Person    | Male  Born 8/9/1925  Died 24/7/1980

Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers

Goon and comic actor. Born Portsmouth to a couple of variety entertainers. The family moved to the N6 house when Sellers was 10. He was staying at the Dorchester Hotel when he suffered a heart attack and died at the Middlesex Hospital. For Sellers' London see Londonist.

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Peter Sellers

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Last Goon Show

The Camden Palace was home to the Goon Show through the 1950s.

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Peter Sellers

This was the first plaque erected by the Dead Comics Society. From BCS: "A mo...

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Spike's statue - Goons

This little group shows Secombe, Milligan and Sellers, holding "Goons" script...

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The Goon Show

{Caricatures of the four comedians, followed by:} The Goon Show, 1951-1960, f...

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James Williamson

James Williamson

British film pioneer.  Born in Fife, raised in Edinburgh.  Came south as a master chemist. Became interested in photography and X-ray photography.  1896 he introduced the first programme of films t...

Person, Cinema, Scotland

1 memorial
David William Gobbett

David William Gobbett

Cinematographer. Younger brother of Thomas James Gobbett (1882-1915). David William Gobbett was born on 12 August 1884, the second of the seven children of David William Gobbert (1855-1929) and An...

Person, Cinema

1 memorial
Vivien Leigh

Vivien Leigh

Born Darjeeling, India.  With her husband Laurence Olivier, she managed the St James's Theatre from 1950 to its closure in 1957. She led a vigorous but unsuccessful campaign to try and save it.  Di...

Person, Cinema, Theatre

4 memorials
Sir Ian Mckellen

Sir Ian Mckellen

Born Burnley, Lancashire. Versatile stage and film actor with a repertoire ranging from the classics through science fiction films and pantomime to Coronation Street. He ‘came out’ in 1988 and ha...

Person, Cinema, Seriously Famous, Theatre

4 memorials
William Goldman

William Goldman

Screenwriter and novelist. Born on 12 August 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He's the one who first said "Nobody knows anything" in reference to predicting which films will be successful. He died ...

Person, Cinema, Literature, USA

1 memorial