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- ...ord Woodall''' (6 April 1929 – 19 May 1982), was an [[English people|English]] [[news presenter|newsreader]] for the [[British Broadcasting Corporation| [[Category:English male film actors]]5 KB (711 words) - 15:59, 14 March 2023
- ...{{snd}}23 January 2017), known professionally as '''Gorden Kaye''', was an English actor, best known for playing womanising café owner René Artois in the te ...Appeal]] held, in ''[[Kaye v Robertson]]'', that there was no remedy in [[English law]] for an invasion of privacy.<ref name=guardian/><ref>{{cite book |titl16 KB (2,321 words) - 14:11, 11 March 2023
- | language = English ...a ''Juliet Bravo'' episode, the illusion being broken only when one of her male colleagues appears not to "know what a woman is". Similar blending and bend10 KB (1,397 words) - 16:55, 15 September 2024
- ...Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (7 January 1896 – 12 March 1984) was an English [[playwright]] and actor, earlier in his career known for writing the play ...[Phoney War]]", employed as a "Conducting Officer" tasked with supervising journalists who were visiting the front line. In May 1940,<ref name="BBC">[https://www.20 KB (2,914 words) - 09:38, 19 April 2023
- .... He spoke many languages (possibly up to 20) including [[English language|English]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[French language|French]], [[Greek langua ...emigrated to [[Canada]], where he worked as an insurance salesman, taught English at a boys' school, became a [[lumberjack]] and mined for gold. He came back19 KB (2,878 words) - 22:58, 10 September 2024
- ...r of the British Empire|CBE]] (25 May 1913 – 22 December 1965) was an English journalist and broadcaster, who became the BBC's first war correspondent, a ...ording commentary for broadcast the following day. He was one of the first journalists to experiment with unconventional outside broadcasts, such as when flying i17 KB (2,516 words) - 15:33, 24 August 2024
- '''Bernard John Manning''' (13 August 1930 – 18 June 2007) was an English comedian and nightclub owner.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pr-inside.com/c In interviews with journalists, Manning would remind them of his appearance with [[Dean Martin]] in [[Las18 KB (2,656 words) - 12:05, 20 February 2023
- '''Alan George Heywood Melly''' (17 August 1926 – 5 July 2007) was an English [[jazz]] and [[blues]] singer, critic, writer and lecturer. From 1965 to 19 [[Category:English humanists]]22 KB (3,201 words) - 23:42, 19 February 2023
- ...1996|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=19 November 2016}}</ref> was an English cartoonist, satirist, comedian, actor and performer who co-founded the sati ...ushton was the obvious choice to stand. Rushton gained much attention from journalists, since he stood under the slogan "Death to the Tories".<ref>{{cite news |fi34 KB (5,049 words) - 19:26, 4 September 2024
- {{short description|English TV dramatist, screenwriter, journalist}} ...ennis Christopher George Potter''' (17 May 1935 – 7 June 1994) was an English television [[dramatist]], screenwriter and journalist. He is best known for41 KB (6,216 words) - 09:11, 17 January 2023
- ...Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (21 July 1934 – 27 November 2019) was an English [[w:Theatre director|theatre and opera director]], actor, author, televisio ...bourne]], followed by a new production of ''The Marriage of Figaro'' for [[English National Opera]] in 1978. Miller's other turns as an opera director include38 KB (5,348 words) - 07:58, 11 September 2024
- | language = English ...tt"/> Moffat's father had been a headteacher and Moffat himself had taught English before writing ''Press Gang'', so his initial proposal was a programme simi40 KB (6,261 words) - 14:28, 11 March 2023
- {{Short description|English actor and comedian (1925–1980)}} ...(born '''Richard Henry Sellers'''; 8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English actor and comedian. He first came to prominence performing in the BBC Radio128 KB (19,030 words) - 19:48, 18 July 2024
- ...|country=GBR|size=100%|KBE}} (16 April 1889{{snd}}25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer<!--see talk page before adding or remo ...Lancashire Lads]] [[Clog dance|clog-dancing]] troupe, with whom he toured English music halls throughout 1899 and 1900.{{efn|The Eight Lancashire Lads were s164 KB (24,245 words) - 14:14, 25 August 2024