Personalities

1. Nigel Kneale

Nigel Kneale was born on April 18, 1922 in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for The Entertainer (1960), Look Back in Anger (1959) and Quatermass and the Pit (1967). He was married to Judith Kerr. He died on October 29, 2006 in London, England, UK.

2. Ray Galton

Writer | Sanford and Son

Ray Galton was born on July 17, 1930 in Paddington, London, England, UK. He was a writer and producer, known for Sanford and Son (1972), Steptoe & Son (1972) and Steptoe and Son (1962). He was married to Tonia Phillips. He died on October 5, 2018.

3. Alan Simpson

Writer | Sanford and Son

Alan Simpson was born on November 27, 1929 in Brixton, London, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Sanford and Son (1972), Steptoe & Son (1972) and Steptoe and Son (1962). He was married to Kathleen (Kate) Phillips and Tessa Le Bars. He died on February 8, 2017 in the UK.

4. Tony Hancock

Actor | The Rebel

Tony Hancock was born in Birmingham, England, the son of John and Lillian Hancock. He was educated at Durlston Court, Swanage, and Bradfield College, Reading. He served in the R.A.F. (ground crew) during the war. In 1942 he was in the R.A.F. Gang Show. He was de-mobbed in 1946. He appeared at the ...

5. Sidney James

Actor | Carry on Cleo

The star of the Carry On series of films, Sid James originally came to prominence as sidekick to the ground breaking British comedy actor Tony Hancock, on both radio and then television. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa and named Solomon Joel Cohen, James arrived in England in 1946, second wife ...

6. Hugh Lloyd

Actor | You Rang, M'Lord?

Hugh Lloyd was born on April 22, 1923 in Chester, Cheshire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for You Rang, M'Lord? (1988), Doctor Who (1963) and Alice in Wonderland (1999). He was married to Shän Davies, Carole Wilkinson, Anne Rodgers and José Stewart. He died on July 14, 2008 in ...

7. Sydney Newman

Writer | The Avengers

Sydney Newman was born on April 1, 1917 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a writer and producer, known for The Avengers (1998), The Avengers (1961) and Space Command (1953). He was married to Elizabeth McRae. He died on October 30, 1997 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

8. Patricia Hayes

Actress | Willow

She became an actress because her mother had been stage struck so attended RADA and won a gold medal but despite that she was out of work for a year. An early success was as Ruby in Getting Married at St Martins Theatre in 1938, Probably best remembered for her role as Edna the Inebriated Woman for...

9. Dennis Spooner

Writer | Department S

Dennis Spooner was born on December 1, 1932 in Tottenham, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Department S (1969), The Champions (1968) and Champions. He was married to Pauline E. Hosking. He died on September 20, 1986 in Hertfordshire, England, UK.

10. Patrick Macnee

Actor | The Avengers

British actor Patrick Macnee was born on February 6, 1922 in London, England into a wealthy and eccentric family. His father, Daniel Macnee, was a race horse trainer, who drank and gambled away the family fortune, leaving young Patrick to be raised by his lesbian mother, Dorothea Mary, and her ...

11. Ian Hendry

Actor | Get Carter

Born 13 January 1931 in Ipswich, England, Ian Hendry's career began rather inauspiciously, playing the fall guy for a circus clown. After attending London's Central School of Speech and Drama, things started progressing nicely when he starred as "Dr. Geoffrey Brent" in Police Surgeon (1960). This ...

12. Edwin Richfield

Actor | Quatermass and the Pit

Edwin Richfield was born on September 11, 1921 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Quatermass and the Pit (1967), Interpol Calling (1959) and Harriet's Back in Town (1972). He was married to Jan Holden. He died on August 2, 1990 in Shrewsbury, England, UK.

13. Duncan Wood

Producer | Oh Brother!

Duncan Wood was born on March 24, 1925 in Bristol, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for Oh Brother! (1968), The World of Beachcomber (1968) and The Bed-Sit Girl (1965). He died on January 11, 1997 in London, England, UK.

