• Philip Stainton
  '''Philip Stainton''' (9 April 1908 &ndash; 1 August 1961) was an English actor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/10559|arc ...parts in theatrical films; twice being directed by [[John Ford]] and once by [[John Huston]] when they shot on European or overseas locations. He first
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• Cannon and Ball
  {{short description|English comedy double act}} | medium=Film, television, stand-up, music, books
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• Stephen Murray (actor)
  ...n Umfreville Hay Murray''' (6 September 1912 &ndash; 31 March 1983) was an English [[Film|cinema]], [[radio]], [[theatre]] and [[television]] [[actor]]. A member of [[Clan Murray]] headed by the [[Duke of Atholl]], he was born in [[Partney]], [[Lincolnshire]], the s
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• Mel Smith
  | medium = Film, television '''Melvyn Kenneth Smith''' (3 December 1952 – 19 July 2013) was an English comedian, actor and director. Smith worked on the [[sketch comedy]] shows '
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• Mike Reid (actor)
  | medium = Stand-up, television, film '''Michael Reid''' (19 January 1940 – 29 July 2007) was an English comedian, actor, author and occasional television presenter. He played the
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• Maurice Denham
  {{Short description|English actor (1909–2002)}} ...Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (23 December 1909 – 24 July 2002) was an English [[character actor]] who appeared in over 100 films and television programme
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• Clive Swift
  | medium = Television, film '''Clive Walter Swift''' (9 February 1936 – 1 February 2019) was an English actor and songwriter. A classically trained actor, his stage work included
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• Lionel Jeffries
  '''Lionel Charles Jeffries''' (10 June 1926 – 19 February 2010) was an English actor, director, and screenwriter.<ref name="bbc">{{cite news |url=http://n ...r than himself, such as the role of father to [[Caractacus Pott]]s (played by [[Dick Van Dyke]]) in the film ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' (1968), alth
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• Sid James
  | medium = Stage, television, film ...On Darkly |date=31 August 1998 |publisher=[[Channel 4]] |time=3:26–13:02 |medium=TV documentary}}</ref><ref>also reported in a BBC Radio 4 tribute (to be br
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• Bill Maynard
  | medium = Actor, comedian ...fter fall]</ref> better known by his stage name '''Bill Maynard''', was an English comedian and actor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-peopl
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• John Bird (actor)
  {{Short description|English actor (1936–2022)}} '''John Michael Bird''' (22 November 1936 – 24 December 2022) was an English actor, director, writer and satirist. He performed in the television satire
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• Ronald Lacey
  '''Ronald William Lacey''' (28 September 1935&nbsp;– 15 May 1991) was an English actor.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|title=Ronald Lacey|url=https://www.nytimes. ...een Tie on the Little Yellow Dog'', which was recorded 1982, and broadcast by [[Channel 4]] in 1983.<ref>[https://www.bright-thoughts.co.uk/monologues-02
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• Frank Carson
  | medium = Television ...ow ''[[Opportunity Knocks (UK TV series)|Opportunity Knocks]]'', presented by [[Hughie Green]], three times. He was one of the more prominent acts on ''[
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• Chuckle Brothers
  | medium = Television and stage The '''Chuckle Brothers''' were an English comedy [[double act]] comprising '''Barry David Elliott''' (24 December 194
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• Bryan Forbes
  ...|b|z}}; born '''John Theobald Clarke'''; 22 July 1926 – 8 May 2013) was an English film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor and novelist described as ...ng Rat (film)|King Rat]]'' (1965). He also scripted several films directed by others, such as ''[[The League of Gentlemen (film)|The League of Gentlemen]
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• Sean Lock
  | medium = {{flatlist| '''Sean Lock''' (22 April 1963 – 16 August 2021){{efn |name="date"}} was an English comedian and actor. He began his comedy career as a [[Stand-up comedy|stand
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• Bob Grant (actor)
  ...rt St Clair Grant''' (14 April 1932{{Spaced ndash}}8 November 2003) was an English actor, comedian and writer, best known for playing [[bus conductor|bus cond ...e]]'', a musical farce, for which he wrote the book and lyrics, with music by [[Laurie Holloway]].{{R|"The Stage 16 July 1964"|"Stewart 2006"}}
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• Freddie Starr
  | medium = [[Stand up comedy|Stand up]], [[television]] ...ick Leslie Fowell'''; 9 January 1943 – 9 May 2019) was an [[English people|English]] [[stand up comedy|stand up]] comedian, impressionist, singer and actor. S
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• Benny Hill
  ...V Show, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/21/arts/benny-hill-67-english-comedian-and-creator-of-tv-show-is-dead.html |author=Craig Wolff}}</ref> | medium = {{Flatlist|
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• Eric Sykes
  | medium = Television, radio ...''' {{postnom|country=GBR|size=100|CBE}} (4 May 1923 – 4 July 2012) was an English radio, stage, television and film writer, comedian, actor, and director who
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