Geburtsdatum | Donnerstag, 17. Juli 1930 |
Geburtsort | Brixton, London, England |
Todesdatum | Freitag, 05. Oktober 2018 |
Todesort | London |
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Beschreibung | Ray Galton OBE (17 July 1930 – 5 October 2018) and Alan Simpson OBE (27 November 1929 – 8 February 2017) were English comedy scriptwriters whose partnership lasted over 50 years. They met in 1948 whilst recuperating from tuberculosis at the Milford Sanatorium, near Godalming in Surrey. They are best known for their work with comedian Tony Hancock on radio and television between 1954 and 1961 and their long-running television situation comedy, Steptoe and Son, eight series of which were aired between 1962 and 1974. |