14. Honor Blackman

Actress | Goldfinger

One of four children, Blackman was born in London's East End, to Edith Eliza (Stokes), a homemaker, and Frederick Thomas Blackman, a statistician employed with the Civil Service. She received elocution lessons for her 16th birthday (at her own request), and later attended the Guildhall School of ...

15. Ronald Radd

Actor | The Sea Gull

Ronald Radd was born on January 22, 1929 in Ryhope, Sunderland, County Durham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Sea Gull (1968), A Tale of Two Cities (1957) and The Saint (1962). He was married to Dorothy May Goodman. He died on April 23, 1976 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

16. Philip Madoc

Actor | The Avengers

Philip Madoc was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, and attended Twyn School. He became interested in acting when he was a teenager. He studied at the University of Vienna and pursued a theatrical career by attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. During the 1960s, he became a familiar face on ...

17. Verity Lambert

Producer | Evil Angels

A young Verity Lambert began her career as TV producer when given the chance to produce the new BBC television sci-fi series Doctor Who (1963) in early 1963. Due to the fact this was her first job as a producer, Mervyn Pinfield was given guardian role over the series, but Lambert's talents were ...

18. William Hartnell

Actor | Murder in Reverse?

William Hartnell was born on 8 January 1908, just south of St. Pancras railway station in London. In press materials in the 1940s he claimed that his father was a farmer and later a stockbroker; it turns out that he had actually been born out of wedlock, as his biography "Who's There?" states.

At ...

19. William Russell

Actor | The Great Escape

William Russell was born William Russell Enoch on 19 November 1924, in Sunderland, County Durham, England, to Eva Compston (Pile) and Alfred James Enoch. He became interested in acting at an early age. He was involved in organizing entertainments during his national service in the Royal Air Force ...

20. Jacqueline Hill

Actress | Doctor Who

Born in 17 December 1929, Jacqueline Hill was orphaned as a toddler and raised by her grandparents. She was taken out of school at the age of 14 to enable her younger brother to continue. She then worked at Cadbury's, which had an amateur dramatics society. She was encouraged to apply for, and was ...

21. Carole Ann Ford

Actress | The Day of the Triffids

Carole Ann Ford was born in June 1940 and first appeared in a film at the age of eight. Following acting and elocution lessons, she started doing commercials and walk-on work, and her first proper role was in the play "Women of the Streets." She continued working in theatre, film (including The Day...

22. Peter Hammond

Director | Hereward the Wake

Peter Hammond was born on November 15, 1923 in Victoria, London, England, UK. He was a director and actor, known for Hereward the Wake (1965), Contract to Kill (1965) and Armchair Theatre (1956). He was married to Maureen Glynne. He died on October 12, 2011 in London, England, UK.

23. Terry Nation

Writer | Doctor Who

Before becoming a film scriptwriter, Terry Nation was a prolific writer of UK television scripts in both the action and science fiction genres. His scripts are noted for their depth, i.e. they usually have many sub-plots as well as the main plot. As a writer on the BBC's Doctor Who (1963) series, ...

24. Brian Clemens

Writer | The Avengers

Brian Clemens left school at the age of 14. After national service with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, he worked his way up from messenger boy to copywriter at an advertising agency, writing in his spare time. One of his scripts was accepted by the BBC in 1955. He joined a production company, ...

25. David Whitaker

Writer | Doctor Who

David Whitaker was born on April 18, 1928 in Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England. He was a writer, known for Doctor Who (1963), Homicide (1964) and Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks (2021). He was married to June Barry. He died on February 4, 1980 in Fulham, London, England, UK.

26. Richard Martin

Director | Late Night Horror

Richard Martin was born on January 3, 1935 in London, England, UK. He is a director and actor, known for Late Night Horror (1968), Capstick's Law (1989) and Meeting Point (1957). He has been married to Suzanne Neve since 1965.

