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- ...o the music hall actress Doreen Monte. Yule died in [[Southend-on-Sea]], [[Essex]], on 11 December 1982, aged 89.<ref name=":0" /> [[Category:English male comedians]]2 KB (263 words) - 19:24, 18 July 2024
- | birth_place = [[Goodmayes|Goodmayes]], Essex, England Born in [[Goodmayes|Goodmayes]], [[Essex|Essex]], Robinson was educated at [[Harrow County School for Boys|Harrow County S10 KB (1,495 words) - 12:26, 18 February 2023
- | death_place = [[Essex|Essex]], UK ...s}}</ref> They had a son and a daughter. After the death of his first wife from a barbiturate overdose in 1963, he remarried in 1965, to Gwynneth Wycherley8 KB (1,222 words) - 12:35, 19 February 2023
- ...r months after his death Mark's daughter - and Reid's granddaughter - died from cot death. He coped by ploughing himself into work, but Reid said years lat |title = Supplementary Memorandum from the National Secular Society17 KB (2,625 words) - 16:58, 13 April 2023
- ...anerges in ''[[The Apple Cart]]'' and Eddie Waters in ''[[Comedians (play)|Comedians]]'', both for the [[BBC]], and appearances on ''[[The Professionals (TV ser ...he ran a small sweetshop and tobacconists at Ilford Lane in [[Ilford]], [[Essex]].<ref name="telegraph" />10 KB (1,595 words) - 23:59, 12 February 2023
- ...d from 1941 until Morecambe's death in 1984. Morecambe took his stage name from his home town, the [[seaside resort|seaside resort]] of [[Morecambe|Morecam ...ed UK viewing figures of over 28 million people. One of the most prominent comedians in [[British popular culture|British popular culture]], in 2002 he was name23 KB (3,453 words) - 12:20, 18 February 2023
- | birth_place = [[w:Danbury, Essex|Danbury]], Essex, England, United Kingdom ...here he studied fine art. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art from Goldsmiths in 1966.<ref name="autogenerated1" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http:/29 KB (4,238 words) - 10:37, 26 January 2023
- ...heir Aunt Betty, who was looking after them, were killed by a bomb dropped from a [[Germany|German]] [[Zeppelin]] which also destroyed their house.<ref nam ...d 37, their mother married Harry Wallace, and they all moved to a pub in [[Essex]].<ref>An Audience with Max Wall - BBC Radio 4 - first broadcast 3 December13 KB (1,958 words) - 07:56, 21 August 2024
- From 1958, Corbett began to appear regularly in films, coming to public attentio ...1967) and ''Grundy'' (1980). Corbett had a supporting role in the [[David Essex]] film ''[[Silver Dream Racer]]'' (1980), and also appeared in the film ''[19 KB (2,751 words) - 00:18, 19 February 2023
- ...documentary, it was revealed that Monkhouse and his older brother suffered from [[Physical abuse|physical]] and [[verbal abuse]] by their mother. ...hool in [[Worthing]], [[Sussex]], and [[Dulwich College]] in south London, from which he was expelled for climbing the clock tower.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http29 KB (4,199 words) - 23:06, 13 February 2023
- ...orn on 7 March 1958 at 98 Matching Tye near [[w:Harlow|Harlow]], [[w:Essex|Essex]], to Gillian ({{nee}} Harrild; 1930–2018) and John Mayall (1925–2011). ...n't You Kill My Mother-in-law?: The Story of Alternative Comedy in Britain from the Comedy Store to Saturday Live|last=Wilmut|first=Roger|publisher=Methuen64 KB (9,472 words) - 17:51, 9 January 2023
- ...an actor and reciter of comic monologues were soon recognised. Characters from his monologues such as Sam Small, invented by Holloway, and Albert Ramsbott Holloway was born in [[Manor Park, London|Manor Park]], [[Essex]] (now in the [[London Borough of Newham]]), the younger child and only son56 KB (8,391 words) - 00:06, 23 February 2023
- ...House of Lords]] as a crossbencher in 1992 and was president of [[Mencap]] from 1998 until his death. ...xperience with the White Rose Players at the opera house in [[Harrogate]]. From there he went into the Royal Air Force, eventually ending up as a volunteer44 KB (6,475 words) - 13:54, 25 August 2024
- ...tps://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comedy/comedians/the-25-best-comedy-duos/peter-cook-and-dudley-moore/ |archive-date=11 Janua ...a Francis (née Hughes), a secretary, and John Moore, a railway electrician from Glasgow.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1338 KB (5,603 words) - 23:16, 13 February 2023
- ...ip Cecil Clowes<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.william1.co.uk/e11.htm|title=Essex 11|website=William1.co.uk}}</ref> and became the mother of Pertwee's cousin ...]] in Surrey, at [[Sherborne School]] in Dorset, and at some other schools from which he was expelled. After school, he was admitted to the [[Royal Academy42 KB (6,389 words) - 22:59, 10 September 2024
- ...Mad, Mad, Mad World]]'' (1963) and ''[[How to Murder Your Wife]]'' (1965). From the mid-1960s on he also frequently starred in European films, in roles suc ...and, shortly before his death, was living in poverty, existing on charity from the Actors' Benevolent Fund. A charity gala was held in his honour, which r94 KB (14,211 words) - 07:49, 27 September 2024