• Chesney Allen
  | death_place = [[w:Midhurst]], [[w:Sussex|Sussex]], [[w:England|England]], [[w:UK|UK]] ...[[w:Leeds|Leeds]] in 1926 and died in [[w:Midhurst|Midhurst]], [[w:Sussex|Sussex]], England, in 1982.
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• Fred Emney
  | death_place = [[Bognor Regis|Bognor Regis]], [[Sussex|Sussex]], England, UK Fred Emney died in [[Bognor Regis|Bognor Regis]], [[Sussex|Sussex]], on [[Christmas Day|Christmas Day]] 1980.<ref>GRO Register of Deaths: DEC
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• Bob Todd
  | death_place = [[Sussex|Sussex]], England ...is lugubrious expression and talent for slapstick, and was known to fellow comedians by the nickname 'Silly Todd'.
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• Charlie Chester
  | birth_place = [[Eastbourne]], [[Sussex]], England ...io]] and television presenter and writer, broadcasting almost continuously from the 1940s to the 1990s. His style was similar to that of [[Max Miller (come
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• Janet Brown
  |death_place = [[Hove|Hove]], [[East Sussex|East Sussex]], England ...was married to ''[[Carry On films|Carry On]]'' actor [[Peter Butterworth]] from 1946 until his death in 1979.<ref name="Tel obit"/><ref name="Tel dies">{{C
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• Haver and Lee
  Keyes and Tully both came from theatrical families, and met and decided to work together as children.<ref ...erp]], [[Belgium]], and was a member of the Boisset troupe of acrobats and comedians, known internationally for their comedy and [[pantomime]] skills. Most of
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• Jimmy Grafton
  | death_place = [[w:Chichester|Chichester]], West Sussex ...ng as a part-time scriptwriter. The pub served as a meeting place for many comedians, including [[Spike Milligan]], [[Harry Secombe]], [[Peter Sellers]] and [[M
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• Jimmy Edwards
  ...Mary the Virgin, [[Fletching, East Sussex|Fletching]], [[East Sussex|East Sussex]], England ...er and actor on radio and television, best known as Pa Glum in ''[[Take It from Here]]'' and as headmaster "Professor" James Edwards in ''[[Whack-O!]]''.
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• Peter Butterworth
  ...Danehill Cemetery, [[Danehill, East Sussex|Danehill]], [[East Sussex|East Sussex]], England ...accommodate them and the last half desperately trying to save the building from a flood, and whilst all this is going on, put up with his nagging wife ([[H
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• 'Monsewer' Eddie Gray
  | death_place = [[Shoreham-by-Sea]], [[Sussex]] ...1919. The three performers formed the original basis of the group of seven comedians who became famous under the collective name the Crazy Gang in the 1930s.
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• Arthur Crabtree
  | death_place = [[Worthing]], [[Sussex]], [[England]], UK ...British [[cinematographer]] and [[film director]]. He directed films with comedians such as [[Will Hay]], the [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)|Crazy Gang]] and [[Ar
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• Harry H. Corbett
  | death_place = {{nowrap|[[Hastings|Hastings]], [[East Sussex|East Sussex]], England}} From 1958, Corbett began to appear regularly in films, coming to public attentio
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• Ronald Frankau
  ...d later become a celebrated writer of satirical novels.<ref>Aryeh Newman, "From Exile to Exit: the Frankau Jewish Connection", ''Jewish Quarterly'' Vol. 34 Like many comedians, he passed comment on current events of the time, often in satire. March 19
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• Marriott Edgar
  ...ntomime dame]]s. During the [[First World War]] he served with the [[Royal Sussex Regiment]] and the Mechanical Transport, and afterwards he toured Australia ...which was the name of the first African lion to be bred in Britain, living from 1812 until 1838, and his name became a popular one for lions.<ref name=taxi
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• Patsy Rowlands
  | death_place = [[w:Hove|Hove]], [[w:East Sussex|East Sussex]], UK ==From 1969 to 1991==
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• Max Miller (comedian)
  ...r=Oxford University Press|isbn=0-19-861388-1|pages=215–216}}</ref> He came from humble beginnings and left school at the age of twelve. At the outbreak of ...d Street, [[Kemptown, Brighton|Kemptown]], [[Brighton|Brighton]], [[Sussex|Sussex]]. He was the second child of James Sargent, a labourer, and Alice ({{née
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• Ronald Shiner
  | death_place = [[Hailsham]], [[Sussex]], England ...ilm parts remained small in ''[[They Flew Alone]]'' (1942), ''[[Those Kids from Town]]'' (1942), ''[[The Big Blockade]]'' (1942), ''[[The Black Sheep of Wh
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• Bob Monkhouse
  ...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=http
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• Madeline Smith
  ...h_place = [[Hartfield]], [[Wealden District|Wealden]], [[East Sussex]], England ...970), ''[[Theatre of Blood]]'' (1973) and ''[[Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell]]'' (1974) and comedy films including ''[[Up Pompeii (film)|Up Pompeii
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• John Bird (actor)
  | death_place = [[Midhurst]], West Sussex, England ...house]] in 1973, as well as at the [[Lyric Theatre, London|Lyric Theatre]] from 1973 to 1974.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play
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