Ted WILLIS
(Edward Henry Willis; Baron Willis of Chislehurst)
Born Tottenham, Middlesex, 13 January, 1918. Died 22 December, 1992
Stage Works
- Sabotage (as John Bishop) (produced 1943)
- Buster (produced 1943)
- All Change Here (produced 1944)
- "God Bless the Guv'nor": A Moral Melodrama in Which
the Twin Evils of Trades Unionism and Strong Drink are Exposed, "After
Mrs. Henry Wood" (produced 1945). 1945
- The Yellow Star (also director: produced 1945)
- What Happened to Love? (produced 1947).
- No Trees in the Street (produced 1948).
- The Lady Purrs (produced 1950). 1950.
- The Magnificent Moodies (produced 1952).
- The Blue Lamp, with Jan Read (produced 1952).
- A Kiss for Adele, with Talbot Rothwell, adaptation of the
play by Barillet and Gredy (produced 1952).
- Kid Kenyon Rides Again, with Allan Mackinnon (produced 1954).
- George Comes Home. 1955.
- Doctor in the House, adaptation of the novel by Richard
Gordon (produced 1956). 1957.
- Woman in a Dressing Gown, (televised, 1956). (revised version,
produced 1963); 1964.
- The Young and the Guilty (televised, 1956).
- Look in Any Window (televised, 1958).
- Hot Summer Night (produced 1958). 1959.
- Brothers-in-Law, with Henry Cecil, adaptation of the novel
by Cecil (produced 1959). 1959.
- When in Rome, with Ken Ferry, music by Kramer, lyrics by
Eric Shaw, adaptation of a play by Garinei and Giovannini (produced
1959).
- The Eyes of Youth, adaptation of the novel A Dread of
Burning by Rosemary Timperley (as Farewell Yesterday,
produced 1959; as The Eyes of Youth, produced 1959).
1960.
- Mother, adaptation of the novel by Gorky (produced 1961).
- Doctor at Sea, adaptation of the novel by Richard Gordon
(produced 1961). 1961.
- The Little Goldmine. 1962.
- A Slow Roll of Drums (produced 1964).
- A Murder of Crows (produced 1966).
- The Ballad of Queenie Swann (televised, 1966; revised version,
music by Dick Manning and Marvin Laird, lyrics by Willis, produced
1967; as Queenie, produced 1967).
- Dead on Saturday (produced 1972).
- Mr. Polly, music by Michael Begg and Ivor Slaney, lyrics
by Willis, adaptation of the novel by H.G. Wells (produced
1977).
- Stardust (produced 1983).
- Tommy Boy (produced 1988).
- Intent to Kill (produced 1990).
Screenplays
- The Waves Roll On (documentary), 1945;
- Holiday Camp, with others, 1947;
- Good Time Girl, with Muriel and Sydney Box, 1948;
- A Boy, A Girl, and a Bike, 1949;
- The Huggetts Abroad, with others, 1949;
- The Undefeated (documentary), 1950;
- The Blue Lamp, with others, 1950;
- The Wallet, 1952;
- Top of the Form, with John Paddy Carstairs and Patrick Kirwan, 1953;
- Trouble in Store, with John Paddy Carstairs and Maurice Cowan, 1953;
- The Large Rope, 1953;
- One Good Turn, with John Paddy Carstairs and Maurice Cowan, 1954;
- Burnt Evidence, 1954;
- Up to His Neck, with others, 1954;
- It's Great to Be Young, 1956;
- The Skywalkers, 1956;
- Woman in a Dressing Gown, 1957;
- The Young and the Guilty, 1958;
- No Trees in the Street, 1959;
- Six Men and a Nightingale, 1961;
- Flame in the Streets, 1961;
- The Horsemasters, 1961;
- Bitter Harvest, 1963;
- Last Bus to Banjo Creek, 1968;
- Our Miss Fred, with Hugh Leonard, 1972;
- and other documentaries.