• Dave Morris (comedian)
  | nationality = British '''David Morris''' (5 July 1896 – 8 June 1960) was a British [[music hall]] comedian who made a successful transition to radio and telev
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• Robb Wilton
  {{short description|British comedian}} ...lish music halls. He was a contemporary of [[w:northern England|northern]] comedians [[Frank Randle]] and [[George Formby, Sr.]] He portrayed the human face of
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• Peter Glaze
  ...ways get exasperated with his partner Don Maclean during the course of the sketch. Maclean would then give an [[w:alliterative|alliterative]] reply, such as [[Category:English male comedians]]
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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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• Freddie Frinton
  ...everal [[Northwestern Europe]]an countries for his 1963 television comedic sketch entitled ''[[Dinner for One]]'', a perennial national television broadcast ...' in [[Blackpool]]. As he had to pay a royalty every time he performed the sketch, he bought the rights to ''Dinner for One'' in the 1950s, which turned out
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• British comedy
  ...haracters, plots, and settings, and has produced some of the most renowned comedians and characters in the world. ...cal cartoons." |source=—[[Punch and Judy]] showman Glyn Edwards.<ref name="British seaside">{{cite news|title=Punch and Judy around the world|url=https://www.
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• Duncan Wood
  ...director and writer, who has been described as "the founding father of the British TV sitcom".<ref name=mccann/> His best-known achievements were to produce ...io programme)|Workers' Playtime]]'', on which he worked with up-and-coming comedians including [[Dick Emery]], [[Tony Hancock]], and [[Benny Hill]]. He moved i
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• Cyril Fletcher
  | nationality = British ...on when Rowan Atkinson referred to him, in a ''Not the Nine O’Clock News'' sketch as “a cross eyed baboon”. As a sufferer of crossed eyes, Fletcher consi
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• Arthur Haynes
  ...> was an English comedian and star of ''The Arthur Haynes Show'', a comedy sketch series produced by [[Associated Television|ATV]] from 1956<ref name="lostsh ...ews |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/838493/index.html|title= British Film Institute ScreenOnline | accessdate=4 July 2010| archiveurl= https://w
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• Charlie Chester
  '''Charlie Chester''' [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (26 April 1914&nbsp;– 26 June 1997) was an English [[comedia ...evision]] as ''The Charlie Chester Show'' in 1949 and became a standup and sketch show for the next 11 years. Frequent cast members included Edwina Carroll,
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• Jimmy James (comedian)
  ...4 |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 October 2008 |title=James, Jimmy |work=British Film Institute Film & Television Database |accessdate=24 January 2009}}</re His father, an amateur [[Clog dance (British)|clog dancer]] himself, encouraged his son's show business talents.
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• Two of a Kind (British TV series)
  | image = Two of a Kind (British TV series).jpg | genre = [[Sketch show]]
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• Bob Todd
  ...actor, mostly known for appearing as a [[comic foil|straight man]] in the sketch shows of [[Benny Hill]] and [[Spike Milligan]]. For many years, he lived in ...is lugubrious expression and talent for slapstick, and was known to fellow comedians by the nickname 'Silly Todd'.
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• Fred Karno
  ...1890s, in order to circumvent stage censorship, Karno developed a form of sketch comedy without dialogue. ....html?res=FB0B11F934551B728DDDAD0894DA405B818AF1D3 |quote=Fred Karno, Jr., British comedian, died at his home today in Margate, Kent. He was 69 years old. Mr.
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• Bob Spiers
  {{Short description|British television director}} {{Use British English|date=December 2016}}
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• Charlie Drake
  ...khouse]] and [[Denis Goodwin]] in their [[BBC One|BBC Television Service]] sketch comedy show, ''Fast and Loose''. ...that it would fall apart when he was pulled through it during a slapstick sketch.
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• Marty Feldman
  ...cademy Television Awards|British Academy Television Awards]] including [[w:British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance|Best Entertainm ...011|isbn = 9780748654260}}</ref> In 1971, he starred in the comedy-variety sketch series ''[[The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine]]''. In 1974, he appeared as [[
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• Mel Smith
  | genre = [[Political satire]] and sketch comedy ...y 2013) was an English comedian, actor and director. Smith worked on the [[sketch comedy]] shows ''[[Not the Nine O'Clock News]]'' and ''[[Alas Smith and Jon
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• Wee Georgie Wood
  | honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] | nationality = British
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• Sid Field
  ...parties Field was a regular invitee.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sid Field {{!}} British actor (1904–50) |url=https://www.silversirens.co.uk/people/sid-field/ |ac ...ng "What A Life" at the age of nine.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sid Field {{!}} British actor (1904–50) |url=https://www.silversirens.co.uk/people/sid-field/ |ac
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