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- ...ird". He also appeared in the films ''[[Secrets of a Windmill Girl|Secrets of a Windmill Girl]]'' (1966), ''[[The Touchables (film)|The Touchables]]'' (1 ...rchive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|publisher=[[YouTube|]]|title=Video of 1979 UK Disco Dance Final|accessdate=1 August 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>4 KB (541 words) - 08:09, 28 March 2023
- ...unch'' vol. 263 (1972), p. 122</ref> In 1977, she appeared in two episodes of the drama series ''[[w:Secret Army (TV series)|Secret Army]]'' in which she ...elevision comedy ''Pig in the Middle'' as Susan Wade, the controlling wife of the principal character Barty Wade played by [[w:Dinsdale Landen|Dinsdale L4 KB (671 words) - 13:05, 28 December 2022
- ...st known for his portrayal of Jeffrey Fairbrother in the first five series of the [[BBC]] situation comedy ''[[Hi-de-Hi!]]''. .../6460902/The-Diary-of-a-Lifetime-by-Gyles-Brandreth-review.html "The Diary of a Lifetime by Gyles Brandreth: review"], ''Daily Telegraph'', 31 October 208 KB (1,196 words) - 09:10, 3 February 2023
- | honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire|OBE]] ...Trinian's]]'' (1954), ''[[The Killing of Sister George (film)|The Killing of Sister George]]'' (1968), ''[[The Assassination Bureau]]'' (1969), and ''[[10 KB (1,393 words) - 14:51, 15 January 2023
- {{Use British English|date=August 2011}} | honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire|OBE]]10 KB (1,464 words) - 13:10, 5 December 2022
- ...ies, and despite a long-standing reputation as one of the hardest drinking of British actors he was still working in his last years. He was perhaps best Ronald Fraser was born in [[Ashton-under-Lyne]], Lancashire, the son of an interior decorator and builder from [[Scotland]]. He attended [[Ashton S9 KB (1,282 words) - 19:31, 5 September 2024
- {{short description|English actor, composer, singer and writer}} ...ottenham was part of Middlesex when Moody was born, it did not become part of London until 1965-->, England16 KB (2,315 words) - 13:29, 16 January 2023
- | alma_mater = [[London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]] ...e=12 January 2014 }}</ref> known by the stage name '''Sam Kelly''', was an English actor who appeared in film, television, radio and theatre. He is best known11 KB (1,627 words) - 00:05, 14 January 2023
- ...on and theatre.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9efee33a|title=Max Wall}}</ref> ...ssful [[music-hall]] entertainer [[Jack Lorimer|Jack (Jock) Lorimer]], a [[Scottish]] comedy actor from [[Forfar]], known for his songs and dancing, and his wi13 KB (1,958 words) - 07:56, 21 August 2024
- ...ch [[Scottish Television]] (STV) and serving as Rector of the [[University of Edinburgh]]. ..."Justice, James Norval Harald Robertson (1907–1975)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.c19 KB (2,878 words) - 22:58, 10 September 2024
- '''Leslie Dawson Jr.''' (2 February 1931 – 10 June 1993) was an English comedian, actor, writer, and presenter, who is best remembered for his [[w: ...slie [Les] (1931–1993)}}</ref> His first job was in the parcels department of the Manchester [[w:The Co-operative Group|Co-op]].<ref name=Smurthwaite>{{c17 KB (2,447 words) - 23:04, 6 February 2023
- ...Vale]], near Tonypandy, [[Glamorgan|Glamorgan]] and was the elder brother of actor [[Glyn Houston|Glyn Houston]] and a sister, Jean.<ref>{{cite book | t ...ugust 2016|work=BBC News|date=28 January 2010}}</ref> Following the death of their mother at age 29, Donald and brother [[Glyn Houston|Glyn Houston]] we9 KB (1,335 words) - 17:07, 18 February 2023
- | alma_mater = [[w:University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology|Manchester Technical College]] ...two-parter episode of [[Batman (TV series)|''Batman'']] (1966), the voice of [[Shere Khan]] in Disney's ''[[The Jungle Book (1967 film)|The Jungle Book]23 KB (3,363 words) - 11:29, 23 December 2022
- | education = [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] ...n the 1974 and 1989 sequels, and died following an accident during filming of the latter. He is also known for playing Private Monty Bartlett in ''[[The17 KB (2,660 words) - 19:12, 21 August 2024
- {{short description|English actor and television personality}} ...een'''<ref name="receiving order" /> (2 February 1920 – 3 May 1997) was an English radio and television presenter, game show host and actor.19 KB (2,899 words) - 14:38, 27 December 2022
- ...0198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-111193 |website=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |doi=10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.111193}}</ref><ref>{ ...ne-corri-obituary |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=28 March 2016}}</ref> was a Scottish actress.<ref name="Timesobit">{{cite news |title=Adrienne Corri |url=https:19 KB (2,742 words) - 10:23, 25 August 2024
- ...vision [[Dramedy|dramadies]], including: ''[[Rumpole of the Bailey|Rumpole of the Bailey]]'', ''[[Only When I Laugh (TV series)|Only When I Laugh]]'', '' ...d Wales Register</ref> In Nottingham, they lived in the working-class area of [[Hyson Green|Hyson Green]]. He attended Berridge Road Juniors and High Pav19 KB (2,660 words) - 16:26, 25 August 2024
- {{Short description|Scottish comedian and writer (1930–2016)}} ...s|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} (4 December 1930 – 31 March 2016) was a Scottish actor, broadcaster, comedian and writer. He had a long association with [[R30 KB (4,195 words) - 15:14, 23 December 2022
- {{short description|English actress, comedian and writer (1963–2016)}} ...don|title=findmypast.co.uk}}</ref> (24 December 1963 – 2 July 2016) was an English actress, comedian and writer. She was best known for performing as the acer30 KB (4,150 words) - 15:07, 18 January 2023
- ...th_date = 16 January 2014 (age 69)<ref>https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0da66e4</ref> ...mic|John Lumic]] in the episodes "[[Rise of the Cybermen]]" and "[[The Age of Steel]]". He was sometimes credited without the [[hyphen]] in his surname.24 KB (3,333 words) - 12:57, 7 February 2023