27. Bernard Kay

Actor | Doctor Zhivago

Bernard Kay was born on February 23, 1928 in Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Doctor Zhivago (1965), They Came from Beyond Space (1967) and The Last Days of Pompeii (1984). He was married to Patricia Haines. He died on December 25, 2014 in London, England, UK.

28. Christopher Barry

Director | The Tripods

Christopher Barry was born on September 20, 1925 in London. He was a director and producer, known for The Tripods (1984), Nanny (1981) and Moonbase 3 (1973). He died on February 7, 2014 in Oxfordshire, England, UK.

29. Peter Butterworth

Actor | Carry on Screaming!

Peter Butterworth's promising career in the British Navy Fleet Air Arm ended when the plane which he was flying was shot down by the Germans in WW II and he was placed in a POW camp. There he became close friends with Talbot Rothwell (later a writer on the "Carry On" series, on which Butterworth ...

30. Peter Purves

Actor | Girl in a Black Bikini

Peter Purves was born in New Longton, Lancashire on 10 February 1939. After leaving school he took a four-year teacher-training course. In 1961, after only one year as a teacher, he turned to acting, initially with the Barrow-in-Furness Repertory Company and later with the Wimbleton Theatre Company.

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31. Diana Rigg

Actress | Last Night in Soho

British actress Dame Diana Rigg was born on July 20, 1938 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England. She has had an extensive career in film and theatre, including playing the title role in "Medea", both in London and New York, for which she won the 1994 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.

Rigg made her ...

32. Gerry Anderson

Writer | Joe 90

Gerry Anderson was born on April 14, 1929 in West Hampstead, London, England, UK. He was a writer and producer, known for Joe 90 (1968), Invasion: UFO (1974) and UFO (1970). He was married to Mary Robins, Sylvia Anderson and Betty Wrightman. He died on December 26, 2012 in Henley-on-Thames, England...

33. André Morell

Actor | Ben-Hur

André Morell was born on August 20, 1909 in St. Pancras, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Ben-Hur (1959), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and The Message (1976). He was married to Joan Greenwood. He died on November 28, 1978 in London, England, UK.

34. T.P. McKenna

Actor | Ulysses

Character actor Thomas Patrick McKenna was born in Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland, in 1929. A prolific theatre actor throughout his career, he made his stage debut in "Summer and Smoke" by Tennessee Williams at the Pike Theatre in Dublin in 1954.

He made his film debut in the IRA-Nazi drama The ...

35. Julian Glover

Actor | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Julian Wyatt Glover was born on March 27, 1935 in Hampstead, London, England, to Honor Ellen Morgan (Wyatt), a BBC journalist, and Claude Gordon Glover, a BBC radio producer. He is of English, Scottish and Welsh ancestry. Primarily a classical stage actor, Glover trained at the National Youth ...

36. David Graham

Actor | Thunderbird 6

David Graham was born on July 11, 1925 in Hackney, London, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Thunderbird 6 (1968), Stingray (1964) and Supercar (1961).

37. Roger Marshall

Writer | The Avengers

Roger Marshall was born on March 15, 1934 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Avengers (1961), Mitch (1984) and Public Eye (1965). He was married to Jill Margaret McIntosh. He died on April 1, 2020.

38. John Woodnutt

Actor | Lifeforce

John Woodnutt was a serious, gaunt-faced character actor with extensive stage experience. He made his professional acting debut at the Oxford Playhouse at the age of 18. He also performed Shakespearean roles at the Open Air Theatre at London's Regent's Park. He had a long string of television ...

39. John Le Mesurier

Actor | The Italian Job

The son of a solicitor, British character actor John Le Mesurier attended public school in Dorset, England, before embarking on a career in law. However, acting was his true calling, and at age 20, with his parents' approval, he began his acting career by studying drama at the Fay Compton School of...

40. Anneke Wills

Actress | The Avengers

Anneke Wills made her acting debut at age eleven in a film called Child's Play (1954). She then studied at a drama school, the Arts Educational, for about four years, winning many children's TV and theatre roles. Subsequently, she enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, but did not complete ...

