Magician and past King Rat. Born Muswell Hill. Debonair magician and light comedian. General TV personality appearing on 'What's my Line?' and introducing Basil Brush to the world. Died Surrey.
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David Nixon
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Teddington Studios - David Nixon
David Nixon, 1919 - 1978, magician and past King Rat. Comic Heritage
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Shepherd's Bush Empire
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John Le Mesurier
Actor. Born John Elton Halliley in Bedford. Adopting his mother's surname, he was a supporting actor in many films of the 1950s and 1960s, but was projected to national fame as Sergeant Wilson in t...
Tony Hancock
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The Goon Show
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Fleabag
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Peter Mandelson
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Clarion House
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