Comedy actor. Born in Johannesburg (on Hancock Street), South Africa, to a pair of British music hall performers and brought up in both South Africa and England. Worked as a diamond sorter and then a hairdresser. Became a performer and served with an entertainment unit in WW2. Went on to fame in Carry On films, and various TV shows including a very successful, but short, partnership with Tony Hancock. On an opening night at the Empire Theatre, Sunderland, he collapsed on stage and was pronounced dead at hospital.
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Sid James
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Hand & Racquet
The Hand & Racquet has been around in different forms since the Tudor tim...
Sid James - W5
From BCS: "We had to do Sid twice because the first plaque was stolen; the se...
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Emlyn Williams
Welsh dramatist and actor. Born Flintshire, North Wales. Died at home, Flat 3, 123 Dovehouse Street.
1 memorial
Diana Dors
Actor and singer. Born Diana Mary Fluck in Swindon. She was promoted as the English Marilyn Monroe, and at the age of 16, joined J. Arthur Rank's charm school appearing in many of his films. She at...
1 memorial
Mary Millington
Model and porn actor. Born Mary Ruth Quilter, she came to fame in the long-running soft-porn film 'Come Play With Me'. However, she soon found herself being replaced by younger models, which led to...
1 memorial
Roy Kinnear
Character actor. Born Lancashire. Played Mr. Salt in the 1971 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory'. Died following a fall from a horse while filming in Spain.
1 memorial
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Eric Coates
Composer of light music, e.g. "The Dambusters March" for the film and "Sleepy Lagoon", possibly the best known melody in the UK, being the theme tune for the radio programme "Desert Island Discs". ...
2 memorials
W. Burton Stewart
Vice Chairman of the Improvements Committee for the Rotherhithe Tunnel in 1908.
2 memorials
1 memorial
St Martin's Gardens
NW1, St Martin's Gardens, Camden Street
The plaques are just inside the gates, on the wall behind the pillar. The gravestones littering this park and its name suggest that it us...
8 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Michael Gove
Politician. Born in Edinburgh. He entered parliament in 2005, and in 2010 after the formation of the coalition government, was appointed Secretary of State for Education. He was criticised by the c...
1 memorial
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