'''Henry Wilfrid Brambell''' (22 March 1912 – 18 January 1985) was an Irish television and film actor and comedian, best remembered for playing the gru ...War]]. After leaving school, he worked part-time as a reporter for ''[[The Irish Times]]'' and part-time as an actor at the [[Abbey Theatre]] before becomin

...o matters close to his heart: the iniquity of the [[death penalty]], and [[gay rights]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dustyvideobox.blogspot.com/2017/10/ted- ...es of cancer aged 85|date=16 September 2018|website=[[w:The Irish News|The Irish News]]|access-date=19 September 2018}}</ref>

| spouse = {{marriage|Pamela Gay-Rees|1 May 1988}} ...urchill's]] encounter with the Irish nationalist leader [[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]] in 1921.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegr

...[[paedophile]] Seely in ''[[Revenge (1971 film)|Revenge]]'' (1971), the [[gay]] medic Witty in ''[[The Wild Geese]]'' (1978) and a whimsical mechanic in ...y-1.1019012|title=Welsh film-maker fascinated by Irish history|website=The Irish Times}}</ref>

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...], [[sex worker]]s, and the [[Sexuality and gender identity-based cultures|gay subculture]]. There is some debate about its origins,<ref>{{cite web|author ...nown words.<ref>Baker, Paul (2002) Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang. London: Continuum {{ISBN|0-8264-5961-7}}</ref> According to a [[Chan

...n man and couldn't care less what people thought of him. As a flamboyantly gay man, he attracted the kind of attention that was fraught with danger in the [[Category:English male film actors]]

...d Sandy".{{sfn|Took|Feldman|1976|pp=10 and 13}} The latter adds, using the gay and theatrical slang, [[polari|palare]],{{refn|The most usual spelling, acc ...lic acceptance of homosexuality that led to the gradual repeal of the anti-gay laws, beginning in 1967.{{sfn|Morrison|1998|p=33}}{{sfn|Baker|2004|pp=3–5

...ry of the studios in 2006, Phillips considered himself one of the earliest actors to have worked there still alive and working.<ref name="Hello"/> A minor pa ...dies-peacefully-in-his-sleep-aged-98/ |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref><ref name="RTÉ">{{Cite web |date=8 November 2022

{{Short description|Irish-British-American actress and singer (1925–2022)}} ...st-nominals|country=GBR|DBE}} (October 16, 1925 – October 11, 2022) was an Irish-British and American actress and singer. In a career spanning eight decades

...and writer. He achieved notability in the [[LGBT culture in London|London gay scene]] during the 1980s with his drag persona '''Lily Savage''', through w ...ing among London's gay community and used his character to speak out for [[gay rights]]. After being nominated for a 1992 [[Perrier Award]], O'Grady attra

...efusing to employ his co-star [[Dennis Price]] on the grounds that "he was gay", a decision Pertwee made clear that he thought "was ridiculous". Shortly a ...rdian |date=2016-02-12 |access-date=2020-07-12}}</ref> both of whom became actors: a daughter, Dariel, in 1961, and a son, [[Sean Pertwee|Sean]], in 1964.

...e Milligan]], [[Willie Rushton]] and fellow Australian expatriate comedian-actors [[John Bluthal]] and [[Dick Bentley]]. Humphries performed at Cook's comedy ...made when she took Humphries to the theatre to see superannuated overseas actors touring in Australia during his youth.

...f the Mediterranean.{{sfn|Bret|1999|p=129}}{{efn|While on leave from the [[Irish Guards]], [[Harry Parr-Davies]] was given just ten days to complete the mus ...s a hit with what Bret describes as Formby's "surprisingly large, closeted gay following".{{sfn|Bret|1999|p=130}} The reviewer for ''[[The Guardian|The Ma

...Steve Furst]] as "a cast of thousands played by the same four accomplished actors".{{sfn|Foster|Furst|1996|p=260}} Horne's role was described in ''[[The Dail ...idea was that the characters should be elderly and dignified Shakespearean actors filling in as domestic cleaners while "resting" (i.e. unemployed), but the

...ned [[J. Arthur Rank]]'s "[[The Company of Youth|Charm School]]" for young actors, subsequently appearing in many of their films.<ref name=Bret/> The Charm S ...amilton would lend Dors as a sexual favour to hiring producers and leading actors, much as in the "[[casting couch]]" practices of Hollywood.<ref name=Bret/>