"teamed up with Dick Bentley on BBC Radio, Muir formed a partnership with Denis Norden, Bentley's writer, which was to last for most of his career. The vehicle created for Bentley and Edwards, ""Take It From Here"", was written by Muir and Norden from 1948 until 1959; the last series in 1960 used other writers. For ""TIFH"", as it became known, they created ""The Glums"", a deliberately awful family, which was the show's most popular segment. For ""TIFH"", Muir and Norden wrote the phrase, ""Infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me"", later used by Kenneth Williams in ""Carry"
"include Eddie Redmayne, Damian Lewis, Christopher Cazenove, Dominic West, Jeremy Clyde, actor and comedian Michael Bentine, Sebastian Armesto, Julian Ovenden, Henry Faber, Jeremy Brett, Hugh Laurie, Tom Hiddleston, Ian Ogilvy, John Standing, Harry Hadden-Paton, Moray Watson, Jeremy Child, Harry Lloyd, Patrick Macnee, Adetomiwa Edun and Nyasha Hatendi. Actor Dominic West has been unenthusiastic about the career benefits of being an Old Etonian, saying it ""is a stigma that is slightly above 'paedophile' in the media in a gallery of infamy"", but asked whether he would consider sending his own children there, said ""Yes, I would. It's an extraordinary place. ..."
"Joe Quimby, Bruce Wayne, Charlie Harper, Sam Malone, Joey Tribbiani, Popeye Doyle, Donald Draper, Hank Moody, Arthur ""Fonzie"" Fonzarelli, Barney Stinson, Tim Riggins and Drake Parker. During the English Restoration period (1660–88), the term 'rake' was used glamorously: the ""Restoration rake"" is a carefree, witty, sexually irresistible aristocrat typified by Charles II's courtiers, the Earl of Rochester and the Earl of Dorset, who combined riotous living with intellectual pursuits and patronage of the arts. The Restoration rake is celebrated in the Restoration comedy of the 1660s and the 1670s. After the reign of Charles II, and especially after the Glorious"
"eminence of the borough. Michael Caine Sir Michael Caine, (; born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, 14 March 1933) is an English actor, producer and author. He has appeared in more than 125 films in a career spanning 50 years and is considered a British film icon. Known for his cockney accent, Caine was born in South London, where during his early childhood, he and his parents lived in a rented flat on Urlwin Street, in Camberwell. He made his breakthrough in the 1960s with starring roles in British films, including ""Zulu"" (1964), ""The Ipcress File"" (1965), ""Alfie"" (1966), for which he"
"a major component of the comedy of North American comedians such as Maria Bamford, Jerry Lewis, Woody Allen, Mike Birbiglia, Brian Regan, Hannibal Buress, Bo Burnham, Louis C.K., Rodney Dangerfield, Larry David, Phyllis Diller, Tina Fey, Nathan Fielder, Jim Gaffigan, Zach Galifianakis, Kevin Hart, Bill Burr, Bob Hope, Leslie Jones, Don Knotts, David Letterman, Bernie Mac, Jim Norton, Conan O'Brien, Richard Pryor, Joan Rivers, Amy Schumer, David Spade, Jon Stewart, Ray Romano, Robin Williams, and Ben Stiller. Self-guilt is the act of feeling all the guilt on one's ownself. It can also be intentionally, putting yourself down on purpose. Self-guilt"
"Arthur Askey Arthur Bowden Askey, CBE (6 June 190016 November 1982) was an English comedian and actor. Askey's humour owed much to the playfulness of the characters he portrayed, his improvisation, and his use of catchphrases, which included ""Hello playmates!"", ""I thank you"" (pronounced ""Ay-Thang-Yaw""), and ""Before your very eyes"". Askey was born at 29 Moses Street, Dingle, Liverpool, the eldest child and only son of Samuel Askey (d. 1958), secretary of the firm Sugar Products of Liverpool, and his wife, Betsy Bowden (d. 1949), of Knutsford, Cheshire. Six months after his birth the family moved to 90 Rosslyn Street,"
