Actor Born Dublin. Played the 'dirty old man' in the TV series 'Steptoe and Son' with Harry H. Corbett and Paul McCartney's granddad in 'A hard day's night'. Died in Westminster.
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Wilfrid Brambell
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BBC Television Centre - Wilfrid Brambell
Wilfrid Brambell, 1912 - 1985. BBC and the Heritage Foundation
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Sid James
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4 memorials
The Flicker Club
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2 memorials
Humphrey Jennings
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1 memorial
Tommy Steele
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2 memorials
Ronald Reagan
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2 memorials
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Charles Cheers, Baron Wakefield of Hythe CGE, LLD
Charles Cheers Wakefield was born and raised in Liverpool. (Cheers was his mother's maiden name). Became an oil-broker, founding his own firm in 1899, C.C. Wakefield & Co. later Wakefield Oil C...
Person, Commerce, Lord Mayor, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
Acton Hill House
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1 memorial
Olatunji Adeyanju
17 year-old Olatunji was killed by a car while cycling across a pedestrian crossing. The driver, Barry Normah, aged 28, sped through a red light, drove off after the collision and then dumped the ...
1 memorial
1 memorial
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