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Ray Galton

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British screenwriter (1930-2018)

United KingdomWritersLived 1930 to 2018 · aged 88
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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.

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2016BAFTA Fellowship
2000Officer of the Order of the British Empire

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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. 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).

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United Kingdom
Category
Writers
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Writer / Author
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deceased
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Lived 1930 to 2018 · aged 88
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6 languages

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