| birth_place = [[w:Blackpool|Blackpool]], Lancashire, England | occupation = Television comedian

| birth_place = [[w:Oldham|Oldham]], Lancashire, England ...e'' in 1988. Other notable guest appearances were on ''[[The Kenny Everett Television Show]]'' in 1982 and ''[[Shooting Stars (British TV series)|Shooting Stars]

...ll|Robert Harper (Ball)]]'''<br>{{birth date|df=yes|1944|1|28}}<br>Oldham, Lancashire, England ...''<br>{{death date and age|df=yes|2020|10|28|1944|1|28}}<br>[[Blackpool]], Lancashire, England

...'Cyril John Mead'''<br/>{{Birth date |1942|12|19|df=y}}<br/>[[Blackpool]], Lancashire, England | medium={{hlist|[[Film]]|[[television]]|[[Stand-up comedy|stand-up]]|[[music]]|[[book]]s}}

...t Riding of Yorkshire]]. He moved to [[Southport|Southport]], [[Lancashire|Lancashire]], with his family in 1929, and worked with his father as a builder. He joi ...ued an acting career in London's [[West End theatre|West End theatre]], on television and on film.

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...lford|Broughton]], [[w:County Borough of Salford|Salford]], [[w:Lancashire|Lancashire]], England ...he County Borough of Salford (1844–1974 — "City" status from 1926)</ref> [[Lancashire]]. On leaving school he worked at the family [[meat processing]] firm, E.

| death_place = [[w:Blackpool|Blackpool]], [[w:Lancashire|Lancashire]], England ...ttle-axe [[w:Ena Sharples|Ena Sharples]] in the [[w:ITV (TV network)|ITV]] television soap opera ''[[w:Coronation Street|Coronation Street]]''.

| birth_place = [[Dingle, Liverpool|Dingle]], [[Lancashire]], England ...of the British Empire|CBE]] in 1981; he continued to appear frequently on television, radio and the stage until his death in 1982.

| death_place = [[Blackpool]], [[Lancashire]], England | occupation = Music hall, stage, film, radio and television comedian and comedy actor

| birth_place = [[Morecambe|Morecambe]], Lancashire, England ...town, the [[seaside resort|seaside resort]] of [[Morecambe|Morecambe]] in Lancashire.

...alwell}}</ref> His later years were spent as a character actor in film and television, and appearing in pantomime. Jackley appeared in three [[Royal Variety Perf ...he 1920s as a double act with his sister Joy, and later joined [[The Eight Lancashire Lads]].<ref name="IBY:BotWD" /> He teamed up as the 'straight man' to comed

| birth_place = [[Oldham|Oldham]], [[Lancashire|Lancashire]], England | medium = Television, radio

...[[w:Seaforth, Merseyside|Seaforth]], [[w:Lancashire|Lancashire]]<!--It was Lancashire until 1 April 1974 and Merseyside thereafter-->, England | medium = Radio, television

...Reginald Perrin in the BBC's ''[[The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin]]'' from 1976 to 1979.<ref name=obit/> ...>Tanitch, p. 8</ref> He gave up his insurance job to enrol in [[w:Preston, Lancashire|Preston]] [[w:repertory|repertory theatre]] and became a professional actor