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94:Bromsgrove
69:Birmingham
60:1937-05-19
1540:Pat Roach
1487:Edinburgh
1082:Cell Game
1080:Episode:
1059:Episode:
1051:Heartbeat
1040:Swan Song
1038:Episode:
997:Episode:
959:Episode:
898:The Bull
749:Red Sonja
524:Erdington
516:scrapyard
476:director
443:Luftwaffe
418:Star Wars
373:Red Sonja
118:1960–2004
32:Pat Roach
1269:"Boxing"
1030:The Bill
989:Casualty
956:Painter
802:Gestapo
317:European
309:cheering
239:henchman
208:Alf Kent
146:Children
1461:15 June
1135:(twice)
883:Zulcki
754:Brytag
520:Saltley
473:
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457:Gestapo
453:Thuggee
401:serial
358:SPECTRE
313:British
221:Retired
140:
132:
1521:25 May
1493:25 May
1431:25 May
1367:22 May
1358:
1333:1 June
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1280:1 June
1247:1 June
1077:Goran
951:Minder
923:Notes
917:Title
832:Billy
766:Willow
701:Lippe
566:Notes
560:Title
439:Sherpa
379:Willow
123:Spouse
100:, U.K.
75:, U.K.
1088:1995
1067:2001
1046:1996
1025:1995
1016:Atlas
1005:1991
984:1989
946:1985
920:Role
914:Year
894:Crust
890:2003
873:1997
856:1996
839:1991
809:1990
778:1989
761:1988
744:1985
708:1984
691:1983
640:1981
623:1980
606:1979
589:1975
571:1971
563:Role
557:Year
364:film
213:Debut
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130:
1544:IMDb
1523:2019
1495:2019
1463:2014
1433:2019
1369:2023
1356:ISBN
1335:2018
1301:ISBN
1282:2018
1249:2018
1127:once
994:Len
616:Oaf
550:Film
315:and
224:1998
216:1960
82:Died
50:Born
1542:at
518:in
467:cut
415:in
347:in
331:'s
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