• Douglas Smith (broadcaster)
  | birth_place = [[w:Croydon|Croydon]], [[w:Surrey|Surrey]] A native of Croydon, he died aged 48 in [[w:Kingston upon Thames|Kingston upon Thames]].<ref na
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• Pamela Cundell
  | birth_place = [[w:Croydon|Croydon]], [[w:Surrey|Surrey]], England [[Category:People from Croydon]]
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• Tim Gudgin
  ...dependent [[w:Whitgift School|Whitgift School]] in [[w:South Croydon|South Croydon]], London, but did not go to university. He carried out his [[w:National Se ...h in 1995. Gudgin was only the second person to perform the role regularly from the inception of ''Grandstand'' in 1958. After Grandstand ended in 2007, he
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• Mavis Pugh
  | birth_place = [[Croydon]], [[Surrey]], England Pugh was born in [[Croydon]], [[Surrey]] in 1914.<ref name="The Independent">{{cite news|url=https://w
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• Peter Ling
  |birth_place = [[w:Thornton Heath|Thornton Heath]], [[w:Croydon|Croydon]], [[w:Surrey|Surrey]], England ...y Pay Corps due to ill-health.<ref name="auto"/> After the war, recovering from [[w:tuberculosis|tuberculosis]] in a British Legion Sanatorium, he publishe
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• The Burkiss Way
  ...]], [[Nigel Rees|Nigel Rees]] and [[Fred Harris (presenter)|Fred Harris]]. From season 2 onwards, the show starred [[Jo Kendall]], Chris Emmett, Nigel Rees ...le=Burkiss Way, "Eric Von Contrick" sketch excerpt |description=An excerpt from Douglas Adams's Burkiss Way sketch, "Eric Von Contrick" excerpt}}
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• Eunice Gayson
  ...h in ''[[w:Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]'' and ''[[w:From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]'' ...lms (''[[w:Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]'' and ''[[w:From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]'') and is therefore considered to have been the first "[
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• Michael Robbins
  |birth_place = [[w:Croydon|Croydon]], England ...(1899–1956) and Bertha May ''née'' Sindall (1900–1997), who outlived him. From 1939 to 1944 Robbins was a pupil at St Michael's College, a Catholic school
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• Eric Barker
  ...' films, although he only appeared in the early films in the series, apart from returning for ''[[Carry On Emmannuelle]]'' in 1978.<ref name=allmovie>{{cit ...ungest of three children. He was brought up in [[County Borough of Croydon|Croydon]], Surrey, and educated at [[Whitgift School]]. He joined his father's pape
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• James Ottaway
  | birth_name = William Cecil James Ottaway<!-- only use if different from name --> ...eterinary Science at the [[w:University of Bristol|University of Bristol]] from 1973 to 1975.
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• Roy Hudd
  | birth_place = [[w:Croydon]], [[w:Surrey]], England ...nd attended Tavistock Secondary Modern School in [[w:Croydon|Croydon]] and Croydon Secondary Technical School. After completing his [[w:Conscription in the Un
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• Melissa Stribling
  ...ire]], England<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1bd9fed|title=Melissa Stribling|website=BFI}}</ref> ...a professional group who presented a different stage play each week at the Croydon 'Grand' theatre. She is best known for playing the role of Mina Holmwood in
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• Beryl Vertue
  | birth_place = [[w:Croydon]], <!-- then in -->[[Surrey]], England Vertue was born in [[Croydon]], <!-- Then in. -->Surrey on 8 April 1931.<ref name="Guardian obit"/> She
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• Simon Cadell
  ...inden's father, [[Donald Sinden]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Simon Cadell|work=Croydon Life |date=14 June 2008}}</ref> [[Category:English people of Scottish descent]]
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• Show 21
  ...me from ''Crazy People'' to "'''''[[The Goon Show]], featuring those crazy people…'''''" ...'Show 21''''' (aka ''The Return of Handsome Harry Secombe'') is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the fourth show in the second series.
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• Dennis Price
  Price made his first appearance on stage at the [[Croydon|Croydon]] Repertory Theatre in June 1937, followed by a London debut at the [[Sondh He served in the [[Royal Artillery|Royal Artillery]] from March 1940 to June 1942 during the [[Second World War|Second World War]], b
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• Brian Clemens
  | birth_place = [[w:Croydon|Croydon]], [[w:Surrey|Surrey]], [[w:England|England]] Clemens was born in [[w:Croydon|Croydon]], [[w:Surrey|Surrey]], to Suzanna ({{nee|| O'Grady) and Albert,<ref name="
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• Ernest Clark
  ...e an actor and when offered a job with the local rep, he took it and apart from six years in the army during World War II, he remained in the profession. ...sh Comedy Guide}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b86e3cda9|title=Physician Heal Thyself (1974)|website=BFI}}</ref> He al
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• Yootha Joyce
  ...d by her grandmother. She completed her education at [[Croydon High School|Croydon High School]]. ...hy"/> Starting back at RADA in September 1945, Joyce dropped the "Needham" from her name and began using the stage name "Yootha Joyce" saying "it seemed le
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• Miles Malleson
  | birth_place = [[w:Croydon|Croydon]], [[w:Surrey|Surrey]], [[w:England|England]], [[w:United Kingdom of Great Malleson was born in Avondale Road, South Croydon, Surrey, England, the son of Edmund Taylor Malleson (1859-1909), a manufact
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