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L. O. Pages
Played by Ralph Michael
Ralph Michael plays L. O. Pages in A Bit of Fry & Laurie's Yellow Pages sketch. A courteous elderly gentleman modelled on J. R. Hartley from the famous Yellow Pages advert, he finds the fly-fishing book sold out and, offered the shop's…
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Ralph Michael plays L. O. Pages in A Bit of Fry & Laurie's Yellow Pages sketch. A courteous elderly gentleman modelled on J. R. Hartley from the famous Yellow Pages advert, he finds the fly-fishing book sold out and, offered the shop's unsold phone directories instead, insists on ordering one by telephone before spelling out his own name.
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