• Edward Sinclair
  ...st of Dad's Army characters#Maurice Yeatman|Maurice Yeatman]] in ''[[Dad's Army]]'' | birth_place = [[Oldham]], [[Lancashire]], England<ref>GRO Register of Births: MAR 1914 8d 1347 OLDHAM - Edward Sinclair, mmn = Coltman</ref>
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• Stan Stennett
  ...(radio programme)|Welsh Rarebit]]'', and he gained further success as one of the regular comedy guests on ''[[The Black and White Minstrel Show|The Blac ...as Sid Hooper in the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] soap opera, ''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]'', before taking a lease in 1980 on the [[Roses The
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• Jack Allen (actor)
  ...edia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=PA1862|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|date=16 May 2016|publisher= ...umber of films and television series until the 1980s, usually as typically British gentlemen and officer types.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.u
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• Eric Longworth
  | known_for = [[Dad's Army]] ...the [[w:BBC|BBC]] comedy ''[[Dad's Army]]'' as Mr. Gordon, the town clerk of [[w:Walmington-on-Sea|Walmington-on-Sea]].
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• Felix Bowness
  .../ref> was a British comedy actor who was best remembered for his portrayal of the [[jockey]] [[Hi-de-Hi!#Main entertainment staff|Fred Quilley]] in the [ Born in the village of [[Harwell, Oxfordshire|Harwell]], [[Berkshire]], to [[French Canadian]] par
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• Gerald Thomas
  ...= [[w:Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], [[w:East Riding of Yorkshire|East Riding of Yorkshire]], England ...best known for the long-running ''[[Carry On films|Carry On]]'' series of British film comedies.
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• Alan Hackney
  ...], where he read [[Politics, Philosophy and Economics]] under the tutelage of [[Isaiah Berlin]]. ...also co-wrote the script of ''[[I'm All Right Jack]]'', which was a satire of trade unions.<ref name=tele>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/new
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• Peter Cavanagh (impressionist)
  | nationality = British ...ar on [[BBC radio]] in the 1940s and 1950s when he was known as "The Voice of Them All".
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• Max Harris (composer)
  ...]] and [[piano accordion]].<ref name="Chilton">John Chilton ''Who's Who of British Jazz'', London: Continuum, 2004, p. 165</ref> ...'The Independent'', 25 March 2004</ref> working as a pianist for the bands of Stan Atkins and Teddy Foster in the late 1930s, although in his late teens
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• Colin Bean
  ...nown for his role as [[Private Sponge]] in the BBC comedy series ''[[Dad's Army]]''. ...ntinue his acting by joining the [[w:British Commonwealth Occupation Force|British Commonwealth Occupation Force]] (BCOF). After graduating from drama school
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• Peter Ling
  {{short description|British television, radio, and comic strip author}} ...creenwriter)|Hazel Adair]], he co-created the soap opera ''[[w:Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]''.
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• Wallas Eaton
  ...ually becoming a [[major|major]] in charge of a [[Searchlight#In World War II|searchlight battery]].<ref name="Gifford"/> ...atalog&id=XMS38%2F3381|title=XMS38 - Theatre Collection|website=University of Birmingham|accessdate=4 December 2016}}</ref>
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• Michael Trubshawe
  | birth_place = [[Chichester]], [[Sussex]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] ...t he would be working with him in ''[[The Guns of Navarone (film)|The Guns of Navarone]]'' as 'A lovely bonus for me.'
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• Michael Mills (British producer)
  {{short description|British producer and director (1919–1988)}} | notable_works = Head of comedy at the [[w:British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] (1967–1972), producer at Thames Television
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• Ronnie Stevens (actor)
  ...the [[Royal Air Force]] (RAF) and the [[Royal Engineers]] of the [[British Army]].<ref name="guardian">[https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/nov/16/guardi ...n the ''[[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)]]'' episode (9/5) "The Facts of Life" (1988).
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• Tony Britton
  ...in a variety of films (including ''[[The Day of the Jackal (film)|The Day of the Jackal]]'') and television [[sitcom]]s (including ''[[Don't Wait Up (TV He is the father of [[Television presenter|presenter]] [[Fern Britton]], scriptwriter Cherry Br
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• Jimmy Grafton
  ...ucer, writer and theatrical agent. He served in [[w:World War II|World War II]] as an [[w:officer (armed forces)|officer]] in the [[w:Bedfordshire and He ...so acted as a [[w:Script editor|script editor]] for the first three series of the show. He continued with scriptwriting for other artistes and acted as H
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• Talfryn Thomas
  | caption = Thomas as Mr Cheeseman in ''[[Dad's Army]]'' ...television in the 1970s, including those of Private Cheeseman in ''[[Dad's Army]]'' (1973&ndash;1974) and Tom Price in ''[[Survivors (1975 TV series)|Survi
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• Tom Sloan (television executive)
  | honorific-suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] | order = [[BBC]] Head of Light Entertainment
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• David Croft (TV producer)
  |honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] ...1970 Best Comedy Script ''Dad's Army''<br> 1971 Best Comedy Script ''Dad's Army''<br>Desmond Davies award (1981)
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