Alan Francis Simpson OBE (27 November 1929 – 8 February 2017) was an English scriptwriter, best known for the Galton and Simpson comedy writing partnership...

Alan Simpson may refer to: Alan Simpson (theatre director) (1920–1980), Irish theatre director Alan Simpson (scriptwriter) (1929–2017), British screenwriter...

English radio and television scriptwriter, best known for the Galton and Simpson comedy writing partnership with Alan Simpson. Together they devised and...

film, consisting of Ray Galton OBE (17 July 1930 – 5 October 2018) and Alan Simpson OBE (27 November 1929 – 8 February 2017). They are best known for their...

them in the store. In the early 1950s, scriptwriter Jeremy Lloyd was employed as a junior assistant at Simpson; he drew on his experiences to come up...

McCallum as Alan Breck Ekkehardt Belle as David Balfour Jutta Speidel as Barbara Grant John Carson as James More James Cosmo as Beggar Bill Simpson as James...

Blood Donor and The Radio Ham). After breaking with his scriptwriters Ray Galton and Alan Simpson later that year, his career declined. Hancock was born...

Zucker based his character on Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood, while scriptwriter Pat Proft wrote all of Drebin's lines, with nothing being improvised...

Prior to his death in 2022, he was the last remaining living Doctor Who scriptwriter from prior to Season 18 in 1980. One of his contributions to Doctor Who...

Workshop at the Theatre Royal in Stratford, London. In 1962, scriptwriters Galton and Simpson, who had been successful with Hancock's Half Hour, invited...

claim was disputed by the writers of Steptoe and Son, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, who rejected any hatred or conflict. Corbett's nephew released a statement...

"'파친코' 이지혜, 각본가 수 휴도 극찬한 신스틸러…"립싱크 전혀 안해"" ['Pachinko' Lee Ji-hye, scriptwriter Su-Hyu also praised the scene stealer... "I don't lip sync at all] (in...

Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about a father-and-son rag-and-bone business in 26a Oil Drum Lane, a fictional...

September – Ronnie Barker, comic actor (died 2005) 27 November – Alan Simpson, comedy scriptwriter (died 2017) 16 December – Nicholas Courtney, actor (Doctor...

Great War has been described as taking a moderate approach, with co-scriptwriter John Terraine fighting against what he viewed as an oversimplification...

friends and family of the actors, and the Steptoe writers, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The screenplay was written by Brian Fillis, also responsible for the...

Herbert Lane and is now occupied as offices) Established in 1953 by Alan Simpson and Carolyn Swift, the Pike offered Dublin audiences continental-style...

starring Frankie Howerd. It was written by Sid Colin, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. It was the second film spin-off from the TV series Up Pompeii! (1969–1991)...

The following are notable alumni of Haileybury: Michael Aitkens, scriptwriter Alan Ayckbourn, dramatist John Bailey, literary critic Davy Burnaby, actor...

and Ward winning the roles. Lorenzo Semple Jr. had signed on as head scriptwriter. He wrote the pilot script, and generally wrote in a pop-art adventure...

Pullen, Victorian politician 4 November – George Mallaby, actor and scriptwriter (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 2004) 9 November – Philip Cummins, Victorian...

he first achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s, he cofounded Monty...

(21 December 1936 – 9 January 2003) was an English radio and TV comedy scriptwriter, and author of a series of popular novels. He was born in Liverpool,...

1948) is an American stage, television, and film actor as well as a scriptwriter and songwriter. He is best known for his appearances in multiple films...

once begun, failed and almost made him bankrupt. Meeting scriptwriters Ray Galton and Alan Simpson in a pub, he bluffed them into believing that he was in...

comparatively low budget of $1.7 million. Paul Dehn returned as the scriptwriter, and producer Jacobs hired J. Lee Thompson to direct. Thompson had worked...

point in doing it unless it's perfect". Etan Cohen was hired as lead scriptwriter for this version. The new script still centered on a wholly new cast...

and Doug Wald; the project eventually moved forward without Page, with scriptwriter Julia Hart replacing Page as the director. Also in 2013, he co-starred...

February 2020 – via BBC Genome Project. Variety Bandbox Ray Galton & Alan Simpson interview Frankie Howerd Tony Hancock 1924-1968 Arthur English obituary...

Hunger—a new play by the Hungry Young Man, Mr. John Eastbourne". Scriptwriters Alan Simpson and Ray Galton mimic several elements of Osborne's play, from...