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  • | 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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  • ...religious authority. His technique and style have influenced young British comedians.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last=Otchet|first=Amy|date=May 1999|title=Mark T ...father, Gerard "Cully" Tynan O'Mahony, was the managing editor of ''[[The Irish Times]]'' and a nephew of writer [[Katharine Tynan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=h
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  • ...urchill's]] encounter with the Irish nationalist leader [[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]] in 1921.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegr * 1986 ''Comedians Do It on Stage''
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  • ...orthern England|Northern English]] and [[Northern Ireland|Northern Irish]] comedians, Reid stood out. As a comedian, Reid's well-known catchphrases included 'Te *''[[The Comedians (1971 TV series)|The Comedians]]'' (1971) .... Presenter
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  • ...ppers and Shunters Social Club]]'', ''[[The Comedians (1971 TV series)|The Comedians]]'', The Embassy Club ...e 1970s, appearing on shows such as ''[[The Comedians (1971 TV series)|The Comedians]]'' and ''[[The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club]]''. His act became c
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  • ...all-fame-dies-after-testing-positive-for-covid-19-1.4394374 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=30 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref> with whom he had tw [[Category:21st-century English male actors]]
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  • ...y-news/on-the-buses-actor-stephen-lewis-dies-aged-88-31449703.html |work=[[Irish Independent]] |date=13 August 2015 |accessdate=13 August 2015}}</ref><ref n [[Category:English male comedians]]
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  • ...e [[Danny McNamee]], whose conviction for involvement in the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]]'s (IRA) [[Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings|Hyde Park ...dians-line-up-for-jeremy-corbyn-rally-in-doncaster-1-8090226|title=TV star comedians line up for Jeremy Corbyn rally in Doncaster|location=Doncaster|publisher=[
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  • ...s born in [[Ealing]], [[London]], on 24 December 1963, the second child of Irish parents Bartholomew Edmond "Bert" Aherne, a railwayman with [[London Transp ...western act the Mitzi Goldberg Experience, and Sister Mary Immaculate, an Irish nun.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Belcher|first1=David|title=Behind the laughter l
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  • ...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 ...erry Sadowitz]], [[Kenneth Williams]] and [[Hylda Baker]] as his favourite comedians.
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  • ...her Molly (née O'Sullivan) was an English nurse and her father Jack was an Irish army clerk. They spent the duration of the Second World War in [[County Wat ...>{{cite web|url=http://comedycarpet.co.uk/comedians/|title=Comedy Carpet - Comedians|website=Comedycarpet.co.uk|access-date=26 October 2018}}</ref> Also in 2011
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  • ...grown up in [[British India]], played Kevin O'Grady, a half-Pakistani half-Irish man who comes to work in a British factory and ends up boarding with his in [[Category:Comedians from Lancashire]]
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  • ...Britain.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dirk Bogarde favourite film actor|work=The Irish Times|location=Dublin, Ireland|date=29 December 1955|page=9}}</ref> He made [[Category:20th-century English comedians]]
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  • | citizenship = British (1918–1962)<br/> Irish (1962–2002) ...ish actor, comedian, writer, musician, poet, and playwright. The son of an Irish father and an English mother, Milligan was born in British Colonial India,
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  • Born to a working-class Irish migrant family in [[Tranmere, Cheshire]], O'Grady moved to London in the la ...atrick married Mary "Molly" Savage (1916–1988), who was born in England to Irish immigrants from [[County Louth]].{{sfnm|1a1=Simpson|1y=2008|1p=1|2a1=O'Grad
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  • ...na to draw on a wide and appreciative pool of fans among fellow actors and comedians, with scores of top-rank stars lining up to be lampooned on her shows. As o ...Point {{!}} TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2014/03/airdate-jack-irish-dead-point.html |website=tvtonight.com.au |access-date=17 September 2020 |l
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  • ...}} The writer and producer John Fisher, in his examination of 20th century comedians and comedy, highlights ''ITMA''{{'}}s "speed of delivery, its quick-fire su ...working at the [[Abbey Theatre]], Dublin and with the spin-off company The Irish Players. He began broadcasting in 1933, joined the [[Radio Drama Company|BB
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  • ...t as his stage partner in a pantomime scene. This marked the only time the comedians worked together in a feature film.{{sfn|Robinson|pp=567–568}} ...binson|p=18}} Chaplin's early years in music hall allowed him to see stage comedians at work; he also attended the Christmas pantomimes at [[Theatre Royal, Drur
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