• Julian Orchard
  ...ollow That Camel]]'' (1967), ''[[Carry On Doctor]]'' (1967), and ''[[Carry On Henry]]'' (1971). ...f the "[[Beachcomber (pen name)|Beachcomber]]" pieces by [[J. B. Morton]], appearing as the poet Roland Milk. His customary role was that of a gangling and effe
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• Terry Scott
  ...010 |isbn = 978-1-84854-195-5 |page=240 }}</ref> He is also best known for appearing the [[BBC1]] [[Situation comedy|sitcom]] ''[[Terry and June]]'' with [[June ...on.television|last=Lloyd|first=Hugh|title=Much-loved comedy actor, he went on to more serious roles |newspaper=The Guardian|date=16 July 2008|access-date
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• Frank Carson
  ...being a regular face on television for many years from the 1970s onwards, appearing in series such as ''[[The Comedians (1971 TV series)|The Comedians]]'' and ...]. In his early days Carson was a choirboy at St Patrick's Catholic church on Donegall Street.<ref name="BBC Legacies">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.
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• Sid Field
  ...id Field {{!}} British actor (1904–50) |url=https://www.silversirens.co.uk/people/sid-field/ |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=Silver Sirens |language=en-GB}} ...id Field {{!}} British actor (1904–50) |url=https://www.silversirens.co.uk/people/sid-field/ |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=Silver Sirens |language=en-GB}}
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• John Howard Davies
  ...r, producer and former [[w:child actor|child actor]]. He became famous for appearing in the title role of [[w:David Lean|David Lean]]'s film adaptation of ''[[w ...des, working variously as the commissioning producer, producer or director on many of the most successful comedy shows of the era, including ''[[w:The Wo
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• Kryten (Red Dwarf)
  | caption = Lister, Rimmer and Cat meet the women on the crashed ship ''Nova 5'' ...ml | url-status =dead }}</ref> and was first broadcast on [[BBC Two|BBC2]] on 6 September 1988. Written by [[Rob Grant|Rob Grant]] and [[Doug Naylor|Dou
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• Florence Desmond
  ...stage career at the age of ten. Upon leaving school in 1920, she embarked on a long and successful career in the [[theatre]], making her first public ap ...ring in many popular [[British film]]s of the 1930s. In 1933, she appeared on [[BBC radio]] in a broadcast in which she impersonated, among others, [[Jan
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• Fenella Fielding
  ...hise)|Carry On]]'' films, ''[[Carry On Regardless]]'' (1961) and ''[[Carry On Screaming!]]'' (1966).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/fe ...lliams-norman-wisdom-interview|title=Carry on Screaming's Fenella Fielding on fighting with Kenneth Williams and bouncing back after bankruptcy|first=Sim
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• Cecil Parker
  ...ican films until his death.<ref name=screenonline/> He appeared less often on television, but many of his films have remained popular and are often shown ...u]]'' (1952).<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9ef4d493|title=Cecil Parker|website=BFI}}</ref> Parker was also the or
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• The Goodies (TV series)
  ...on comedy]], was broadcast by the BBC, initially on BBC2 but soon repeated on BBC1,<ref>"''The Penguin TV Companion''" (2nd Edition) – Jeff Evans, Peng ...le which was considered for the series was ''Narrow Your Mind'' (following on from ''[[Broaden Your Mind]]'') and prior to that the working title was ''S
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• Michael Aldridge
  ...o 1990 and he had a long career as a [[w:character actor|character actor]] on stage and screen dating back to the 1930s. ...s born in [[w:Glastonbury|Glastonbury]], [[w:Somerset|Somerset]], England, on 9 September 1920. He was educated at [[w:Gresham's School|Gresham's School]
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• Michael Bentine
  ...] and invented a [[w:tension meter|tension meter]] for setting the tension on aircraft [[w:Flying wires|rigging wires]]. ...ark, London|Hyde Park]] when two [[w:RAF Police|RAF Police]] NCO's marched on stage and arrested him for desertion. Unknown to him, an RAF conscription n
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• Margaret Nolan
  ...x ''[[Carry On (franchise)|Carry On]]'' films, and also regularly appeared on screen from the 1960s to the 1980s. Nolan reverted to her birth name as soon as she began to find acting roles, appearing in numerous television shows, theatre productions and films. The latter inc
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• Bobby Ball
  ...on and Ball Show]]'', for nine years between 1979 and 1988. Ball then went on to star in various sitcoms and dramas including ''[[Last of the Summer Wine ...[[Tommy Cannon]]).<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/how-we-met-tommy-cannon-amp-bobby-ball-429515.html |title= How we
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• Leslie Henson
  ...d an infobox to this article without first establishing a [[WP:CONSENSUS]] on the Talk page to add one. --> ...d dandy with Holloway and Henson.JPG|thumb|Henson and [[Stanley Holloway]] on stage in ''Fine and Dandy'']]
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• Dave Allen (comedian)
  ...Irish comedian,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Double|first1=Oliver|title=Stand-Up! on being a comedian|date=1997|contribution=Dave Allen|publisher=Methuen Publis ...son of an Irish father and English mother.<ref name="GOC">{{cite AV media|people=Robin Brown (Director)|date=19 April 2013|title=Dave Allen: God's Own Comed
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• The Best of Sellers
  ...d">{{cite journal |last1=Nevard |first1=Mike |title=The best sellers - all on one LP |journal=Daily Herald |date=21 November 1958 |page=6 |url=https://ww ...ish actor, comedian and singer [[Peter Sellers]]. Released as a 10-inch LP on [[EMI]]'s [[Parlophone]] label in December 1958, the album has been cited a
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• Brian Johnston
  ...year=1992 |publisher=Methuen |location=London |isbn=0-7493-1099-5 }}</ref> On 27 August 1922, his father, [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] Charles Evelyn Johnston, ...31), where he played cricket for the school's 2nd XI. He subsequently went on to [[New College, Oxford]] (1931–34), where he graduated with a third in
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• Peggy Mount
  | birth_place = [[Southend-on-Sea]], [[Essex]], England ...an unhappy home life. After playing in amateur productions, she was taken on by a [[Repertory theatre|repertory company]] and spent nine years in variou
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• George Grossmith Jr.
  ...d "[[revue]]s" to the London stage. Born in London, he took his first role on the musical stage at the age of 18 in ''[[Haste to the Wedding]]'' (1892), ...sical)|Peggy]]'' (1911), ''[[The Sunshine Girl]]'' (1912) and ''[[The Girl on the Film]]'' (1913). The lanky Grossmith was often comically paired with th
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