41. Michael Craze

Actor | Doctor Who

Michael Craze was born on 29 November 1942 in Cornwall and got into acting quite by chance as, at the age of twelve, he discovered through Boy Scout Gang Shows that he had a perfect boy soprano voice. This led him to win parts in "The King and I" and "Plain and Fancy", both at Drury Lane, and "Damn...

42. Philip Locke

Actor | Thunderball

Philip Locke was born on March 29, 1928 in St. Marylebone, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Thunderball (1965), Doing Time (1979) and Oliver Twist (1982). He died on April 19, 2004 in Dedham, Essex, England, UK.

43. Pamela Ann Davy

Actress | Doctor Who

Pamela Ann Davy was born on September 7, 1933 in Australia. She was an actress, known for Doctor Who (1963), The Avengers (1961) and Department S (1969). She was married to Geoffrey Lyndon Archer. She died on June 3, 2018 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

44. Kit Pedler

Writer | Doctor Who

Dr. Christopher "Kit" Pedler was a doctor of medicine, specializing both in diseases of the eye and in the new branch of artificial limbs and organs. In 1966, he was approached by Doctor Who (1963)'s then story editor, Gerry Davis, to help with the scientific problems in a Who script (working title...

45. Peter Hawkins

Actor | The Big Spender

Peter Hawkins was born on April 3, 1924 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Big Spender (1965), Doctor Who (1963) and The Storyteller (1987). He was married to Rosemary Miller. He died on July 8, 2006 in London, England, UK.

46. Kenneth J. Warren

Actor | Mystery and Imagination

Balding (later shaven-headed), stocky-framed Australian character actor Kenneth J. Warren (the "J" stands for John) was a reliable performer on both stage and films, his imposing, beefy frame and darting, sliver-eyed presence almost a tell-tale sign of peril yet to come.

Born in New South Wales in ...

47. Philip Levene

Writer | The Avengers

Philip Levene was born on June 9, 1926 in London, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for The Avengers (1961), The First Lady (1968) and The Firechasers (1971). He died on March 25, 1973 in London, England, UK.

48. Patrick Troughton

Actor | The Omen

Patrick Troughton was born in Mill Hill, London and was educated at Mill Hill School. He trained as an actor at the Embassy School of Acting in the UK and at Leighton Rollin's Studio for for Actors at Long Island, New York in the USA. During World War II he served in the Royal Navy and after the ...

49. Frazer Hines

Actor | Emmerdale Farm

Frazer Hines has a particular distinction in the world of Doctor Who (1963) as the most prolific companion in the original 26-year run of the series; only the first four Doctors, William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker, appeared in more episodes. He was born and raised in ...

50. Brian Hayles

Writer | Doctor Who

Brian Hayles was born on March 7, 1930 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Doctor Who (1963), Warlords of the Deep (1978) and Nothing But the Night (1973). He died on October 30, 1978.

51. Patrick McGoohan

Actor | The Prisoner

Born in America, and raised in Ireland and England, actor Patrick McGoohan rose to become the number-one British TV star in the 1950s to 1960s era. His parents moved to Ireland when he was very young and McGoohan acquired a neutral accent that sounds at home in British or American dialogue. He was ...

52. Deborah Watling

Actress | The Invisible Man

Born on 2 January 1948, Deborah Watling grew up in an acting family. She attended stage school after failing her O level exams, but left after three weeks and got herself an agent. She then landed the part of Alice in a BBC play "The Life of Lewis Carroll" (aka The Wednesday Play: Alice (1965)). ...

53. Peter Jeffrey

Actor | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Immensely talented and instantly recognizable, Peter Jeffrey was one of a great generation of British actors who were comfortable in everything from classical theatre to television comedy. He was born in Bristol, England in 1929 and went on to be educated at Harrow school. He studied at Pembroke ...

