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- ...med [[policemen]], but also appeared in other comic and straight roles in British and Australian productions. ...parts in theatrical films; twice being directed by [[John Ford]] and once by [[John Huston]] when they shot on European or overseas locations. He first5 KB (677 words) - 10:25, 4 April 2023
- | medium={{hlist|[[Film]]|[[television]]|[[Stand-up comedy|stand-up]]|[[music]]|[[bo | nationality= British5 KB (678 words) - 13:39, 25 August 2024
- | medium=Film, television, stand-up, music, books ...st TV appearance was as contestants in talent show ''[[Opportunity Knocks (British TV series)|Opportunity Knocks]]''. In 1974 they appeared in variety series9 KB (1,345 words) - 17:15, 20 December 2022
- A member of [[Clan Murray]] headed by the [[Duke of Atholl]], he was born in [[Partney]], [[Lincolnshire]], the s ...c.uk/shakespeare/index.php/title/av69503|title=Tragedy of King Lear, The · British Universities Film & Video Council|website=bufvc.ac.uk}}</ref>15 KB (2,242 words) - 22:30, 8 September 2024
- | medium = | nationality = British7 KB (1,016 words) - 16:55, 25 April 2023
- | medium = Film, television ...//www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/526237/ |title=Smith, Mel |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] | access-date= 20 July 2010}}</ref>18 KB (2,587 words) - 14:38, 6 March 2023
- | honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] '''William Maurice Denham''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (23 December 1909 – 24 July 2002) was an English [[character13 KB (2,022 words) - 23:01, 15 January 2023
- | medium = Television, film ....uk/life-style/life/468624/Richard-Bucket-in-Keeping-Up-Appearances-played-by-Clive-Swift |access-date=3 February 2019 |publisher=Daily Express |date=5 A23 KB (3,189 words) - 17:01, 13 April 2023
- | nationality = British | medium = Stand-up, television, film17 KB (2,625 words) - 16:58, 13 April 2023
- | nationality = British | medium = Actor, comedian15 KB (2,241 words) - 12:50, 28 December 2022
- | medium = Stage, television, film ...James''' (born '''Solomon Joel Cohen'''; 8 May 1913 – 26 April 1976) was a British actor and comedian, born in South Africa, whose career encompassed radio, s22 KB (3,489 words) - 12:01, 6 February 2023
- ...d and Fortune]]'' (1999–2010), on [[Channel 4]], which was nominated for [[British Academy Television Awards|BAFTA TV Awards]]. ...ves, File It Cast and Crew Credits|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref>21 KB (3,189 words) - 17:51, 24 January 2023
- ...nd Buckinghamshire Light Infantry]]<ref name="Telegraph"/> and served in [[British Burma|Burma]] at the [[Rangoon]] radio station during the [[World War II|Se ...re]], [[Lichfield]], [[Staffordshire]] for two years and appeared in early British television plays.14 KB (1,976 words) - 00:28, 5 February 2023
- | medium = Television Carson spent three years in the British Army's [[Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)|Parachute Regiment]], mainly i13 KB (1,932 words) - 22:28, 1 October 2024
- ...ol]]. After a brief period of [[national service|national service]] in the British Armed Forces, he enrolled at the [[London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art ...een Tie on the Little Yellow Dog'', which was recorded 1982, and broadcast by [[Channel 4]] in 1983.<ref>[https://www.bright-thoughts.co.uk/monologues-0213 KB (1,993 words) - 20:11, 15 February 2023
- | medium = Television and stage | medium = TV, YouTube33 KB (4,514 words) - 15:59, 25 August 2024
- | 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
- ...e]]'', a musical farce, for which he wrote the book and lyrics, with music by [[Laurie Holloway]].{{R|"The Stage 16 July 1964"|"Stewart 2006"}} ...,{{R|"BFI Sparrows Can't Sing"}}{{Efn|The screen version of a play written by his future ''[[On the Buses]]'' co-star [[Stephen Lewis (actor)|Stephen Lew43 KB (5,915 words) - 22:44, 23 August 2024
- | medium = {{flatlist| ...n the [[British Comedy Awards|British Comedy Award]], in the category of [[British Comedy Awards#2000|Best Live Comic]], and was nominated for the [[Perrier C44 KB (5,947 words) - 13:45, 19 March 2023
- | medium = {{Flatlist| ...Variety Series#1980s|Outstanding Variety]]. In 2006, Hill was voted by the British public number 17 in [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s poll of [[TV's 50 Greatest S34 KB (5,028 words) - 13:14, 18 March 2023