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  • | based_on = the novel by [[P.G. Wodehouse]] | studio = Knightsbridge Films
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  • | based_on = ''[[The Great Dinosaur Robbery]]'' by {{nowrap|[[David Forrest (pseudonym)|Dav ...nd [[Hugh Burden]] also appeared. The film was based on the 1970 novel ''[[The Great Dinosaur Robbery]]'' by [[David Forrest (pseudonym)|David Forrest]] (
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  • ...ol, where headmaster Doctor Alec Smart ([[Will Hay]]) becomes involved in the disappearance of a valuable necklace. ...]], where Narkover is a school specializing in gambling and extortion, and the headmaster is a "Dr. Smart-Allick".
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  • | studio = Marianne Productions<br>Basil Keys Productions<br>Les Films Concordia<br>Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica | gross = $1,125,000 (US/ Canada rentals)<ref>"Big Rental Films of 1969". ''Variety'', 7 January 1970, p. 15.</ref>
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  • | name = The Abominable Dr. Phibes ...url-access=registration}} Note: Figures are for [[distributor rentals]] in the United States and Canada.</ref>
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  • ...tely British one too, in his benevolent, somewhat headmasterly approach to the running of a creative organization. He is known for his leadership, and his ...aling Films, and later headed British Lion Films. He served as chairman of the [[British Film Institute]] production board to help fund and encourage new
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  • | based_on = <!-- {{based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work}} --> | subject = The social interaction of a group of railway passengers
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  • | caption = As Mr. Grainger in ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' ...d? characters#Mr Grainger (Arthur Brough) (series 1–5)|Mr Grainger]]<br /> in '''''[[Are You Being Served?]]'''''
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  • | caption = Marriott in his "old man" character ...ed the character in his "The fourth form at St. Michael's" sketches in the 1920s.
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  • ...s and for starring in and directing the film adaptations of those plays in the 1930s. ...nuously over the next decade. He and his co-star [[Ralph Lynn]] were among the most popular British actors of their time.
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  • ...way to radio and films.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f4db93a|title=Ronald Frankau|website=BFI}}</ref> ...stage-famous '[[Charles Wyndham (actor)|Wyndham]]' onto the 'Ronald Hugh'" in Frankau's name.<ref>Gilbert Frankau, ''Self-Portrait'', Hutchinson 1940 p.
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  • | caption = Hawtrey in ''[[Carry On at Your Convenience]]'' (1971) ...ost of St. Michael's]]''), through the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' films]], and television.
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  • ...roduced film-comedy, and in 1938 he was the third highest-grossing star in the UK. Many comedians have acknowledged him as a major influence. Hay was also ...Hay: Britain's bumbling star of the screen and skies. Page 1. |publisher=[[The Register|]] |date=25 May 2015 |access-date=6 May 2017}}</ref>
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  • | honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire|OBE]] ...]]" British TV advertisements between 1983 and 1999, and as a panellist on the ITV lunchtime chat show ''[[w:Loose Women|Loose Women]]'' between 2007 and
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  • | caption = The spectacles logo from the show's opening. Both performers wore glasses; Barker's are on top, Corbett' * ''[[The Two Ronnies Sketchbook]]''
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  • ...he Rutles]]|[[Monty Python]]|The World|[[Fatso (band)|Fatso]]|[[Grimms]]|[[The Secret Policeman's Balls]] for Amnesty International}}}} ...[[Beatles]] parody/pastiche project, with Python [[Eric Idle]], and wrote the band's songs.
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  • ...ched the top of the bill in the large [[music hall|music halls]] including the [[London Palladium]]. ...kes often led to difficulties with the censors. He made his last recording in January 1963 and died four months later.
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  • | caption = Johns in ''[[The Halfway House]]'' (1944) ...m and television character actor who became a star of British films during the Second World War.
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  • |caption = Perry in May 2011 | {{nowrap|''[[The Gnomes of Dulwich]]'' (1969)}}
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  • | show_name = The Goon Show | image = The Goon Show (cast photo).jpg
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