• Gordon Peters
  ...is early career as a junior bank clerk after national service in the Royal Navy, at the Standard Bank of South Africa, in Harare, ([[Rhodesia]], now [[Zimb [[Category:20th-century English male actors]]
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• Jack Train
  ...December 1966, p. 10</ref> During his service in the [[w:Royal Navy|Royal Navy]] in the [[w:First World War|First World War]] he began performing as an en [[Category:20th-century English male actors]]
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• John Paddy Carstairs
  [[Category:20th-century English painters]] [[Category:Royal Navy personnel of World War II]]
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• Myles Rudge
  ...the [[Second World War]], from 1944 to 1947. He joined [[RADA]] after the Navy, and worked in [[repertory]]. Tall and blond, he delivered the line "Who's [[Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]
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• Jack Watson (actor)
  ...ning instructor|physical training instructor]] in the [[w:Royal Navy|Royal Navy]], and his physique was much in evidence in many of his subsequent screen r During the war Watson was resident compère of the BBC radio comedy ''The Navy Mixture''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/jul/09/
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• Terry Scott
  ...V1, 22 September 2010</ref> After [[National Service]] in the [[Royal Navy|Navy]] at the end of [[World War II]], he briefly studied accounting. [[Category:20th-century English male actors]]
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• Francis Matthews (actor)
  ...<ref name=gaughan /> before performing his national service in the [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=steven /> After leaving the military he returned to the stage, * ''[[The Royal]]'' (2003) - Dr. James Alway
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• Arthur Brough
  ...the theatre. After indulging in amateur theatricals, Brough attended the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] in the mid-1920s.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-08-19| ...few. With the outbreak of [[World War II]], Brough enlisted in the [[Royal Navy]], where he served for the duration of the war.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Theatr
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• Cardew Robinson
  * ''[[The Navy Lark (film)|The Navy Lark]]'' (1959) – Lt. Binns [[Category:20th-century English male actors]]
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• John Warren (actor)
  In the Second World War he served in the [[Royal Navy]]. Following his discharge, John pursued a career in films but only served [[Category:20th-century British screenwriters]]
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• Donald Hewlett
  ....htm |date=28 September 2007 }}</ref> He was later assigned to the [[Royal Navy]] during North Atlantic action aboard the light cruisers Malaya and Galatea ...|demob]], rather than return to Cambridge University, Hewlett trained at [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art|RADA]] and gained his first professional acting job
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• Nicholas Phipps
  During the war Phipps served in the [[Royal Artillery]] from 1940 to 1943. He then appeared for [[ENSA]] in a concert p *''[[Forbidden Cargo (1954 film)|Forbidden Cargo]]'' (1954) – Royal Navy Information Officer (uncredited)
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• Frank Thornton
  ...After that he served as an [[w:airman|airman]] in the [[w:Royal Air Force|Royal Air Force]] before ending the war as an officer. From the rank of [[w:leadi ...season of thirteen episodes. This was not strictly a spin-off from ''[[The Navy Lark]]'', other than being another "Lark" written by [[Lawrie Wyman]]. He
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• Dennis Price
  He served in the [[Royal Artillery|Royal Artillery]] from March 1940 to June 1942 during the [[Second World War|Seco ...idge'' in the first series of the long-running radio comedy series ''[[The Navy Lark]]'' in 1959, but was unable to continue the role in the second series
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• Cecil Parker
  ...by John Parker (11th Edition) (1952) (London)</ref> He served with the [[Royal Sussex Regiment]] in the [[First World War]], reaching the rank of [[sergea * ''[[The Navy Lark (film)|The Navy Lark]]'' (1959) as Cmdr. Stanton
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• Peter Butterworth
  ...utenant]] in the [[Fleet Air Arm|Fleet Air Arm]] of the [[Royal Navy|Royal Navy]] during the [[Second World War|Second World War]].<ref name="Brown, p. 64" [[Category:Royal Navy officers of World War II]]
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• Stephen Murray (actor)
  ...ated at [[Brentwood School (Essex)|Brentwood School]], [[Essex]] and the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]], [[London]].<ref name="thepeerage.com">{{cite web ...ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lmqts|title=Mr Murray Is Victimised, The Navy Lark - BBC Radio 4 Extra|website=BBC}}</ref> His film debut was as the seco
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• Victor Maddern
  | alma_mater = [[w:Royal Academy of Dramatic Art|Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] ...hool and afterwards joined the [[w:Merchant Navy (United Kingdom)|Merchant Navy]] at the age of 15 and served in the [[w:Second World War|Second World War]
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• George Cole (actor)
  ...nd had an ambition to join the [[w:Merchant Navy (United Kingdom)|Merchant Navy]] but landed a part in a touring musical and chose acting as a career. ...by his [[w:national service|national service]] in the [[w:Royal Air Force|Royal Air Force]] from 1944 to 1947, where he was temporarily a radio operator.
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• Graham Crowden
  ...the [[Edinburgh Academy]]<ref name=":1"/> before serving briefly in the [[Royal Scots]] Youth Battalion of the army until he was injured in an accident. Du ...den had a long theatrical career, most notably at [[Laurence Olivier]]'s [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] where he performed as The Player King i
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