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  • | birth_place = [[w:Wheatley, Oxfordshire|Wheatley]], [[w:Oxfordshire|Oxfordshire]], England ...havasse Orchard''' (3 March 1930, in [[Wheatley, Oxfordshire|Wheatley]], [[Oxfordshire]]<ref>GRO Register of Births: JUN 1930 3a 1825 HEADINGTON – Julian D. C.
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  • | death_place = [[w:Oxford|Oxford]], [[w:Oxfordshire|Oxfordshire]], England ...n lived on the border of [[Gloucestershire]] and [[Warwickshire]]. He died from cancer on 23 April 2011, aged 88.<ref name=guardian/>
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  • | birth_place = [[Harwell, Oxfordshire|Harwell]], [[Berkshire]], England Born in the village of [[Harwell, Oxfordshire|Harwell]], [[Berkshire]], to [[French Canadian]] parents, he became a [[ban
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  • | death_place = [[w:Blewbury|Blewbury]], [[w:Oxfordshire|Oxfordshire]], England After being discharged from the Navy, Davies worked in the [[w:City of London|City of London]] financia
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  • | birth_place = [[Bicester]], [[Oxfordshire]], England Goddard was born in [[Bicester]], [[Oxfordshire]]. He played [[Mr. Bumble]] in two versions of [[Charles Dickens]]'s ''[[Ol
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  • |birth_place = [[w:Henley-on-Thames|Henley-on-Thames]], [[w:Oxfordshire|Oxfordshire]], England ...inson was born in [[w:Henley-on-Thames|Henley-on-Thames]], [[w:Oxfordshire|Oxfordshire]] on 7 May 1917,<ref>General Register Office of England and Wales – Birth
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  • ...the poet [[Dylan Thomas]]. Their friendship in London and [[South Leigh]], Oxfordshire, has been described by Locke in a 1970s interview with the radio journalist * ''[[Tales from the Crypt (film)|Tales from the Crypt]]'' (1972) - Harry the Cook (segment "Blind Alleys")
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  • | birth_place = [[w:Wallingford, Oxfordshire|Wallingford]], England, UK Keen was born in [[Wallingford, Oxfordshire|Wallingford]], Berkshire, England, the son of stage actor [[Malcolm Keen]].
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  • ...ool|Sibford School]], [[w:Sibford Ferris|Sibford Ferris]], [[w:Oxfordshire|Oxfordshire]]. In 1952, he married Patricia (née Scott). Eddington read extracts from [[w:Sir Winston Churchill|Sir Winston Churchill]]'s ''[[w:A History of the
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  • | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> ...h_place = [[w:Watlington, Oxfordshire|Watlington]], [[w:Oxfordshire|Oxfordshire]], England
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  • ...rg]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Kenneth Cope|url=http://www.corrie.net/profiles/actors/cope_kenneth.html|access-date=6 June 2019|website=www.corrie.net}}</ref> Cope also appeared in the satirical series ''[[That Was The Week That Was]]'' from 1962 until 1963.
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  • ...al service|national service]] in the [[w:Royal Air Force|Royal Air Force]] from 1944 to 1947, where he was temporarily a radio operator. ...mes Television]] series ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'', which he played from 1979 to the show's conclusion in 1994. Prior to this, he had played a strug
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  • ...thernecho.co.uk/2001/7/22/164851.html |title=Newcastle one, Hollywood nil (From ''The Northern Echo'') |publisher=Archive.thenorthernecho.co.uk |date=22 Ju Smith co-wrote and took the lead role in the space comedy ''[[Morons from Outer Space]]'' (1985), but the film failed to make much impact. His next c
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  • ...sion sitcoms ''[[Fresh Fields]]'' in the 1980s and ''[[May to December]]'' from 1989 to 1994. He also had a long career both on stage and in film. His stage roles ranged from contemporary comedy and satirical farce to Restoration comedy, [[Henrik Ibs
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  • ...' and realised that television production values were now little different from those in the film industry; as a result he developed a belated career in te ...a nursing home in [[Poole]], [[Dorset]].<ref name="ODNB"/> He had suffered from [[vascular dementia]] for the last twelve years of his life.<ref>{{cite web
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  • ...n September 1964. Hatch was later a student teacher at [[Bloxham School]], Oxfordshire.<ref>'A Shining Light', A history of Bloxham School (Simon Batten, 2010), p ...s Way]]'', ''[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1d554fbcdde04191b30db1e0717080f8 From Us To You]'', ''[[Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves]]'', ''[[Frankie Howerd|The Frank
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  • ...tcore]] sex comedy genre, the film also includes appearances by mainstream actors [[Trevor Bannister]], [[Richard O'Sullivan]], [[John Le Mesurier]], [[Ferdy ...(censor)|John Trevelyan]] for suggestions. The original script was adapted from a story by pornographic film producer [[David Grant (producer)|David Grant]
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  • | death_place = [[w:Adderbury|Adderbury]], [[w:Oxfordshire|Oxfordshire]], England ...ting_place = Banbury Crematorium, [[w:Banbury, Oxfordshire|Banbury]], Oxfordshire, England
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  • ...Henry Trinder, a London tram driver from [[Shilton, Oxfordshire|Shilton]], Oxfordshire, and his wife Jennie Georgina Harriet ({{nee}} Mills). The family moved to ...y_and_football/ |access-date=31 December 2021}}</ref> The rise kept Haynes from signing with [[A.C. Milan]] and he remained with Fulham until 1970. The ''[
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  • ...''' {{death date and age|df=yes|2001|11|5|1913|12|21}}<br />[[Eynsham]], [[Oxfordshire]], England ...bsite=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=8 April 2022 |location=Accessible from US IPs only}}</ref> The money he made on his passage home went to finance t
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