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1617:1935 births
1202:The Sweeney
1174:Don Quixote
1149:) as Cribbe
1094:as Joe Manx
1046:Theatre 625
843:Lone Runner
835:Sky Bandits
802:as Cardinal
748:Yellowbeard
648:as "Shades"
498:Filmography
368:Arnold Toht
317:Clive James
228:Bud Spencer
86:15 May 1991
39:Arnold Toht
1611:Categories
1451:References
1371:as Crawder
1133:Jason King
1130:1971-1972
915:as Stewart
902:Stalingrad
739:Trenchcoat
698:LĂ©on Bakst
675:as Frankie
672:Charleston
460:drag queen
455:Trenchcoat
305:in 1962's
267:Early life
233:Charleston
148:Mela White
122:Occupation
63:1935-09-28
1601:Biography
1145:(episode
1136:as Ryland
1124:Catweazle
1079:as George
1024:as Orlick
945:as Jensen
920:Landslide
865:Manifesto
808:Red Sonja
778:as Oswald
681:Zulu Dawn
657:as Harris
639:as Oswald
630:as Parson
594:as Curtis
585:as Graham
448:in 1983.
446:Channel 4
403:Red Sonja
133:1959–1991
102:Education
96:, England
77:, England
75:Middlesex
37:Lacey as
1438:as Bauer
1315:P.O.S.H.
1294:Blakes 7
1254:Porridge
1211:Thriller
1186:as Ernie
1147:King Con
1043:1965-68
963:as Ernie
845:as Misha
838:as Fritz
769:as Nicky
760:as "Beg"
723:Tangiers
693:Nijinsky
666:as Ernie
576:as Spool
511:The Boys
359:Porridge
263:(1986).
236:(1978),
223:Porridge
201:Children
1444:Haggard
1239:as Lang
1177:as Monk
1155:Colditz
896:as José
893:Valmont
811:as Ikol
714:Firefox
609:Macbeth
417:Firefox
338:, with
230:comedy
206:Rebecca
194:
182:
178:
167:
155:
151:
138:Spouses
1587:Portal
1555:
1502:
1368:Connie
1302:Tropic
1259:Harris
1070:Hamlet
983:as Len
757:Sahara
400:, and
379:Sahara
366:agent
354:Harris
335:Hamlet
291:Career
240:agent
218:Harris
94:London
71:Harrow
47:(1981)
1441:1990
1432:1991
1425:1990
1416:1989
1404:1988
1395:1987
1383:1985
1374:1985
1365:1985
1356:1984
1350:1983
1338:1983
1329:1983
1320:1983
1313:1982
1307:1981
1300:1979
1291:1979
1282:1978
1274:Dylan
1272:1978
1263:1978
1251:1977
1242:1976
1235:1976
1226:1976
1217:1976
1208:1976
1199:1975
1189:1975
1180:1973
1170:1973
1161:1973
1152:1973
1139:1972
1121:1970
1112:1970
1103:1970
1097:1969
1090:1969
1082:1969
1075:1969
1058:1968
1052:1968
1036:1968
1027:1967
1018:1967
1011:1967
1002:1966
995:1966
986:1965
981:Fable
979:1965
972:1965
966:1965
957:1964
948:1961
939:1960
925:1993
918:1992
911:1992
899:1989
890:1989
877:1989
871:1988
862:1988
855:1988
848:1986
841:1986
832:1986
823:1986
814:1985
805:1985
796:1985
790:1984
781:1984
772:1984
763:1984
754:1983
745:1983
736:1983
729:1983
720:1982
711:1982
702:1981
690:1980
678:1979
669:1977
660:1976
651:1975
642:1973
633:1973
624:1972
615:1971
606:1971
597:1971
591:Otley
588:1969
579:1969
570:1967
561:1967
553:1967
544:1965
535:1964
526:1964
517:1963
508:1962
503:Films
490:Death
464:Malta
420:with
184:(
180:
157:(
153:
125:Actor
1580:IMDb
1553:ISBN
1500:ISBN
468:drag
410:and
396:and
364:Nazi
190:div.
163:div.
83:Died
53:Born
1578:at
1410:as
1344:as
1257:as
1193:as
905:as
883:as
696:as
684:as
370:in
326:'s
257:in
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1459:^
934:TV
386:,
238:SD
186:m.
159:m.
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