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- '''''Just William's Luck''''' is a 1947 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Val Guest]] and starring William Graham, [[Ga ...ollow who ultimately catch and foil the gang of fur robbers.<ref>[[Best Of British (magazine)]]; June 2022 issue; Page 16</ref>4 KB (581 words) - 11:31, 20 February 2023
- | caption = Original British trade ad '''''Helter Skelter''''' is a 1949 British [[w:romantic comedy|romantic comedy]] film directed by [[Ralph Thomas]] and9 KB (1,412 words) - 23:51, 13 February 2023
- ...tt in the 1970s sitcom ''[[Bless This House (British TV series)|Bless This House]]''. ...res]]'' as Leyland Van Helsing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2bd4a67|title=Robin Stewart|website=BFI}}</ref>7 KB (974 words) - 16:29, 25 August 2024
- '''''Confessions from a Holiday Camp''''' is a 1977 British [[sex comedy|sex comedy]] film. It is the last film in the series which beg ...idney Noggett are working as entertainment officers at Funfrall, a typical British [[holiday camp]]. The staff are lazy and inefficient, preferring to laze by7 KB (940 words) - 11:17, 20 February 2023
- ...and films such as ''[[Fabian of the Yard]]'' (1954–56) and ''[[The Haunted House of Horror]]'' (1969). He also appeared in ''[[Danger Man]]'' with [[Patrick * ''[[The Big Chance (1957 British film)|The Big Chance]]'' (1957) - Police Inspector6 KB (875 words) - 12:30, 24 January 2023
- ...''The Sexy Saga of Naughty Nell and Big Dick'', is a 1975 [[United Kingdom|British]] [[sex comedy|sex comedy]] film directed by [[Martin Campbell|Martin Campb * [[Jonathan Adams (British actor)|Jonathan Adams]] as Lord Coltwind6 KB (849 words) - 23:15, 7 February 2023
- ...ggon_1940/ |title=Band Waggon 1940 | Britmovie | Home of British Films |publisher=Britmovie |access-date=2012-01-15}}</ref> ..., two out-of-work performers, are living on the roof of the [[Broadcasting House]] in [[Central London]]. After being called in for an audition with the [[B7 KB (1,063 words) - 17:03, 15 September 2024
- ...n Screaming'' is a parody of the [[Hammer Film Productions|Hammer]] horror films, which were also popular at the time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.screen ...Williams]]). Dr. Watt speaks to the three men, who are frightened from the house when Dr. Watt vanishes and re-appears when his electrical charge runs down.11 KB (1,610 words) - 20:41, 14 February 2023
- | studio = New World Films Ltd. | distributor = Regal Films International <small>(U.K.)</small> <br/> [[Embassy Pictures]] <small>(U.S.9 KB (1,412 words) - 10:26, 21 February 2023
- '''''It's a Square World''''' is a British comedy television series starring [[Michael Bentine]] and produced by the [ ...imaginary tiny cast in what could be a western town one week and a haunted house the next. This feature was revived in the later series ''[[Michael Bentine'9 KB (1,383 words) - 12:15, 21 December 2022
- | television = ''[[Bless This House (British TV series)|Bless This House]]''<br />''[[Hallelujah! (TV series)|Hallelujah!]]'' ...https://www.britannica.com/biography/Patsy-Rowlands|title=Patsy Rowlands - British actress|website=Britannica.com}}</ref><ref name=stage/>16 KB (2,361 words) - 22:24, 22 November 2022
- ===Films=== He featured in three of the [[St Trinian's]] films, starting as an army major in ''[[Blue Murder at St Trinian's]]''. He later11 KB (1,583 words) - 22:11, 9 September 2024
- ...Gielgud]] in ''[[Richard II (play)|Richard II]]''. He appeared in several films produced by [[Ealing Studios]] and the [[Boulting brothers]]. Between 1965 *''[[The Haunted House of Horror]]'' (1969) as Inspector Bill Bradley7 KB (1,126 words) - 11:03, 23 December 2022
- ...3)"], BFI screenonline, reprinted from MacFarlane (ed.) ''Encyclopaedia of British Cinema'', London: Methuen/BFI, 2003, p. 534</ref> ...Own]]'' (1945) starring [[James Mason]]. [[British National Films Company|British National]] borrowed him for ''[[The Echo Murders]]'' (1946), a Sexton Blake14 KB (2,144 words) - 13:16, 25 February 2023
- ...r and comic foil to [[Norman Wisdom]]'s character of Pitkin in many of his films from the late 1950s and 1960s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.o ...(film)|Juno and the Paycock]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6adc392f|title=Juno and the Paycock (1930)}}</ref> In the sa13 KB (1,948 words) - 11:59, 6 February 2023
- | honorific_suffix = [[Commander of Order of the British Empire|CBE]] .... Retrieved 9 May 2013</ref> and "one of the most important figures in the British film industry".<ref name=guardian_batty>Batty D. [https://www.theguardian.c26 KB (3,780 words) - 23:00, 19 February 2023
- | honorific_suffix = [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] | nationality = British20 KB (2,914 words) - 09:38, 19 April 2023
- '''''High & Dry''''' is a 1987 [[United Kingdom|British]] [[television|television]] [[sitcom|sitcom]] produced by Ronnie Baxter for ...e]] and [[whelk]]s stall, a rock shop, a crooked house, a [[ballroom]], an haunted graveyard, a What the Butler Saw machine, a [[horoscope]] machine and a gif38 KB (5,701 words) - 12:07, 15 February 2023
- ...was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire|Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in 1961 and a Dame Commander (DBE) in 1967. ...19 4NN.jpg|thumb|right|Margaret Rutherford's early home, her aunt Bessie's house in [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]], 1895–1920]]27 KB (3,944 words) - 08:06, 11 September 2024
- | honorific_suffix={{postnominal|country=GBR|size=100%|list=[[w:Order of the British Empire|CBE]]}} ...ichael James Bentine" with a date of birth of 26 January 1922.</ref> was a British comedian, [[w:Comedy film|comic actor]] and founding member of [[The Goon S21 KB (3,155 words) - 12:27, 12 December 2022