# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alan-simpson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:56:03.125Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alan-simpson"
name: "Alan Simpson"
slug: "alan-simpson"
description: "Alan Francis Simpson was an English scriptwriter. He was best known as part of the Galton and Simpson comedy writing partnership with Ray Galton. Together they devised and wrote the BBC sitcom Hancock's Half Hour (1954–1961), the first two series of Comedy Playhouse (1961–1963), and Steptoe and Son (1962–1974)."
tagline: "British screenwriter (1929-2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alan_Simpson_(scriptwriter).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1929-11-27"
deathDate: "2017-02-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.69
  momentum:             1.048252911813644
  historical:           8.823904
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0800882/"
    handle:    "nm0800882"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "آلان سيمبسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "الان سيمبسون (كاتب)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Simpson_(scriptwriter)"
    title: "Alan Simpson (scriptwriter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%BE%D8%AA_%D9%86%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3)"
    title: "الن سیمپسون (اسکریپت نویس)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Simpson"
    title: "Alan Simpson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Simpson"
    title: "Alan Simpson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Simpson_(scriptwriter)"
    title: "Alan Simpson (scriptwriter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Simpson_(senarist)"
    title: "Alan Simpson (senarist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/56f9212b-eafd-48fe-826e-120bcc5a0abe"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21876070"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/149983"
    title: "Alan Simpson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump