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  • | birth_place = [[w:Hereford|Hereford]], [[w:Herefordshire|Herefordshire]], England ...A TV Award for Best Actress]] for ''[[Smiley's People (TV series)|Smiley's People]]''. Her film appearances included ''[[The Belles of St. Trinian's]]'' (195
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  • ...oved home many times during Pertwee's childhood and he lived in [[Hereford|Hereford]], [[Glasbury|Glasbury]], [[Colnbrook|Colnbrook]], [[Newbury, Berkshire|New ...in ''Dad's Army'', which he played in both the original television series from 1968 to 1977, and the radio adaptations, as well as the radio sequel ''[[It
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  • ...of those unbelievable places. I’ve tried, without success, to describe it from my own point of view, but the words won’t come. To me Belsen was the ulti ...tick" and "The Chairback", with a broken chairback having a number of uses from comb to machine gun and taking on a demoniacal life of its own. [[Peter Sel
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  • ...Mainwaring]] in the [[w:British sitcom|British sitcom]] ''[[Dad's Army]]'' from 1968 until 1977, was nominated for seven [[w:BAFTA|BAFTA]]s and became one ...is final years, he maintained a busy professional schedule until his death from a stroke on 15 April 1982, aged 66.
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  • ...r=Oxford University Press|isbn=0-19-861388-1|pages=215–216}}</ref> He came from humble beginnings and left school at the age of twelve. At the outbreak of Miller was born as Thomas Henry Sargent on 21 November 1894 in Hereford Street, [[Kemptown, Brighton|Kemptown]], [[Brighton|Brighton]], [[Sussex|Su
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  • ...Arthur Askey]], [[Robb Wilton]], [[Tommy Handley]] and the "cheeky chappy" from [[Brighton]], [[Max Miller (comedian)|Max Miller]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http ...publisher=BBC|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref> Although he enjoyed making people laugh, he was also a serious student of comedy and history, and was interes
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  • ...Mad, Mad, Mad World]]'' (1963) and ''[[How to Murder Your Wife]]'' (1965). From the mid-1960s on he also frequently starred in European films, in roles suc ...and, shortly before his death, was living in poverty, existing on charity from the Actors' Benevolent Fund. A charity gala was held in his honour, which r
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