• George Chisholm (musician)
  | honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire|OBE]] '''George Chisholm''' [[w:Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (29 March 1915 – 6 December 1997) was a Scottish [[w:ja
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• Eric Rogers (composer)
  ...eus.com/home.php?page_id=150 |title=Eric Rogers :: Morriston Orpheus Welsh Male Voice Choir |publisher=Morristonorpheus.com |accessdate=2009-09-27}}</ref> ...owboy]]''.<ref>{{cite book | last = Stubblebine | first = Donald | title = British cinema sheet music : a comprehensive listing of film music published in the
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• Max Bacon (actor)
  ...ActorID=767|title=Max Bacon|website=Aveleyman.com}}</ref> Although he was British-born, his comedic style centred on his pseudo-European, [[w:Yiddish|Yiddish ...d=n6XRhRrrSzQC&dq=ambrose+octet+max+bacon&pg=PT10|title=Talking Swing: The British Big Bands|first=Sheila|last=Tracy|date=April 22, 2011|publisher=Random Hous
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• Reg Varney
  ...in [[Woolwich]], for which he was paid eight [[shilling]]s and [[Sixpence (British coin)|sixpence]] (42½p). He also played in [[working men's club]]s, pubs a ...s fame he was a subject of the television programme ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' on 20 May 1970 when he was surprised by [[
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• Ronnie Hazlehurst
  | known_for = British television theme songs Hazlehurst composed the [[theme music|theme tunes]] for many well-known [[British sitcom]]s and gameshows of the 1970s and the 1980s, including ''[[Yes Minis
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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> ...t Singles & Albums">{{cite book|first=David|last=Roberts|year=2006|title=[[British Hit Singles & Albums]]|edition=19th|publisher=Guinness World Records Limite
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• Ray Ellington
  {{cite book |title = Who's Who of British Jazz ...h_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1985|02|27|1916|03|17}}<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>
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• Charlie Chester
  '''Charlie Chester''' [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (26 April 1914&nbsp;– 26 June 1997) was an English [[comedia ...nickname "Cheeky" is incorrect</ref> Charlie Chester, he was well known to British audiences in the 1940s from his [[BBC]] radio show ''Stand Easy''. This sho
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• Bernard Bresslaw
  Bresslaw was a member of the [[Grand Order of Water Rats]], a British entertainment fraternity and in 1988 he was elected "King Rat" of the order ...es]], appeared with English comedienne [[Maureen Lipman]] in a series of [[British Telecom]] advertisements in the late 1980s. Bresslaw and Margolyes played G
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• Stanley Black
  ...ondon'' and ''Phase 4''). Beginning with jazz collaborations with American musicians such as [[Coleman Hawkins|Coleman Hawkins]] and [[Benny Carter|Benny Carter ...f name="Larkin"/> He had also broadcast and recorded with several American musicians, including jazz saxophonists [[Coleman Hawkins|Coleman Hawkins]] and [[Benn
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• Jack Hulbert
  {{Short description|British actor, director, screenwriter and singer(1892–1978)}} '''John Norman Hulbert''' (24 April 1892{{spaced ndash}}25 March 1978) was a British actor, director, screenwriter and singer, specializing primarily in comedy
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• Benny Lee
  ...ast1=Took |first1=Barry |title=Laughter in the Air: An Informal History of British Radio Comedy|location=London|publisher=Robson Books|date=1976|isbn=97809038 ...eing Served? characters#Mr Klein (Benny Lee) (series 8)|Mr. Klein]] in the British sitcom, ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' (1981).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ww
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• Douglas Byng
  ...eatre]], [[w:revue|revue]] and [[w:cabaret|cabaret]]. Billed as "Bawdy but British", Byng was famous for his female impersonations. His songs are full of sexu ...ardian.com/books/2009/aug/29/bawdy-but-british-review Review of "Bawdy But British" by Patrick Newley]</ref> He also wrote an autobiography, ''As You Were'' (
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• Dave King (actor)
  ...s remembered for screen roles such as the corrupt policeman 'Parky' in the British gangster film ''[[The Long Good Friday]]'' (1980)<ref name="Stevens"/> and ...January 24, 1955 |page=2}}</ref> and being given a monthly series on the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] starting on October 15, 1955.<ref name="BBC"
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• Lionel Bart
  ...Stratford East]], he played an instrumental role in the 1960s birth of the British musical theatre scene after an era when American musicals had dominated the ...Bart was described by [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] as "the father of the modern British musical".<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|title=Lionel Bart, 68, Songwriter; Cre
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• Lance Percival
  {{Short description|British actor and comedian (1933–2015)}} ...om|national service]] with the [[Seaforth Highlanders]] as a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] and was posted to Egypt. In 1955 he em
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• Arthur Askey
  ...Empire|OBE]] in 1969 and a [[Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|CBE]] in 1981; he continued to appear frequently on television, radi ...'[[The Arthur Askey Show]]''. He was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' on two occasions, in December 1959 when he
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• Gorden Kaye
  ...siccomedy.co.uk/the-waterloo-bridge-handicap-1978|title=The Race Is On.. – British Classic Comedy|date=16 January 2016|publisher=britishclassiccomedy.co.uk|ac Kaye appeared in three episodes of Croft's British department store sitcom ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' and was later offered
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• Clive Dunn
  | nationality = British ...= [[w:Royal Armoured Corps|Royal Armoured Corps]], [[w:British Army|British Army]]
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• Charlie Drake
  ...britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001180/19631003/062/0009| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> He was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' on two occasions, in December 1961 when he
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