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Johnny Speight (* 2. Juni 1920 in Canning Town, Greater London, England; † 5. Juli 1998 in Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, England) war ein britischer Fernsehdrehbuchautor vieler klassischer britischer Sitcoms. Seine bekanntesten Werke sind Till Death Us Do Part (1965–75), Curry & Chips (1969), In Sickness and in Health (1985–92).
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
The BBC produced a sequel from 1985 until 1992, In Sickness and in Health . Created by Johnny Speight, Till Death Us Do Part centred on the East End Garnett family, led by patriarch Alf Garnett ( Warren Mitchell ), a reactionary white working-class man who holds racist and anti- socialist views.
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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 ...
Alf Garnett. Alfred Edward "Alf" Garnett is a fictional character from the British sitcom Till Death Us Do Part and its follow-on and spin-off series Till Death... and In Sickness and in Health. He also appeared in the chat show The Thoughts of Chairman Alf. The character was created by Johnny Speight and played by Warren Mitchell .
- The Thoughts of Chairman Alf (1998)
- "Pilot" (Comedy Playhouse, 1965)
Speight, Johnny (1920-1998) Writer With his creation of Alf Garnett and Till Death Us Do Part , Johnny Speight (born in Canning Town, London, on 2 June 1920) expanded the boundaries of what was possible in British television comedy.
After Johnny Speight's death in 1998, Warren Mitchell decided that he no longer wanted to play Alf. [citation needed] International versions. In 1991 a Dutch version of the series, In voor en tegenspoed ("In good times and in bad"), debuted on Dutch TV. According to the end credits only the first 12 episodes are based on Speight's original scripts.
