• Sam Costa
  | nationality = British ...singer, entertainer and broadcaster. Initially a popular singer in the [[British dance band|dance band]] era and a comic actor on the show ''[[Much-Binding-
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• Issy Bonn
  ...y Bonn''' (born '''Benjamin Levin'''; 21 April 1903 – 21 April 1977) was a British comedian, singer, actor, and theatrical agent. His [[signature song]] was ...://www.jewishlivesproject.com/profiles/issy-bonn "Issy Bonn 1893-1977", ''Jewish Lives Project'']. Retrieved 1 December 2020</ref>
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• Davy Kaye
  | honorific_suffix = [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]] ...re|MBE]] (born '''David Kodeish''', 25 March 1916 – 3 February 1998) was a British comedy actor and entertainer.
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• Bernie Winters
  {{short description|British comedian and musician}} {{Use British English|date=November 2016}}
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• Harry Towb
  ...e attended the Finiston School and Technical College. He enlisted in the [[British Army]] during [[World War II]] and managed a military canteen, but was disc ...peared on the long-running BBC [[music hall]] show, ''[[The Good Old Days (British TV series)|The Good Old Days]]''.
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• Vic Oliver
  {{short description|Austrian-born British actor and radio comedian (1898–1964)}} ...or Oliver von Samek''' (8 July 1898 – 15 August 1964) was an Austrian-born British actor and radio comedian.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce
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• Aubrey Morris
  ...=Gavin Gaughan|work=The Guardian}}</ref> 1 June 1926 – 15 July 2015) was a British actor known for his appearances in the films ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)| [[Category:English male stage actors]]
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• Alfred Marks
  ...Alfred Edward Touchinsky <ref>Brian McFarlane (ed.) ''The Encyclopedia of British Film'', Methuen/BFI, 2003, p. 433<!-- ISBN needed --></ref> ...ed Edward Touchinsky'''; 28 January 1921{{spaced ndash}}1 July 1996) was a British actor and comedian. In his 60-year career, he played dramatic and comedy ro
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• Harold Berens
  ...rn '''Isadore Harold Berenbaum'''; 4 March 1903 &ndash; 10 May 1995) was a British comedian and character actor. He was born into a Jewish family in [[Glasgow]], the son of a tailor, and grew up and was educated in
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• Bernard Bresslaw
  ...ils |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=2016-12-03}}</ref> Even though all the actors playing the aliens were over six feet tall, Bresslaw towered over them. Son Bresslaw was a member of the [[Grand Order of Water Rats]], a British entertainment fraternity and in 1988 he was elected "King Rat" of the order
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• Ron Moody
  ...er was a [[Lithuanian Jews|Lithuanian Jew]]; said Moody, "I'm 100% [[Jews|Jewish]]—totally kosher!"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latime In 2004, the British [[ITV1]] nostalgia series ''After They Were Famous'' hosted a documentary o
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• Arthur Howard
  ...pedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=PA369|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|date=16 May 2016|publisher= .../page/2/|title=Overseas by Cemetery - Final Resting Places - Classic Movie Actors and Actresses(p 2) : Classic Movie Hub (CMH)|website=Classic Movie Hub - CM
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• Ronald Frankau
  ....<ref>Aryeh Newman, "From Exile to Exit: the Frankau Jewish Connection", ''Jewish Quarterly'' Vol. 34 no. 4 (128) 1987</ref> His mother's siblings included ...], became a comedy writer and co-created the Channel 4 sitcom [[Peep Show (British TV series)|Peep Show]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/art
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• Benny Lee
  Lee was born on 11 August 1916 to a [[Jewish]] family in [[The Gorbals]], [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]].<ref name=theo>{{Cit ...ast1=Took |first1=Barry |title=Laughter in the Air: An Informal History of British Radio Comedy|location=London|publisher=Robson Books|date=1976|isbn=97809038
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• Alfie Bass
  ...ass">{{cite news|title=Alfie Bass Obituary|date=1987-07-24|publisher=[[The Jewish Chronicle]]|pages=14}}<!--|access-date=2006-12-13--></ref> He appeared in a ...to prevent a march through the East End by the [[British Union of Fascists|British Union of Fascists]].<ref name="ondb">{{cite ODNB |last1=Sharp |first1=Rober
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• Clive Swift
  ...s family was [[Jews|Jewish]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/31246/art-thou-contented-jew |title=Art Thou Contented, J ...c.uk/shakespeare/index.php/title/14092 |title=Midsummer Night's Dream, A · British Universities Film & Video Council |website=bufvc.ac.uk |access-date=2 Febru
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• Marty Feldman
  ...cademy Television Awards|British Academy Television Awards]] including [[w:British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance|Best Entertainm ...TmrBgAAQBAJ&q=guinness+book+of+box+office+hits+swern+childs&pg=PA268|title=British Film Culture in the 1970s: The Boundaries of Pleasure: The Boundaries of Pl
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• Ben Lyon
  ...io executive at [[w:20th Century-Fox|20th Century-Fox]] who later acted in British radio, films and TV. ...y L. Rubinstein|Hilary L. Rubinstein]], ''The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History'', Palgrave Macmillan (2011), p. 626</ref> Lyon entered films in 19
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• Sydney Tafler
  {{short description|British actor (1916-1979)}} ...date=13 July 2012 |title=Sydney Tafler |website=[[w:British Film Institute|British Film Institute]] |quote=Born: 31 July 1916, London. Died: 7 November 1979,
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• Herbert Lom
  | nationality = {{hlist|British|Czech}} ...professionally as '''Herbert Lom''' ({{IPA-cs|ɦɛrbɛrt lom}}), was a Czech-British actor who moved to the United Kingdom in 1939. In a career lasting more tha
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