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  • "'''Football Crazy'''" is an episode of the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[comedy]] television series ''[[The Goodies (TV series)|The Goodies]]''. ...allerinas with football socks, they dance in opposition to the male ballet dancers. They dance against Aston Villa with their own team being Bill, Graeme, [[K
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  • {{Short description|British television producer, director, dancer and choreographer}} '''Ernest Maxin''' (22 August 1923 – 27 September 2018) was a British television producer, director, dancer and choreographer. He is best known f
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  • '''Haver and Lee''' were a British [[comedy duo]] who were active between the late 1920s and early 1940s. Hav ...QiOmZhbHNlfQ%3D%3D&record=15254 Chris Beddoe, "Frank and Vesta, Eccentric dancers", ''Layers of London'']. Retrieved 21 March 2021</ref>
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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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  • ...of painting and decorating till he joined up with Naughton. They were tap dancers to start with but the comedy gradually took over. [[Category:Scottish male comedians]]
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  • * [[The Frank and Peggy Spencer Penge Formation Team]] as Ballroom Dancers ...known as "'''Wicked Waltzing'''") is an episode of the [[w:United Kingdom|British]] [[w:comedy|comedy]] television series ''[[The Goodies (TV series)|The Goo
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  • ...reer as a performer on stage, television and film, he became best known to British television viewers as the long-running presenter of the children's series ' ...on series. He played the role of [[Dr. Who (Dalek films)|Dr. Who]]'s first male assistant, [[List of companions in Doctor Who spin-offs#Ian Chesterton|Ian
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  • ...[World War II|Second World War]], he performed in an RAF variety show in [[British Raj|India]] and had extra material written for him by the show's director, ...ise]] and [[Tony Hancock]]. He did six shows a day as comedian between fan dancers. In 1948 he also made his first radio appearance in a show ''New to You''.
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  • ...us]] contributing additional material and replacing the conscripted ballet dancers of the novel into a married couple. It was directed by [[Gerald Thomas]] an ...t Major|Company Sergeant Major]] to the film.<ref>p. 134 Mackenzie, S.P. ''British War Films'' BLM Academic UK; 1st edition (1 June 2006)</ref> Sequences wer
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  • | nationality = Russian (1906–1912)<br />British (1912–1998) ...dia of Television''</ref> 25 December 1906&nbsp;– 13 December 1998) was a British [[media proprietor]] and [[impresario]]. Originally a dancer, and later a [
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  • ...cords]]'' recognised Forsyth as having the longest television career for a male entertainer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/20 ...he [[The Salvation Army|Salvation Army]], his parents played [[Brass band (British style)|brass instruments]]; his mother was a singer.<ref name="Guard1">{{ci
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  • This is an episode summary of British [[TV comedy]] show ''[[The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968 TV series)|The Morec ...]], The Pattersons, [[Fenella Fielding]], [[Sacha Distel]], [[Alan Curtis (British actor)|Alan Curtis]], [[Diane Keen]]
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  • ...worked throughout the 1960s. He became a friend of leading members of the British comedy scene including [[Dudley Moore]], [[Peter Cook]], [[Alan Bennett]], Humphries' first major break on the British stage came when he was cast in the role of the undertaker [[Mr Sowerberry]]
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  • ...ared on various [[BBC Radio]] shows, and made a successful transition into British films. He appeared in ''[[Private's Progress]]'' (1956), ''[[The Green Man ...a temporary position at Smithfield Market, where he earned 15 [[Shilling (British coin)|shillings]] a week as a junior transport clerk for the Union Cold Sto
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  • a [[BBC television]] [[British sitcom|sitcom]] shown on [[BBC One|BBC1]] from 1 January 1980 to 30 January ...Perry, one of the programme's writers. After being demobilised from the [[British Army|Army]], he was a [[Butlins Redcoats|Redcoat]] at [[Butlins]] in [[File
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