- Christopher Biggins
Christopher Biggins (born 16 December 1948 in Oldham, Lancashire) is an English television and pantomime actor. - Andy Gray
Andy Gray is a Scottish actor and comedy writer. He co-wrote and co-starred in the BBC Radio Scotland sketch show "Naked Radio", and its later television counterpart "Naked Video", before becoming well known as the appropriately named "Chancer", best friend and source of problems to Willie Melvin (Gerard Kelly) in the 1987 sitcom "City Lights". He is well known for pantomime, usually co-writing the script and appearing as the dame, … - Richard Whittington
Richard Whittington (c. 1350-1423) was a medieval merchant and politician, the real-life inspiration for the pantomime character Dick Whittington. He was born in 1350 in Gloucestershire although his family came from Kinver in Staffordshire, England, where his grandfather Sir William de Whittington was a knight at arms. (His date of birth is sometimes given as late as 1359.) However, he was a younger son and so would not inherit his father's estate. - Joseph Grimaldi
Joseph Grimaldi (December 18, 1778 - May 31, 1837), the most celebrated of English clowns Grimaldi's performances were reminiscent of the classic Commedia dell'arte. - Edmund Kean
Edmund Kean was an English actor, regarded in his time as the greatest ever. For many years he lived at Keydell House, Horndean. Kean was born in London, his father was probably Edmund Kean, an architect’s clerk; and his mother was an actress, Anne Carey, daughter of the 18th century composer and playwright Henry Carey. Kean made his first appearance on the stage, aged four, as Cupid in Jean-Georges Noverre’s ballet of "Cymon". - Harpo Marx
Adolph Arthur Marx, popularly known as Harpo Marx, (November 23, 1888 - September 28, 1964) was one of the Marx Brothers, a group of Vaudeville and Broadway theatre entertainers who later achieved fame as comedians in the Motion Picture industry. He was well known by his trademarks: he played the harp; he never talked during performances, although he often blew a horn or whistled to communicate with people; and he frequently used props. - Les Dawson
Les Dawson (2 February 1931, Collyhurst, Manchester, Lancashire - 10 June 1993) was a popular English comedian, known for his deadpan style and curmudgeonly persona, and famous for jokes about his mother-in-law and wife. - Frank Bruno
Franklin Roy Bruno (born November 16, 1961) is a British former boxer whose career highlight was winning the WBC Heavyweight championship in 1995. Altogether, he won 40 of his 45 contests. Like Henry Cooper before him, Bruno has remained a popular celebrity with the British public since his ring career ended, and still appears regularly in pantomime. - John Rich
John Rich (1692 - 1761) was an important director and theater manager in 18th century London. He opened the New Theatre at Lincoln's Inn Fields (1714) and began putting on ever more lavish productions. - Roy Hudd
Roy Hudd, OBE (b. May 16 1936, Croydon, Surrey) is a British radio and television actor. He is also a playwright, author and music hall singer. He is best known for his very long-running radio series "The News Huddlines" and recently for his role as the undertaker "Archie Shuttleworth" in the ITV1 soap opera "Coronation Street". Hudd has written several books on music hall and Variety, … - Margaret Lockwood
Margaret Lockwood, CBE (15 September, 1916 - 15 July, 1990) was a British actress. Born and Christened Mary Margaret Lockwood Day in Karachi, British India (now Pakistan), Lockwood's family returned to the United Kingdom while she was a child. She then attended Sydenham Girls' High School, and a ladies school in Kensington, London. She began sudying for the stage at an early age under Italia Conti, and made her debut at the age of 12 at the Holborn Empire, … - Berwick Kaler
Berwick Kaler (born 1947) is a British actor most famous for playing the dame in York Theatre Royal's annual pantomime, which he also writes and directs. He has been awarded the freedom of the city. In 2002, Berwick Kaler received an honorary degree from the University of York. He was accompanied at the degree ceremony by rock singer Suzi Quatro. The 2006-07 pantomime, "Cinderella", will be his 28th at the Theatre Royal. - Roger Allam
Roger Allam is an English actor, best known for his stage career. He played Inspector Javert in the original London production of "Les Misérables". He has been nominated three times for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, winning once. He has also been nominated for, and won, the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor. He has also appeared in many radio dramas for the BBC. In 2001, he starred in BBC Radio 4's adaptation of "Les Misérables", … - Shaun Williamson
Shaun Williamson (also known as Barry from Eastenders or simply Barry) (born 4 November 1964 in Maidstone, Kent) is an English actor, singer and television personality. - Jack Ryder
