• The Movies (The Goodies)
  ...ite, Western, Epic Movie'''" as well as "'''BBC'''" and '''"The Choices of Film Creation'''". ...boring or extremely pretentious in many cases both''" and decide to make a film themselves.
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• Lupino Lane
  ...best known in the United Kingdom for playing Bill Snibson in the play and film ''[[Me and My Girl|Me and My Girl]]'', which popularized the song and dance ...e, Leicester Square|Empire Theatre]] and played comic roles in theatre and film on both sides of the Atlantic from then on. In 1921, he dived through sixty
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• The Plank (1967 film)
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• Spike Mullins
  ...mily lived near a film studio, and the infant Spike was frequently used in silent movies. While still in his teens, he signed on as galley boy on a cargo shi [[Category:20th-century British comedians]]
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• Peter Gawthorne
  {{short description|Irish film actor}} ...known for his roles in the films of [[Will Hay]] and other popular British comedians of the 1930s and 1940s. Gawthorne was one of Britain's most called-upon sup
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• James Finlayson (actor)
  | image = Silent film actor James Finlayson (SAYRE 772).jpg ...(27 August 1887 – 9 October 1953) was a Scottish actor who worked in both silent and sound comedies. Bald, with a [[fake moustache]],<ref name=mit102/> Finl
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• Hylda Baker
  ...and for her role in the 1960 film ''[[w:Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (film)|Saturday Night and Sunday Morning]]''. ...included a gossip from the [[w:Northern England|North of England]], with a silent, sullen companion named "Big Cynthia", almost always played by a man in [[w
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• Marty Feldman
  ...ack At 48 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/04/obituaries/marty-feldman-film-comic-victim-of-heart-attack-at-48.html |access-date=12 November 2021 |news ...tack at 48|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/04/obituaries/marty-feldman-film-comic-victim-of-heart-attack-at-48.html|work=The New York Times|date=4 Dece
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• Wally Patch
  |occupation = Film, television & stage actor, comedian ...er 1888 – 27 October 1970) was an English actor and comedian. He worked in film, television and theatre.
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• Leslie Henson
  ...cer for films and theatre, and [[film director]]. He initially worked in [[silent films]] and [[Edwardian musical comedy]] and became a popular [[music hall] ...s from 1916 to 1956. The most notable of these was ''[[Tons of Money (1924 film)|Tons of Money]]'' in 1924, which introduced the popular [[Aldwych farces]]
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• Jimmy Edwards
  ...Edwards created. In 1960 a film of ''Whack-O'' called ''[[Bottoms Up (1960 film)|Bottoms Up]]'' was written by Muir and Norden. On TV he appeared in ''[[Th ===Stage and film===
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• Fred Karno
  ...subsequently worked in film and used Karno material throughout their work. Film producer [[Hal Roach]] stated: "Fred Karno is not only a genius, he is the ...y&nbsp;...". The song also features in the [[Musical film|musical comedy]] film ''[[Oh! What a Lovely War]]'' (1969).
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• Bob Monkhouse
  ...house appeared on stage in London, first as [[Aladdin]] in [[Aladdin (1958 film)|a stage show of the same name]] written by [[S. J. Perelman]] and [[Cole P ...na |last=Hamilton}}</ref> In addition, they were gag writers for American comedians including [[Bob Hope]], supplying jokes for British tours. Indeed, when Goo
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• Blake Edwards
  ...William Blake Crump'''; July 26, 1922 – December 15, 2010) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. ...ia]]'' (1982), and the hugely successful [[The Pink Panther|Pink Panther]] film series with British actor [[Peter Sellers]]. Often thought of as primarily
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• Helen Fraser (actress)
  ...r roles in ''[[Billy Liar (film)|Billy Liar]]'' (1963) and ''[[Repulsion (film)|Repulsion]]'' (1965).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/h ...aser+billy+liar+stage+2010&pg=RA3-PA1962|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first1=Brian|last1=McFarlane|first2=Anthony|last2=Slide|dat
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• Milo O'Shea
  O'Shea began acting on the stage, then moved into film in the 1960s. He became popular in the United Kingdom, as a result of starr ...name. He played Inspector Boot in the 1973 [[Vincent Price]] horror/comedy film ''[[Theatre of Blood]]''.
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• Will Hay
  | occupation = Comedian, actor, film director, amateur astronomer ...comedy, and in 1938 he was the third highest-grossing star in the UK. Many comedians have acknowledged him as a major influence. Hay was also a keen amateur ast
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• Beryl Vertue
  ...eation for ''[[Doctor Who]]'').<ref name=hartswood /> She also represented comedians [[Tony Hancock]] (until 1961)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.u ...Tommy]]'', directed by [[Ken Russell]] and starring [[Roger Daltrey]]. The film company lasted for eight years after which she continued with the Robert St
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• Tommy Handley
  ...que in radio comedy as [[w:Charlie Chaplin|Charlie Chaplin]] was in silent film.<ref name=odnb/>|}} * ''[[It's That Man Again (film)|It's That Man Again]]'' (1943)
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• Michael Bentine
  ...date of birth of 26 January 1922.</ref> was a British comedian, [[w:Comedy film|comic actor]] and founding member of [[The Goon Show|the Goons]]. His fathe ...ecord of his work as a radio "Goon". He also appeared in the ''Goon Show'' film ''[[Down Among the Z Men]]''.
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