| birth_place = [[Pietermaritzburg]], [[Union of South Africa|South Africa]] ...d 76</ref>), known as '''Stratford Johns''', was a British stage, film and television actor who is best remembered for his starring role as Detective Inspector C

| occupation = Comedian, music hall artist, television actor ...ision comedic sketch entitled ''[[Dinner for One]]'', a perennial national television broadcast New Year's Eve favourite there, whilst being largely forgotten in

| birth_place = [[w:Johannesburg|Johannesburg]], South Africa | medium = Stage, television, film

Jeffries was born in [[Forest Hill, London|Forest Hill]], [[south London]].<ref name="ODNB">{{Cite ODNB|id=102888|title=Jeffries, Lionel Char ...9.<ref name="Telegraph"/>) He also served as a captain in the [[Royal West African Frontier Force]].<ref name="Telegraph"/>

| occupation = Actor, television producer, television presenter ...collecting]]. The first stamp he collected was the [[Siege of Ladysmith]], South Africa.<ref name="TelgObit"/><ref name="IndpObit"/>

| birth_place = [[Cape Town]], [[Cape Province]], South Africa | occupation = {{hlist|Actor (radio, stage, television and film)|comedian|vaudevillian}}

...[British Academy Television Awards|BAFTA TV Awards]] for [[British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance|Best Light Entertainment Performan ...g George]]'' (1994). He later won the BAFTA TV Award for [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]], for the 1996 series ''[[The Fragile Hear

...966) and played the titular "thinking man's layabout" James Shelley in the television sitcom ''[[Shelley (TV series)|Shelley]]'' (1979–1992).<ref name="i"/> ...|English]] in an accent he called "London-Welsh" after the family moved to south London when he was four.<ref name="aberdeen">{{cite journal |last1=Samuel |

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...r=1979 }}</ref> His mother came from a German family that had emigrated to South Africa. Morley attended [[Wellington College, Berkshire|Wellington College] ...ntinued with roles as a [[missionary]] in ''[[The African Queen (film)|The African Queen]]'' (1951), ''[[The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan]]'' (1953), as [[W.

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...chael's]]''), through the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' films]], and television. Hawtrey's television career gained a major boost with ''[[The Army Game]]'', in which he played

...February 1899{{spaced ndash}}6 September 1992) was a Welsh stage, film and television character actor who became a star of British films during the Second World ...Money (1948 film)|Easy Money]]'' (1948), and later guest appearances on [[television play|televised plays]] and [[anthology series]], including his final role i

...member of the Goons. Milligan parlayed success with ''The Goon Show'' into television with ''[[Q (TV series)|Q5]]'', a surreal sketch show credited as a major in ...errible noise, and everything so cold and grey." After moving to Brockley, south east London from the age of 12 in 1931, he attended Brownhill Road School (

...on the London stage and was the star of the first comedy series on British television, ''[[How Do You View?]]'' (1949). He appeared on various [[BBC Radio]] show ...rtly before his death, was living in poverty, existing on charity from the Actors' Benevolent Fund. A charity gala was held in his honour, which raised suffi

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...ontinued to appear in [[Variety show|variety]] and [[pantomime]]. His last television appearance was in December 1960, two weeks before the death of Beryl. He su ...usic. Since his death Formby has been the subject of five biographies, two television specials and two works of public sculpture.

...ned [[J. Arthur Rank]]'s "[[The Company of Youth|Charm School]]" for young actors, subsequently appearing in many of their films.<ref name=Bret/> The Charm S ...Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]] |volume=X |issue=6 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=26 December 1948 |access-date=9 February 2019 |page=