Brambell, (Henry) Wilfrid (1912–1985), actor, was born on 22 March 1912 at 6 Edenvale Road, Rathgar, co. Dublin, one of at least two sons of Henry Lytton Brambell, a cashier at the Guinness brewery, and his wife, Edith Marks (b. c.1879)...
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Brambell, (Henry) Wilfrid (1912–1985), actor
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Briers, Richard David (1934–2013), actor
Jonathan Croall
Briers, Richard David (1934–2013), actor, was born on 14 January 1934 at the Nelson Hospital in Merton, south London, the elder child (his sister, Jane, was born in 1939) of Joseph Benjamin Briers (1901–1980), a 'commission agent' or bookmaker, and Morna Phyllis Richardson (1909–1992)...
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Connor, Edric Esclus (1913–1968), actor and singer
Stephen Bourne
Connor, Edric Esclus (1913–1968), actor and singer, was born on 2 August 1913 in the village of Mayaro, Trinidad, the son of Edwin Connor, shoemaker and small farmer. At sixteen he won a scholarship from the Trinidad government railway to study engineering at the ...
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Denham, (William) Maurice (1909–2002), actor
Alex Jennings
Denham, (William) Maurice (1909–2002), actor, was born on 23 December 1909 at 29 Albemarle Road, Beckenham, Kent, the son of Norman Denham, dentist, and his wife, (Eleanor) Winifred, née Lillico. He was educated at the Abbey School, where he made his stage début at the age of five as the Spirit of 1917, and at ...
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Drake, Charles Edward [Charlie] (1925–2006), actor and comedian
Andrew H. Spicer
Drake, Charles Edward [Charlie] (1925–2006), actor and comedian, was born Charles Edward Springall on 19 June 1925 at 185 Westmoreland Road, Walworth, London, the second child in the family of three sons and three daughters of William Springall, newspaper vendor, and his wife, ...
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Edwards, James Keith O'Neill [Jimmy] (1920–1988), actor
Veronica Davis
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Edwards, James Keith O'Neill [Jimmy] (1920–1988), actor, was born on 23 March 1920 in Barnes, Surrey, the fifth of five sons and eighth of nine children of Reginald Walter Kenrick Edwards, professor of mathematics at King's College, London, and his wife, Phyllis Katherine Cowan...
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Emery, Richard Gilbert [Dick] (1915–1983), comedian
Barry Took
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Emery, Richard Gilbert [Dick] (1915–1983), comedian, was born on 19 February 1915 at University College Hospital in St Pancras, London, the only child of Laurence Cuthbert Emery, an actor, and his wife, Bertha Gilbert Callen, a former Gaiety girl. During most of Dick Emery's...
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Feldman, Martin Alan [Marty] (1934–1982), comedian and scriptwriter
Barry Took
Feldman, Martin Alan [Marty] (1934–1982), comedian and scriptwriter, was born on 8 July 1934 at University College Hospital, London, the elder of the two children of Myer Feldman, a gown manufacturer of Islington, and his wife, Cecilia (Cissie), née Crook. He had a sister, ...
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Fulton, Robert Kerr [Rikki] (1924–2004), actor and comedian
Paul Maloney
Fulton, Robert Kerr [Rikki] (1924–2004), actor and comedian, was born on 15 April 1924 at 46 Appin Road, Dennistoun, Glasgow, the third and youngest son of John Fulton (d. 1966), hardware salesman, and later stationer and newsagent, and his wife, Margaret McMillan, ...
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Hickson [married name Butler], Joan Bogle (1906–1998), actress
Alex Jennings
Hickson [married name Butler], Joan Bogle (1906–1998), actress, was born on 5 August 1906 at 26 Cranford Terrace, Northampton, the only child of Alfred Harold Squire Hickson (b. 1874), shoe manufacturer, and his wife, Edith Mary Thorpe Bogle (c.1878–1958)...