"the provinces, and in South Africa. He reached a new public in the late 1960s in a television series, ""All Gas and Gaiters"". He played the Archdeacon of St. Ogg's, the Ven Henry Blunt. His co-stars were William Mervyn as the Rt Rev Cuthbert Hever, Bishop of St Ogg's, Derek Nimmo as the Rev Mervyn Noote, the Bishop's chaplain, and John Barron as the Very Rev Lionel Pugh-Critchley, Dean of St Ogg's. George Melly wrote: His most famous catchphrase was: ""Oh, calamity!"" He was awarded the OBE in 1979. Hare died in London at the age of 87. Robertson Hare"
"Harry Worth Harry Bourlon Illingsworth (20 November 1917 – 20 July 1989), professionally known as Harry Worth, was an English comedy actor, comedian and ventriloquist. Unlike the brash humour of other comedians at the time, Worth portrayed a charming, gentle and genial character, totally bemused by life, creating comedic confusion wherever he went. Worth was born in Hoyland Common, West Riding of Yorkshire, the youngest child of a miner. He had ten siblings. When he was only five months old his father died from injuries resulting from an industrial accident. He left school at 14 and was a miner for"
"actress Anthea Askey (1933–1999). Askey carried on working on his comedy career until just before he was hospitalised in July 1982 due to poor circulation which resulted in gangrene and the amputation of both legs. He died in London's St Thomas's Hospital on 16 November 1982 and is buried in Putney Vale Cemetery. Arthur Askey Arthur Bowden Askey, CBE (6 June 190016 November 1982) was an English comedian and actor. Askey's humour owed much to the playfulness of the characters he portrayed, his improvisation, and his use of catchphrases, which included ""Hello playmates!"", ""I thank you"" (pronounced ""Ay-Thang-Yaw""), and ""Before"
"Bill Bailey Mark Robert Bailey (born 13 January 1965) known by his stage name Bill Bailey, is an English comedian, musician, singer, actor, TV and radio presenter and author. Bailey is well known for his role in ""Black Books"" and for his appearances on ""Never Mind the Buzzcocks"", ""Have I Got News for You"" and ""QI"", as well as his extensive stand-up work. Bailey was listed by ""The Observer"" as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy in 2003. In 2007, and again in 2010, he was voted the seventh greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's ""100 Greatest"
"Harry Enfield Henry Richard Enfield (born 30 May 1961) is an English comedian, actor, writer, and director. He is known in particular for his television work, including ""Harry Enfield's Television Programme"" and ""Harry & Paul"", and for the creation and portrayal of comedy characters such as Kevin the Teenager and Loadsamoney. Born in Horsham, Sussex, he is the oldest of three children, the son of English television, radio and newspaper journalist and presenter Edward Enfield. He has two sisters. He was educated at the independent Arundale School in Pulborough, Dorset House School, Worth School, Collyer's Sixth Form College (all in"
"this was the first retraction ever to appear in that uniquely authoritative magazine. In disgrace, Tynan prepared a major apology, to appear prominently in the next issue. On the eve of publication, when the edition was printed and ready for delivery, Blore died. So next morning, the daily papers announced Blore’s death, while ""The New Yorker"" apologised for any insult to Mr. Blore’s feelings through their erroneous report of his demise. <nowiki>*</nowiki> - films featuring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Eric Blore Eric Blore (23 December 1887 – 2 March 1959) was an English comic actor who worked in the"
"semi-retirement, making few public appearances and marrying Audriano Meyers in 1972. Cambridge died of a heart attack at the age of 43 while on the Burbank, California, set of the ABC television movie ""Victory at Entebbe"", in which he was to portray Idi Amin. Amin commented that Cambridge's death was ""punishment from God."" He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles. Godfrey Cambridge Godfrey MacArthur Cambridge (February 26, 1933 – November 29, 1976) was an American stand-up comic and actor. Alongside Bill Cosby, Dick Gregory, and Nipsey Russell, he was acclaimed by ""Time"""
