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- | birth_place = [[Belfast]], Ireland | death_place = [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]]4 KB (654 words) - 22:32, 7 September 2024
- ...420059.html|archive-date=28 July 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> was an actor from [[w:Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.all ...After his parents divorced, he moved with his mother and sister to north [[Belfast]], where he attended the Finiston School and Technical College. He enlisted9 KB (1,335 words) - 16:14, 16 January 2023
- | birth_place = [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]] ...t. He was best known for being a regular face on television for many years from the 1970s onwards, appearing in series such as ''[[The Comedians (1971 TV s13 KB (1,932 words) - 22:28, 1 October 2024
- | birth_place = [[w:Belfast|Belfast]], Ireland An army officer's son, Kydd was born on 15 February 1915 in [[Belfast]], Ireland,<ref>Northern Ireland was only created in 1921</ref> and moved t20 KB (3,145 words) - 08:48, 13 February 2023
- ...d Wise's persona by making him pompous and naive. Wise's character changed from being a conventional straight man into a pretentious and self-satisfied buf After Morecambe's death from a third heart attack on 28 May 1984, Ernie Wise spent some of his time at [14 KB (2,187 words) - 00:06, 13 February 2023
- ...creen-8916513.html "Graham Stark: Actor, author and director who graduated from music hall to the big screen"], ''The Independent'', 31 October 2013</ref> ...hnny Speight]] with each episode featuring a different group of supporting actors, including [[Deryck Guyler]], [[Arthur Mullard]], [[Derek Nimmo]], [[Patric13 KB (1,977 words) - 20:00, 18 July 2024
- ...r BBC Radio4 Great Lives 11 Jan 2011 b00x95hm.flac|Recorded January 2011]] from the BBC Radio 4 programme ''[[w:Great Lives|Great Lives]]''</center>}} ...ted to laughter|date=27 January 2022|work=BBC News}}</ref> He was released from his contract by Van Damm and concluded that a performing career was not a w20 KB (2,926 words) - 13:23, 5 December 2022
- ...' (1964), ''[[The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (film)|The Spy Who Came In from the Cold]]'' (1965), ''[[The Assassination Bureau]]'' (1969) and ''[[Norman ...15 December 2006 }}</ref> (originally surnamed "Misell"<ref>Davis, Barry. "From the BBC with Love", ''The International Jerusalem Post'', 2–8 January 20125 KB (3,696 words) - 15:24, 18 August 2024
- ...Cats]]'' from 2005 to 2015, and on ''[[8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown]]'' from 2012 until his death in 2021. ...ustry]]. His mother, Mary (née McCreesh),<ref name="Telegraph obit" /> was from [[Cullaville]], [[County Armagh]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.belfast44 KB (5,947 words) - 13:45, 19 March 2023
- ...in-off ''[[The Green Green Grass]]'' (2005–2009), as well as Monty Staines from the seventh series onwards in the ITV sitcom ''[[Benidorm (British TV serie ...920212012/https://www.zani.co.uk/film-tv/item/3268-john-challis-aka-boycie-from-only-fools-and-horses-talks-to-zani|url-status=live}}</ref> Challis attende58 KB (7,307 words) - 15:56, 25 August 2024
- ...Mainwaring]] in the [[w:British sitcom|British sitcom]] ''[[Dad's Army]]'' from 1968 until 1977, was nominated for seven [[w:BAFTA|BAFTA]]s and became one ...is final years, he maintained a busy professional schedule until his death from a stroke on 15 April 1982, aged 66.38 KB (5,850 words) - 09:00, 10 March 2023
- ...England to find his father on [[life support]], which Peg had been keeping from him. After Bill has stated how proud he is of his son, he passes away. Pete ...spital and Peg watches the [[breaking news]] of Peter’s critical condition from her home in England being broadcast on “both channels”. During the resu23 KB (3,640 words) - 15:53, 24 January 2023
- ...], on 24 March 1909, the son of Thomas Henry Trinder, a London tram driver from [[Shilton, Oxfordshire|Shilton]], Oxfordshire, and his wife Jennie Georgina ...{{cite journal |last1=Shephard |first1=Roy |title=Programme Guide |journal=Belfast Telegraph |date=27 August 1980 |page=8 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarc32 KB (4,486 words) - 08:05, 1 October 2024
- ...20100505081424/http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Chris+O'Dowd:+The+IT+Man+From+The+IT+Crowd/|archive-date=5 May 2010}}</ref> Moss's deep knowledge of tech [[File:The IT Crowd.jpg|thumb|From left to right: Moss, Jen, and Roy]]35 KB (5,010 words) - 16:06, 25 August 2024
- ...epted on his second attempt, becoming just one of 31 successful applicants from a total of more than 12,500.{{r|Clayton|p=38}} While at RADA, Beckinsale wo ...Following his stint in 1969 playing Hamlet, Beckinsale took a brief hiatus from acting and worked at a bottle factory, before returning to acting soon afte43 KB (6,771 words) - 08:04, 28 March 2023
- | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> ...his career, and reruns of television programs featuring Harris were pulled from syndication.<ref>[http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/perth-rolf-88 KB (12,437 words) - 11:39, 1 March 2023
- ...came president of the [[British Music Hall Society]], taking over the role from [[Roy Hudd]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishmusichallsociety.com/pat110 KB (14,760 words) - 19:34, 27 September 2024
- ...|Turner Classic Movies]] calls Sellers "one of the most accomplished comic actors of the late 20th century".<ref>{{cite web|title=Peter Sellers |url=http://w ...ed four times and had three children from his first two marriages. He died from a heart attack, aged 54, in 1980. English filmmakers the [[Boulting brother128 KB (19,030 words) - 19:48, 18 July 2024
- ...e ukulele to his performance. He started his recording career in 1926 and, from 1934, he increasingly worked in film to develop into a major star by the la ...|George Formby]] (he is now known as George Formby Sr). Formby Sr suffered from a chest ailment, identified variously as [[bronchitis]], [[asthma]] or [[tu87 KB (13,680 words) - 07:53, 16 March 2023
- * United States (from 1951) * Ireland (from {{Circa|1970}})110 KB (15,399 words) - 15:48, 25 January 2023