Alan Simpson
British screenwriter (1929-2017) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 87
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).
Alan Simpson is read about 18 times a day, in 8 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 24 June 2026
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Ray Galton Also in The Rebel and The Wrong Arm of the Law
Alan Simpson Also in Wake Up and Dance and Walk in St George
Bo Hermansson Directed The Last Fleksnes (1974)- Harry H. Corbett Also in The Bargee and Never Talk to Strangers
Graham Stark Directed The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971)- Cliff Owen Directed The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963)
- Beryl Vertue Produced Steptoe & Son and Up the Chastity Belt
June Whitfield Also in The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966)
Ronnie Barker Also in The Bargee (1964)
John Le Mesurier Also in The Rebel and The Wrong Arm of the Law
Milo O'Shea Alan wrote Loot (1973)- Dennis Price Alan wrote The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963)
Geoffrey Bayldon Also in The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971)
Tony Hancock Also in The Rebel (1961)
Nanette Newman Also in The Rebel and The Wrong Arm of the Law
Robert Flemyng Directed The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966)
Wilfrid Brambell Also in Steptoe & Son (1972)
Barry Cryer Also in The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966)
Egil Monn-Iversen Produced The Last Fleksnes (1974)
Leonard Rossiter Alan wrote Le Pétomane (1979)
Roy Hudd Also in The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971)
Sten-Åke Cederhök Also in Mordet på Skolgatan 15 and Sommarkvetter- Gareth Gwenlan Directed Great Comedy Moments (2001)
John Forbes-Robertson Directed The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966)
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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1929 to 2017 · aged 87
