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  • ...looded killer (as it now appears that Finch is one of two husbands to have died). Later that night, at Nelson Mandela House, as Rodney and [[Grandad (Only Fools and Horses)|Grand
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  • ...t date is already widely published, as per [[WP:DOB]]. For people who have died, use {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}. --> ...Daughter]]''.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba7e503a7|title=Hugh Futcher|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref>
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  • ...in trained at [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art|RADA]] and was a stage actor at [[Liverpool]] [[repertory theatre]] for 3 years.<ref name="Guardian">{{Cite ...d]]'', ''[[Angels One Five]]'' and ''[[The Cruel Sea (1953 film)|The Cruel Sea]]'' (in which he was the [[ASDIC]] operator).
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  • ...After working as a window dresser, by 1944 Adams was an assistant artist at Mr & Mrs Jones, a department store, where she was required to attend fashio ...edies]], at which she excelled, such as ''[[Doctor at Sea (film)|Doctor at Sea]]'' (1955), ''[[Brothers in Law (film)|Brothers in Law]]'' (1957) and ''[[T
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  • ...war reporter called [[Private Cheeseman]] (played by [[Talfryn Thomas]]), who had made a previous cameo appearance in the episode "[[My British Buddy]]". ...is when the [[United States Army|American Army]] arrives at Walmington-on-Sea (with the comparatively well-off American troops already having plenty of l
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  • ...1) was an English actor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba64c7fd9|title=Terence Longdon|website=Bfi.org.uk}}</ref> ...base near Blackpool, he acted in a show and was seen by actor Douglas Hurn who encouraged him to pursue it.<ref name=guardian>{{cite web|url=https://www.t
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  • ...d public houses, giving performances of Shakespeare. Bob and Frances Fish, who ran The Taverners, recognised Coleman's potential and entered him in 1951 f ...e-his-name-in--and-mother-makes-three-1609211.html "Richard Coleman: Actor who made his name in '... And Mother Makes"]. ''independent.co.uk''. Retrieved
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  • ...es objects, thus forcing a vote, which overwhelmingly supports Mainwaring, who therefore takes charge. During this both Sergeant Wilson and Lance-Corporal ...tish Restaurant]]". During this discussion Pike has telephoned his mother, who bursts into the office, and flings herself all over Wilson, although she do
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  • | spouse = {{Marriage|Emily Sadler|1934|1982|end=died}} ...The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba83b56de|title=Fred Griffiths|website=BFI}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=h
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  • ...Blackheath]], [[Storrington|Storrington]], [[Westcliff-on-Sea|Westcliff-on-Sea]], [[Wilmington, Kent|Wilmington]] and [[Worthing|Worthing]]. ...e Air Training Corps (UK Air Cadets). He later worked as an accounts clerk at the Stock Exchange and as a salesman for the clothing retailer [[Burberry|B
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  • ...n 1872 and is a dour, trouble-stirring, exaggerating, wild-eyed [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[undertaker]]<ref name=webber75>Webber, Perry, Croft, p. 75</re ...can shoot sir, this is the motion of the sea"). He moved to Walmington-on-Sea after the First World War, becoming the town's undertaker.
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  • ...= {{marriage|Jacques Gachassin-Lafite, Viscount of Orthez|1951|1989|end=died}} ...urg]].<ref name=":0" /> She was a theatre student of Anna Romain Hoffman, who with her husband Arthur Hoffman founded The Johannesburg Repertory Theatre.
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  • ...5 September 2009|access-date=2009-09-15}}</ref> was a British comedy actor who was best remembered for his portrayal of the [[jockey]] [[Hi-de-Hi!#Main en ...ined the [[Royal Berkshire Regiment]] as a [[Signalman (rank)|signalman]]. At the [[D-Day]] landings in [[Normandy]], after his [[landing craft]] was hit
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  • | death_place = [[Shoreham-by-Sea]], [[Sussex]] '''Edward Earl Gray''' (10 June 1898 – 15 September 1969), who performed as '''{{'}}Monsewer' Eddie Gray''', was an English stage comedian
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  • | spouse = {{marriage|[[Peter Penry-Jones]]|1967|2009|end=died}} ...Margaret Thatcher]] in ''[[Anyone for Denis? (video)|Anyone for Denis?]]'' at the [[Trafalgar Theatre|Whitehall Theatre]].
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  • ...s|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/two-brothers-tonypandy-who-went-21554494|work=[[Wales Online|]]|access-date=17 October 2021}}</ref> After leaving school he worked at a local [[colliery|colliery]]<ref name=":0" /> before deciding to start an
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  • ...the daughter of Céline (née Aronowitz) and [[Harry Samuels]], a barrister, who specialised in industrial and trade union law. ...n based some of the zany characters that she invented and played on people who had appeared before the [[rent tribunal]] chaired by her father.<ref name=G
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  • ...ed [[Richard Hale School|Hertford Grammar School]]. He trained as an actor at [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art|RADA]].<ref name="Telegraph"/> ...]'' (1967) and ''[[Carry On Doctor]]'' (1967), and on television in ''Room at the Bottom'' (1966–67) as Mr Salisbury.
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  • ...4840 | archive-date=5 May 2009 | url-status=dead }}</ref> was an [[English people|English]] actor. He worked predominantly from the 1950s into the 1970s and ....uk}}</ref> His acting career began in the theatre, which included working at [[John Gielgud]]'s [[Old Vic]] Company.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theatric
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  • ...ht up in [[Nunthorpe]], [[North Riding of Yorkshire]], Gilmore left school at the age of 14 and started pursuing his dream of becoming an actor. In 1952, ...he role of James Onedin, Gilmore felt he had become typecast as the rugged sea captain.<ref>[http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article36814
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