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Alan Simpson

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British screenwriter (1929-2017)

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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).

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2016BAFTA Fellowship
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Connected to Alan 6

Tony HancockAlso in Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall (1966)Harry H. CorbettAlso in Never Talk to Strangers (1969)Rolv WesenlundAlso in The Last Fleksnes (1974)Neil McCarthyAlso in Steptoe & Son Ride Again (1973)Robert DayAlso in The Rebel (1961)Bob ToddAlso in Le Petomane (1979)

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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1929 to 2017 · aged 87
Wikipedia
8 languages

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