• Fred Tomlinson (singer)
  {{short description|British singer, songwriter and composer (1927-2016)}} | past_member_of = Fred Tomlinson Singers
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• Peter Gordeno
  | nationality = Burmese / American / British '''Peter Gordeno''' (20 June 1939 – 18 October 2008) was a British dancer, recording artist, cabaret singer, choreographer, and occasional act
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• Sam Costa
  | nationality = British ...singer, entertainer and broadcaster. Initially a popular singer in the [[British dance band|dance band]] era and a comic actor on the show ''[[Much-Binding-
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• Don Estelle
  ...in 1970). He eventually gained the role of Gunner "Lofty" Sugden in the [[British sitcom|sitcom]], ''[[It Ain't Half Hot Mum]]'', which was first broadcast i ...t]] in 1975 with a semi-comic version of "[[Whispering Grass]]",<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
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• Ray Ellington
  {{cite book |title = Who's Who of British Jazz ...h_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1985|02|27|1916|03|17}}<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>
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• Peter Graves, 8th Baron Graves
  |image = [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|centre|150px]][[File:Graves Escutcheon.png|centre|200px]] [[Category:English male stage actors]]
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• Jimmy Logan
  | 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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• Max Harris (composer)
  ...]] and [[piano accordion]].<ref name="Chilton">John Chilton ''Who's Who of British Jazz'', London: Continuum, 2004, p. 165</ref> ...n BBC Show Band.<ref name="Times2004" /> An arranger for visiting American singers such as [[Ella Fitzgerald]] and [[Frank Sinatra]], he wrote jingles for com
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• Issy Bonn
  ...y Bonn''' (born '''Benjamin Levin'''; 21 April 1903 – 21 April 1977) was a British comedian, singer, actor, and theatrical agent. His [[signature song]] was [[Category:Jewish English male actors]]
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• Little and Large
  | nationality= British '''''Little and Large''''' were a British comedy [[double act]] comprising straight man '''[[Syd Little]]''' (born ''
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• Eric the Half-a-Bee
  "'''Eric the Half-a-Bee'''" is a song by the British comedy troupe [[Monty Python]] that was composed by [[Eric Idle]] with lyri ...half-a-bee "semi-carnally", which Palin mishears as [[Cyril Connolly]], a British writer and literary critic.
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• Bernard Bresslaw
  Bresslaw was a member of the [[Grand Order of Water Rats]], a British entertainment fraternity and in 1988 he was elected "King Rat" of the order ...es]], appeared with English comedienne [[Maureen Lipman]] in a series of [[British Telecom]] advertisements in the late 1980s. Bresslaw and Margolyes played G
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• Harry Towb
  ...e attended the Finiston School and Technical College. He enlisted in the [[British Army]] during [[World War II]] and managed a military canteen, but was disc ...peared on the long-running BBC [[music hall]] show, ''[[The Good Old Days (British TV series)|The Good Old Days]]''.
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• Ronnie Hazlehurst
  | known_for = British television theme songs Hazlehurst composed the [[theme music|theme tunes]] for many well-known [[British sitcom]]s and gameshows of the 1970s and the 1980s, including ''[[Yes Minis
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• Kenny Lynch
  | honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] ...1960s. At the time, he was among the few [[black people|black]] singers in British pop music.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web|title=Kenny Lynch Biography|url=https:
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• Peter Gilmore
  ...g group called the [[George Mitchell (Scottish musician)|George Mitchell]] singers. They appeared in a couple of stage plays but they didn't have the success ...Opera Diary : The Beggar's Opera. Apollo Theatre, September 16. ''[[Opera (British magazine)|Opera]]'', November 1968, Vol.19 No.11, p927-8.</ref> After achie
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• Alfred Marks
  ...Alfred Edward Touchinsky <ref>Brian McFarlane (ed.) ''The Encyclopedia of British Film'', Methuen/BFI, 2003, p. 433<!-- ISBN needed --></ref> ...ed Edward Touchinsky'''; 28 January 1921{{spaced ndash}}1 July 1996) was a British actor and comedian. In his 60-year career, he played dramatic and comedy ro
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• Jack Hulbert
  {{Short description|British actor, director, screenwriter and singer(1892–1978)}} '''John Norman Hulbert''' (24 April 1892{{spaced ndash}}25 March 1978) was a British actor, director, screenwriter and singer, specializing primarily in comedy
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• Douglas Byng
  ...eatre]], [[w:revue|revue]] and [[w:cabaret|cabaret]]. Billed as "Bawdy but British", Byng was famous for his female impersonations. His songs are full of sexu ...ardian.com/books/2009/aug/29/bawdy-but-british-review Review of "Bawdy But British" by Patrick Newley]</ref> He also wrote an autobiography, ''As You Were'' (
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• Lance Percival
  {{Short description|British actor and comedian (1933–2015)}} ...om|national service]] with the [[Seaforth Highlanders]] as a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] and was posted to Egypt. In 1955 he em
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