Career: Cole made his big-screen debut in 1941's Cottage to Let, but didn't achieve fame until he landed the part of Flash Harry in the classic St Trinian's films. He went on to have a successful career on stage, TV and in movies, often appearing opposite mentor Sim in such productions as Scrooge and The Green Man. TV credits include My Good Friend, Dad, An Independent Man, Blott on the Landscape and Minder, which ran for 15 years. In his later years, he appeared in Station Jim, Bodily Harm, Mary Reilly, A Class Apart, and Diamond Geezer. He died on August 6, 2015, after a long illness. He was 90.

Career: In 1955, Scott starred in a popular sitcom with Bill Maynard called Great Scott It's Maynard, before moving into feature films, making his debut in Blue Murder At St Trinian's (1957). He followed this up with roles in a number of films, including Carry On Sergeant (1958), before returning to TV in 1962 alongside Hugh Lloyd in the sitcom Hugh and I. This programme ran for seven series. Scott teamed up with June Whitfield in 1969 for the sketch show Scott On… and five years later, they appeared together in domestic sitcom Happy Ever After. After five series, the same characters appeared in Terry and June, and this new sitcom ran for 65 episodes between 1979 and 1987. Scott appeared in a further six Carry On films, was the voice of Penfold the hamster in animated series Danger Mouse, and was a popular pantomime dame. He died on July 26, 1994 at the age of 67.