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Hill, Alfred Hawthorne [Benny] (1924–1992), comedian
Barry Took
Hill, Alfred Hawthorne [Benny] (1924–1992), comedian, was born in Southampton on 25 January 1924, the younger son and second of three children of Alfred Hill (d. 1971), a former circus performer and the manager of a surgical appliance shop in Southampton, and his wife, ...
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Houston, Renée [real name Caterina Rita Murphy Gribbin] (1902–1980), actress
Frances Gray
Houston, Renée [real name Caterina Rita Murphy Gribbin] (1902–1980), actress, was born on 24 July 1902 at 55 Grahame Street, Johnstone, Renfrewshire, one of at least two daughters of James Gribbin (1876–1939), then a spirit salesman, and his wife, Elizabeth Houston (1875–1942)...
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Howerd, Frankie [real name Francis Alick Howard] (1917–1992), comedian
Barry Took
Howerd, Frankie [real name Francis Alick Howard] (1917–1992), comedian, was born in York on 6 March 1917, the elder son and eldest of three children of Francis Alfred William Howard, soldier and tutor in the army education corps, and his wife, Edith Florence, ...
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Jacques, Josephine Edwina [Hattie] (1922–1980), actress
Frances Gray
Jacques, Josephine Edwina [Hattie] (1922–1980), actress, was born on 7 February 1922 at 125 High Street, Sandgate, Kent, the daughter of Robin Jacques (d. 1922), a lieutenant in the army education corps and a former test pilot in the Royal Flying Corps...
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Jewel, Jimmy [real name James Arthur Thomas Marsh] (1909–1995), comedian and actor
Dave Russell
Jewel, Jimmy [real name James Arthur Thomas Marsh] (1909–1995), comedian and actor, was born on 4 December 1909 at 52 Andover Street, Pittsmoor, Sheffield, the younger child of James Arthur Thomas Marsh (1881–1936), music-hall artist (under the name James A. Jewel) and designer and builder of stage scenery, and his wife, ...
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Lucan, Arthur [real name Arthur Towle] (1885–1954), comedian
Michael Pointon
Lucan, Arthur [real name Arthur Towle] (1885–1954), comedian, was born in Sibsey, Boston, Lincolnshire, on 16 September 1885, the second of five children of Thomas Towle, a groom, and his wife, Lucy Ann Mawer. Educated at a local national school, from an early age he became interested in theatre and frequented ...
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Mahoney, Louis Felix Danner (1938–2020), actor
Stephen Bourne
Mahoney, Louis Felix Danner (1938–2020), actor, was born on 8 September 1938 in Bathurst (Banjul), in the Gambia, west Africa, the son of James Emanuel Mahoney, headteacher, and his wife, Princess, née Danner. He was educated at the Methodist Boys’ High School in ...
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Milligan, Terence Alan [Spike] (1918–2002), comedian and author
Ned Sherrin
Milligan, Terence Alan [Spike] (1918–2002), comedian and author, was born on 16 April 1918 in Ahmednagar, near Bombay, India, the elder son of Leo Alphonso Milligan (1890–1969), soldier, and his wife, Florence Winifred, née Kettleband (1893–1990). His brother, Desmond Patrick, was born in 1925. ...
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Moore, Dudley Stuart John (1935–2002), actor, musician, and composer
David Parkinson
Moore, Dudley Stuart John (1935–2002), actor, musician, and composer, was born on 19 April 1935 at Charing Cross Hospital, London, the son of John (Jock) Moore (born John Havlin; d. 1971), a Glaswegian engineer with the Stratford East Railway, and his wife, Ada Francis, ...
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Nimmo, Derek Robert (1930–1999), actor
Dennis Barker
Nimmo, Derek Robert (1930–1999), actor, was born at 26 Springbourne Road, Liverpool, on 19 September 1930, the son of an insurance clerk, Henry Nimmo, and his wife, Marjorie Sudbury Hardy. He was educated at Quarry Bank School, Liverpool, where the enlightened headmaster, R. F. Bailey...