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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Lorna Luft
Daughter of Judy Garland by her third husband, Sidney Luft. Â She has worked in show business and published a memoir.
1 memorial
George Harrison
Musician and songwriter. Born Liverpool.  One of the four Beatles.  Died Los Angeles.
3 memorials
Granada Cinema Edmonton
Formerly the Empire Music Hall, it still occasionally put on live stage shows. It closed as a cinema in 1968, and was converted into a short-lived bingo hall, before being demolished.
1 memorial
Harry H. Corbett OBE
Actor. Â Son of an army officer he was born in Burma. Â The Son of Wilfrid Brambell in the TV series 'Steptoe and Son'. Â Died Hastings. Not to be confused with Harry Corbett, Sooty and Sweep's handler.
1 memorial
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