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- The earliest work in his belated main career was in radio before being noticed and offered small parts on television. His first appea ...f>{{cite web|last=Clark|first=Neil|url=http://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/574964/Frank-Williams-survivor-Dad-s-Army|title=GREAT survivor of Dad's Arm3 KB (411 words) - 07:58, 2 October 2024
- ...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:Scottish male radio actors]]2 KB (279 words) - 22:31, 17 July 2024
- {{short description|British comedian and actor (1891–1971)}} ...609 BFI.org]</ref> He was a star of the hit BBC radio show ''[[Happidrome (radio)|Happidrome]]'', and of the [[Happidrome (film)|1943 film version]]. He als4 KB (571 words) - 16:03, 26 January 2023
- | nationality = British ...rsh]]'', he was later a [[disc jockey|disc jockey]] for [[Radio Luxembourg|Radio Luxembourg]] and the [[BBC|BBC]].5 KB (652 words) - 13:46, 11 March 2023
- | honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire|OBE]] '''George Chisholm''' [[w:Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (29 March 1915 – 6 December 1997) was a Scottish [[w:ja4 KB (629 words) - 08:40, 9 January 2023
- ...y Mirror |location=London |date=12 December 1933 }}</ref> pantomime actor, radio and TV performer and film actor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.co [[Category:English male stage actors]]3 KB (389 words) - 19:11, 26 August 2024
- His [[BBC Radio|BBC Radio]] show, ''Hip Hip Hoo Roy'', was written by amongst others [[Spike Milligan ...glasses; and besides being a stand-up comedian, he featured on an amusing radio variety show. He was well liked, well known and very vulgar. He lived in B15 KB (638 words) - 23:58, 18 February 2023
- ...940, he became resident comedian on variety radio show, ''[[Welsh Rarebit (radio programme)|Welsh Rarebit]]'', and he gained further success as one of the r ...nity Radio Station [[GTFM|GTFM]], having been introduced by former Valleys Radio/BBC presenter Steve Powell.5 KB (647 words) - 13:42, 25 February 2023
- ...was an actor who appeared as [[w:PC Jimmy Conway|PC Jimmy Conway]] in the British television soap opera ''[[w:Coronation Street|Coronation Street]]'' between ...Mr Humphrey Brocklebank and worked with [[Les Dawson]] in his long-running radio show ''[[Listen to Les]]''.3 KB (373 words) - 23:25, 6 November 2022
- {{Short description|British radio actor and announcer}} {{Use British English|date=March 2012}}3 KB (432 words) - 23:01, 15 January 2023
- ...edia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=PA1862|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|date=16 May 2016|publisher= ...umber of films and television series until the 1980s, usually as typically British gentlemen and officer types.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.u5 KB (754 words) - 16:35, 18 February 2023
- ...omer Simpson|Homer Simpson]]. He was also on the panel of the long-running radio panel game ''[[w:Twenty Questions#United Kingdom|Twenty Questions]]'', alon [[Category:English male comedians]]3 KB (438 words) - 14:12, 24 January 2023
- ...Private Len Bone in the TV series ''[[The Army Game]]''. He also worked in radio comedy and appeared in a couple of films. [[Category:English male stage actors]]3 KB (481 words) - 16:24, 18 February 2023
- {{short description|British actor}} ...his appearances as a variety of eccentric characters in the [[w:BBC|BBC]] radio series ''[[It's That Man Again]]'' (''ITMA'').5 KB (765 words) - 09:02, 17 January 2023
- | birth_place = [[Vancouver|Vancouver]], [[British Columbia|British Columbia]], Canada ...ian|comedian]], who is best known for his appearances in UK television and radio shows.7 KB (1,060 words) - 18:20, 12 February 2023
- ...School]] in [[London]]. In the mid-1970s, while still a teacher, he won a British TV talent contest, [[New Faces]], with a comedy double act called "Mr Carli ...restaurant (one of them for the first time) was repeatedly played on [[BBC Radio 1]] and featured them live on several TV shows (including the BBC's ''[[Blu5 KB (772 words) - 19:58, 16 August 2024
- ...y Bonn''' (born '''Benjamin Levin'''; 21 April 1903 – 21 April 1977) was a British comedian, singer, actor, and theatrical agent. His [[signature song]] was ...Robson Books, 1998, {{ISBN|1-86105-206-5}}, p.17</ref> and made his first radio appearance on the show in 1935, billed as "The Hebrew Vocal Raconteur".<ref5 KB (689 words) - 11:55, 4 August 2024
- '''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.tel5 KB (671 words) - 08:07, 3 October 2024
- ...id=33248&issue_id=22462&story_id=024378&referral=BUND "Sumner, Geoffrey"], British Universities Film & Video Council</ref> ...g.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ad40b5b|title=I only Arsked! (1959)|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]}}</ref>5 KB (749 words) - 11:15, 22 February 2023
- ...p=1&|website=IMDb|accessdate=2015-09-19}}</ref> was an English [[film]], [[radio]], [[television]] and [[theatre]] [[actor]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www ...oice roles between 1949 and 1960 in the [[BBC]] [[radio-comedy]] [[Serial (radio and television)|serial]] ''[[Take It From Here]]''.<ref name="Gifford">{{ci8 KB (1,123 words) - 13:51, 11 March 2023