• Arthur Lucan (born Arthur Towle; 16 September 1885 – 17 May 1954) was an English actor who performed the drag act Old Mother Riley on stage, radio and...
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  • Riley is a fictional character portrayed from about 1934 to 1954 by Arthur Lucan and from 1954 to the 1980s by Roy Rolland as part of a British music...
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  • Rose Theatre site, and also with roles in On Your Way, Riley (1985) as Arthur Lucan, Lame Ducks (as a private investigator); The Bill (as a drunken tramp...
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  • 1964) was an Irish actress, best known as the wife and acting partner of Arthur Lucan, with whom she appeared in a series of Old Mother Riley stage shows and...
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  • Lucan is the common English name of the Roman poet Marcus Annaeus Lucanus. Lucan may also refer to: Arthur Lucan (1885–1954), English actor Jacques Lucan...
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  • films from 1940 (thanks to a chance meeting with top of the bill stars Arthur Lucan and Kitty McShane) and radio from 1954 (initially on the BBC's regional...
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  • a 1952 British horror comedy film directed by John Gilling, starring Arthur Lucan and Bela Lugosi. It was filmed at Nettlefold Studios. This was the final...
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    Lucan (/ˈljuːkən/ LEW-kən; Irish: Leamhcán) is a southwestern outer suburb of Dublin, Ireland, located 12 km west of Dublin city centre, on the River...
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  • actor who was the understudy for Arthur Lucan as Old Mother Riley and who took over the role following the death of Lucan in 1954, playing it until about...
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    transformed". MyLondon. "LUCAN, Arthur (1887–1954)". English Heritage. Retrieved 23 August 2014. Grant, Philip. "Arthur Lucan – the man who was "Old Mother...
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    appeared on stage, radio, film, and television. The music hall comedian Arthur Lucan portrayed throughout his career a feisty Irish charwoman named Mrs. Riley...
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  • 2 Robert Donat Deanna Durbin Arthur Lucan Deanna Durbin 3 Gracie Fields Spencer Tracy Arthur Askey Spencer Tracy 4 Arthur Askey Jeanette MacDonald Robert...
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  • McShane – actor/singer who appeared in the Old Mother Riley films with Arthur Lucan Jonathan Rhys Meyers – actor Larry Mullen – drummer for U2 Samantha Mumba...
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    Colonel George Charles Bingham, 5th Earl of Lucan, 1st Baron Bingham, GCVO, KBE, CB, TD, PC, DL (13 December 1860 – 20 April 1949), known by the courtesy...
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    the Stanzaic Morte Arthur), the 16th-century English ballad King Arthur's Death ascribes this duty to Lucan. A character named Lucan appears in the 2004...
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    (2011), Michael Baker in the sitcom Count Arthur Strong (2013–2017), Lord Lucan in the two-part thriller Lucan (2013), the Creature in the horror drama...
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  • Venture is a low-budget black-and-white 1949 British comedy film, starring Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane and Chili Bouchier. It is the twelfth in the long-running...
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  • tortured survivors — a young woman named Guinevere and her younger brother Lucan. Arthur frees them and gives Marius an ultimatum — leave with them willingly...
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  • Old Mother Riley, MP is a 1939 British comedy film starring Arthur Lucan and Kitty McShane, which forms part of the Old Mother Riley series of films. The...
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  • Gilling's comedy horror film Mother Riley Meets the Vampire, co-starring Arthur Lucan and Bela Lugosi. Jacques became pregnant in 1952, but worked through...
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  • partnership of husband and wife 'Old Mother Riley' music hall performers Arthur Lucan and Kitty McShane. With songs by Alex Glasgow, the musical play On Your...
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    Charles Bingham, 1st Earl of Lucan (22 September 1735 – 29 March 1799), known as Sir Charles Bingham, 7th Baronet, from 1750 until 1776, was an Irish...
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    Riley Meets the Vampire a.k.a My Son, the Vampire (USA) John Gilling Arthur Lucan, Bela Lugosi UK Horror Comedy Radar Men from the Moon Fred C. Brannon...
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  • Tesla. Mother Riley Meets the Vampire 1952 United Kingdom John Gilling Arthur Lucan, Bela Lugosi, María Mercedes Also known as Vampire Over London. Lugosi...
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  • black-and-white 1950 British comedy film directed by John Harlow and starring Arthur Lucan and Kitty McShane. The screenplay was by Ted Kavanagh and Harlow. The...
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  • in Society John Baxter Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, John Stuart Comedy Old Mother Riley Joins Up Maclean Rogers Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, Glen Alyn...
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  • Ghosts is a 1941 British comedy film directed by John Baxter and starring Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane and John Stuart. It was the 8th in the long-running Old...
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  • a 1937 British comedy film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Arthur Lucan in the lead, with Kitty McShane, Barbara Everest, Patrick Ludlow and...
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  • is a 1941 British comedy film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane and John Longden. Old Mother Riley takes over a struggling...
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  • David Low (Colonel Blimp) Arthur Lucan, aka Old Mother Riley Phil May Malcolm McEachern ('Mr. Jetsam') Charles Millward Arthur Moreland Benno Moiseiwitsch...
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