• Count Jim Moriarty
  ...[[The MacReekie Rising of '74]]", [[Harry Secombe]] filled-in for the role in Milligan's absence. ...tion was accompanied by a change in the character's voice, becoming higher in register and losing its smooth diction as the series progressed.
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• Eccles
  | gender = Male <!-- if not obvious --> ...MacReekie Rising of '74]]", [[Peter Sellers]] had to fill in for the role in Milligan's absence. Very occasionally, he was referred to as 'Mad Dan' Eccl
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• 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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• Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister
  ...n and Minnie Bannister''' are two characters from the 1950s United Kingdom radio comedy series ''[[The Goon Show]]''. Crun and Min were performed by [[Peter ...lm (musician)|George Chisholm]]'s trombone or performing on the saxophone. In the episode "[[The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler (of Bexhill-on-Sea)]]" Hen
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• Slartibartfast
  ...Dent]] in the 1981 TV series. With [[Marvin the Paranoid Android|Marvin]] in the background ...de to the Galaxy Primary and Secondary Phases#Fit the Third|Fit the Third (radio)]]
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• Bluebottle
  | gender = Male ...rom ''[[The Goon Show]]'', a 1950s [[United Kingdom|British]] [[comedy]] [[radio show]]. The character was created and performed by [[Peter Sellers]].
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• Neddie Seagoon
  '''Neddie Seagoon''' is a character in the 1950s British [[radio comedy]] show ''[[The Goon Show]]''. He was created and performed by Welsh ...short legs), and shares Secombe's [[tenor]] voice, as used to identify him in "The Mystery of the Fake Neddie Seagoons". He also appears to have been [[M
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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 [[Category:Male actors from Liverpool]]
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• Aubrey Woods
  | death_place = [[w:Barrow-in-Furness|Barrow-in-Furness]], [[w:Cumbria|Cumbria]], England ...haracter of [[w:List of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory characters#Other characters|Bill, the Candy Store Owner]], singing "[[w:The Candy Man|The Candy Man]]"
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• Arthur Dent
  | caption = [[Simon Jones (actor)|Simon Jones]] as Arthur Dent in the<br />first episode of [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series ...de to the Galaxy Primary and Secondary Phases#Fit the First|Fit the First (radio)]]
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• Peter Bayliss
  ...heatre productions. He made several films for the [[Children's Film Unit]] in his later years. *''[[Alice in Wonderland (1999 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' (1999) - Mr. Dodo
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• Jack Train
  ...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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• Ford Prefect (character)
  | caption = [[David Dixon]] as Ford Prefect in Episode One of [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)|the BBC T ...de to the Galaxy Primary and Secondary Phases#Fit the First|Fit the First (radio)]]
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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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• Julian and Sandy
  ...o.uk}}</ref> According to a [[w:BBC Radio 4|BBC Radio 4]] programme on the characters, they were named after the writers [[w:Sandy Wilson|Sandy Wilson]] and [[w: ...and Sandy proved to be the most successful part of the show, and appeared in every episode thereafter.{{sfn|Baker|2003|p=86}}
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• Four Yorkshiremen sketch
  ...kshiremen sketch at ''[[w:Monty Python Live (Mostly)|Monty Python Live]]'' in 2014]] ...events to mark 50th anniversary |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/monty-python-reveal-events-to-mark-50th-anniversary-1.3938624 |access-d
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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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• Alec Bregonzi
  ...; 4 June 2006) was an [[w:England|English]] [[w:actor|actor]] who appeared in a number of stage and television roles.<ref>{{Cite web|last=McGillivray|fir ...erhead|Leatherhead]], amongst other places. Work in the West End followed, in [[w:Tennessee Williams|Tennessee Williams]]'s ''[[w:Camino Real (play)|Cami
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• Hercules Grytpype-Thynne
  ...pisode "[[Who is Pink Oboe?]]", [[Valentine Dyall]] filled-in for the role in Sellers' absence. ...t plotting with Moriarty to sell the guided NAAFI secrets to the Russians. In "[[The Histories of Pliny the Elder]]", he was [[w:Julius Caesar|Julius Cae
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• Robb Wilton
  | caption = Wilton in 1932 ...r. He was best known for his filmed monologues during the 1930s and 1940s, in which he played incompetent authority figures. His trademark was to put his
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