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- '''Alex Munro''' (6 March 1911 – 20 January 1986) was a Scottish actor and comedian. [[Category:Comedians from Glasgow]]2 KB (279 words) - 22:31, 17 July 2024
- {{Short description|Scottish comedian}} | nationality = Scottish2 KB (264 words) - 14:10, 18 January 2023
- {{short description|Scottish performer, producer, impresario and director}} ...April 2001), known professionally as '''Jimmy Logan''', was a [[w:Scotland|Scottish]] performer, [[w:theatrical producer|theatrical producer]], [[w:impresario|7 KB (1,009 words) - 17:59, 20 December 2022
- ...6 – 7 October 1967), known professionally as '''Jimmy Gold''', was a Scottish comedian and part of the [[music hall|music hall]] act of [[Naughton and Go [[Category:Scottish male comedians]]3 KB (484 words) - 22:37, 15 March 2023
- His parents were the Scottish [[Congregational church|Congregational]] minister, psychologist and academi [[Category:British male comedians]]5 KB (671 words) - 08:07, 3 October 2024
- '''William Simpson Fraser''' (5 June 1908 – 9 September 1987) was a Scottish actor who appeared on stage, screen and television for many years.<ref name ...anerges in ''[[The Apple Cart]]'' and Eddie Waters in ''[[Comedians (play)|Comedians]]'', both for the [[BBC]], and appearances on ''[[The Professionals (TV ser10 KB (1,595 words) - 23:59, 12 February 2023
- ...ght comic songs, and by 1913 was regularly accompanied by her husband, the Scottish singer and comic entertainer Tom Copeland.<ref name=barfe/> She and Copela [[Category:20th-century English comedians]]6 KB (939 words) - 11:20, 22 February 2023
- | nationality = Scottish ...name=baker/> 24 July 1902 – 9 February 1980) was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] comedy actress and [[revue]] artist who appeared in television and film r11 KB (1,676 words) - 08:57, 13 January 2023
- '''Stanley Baxter''' (born 24 May 1926) is a Scottish actor, comedian, impressionist and author. Baxter began his career as a [[w ...d for the stage by his mother. He began his career as a child actor in the Scottish edition of the BBC's ''[[w:Children's Hour|Children's Hour]]''. He develope20 KB (2,855 words) - 12:45, 11 March 2023
- ...nament|The Grand Knockout Tournament]]'' in 1987. When [[w:Richard Wilson (Scottish actor)|Richard Wilson]] turned down the part of [[Victor Meldrew]] in the B ...tp://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2004/12/01/26/the_comedians_comedian|title=The comedians' comedian|date=1 December 2004|work=Chortle.co.uk|access-date=1 February 2017 KB (2,447 words) - 23:04, 6 February 2023
- Although shy, he sent jokes to various comedians that were appearing in Liverpool. His first was sold to [[Charlie Chester]] ...first wife. After her death, he married Deidree, an ex [[George Mitchell (Scottish musician)|George Mitchell]] singer/dancer, with whom he had two daughters.6 KB (940 words) - 13:30, 28 January 2023
- ...came a [[music hall]] entertainer, often wearing a kilt in the guise of a 'Scottish' comedian. During this part of his career he was associated with the singer [[Category:English male comedians]]7 KB (1,095 words) - 08:00, 3 October 2024
- '''James Henderson Finlayson''' (27 August 1887 – 9 October 1953) was a Scottish actor who worked in both silent and sound comedies. Bald, with a [[fake mou ...le of a detective disguised as a [[teuchter]] (person originating from the Scottish West Highlands or Western Isles) in the stage production ''The Great Game''25 KB (3,674 words) - 22:23, 28 September 2024
- ...ssful [[music-hall]] entertainer [[Jack Lorimer|Jack (Jock) Lorimer]], a [[Scottish]] comedy actor from [[Forfar]], known for his songs and dancing, and his wi [[Category:English male comedians]]13 KB (1,958 words) - 07:56, 21 August 2024
- ...play initially caused some controversy, with Smith proposing to flout the Scottish ban on smoking in public places, but the scene was quickly adapted after ga * 1986 ''Comedians Do It on Stage''18 KB (2,587 words) - 14:38, 6 March 2023
- ...]]'s ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' (aired on 30 January 2010) as a Scottish patient who had served with the [[Black Watch]] during the [[Second World W [[Category:20th-century English comedians]]16 KB (2,315 words) - 13:29, 16 January 2023
- {{Short description|Scottish comedian and writer (1930–2016)}} ...s|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} (4 December 1930 – 31 March 2016) was a Scottish actor, broadcaster, comedian and writer. He had a long association with [[R30 KB (4,195 words) - 15:14, 23 December 2022
- In the 1940s, Desmonde was briefly a straight man for Scottish comedian [[Dave Willis (comedian)|Dave Willis]] and in 1942 he was invited [[Category:20th-century English male actors]]23 KB (3,166 words) - 11:15, 20 July 2024
- ...episode featured comedian [[Bernard Manning]] and actor [[Richard Wilson (Scottish actor)|Richard Wilson]]. Manning clashed with Wilson and Aherne as she aske [[Category:20th-century British businesspeople]]30 KB (4,150 words) - 15:07, 18 January 2023
- ...he characters again on radio (in a newly written sketch to tie in with the Scottish Team's participation in the 1978 World Cup), as well as in a television com [[Category:20th-century English male actors]]19 KB (2,751 words) - 00:18, 19 February 2023