Jack Ryder (born 21 September 1981 in London) is a popular British actor best known for playing the role of Jamie Mitchell in the BBC One soap opera "EastEnders" from 1998 to 2002. Ryder is the son of Jack Hues, the lead singer of the 1980s pop group Wang Chung. He is married to singer turned actress Kym Ryder. In 2004, Ryder appeared as a contestant on celebrity "Weakest Link", … - Lisa Riley
Lisa Riley (born 1976 in Lancashire) is a busty popular English Actress and sometime Television presenter best known for playing the role of "Mandy Dingle" in the popular television soap opera "Emmerdale". Riley trained at the Oldham Theatre Workshop from the age of 9, and was signed by an agent 3 years later. - Trevor Bannister
Trevor Bannister (born 14 August 1936) is an English actor who is best known for playing the sarcastically witty Mr Lucas in the sitcom "Are You Being Served?" from 1972 to 1979. In the late 1960s he also played "Heavy Breathing" in the Jack Rosenthal sitcom "The Dustbinmen" and Peter Pitt in the 1988 BBC sitcom "Wyatt's Watchdogs." Other TV guest appearances include "Last of the Summer Wine", "Coronation Street", … - John Weaver
John Weaver (July 21, 1673 - September 24, 1760) was a dancer and choreographer and is commonly known as the father of English pantomime. Weaver was born in Shrewsbury. His father, a dance teacher, suggested he go to London and become a ballet master. Weaver soon became a specialist in comic roles and created the first pantomime ballet, the burlesque "Tavern Bilkers" (1702). - Augustus Harris
Sir Augustus Henry Glossop Harris (18 March 1852 - 22 June 1896), was a British actor, impresario, and dramatist. - Peter Nichols
Peter Nichols (born 31 July 1927) is an English writer of stage plays, film and television. Born in Bristol, England, he was educated at Bristol Grammar School, and then did his National Service in the RAF for three years, going on to study acting at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. While he was working as a teacher he began to write television plays which achieved notice. His first play for the stage was "The Hooded Terror", … - Frances Barber
Frances Barber (born on 13 May 1958 in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England) is an English actress with a long and distinguished stage career. She has also worked extensively in BBC, Granada and ITV television drama. With the Pet Shop Boys, she starred in their musical "Closer to Heaven" in 2001 as well as guest singer for the song "Friendly Fire" on their 2006 live concert at the Mermaid Theatre. - Elaine C. Smith
Elaine C. Smith (born August 2, 1958) is a Scottish actress and comedian. She was born in Baillieston in Glasgow, and she continues to live in the city. Elaine attended Braidhurst High School in Motherwell. Her first major television appearance was in 1986 as a star on the BBC sketch show "Naked Video". Made by BBC Scotland it was shown throughout the UK on BBC2. - Dora Bryan
Dora Bryan OBE (born Dora Mary Broadbent on February 7, 1924) is a British actress, a household name with a huge list of films to her credit. She was born in Southport, Lancashire, UK, and has a distinctive speaking voice which has become a trademark of her film and television performances. Her career began in pantomime before the Second World War, during which she joined the ENSA in Italy to entertain British troops in that theatre of the conflict. - Linda Lusardi
Linda Lusardi (born September 18, 1958 in Palmers Green, London) is a former nude model, who is now better known as an actress and television presenter. She is married to Samuel Kane and they have two children Lucy and Jack. - Jimmy Logan
Jimmy Logan OBE (4 April 1928 - 13 April 2001), born James Short in Dennistoun, Glasgow, Scotland was an entertainer, theatre owner, producer, director, and actor. Logan was part of a family of entertainers beginning with his parents who were the music hall act Short and Dalziel. His aunt from whom he took his stage surname, was Ella Logan, star of Broadway musicals. His sister is the actress and jazz singer Annie Ross. - Mark Curry
Mark Curry (born 27 August 1961 in Stafford) is an English television presenter. He started his television career aged seven appearing in ITV's Junior Showtime and moved into films when he played the producer in the film "Bugsy Malone" (1976). In 1984, he hosted "Screen Test", a popular half-hour series on Children's BBC, which was filmed in Manchester. The programme had two teams of 12- to 15-year old school pupils - representing schools from England, … - Syd Little
Syd Little (born Cyril Mead, 19th December 1942 in Blackpool, England) is an English comedian and straight man in the double act Little and Large, along with Eddie Large. After leaving Yew Tree Secondary Modern School, Wythenshawe and working as an interior decorator. He started as a singer and guitarist in Manchester pubs before teaming up with Eddie Large. - Jimmy Clitheroe
