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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>
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  • | caption = Original British trade ad '''''Helter Skelter''''' is a 1949 British [[w:romantic comedy|romantic comedy]] film directed by [[Ralph Thomas]] and
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  • ...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>
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  • '''''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 by
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  • ...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 Inspector
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  • ...''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 Coltwind
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  • ...ggon_1940/ |title=Band Waggon 1940 &#124; Britmovie &#124; 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 [[B
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  • ...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.
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  • | studio = New World Films Ltd. | distributor = Regal Films International <small>(U.K.)</small> <br/> [[Embassy Pictures]] <small>(U.S.
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  • '''''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'
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  • | 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/>
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  • ===Films=== He featured in three of the [[St Trinian's]] films, starting as an army major in ''[[Blue Murder at St Trinian's]]''. He later
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  • ...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 Bradley
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  • ...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 Blake
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  • ...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 sa
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  • | 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.c
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  • | honorific_suffix = [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] | nationality = British
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  • '''''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 gif
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  • ...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]]
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  • | 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 S
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