"been commemorated by plaques elsewhere, including those at Teddington Studios, BBC Television Centre and Blackpool Comedy Carpet. Harry Worth Harry Bourlon Illingsworth (20 November 1917 – 20 July 1989), professionally known as Harry Worth, was an English comedy actor, comedian and ventriloquist. Unlike the brash humour of other comedians at the time, Worth portrayed a charming, gentle and genial character, totally bemused by life, creating comedic confusion wherever he went. Worth was born in Hoyland Common, West Riding of Yorkshire, the youngest child of a miner. He had ten siblings. When he was only five months old his father died"
"in August 2017 by Ben Elton. Elton's lecture focused on the future of the British sitcom. Ronnie Barker Ronald William George Barker, (25 September 1929 – 3 October 2005) was an English actor, comedian and writer. He was known for roles in British comedy television series such as ""Porridge"", ""The Two Ronnies"", and ""Open All Hours"". Barker began acting in repertory theatre and decided he was best suited to comic roles. He had his first success at the Oxford Playhouse and in roles in the West End including Tom Stoppard's ""The Real Inspector Hound"". During this period, he was in"
"Malcolm Hardee Malcolm Hardee (5 January 1950 – 31 January 2005) was an English comedian, author, comedy club proprietor, compère, agent, manager and ""amateur sensationalist"". His high reputation among his peers rests on his outrageous publicity stunts and on the help and advice he gave to successful British alternative comedians early in their careers, acting as ""godfather to a generation of comic talent in the 1980s"". Fellow comic Rob Newman called him ""a hilarious, anarchic, living legend; a millennial Falstaff"", while Stewart Lee wrote that ""Malcolm Hardee is a natural clown who in any decent country would be a national"
"given a ""15"" rating despite containing seven uses of the word. In their Derek and Clive dialogues, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, particularly Cook, arguably made the word more accessible in the UK; in the 1976 sketch ""This Bloke Came Up To Me"", ""cunt"" is used approximately thirty-five times. The word is also used extensively by British comedian Roy 'Chubby' Brown, which ensures that his stand-up act has never been fully shown on UK television. Australian stand-up comedian Rodney Rude frequently refers to his audiences as ""cunts"" and makes frequent use of the word in his acts, which got him"
"Tommy Godfrey Tommy Godfrey (20 June 1916 – 24 June 1984) was an English film and television actor, mostly playing working class Cockney characters. His television credits included ""Love Thy Neighbour"", ""The Saint"", ""The Persuaders"", ""Mind Your Language"", ""The Avengers"", ""Bless This House"", ""Till Death Us Do Part"", ""Z-Cars"", ""Softly, Softly"", ""The Goodies"" and ""On the Buses"". His film credits included ""Passport to Pimlico"" (1949), ""Hide and Seek"" (1964), ""Work Is a Four-Letter Word"" (1968), ""If..."" (1968), ""Ring of Bright Water"" (1969), ""The Best House in London"" (1969), ""Simon, Simon"" (1970), ""A Severed Head"" (1970), ""Bless This House"" (1972), ""Straight"
"Robb Wilton Robb Wilton (28 August 1881 – 1 May 1957), born Robert Wilton Smith, was an English comedian and comic actor who was famous for his filmed monologues in the 1930s and 1940s in which he played incompetent authority figures. Wilton was born in Everton, Liverpool, and had a dry Lancashire accent which suited his comic persona as a procrastinating and work-shy impediment to the general public. Wilton's comedy emerged from the tradition of English music hall, especially popular in the North of England, and he was a contemporary of Frank Randle and George Formby, Sr.. He portrayed the"
"Robin Flower - George Fox - Oliver St. John Gogarty - Oliver Goldsmith - Alfred Perceval Graves - Robert Graves - Michael Hartnett - George Campbell Hay - Seamus Heaney - John Hewitt - F. R. Higgins - Pearse Hutchinson - Douglas Hyde - Valentin Iremonger - Thomas Caulfield Irwin - Robinson Jeffers - James Joyce - Patrick Kavanagh - Geoffrey Keating - Joan Keefe - John V. Kelleher - Brendan Kennelly - Thomas Kinsella - William Larminie - Francis Ledwidge - Earl of Longford - Michael Longley - Seán Lucy - Donagh MacDonagh - Thomas MacDonagh - Patrick MacDonogh"
