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Talbot Nelson Conn "Tolly" Rothwell, OBE (12 November 1916 – 28 February 1981) was an English screenwriter.
Talbot Rothwell. Writer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. A former police officer and pilot, Talbot Rothwell had an unorthodox entry into show business: as a prisoner of war in a German POW camp during WW II, Rothwell, out of boredom (and also to cover the noise of prisoners digging escape tunnels), got involved in camp entertainment shows, writing ...
Mini Bio. A former police officer and pilot, Talbot Rothwell had an unorthodox entry into show business: as a prisoner of war in a German POW camp during WW II, Rothwell, out of boredom (and also to cover the noise of prisoners digging escape tunnels), got involved in camp entertainment shows, writing comedy sketches with fellow prisoner Peter ...
The first series was written by Talbot Rothwell, a scriptwriter for the Carry On films, and the second series by Rothwell and Sid Colin. Two later specials were transmitted in 1975 and 1991 and a film adaptation was released in 1971.
It was his wartime role - working alongside Carry On screenwriter Talbot Rothwell whose plane was also shot down - that helped birth the Carry On humour Butterworth later became famous for. Getty...
Tablot Nelson Conn Rothwell, OBE (12 November 1916 — 28 February 1981) was an English comedic screenwriter, mostly known for writing the scripts of many successful Carry On movies and a few of their television shows.
Talbot Rothwell meandered between a number of jobs after leaving Cranleigh before joining the RAF at the start of the war. He was shot down over Norway in 1940 and taken prisoner, and while in captivity he began to write.
