• Hugh Morton (actor)
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• Geoffrey Sumner
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• Jack Train
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• Bartlett Mullins
  | death_place = [[Devon]], England * ''[[A Nice Girl Like Me]]'' (1969) - Male Basket Weaver
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• Thorley Walters
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• George Woodbridge (actor)
  ...as an English actor who appeared in films, television, and theatre ranging from the 1930s to the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/ ...father was from [[County Donegal]] in Ireland. He was raised in [[Exeter, Devon]] where he lived most of his life before moving to [[Tottenham]].
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• Reg Varney
  ...and for publicity purposes he was photographed making the first withdrawal from the machine on Tuesday 27 June 1967.<ref>{{cite news |last=Milligan |first= ...he divided his time between his home in a small village near [[Dartmouth, Devon|Dartmouth]] and a villa in [[Malta]].
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• William Franklyn
  ...1973. He also performed on stage, film, television and radio, taking over from [[Peter Jones (actor)|Peter Jones]] as "The Book" (the narrator) in the thi ...ur Rigby, Jr]], mother, Mary Rigby, and father, [[Leo Franklyn]], were all actors. He was taken to Australia as a baby, where his father toured with musical
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• Graham Moffatt
  ...MAR 1920 1a 433 HAMMERSMITH – Graham V. H. Moffatt</ref> He wanted to act from an early age. He first worked as a [[call boy (theatre)|call boy]] at Sheph In the mid-1940s he semi-retired from show business to become a [[Public house|publican]] with his wife, Joyce Mu
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• James Beck
  ...w:spiv|spiv]], in the [[w:BBC|BBC]] [[w:sitcom|sitcom]] ''[[Dad's Army]]'' from the show's beginning in 1968 until his sudden death in 1973. ...ons with the Unicorn Players <ref>The Stage, 1957</ref> based in Paignton, Devon.
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• Bill Pertwee
  ...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 ...73). His appearance in ''[[Carry On at Your Convenience]]'' (1971) was cut from the final film. His other film appearances include ''[[The Magnificent Sev
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• E. L. Wisty
  ...out, despite the audience laughter."<ref>[[Roger Wilmut|Wilmut, Roger]], ''From Fringe to Flying Circus: Celebrating a Unique Generation of Comedy, 1960-19 ...ole, then to E. L. Wisty. (Cook lived for a short while in [[Uplyme]] in [[Devon]]. At the time, a few miles away in [[Lyme Regis]], there was an electrical
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• Brian Wilde
  }}</ref> Wilde was brought up in [[Devon]] and [[Hertfordshire]] and attended [[Richard Hale School|Hertford Grammar ...s of two-part thrillers about undercover Scotland Yard officers, ''The Men from Room Thirteen'' ([[BBC]], 1959–61). He had minor roles in films such as '
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• Max Wall
  ...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 ...Jack in ''[[Mother Goose]]'' with a travelling [[pantomime]] company in [[Devon]] and [[Cornwall]] featuring [[Pantomime dame|George Lacey]]. In 1925 he wa
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• Dudley Sutton
  ...] as a mechanic before enrolling in the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]], from which he was later expelled for responding to rock-and-roll.<ref>{{cite web ...ey Sutton – Broadway Cast & Staff &#124; IBDB|website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref> From 25 May 1966, he appeared in [[Tango (play)|''Tango'']], a play by [[Slawomi
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• Dennis Price
  He served in the [[Royal Artillery|Royal Artillery]] from March 1940 to June 1942 during the [[Second World War|Second World War]], b ...eople/id/448547/ "Price, Dennis (1915-1973)"], BFI screenonline, reprinted from MacFarlane (ed.) ''Encyclopaedia of British Cinema'', London: Methuen/BFI,
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• Harry H. Corbett
  From 1958, Corbett began to appear regularly in films, coming to public attentio ...released in 1974 on the Torquay, Devon-based RA record label with support from seventies folk band 'Faraway Folk': RALP 6022. Including the album, he rele
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• William Hartnell
  ...First Doctor]] in [[BBC Television]]'s ''[[Doctor Who]]'', which he played from 1963 to 1966.<ref name="meyrick"/> Earlier he was cast in military roles, p .... 21</ref> In various interviews, he claimed that he was born in [[Seaton, Devon]], and that his father was a dairy farmer, but later said he was a soldier
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• Donald Sinden
  Sinden was born in [[St Budeaux]], [[Plymouth]], Devon<ref>[http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Plymouth-born-actor-Sir-Donald-Sinden- ...e man who, so far, has shared star billing with some other more boisterous male idols. He has usually been left, crestfallen and jilted, in the last reel.<
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• Tommy Cooper
  ...e'' Wright), Thomas's [[English people|English]] wife from [[Crediton]], [[Devon]].<ref name="exmem" /><ref>GRO Register of Marriages: Dec 1919 11a 1538 Pon ...to which he answered, "Well yes, my father's Welsh... and my mother's from Devon. Actually I was in Caerphilly and left here when I was about a year old, I
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