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William Harold Strutton (23 February 1918 – 23 November 2003) was an Australian screenwriter and novelist. He worked on television shows such as Ivanhoe, The Saint, The Avengers, Riptide and Doctor Who.
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Bill Strutton (born as William Harold Sutton on 23 February 1918 in Moonta, Australia, died 23 November 2003 in Costa Brava, Spain) wrote the Doctor Who television story The Web Planet. He also wrote Doctor Who and the Zarbi, the novelisation of The Web Planet. It was first published in 1965...
Bill Strutton. Writer: The Avengers. Bill Strutton was born on 23 February 1918 in South Australia, Australia. Bill was a writer, known for The Avengers (1961), The Saint (1962) and Assignment K (1968). Bill died on 23 November 2003 in Catalonia, Spain.
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Bill Strutton, screenwriter and author, was born on February 23, 1918. He died on November 23, 2003, aged 85. As he watched the tail-end of the Royal Navy vanish from view, Bill Strutton experienced the despair of a man who realises his last hope for freedom has gone.
Dec 1, 2003 · Bill Strutton. 01 December 2003 • 12:01am. Bill Strutton, who has died aged 80, scripted numerous television series between the 1950s and the 1970s; his most curious achievement, however,...
Died: 23rd November 2003 (aged 85 years) Episodes Broadcast: 1965. Biography. Bill Strutton was born in Moonta, South Australia. He won a scholarship to Adelaide University but dropped out, becoming a bank clerk, and then joining the Australia Infantry Battalion at the outbreak of the Second World War.
(1918-2003) Australian screenwriter and author; he was active in the former capacity from 1958, writing for various series including Doctor Who ( 1963 -current), for which his only sf book of interest was also written, the Tie Doctor Who and the Zarbi ( 1972; vt Doctor Who – the Web Planet 1991 ).