"Thomas Davis - William McBurney - Arthur G. Geoghegan - Lady Wilde - John Kells Ingram - Michael Joseph McCann - Thomas Caulfield Irwin - William Allingham - Thomas D'Arcy McGee - John Todhunter - Edward Dowden - John Boyle O'Reilly - Arthur O'Shaughnessy - Emily Lawless - Alfred Perceval Graves - William Larminie - John Keegan Casey - Fanny Parnell - Oscar Wilde - T. W. Rolleston - John Synge - Thomas MacDonagh - Patrick Pearse - Joseph Plunkett - Francis Ledwidge - W.B. Yeats - George William Russell - Oliver St. John Gogarty - Joseph Campbell - Seamus"
"of cigarettes daily, drank copious amounts of black coffee, and ate a diet rich in eggs and dairy products."" He is buried in Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills Cemetery near his idol, Buster Keaton, in the Garden of Heritage. Marty Feldman Martin Alan ""Marty"" Feldman (8 July 1934 – 2 December 1982) was a British actor, comedy writer, and comedian, known for his prominent, misaligned eyes. He starred in several British television comedy series, including ""At Last the 1948 Show"" and ""Marty"", the latter of which won two BAFTA awards. He was the first Saturn Award winner for Best Supporting"
"Chubby Oates Chubby Oates born Arthur Oates (23 December 1942 – 10 November 2006) was a Cockney clubland comic and character actor. Born in Bermondsey South London Oates started out as a reporter for the ""South London Observer"", he shared an office with future editor of ""The Sun"", Kelvin MacKenzie.<br> In the evenings Oates began to perform as a comic and by the early sixties he'd turned professional. He was also a noted pantomime performer usually appearing as the dame. In this capacity he played ""Mum"" to some of the biggest and best names in showbusiness. He also claimed the"
"characters of the series, as listed below. Edward, Henry, Gordon, Whiff, Dash and Harold in the UK, and Harvey, Glynn, Skarloey, Sir Handel, Bert, Stafford, Salty, Den, Norman, Bertie, Captain, Sir Topham Hatt, Dowager Hatt in both the UK/US, and various other characters. Wickham previously voiced Percy and James in the UK but the roles were taken over by Nigel Pilkington as of 2015 and Rob Rackstraw as of 2017. Keith Wickham Keith Wickham (born February 9, 1965) is a British voice actor, comedian and screenwriter known for providing the voice of Polluto in ""Tommy Zoom"" and various characters in"
"Michael Caine Sir Michael Caine, (; born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, 14 March 1933) is an English actor, producer and author. He has appeared in more than 125 films in a career spanning 50 years and is considered a British film icon. Known for his cockney accent, Caine was born in South London, where during his early childhood, he and his parents lived in a rented flat on Urlwin Street, in Camberwell. He made his breakthrough in the 1960s with starring roles in British films, including ""Zulu"" (1964), ""The Ipcress File"" (1965), ""Alfie"" (1966), for which he was nominated for an"
"Steve Pemberton Steven James Pemberton (born 1 September 1967) is an English actor, comedian and writer, best known as a member of ""The League of Gentlemen"" with Reece Shearsmith, Mark Gatiss, and Jeremy Dyson. Pemberton and Shearsmith also co-wrote and appeared in the sitcom ""Psychoville"" and the comedy-drama ""Inside No. 9"". His other television credits include ""Doctor Who"", ""Benidorm"", ""Blackpool"", ""Shameless"", ""Whitechapel"", ""Happy Valley"" and ""Mapp and Lucia"". Pemberton was born in Blackburn, Lancashire. He attended St Michael's CE High School in Chorley, where his acting skills were first recognised. After studying at Runshaw College, Pemberton graduated from Bretton Hall"
