| first_date = 1934 '''Old Mother Riley''' is a fictional character portrayed from about 1934 to 1954 by [[Arthur Lucan]] and from 1954 to the 1980s by [[Roy Rolland]] a

...dio 1]] in 1967. It was here he developed his trademark voices and surreal characters which he later adapted for television. ...aceous figure was often used to comic effect. Rocos would be his assistant in the 1987 BBC gameshow ''Brainstorm''. He was a highly versatile performer,

...e and screen|on stage and screen]], especially that of Alfred P. Doolittle in ''[[My Fair Lady|My Fair Lady]]''. He was also renowned for his [[Songs and ...recordings of his many monologues. By the 1930s, he was in demand to star in [[variety show|variety]], [[pantomime|pantomime]] and musical comedy, inclu

| caption = Humphries in 2001 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1934|02|17|df=y}}

| alt = A group of performers in 1940s clothes, dressed warmly for a visit to northern Scotland ...ey]] in the central role, a fast-talking figure, around whom all the other characters orbited. The programmes were written by [[Ted Kavanagh]] and produced by [[

| caption = Lansbury in 1950 ...MOS:OVERLINK--> US<!--Do not change to "U.S.", as this article is written in British English.-->