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Archer, Jeffrey
Attenborough, Richard
Bogarde, Dirk
Brambell, Wilfrid
Burton, Richard
Carmichael, Ian
Chaplin, Charles Spencer
Chaplin, Spencer Charles
Collins, Joan
Coltrane, Robbie
Corbett, Harry "H"
Corbett, Ronnie
Coward, Noel
Crawford, Michael
Cushing, Peter
Dench, Judi
Gielgud, John
Grant, Cary
Guiness, Alec
Guinness, Alec
Hancock, Sheila
Harrison, Rex
Hayes, Patricia
Hiller, Wendy
Jackson, Glenda
Kubrick, Stanley
Laurel, Stan
Leigh, Vivien
Mason, James
Niven, David
Olivier
Osborne, John
Pinter, Harold
Reed, Oliver
Sellars, Peter
Taylor, Elizabeth
Thomas, Terry
Whiting, John
Wisdom, Norman
Zeta-Jones, Catherine
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| | 1890 | Laurel, Stan | |
| 16th June Ulverston Birth of Stan Laurel |
| 1912 | Brambell, Wilfrid | |
| 22nd Mar Dublin Birth of Wilfrid Brambell |
| 1913 | Chaplin, Charles Spencer | |
| 16th Dec Hollywood Chaplin reports to work at Keystone Studios to launch a legendary film career |
| 1914 | Guinness, Alec | |
| 2nd April Birth of Alec Guinness |
| 1918 | Wisdom, Norman | |
| 4th Feb Birth of Norman Wisdom |
| 1919 | Chaplin, Charles Spencer | |
| London Helps found United Artists |
| 1920 | Chaplin, Charles Spencer | |
| London Directs his 1st feature length film, "The Kid" |
| 1920 | Chaplin, Spencer Charles | |
| Helps make, "The Kid" |
| 1925 | Corbett, Harry "H" | |
| 28th Feb Rangoon Birth of Harry "H" Corbett |
| 1925 | Sellars, Peter | |
| 8th Sep Portsmouth Birth of Peter Sellers |
| 1929 | Coward, Noel | |
| Drama, "Bitter Sweet" |
| 1931 | Chaplin, Charles Spencer | |
| London Directs, "City Lights", 1st film with sound |
| 1936 | Chaplin, Charles Spencer | |
| London Directs, "Modern Times" |
| 1938 | Reed, Oliver | |
| 13th Feb Birth of Oliver Reed |
| 1940 | Chaplin, Charles Spencer | |
| London Directs, "The Great Dictator" |
| 1940 | Leigh, Vivien | |
| 1st Mar Wins an Oscar for, "Gone With The Wind" |
| 1952 | Chaplin, Charles Spencer | |
| Directs, "Limelight" |
| The Un-American Activities House Commitee forbids Chaplain entry into the USA |
| 1955 | Sellars, Peter | |
| Stars in "The Ladykillers" |
| 1957 | Chaplin, Charles Spencer | |
| Directs, "A King in New York" |
| 1957 | Osborne, John | |
| Dramatization of, "Look Back In Anger" |
| 1958 | Guiness, Alec | |
| Winner of the best male actor for "The Bridge On The River Kwai" |
| 1958 | Osborne, John | |
| Dramatization of, "The Entertainer" |
| 1959 | Niven, David | |
| Winner of the best male actor for "Separate Tables" |
| 1959 | Sellars, Peter | |
| Stars in "I'm All Right Jack" |
| Stars in "The Mouse That Roared " |
| 1960 | Sellars, Peter | |
| Costars in "The Millionairess" with Sophia Loren |
| Stars in "Two Way Stretch" |
| 1961 | Whiting, John | |
| 1st performance of, "The Devils" |
| 1962 | Brambell, Wilfrid | |
| Cast in his most famous role, as Albert Steptoe, the irascible father in Steptoe and Son, initially a pilot on the BBC's Comedy Playhouse |
| 1962 | Corbett, Harry "H" | |
| Steptoe & Son runs, with some breaks, until 1974 |
| 21st Mar Corbett appears in "The Offer", an episode of the BBC's anthology series of one-off comedy plays, Comedy Playhouse, written by Galton and Simpson |
| 1962 | Sellars, Peter | |
| Appears in "The Road to Hong Kong", the seventh and last in the "Road" series, starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour |
| Stars in Stanley Kubrick's "Lolita" as Clare Quilty, opposite James Mason as Humbert Humbert |
| 1963 | Sellars, Peter | |
| Stars in "Heavens Above!" |
| Stars in the 1st Pink Panther Film, "The Pink Panther" |
| 1964 | Brambell, Wilfrid | |
| The success of Steptoe and Son made Brambell a high profile figure on British television, and earns him the major role of Paul McCartney's grandfather in The Beatles ' first film, "A Hard Day's Night" |
| 1964 | Sellars, Peter | |
| Sellers suffers a near-fatal heart attack, which permanently damaged his heart, Sellers' heart condition deteriorated over the following years when he deferred proper medical treatment, instead opting for "treatment" from psychic healers |
| Stars in Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" in which he portrays three characters: USAPresident Merkin Muffley, Dr. Strangelove and Group Captain Lionel Mandrake of the RAF |
| Stars in the 2nd Pink Panther Film, "A Shot in the Dark" |
| 1965 | Brambell, Wilfrid | |
| Sep Tellls the BBC he does not want to do another Steptoe and Son series and in September goes to New York to appear in the Broadway musical Kelly at the Broadhurst theatre, however it closes after just one perfomance |
| 1965 | Sellars, Peter | |
