...am]], [[Lancashire]], England<ref>GRO Register of Births: MAR 1914 8d 1347 OLDHAM - Edward Sinclair, mmn = Coltman</ref> ...ces had been introduced to the Vicar) as the caretaker, playing the verger from the second series.

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| birth_place = [[w:Oldham|Oldham]], Lancashire, England [[Category:20th-century English male actors]]

| birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> ...arket Theatre|Royal Haymarket Theatre]] in [[London]]. His 20 films ranged from ''[[The Red Shoes (1948 film)|The Red Shoes]]'' (1948) to ''[[Darling (1965

| resting_place = Hollinwood Cemetery, [[Oldham]], Greater Manchester, England ...de]], who later both became colleagues on ''Coronation Street''. Whilst at Oldham he made his first TV appearances for Granada Television, including ''[[Coro

...dvertiser]]|date=2008-10-02|last=Greer|first=Stuart}}</ref> He had decided from an early age to become an actor, but had his hopes dashed when his father d ...hem for 11 years.<ref name="Oldham"/> He rose to become theatre manager at Oldham, and later became the manager of the old [[w:Guildford|Guildford]] Theatre

...Bobby Ball|Robert Harper (Ball)]]'''<br>{{birth date|df=yes|1944|1|28}}<br>Oldham, Lancashire, England ...all: Tommy and Bobby don't do blue any more. They say they're on a mission from God. What's so funny about that? Ask their fans |work=[[The Independent]] |

| birth_place = [[Oldham]], [[Lancashire]], England ...ember 2000) was an English actor, comedian and co-author who was born in [[Oldham]], [[Lancashire]]. In later life he achieved stardom as the [[pompous]] ex-

| birth_place = [[Oldham]], [[w:Lancashire|Lancashire]], England ...2020 |language=en}}</ref> He attended Crompton House C of E school, Shaw, Oldham, and briefly studied Shipping Management at Wigan Mining & Technical Colleg

...in the sitcom ''[[The Royle Family|The Royle Family]]'', playing the part from 1998 to 2000, and reprising his role for the specials in 2006 and 2008. ...sh TV series)|Heartbeat]]'', taking over as the show's main loveable rogue from [[Bill Maynard]]'s Claude Greengrass, and returning to the show briefly in

...7). After briefly serving with the [[Royal Flying Corps]], he was released from active service by the British government to help run a concert party called ...y]]'' in 1955. Henson's film career was intermittent, and he made 14 films from 1916 to 1956. The most notable of these was ''[[Tons of Money (1924 film)|T

| birth_place = [[Oldham|Oldham]], [[Lancashire|Lancashire]], England ...84-4|pages=3–4}}</ref> Sykes was educated at Ward Street Central School in Oldham. He joined the [[Royal Air Force|Royal Air Force]] during the [[Second Worl

...000, reprising the character in the spin-off ''[[w:The Royal|The Royal]]'' from 2002 to 2003. ...50s, under the stage name of Bill Maynard {{snd}} the surname was inspired from seeing a billboard for the popular British confectionery, [[Maynards|Maynar

...d-cribbins-obituary|url-status = live}}</ref> the latter cited a statement from his agent.<ref name=Rice/> Other journalistic sources reported that he died ...was a regular and prolific reader for the [[BBC]] series ''[[Jackanory]]'' from 1966 to 1991, he narrated the children's programme ''[[The Wombles (1973 TV

...''[[The Greatest Mountain in the World]]''; he announces himself as 'Sex: male; name: Bogg F, Superintendent, Ministry of Works and Housing', and declares ...ust men and twenty-nine criminals finds you guilty of hiding your bald nut from your wife until after you had married her.... Therefore – I sentence you

...nrolled at the [[Fay Compton|Fay Compton Studio of Dramatic Art]] in 1933. From there he took a position in [[repertory theatre]] and made his stage debut ...rinker of alcohol for most of his life, Le Mesurier died in 1983, aged 71, from a stomach haemorrhage, brought about as a complication of [[cirrhosis]] of

...], on 24 March 1909, the son of Thomas Henry Trinder, a London tram driver from [[Shilton, Oxfordshire|Shilton]], Oxfordshire, and his wife Jennie Georgina ...ow. Trinder made his first appearance with the company on 5 June 1921 in [[Oldham]].<ref name="Chance to Meet">{{cite web |title=A Chance to Meet... Tommy Tr

...ing film, radio and theatre.<ref name=ODNB /> Le Mesurier's career spanned from 1934 until his death in 1983. He is best remembered for his role as [[Serg ...cast of "The Marvellous History of St Bernard". The broadcast was adapted from a 15th-century manuscript by [[Henri Ghéon]].{{sfn|Barry|1992|p=190}} Afte