Occupation Scriptwriter Period 1954–1997 Spouse Tonia Galton (m. ?–1995) | Nationality British Genre Television | |
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Notable works Hancock's Half Hour, Hancock (1954–1961)Comedy Playhouse (1961–63, 1974)Steptoe and Son (1962–74)Get Well Soon (1997). Books When did you last see your trousers? Awards British Academy Television Writer Award, Writers' Guild of Great Britain Lifetime Achievement Award Movies and TV shows The Spy with a Cold Nose, Sanford and Son, The Rebel, The Bargee, Fleksnes Fataliteter Similar Johnny Speight, Tony Hancock, Bud Yorkin, Redd Foxx, Bo Hermansson | ||
Chortle awards ray galton and alan simpson receive the lifetime achievement award
Ray Galton, OBE (born 17 July 1930) is an English scriptwriter, best known for the Galton and Simpson comedy writing partnership with Alan Simpson. Together they devised and wrote the BBC sitcoms Steptoe and Son (1962–1974), Hancock's Half Hour (1954–1961) and Comedy Playhouse (1961–1975).
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- Chortle awards ray galton and alan simpson receive the lifetime achievement award
- Ray galton alan simpson 30 minute bbc interview life story comedy script writers
- Early life
- Later career
- Honours and awards
- References
Ray galton alan simpson 30 minute bbc interview life story comedy script writers
Early life
Galton was born in Paddington, West London, and after leaving school he worked for the Transport and General Workers Union. He contracted tuberculosis aged 18 in 1948 and was admitted to Milford Sanatorium near Godalming in Surrey where he met fellow patient Alan Simpson.
Later career
Alan Simpson retired from scriptwriting in 1978 to concentrate on business interests. Galton then often worked with Johnny Speight on scripts, including Spooner's Patch (1979-1982) about a corrupt police station. He also wrote scripts for sitcoms produced in Germany and Scandinavia. His last sitcom was Get Well Soon in 1997 which he co-created with John Antrobus and which was based on his own experiences in a sanatorium. In October 2005, Galton and Antrobus premiered their play Steptoe and Son in Murder at Oil Drum Lane at the Theatre Royal, York. The play was set in the present day and related the events that lead to Harold killing his father, and their eventual meeting thirty years later (Albert appearing as a ghost).
Honours and awards
Galton has won two BAFTA awards among many others such as a British Comedy Award. He was appointed an OBE in 2000 and he and Simpson received a BAFTA Fellowship on 8 May 2016.
