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Alan Simpson
Writer 1929 - 2017

Alan Simpson

Brixton, London, England, UK

Alan Francis Simpson was an English scriptwriter. He was best known as part of the Galton and Simpson comedy writing partnership with Ray Galton.

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

10 titles
Albert & Herbert

Albert & Herbert

Bo Hermansson 2005 3h 7.0

Swedish version of the British SitCom Steptoe and Son: Starring: Sten-Åke Cederhök, Tomas von Brömssen

Den siste Fleksnes

Den siste Fleksnes

Bo Hermansson 1974 1h 26m 5.0

Fleksnes has a good life, but misses the woman in his life. His mother is helpful, and has several solutions to the problem to prevent him from being the last Fleksnes. Charm school must be a solution.

Steptoe and Son Ride Again

Steptoe and Son Ride Again

Peter Sykes 1973 1h 39m

Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at the junk yard. Always on the lookout for ways to improve his lot, Harold invests his father's life savings in a greyhound who is almost blind and can't see the hare.

Steptoe and Son

Steptoe and Son

Cliff Owen 1972 1h 38m

Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live together at the junk yard. Harold, who likes the bright lights in the West End of London, meets a stripper, marries her and takes her home.

Up the Chastity Belt

Up the Chastity Belt

Bob Kellett 1971 1h 34m

A funny thing happened to Lurkalot, serf to Sir Coward de Custard, on the way to Custard Castle. Lurkalot sells lusty love potions and rusty chastity belts in the market place, but on this day Sir Graggart de Bombast arrives to sack the castle, and to get the lovely Lobelia Custard in the sack!

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

Graham Stark 1971 1h 46m

This early Seventies British comedy takes us through seven short stories based on the Seven Deadly Sins. This film is a montage of different styles, from Spike Milligan's mainly silent "Sloth", to the leering Harry H Corbett in "Lust".

The Galton & Simpson Comedy

The Galton & Simpson Comedy

1969 25m 6.0

Six standalone comedy plays by writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, with themes including farce, fantasy and murder. Featured stars include Leslie Phillips and Bob Monkhouse, while there's also another collaboration with Harry H. Corbett.

The Wrong Arm of the Law

The Wrong Arm of the Law

Cliff Owen 1963 1h 34m 6.0

The crooks in London know how it works. No one carries guns and no one resists the police. Then a new gang appears that go one better. They dress as police and steal from the crooks.

The Rebel

The Rebel

Robert Day 1961 1h 45m 6.0

Anthony Hancock gives up his office job to become an abstract artist. He has a lot of enthusiasm, but little talent, and critics scorn his work. Nevertheless, he impresses an emerging very talented artist.

Hancock's Half Hour

Hancock's Half Hour

1956 30m 7.0

TV version of the popular BBC radio show of the same name, with Tony Hancock as the modern man of the world (in his own eyes). Sid James is there to bring him back to earth.

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