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Balham, Gateway to the South

It was written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden for a 1950s BBC radio series called Third Division and featured actor Robert Beatty narrating highly exaggerated, dramatic claims regarding the putative attractions of 'Bal-ham'.

Denis Norden

The sketch, which had originally been broadcast in 1948 as part of a comedy series called The Third Division and which featured actor Robert Beatty, was later famously performed by Peter Sellers on his 1959 LP – The Best of Sellers.

MV San Demetrio

The ship's part in Convoy HX-84 was made into a film, San Demetrio London in 1943, starring Walter Fitzgerald, Mervyn Johns, Ralph Michael, and Robert Beatty.

Oldham West by-election, 1968

He was joined on the campaign trail by the well-known actor Robert Beatty, and made effective use of local newspapers to promote his campaign.

see also

Another Shore

Robert Beatty was a Canadian actor who had a major success playing an IRA man in Odd Man Out.

Paul Massie

In 1963, he acted in William Fairchild's play Breaking Point, at the Golders Green Hippodrome, London with John Gregson, Robert Beatty, and Robert Ayres in the cast.