Dad's Army]]'' ...h actor who played the role of [[verger]] [[Maurice Yeatman]] in ''[[Dad's Army]]''. He also made appearances in ''[[Z-Cars]]'' and ''[[Danger Man]]''.
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• Colin Bean
  ...nown for his role as [[Private Sponge]] in the BBC comedy series ''[[Dad's Army]]''. ...ntinue his acting by joining the [[w:British Commonwealth Occupation Force|British Commonwealth Occupation Force]] (BCOF). After graduating from drama school
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• Peter Ling
  {{short description|British television, radio, and comic strip author}} ...creenwriter)|Hazel Adair]], he co-created the soap opera ''[[w:Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]''.
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• Sydney Lotterby
  {{Short description|British television director (1926–2020)}} | honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire|OBE]]
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• Harold Bennett
  ...aracters#Other platoon members#Sidney Blewitt|Sidney Bluett]] in ''[[Dad's Army]].'' ..., the ancient, amiably callous owner of Grace Brothers department store in British sitcom ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' that he achieved his greatest fame. Hi
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• Eric Longworth
  | known_for = [[Dad's Army]] ...best known for his semi-regular role in the [[w:BBC|BBC]] comedy ''[[Dad's Army]]'' as Mr. Gordon, the town clerk of [[w:Walmington-on-Sea|Walmington-on-Se
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• Gordon Peters
  ...Gordon Peters |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/gordon_peters/ |website=British Comedy Guide |access-date=24 June 2022}}</ref> He played Victor and Margare [[Category:20th-century English male actors]]
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• Max Harris (composer)
  ...]] and [[piano accordion]].<ref name="Chilton">John Chilton ''Who's Who of British Jazz'', London: Continuum, 2004, p. 165</ref> During his war service, Harris became a captain in the [[Royal Army Service Corps]].<ref name="Chilton"/> Post-war, Harris worked aboard the ''
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• Jack Allen (actor)
  ...edia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=PA1862|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|date=16 May 2016|publisher= ...umber of films and television series until the 1980s, usually as typically British gentlemen and officer types.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.u
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• Norman Vaughan (comedian)
  {{Use British English|date=December 2016}} ...t in Italy and the Middle East. During his military service he appeared in Army shows with [[Spike Milligan]] and [[Harry Secombe]], who were later to form
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• Queenie Watts
  ...+garters+1965+queenie+watts&pg=PA847|title=Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company|first=Howard|last=Maxford|date=November 8, 2019|publisher=McFa ...://www.comedy.co.uk/people/queenie_watts/ |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nostalgiacentr
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• James Beck
  ...kney]] [[w:spiv|spiv]], in the [[w:BBC|BBC]] [[w:sitcom|sitcom]] ''[[Dad's Army]]'' from the show's beginning in 1968 until his sudden death in 1973. ...instructor|physical training instructor]] in the [[w:British Army|British Army]], Beck became an actor. Prior to his broadcast roles he spent several seas
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• Michael Trubshawe
  ...ment of the [[British Army]]. Trubshawe was very close friends with fellow British actor [[David Niven]], serving with him at [[Malta]] and [[Dover]]. He was Niven claims he lost touch with his army friend following Michael's marriage to Christian Scientist Margaret L McDou
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• Dickie Henderson
  | honorific_suffix = [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] '''Richard Matthew Michael Henderson''', [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (30 October 1922 &nbsp;– 22 September 1985)<ref name="Obit">
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• Vic Oliver
  {{short description|Austrian-born British actor and radio comedian (1898–1964)}} | branch = [[w:Austro-Hungarian Army|Austro-Hungarian Army]]
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• Leslie Fuller
  {{Short description|British actor (1888–1948)}} '''Leslie Fuller''' (9 October 1888 – 24 April 1948) was a British comedy film actor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individu
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• John Ringham
  ...r 2008|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=17 November 2008}}</ref> was a British actor who appeared on both television and stage. Among his roles was that o After leaving the army he spent four years as a member of a touring theatre company called [[John
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• Jack Train
  {{short description|British actor}} '''Jack Train''' (28 November 1902&nbsp;– 19 December 1966) was a British comic actor best known for his appearances as a variety of eccentric charac
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• Antony Jay
  ...roadcaster, producer and director. With [[Jonathan Lynn]], he co-wrote the British political comedies ''[[Yes Minister]]'' and ''[[Yes Minister|Yes, Prime Min ...tic aggression: a report on Britain's government machine: presented to the British taxpayer, September 1972 |publisher=Cape |location=London |year=1972 |isbn
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