"of human endeavour. In 2015, he was a featured subject on the ABC documentary series ""Australian Story"". Two portraits of McDonald have won awards at the Archibald Prize. In 1999 a portrait by artist Deny Christian won the Packing Room award and, in 2007, Paul Jackson's ""All the world's a stage"" won the Peoples Choice award. In 2016, yet another painting of McDonald was a finalist in The Archibald Prize by Kirsty Neilson entitled ""There's No Humour in Darkness"". Garry McDonald Garry George McDonald AO (born 30 October 1948) is an Australian actor, satirist and comedian. In a career spanning"
"strip artist of extraordinary energy and versatility, so wide-ranging in what he did that he might seem on the face of it to have straddled the void - or pit - which [George] Orwell saw gaping between the ""gentle"" English tales and the sado-masochistic ""Yank mags"" in the famous essay on Boys' Weeklies.' His younger brother is the illustrator Gerry Embleton. Ron Embleton Ronald Sydney Embleton (6 October 1930 – 13 February 1988) was a British painter and illustrator who gained fame as a comics artist, his work much admired by fans and editors alike. Following his sudden death aged"
"Equity register already. John Sessions John Gibb Marshall (born 11 January 1953), better known by the stage name John Sessions, is a British actor and comedian. He is known for comedy improvisation in television shows such as ""Whose Line Is It Anyway?""; as a panellist on ""QI""; and as a character actor in numerous films, both in the UK and in Hollywood. Sessions was born in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. He has a twin sister, Maggie, and an older brother. Sessions was educated at Bedford Modern School, an independent school for boys (now co-educational), and Verulam School, St Albans, followed by"
"Josh Widdicombe Joshua Michael Widdicombe (; born 8 April 1983) is an English comedian and radio and television presenter, best known for his appearances on ""The Last Leg"" (2012–present), ""Fighting Talk"" (2014–2016), ""Insert Name Here"" (2016–present), ""Have I Got News for You"" (2014–present) and his BBC Three sitcom ""Josh"" (2015–present). Widdicombe was born in Hammersmith, London and grew up in Haytor Vale near Widecombe-in-the-Moor in Devon. He then attended South Dartmoor Community College and later studied sociology and linguistics at the University of Manchester. Before becoming a comedian, Widdicombe worked as a sports journalist, writing for ""The Guardian"". He supports"
"Partridge is a full-on phenomenon, a multiplatform fictional celebrity whose catchphrases, mangled metaphors and social ineptitude are the stuff of legend and good ratings."" The character is less well known outside the UK, but according to director Adam McKay, ""every American comic knows who Steve is, whether it's Stiller or Ferrell or Jack Black or me ... and everyone watching those [Partridge] DVDs had the same reaction. How did I not know about this guy?"" Indiewire wrote that ""few Americans may know, but Partridge is a something of a comic icon across the pond ... Before there was Ron Burgundy"
"Ross Noble Ross Markham Noble (born 5 June 1976) is an English stand-up comedian and actor. Noble rose to mainstream popularity through making appearances on British television, particularly interviews and on panel shows such as ""Have I Got News for You"". He has also released DVDs of several of his tours. In 2007 he was voted the 10th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups and again in the updated 2010 list as the 11th greatest stand-up comic. In 2012, Noble made his movie debut in the fantasy comedy horror movie ""Stitches"". In 2015 he made his musical"
"Al Murray Alastair James Hay Murray (known as Al) (born 10 May 1968) is an English comedian, actor and writer. Murray's career began working with Harry Hill at BBC Radio 4. He received acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, before launching his ""Pub Landlord"" persona (which he describes as a ""know-all know-nothing blowhard who knows the answer to every question even though he hasn't been asked any of them""). This in turn led to the 2000 Sky TV sitcom ""Time Gentlemen Please"". Oxford educated, Murray's comedy is often hard edged social and political satire. He continues to perform as a"