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- | image = Mother Riley meets the Vampire.jpg | distributor = [[Renown Pictures]] (UK)<br>Blue Chip Films (US)<br> [[Columbia Pictures]] (US re-release 1963)6 KB (881 words) - 20:20, 8 February 2023
- ...]], and starring [[David Niven]] and [[Teresa Graves]]. The spoof of the [[vampire]] genre was re-titled '''''Old Dracula''''' for release in the United State [[Count Dracula]] is an old vampire who, because of his advanced age, is forced to host tours of his castle to5 KB (659 words) - 13:36, 1 April 2023
- ...'Old Mother Riley, Headmistress''''' is a low budget black and white 1950 British [[w:comedy film|comedy film]], starring [[Arthur Lucan]] and [[Kitty McShan ...Meets-Vampire-Headmistress/dp/B000E1YVHS |title=Old Mother Riley Meets The Vampire/Old Mother Riley Headmistress DVD: Amazon.co.uk: Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShan6 KB (841 words) - 23:30, 8 February 2023
- | last_major = ''[[Mother Riley Meets the Vampire]]'' ...[Arthur Lucan]] and from 1954 to the 1980s by [[Roy Rolland]] as part of a British [[music hall]] act.<ref name="Obit">{{cite news|last=Gifford|first=Denis|ti6 KB (875 words) - 08:01, 28 August 2024
- | honorific_suffix = [[w:British Society of Cinematographers|B.S.C.]] | known_for = ''[[Carry On films|Carry On]]'' films<br>''[[w:Return of the Jedi|Return of the Jedi]]'' (1983)<br>''[[w:Octopuss4 KB (582 words) - 17:15, 23 January 2023
- ...on British television until 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f427f80|title=Andrée Melly|website=BFI}}</ref> Her other s ...d-vampires-victim/|title=Andrée Melly, actress whose many roles included a vampire's victim in a Hammer horror film – obituary|work=The Daily Telegraph|date7 KB (983 words) - 14:08, 24 February 2023
- '''''The Morecambe & Wise Show''''' is a [[British comedy|comedy]] [[sketch show]] originally produced by [[Thames Television] ...fact that Thames Television, through its film production company [[Euston Films]], was able to offer Morecambe and Wise the opportunity to make a film, per16 KB (2,296 words) - 14:41, 19 February 2023
- ...r K. Furse|Roger]], became a stage designer and painter who also worked in films.<ref name="Brief">{{cite web|url=http://www.powell-pressburger.org/Reviews/ ...rry McKenzie]]'' (1972).<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2e9db72|title=Judith Furse}}</ref>7 KB (967 words) - 11:48, 10 January 2023
- {{Short description|British-Indian actor}} | birth_place = [[w:Mumbai|Bombay]], [[w:British Raj|British India]]7 KB (1,151 words) - 23:17, 21 October 2022
- ...n Screaming'' is a parody of the [[Hammer Film Productions|Hammer]] horror films, which were also popular at the time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.screen ...ole of Valeria, but declined. The character is frequently referred to as a vampire, despite the film never stating her to be. Rather, she is more a parody of11 KB (1,610 words) - 20:41, 14 February 2023
- | honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire|OBE]] ...:advertising agency|advertising agency]].<ref name="BFI">{{cite web |title=British Film Institute profile of Brian Clemens |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk18 KB (2,680 words) - 16:19, 24 November 2022
- '''Stanley Black''' [[Order of British Empire|OBE]] (14 June 1913 – 27 November 2002) was an English bandleader, ...he studio orchestra of [[Associated British Picture Corporation|Associated British Picture Corporation]] (ABPC) and their musical director composer from 195813 KB (1,884 words) - 14:03, 24 February 2023
- ...s an English comedic [[character actor]]. He is best known for a number of films where he appeared with [[Will Hay]] and [[Moore Marriott]] as 'Albert': a p ...minor, mostly uncredited roles before getting his big break in Will Hay's films.10 KB (1,446 words) - 15:07, 27 March 2023
- {{Use British English|date=April 2013}} ...]]'' as having "one of the most distinctive and eloquent faces in post-war British cinema."<ref name=nytimes>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/2814 KB (2,121 words) - 23:22, 5 January 2023
- | studio = Grand Films '''''The Magic Christian''''' is a 1969 British [[Satire (film and television)|satirical]] [[farce]] [[black comedy film]]16 KB (2,349 words) - 12:56, 19 January 2023
- ...t [[Old Mother Riley]] on stage, radio and screen, with a series of comedy films from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. ...ture Herald]]'' voted him the sixth biggest "money-making star" in British films.<ref>{{cite web |author=Matthew Coniam |url=http://www.movietone-news.com/29 KB (1,247 words) - 22:48, 15 March 2023
- ===Films=== He featured in three of the [[St Trinian's]] films, starting as an army major in ''[[Blue Murder at St Trinian's]]''. He later11 KB (1,583 words) - 22:11, 9 September 2024
- ...to prevent a march through the East End by the [[British Union of Fascists|British Union of Fascists]].<ref name="ondb">{{cite ODNB |last1=Sharp |first1=Rober ...graphy] accessed 26 Jun 2007</ref> He also appeared in a number of feature films including ''[[The Lavender Hill Mob|The Lavender Hill Mob]]'' (1951), ''[[H16 KB (2,430 words) - 16:45, 18 February 2023
- ...url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qEW5BAAAQBAJ&q=brian+oulton+carry+on+films&pg=PT726|title=Carry-On Actors|isbn=9781908382085|last1=Ross|first1=Andrew| * ''[[The Kiss of the Vampire]]'' (1963) as 1st disciple7 KB (1,076 words) - 09:12, 24 January 2023
- ...ar in many television series and stage productions, plus comedy and horror films, in the 1970s and 1980s. ...of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=PA2011-IA59|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|date=16 May 2016|publisher=17 KB (2,537 words) - 16:26, 24 February 2023
