• Edward Sinclair
  ...Verger]] [[List of Dad's Army characters#Maurice Yeatman|Maurice Yeatman]] in ''[[Dad's Army]]'' ...rger]] [[Maurice Yeatman]] in ''[[Dad's Army]]''. He also made appearances in ''[[Z-Cars]]'' and ''[[Danger Man]]''.
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• Paul Luty
  ...ingheritage.co.uk/llondon.htm Wrestling Heritage]</ref> who later became a film and television actor. ...ng Memory (TV series)|In Loving Memory]]'' (Tom Wrigley) and ''[[Porridge (film)|Porridge]]'' (Chalky).
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• Dr Benjamin Twist
  ...several films featuring comedian [[Will Hay]], who portrays the character in all mediums. ...oard]] at an angle on his head and a pince-nez on his nose, as he squinted in a bewildered way at his unruly pupils.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.screen
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• Leonard Williams (actor)
  ...1960|pages=49|via=BBC Genome}}</ref> He died of a heart attack at his flat in [[w:Lexham Gardens|Lexham Gardens]], [[w:Kensington|Kensington]]. He was * ''[[The Magnet (film)|The Magnet]]'' (1950)
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• Tommy Godfrey
  ...an English comedian and actor who mostly played working-class [[Cockney]] characters. ...orked as a solo comedian, and often as a [[w:principal boy|principal boy]] in [[pantomime]]s.<ref name=hudd>[[Roy Hudd]] and Philip Hindin, ''Roy Hudd's
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• Slartibartfast
  ...Dent]] in the 1981 TV series. With [[Marvin the Paranoid Android|Marvin]] in the background ...non]] (radio and TV)<br/>[[Richard Griffiths]] (radio)<br/>[[Bill Nighy]] (film)
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• Harold Bennett
  ...Dad's Army characters#Other platoon members#Sidney Blewitt|Sidney Bluett]] in ''[[Dad's Army]].'' ...e. After the war he took up acting and eventually worked as stage producer in the [[Tower Theatre Company|Tower Theatre]], London. He subsequently pursue
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• Alan Curtis (British actor)
  ...ong career in the film, television and theatre, which included appearances in four films of cult director [[Pete Walker (director)|Pete Walker]]. Curtis lived in [[Chiswick|Chiswick]], where he died in February 2021 aged 90.<ref>[https://alancurtis.org.uk/ Alan Curtis home pag
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• Bob Ferris (Likely Lads)
  *[[The Likely Lads (film)|The Likely Lads film]] | caption = Bob Ferris in [[Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?]]
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• Tommy Cannon
  ...[[double act]] [[Cannon and Ball]], until [[Bobby Ball]]'s death in 2020, in TV programmes such as ''[[The Cannon and Ball Show]]''. ...]]'' in 1982 and ''[[Shooting Stars (British TV series)|Shooting Stars]]'' in 1996.
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• Bluebottle
  | gender = Male ...ter, usually [[Eccles]] (the third Goon, [[Harry Secombe]], usually stayed in his alter-ego of [[Neddie Seagoon]] throughout the show).
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• Aubrey Woods
  | death_place = [[w:Barrow-in-Furness|Barrow-in-Furness]], [[w:Cumbria|Cumbria]], England ...r]], singing "[[w:The Candy Man|The Candy Man]]" near the beginning of the film; the single was later a hit for entertainer [[w:Sammy Davis Jr.|Sammy Davis
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• Pete and Dud
  ...e Good Evening 1974.JPG|thumb|Peter Cook ('Pete') and Dudley Moore ('Dud') in 1974]] '''Pete and Dud''' were characters played by the comedians and entertainers [[Peter Cook]] and [[Dudley Moore]
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• Peter Bayliss
  {{short description|British actor and film actor}} ...heatre productions. He made several films for the [[Children's Film Unit]] in his later years.
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• Keith Marsh
  | occupation = Television and film actor ...ckpool|Blackpool]], Lancashire, he is perhaps best known for playing Jacko in the [[Thames Television|Thames Television]] sitcom ''[[Love Thy Neighbour (
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• Richard Davies (Welsh actor)
  ...f his work, but had used other accents to play a wide range of characters, in addition to several Welsh stereotypes.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https ...Two in Clover[26/02/70] (1970)|website=BFI}}</ref> His other main role was in the comedy series ''[[Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt]]'' where he played Clive.
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• Fred Ferris (actor)
  ...s://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/480099685d584dbdb666405f9fe75a3b|title=Dave Morris in CLUB NIGHT|date=24 August 1956|publisher=|issue=1711|pages=35|via=BBC Genom Ferris was briefly in ''[[w:Coronation Street|Coronation Street]]'' in 1962. He played Mr Appleby, the father of Colin Appleby.
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• I Was a Male Fan Dancer
  ...' (aka Show 45) is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the third show in the third series. The show was recorded at 9.30pm on Sunday {{date|1952-11- ...vey of Britain: ''I was a male fan-dancer'' recounts the attempts to get a male dancer past the local watch committee.
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• Jack Train
  ...actor best known for his appearances as a variety of eccentric characters in the [[w:BBC|BBC]] radio series ''[[It's That Man Again]]'' (''ITMA''). ...he show, but otherwise he remained a stalwart until Handley's sudden death in 1949 put an end to ''ITMA''. ''[[w:The Times|The Times]]'' said of Train:
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• Lee Cornes
  ...e Cornes''' is an [[England|English]] television [[actor]] and writer born in [[Worcester, England|Worcester]]. ...and won best Stand Up Comedian at the [[Charrington London Fringe Awards]] in 1987.
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