Wrote Steptoe and Son, and others.
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Galton and Simpson
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Hand & Racquet
The Hand & Racquet has been around in different forms since the Tudor tim...
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Galton and Simpson
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Tony Hancock - SW7
Unveiled on Hancock's 90th birthday by scriptwriters Galton and Simpson.
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The Goon Show
Radio comedy show, originally broadcast as 'Crazy People' The first scripts were co-written by Spike Milligan and Jimmy Grafton. The pressure of writing eventually contributed to Milligan's mental ...
3 memorials
Albert Chevalier
Music hall comedian, singer and musical theatre actor. Born at St Ann's Villas where the plaque now is, to a French father and Welsh mother. Married Florence, daughter of George Leybourne. His ful...
1 memorial
Joseph Grimaldi
Pantomime clown appearing at Sadler's Wells, Drury Lane and Covent Garden theatres. The traditional clowns' make-up, being called Joey and many of the gags and tricks date back to Grimaldi. Born i...
7 memorials
Michael Bentine
Comedian. Born as Michael James Bentin in Watford, Hertfordshire. He was a co-founder of the Goon Show, but left after the first series to pursue a solo career. His best remembered television progr...
3 memorials
Jimmy Jewel
Comedy actor. Born James Arthur Thomas Marsh in Sheffield to a couple of music-hall entertainers. When Jimmy's successful double act became old fashioned he restarted his career in television in t...
2 memorials
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Francis Pocock
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
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