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Johnny Speight (2 June 1920 – 5 July 1998) was an English television scriptwriter of many classic British sitcoms. Speight emerged in the mid-1950s, writing for radio comics Frankie Howerd, Vic Oliver, Arthur Askey, and Cyril Fletcher. For television he wrote for Morecambe & Wise, Peter Sellers and The Arthur Haynes Show.
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- 2 June 1920, Canning Town, London, England
- Radio scriptwriter, TV screenwriter
- 5 July 1998 (aged 78), Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, England
Actor. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Johnny Speight was born on 2 June 1920 in Canning Town, London, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Till Death Us Do Part (1965), Privilege (1967) and The Arthur Haynes Show (1956). He was married to Constance Beatrice Barrett. He died on 5 July 1998 in Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
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- June 2, 1920
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Johnny Speight (2 June 1920 – 5 July 1998) was an English television screenwriter who wrote many British sitcoms like Till Death Us Do Part and In Sickness and in Health. Speight also wrote some episodes of All in the Family. He wrote for people who had radio shows like Cyril Fletcher and Frankie Howard. He was born in Canning Town, London .
Nov 26, 1990 · Johnny Speight gives a forthright interview complete with some strong language and political views, as well as his views on "class" and how it showed itself in the workings particularly of the BBC. He covers his East End upbringing, and how he got into radio writing as well as TV and stage drama.
Addressing such previously sacrosanct subjects as the class system, politics and royalty, often in colourful language, he became one of the genre's most controversial writers, notorious for his approach to race issues and ethnic minorities in this and other series.
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Jul 6, 1998 · JOHNNY Speight, the creator of Britain's most infamous television bigot, Alf Garnett, has died after a short illness, writes Chris Starrs. The 78-year-old comedy writer and life-long socialist...
Jul 5, 1998 · Johnny Speight (2 June 1920 – 5 July 1998) was an English television scriptwriter of many classic British sitcoms. Speight emerged in the mid-1950s, writing for radio comics Frankie Howerd, Vic Oliver, Arthur Askey, and Cyril Fletcher. For television he wrote for Morecambe & Wise, Peter Sellers and The Arthur Haynes Show.
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