• Colin Edwynn
  | birth_place = [[w:Manchester|Manchester]], Lancashire, England, UK From 1981 he ran the Queen's Head pub in [[w:Tebworth|Tebworth]], Bedfordshire.
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• Ted Lune
  | birth_place = [[Ainsworth, Greater Manchester|Ainsworth]], [[Lancashire|Lancashire]] ...ers, Lynne and Anne. He turned professional in 1947, taking his stage name from the [[River Lune|River Lune]] that flows through Lancashire, and his older
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• Joe Gladwin
  | birth_place = [[w:Ordsall, Greater Manchester|Ordsall]], [[w:County Borough of Salford|Salford]], [[w:Lancashire|Lancashi | death_place = [[w:Manchester|Manchester]], England
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• Roger Brierley
  Brierley was also passionate about [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]], and was a founding member of [[Shareholders United Against Murdoc *[https://www.imust.org.uk/Memoriam/RogerBrierley MUST, the independent Manchester United supporters trust]
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• Tom Mennard
  | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> ...ard became a regular feature on Mike Craig's radio shows in [[w:Manchester|Manchester]] and these helped him to reach a wider national audience.<ref>Hudd & Hindi
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• Harry Korris
  ...ol]], where he settled and was known as "the Falstaff of the South Pier". From 1931,<ref>[https://worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/Enjoyment/Radio%20Wh ...frey. ''Films and British National Identity: from Dickens to Dad's Army''. Manchester University Press, 1997.
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• Don Estelle
  | birth_place = [[Crumpsall]], [[Manchester]], [[Lancashire]], England | death_place = [[Rochdale]], [[Greater Manchester]] England
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• Roy Barraclough
  | death_place = [[Ashton-under-Lyne]], [[Greater Manchester]], England | resting_place = Hollinwood Cemetery, [[Oldham]], Greater Manchester, England
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• Kenneth MacDonald (English actor)
  | birth_place = [[Manchester]], England MacDonald was born in [[Manchester]], the son of Scottish heavyweight wrestling champion [[Bill MacDonald (wre
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• Bernard Holley
  ...s the UK, including [[Redgrave Theatre, Farnham|Farnham]], [[Brighton]], [[Manchester]], [[Edinburgh]], [[Derby]] and [[Norwich]]. One of his last stage roles wa [[Category:English male stage actors]]
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• Jack Smethurst
  | birth_place = [[w:Collyhurst|Collyhurst]], [w:[Manchester|]], [[w:Lancashire|Lancashire]], England ...st was born on 9 April 1932 in [[w:Collyhurst|Collyhurst]], [[w:Manchester|Manchester]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/obituaries/1567913/jac
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• Donald Hewlett
  | birth_place = [[Northenden]], [[Manchester]], England ...nchor Chemical Company based in [[Clayton, Greater Manchester|Clayton]], [[Manchester]]<ref name="DTelobit">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obit
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• 'Monsewer' Eddie Gray
  ...Bennett (comedian)|Billy Bennett]].<ref>"Royal Variety Performance", ''The Manchester Guardian'', 1 May 1933, p. 5</ref> From 1937 the company was billed as the Crazy Gang. Their Palladium shows in the
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• Wilfred Pickles
  ...s as host of the [[BBC Radio|BBC Radio]] show ''[[Have A Go]]'', which ran from 1946 to 1967 and launched such catchphrases as "How do, how are yer?", "Are ...shire dialect]] verses, "A Bird Song Away" and "Th' Art Lookin' Sackless", from the award-winning weaver-poet [[Nicholas Freeston]].<ref>Pickles, Wilfred.
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• John Comer
  ...<ref name=messenger /> In 1957, the brothers began a regular slot at the [[Manchester Apollo]], performing a variety act entitled Comer's Cottage. [[Category:English male television actors]]
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• Frank Randle
  ...y throwing his false teeth into the audience and once bombarding Blackpool from an aeroplane with toilet rolls (according to an episode of ''Rude Britannia ...uffering the privations of war. He took equity in [[John E. Blakeley]]'s [[Manchester]]-based [[Mancunian Films|Mancunian Film Studios]], appearing in eight of i
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• Leo Franklyn
  | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> ...n shows. He spent ten years performing in Australia in musical comedies. From the 1940s he appeared regularly in [[w:pantomime|pantomime]] as the [[w:Pan
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• Tom Walls
  ...ade. He and his co-star [[Ralph Lynn]] were among the most popular British actors of their time. Away from acting, Walls's passion was horse racing. He set up stables at his home in
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• The Huggetts (film series)
  ...anley]] played Jimmy Gardner, who becomes romantically involved with Joan. Actors [[Susan Shaw]] and [[John Blythe (actor)|John Blythe]] also appear, and ret ...eir roles in all three films. The characters of Jane and Jimmy are missing from the second film but return for the final film, in which Jane is played by [
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• John Inman
  ...d?]]'', a [[British sitcom]] between 1972 and 1985, and was the only actor from that series to feature in the [[Are You Being Served? (Australian TV series ...quity Card]],<ref name="I'm Free!"/> required at the time for professional actors.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutch
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