| Stars in "What's New, Pussycat? " |
| 1966 | Corbett, Harry "H" | |
| Steptoe and Son leads to Corbett gaining some work in comedy films, most notably starring in Carry On Screaming! |
| 1967 | Chaplin, Charles Spencer | |
| Directs, "A Countess From Hong Kong" |
| 1967 | Sellars, Peter | |
| Stars in "Casino Royale" |
| 1968 | Sellars, Peter | |
| Stars in "The Party" |
| 1970 | Dench, Judi | |
| Awarded the OBE |
| 1970 | Olivier | |
| 15th June Created a LIfe Peer |
| 1970 | Sellars, Peter | |
| Ringo Starr appears with Sellers in the anarchic movie The Magic Chris tian (1970), whose theme song was Badfinger's "Come and Get It", written by Paul McCartney |
| Stars in "There's a Girl in My Soup" |
| 1971 | Hiller, Wendy | |
| Awarded the OBE |
| 1971 | Jackson, Glenda | |
| Winner of the Oscar for best actress, "Women In Love" |
| 1972 | Corbett, Harry "H" | |
| Release of the film, "Steptoe and Son" |
| 1973 | Corbett, Harry "H" | |
| Release of the film, "Steptoe and Son Ride Again" |
| 1974 | Burton, Richard | |
| 26th June Liz Taylor's 5th divorce (Richard Burton) |
| 1974 | Hancock, Sheila | |
| Awarded the OBE |
| 1974 | Jackson, Glenda | |
| Winner of the Oscar for best actress, "A Touch of Class" |
| 1974 | Taylor, Elizabeth | |
| 26th June Liz Taylor's 5th divorce (Richard Burton) |
| 1975 | Chaplin, Charles Spencer | |
| 3rd Mar London Knighted at Buckingham Palace |
| 1975 | Pinter, Harold | |
| London 1st performance of, "No Man's Land" |
| 1976 | Corbett, Harry "H" | |
| Awarded the OBE for his services to drama |
| 1976 | Sellars, Peter | |
| Stars in "Murder by Death" |
| Stars in "The Pink Panther Strikes Again" |
| 1978 | Corbett, Ronnie | |
| Awarded the OBE |
| 1978 | Sellars, Peter | |
| Stars in "The Revenge of the Pink Panther" |
| 1979 | Corbett, Harry "H" | |
| Bromley Corbett suffers his first heart attack and appeares in pantomime at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley |
| 1979 | Sellars, Peter | |
| "Being There", based on the Jerzy Kosinski novel he cherished, which earns Sellers his best critical reviews since the 1960s, a second Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe award |
| Stars in "The Prisoner of Zenda" |
| 1980 | Sellars, Peter | |
| Sellers requested that the Glenn Miller song "In the Mood" be played at his funeral, the request is considered his last touch of humour, as his friends knew he hated the song |
| Stars in "The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu" |
| 24th July Death of Peter Sellers |
| 1982 | Corbett, Harry "H" | |
| 21st Mar Hastings Death of Harry "H" Corbett |
| 1982 | Sellars, Peter | |
| "The Trail of the Pink Panther" is releades after Sellers' death, containing previously unused footage of Sellers, his widow, Lynne Frederick, successfully sues the film's producers for having made unauthorized use of the footage |
| 1983 | Attenborough, Richard | |
| 12th April Wins 8 Oscars for "Ghandi", more than any other British film |
| 1984 | Mason, James | |
| 27th July Death of James Mason |
| 1985 | Brambell, Wilfrid | |
| 18th Jan Death of Wilfrid Brambell |
| 1986 | Crawford, Michael | |
| Awarded the OBE |
| 1986 | Grant, Cary | |
| 29th Nov Death of Cary Grant |
| 1987 | Hayes, Patricia | |
| Awarded the OBE |
| 1989 | Cushing, Peter | |
| Awarded the OBE |
| 1990 | Archer, Jeffrey | |
| Dramatization of, "Exclusive" |
| 1990 | Harrison, Rex | |
| Death of Rex Harris on |
| 1990 | Thomas, Terry | |
| 8th Jan Death of Terry Thomas |
| 1993 | Pinter, Harold | |
| Dramatization of "Moonlight" |
| 1996 | Collins, Joan | |
| Awarded the OBE |
| 1996 | Coltrane, Robbie | |
| Awarded the OBE |
| 1999 | Bogarde, Dirk | |
| 8th May Death of Dirk Bogarde |
| 1999 | Kubrick, Stanley | |
| 7th Mar Death of Stanley Kubrick |
| 1999 | Reed, Oliver | |
| 2nd May Death of Oliver Reed |
| 2000 | Gielgud, John | |
| 21st May Aylesbury Death of John Gielgud |
| 2000 | Guinness, Alec | |
| 5th Aug Death of Alec Guinness |
| 2000 | Zeta-Jones, Catherine | |
| 18th Nov New York Michael Douglas & Catherine Zeta-Jones marry at the New York Plaza Hotel |
| 2002 | Brambell, Wilfrid | |
| Channel 4 broadcast a documentary film on the off-screen life of Brambell and his relationship with Harry H. Corbett, who played Harold Steptoe in Steptoe and Son, "When Steptoe met son", revealed that the two men detested each other |
| 2002 | Carmichael, Ian | |
| Awarded the OBE |
| 2008 | Brambell, Wilfrid | |
| 19th Mar The Curse of Steptoe, a BBC TV play about Brambell and his co-star Harry H Corbett, is broadcast on digital BBC channel BBC FOUR, featuring Phil Davis as Brambel |
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