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- ...ian-born British actor. He was best known for playing stern-faced military officers in British films of the 1950s and 1960s. ...July 1947, including service with [[No. 111 Air-Sea Rescue Flight RAAF|111 Air Sea Rescue Flight]].<ref>[https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=1044810 KB (1,410 words) - 19:17, 24 September 2024
- Edwards served in the [[Royal Air Force|Royal Air Force]] during the [[World War II|Second World War]], was commissioned in April 1 ...bed by [[Roy Hudd]] as being "a mixture of university lecture, [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] slang, the playing of various loud wind instruments and old-fashioned14 KB (2,083 words) - 00:22, 19 February 2023
- ...d the country and made a film adaptation of it. Serving in the [[Royal Air Force]] during the [[Second World War]], Murdoch met a fellow officer, [[Kenneth Murdoch appeared on air and on stage in Australia, Canada and South Africa, and continued acting an16 KB (2,452 words) - 12:02, 6 February 2023
- ...ws, sometimes performing comedy sketches between songs. He made twenty ''[[Royal Variety Performance]]'' appearances and presented numerous programmes, incl ...g agency at 233 High Holborn before serving as a fitter in the [[Royal Air Force]] in the [[Second World War]] and working as a carpenter.<ref>{{cite news|u18 KB (2,484 words) - 19:37, 3 October 2024
- ...It was written by and starred [[Richard Murdoch]] and [[Kenneth Horne]] as officers in a fictional [[RAF station]] coping with [[red tape|red tape]] and the in Among the supporting cast were [[Sam Costa]] as the officers' [[Batman (military)|batman]], [[Maurice Denham]] in a multitude of roles,45 KB (6,842 words) - 23:35, 22 February 2023
- | alma_mater = [[University College, Oxford|University College]] <br /> [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] ...]]'' (1969) and ''[[Norman Loves Rose]]'' (1982). He held both British and Australian citizenship<ref name=obrien>[http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2004/s1052425 KB (3,696 words) - 15:24, 18 August 2024
- ...only son of Charles Gilbert More, a [[Royal Naval Air Service|Royal Naval Air Service]] pilot, and Edith Winifred Watkins, the daughter of a [[Cardiff|Ca When More was 17 his father died, and he applied to join the [[Royal Air Force]], but failed the medical test for [[Equilibrioception|equilibrium]]. He th38 KB (5,858 words) - 08:36, 20 February 2023
- ...resents aggressively, often arguing with reporters and insulting guests on-air, and at one stage provoking a war between [[Australia]] and [[British Hong ...Street]] to beat up John Major, and after the close of the incident, the [[Royal Mail]] issues a [[commemorative stamp]] featuring the Queen and John Major31 KB (4,508 words) - 20:22, 19 September 2024
- ...ries''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|AO|CBE}} (born 17 February 1934) is an Australian [[comedian]], [[actor]], [[author]] and [[satirist]]. He is best known for ...a dowdy [[Moonee Ponds, Victoria|Moonee Ponds]] housewife who caricatured Australian suburban complacency and insularity, Dame Edna Everage has evolved over fou67 KB (9,596 words) - 23:07, 6 February 2023
- ...d Kingdom|National Service]]; its title, a command commonly issued by army officers to their sergeants in the course of their routine duties, was in keeping wi :Scripted by Norman Hudis, about a group of [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] recruits. It got as far as pre-production before being abandoned. [[J32 KB (4,794 words) - 07:52, 11 September 2024
- ...80s. Performing as Savage for eight years at a South London gay pub, the [[Royal Vauxhall Tavern]] (RVT), he gained a popular following among London's gay c ...eb|url=http://www.britishmusichallsociety.com/patrons.html|title=Patrons & Officers|publisher=British Music Hall Society|access-date=17 January 2021|archive-da110 KB (14,760 words) - 19:34, 27 September 2024
- ...dic, often [[w:parody|parody]]ing characters of authority such as military officers or policemen, he also performed in other film genres and roles. Films demon In September 1943, he joined the [[w:Royal Air Force|Royal Air Force]], although it is unclear whether he volunteered or was conscripted;{{sfnm|128 KB (19,030 words) - 19:48, 18 July 2024