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Anthony Marriott Biography (1931-)

Addresses: Home: 168 Wood Lane, Osterley Middlesex, TW, 75EH; Agent: Douglas Rae, 28 Charing Cross Road, London, England WC 2.

"No Sex Please--We're British has been performed in 52 countries and on February 21, 1979 became the Longest Running Comedy in the History of World Theatre."

Nationality

English

Occupation

playwright, actor

Birth Details

January 17, 1931

London, England

Famous Works

• Non-Theatrical Career
• Justice of the Peace (Greater London), appointed, February 1977.
• Debut
• Laburnum Grove, Horsham Repertory Co., 1950.
• Principal Stage Appearances
• In various repertory seasons, 1951-54, including Horsham, Worthing, Warrington, Manchester Library Theatre, Dundee, Bridgewater, Redcar, Norwich, Yeovil, Saltburn, Salisbury.
• Principal Radio Broadcasts
• BBC Drama Repertory Company, 1954-56, including starring in Journey into Space series; Dan Dare and Film Time, Radio Luxenbourg series.
• Plays, Published
• With Alistair Foot, Uproar in the House, Garrick and Whitehall Theatres, 1967-69; with Alistair Foot, No Sex Please--We're British,Strand and Garrick Theatres, 1971; with Alistair Foot, I Want to Be a Father, Madam, Eastbourne, and national tour, 1973; with Bob Grant, Darling Mr. London, Billingham, and three national tours, 1974; with Bob Grant,No Room for Sex, Brighton, and national tour, 1974; with John Chapman, Shut Your Eyes and Think of England, Apollo, 1977; with John Chapman, Anything You Say, The Wrong Mr. Right, Divided We Stand, 1977; withBob Grant, Home Is Where Your Clothes Are and Spoof; with Jonathan Daly, A Matter of Style.
• Screenplays
• Contract writer for the Rank Organisation, worked on: Waltz of the Toreadors, Gypsy and the Gentleman, Operation Amsterdam, Doctor, 1958-60; Ouch, 1965; Divorce British Style (re-titled Sex and the British), 1967; The Intrepid Mr. Twigg, 1969; No Sex Please--We're British, 1974.
• Television
• Story editor, Ghost Squad series; contract writer BBC Radio LightEntertainment created and wrote Roundabout series and BBC TV Light Entertainment, Archie Andrews series; with Roger Marshall, Public Eye, ABC, 1965-66; contributor, Avengers, No Hiding Place, This Man Craig,Fireball XL5, Supercar, 1965-66; documentaries, Britain and the Common Market, The Meaning of Ecumenism, Life of William the Conqueror, Everyday's a Holiday; children's film, The Ghost of Monks Island; series, with Bob Grant, Meals and Wheels, Now That Mother's Gone, September People, Getting It Right, Petticoat Cash, 1984.
• Books
• Marker Calls the Tune, 1967.