Jimmy Clitheroe (December 24, 1921 - June 6, 1973), aka The Clitheroe Kid, was born in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, but raised in Blacko, near Nelson. His career spanned five decades. He never grew any taller than 4 foot 3 inches all his life, and could easily pass for an 11 year old boy. He started out in Variety and Theatre, but moved into records, films and then pantomime and radio, and finally television. - Stephen Briggs
Stephen Briggs (1951-) is, in his own words, "a civil servant who dabbles in amateur dramatics". However, through his drama work, he has become heavily involved with the subsidiary works and merchandise surrounding Terry Pratchett's "Discworld". In 1991, Briggs adapted "Wyrd Sisters" for the Studio Theatre Club of Abingdon, Oxfordshire. with permission from Pratchett. He played the part of Duke Felmet in the production. - Slava Polunin
Vyacheslav Ivanovich (Slava) Polunin (born June 12 1950) is a Russian clown, creator of the "Asisyai-revue", "Snowshow" and "Diabolo" shows. Polunin was born in the town of Novosil, Oryol Oblast, Russia into the family of a shop-assistant. He was successful in his school theatre, imitating Charles Chaplin, but was refused entry to the Leningrad Theater Institute because of poor pronunciation. After a few years' study at an engineering school, … - Billy Williams
Richard Isaac Banks (1878 - March, 1915), who changed his name to Billy Williams after leaving his birthplace of Australia, was one of the most recorded popular entertainers of his and indeed of all time. His recordings sold in their thousands long after his early death in 1915. Born in Melbourne, Williams tried a number of jobs before embarking on an entertainment career which led him to come to England in 1899. - Nicholas Pegg
Nicholas Pegg is a British actor, director and writer. He appears in several audio plays based on the BBC science fiction television series "Doctor Who". He also appeared as a Dalek operator in several episodes ("Bad Wolf", "The Parting of the Ways", "Army of Ghosts", "Doomsday", "Daleks in Manhattan", "Evolution of the Daleks") of the 2005 revival of the television series. Other television roles include appearances in "EastEnders" and "Doc Martin". - Stanley Lupino
Stanley Lupino (May 15 1893 - June 10 1942) was an English actor, dancer, singer, librettist, director and short story writer. Lupino began his career as an acrobat and made his stage debut in 1913 and first became known as a music hall performer and played in pantomimes at Drury Lane Theatre. Between the wars, Lupino wrote and performed in several shows, including "Phi-Phi" (1922) and "From Dover Street to Dixie" (1923) at the London Pavilion, … - Craig Hill
Craig Hill is a Scottish comedian, TV presenter and actor known for his cheeky, irreverent and camp act. His act comprises stand-up, comic characterisations and improvisation styles with musical diva impersonations, notably a parody of Shirley Bassey singing the football chant ‘Who Ate All the Pies?‘ - Julie Buckfield
Julie Buckfield (born 10 April, 1976), is an English actress. A graduate of the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London, Buckfield started her career aged 11 in the Cameron Mackintosh production of "Les Miserables." She then auditioned for the part of Chrissy Mainwaring in BBC 1 teenage soap "Grange Hill", but eventually won the part of Natalie Stevens from 1990 which her twin sister Clare was also auditioning for. - Hetty King
Winifred Emms (April 4, 1883 - September 28, 1972), best known by her stage name Hetty King, was an English entertainer who played in the music halls over a period of 70 years. - Jeff Brazier
Jeff Brazier (born 27 May 1979 in London) is a British television presenter and reality TV star. Before becoming a television personality, he was a footballer on the books of Leyton Orient F.C. for three years, although he never played for the first team and quit the game due to injury. In 2001 Jeff took part in the Channel 4 reality TV show "Shipwrecked", in which he and fifteen other people had to stay on a tropical island without any creature comforts. - Lee Brennan
Lee Anthony Brennan (b. 27 September 1973) is an English singer-songwriter. He is the lead vocalist of pop band 911. - Margaret Kerry
Margaret Kerry (born Peggy Lynch, circa 1930, Los Angeles) is an American actress, motivational speaker and radio host best known for her 1953 work as the model for Tinker Bell in the Walt Disney Pictures animated feature, "Peter Pan". Kerry answered an audition call during the planning stages of the film. The audition, supervised by Disney animator Marc Davis, required her to pantomime the motions that would eventually be animated as Tinker Bell, … - Masashi Fujimoto
Masashi Fujimoto is a Japanese actor, singer and entertainer who lives in London. He was born in Hiroshima in 1963, and graduated in Music in Toyko in 1985. He moved to Italy in 1992, then to the UK in 1995. Fujimoto works on classical music projects as a singer and producer as well as mainstream work in television, theatre and commercials. His most high-profile role was as the MC Mr Banzai in the Channel 4 show Banzai.
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