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- | occupation = Comedian, music hall artist, television actor ...ision comedic sketch entitled ''[[Dinner for One]]'', a perennial national television broadcast New Year's Eve favourite there, whilst being largely forgotten in8 KB (1,093 words) - 14:06, 18 January 2023
- {{short description|Austrian actor}} ...'; 18 July 1913 – 25 July 1979) was an [[Austria]]n theatre, film and television [[character actor]] who worked mostly in the United Kingdom. He is known fo18 KB (2,615 words) - 17:46, 24 January 2023
- ...ined at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] (RADA), where he worked with actors including [[Kenneth Cranham]] and [[Richard Wilson (Scottish actor)|Richard ...revisited when he appeared in the tour of ''[[Blue/Orange]]''. On British television, he was best known for portraying "[[Trigger (Only Fools and Horses)|Trigge24 KB (3,333 words) - 12:57, 7 February 2023
- ...', was a German-born British actor and writer. He made his name on British television and found his greatest fame for his portrayal of the comical Spanish waiter He had a long career in acting and [[voice-over]] work for television, film and radio. He was successful well into his eighties, with roles in nu33 KB (4,764 words) - 23:24, 13 February 2023
- ...sh [[character actor]] known for many supporting roles in British film and television productions.<ref name="BFI">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-p ...mber 2016}}</ref> the son of a bank clerk, Max Ohm, who was an [[Austrians|Austrian]] immigrant,<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/dec/06/pete24 KB (3,494 words) - 10:21, 25 August 2024
- ...[[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' films]], and appeared in many British television programmes and radio comedies, including series with [[Tony Hancock]] and [ ...and subsequently kept himself in the public eye with chat shows and other television work.36 KB (5,196 words) - 19:07, 23 August 2024
- ...ker and writer. As an internationally known raconteur, he was a fixture on television [[talk show|talk show]]s and lecture circuits for much of his career. An in ...to interview [[Prime Minister of India]] [[Indira Gandhi]] for [[RTÉ|Irish television]]. She was [[Assassination of Indira Gandhi|assassinated]] on her way to th56 KB (7,853 words) - 10:43, 25 August 2024
- ...on the London stage and was the star of the first comedy series on British television, ''[[How Do You View?]]'' (1949). He appeared on various [[BBC Radio]] show ...rtly before his death, was living in poverty, existing on charity from the Actors' Benevolent Fund. A charity gala was held in his honour, which raised suffi94 KB (14,211 words) - 07:49, 27 September 2024
- {{Infobox television ...gham Live]] |access-date=1 November 2020}}</ref><br>[[King's Meadow Campus|Television House]] <small>(1985–96)</small><ref name="studios"/>74 KB (10,148 words) - 16:30, 25 August 2024
- ...|Turner Classic Movies]] calls Sellers "one of the most accomplished comic actors of the late 20th century".<ref>{{cite web|title=Peter Sellers |url=http://w ...parts.{{sfn|Sikov|2002|p=19}} Working backstage gave him a chance to study actors such as [[w:Paul Scofield|Paul Scofield]]. He became close friends with Der128 KB (19,030 words) - 19:48, 18 July 2024