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- | nationality = English '''Don Estelle''' (22 May 1933 – 2 August 2003) was an English actor and singer, best known as Gunner "Lofty" Sugden in ''[[It Ain't Half9 KB (1,301 words) - 16:01, 25 August 2024
- {{short description|English comedy double act}} ...|date=30 April 1993 |accessdate=22 April 2013}}</ref> They started out as singers working the pubs and clubs of [[Greater Manchester]] and switched to comedy9 KB (1,345 words) - 17:15, 20 December 2022
- '''Michael Reid''' (19 January 1940 – 29 July 2007) was an English comedian, actor, author and occasional television presenter. He played the ...on comic in a line-up made up predominately of [[Northern England|Northern English]] and [[Northern Ireland|Northern Irish]] comedians, Reid stood out. As a c17 KB (2,625 words) - 16:58, 13 April 2023
- '''Edward George Rogers''' (20 July 1935 – 2 May 2001) was an English comedian and light entertainment host who started his career as a [[Redcoat ...comedian on the radio programme ''[[Billy Cotton Band Show]]'', alongside singers such as [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]], [[Cliff Richard]] and [[Alma Coga8 KB (1,236 words) - 20:14, 12 February 2023
- '''Frederick John Inman''' (28 June 1935 – 8 March 2007) was an English actor and singer best known for his role as [[Mr. Humphries]] in ''[[Are Yo [[Category:English male film actors]]17 KB (2,542 words) - 10:29, 25 August 2024
- ...after Danny La Rue ("la rue" in [[French language|French]] translates into English as "the street") [[Category:English drag queens]]11 KB (1,714 words) - 10:31, 25 August 2024
- ...ves''' (adopted in honour of [[Max Miller (comedian)|Max Miller]]), was an English comedian, singer, actor and variety performer. He appeared on his own telev [[Category:English comedy musicians]]18 KB (2,484 words) - 19:37, 3 October 2024
- [[Category:English film actresses]] [[Category:English stage actresses]]18 KB (2,626 words) - 18:24, 12 February 2023
- ...3|work=[[BBC News]]|date=12 June 2004}}</ref> born 17 February 1929) is an English actress, singer and broadcaster. For her role as [[Hyacinth Bucket]] in the ...3|access-date=14 November 2013}}</ref> She gained a degree with honours in English Language and Literature.<ref name="CatholicHerald"/> She was involved in th50 KB (6,892 words) - 13:51, 5 February 2023
- '''Alan George Heywood Melly''' (17 August 1926 – 5 July 2007) was an English [[jazz]] and [[blues]] singer, critic, writer and lecturer. From 1965 to 19 [[Category:English humanists]]22 KB (3,201 words) - 23:42, 19 February 2023
- | language = English ...ie Aldrich]], and vocal backing was provided by [[Session musician|session singers]] [[the Ladybirds]] (who also frequently appeared on camera from 1969 to 1921 KB (2,969 words) - 19:58, 6 September 2024
- ...s-doctor-who-star-dies-at-93-xvk7vnmjn|url-status = live}}</ref>}}) was an English actor and singer whose career spanned over eight decades. [[Category:20th-century English comedians]]54 KB (7,189 words) - 16:15, 28 September 2024
- | language = English ...is set in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a period known as the [[English Regency|Regency]]. In the series, [[Mr. E. Blackadder|Edmund Blackadder]] E53 KB (7,603 words) - 11:12, 7 September 2024
- ...NK--> US<!--Do not change to "U.S.", as this article is written in British English.--> ...in [[Central London]], the daughter of Irish actress [[Moyna Macgill]] and English politician [[Edgar Lansbury (politician)|Edgar Lansbury]]. To escape [[the110 KB (15,399 words) - 15:48, 25 January 2023
- ...oharp]], in addition to singing. He played the didgeridoo on two albums by English pop singer [[Kate Bush]], entitled ''[[The Dreaming (album)|The Dreaming]]' ...practice]]. During his time hosting the series, he adopted an abandoned [[English Bull Terrier]] from the practice named "Dolly".<ref name="Time">{{cite web|88 KB (12,437 words) - 11:39, 1 March 2023
- ...inals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}} (8 November 1927 – 11 March 2018) was an English [[stand-up comedy|comedian]], singer and occasional actor. He was described ...o [[Harassment in the United Kingdom|harassment]] and [[Criminal damage in English law#Arson|arson]] at [[Preston Crown Court]] in 2003.<ref>{{cite news|url=h45 KB (6,380 words) - 11:26, 22 February 2023
- ...f viewers became familiar with the rasp of Forsyth's [[Regional accents of English|north London accented voice]] and his "distinctively pointy" chin that he e ...h [[June Bronhill]], [[Edmund Hockridge]], [[Inia Te Wiata]], The Williams Singers, Michael Collins and His Orchestra (7" EP), [[His Master's Voice]]: 7EG 86749 KB (6,903 words) - 13:04, 18 March 2023
- ...he ''[[Burns and Allen|Burns and Allen Show]]'', although with a much more English quality.{{sfn|Briggs|1985|p=128}} ...ed as an Italian equivalent of Funf, but "his chronic mismanagement of the English tongue proved too endearing and he remained at Handley's side as a well-lov98 KB (14,826 words) - 00:03, 10 February 2023
- ...date on the birth certificate is 10 July.{{sfn|McCann|2009|p=9}} }} was an English [[character actor]] and comedian who became internationally known through h ...ange of four and a half octaves{{sfn|Terry-Thomas|1959|p=19}} to mimic the singers; he included "impersonations of Britain's clipped crooner [[Noël Coward]],94 KB (14,211 words) - 07:49, 27 September 2024