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- * ''[[Meet the Navy (film)|Meet the Navy]]'' (1946) - Johnny * ''[[Brass Monkey (film)|Brass Monkey]]'' (1948) - Detective Mann6 KB (803 words) - 08:04, 3 October 2024
- | nationality = Burmese / American / British ...in 1992, whilst also working on the [[choreography|choreography]] for the film.4 KB (541 words) - 08:09, 28 March 2023
- ...in London|An American Werewolf in London]]'' (1981) and ''[[w:Walter (1982 film)|Walter]]'' (1982). |1969|| ''[[w:Otley (film)|Otley]]'' || Police Driver ||3 KB (411 words) - 12:25, 14 January 2023
- ...y sued by Liberace. Thompson settled out of court, making a donation to an actors’ charity.<ref name="Obit Guardian"/> His film appearances include ''[[Carry On Regardless]]'' (1961), ''[[Carry On Cruisi6 KB (908 words) - 22:56, 13 March 2023
- | occupation = Stage, film and TV actor ...he Pill]]'' (1968), ''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]'' (1970) and ''[[Lamb (1985 film)|Lamb]]'' (1985).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/9 KB (1,335 words) - 16:14, 16 January 2023
- In ''Breakfast with Braden'' (for the [[BBC]], from January 1950) he played American serviceman "Brandon Marlow" (a caricature of Marlon Brando in ''[[A Streetc ...interspersed with lighthearted sketches and music, and helped a number of actors to get a start on television. Performers frequently featured included [[Pet7 KB (1,060 words) - 18:20, 12 February 2023
- ...y returned to Australia to play a sheep drover in ''[[The Sundowners (1960 film)|The Sundowners]]'' (1960), starring [[Robert Mitchum]] and [[Deborah Kerr] |1960|| ''[[The Sundowners (1960 film)|The Sundowners]]'' || Shearer ||6 KB (872 words) - 09:58, 19 April 2023
- ...nd my past|title=Arthur Howard}}</ref>) was an English stage, [[film actor|film and television actor]].<ref name=mcfarlane/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://the ...+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=PA369|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|date=16 May 2016|publisher=Oxfor11 KB (1,533 words) - 22:38, 15 March 2023
- ...glish comedian and actor whose long career in stage, radio, television and film productions, included a 32-year partnership with his cousin [[Ben Warriss]] ...pickle factory owners Eli and Nellie Pledge from 1968 to 1973, including a film version of the series in 1972.<ref>{{cite web|author=British Comedy Guide |9 KB (1,395 words) - 14:27, 11 March 2023
- ...gan acting in [[farce]] at the [[Whitehall Theatre]]. He first appeared on film in 1938, remaining active in the industry up to his death. He was a familia ...apman (screenwriter)|John Chapman]] (which later became a [[Dry Rot (film)|film of the same name]]). The record featured Slater alongside [[Brian Rix]], Ba8 KB (1,246 words) - 15:16, 21 February 2023
- ...so wrote television scripts and screenplays, such as ''[[Princess Caraboo (film)|Princess Caraboo]]'' (1994). ...Wells also played Denis Thatcher in the Bond movie ''[[For Your Eyes Only (film)|For Your Eyes Only]]'' (1981). In 1991, he and Thorne again played the Tha7 KB (1,004 words) - 11:06, 8 September 2024
- ...rn British actor. He began his career as a stuntman and went on to work in film and television. ...1971), ''[[Twins of Evil|Twins of Evil]]'' (1971), ''[[Lady Caroline Lamb (film)|Lady Caroline Lamb]]'' (1972), ''[[Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers]]'' (1977) an10 KB (1,502 words) - 20:34, 7 February 2023
- ...quickies]]". One of his earliest roles was as the heroic lead in the 1937 film ''[[The Last Adventurers]]''.<ref>[http://www.radiotimes.com/servlet_film/c ...in two episodes of [[Edgar Lustgarten]]'s drama series, ''[[Scotland Yard (film series)|Scotland Yard]]'': "Person Unknown" (1956), and "Bullet from the Pa11 KB (1,602 words) - 16:46, 18 February 2023
- {{short description|American actor}} '''Ben Lyon''' (February 6, 1901 – March 22, 1979) was an American film actor and a studio executive at [[w:20th Century-Fox|20th Century-Fox]] who15 KB (2,288 words) - 15:08, 13 November 2022
- ...found they could get laughs by merely putting on American accents (English actors "died" there). After that, Joe Baker went to America to try his luck there. ...ined a dozen bottles of [[Dom Pérignon]] champagne, as his payment for the film.11 KB (1,696 words) - 12:06, 10 January 2023
- {{Short description|American-British comedy writer and lyricist}} | nationality = American<!-- use only when necessary per [[WP:INFONAT]] -->8 KB (1,275 words) - 09:14, 18 January 2023
- ...840 | accessdate=24 May 2009 | publisher=BFI | title=Herbert, Percy | work=Film & TV Database | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505180403/http ...''), and science fiction (''[[Quatermass 2]]'', ''[[Night of the Big Heat (film)|Night of the Big Heat]]'').<ref name=BFI/>11 KB (1,679 words) - 16:42, 30 November 2022
- ...n 1933 and subsequently became a familiar face in British and occasionally American films until his death.<ref name=screenonline/> He appeared less often on te ...=https://www.filmlinc.org/films/blithe-spirit/|title=Blithe Spirit|website=Film at Lincoln Center}}</ref>13 KB (1,870 words) - 23:53, 18 February 2023
- ...n a number of the early ''[[Carry On (franchise)|Carry On]]'', ''[[Doctor (film series)|Doctor]]'' and ''[[St. Trinian's]]'' films.<ref>{{cite web|url=http ...id=qEW5BAAAQBAJ&q=cyril+chamberlain+carry+on+films&pg=PT242|title=Carry-On Actors|isbn=9781908382085|last1=Ross|first1=Andrew|date=19 October 2011}}</ref>11 KB (1,681 words) - 08:01, 3 September 2024
- ...christopher+beeny+ballet+rambert&pg=PA20|title=Some Joe You Don't Know: An American Biographical Guide to 100 British Television Personalities|first=Anthony|la Beeny's first screen role was in the film ''[[The Long Memory]]'' (1953).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com11 KB (1,698 words) - 17:39, 14 February 2023
