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  • | death_place = [[Truro|Truro]], [[Cornwall|Cornwall]], England ...ford]], the son of the popular music hall comedian Johnny Dwyer, and acted from the age of ten and appeared in his first film in 1921. He is perhaps best k
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  • | birth_place = [[w:Carnmenellis|Carnmenellis]], [[w:Cornwall|Cornwall]], England ...He originally trained and worked as a teacher<ref>Quinlan's Film Character actors, David Quinlan</ref> but then retrained at the [[w:Central School of Speech
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  • | death_place = [[Truro|Truro]], [[Cornwall|Cornwall]], England ...in ''Dad's Army'', which he played in both the original television series from 1968 to 1977, and the radio adaptations, as well as the radio sequel ''[[It
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  • ...Fuller married one of his fellow entertainers, the 26-year-old dancer and male impersonator Beatrice Witham. ...his Teddington house and moved back to Margate, taking up residence at 20 Cornwall Gardens. In 1945 he stood for and was elected as an independent councillor
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  • ...eady middle-aged when films began production, he enjoyed increasing renown from [[World War II|World War II]] onwards as one of the British cinema's most f ...[[Silent film|silent era]] with the [[British Actors Film Company|British Actors Film Company]], a production company that operated between 1916 and 1923.
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  • ...heir Aunt Betty, who was looking after them, were killed by a bomb dropped from a [[Germany|German]] [[Zeppelin]] which also destroyed their house.<ref nam ...other Goose]]'' with a travelling [[pantomime]] company in [[Devon]] and [[Cornwall]] featuring [[Pantomime dame|George Lacey]]. In 1925 he was a speciality da
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  • | death_place = [[Cadgwith]], [[Cornwall]], England ...March 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Because of his early ill-health (he suffered from [[asthma]] and bronchitis), one of the reasons the family moved, his mother
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  • ...2009|author=Ridley, Nicholas |isbn=978-1-906132-98-9|title=Godfrey's Ghost From Father to Son|publisher=Mogzilla Life}}</ref> ...ivate Godfrey], BBC Radio 4, 2012-07-06.</ref> He was medically discharged from the army with the rank of [[Lance Corporal]] in 1916.<ref>Ridley's WW1 meda
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  • ...ulture/2008/jun/11/art Albert Herbert: A visionary artist, he found a path from abstraction to religious imagery via etching]. ''The Guardian''. 11 June 20 ..._pdf /> After completing his military service in 1948, following [[British Actors Equity Association|British Equity]] rules, he was obliged to change his nam
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  • ...12-06-12|last1=Morley |first1=Margaret |year=1979 }}</ref> His mother came from a German family that had emigrated to South Africa. Morley attended [[Welli [[File:Robert Morley in Marie Antoinette trailer.jpg|thumb|right|Still from the trailer for ''[[Marie Antoinette (1938 film)|Marie Antoinette]]'' (1938
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  • ...vision|science-fiction television]] series ''[[w:Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]'' from 1966 to 1969; he reprised the role in 1972–1973, 1983 and 1985. ...n]], the ship carrying him struck a [[sea mine]] off the coast of Britain, from which he escaped in a lifeboat as the vessel foundered. On arrival back in
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  • ...Arthur Askey]], [[Robb Wilton]], [[Tommy Handley]] and the "cheeky chappy" from [[Brighton]], [[Max Miller (comedian)|Max Miller]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http ...arles, Prince of Wales|Prince Charles]] and his wife [[Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall|Camilla]], at the [[London Coliseum]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.c
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  • ...d be avoided when the country to which the subject belongs can be inferred from the country of birth." --> ...while contributing as much to the Australian vernacular as he has borrowed from it"; gentle, grandfatherly "returned gentleman" [[Sandy Stone (character)|S
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  • a [[BBC television]] [[British sitcom|sitcom]] shown on [[BBC One|BBC1]] from 1 January 1980 to 30 January 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk ...around the lives of the camp's entertainers, most of whom were struggling actors and has-beens.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk
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