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  • ...roup)|The Crazy Gang]] in 1962, becoming the longest period of two British comedians being in the same act. Both had Scottish accents and their act was fast but [[Category:British comedians]]
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  • ...d his own BBC radio series ''The Size of It''. He headlined in a number of British variety theatres, before finally making his home in [[Llandudno]], Wales. H [[Category:Comedians from Glasgow]]
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  • [[Category:Scottish male comedians]] [[Category:British male comedy actors]]
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  • ...999</ref> informally known as '''Sid Green''' and '''Dick Hills''', were a British partnership of television comedy writers, at their highest profile during t ...show ''[[Two of a Kind (UK TV series)|Two of a Kind]]'' (1962–66), and the comedians' first colour [[BBC]] series in 1968. Hills and Green also played supportin
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  • {{Short description|British radio actor and announcer}} {{Use British English|date=March 2012}}
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  • '''''Yus, My Dear''''' is a [[British sitcom]] that ran for nineteen episodes over two series in 1976 featuring [ ...[[Mike Reid (actor)|Mike Reid]] of ''[[The Comedians (1971 TV series)|The Comedians]]'' fame.
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  • ...aptain Alberto Bertorelli]] in [['Allo 'Allo! (series 7)|series 7]] of the British sitcom TV series ''[['Allo 'Allo!]]'' after the actor [[Gavin Richards]] le | title=Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums
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  • [[Category:Scottish male comedians]] [[Category:Comedians from Glasgow]]
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  • | image = The Comedians (1971 TV series).jpg ...elevision]]. The show gave a stage to nightclub and [[working men's club]] comedians of the era, including [[Russ Abbot]], [[Jim Bowen]] and [[Bernard Manning]]
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  • | nationality = British '''David Morris''' (5 July 1896 &ndash; 8 June 1960) was a British [[music hall]] comedian who made a successful transition to radio and telev
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  • '''Michael Howard''' (4 March 1916 – 18 February 1988) was a British actor and comedian.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-peop ...itle=Here's Howard - BBC1 Stand-Up|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref><ref name=peggyevansobit>{{cite web|url=https://www.tel
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  • ...shing|year=2020|isbn=978-1838591922}}</ref> As [[w:music hall|music hall]] comedians they would often feature a mixture of comedy and music in their act and thi ...melodic, following a binary verse–verse–chorus structure, with a small [[w:British dance band|dance band]] or orchestra providing the backing. The vocals were
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  • | honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire|OBE]] [[w:RSAMD|FRSAMD]] '''James Allan Short''', [[w:Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]], [[w:RSAMD|FRSAMD]] (4 April 1928 – 13 April 2001), known pr
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  • '''Edwin Styles''' (13 January 1899 – 20 December 1960) was a British stage comedian,<ref name=Command>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); n [[Category:English male comedians]]
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  • ...ire]] &ndash; 2 October 1998, [[w:Blackpool|Blackpool]], Lancashire) was a British northern comedian.<ref name="Gifford 1998">{{cite news|url=https://www.inde ...econd", in homage to his idol.<ref name="Gifford 1998"/> He joined the [[w:British Army|Army]] in 1942 and was posted to [[w:North Africa|North Africa]] where
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  • | honorific_suffix = [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]] ...re|MBE]] (born '''David Kodeish''', 25 March 1916 – 3 February 1998) was a British comedy actor and entertainer.
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  • {{short description|British comedian}} ...lish music halls. He was a contemporary of [[w:northern England|northern]] comedians [[Frank Randle]] and [[George Formby, Sr.]] He portrayed the human face of
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  • {{short description|British comedian and musician}} {{Use British English|date=November 2016}}
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  • '''''Derek and Clive Get the Horn''''' is a 1979 British [[w:Documentary film|documentary]] [[w:comedy film|comedy film]] that chron ...d-clive-get-horn-1970-1|publisher=[[w:British Board of Film Classification|British Board of Film Classification]]|date=21 October 1980|accessdate=25 September
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  • | distributor = [[Gaumont British Distributors]] ...rnel]] and starring [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)|the Crazy Gang]] troupe of comedians.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/okay-for-sound-v104552|t
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