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Lemmy was born on 24 December 1945 in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK. He was an actor and composer, known for Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Airheads (1994) and Smokin' Aces (2006). He died on 28 December 2015 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actress
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Diana Maddox was born on 25 April 1926 in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for The Changeling (1980), The Amateur (1981) and Folio (1955). She was married to Wray Downes and Andrzey Ciolkosz. She died on 9 November 2020.- Rollo Balmain was born in 1856 in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Autumn Roses (1912) and Humanity; or, Only a Jew (1913). He was married to Sarah Eliza Prosser (Sara Mignon - actress). He died on 5 December 1920 in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK.
- Harold Owen was born on 3 May 1872 in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Mr. Wu (1927), Mr. Wu (1919) and Mr. Wu (1918). He died in 1930.
- The scriptwriter and broadcaster Phillip Oakes was best known for his screenplay of The Punch and Judy Man, the 1962 bitter-sweet comedy vehicle for Tony Hancock.
Oakes and Hancock were neighbours in Surrey in the early sixties and the comedian had given Oakes the idea for a screenplay. The film was fraught with production difficulties, not least Hancock's marital and alcohol problems. Slated on its initial release by critics, it is now widely regarded as a comedy classic. In 1975 Oakes went on to write a revealing memoir of Hancock.
Oakes was born in 1928 at Burselm. His father died when Oakes was only four and his mother suffered from a brain tumour which left her incapacitated.
He began a career in journalism at 16, making his name as a journalist on several papers including the Evening Standard and for many years was the film critic for The Sunday Telegraph. He devised and produced numerous television programmes, including The Sunday Break and Granada TV's Zoo Time and he was a regular guest on BBC Radio's Stop the Week, with Robert Robinson. He also published three volumes of poetry.