Goon and comic actor. Born Portsmouth to a couple of variety entertainers. The family moved to the N6 house when Sellers was 10. He was staying at the Dorchester Hotel when he suffered a heart attack and died at the Middlesex Hospital. For Sellers' London see Londonist.
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Peter Sellers
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Peter Sellers
This was the first plaque erected by the Dead Comics Society. From BCS: "A mo...
Spike's statue - Goons
This little group shows Secombe, Milligan and Sellers, holding "Goons" script...
The Goon Show
{Caricatures of the four comedians, followed by:} The Goon Show, 1951-1960, f...
Other Subjects
Charles Laughton
Charles Laughton was born on 1 July 1899 in the Victoria Hotel, 79 Westborough, Scarborough, Yorkshire, one of the five children of Robert Laughton (1868-1924) and Eliza Laughton (1869-1953). On t...
Person, Armed Forces, Cinema, Seriously Famous, Theatre, USA
1 memorial
Alastair Sim
Character actor. Born Edinburgh. Only became a professional actor aged about 30. Worked in Shakespeare at the Old Vic and then spent the 1950s making many British films, such as the 1954 The Belles...
1 memorial
Dame Joan Plowright, CBE
Actor. Born Lincolnshire. Married Laurence Olivier in 1961 and survived as his widow in 1989. Died Northwood, London.
1 memorial
Anna Neagle
Actor. Born Florence Marjorie Robertson in Forest Gate, Essex. After appearing in the chorus of several revues, she changed her name and had her first significant film part in 'Goodnight Vienna' in...
1 memorial
Spike Milligan
Goon. Born as Terence Alan Milligan near Bombay, India, his father being an Irish soldier who met his wife, Florence Winifred Kettleband, in India. Both parents were amateur, would-be professional,...
7 memorials
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1 memorial
Richard Cobden
Political economist and Liberal MP. Born near Midhurst, Sussex, into a large and very poor family. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition. Spoke repeatedly to Parliament against war with...
5 memorials
8 memorials
BBC Music Day
A UK-wide annual celebration of music that aims to unite communities and generations through their love of music. In 2017 in conjunction with the British Plaque Trust, 47 plaques celebrating a wide...
4 memorials
Samuel Morley
Born Well Street Hackney into a Nottingham family of wool/hosiery manufacturers and merchants. His father John, had come to London to set up an outlet for their products. Samuel went into the famil...
Person, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Religion
3 memorials
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