• Roger Kitter
  ...aptain Alberto Bertorelli]] in [['Allo 'Allo! (series 7)|series 7]] of the British sitcom TV series ''[['Allo 'Allo!]]'' after the actor [[Gavin Richards]] le | title=Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums
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• Patton Brothers
  ...Chinese policemen. Over the course of their career they appeared alongside British pantomime favourites such as [[Barbara Windsor]], [[Ronnie Corbett]] and [[ [[Category:21st-century English male actors]]
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• Tommy Cannon
  ...''[[The Kenny Everett Television Show]]'' in 1982 and ''[[Shooting Stars (British TV series)|Shooting Stars]]'' in 1996. ...he fifth series of reality show ''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British series 5)|I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last=
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• Cyril Fletcher
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• Frank Carson
  | notable_work = ''[[The Comedians (1971 TV series)|The Comedians]]'' ...nwards, appearing in series such as ''[[The Comedians (1971 TV series)|The Comedians]]'' and ''[[Tiswas]]''. His trademark line was "It's the way I tell them!"
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• Charlie Williams (comedian)
  | name = Charlie Williams {{Small|[[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]}} ...= Charlie Williams appearing on ''[[The Comedians (1971 TV series)|The Comedians]]'' in the 1970s.
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• Mike Walling
  ...School]] in [[London]]. In the mid-1970s, while still a teacher, he won a British TV talent contest, [[New Faces]], with a comedy double act called "Mr Carli ...4/mike-walling-rip/|title=Actor & writer Mike Walling dies at 69|publisher=British Comedy Guide|date=4 July 2020|accessdate=4 July 2020}}</ref>
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• Ted Rogers (comedian)
  ...[[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]], [[Cliff Richard]] and [[Alma Cogan]] and comedians [[Terry Scott]] and [[Hugh Lloyd]]. He went on to host ''[[Sunday Night at ...' in January 1993, and in April 1994 he appeared on ''[[Surprise Surprise (British TV series)|Surprise Surprise]]''.
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• Mike Reid (actor)
  | nationality = British ...orthern England|Northern English]] and [[Northern Ireland|Northern Irish]] comedians, Reid stood out. As a comedian, Reid's well-known catchphrases included 'Te
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• Bobby Ball
  ...y 1944 – 28 October 2020), known professionally as '''Bobby Ball''', was a British comic, actor, singer and television host. He was best known as a member of ...tcoms and dramas including ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'', ''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'' and ''[[Not Going Out]]''. In 2005, Ball took part
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• Bernard Manning
  ...ppers and Shunters Social Club]]'', ''[[The Comedians (1971 TV series)|The Comedians]]'', The Embassy Club .../web.archive.org/web/20071007225403/http://www.pr-inside.com/controversial-british-comedian-bernard-manning-r157083.htm |archive-date=7 October 2007 |df=dmy }
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• Cannon and Ball
  ...st TV appearance was as contestants in talent show ''[[Opportunity Knocks (British TV series)|Opportunity Knocks]]''. In 1974 they appeared in variety series They were the subjects of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' in 1981 when they were surprised by [[Eamo
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• Mel Smith
  ...//www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/526237/ |title=Smith, Mel |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] | access-date= 20 July 2010}}</ref> ...e title role in the sitcom ''[[Colin's Sandwich]]'' (1988–90), playing a [[British Rail]] employee with aspirations to be a writer.
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• Ron Moody
  In 2004, the British [[ITV1]] nostalgia series ''After They Were Famous'' hosted a documentary o *[https://historyproject.org.uk/interview/ron-moody Interview British Entertainment History Project]
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• Stephen Lewis (actor)
  ...s starred in his best-remembered role as the gruff inspector Blakey in the British sitcom ''On the Buses'', which ran for 74 episodes and spawned three films: ...7), and ''[[The Krays (film)|The Krays]]'' (1990). He also appeared in two British sex comedies, ''[[Adventures of a Taxi Driver]]'' (1975) and ''[[Adventures
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• John Inman
  | nationality = British | television = ''[[Odd Man Out (British TV series)|Odd Man Out]]''<br>''[[Are You Being Served?]]''<br>''[[Take a L
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• Sean Lock
  ...n the [[British Comedy Awards|British Comedy Award]], in the category of [[British Comedy Awards#2000|Best Live Comic]], and was nominated for the [[Perrier C ...urer.<ref name="Telegraph obit" /><ref name="Times obit" /> After Lock saw comedians like [[Alexei Sayle]] and [[Paul Merton]] performing in comedy clubs, he de
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• Harry Worth
  ...[World War II|Second World War]], he performed in an RAF variety show in [[British Raj|India]] and had extra material written for him by the show's director, ...te]] in 1946. In 1947 he married his wife Kay and in 1948, like many other comedians from the forces, he got an audition at London's [[Windmill Theatre|Windmill
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• Barry Cryer
  {{Short description|British writer, comedian and actor (1935–2022)}} ...rk at the [[Leeds City Varieties]] theatre, home of ''[[The Good Old Days (British TV series)|The Good Old Days]]'', which became the longest-running televisi
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• Caroline Aherne
  ...as funny. The series ran in various formats from 1994 to 1997, winning a [[British Academy Television Awards|BAFTA for Best Talk Show]] in 1997.<ref name="Gua ...or Best Sitcom]] in 2000 and 2007,<ref name="Guardian"/> and she won the [[British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Performance|BAFTA for Best Comedy
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