Last of the Summer Wine - "Come Back Jack Harry" - 1:00 pm Sunday, November 2 on KET2

Bill Owen (Actor) .. Compo

Born: March 14, 1914
Died: July 12, 1999
Birthplace: London

Trivia: A former holiday camp entertainer, dance band musician, and vocalist, Bill Owen rose to prominence in eccentric comedy roles on the London stage. Owen made his initial film appearance in 1945 and his lastest in the early '70s. He was a semi-regular in the Carry On comedies of the 1950s and 1960s, usually playing self-important cockneys. Bill Owen was also seen in the British TV series Copper's End (1971) and Last of the Summer Wine (1973).

Peter Sallis (Actor) .. Norman Clegg

Born: February 21, 1921
Died: June 02, 2017
Birthplace: Twickenham, England, United Kingdom

Trivia: Timid-looking British character actor, onscreen from 1952 and best-known for voicing Wallace in the Wallace & Gromit films and starring in the long-running British series Last of the Summer Wine. Sallis died in 2017, at age 96.

Frank Thornton (Actor) .. Truly

Born: January 15, 1921
Died: March 16, 2013
Birthplace: Dulwich, London, United Kingdom

Kathy Staff (Actor) .. Nora

Born: July 12, 1928
Died: December 13, 2008
Birthplace: Dukinfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom

Michael Bates (Actor) .. Blamire

Born: December 04, 1920
Died: January 11, 1978
Birthplace: Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Trivia: Best remembered for his broad comical portrayals of British military officers and police inspectors, character actor Michael Bates worked on the stage, on television, and in feature films.

Brian Wilde (Actor) .. Foggy

Born: June 13, 1927
Died: March 20, 2008
Birthplace: Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, United Kingdom

Gordon Wharmby (Actor) .. Wesley

Born: November 06, 1933
Died: May 18, 2002
Birthplace: Salford, Lancashire

Robert Fyfe (Actor) .. Howard

Born: June 19, 1925
Birthplace: Alloa, Scotland, United Kingdom

Juliette Kaplan (Actor) .. Pearl

Sarah Thomas (Actor) .. Glenda

Born: June 05, 1952
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom

Stephen Lewis (Actor) .. Clem `Smiler' Hemingway

Born: November 14, 1936
Birthplace: London, England

Danny O'Dea (Actor) .. Eli Duckett

Mike Grady (Actor) .. Barry

Born: February 06, 1946
Birthplace: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Michael Aldridge (Actor) .. Seymour

Born: September 09, 1920
Died: January 10, 1994
Birthplace: Glastonbury, Somerset

Trivia: On-stage from 1939, when he appeared in the Old Vic production of French Without Tears, Michael Aldridge carved out a niche for himself in light, aristocratic comedy roles. His first film appearance was in the otherwise unremarkable Bank Holiday Luck (1947). Orson Welles aficionados will remember Aldridge's work as the cadaverous Pistol in Chimes at Midnight (1967). As busy on British television as he was elsewhere, Michael Aldridge starred or co-starred in such series as The Man in Room 17 (1965-1966), Love for Lydia (1977), Charlie (1984), Charters and Caldicott (1985), and Last of the Summer Wine (1985-1989); he also appeared as the C.S. Lewis-like professor in the 1988 TV production of Lewis' The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

Thora Hird (Actor) .. Edie Pegden

Born: May 28, 1911
Died: March 15, 2003
Birthplace: Morecambe, Lancashire

Trivia: British stage and screen actress Thora Hird specialized in loquacious working class types. The wide-eyed, thin-lipped actress seemed destined from birth to portray maids, landladies, clerks and charwomen. To add variety to this narrow acting category, Hird became an expert in a variety of regional British accents. In films from 1940's Spellbound (not the Hitchcock picture of the same name), Thora brightened her fleeting moments in such films as The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947), The Good Companions (1950), The Galloping Major (1951), The Creeping Unknown (1956) and A Kind of Loving (1962). In 1978, she wrote her autobiography, Seen and Hird. Thora Hird was the mother of Janette Scott, a former child actress who became a popular and attractive film leading lady of the late '50s and early '60s (As Long as They're Happy (1957), Day of the Triffids (1963), etc).

