• Dave Morris (comedian)
  ...Black (producer)|George and Alfred Black]]. He worked as a [[sketch comedy|sketch comic]], also doing some [[stand-up]] material.<ref name=wilmut>Roger Wilmu ...|url=http://www.ronnietaylor.co.uk/id2.html|title=Ronnie Taylor - Northern Comedians and BBC Radio|website=www.ronnietaylor.co.uk}}</ref> The scripts were writ
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• Robb Wilton
  ...lish music halls. He was a contemporary of [[w:northern England|northern]] comedians [[Frank Randle]] and [[George Formby, Sr.]] He portrayed the human face of He has been acknowledged as an influence by fellow Lancashire comedians [[Ken Dodd]] and [[Les Dawson]], and the film historian [[w:Jeffrey Richard
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• Peter Glaze
  ...ways get exasperated with his partner Don Maclean during the course of the sketch. Maclean would then give an [[w:alliterative|alliterative]] reply, such as [[Category:English male comedians]]
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• Charles Penrose (entertainer)
  ...zing Man". The B-side of ''The Laughing Sneezing Man'' was a short comical sketch called "The Dog Vs The Cornet" where a little boy had to get his dog to out Penrose was one of the first comedians to star on [[w:BBC Radio|BBC Radio]], his most popular role being Sgt. Bob
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• Freddie Frinton
  ...everal [[Northwestern Europe]]an countries for his 1963 television comedic sketch entitled ''[[Dinner for One]]'', a perennial national television broadcast ...' in [[Blackpool]]. As he had to pay a royalty every time he performed the sketch, he bought the rights to ''Dinner for One'' in the 1950s, which turned out
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• British comedy
  ...haracters, plots, and settings, and has produced some of the most renowned comedians and characters in the world. ...without dialogue in the 1890s, and Chaplin and Laurel were among the young comedians who worked for him as part of "Fred Karno's Army".<ref name="Karno">McCabe,
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• Cyril Fletcher
  ...on when Rowan Atkinson referred to him, in a ''Not the Nine O’Clock News'' sketch as “a cross eyed baboon”. As a sufferer of crossed eyes, Fletcher consi [[Category:English male comedians]]
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• Duncan Wood
  ...io programme)|Workers' Playtime]]'', on which he worked with up-and-coming comedians including [[Dick Emery]], [[Tony Hancock]], and [[Benny Hill]]. He moved i ...edy programmes, following initial success in 1955 with the [[w:sketch show|sketch show]] ''[[Great Scott - It's Maynard!]]''. In the late 1950s and early 19
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• Dick Bentley
  ...er jubilee of the ABC. In 1954, he starred in ''[[And So to Bentley]]'', a sketch-format comedy show for the BBC, co-starring [[Peter Sellers]]. The show onl [[Category:Comedians from Melbourne]]
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• Little and Large
  ...saturday-knight-takeaway/|title=Ant & Dec reunited a classic comedy duo in sketch|date=18 March 2018|website=Digital Spy}}</ref> and in February 2019, appear [[Category:British stand-up comedians]]
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• Jimmy James (comedian)
  He was often hailed as a ''"comedians' comedian"''.<ref name="Manchunian"/><ref name="JimmyBFI">{{cite web |url=h ...oved – this is an important word – was ''loved'' – by both. One of the few comedians that all the comics used to stand on the side and watch. One of the greats.
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• Arthur Haynes
  ...> was an English comedian and star of ''The Arthur Haynes Show'', a comedy sketch series produced by [[Associated Television|ATV]] from 1956<ref name="lostsh ...a good singing voice, which he rarely used on TV, and in 1960 performed a sketch called ''The Haynes Brothers'', where he and [[Dickie Valentine]], wearing
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• Charlie Chester
  ...evision]] as ''The Charlie Chester Show'' in 1949 and became a standup and sketch show for the next 11 years. Frequent cast members included Edwina Carroll, [[Category:English male comedians]]
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• Bob Todd
  ...actor, mostly known for appearing as a [[comic foil|straight man]] in the sketch shows of [[Benny Hill]] and [[Spike Milligan]]. For many years, he lived in ...is lugubrious expression and talent for slapstick, and was known to fellow comedians by the nickname 'Silly Todd'.
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• Fred Karno
  ...1890s, in order to circumvent stage censorship, Karno developed a form of sketch comedy without dialogue. ...]], Billy Reeves, Jimmy Nervo, of [[Nervo and Knox]], and many more. These comedians were the backbone of British variety throughout the first half of the twent
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• Eli Woods
  The apex of his career (in terms of recognition) was appearing in a comedy sketch (the elephant in a box routine) with James Casey and [[Roy Castle]] in the [[Category:English male comedians]]
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• Two of a Kind (British TV series)
  | genre = [[Sketch show]] ...autobiography that the disappointing American ratings were a result of the comedians' refusal to slow down their fast-paced act.<ref>McCann, p. 159-161</ref>
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• Charlie Drake
  ...khouse]] and [[Denis Goodwin]] in their [[BBC One|BBC Television Service]] sketch comedy show, ''Fast and Loose''. ...that it would fall apart when he was pulled through it during a slapstick sketch.
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• Marty Feldman
  ...rmer on ''[[At Last the 1948 Show]]'' (co-writing the "[[Four Yorkshiremen sketch]]" which [[Monty Python]] would perform) and ''[[Marty (TV series)|Marty]]' ...011|isbn = 9780748654260}}</ref> In 1971, he starred in the comedy-variety sketch series ''[[The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine]]''. In 1974, he appeared as [[
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• Sid Field
  ...and some recorded variety material survive. He influenced a generation of comedians and pioneered the use of [[character acting]] in comedy. He was cited as a * {{YouTube|J8QIWPM-gzY|Sid Field Golfing Sketch}}
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