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  • ...ressed as Sunshine Desserts (1st September 2015) 001.jpg|thumb|right|A pub in [[Harrogate]], North Yorkshire dressed as Sunshine Desserts following Nobbs ...ng his career in comedy as a writer for ''[[That Was The Week That Was]]'' in the early 1960s.<ref name="bha obit">[https://humanism.org.uk/2015/08/09/bh
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  • ...iously imitating Danvers-Walker's "perky tone" in a cod "newsreel" segment in his 2000 film ''[[w:Love's Labour's Lost (film)|Love's Labour's Lost]]''.<r ...e]], in 1925, moving on briefly to [[w:ABC Radio National|2FC]] in Sydney, in 1932, before returning to the United Kingdom the same year.<ref name="ODNB"
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  • ...ish [[w:character actor|character actor]] who appeared in supporting roles in such films as ''[[w:The African Queen (film)|The African Queen]]'', ''[[Tom ...el)|If I Were You]]'' at the [[w:Shaftesbury Theatre|Shaftesbury Theatre]] in 1933.
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  • ...= $3 million<ref>{{Cite news|title=Tide Running Out for Beach Films, In for Protest Movies|author=Thomas, Bob|work=Los Angeles Times|date=Feb 12, 1 ...s a 1967 [[Eastman color|Eastman color]] British [[science fiction|science fiction]] [[comedy film|comedy film]] directed by [[Don Sharp|Don Sharp]] and starr
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  • ...ool near the [[market town]] of [[Horsham]] in Sussex. She spent six years in [[Union of South Africa|South Africa]] before returning to the school at th ...her debut in ''Penny for a Song''. She attracted attention on TV appearing in ''Winter's Tale'' with [[John Gielgud]] and ''Shout Aloud Salvation''.<ref>
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  • ...?q=+%22moll+flanders%22|page=5|magazine=Variety|title=Rank 'Moll Flanders' in Wake of 'Tom Jones'|date=5 Feb 1964}}</ref> | released = {{Film date|df=y|1965|7|22|London|}}{{film date|1965|5|26|NYC}}
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  • ...stEnders|EastEnders]]'' in 2006 and from 2008 to 2009, with a brief return in 2016. ..."londontheatre.co.uk"/><ref name=":0" /> Early in her career, she appeared in [[repertory theatre]] and several [[West End theatre|West End]] venues.<ref
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  • ...ckenham]], [[Middlesex]]<!--Twickenham did not become part of London until 1965-->, England | spouse = {{marriage|[[Elaine Usher]]|1957|1965|end=div}}
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  • ...= The four main cast members of ''Journey Into Space: The World in Peril'' | format = [[w:Science fiction|Science fiction]]
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  • | caption = James in the early 1970s ...ompassed radio, stage and screen, he was best known for his numerous roles in the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'']] film series.<ref>{{Cite web |last
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  • ...ne Griffin]]. The film follows a group of [[saleswoman|shopgirls]] working in Bunting and Hobbs, a [[London]] [[department store]], during the Christmas ...and Sound; London Vol. 21, Iss. 4, (Apr 2011): 85.</ref> It was released in the United States under the title '''''Shop Spoiled'''''.
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  • ...ed as one of the most influential and innovative dramatists to have worked in British television. ...he United States|Hollywood]] studios. Potter died of [[pancreatic cancer]] in 1994.
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  • ...:Roy Dotrice during the shooting of Mister Lincoln.jpg|thumb|right|Dotrice in 1981]] ...itish actor famed for his portrayal of the [[antiquarian]] [[John Aubrey]] in the record-breaking solo play ''[[Brief Lives (play)|Brief Lives]]''.
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  • ...<br/>in their Flying Machines;<br/>Or, How I Flew from London to Paris<br/>in 25 Hours 11 Minutes ...Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)|work=BFI Film Forever|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref>
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  • ...vember 1925 – 29th December 2018", so it is understood that Whitfield died in the early hours of Saturday 29 December 2018.}} was an English radio, telev ...es)|Beggar My Neighbour]]'', which ran for three series. She also appeared in four [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'']] films: ''[[Carry On Nurse]]'' (1
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  • ...es ''[[w:Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]'' from 1966 to 1969; he reprised the role in 1972–1973, 1983 and 1985. ...for his versatility in roles, many of the productions Troughton performed in between 1947 and 1971 were amongst those either never recorded or [[w:Wipin
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  • | caption = Johns in ''[[The Halfway House]]'' (1944) ...ology series]], including his final role in [[BBC One]]'s 1979 [[detective fiction]] drama series ''[[Shoestring (TV series)|Shoestring]]'' as the Reverend Ja
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  • ...Bill Oddie]], [[Tim Brooke-Taylor]], [[Graeme Garden|Graeme Garden]] <br />in a screenshot from the title sequence <br />of the BBC television series ...ll Oddie|Bill Oddie]] (b. 1941). The trio created, wrote for and performed in their [[The Goodies (TV series)|eponymous television comedy show]] from 197
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  • ...aval Intelligence Division]] during the [[World War II|Second World War]]. In his early career, he worked as a stage comedian, which included performing
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  • |caption = Finney in 1966 ...previously directed him in the theatre. He maintained a successful career in theatre, film and television.
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