...tainer and comedian. He is best remembered for having played the lead role of bus driver Stan Butler in the [[London Weekend Television|LWT]] sitcom ''[[ ...m). His father worked in a rubber factory in [[Silvertown]] and he was one of five children who grew up in Addington Road, Canning Town. He was educated

| honorific_prefix = [[Order of the British Empire|Dame]] | honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|DBE]] [[Venerable Order of Saint John|OStJ]]

...marriage|[[Oona O'Neill]]|1943<!--Year omitted when marriage ends by death of article subject, per Template:Marriage instructions-->}} ...wide icon through his screen persona, [[the Tramp]], and is considered one of the film industry's most important figures. His career spanned more than 75