• Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
  | image = Mother Riley meets the Vampire.jpg | distributor = [[Renown Pictures]] (UK)<br>Blue Chip Films (US)<br> [[Columbia Pictures]] (US re-release 1963)
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• Vampira (1974 film)
  ...]], and starring [[David Niven]] and [[Teresa Graves]]. The spoof of the [[vampire]] genre was re-titled '''''Old Dracula''''' for release in the United State [[Count Dracula]] is an old vampire who, because of his advanced age, is forced to host tours of his castle to
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• Old Mother Riley
  | last_major = ''[[Mother Riley Meets the Vampire]]'' ...'The Old Woman who Lives in a Shoe'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Vintage British Comedy|url=http://www.vintagebritishcomedy.co.uk/#/old-mother-riley-theatre/454792
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• Old Mother Riley Headmistress
  ...istress''''' is a low budget black and white 1950 British [[w:comedy film|comedy film]], starring [[Arthur Lucan]] and [[Kitty McShane]]. The 13th film in t ...Meets-Vampire-Headmistress/dp/B000E1YVHS |title=Old Mother Riley Meets The Vampire/Old Mother Riley Headmistress DVD: Amazon.co.uk: Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShan
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• Alan Hume
  | known_for = ''[[Carry On films|Carry On]]'' films<br>''[[w:Return of the Jedi|Return of the Jedi]]'' (1983)<br>''[[w:Octopuss ...r of photography for the successful ''[[Carry On films|Carry On]]'' comedy films, beginning with 1961's ''[[Carry On Regardless]]''; eventually, Hume altern
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• Andrée Melly
  ...on British television until 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f427f80|title=Andrée Melly|website=BFI}}</ref> Her other s ...d-vampires-victim/|title=Andrée Melly, actress whose many roles included a vampire's victim in a Hammer horror film – obituary|work=The Daily Telegraph|date
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• The Morecambe & Wise Show (1978 TV series)
  ...n, p. 321</ref>}} it was the fourth and final television series by English comedy double-act [[Morecambe and Wise]], and saw their return to ITV after their ...618/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/bbc-wanted-itv-penalised-when-comedy-duo-switched-sides-432897.html |archive-date=18 June 2022}}</ref>
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• Carry On Screaming!
  ...n Screaming'' is a parody of the [[Hammer Film Productions|Hammer]] horror films, which were also popular at the time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.screen ...ole of Valeria, but declined. The character is frequently referred to as a vampire, despite the film never stating her to be. Rather, she is more a parody of
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• Graham Moffatt
  | occupation = Comedy actor and publican ...s an English comedic [[character actor]]. He is best known for a number of films where he appeared with [[Will Hay]] and [[Moore Marriott]] as 'Albert': a p
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• Brian Clemens
  ...y Television Award for Best Scripted Comedy|BAFTA Award for Best Situation Comedy Series]]. Made around the same time, the TV movie ''[[w:The Woman Hunter|Th ==Films==
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• Arthur Lucan
  ...t [[Old Mother Riley]] on stage, radio and screen, with a series of comedy films from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. ...ture Herald]]'' voted him the sixth biggest "money-making star" in British films.<ref>{{cite web |author=Matthew Coniam |url=http://www.movietone-news.com/2
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• The Magic Christian (film)
  | studio = Grand Films ...1969 British [[Satire (film and television)|satirical]] [[farce]] [[black comedy film]] directed by [[Joseph McGrath (film director)|Joseph McGrath]] and st
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• Madeline Smith
  ...ar in many television series and stage productions, plus comedy and horror films, in the 1970s and 1980s. ...nd ''[[Carry On Matron]]'' (1972) amongst others. She also appeared in the films ''[[The Killing of Sister George (film)|The Killing of Sister George]]'' (1
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• Thorley Walters
  ....uk |access-date=2014-04-14}}</ref> He is probably best remembered for his comedy film roles such as in ''[[Two-Way Stretch]]'' and ''[[Carlton-Browne of the ===Films===
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• Alfie Bass
  ...lm Unit|Army Film Unit]] documentaries.<ref>{{cite news |title=Alfie Bass: Comedy and pathos on stage and screen |work=The Times |date=19 July 1987 |location ...graphy] accessed 26 Jun 2007</ref> He also appeared in a number of feature films including ''[[The Lavender Hill Mob|The Lavender Hill Mob]]'' (1951), ''[[H
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• Stanley Black
  ...conducted the [[BBC Dance Orchestra|BBC Dance Orchestra]] for the popular comedy show ''[[Ray's a Laugh]]'', starring [[Ted Ray (comedian)|Ted Ray]].<ref na ...olved with the film industry, he composed and arranged music for about 200 films. He was appointed music director at [[Elstree Studios (Shenley Road)|Elstre
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• Dandy Nichols
  ...the war was over, she returned to the theatre and also began appearing in films: usually comedies and almost invariably as a maid or charlady.<ref>{{cite b ...he Antarctic (film)|Scott of the Antarctic]]'', ''[[Mother Riley Meets the Vampire]]'' and Dickens' ''[[The Pickwick Papers (1952 film)|The Pickwick Papers]]'
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• George Cole (actor)
  ...Flash Harry (St Trinian's)|Flash Harry]] in the early ''[[St Trinian's]]'' films. ...tributed his career success to Sim, with whom he appeared in a total of 11 films, ending with a filmed version for television of ''The Anatomist'' (1956), f
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• Bernard Bresslaw
  ...rry On Cowboy]]'' in 1965. Although officially starring in 14 ''Carry On'' films, Bresslaw did appear in one other: ''[[Carry On Nurse]]''. The legs of [[Te ...{{convert|6|ft|5|in|m|abbr=on}} [[Christopher Lee]]. Bresslaw later made a comedy version of ''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' for Hammer titled ''[[The Ugly D
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• Ronald Lacey
  ...TV series)|Porridge]]'' (1977), Frankie in the [[Bud Spencer|Bud Spencer]] comedy ''[[Charleston (1977 film)|Charleston]]'' (1978), [[Sicherheitsdienst|SD]] ...behind the [[Iron Curtain]]. He then made two movies for Ice International Films: ''Assassinator'' starring alongside John Ryan and George Murcell, and ''In
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