54. Linda Thorson

Actress | The Avengers

Tall (5' 9"), svelte, adventurous young actress Linda Thorson, invariably known as the brunette dish who replaced Diana Rigg on the highly popular action series The Avengers (1961), was born Linda Robinson on June 18, 1947 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The second of four children of a math and ...

55. Bernard Horsfall

Actor | Braveheart

He was educated at Rugby where he became interested in acting. He spent a year in Canada studying agriculture then returned to England and taught at a prep school in Surrey. In 1950 he joined the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and on completing the course joined and toured with Dundee ...

56. Kevin Stoney

Actor | Emmerdale Farm

Kevin Stoney served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, where he trained as a pilot and was sent to the Middle East. However, he crashed so many planes that he had to be reclassified as a navigator. As an actor he did his best work for the small screen, often appearing as doctors, ...

57. Nicholas Courtney

Actor | Doctor Who

Nicholas Courtney was born in Egypt, the son of a British diplomat. His early years were spent in Kenya and France and he was called up for National Service at the age of 18. After 18 months of duty in the British forces, Courtney joined the Webber Douglas drama school. He spent two years there and...

58. Derrick Sherwin

Writer | Doctor Who

Derrick Sherwin was born on April 16, 1936 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Doctor Who (1963), Paul Temple (1969) and Ski-Boy (1974). He was married to Sherwin, Ingsumon and Jane Sherwin. He died on October 17, 2018 in Hampton Hill, London, ...

59. Wendy Padbury

Actress | The Blood on Satan's Claw

Wendy Padbury trained at the Aida Foster Stage School and made her TV debut on the BBC arts programme "Monitor" soon after starting the course. More TV work followed and, by the age of seventeen, she had landed a regular role in the ATV soap opera Crossroads (1964). Soon after this, she applied for...

60. Ronald Leigh-Hunt

Actor | The Message

Ronald Leigh-Hunt trained for acting at the Italia Conti School. He made his debut in regional repertory theatre. In films from 1950, he was rarely out of work, usually cast in subtle authoritarian or aristocratic roles. Cultured and dapper, latterly white-haired, he was particularly noted for his ...

61. Edward Burnham

Actor | To Sir, with Love

Edward Burnham was born on December 25, 1916 in Lincolnshire, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for To Sir, with Love (1967), Quatermass and the Pit (1958) and Little Dorrit (1987). He was married to Lucille. He died on June 30, 2015 in the UK.

62. Patrick Newell

Actor | The Avengers

Patrick Newell was born on March 27, 1932 in Hadleigh, Suffolk, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Avengers (1961), Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (1980) and Kinvig (1981). He was married to Derina House. He died on July 22, 1988 in Essex, England, UK.

63. Alexandra Bastedo

Actress | Casino Royale

Alexandra Bastedo was born on March 9, 1946 in Hove, East Sussex, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Casino Royale (1967), Batman Begins (2005) and The Champions (1968). She was married to Patrick Garland. She died on January 12, 2014 in West Sussex, England, UK.

64. William Gaunt

Actor | The Champions

William Gaunt was born on April 3, 1937 in Pudsey, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Champions (1968), Sergeant Cork (1963) and Colonel Trumper's Private War (1961). He has been married to Carolyn Lyster since September 7, 1974. They have two children.

65. Mike Pratt

Actor | Repulsion

Mike Pratt was born on June 7, 1931 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Repulsion (1965), My Partner the Ghost (1969) and Sitting Target (1972). He died on July 10, 1976 in Midhurst, Sussex, England, UK.

66. Kenneth Cope

Actor | Carry on at Your Convenience

Kenneth Cope was born on April 14, 1931 in Liverpool, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Carry on at Your Convenience (1971), Truckers (1987) and My Partner the Ghost (1969). He has been married to Renny Lister since 1961. They have three children.

67. Annette Andre

Actress | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Annette Andre (Birth name Annette Christine Andreallo) is best-known for her work on British television throughout the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

She began as a ballet dancer, moving on to radio, theatre and TV work in Australia, before filming small roles in "Cleopatra" and "Panic Button" in Italy and...

