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sequence of long-running
farces on the
London stage,
including Dry Rot,
Simple Spymen and One for the Pot. His one-night TV
shows made him the
joint highest paid...
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Simple Spymen is a
farce by the
English playwright John Chapman. The
story concerns two
street musicians who are
mistakenly appointed by
negligent army...
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runner in Dry Rot; a
street musician recruited as a
secret agent in
Simple Spymen; four
identical brothers in One For the Pot; and a har****ed
civil servant...
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production with
Simple Spymen (1958),
which was
staged 1,404
times over a three-year run.
Before the
production of
Simple Spymen closed,
Chapman and Cooney...
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debut as
Grobchick in the 1958
production of the
Whitehall farce Simple Spymen. He made his
screen debut in 1959 in the film The
Night We
Dropped a Clanger...
- acting.
Wilton made his
acting debut in 1980 in the
Whitehall farce Simple Spymen,
directed by
Brian Rix, and went on to play
opposite Rix in the West End...
- by
Colin Morris (1950–54); Dry Rot, by John
Chapman (1954–58);
Simple Spymen (1958–61); One For the Pot, by Ray
Cooney and Tony
Hilton (1961–64); and...
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Duchess Theatre,
London 1954 The
Immoralist Arts Theatre,
London 1956
Simple Spymen Mr.
Grobchick Theatre Royal,
Windsor 1961 The Bird of Time Mr.
Sharma Royal...
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Trust 1965 But for Whom
Charlie St
Martins Theatre,
Melbourne 1965
Simple Spymen Percy Pringle St
Martins Theatre,
Melbourne 1966 The
Representative Russell...
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contrasting with Rix's
gauche innocents.
Franklyn pla****
George Chuffer in
Simple Spymen,
which ran for over
three years; Jugg, the butler, in One for the Pot, which...