Jean Alexander (Actor) .. Auntie Wainwright

Born: October 11, 1926
Died: October 14, 2016
Birthplace: Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom

Keith Clifford (Actor) .. Billy

Born: June 20, 1938
Birthplace: Halifax, Yorkshire, England

Tom Owen (Actor) .. Tom

Born: April 08, 1949
Birthplace: Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom

Jane Freeman (Actor) .. Ivy

Born: March 15, 1921
Died: March 09, 2017
Birthplace: Brentford, London, United Kingdom

Jean Fergusson (Actor) .. Marina

Born: December 30, 1944
Died: November 15, 2019
Birthplace: Wakefield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Ken Kitson (Actor) .. PC Cooper

Born: January 01, 1946
Birthplace: Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Burt Kwouk (Actor) .. Entwistle

Born: July 18, 1930
Died: May 24, 2016
Birthplace: Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Trivia: Born in England and raised in Shanghai, actor Burt Kwouk can best be described as a funnier variation of Bruce Lee. To be sure, many of his acting assignments have called for straight interpretations, notably his roles in such films Satan Never Sleeps (1961) and The Brides of Fu Manchu (1965). But Kwouk is best known for his role as karate champ Cato Fong, right-hand man of the hapless Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers). Trained by his boss to attack without warning (the better to keep Clouseau on guard and in shape), Cato has invariably done his job too well, kicking and chopping at the Inspector at the most inopportune times -- when Clouseau is making love, for example. As Cato, Bert Kwouk has appeared in the Blake Edwards-directed Clouseau films A Shot in the Dark (1964), Return of the Pink Panther (1975), The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1978) and Revenge of the Pink Panther (1979), and has guest-starred in two pastiche films made after Peter Sellers' death, Curse of the Pink Panther (1981) and Trail of the Pink Panther (1982). Outside the aegis of Blake Edwards, Kwouk has taken action-oriented parts in films like Rollerball (1980) and Air America (1990). For several years in the '80s, Kwouk played a Japanese commandant on the British TV series Tenko. Kwouk continued to work steadily through the 2010s, including a recurring role on Last of the Summer Wine. He died in 2016, at age 85.

Brian Murphy (Actor) .. Alvin

Born: September 25, 1932
Birthplace: Ventnor, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom

Josephine Tewson (Actor) .. Miss Davenport

Born: February 26, 1931
Birthplace: Hampstead, London, United Kingdom

Dora Bryan (Actor) .. Roz

Born: February 07, 1924

Trivia: Though born in Southport, Dora Bryan convincingly portrayed many a Cockney and Northerner in her long British film career. In films from 1947, Bryan was more often than not cast as good-natured tarts and garrulous neighbors, her nasal line delivery adding credibility to her characterizations. Many feel that she delivered her best performance in the 1962 slice-of-life drama A Taste of Honey. Her prolific TV work has included the popular 1994 situation comedy Mother's Ruin. In 1987, Dora Bryan came out with her autobiography, According to Dora.

Louis Emerick (Actor) .. PC Walsh

Born: June 10, 1960
Birthplace: Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

John Comer (Actor) .. Sid

Born: March 01, 1924
Died: February 11, 1984
Birthplace: Stretford, Lancashire

Joe Gladwin (Actor) .. Wally Batty

Born: January 22, 1906
Died: March 11, 1987
Birthplace: Salford, Lancashire

June Whitfield (Actor) .. Nelly

Born: November 11, 1925
Birthplace: Streatham, London

Trivia: Trained at London's prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, June Whitfield landed her first professional roles on the London stage and became one of Great Britain's most respected comedy actresses. After establishing herself in theater, Whitfield gained further acclaim for appearing opposite Jimmy Edwards and Dick Bently in the classic radio series Take It From Here. She has become one of BBC Radio's most enduring and beloved radio performers; she can be heard reading The News Huddlines, something she has been doing since the 1950s. Despite her radio work, Whitfield is best known on television, where she appeared opposite her longtime professional partner Terry Scott in the popular sitcom Happily Ever After, which ran for a decade and was later renamed Terry and June. She also worked with comedians like Ronnie Barker and Dick Emery. Whitfield began her sporadic film career in Carry On Nurse (1959); she would continue appearing in the venerable Carry On series for many years. Her other film credits include The Spy With a Cold Nose (1966) and Jude (1996). For her many years in the entertainment industry, June Whitfield received the British Comedy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1994.

Tony Capstick (Actor) .. Policeman

Christopher Beeny (Actor) .. Morton

Born: July 07, 1941
Died: January 03, 2020
Birthplace: London

Jonathan Linsley (Actor) .. Crusher

Born: January 17, 1956

Trevor Bannister (Actor) .. Toby

Born: August 14, 1934
Died: April 14, 2011
Birthplace: Durrington, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Denis Mawn (Actor) .. Vicar

Barbara Young (Actor) .. Stella

Born: February 09, 1931
Birthplace: Brighouse, West Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Julie T. Wallace (Actor) .. Mrs. Avery

Born: May 28, 1961

Russ Abbot (Actor) .. Hobbo

Born: September 16, 1947
Birthplace: Chester

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