Willis Hall
English playwright and radio, television and film writer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Willis Edward Hall (6 April 1929 ā 7 March 2005) was an English playwright and radio, television and film writer who drew on his working-class roots in Leeds for much of his writing. Willis formed an extremely prolific partnership with his life-long friend Keith Waterhouse producing over 250 works. He wrote plays such as Billy Liar, The Long and the Short and the Tall, and Celebration; the screenplays for Whistle Down the Wind, A Kind of Loving and Alfred Hitchcock's Torn Curtain; and television programmes including Budgie, Worzel Gummidge and Minder. His passion for musical theatre led to a string of hits, including Wind in the Willows, The Card, and George Stiles' and Anthony Drewe's Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure.
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Born | Willis Edward Hall (1929-04-06)6 April 1929 |
Died | 7 March 2005(2005-03-07) (aged 75) Ghyll Mews, Ilkley, England |
Occupation(s) | Playwright, Screenwriter, Author |
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Children | 4 sons |