Anthony Marriott

Anthony John Crosby Marriott JP (17 January 1931 – 17 April 2014) was a British playwright, screenwriter, and stage and television actor.^[2]

Anthony Marriott
Born	Anthony John Crosby Marriott (1931-01-17)17 January 1931 London, UK[1]
Died	17 April 2014(2014-04-17) (aged 83) Denville Hall, Northwood, London[2]
Education	Felsted School Royal Central School of Speech and Drama[2]
Spouse	Heulwen Roberts ​ (died 1999)​ [2]
Children	3[2]

As a playwright he was best known as the joint author, with Alistair Foot, of the farce No Sex Please, We're British, which opened at the Strand Theatre, London, on 3 June 1971.^[3] It has been performed in 52 countries and on 21 February 1979 became the longest running comedy in the history of world theatre.^[4] A film version starring Ronnie Corbett was released in 1973.

In 1967 Marriott was hired by Amicus Productions to rewrite the screenplay penned by Robert Bloch for The Deadly Bees, a film based on the novel A Taste for Honey by Gerald Heard.

Marriott also co-created the long-running British television series Public Eye with Roger Marshall. He never wrote a televised episode for the series, but did write an original novel based on it, Marker Calls the Tune, in 1968.^[5] He also wrote television and radio for the BBC and The Rank Organisation.

He lived for many years in Osterley, West London and was a Justice of the Peace.^[4]

Other plays

• With Alistair Foot, Uproar in the House, Garrick Theatre and Whitehall Theatre, 1967–69
• With John Chapman, Shut Your Eyes and Think of England, Apollo Theatre, 1977