biography
pronunciation:
[spayt]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1920–98)
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| biography:
| Comic writer, born in London, UK. A milkman, insurance salesman, and member of a jazz band, he began writing after World War 2 for comedians such as Frankie Howerd, Arthur Haynes, and Morecambe and Wise. He made his mark on television with the creation of the loud-mouthed, working-class bigot, Alf Garnett, in the controversial series Till Death Us Do Part (1964–74), which took the Screenwriters' Guild Awards in 1966, 1967, and 1968. His other television series include Spooner's Patch (1979–82), In Sickness and In Health (1985), and The Nineteenth Hole (1989). |
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