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  • | birth_place = [[w:Leigh, Greater Manchester|Leigh]], [[w:Lancashire|Lancashire]] | death_place = [[w:Blackpool|Blackpool]], Lancashire
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  • | birth_place = [[Manchester]], [[Lancashire]], England | death_place = Manchester, Lancashire, England
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  • ...in in [[w:melodrama|melodrama]]s, but he soon found himself getting laughs from his audience and, by 1909, was touring [[w:music hall|music hall]]s as a co ...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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  • | birth_place = [[w:Liverpool|Liverpool]], [[w:Lancashire|Lancashire]], England ...in [[w:Covent Garden|Covent Garden]], [[w:London|London]], where she died from pneumonia, aged 87.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/news
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  • | birth_place = [[Prescot|Prescot]], [[Lancashire|Lancashire]], [[England|England]], UK ...123 p.3 Fred Arthur Emney aged 1 living in Camberwell, but born Liverpool, Lancashire</ref> the son of Blanche ({{nee}} Round) and [[Fred Emney Sr|Fred Emney]],
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  • | birth_place = [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]], [[England]] | death_place = [[Morecambe]], Lancashire
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  • | birth_place = [[w:Blackpool|Blackpool]], Lancashire, England [[Category:Comedians from Lancashire]]
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  • ...ople/4ce2b9f230a15|title=Frank Randle}}</ref> A contemporary of fellow [[w:Lancashire|Lancastrians]] [[w:George Formby, Jr.|George Formby]] and [[Gracie Fields]] ...ichard McEvoy. In 1928, Randle began to tour as a comedian, principally in Lancashire and Northern England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mislaidcomedyheroes.com
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  • | birth_place = [[w:Clitheroe]], [[w:Lancashire|Lancashire]], England | death_place = [[w:Blackpool|Blackpool]], Lancashire, England
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  • | death_place = [[Melling-with-Wrayton]], [[Lancashire]], England ...e show)|Bullseye]]'' (1981–1995)<br>''[[The Comedians (1971 TV series)|The Comedians]]'' (1971–1993)
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  • ...lford|Broughton]], [[w:County Borough of Salford|Salford]], [[w:Lancashire|Lancashire]], England ...he County Borough of Salford (1844–1974 — "City" status from 1926)</ref> [[Lancashire]]. On leaving school he worked at the family [[meat processing]] firm, E.
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  • | birth_place = [[w:Oldham|Oldham]], Lancashire, England [[Category:English male comedians]]
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  • | birth_place = [[Harpurhey]], [[Manchester]], [[Lancashire]], England ...ppers and Shunters Social Club]]'', ''[[The Comedians (1971 TV series)|The Comedians]]'', The Embassy Club
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  • ...ery and Crematorium, [[w:Lytham St Annes|Lytham St Annes]], [[w:Lancashire|Lancashire]], England ...Dawson's. He did, moreover, appear with The Nelson Players in [[w:Nelson, Lancashire]] as Mr. Justice Wainwright and Carter, chief clerk to Sir Wilfrid Robarts
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  • | death_place = [[Blackpool]], [[Lancashire]], England | notable_work = ''[[The Comedians (1971 TV series)|The Comedians]]''
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  • ...ll|Robert Harper (Ball)]]'''<br>{{birth date|df=yes|1944|1|28}}<br>Oldham, Lancashire, England ...''<br>{{death date and age|df=yes|2020|10|28|1944|1|28}}<br>[[Blackpool]], Lancashire, England
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  • | birth_place = [[Oldham]], [[Lancashire]], England ...was an English actor, comedian and co-author who was born in [[Oldham]], [[Lancashire]]. In later life he achieved stardom as the [[pompous]] ex-serviceman [[Per
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  • ...rth_place = [[w:Municipal Borough of Farnworth|Farnworth]], [[w:Lancashire|Lancashire]], England ...|music hall]] performer. Born and brought up in [[w:Farnworth|Farnworth]], Lancashire, she is perhaps best remembered for her role as Nellie Pledge in the [[w:IT
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  • | birth_place = [[Wigan]], [[Lancashire]], England ...onstrated his ad-libbing skills in his weekly radio show ''Ray's A Laugh'' from 1949 until 1961.<ref name="Stevens">{{cite book
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  • | birth_place = [[Oldham]], [[w:Lancashire|Lancashire]], England | death_place = [[Blackpool]], Lancashire, England<ref name="Beeb">{{Cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ente
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