8 --- Bramlett, formed a music group with his wife Bonnie Lynn (7)
10 English actor who won an Oscar for his role as Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady (3,8)
12 Hungarian-born conductor of the London Royal Philharmonic 1974-81 (5,6)
13 Dr Ebenezer Cobham ---, author of the famous Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (6)
14 Salvador ---, surrealist painter (4)
15 Lady Jane, Queen of England for 9 days (4)
16 Clement, UK prime minister 1945-51 (5)
17 Brian ---, co-founder of the pop group Roxy Music, musician and producer (3)
20 Composer of 4´33´´ (4)
21 Kenneth ---, author of The Wind in the Willows (7)
22 Bertholt ---, German poet and dramatist (6)
24 Henry ---, Swiss painter of eerie images including The Nightmare, 1781 (6)
26 Hebrew ruler who slew Goliath (5)
28 --- and Cleopatra, Shakespeare play about Roman leader (6)
29 Anita ---, statuesque Swedish blonde actress (6)
30 Sean, actor famous as James Bond (7)
31 He resigned over the Suez crisis, 1956 (4)
32 Sir Arnold ---, English composer (3)
34 Classical writer of fables (5)
36 --- the Red, (4)
38 Alan, US actor who starred in the TV series M*A*S*H (4)
41 Al, Chicago gangster (6)
42 US science fiction writer and creator of the Three Laws of Robotics (5,6)
43 US actor famous for the phrase ´You dirty rat` (5,6)
44 Christopher ---, winner of the 1956 3000m steeplechase Olympic gold medal (7)

1 The assumed named of the first president of Turkey (5,7)
2 --- Bates, US dancer who was an amputee, he danced in the Broadway musical Blackbirds, 1933 (3,3)
3 French painter(1834-1917), often of theatrical themes (5)
4 Dame Agatha ---, creator of Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot (8)
5 Buster ---, US actor who played Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers (6)
6 Georges, composer of "Carmen" (5)
7 Anne, wife of Henry VIII (6)
9 Fred, partner of Ginger (7)
11 Stewart ---, member of the pop group The Police, born in 1952 (8)
18 Italo, Italian novelist (7)
19 George ---, great Northern Ireland and Manchester United footballer (4)
21 Norwegian composer of Peer Gynt (5)
22 James ---, Reagan's press secretary shot in 1981 assassination attempt (5)
23 Author of authorized biography of The Beatles in 1968 (6,6)
25 Leon ---, US writer of The Middle Years, 1963 (4)
27 Marlene ---, US actress whose real name was Maria von Losch (8)
30 Calvin, 30th US president (8)
31 Dutch Reformation scholar (7)
33 Yassir ---, PLO leader (6)
35 Rumanian violinist and composer (6)
37 Fidel ---, Cuban communist leader (6)
39 Swedish inventor of dynamite and gelignite (5)
40 William H. ---, co-founder of the Microsoft Corporation in 1975 (5)