Ray Galton
British screenwriter (1930-2018) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 88
Raymond Percy Galton was an English radio and television scriptwriter. He was best known as part of the Galton and Simpson comedy writing partnership with Alan Simpson.
Ray Galton is read about 22 times a day, in 6 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 25 August 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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Alan Simpson Also in The Rebel and The Wrong Arm of the Law
Alan Simpson Also in The Rebel and The Wrong Arm of the Law
Bo Hermansson Directed The Last Fleksnes (1974)- Harry H. Corbett Also in The Bargee and Never Talk to Strangers
- Beryl Vertue Produced Steptoe & Son and Up the Chastity Belt
Graham Stark Directed The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971)
Wilfrid Brambell Ray wrote Steptoe and Son (1972)
Egil Monn-Iversen Produced The Last Fleksnes (1974)
Barry Cryer Also in The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966)
June Whitfield Also in The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966)
Ronnie Barker Ray wrote The Bargee (1964)
John Le Mesurier Also in The Rebel and The Wrong Arm of the Law
Milo O'Shea Ray wrote Loot (1973)- Dennis Price Ray 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)
Leonard Rossiter Ray wrote Le Pétomane (1979)
Roy Hudd Also in The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971)
Ella Hval Also in The Last Fleksnes (1974)
Ian MacNaughton Directed Le Petomane (1979)
Sten-Åke Cederhök Also in Mordet på Skolgatan 15 and Sommarkvetter
John Forbes-Robertson Directed The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966)
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About this person
Together they devised and wrote 1950s and 60s BBC sitcoms including Hancock's Half Hour (1954-1961), the first two series of Comedy Playhouse (1961-1963), and Steptoe and Son (1962-1974).
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1930 to 2018 · aged 88
