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  • {{cite book |title = Who's Who of British Jazz ...ll speaking role in many episodes, often as a parodic [[Indigenous peoples of Africa|African]], Native American or [[Arab|Arab]] [[Tribal chief|chieftain
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  • ...century. Aubrey attended Portsmouth Municipal College and [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art|RADA]]. His first stage appearance in 1944 was at the [[Regent ...tomania]]'' (1975),<ref name=NYT/> and [[Gene Wilder]]'s ''[[The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother]]'' (1977).<ref name=NYT/>
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  • {{short description|English actor, composer, singer and writer}} ...ottenham was part of Middlesex when Moody was born, it did not become part of London until 1965-->, England
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  • '''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 ...result that Manning was rarely seen on television in the last few decades of his career.<ref name="Timesobit">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk
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  • ...ster of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Tony Blair]] and the widower of ''[[Coronation Street]]'' star [[Pat Phoenix]], marrying her a few days bef ...'s College, Crosby]], where he was awarded a [[bursary]] to cover the cost of his books.<ref name="BBC"/>
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  • ...= {{nowrap|[[w:Saint Petersburg|Saint Petersburg]], [[w:Russian Empire|Russian Empire]]}} | alma_mater = [[w:University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology|Manchester Technical College]]
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  • | post-nominals = [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] | birth_place = [[Metropolitan Borough of Hackney|Hackney]], London, England
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  • ...a creative organization. He is known for his leadership, and his guidance of young Alfred Hitchcock. ...s Ealing Films, and later headed British Lion Films. He served as chairman of the [[British Film Institute]] production board to help fund and encourage
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  • Irene Handl was born in [[Maida Vale]], London, the youngest of two daughters of an Austrian banker and stockbroker, Frederick Handl, born as Friedrich Hand ...appearances on stage, she played [[Lady Bracknell]] in ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]'' in 1975, in a production directed by [[Jonathan Miller]].
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  • ...ers#Arnold Ernst Toht|Arnold Toht]] in ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' (1981) | alma_mater = [[London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art|London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]]
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  • ...ch [[Scottish Television]] (STV) and serving as Rector of the [[University of Edinburgh]]. ..."Justice, James Norval Harald Robertson (1907–1975)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.c
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  • | death_place = [[London Borough of Barnet|Barnet]], London, England ...]]|pages=14}}<!--|access-date=2006-12-13--></ref> He appeared in a variety of stage, film, television and radio productions throughout his career.
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  • ...th_date = 16 January 2014 (age 69)<ref>https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0da66e4</ref> ...mic|John Lumic]] in the episodes "[[Rise of the Cybermen]]" and "[[The Age of Steel]]". He was sometimes credited without the [[hyphen]] in his surname.
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  • ...okmak]], [[w:Taurida Governorate|Taurida Governorate]], [[w:Russian Empire|Russian Empire]] | nationality = Russian (1906–1912)<br />British (1912–1998)
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  • ...dwill ambassador|goodwill ambassador]] for [[UNICEF|UNICEF]] and president of the [[World Federalist Movement|World Federalist Movement]]. ...a]], composer of the music for ''[[Quo Vadis (1951 film)|Quo Vadis]]'' and of numerous concert works, dedicated his String Quartet No. 1, Op. 22 (1950) t
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  • ...= [[University College, Oxford|University College]] <br /> [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] ...or roles in several films. In the 1960s, he rose to prominence in the role of bigoted [[cockney]] [[Alf Garnett]] in the [[BBC]] television sitcom ''[[Ti
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  • ...productions.<ref name="BFI">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9ef5bd96 |title=Peter Vaughan |access-date=7 December 2016 |work=Briti ...ce and Fire characters#Maester Aemon|Maester Aemon]] in [[HBO]]'s ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' (2011–2015).
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  • ...ft the French Lycée school in London at the age of 16, and began using his English name.<ref name="Hayward2018">{{cite news |last=Hayward |first=Anthony |url= ...Declared unfit to serve in the [[Second World War]] because of the removal of a [[tuberculosis]]-infected kidney,<ref name="Hayward2018"/> he taught the
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  • ...the country to which the subject belongs can be inferred from the country of birth." --> | alma_mater = [[University of Melbourne]]
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  • ...marriage|[[Oona O'Neill]]|1943<!--Year omitted when marriage ends by death of article subject, per Template:Marriage instructions-->}} ...wide icon through his screen persona, [[the Tramp]], and is considered one of the film industry's most important figures. His career spanned more than 75
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