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  • ...s an English [[w:actor|actor]] who is best remembered for supporting roles in many [[w:British sitcom|British sitcom]]s from the 1970s onwards. ...J.B. Priestley|J.B. Priestley]].<ref name="The Good Life"/> He then worked in [[w:Repertory|rep]].<ref name="The Good Life"/>
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  • | death_date = {{Death date and age|1958|10|08|1904|06|15|df=yes}} '''Patrick Kenneth Macneile Dixon''' (15 June 1904&nbsp;– 8 October 1958) was an English radio producer for [[w:BBC Radio|BBC Radio]].
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  • ...Inspector Charlie Barlow in the innovative and long-running [[BBC]] police series ''[[Z-Cars]]''. ...2002}}</ref> he worked for a time in accountancy, but soon became involved in amateur theatre.
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  • ...(1957-1958)<br />''[[Up Pompeii!]]'' (1969-1970)<br />''[[On the House (TV series)|On the House]]'' (1970-1971)<br />''[[Whoops Baghdad]]'' (1973) ...d Colin - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie|work=AllMovie}}</ref> Earlier in his career, he was a musician and occasional lyricist.
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  • ...y Gang''' were a group of British entertainers, formed in the early 1930s. In the mature form the group's six men were [[Bud Flanagan]], [[Chesney Allen] ...in a show called "The Big Crazy Gang" at the London Palladium and on tour in 1933.
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  • ...nger. He started his career in stage roles, and developed a television and film career. ...cess-date=6 December 2020}}</ref> He began his singing career as [[tenor]] in the school choir. Leaving school at 14, he became a [[tailor]]'s [[apprent
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  • *{{Marriage|[[w:Bonar Colleano|Bonar Colleano]]|1954|1958|end=d.}} Shaw was born '''Patsy Sloots''' in West Norwood, London. She had wanted to become a dress designer and was wor
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  • ...016–2020).<ref>{{cite web|last=Guide|first=British Comedy|title=Su Pollard in Gimme Gimme Gimme – Gimme Gimme Gimme – British Comedy Guide|url=https: ...fered a position as Assistant Stage Manager at the Midland Theatre Company in [[Coventry]]. From Coventry, she moved to [[Ipswich]] Repertory Company, wh
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  • ...ogo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.30|right|The [[Ealing Studios]] logo as it appears in the opening credits of ''[[The Titfield Thunderbolt]]'' (1953)]] ...0-9555886-2-4}}</ref> although some sources list ''[[Davy (film)|Davy]]'' (1958) as the final Ealing comedy.<ref>http://www.britmovie.co.uk/studios/Ealing-
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  • ...h in which many of the words were altered in playful and humorous ways, as in its description of [[Elvis Presley|Elvis Presley]] and his contemporaries a ...n and languages at [[University of Westminster|Regent Street Polytechnic]] in [[London|London]].<ref>{{Cite ODNB|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.10
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  • ...ros]] for ''[[Doctor Who]]'', as well as the series ''[[Survivors (1975 TV series)|Survivors]]'' and ''[[Blake's 7]]''. ...recurring character of Davros in ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'' (1975). His series ''Survivors'' and ''Blake's 7'' have been described as "much-loved [[cult f
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  • ...on and radio, and was known for playing [[The Monk (Doctor Who)|The Monk]] in ''[[Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]''. Butterworth was married to the actress and i ...line-up, something which offered inspiration to him when starting a career in acting.<ref name="what">{{cite web|url=http://www.carryon.org.uk/regulars_f
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  • | medium = Stand-up, television, film | {{marriage|(Unknown)|22 January 1958|1967|end=div}}
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  • | image = Burt Kwouk in The Last of the Summer Wine.png | caption = Kwouk in ''Last of the Summer Wine''
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  • ...British television viewers as the long-running presenter of the children's series ''[[Record Breakers]]''. ...t the [[Royal Variety Show]]. As a singer, he released one charting single in 1960, the Christmas song "Little White Berry".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://w
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  • | caption = Bygraves in 1976 ...31 August 2012), best known by the stage name '''Max Bygraves''' (adopted in honour of [[Max Miller (comedian)|Max Miller]]), was an English comedian, s
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  • ...producer for films and theatre, and [[film director]]. He initially worked in [[silent films]] and [[Edwardian musical comedy]] and became a popular [[mu ...he returned to the West End, playing in ''[[Kissing Time]]'' (1919) and a series of musical comedies and farces throughout the 1920s and 1930s.
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  • {{Infobox film *[[Norman Hudis]] (1958–1962)
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  • ...(1969–73) and ''[[Romany Jones]]'' (1972–75). When their partnership began in the mid-1950s, Chesney was already known to the public as a [[harmonica]] p ...k trader, and Jeanne (''[[née]]'' Basset). He left the French Lycée school in London at the age of 16, and began using his English name.<ref name="Haywar
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  • {{DISPLAYTITLE:''Carry On'' series on screen and stage}} ...|thumb|right|300px|The 2003 DVD logo depicting some of the actors from the series: from left to right; [[Bernard Bresslaw]], [[Kenneth Williams]], [[Joan Sim
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