Beyond Our Ken (1958–1964) is a radio comedy programme, the predecessor to "Round the Horne" (1965–1968), both programmes starred which English actor, whose most notable role was in the 1960s BBC radio?
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Beyond Our Ken Beyond Our Ken (1958–1964) is a radio comedy programme, the predecessor to "Round the Horne" (1965–1968). Both programmes starred Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee, with announcer Douglas Smith. Musical accompaniment was provided by the BBC Revue Orchestra. The name is a pun on Kenneth Horne's name and the (now mainly Northern English and Scots) word "", meaning "knowledge or perception".
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Hugh Paddick Hugh William Paddick (22 August 1915 – 9 November 2000) was an English actor, whose most notable role was in the 1960s BBC radio show "Round the Horne", in sketches such as "Charles and Fiona" (as Charles) and "Julian and Sandy" (as Julian). Both he and Kenneth Williams are largely responsible for introducing the underground language polari to the British public.
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Arthur Lowe Arthur Lowe (22 September 1915 – 15 April 1982) was an English actor. His career spanned over thirty years, including starring roles in numerous theatre and television productions. He is best known for playing Captain Mainwaring in the British sitcom "Dad's Army" from 1968 until 1977. He was nominated for seven BAFTAs and became one of the most recognised faces on television.
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Ian Hendry Ian Mackendrick Hendry (13 January 1931 – 24 December 1984) was an English film, television and stage actor. He was best known for his work on several British TV series of the 1960s and 1970s, including the lead in the first series of "The Avengers" and "The Lotus Eaters", as well as for his roles in films such as "The Hill" (1965), "Repulsion" (1965), "Get Carter" (1971), and "Theatre of Blood" (1973).
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Jonathon Morris Jonathon Morris (born 20 July 1960) is an English actor and former television presenter.
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Basil Moss Basil Moss (born 25 May 1935) is a British character actor, who featured regularly on television in the 1960s and on radio in the 1970s.
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Our House (1960 TV series) Our House is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1960 to 1962. The main writer of the programme, which starred many actors known for their roles in the "Carry On" films, was Norman Hudis, who wrote the first six "Carry On" films from 1958 to 1962. "Our House" is based on the premise of nine people of differing backgrounds sharing a house together.
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Ian Wilson (actor) Ian Macrae Hamish Wilson (2 July 1901 in Hampstead, London – December 1987 in Exeter, Devon) was an English small role actor who appeared in over 145 films during his career. Most were small uncredited roles often playing meek public servants, professional men or busy bodies. Film appearances included "The Plank" 1967, "The Day of the Triffids" 1962, "Carry On Jack" 1963, "Two-Way Stretch" 1962, "Hell Drivers" 1957, "The Ugly Duckling" 1959 and "Rotten to the Core" 1965. His last film appearance was in "The Wicker Man" 1973. Most of his films were made by the Boulting brothers.
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Stanley Holloway Stanley Augustus Holloway, OBE (1 October 1890 – 30 January 1982) was an English stage and film actor, humourist, singer, poet and monologist. He was famous for his comic and character roles on stage and screen, especially that of Alfred P. Doolittle in "My Fair Lady". He was also renowned for his comic monologues and songs, which he performed and recorded throughout most of his 70-year career.
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John Alderson (actor) John Alderson (10 April 1916 – 4 August 2006) was an English actor noted for playing the lead in the 1957-58 syndicated western television series, "Boots and Saddles", which ran for thirty-eight episodes in a single season, and many supporting roles in films in a career spanning almost forty years, from 1951 to 1990, including "Don't Go Near the Water" (1957), "No Name on the Bullet" (1959), "Romanoff and Juliet" (1961), "My Fair Lady(1964)," 'The War Lord" (1965), "I Deal in Danger" (1966), "Double Trouble" (1967), "Hellfighters" (1968), "The Molly Maguires" (1970), "Top of the Heap" (1972), "The Klansman" (1974), "The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox" (1976), "Candleshoe" (1977), "The Cat from Outer Space" (1978), "The Wild Geese" (1978) and "The American Way" (1986). He also appeared uncredited as the gum-chewing bandit shot by antagonist Hedley Lamarr in "Blazing Saddles" (1974).
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Ted Robbins Edward Michael Robbins (born 11 August 1955) is an English actor, television presenter and radio broadcaster and presents a Sunday morning show on BBC Radio Lancashire
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Gary Waldhorn Gary Waldhorn (born 3 July 1943 in London) is a veteran English actor, known for his role as Councillor David Horton in the sitcom "The Vicar of Dibley", but who has also had a notable television and theatre career.
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Derek Nimmo Derek Robert Nimmo (19 September 193024 February 1999) was an English character actor, producer and author. He was particularly associated with upper class "silly-ass" roles, and clerical roles.
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John Stride John Stride (born 11 July 1936) is an English actor best known for his television work during the 1970s.
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Steve Delaney Steve Delaney (born 1954) is an English comedian and character actor, best known for his comedy character Count Arthur Strong on BBC Radio 4 and then a television sitcom broadcast on BBC2 and BBC1.
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Reginald Beckwith William Reginald Beckwith (2 November 1908 – 26 June 1965) was an English film and television actor, who made almost one hundred film and television appearances in his
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Cyril Appleton Cyril Appleton (born 29 July 1930) is a British stage, television and film actor whose acting career spanned four decades.
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John Collin (actor) John Collin (18 October 1928 – 25 February 1987) was a British actor frequently seen on UK television during the 1960s and 1970s, mainly in supporting roles. Collin's best-known role was as Detective Sergeant Haggar in the long running BBC police series "Z-Cars". Another notable role was as Guardian officer Tom Weston in the 1971 ITV political fantasy "The Guardians".
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Dallas Adams Dallas Roland Adams (17 February 1947 – 29 August 1991) was an English actor noted for his television performances.
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Jack Shepherd (actor) Jack Shepherd (born 29 October 1940) is an English actor, playwright, theatre director, saxophone player and jazz pianist, who made his film debut in 1969 with "All Neat in Black Stockings" and "The Virgin Soldiers". He is perhaps best known for his television roles, most notably the title role in Trevor Griffiths' series about a young Labour MP "Bill Brand" and later the detective drama "Wycliffe".
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Edmund Payne Edmund James "Teddy" Payne (14 December 1863 – 15 July 1914), was an English actor, comedian and singer best known for creating comic roles in a series of extremely successful Edwardian musical comedies. He was often paired with the comic actor George Grossmith, Jr.
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Mark Greenstreet Mark Greenstreet (born 19 April 1960) is a British actor who first came to prominence in the 1985 BBC television serial "Brat Farrar". First and foremost a stage actor, Greenstreet played many of the great leading roles from the works of Shakespeare, Chekhov and Ibsen to Orton, Wilde and Coward in the UK and around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.