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Edward Henry Willis, Baron Willis (13 January 1914 – 22 December 1992) was an English playwright, novelist and screenwriter who was also politically active in support of the Labour Party. He created several television series, including the long-running police drama Dixon of Dock Green.
Edward Henry Willis, Baron Willis (13 January 1914 – 22 December 1992) was an English playwright, novelist and screenwriter who was also politically active in support of the Labour Party. He created several television series, including the long-running police drama Dixon of Dock Green.
Announced on 23 December 1963 he was awarded a life peerage, which was created on 21 January 1964 with the title Baron Willis, of Chislehurst in the County of Kent, on a Labour Party nomination.
Edward Henry Willis, Baron Willis (13 January 1914 - 22 December 1992) was a British playwright, novelist and screenwriter who was also politically active in support of the Labour Party.
Ted Willis was born on 13 January 1918 in Tottenham, Middlesex, England, UK. He was a writer and producer, known for Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957), Flame in the Streets (1961) and No Trees in the Street (1959). He died on 22 December 1992 in Chislehurst, London, England, UK.
- Ted Willis
- December 22, 1992
- January 13, 1918
Dec 23, 1992 · Ted Willis, credited in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's most prolific TV scriptwriter, died yesterday, his family said. He was 74.
Making its Radio 4 Extra debut, a thriller about government secrets, from 1974, adapted from the novel by the writer behind classic TV series Dixon of Dock Green, Ted Willis.
