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A British actor, born in Peckham on June 1, 1928 as Robert Alan Monkhouse. He is one of the most famous British television artists, whose career spanned more than 4 decades as a radio announcer and comedian. He was born to an accountant father and an artist mother. He was educated at Goring Hall School and Dulwich College, and served in the Royal Air Force during World War II. He received the British Comedy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995 and the Special TRIC Award in 2003. He got married twice and had three sons. Among his most important works are: Dentist in the Chair (1960), Carry on Sergeant (1958), The Big Noise (1964 ) and Dentist on the Job (1961). He died in 2003 at the age of 75.
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