French composer who brought European sophistication to Ealing's films

Producer and senior executive at Ealing Studios for some 30 years

Hitchcock mentor, Ealing head and all-round film industry giant

Pioneer who brought film production to Ealing in 1902

Inspirational Brazilian who was a vital creative force at GPO and Ealing Studios

Tireless writer whose 15 Ealing scripts included Passport to Pimlico, The Lavender Hill Mob and The Blue Lamp

Politically-committed editor and producer who was a prolific figure at Ealing and at early ITV

Producer-turned-director who oversaw the classic Passport to Pimlico

Textiles scion who financed Ealing for more than two decades

Former editor who became a director specialising in comedy

Colourful Russian who was a genius of a publicist at Ealing

Sound-era pioneer who built and ran Ealing for eight years, before Balcon took over

Ealing's most prolific director, who moved from wartime comedy to 'social problem' films

Veteran director who was Ealing's first comedy specialist in the early Balcon era

Wigan-born ukelele-playing comic who was a prolific Ealing actor until 1941

High-spirited Cockney actor who had a series of youthful roles at Ealing

Underrated director of low-key epics San Demetrio London and Scott of the Antarctic

Seductive, honey-voiced actress who brought sex appeal to usually dowdy Ealing

Best known face of Ealing comedy, who played no fewer than 19 roles in six films

Visionary director of It Always Rains on Sunday and Kind Hearts and Coronets

Authoritative actor who was an Ealing favourite in the 1950s

Former music-hall star who made five comic features at Ealing

Exuberant former music hall star who was an Ealing regular from 1944

Scots actor who played naive youths at Ealing, then stern authority figures on TV

Familiar bit-part actor at Ealing, who found greater fame in Carry On

Welsh character actor who was one of Ealing's most versatile players

Influential writer, Hitchcock collaborator and a key Ealing figure in the 40s

Maverick outsider who directed some of the darkest of Ealing's comedies

Welsh-born writer who struggled for recognition in Ealing's male world

Designer, producer and director who formed a lasting partnership with Basil Dearden

American-born writer of The Ladykillers and The Maggie

Long-faced actor who made an impression in several Ealing roles

Technical wizard who photographed countless Ealing classics

Early Ealing director who left in 1939 for Hollywood and later had huge success at Disney

Cheeky Cockney comic who played drama and comedy in Ealing's wartime films

Regular Ealing actor, forever remembered as PC George Dixon

Gifted GPO mainstay who directed Night Mail and carried documentary values to Ealing

Fascinating actress who played a string of powerful women in Ealing films