68. Tony Williamson

Writer | The Avengers

Tony Williamson was born on December 18, 1932 in Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Avengers (1961), Department S (1969) and Adam Adamant Lives! (1966). He died on June 19, 1991 in Cheshire, England, UK.

69. William Shatner

Actor | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

William Shatner has notched up an impressive 70-plus years in front of the camera, displaying heady comedic talent and being instantly recognizable to several generations of cult television fans as the square-jawed Captain James T. Kirk, commander of the starship U.S.S. Enterprise.

Shatner was born ...

70. Leonard Nimoy

Actor | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Leonard Simon Nimoy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Dora (Spinner) and Max Nimoy, who owned a barbershop. His parents were Ukrainian Jewish immigrants. Raised in a tenement and acting in community theaters since age eight, Nimoy did not make his Hollywood debut until he was 20, with a bit ...

71. DeForest Kelley

Actor | Star Trek

Jackson DeForest Kelley was born in Toccoa, Georgia, to Clora (Casey) and Ernest David Kelley.

He graduated from high school at age 16 and went on to sing at the Baptist church where his father was a minister. At age 17, he made his first trip outside the state to visit an uncle in Long Beach, ...

72. Nichelle Nichols

Actress | Star Trek

Nichelle Nichols was one of 10 children born to parents Lishia and Samuel Nichols in Robbins, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. She was a singer and dancer before turning to acting and finding fame in her groundbreaking role of Lt. Nyota Uhura in the Star Trek (1966) series.

As long as she could remember,...

73. Jon Pertwee

Actor | Doctor Who

Jon Pertwee is best known for his portrayal of the Third Doctor on the BBC's science-fiction television series Doctor Who (1963) from 1970 to 1974. He was also the first to play the role following the transition of BBC One from black and white to colour. His 60-year entertainment career included ...

74. Caroline John

Actress | Love Actually

Caroline John was a classically trained actress who did some significant and prestigious stage work, but she is best remembered for one television role which she played for less than a year (and only four serials) - that of Dr. Elizabeth Shaw in Doctor Who (1963). Of the many satellites that have ...

75. Ray Austin

Director | Department S

Prolific director of episodic television, born in London and educated at Brighton College. The athletic Austin began his career as a stunt man, his first screen credit being Martin Landau 's stunt double in the famous Mount Rushmore scene in North by Northwest (1959) (he was also said to have ...

76. Peter Halliday

Actor | The Remains of the Day

One of the UK's most prolific television actors for 50 years, Peter Halliday was the son of an auctioneer and estate agent. He was schooled in Shropshire. Halliday failed his exam as apprentice auctioneer, worked briefly for Rolls-Royce, then served in the British Army during the Second World War, ...

77. Harry H. Corbett

Actor | Carry on Screaming!

Harry H Corbett (he added the "H" to avoid being confused with Sooty's friend) was born in Burma in 1925. His father was an officer in the army. His mother died when he was very young and he moved to England as a child and was brought up in Manchester by an aunt.

After his war service, he joined a ...

78. Wilfrid Brambell

Actor | A Hard Day's Night

Wilfrid Brambell was born on 22 March 1912, in Dublin, Ireland. His first acting experience was when he was aged just two, entertaining wounded soldiers returning from action during the First World War. On leaving school he worked part-time as a reporter for The Irish Times and part-time as an ...

79. Eric Morecambe

Soundtrack | The Morecambe & Wise Show

Eric Morecambe was born on May 14, 1926 in Buxton Street, Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968), Night Train to Murder (1984) and The Intelligence Men (1965). He was married to Joan Morecambe. He died on May 28, 1984 in ...

80. Ernie Wise

Soundtrack | The Morecambe & Wise Show

Ernie Wise was born on November 27, 1925 in Bramley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968), Night Train to Murder (1984) and Two of a Kind (1961). He was married to Doreen Blythe. He died on March 21, 1999 in Wexham, ...