English playwright and radio, television and film writer
This article is about the British writer. For the building in Northfield, Minnesota, see Willis Hall (Carleton College). For the New York State Attorney General, see Willis Hall (New York politician). For the Vermont politician, see Willis Hall Jr.
Willis Hall
Willis Hall photographed by Lewis Morley in 1960.
Born
Willis Edward Hall
(1929-04-06)6 April 1929
Hunslet, Leeds, England
Died
7 March 2005(2005-03-07) (aged 75)
Ghyll Mews, Ilkley, England
Occupation(s)
Playwright, Screenwriter, Author
Notable work
The Long and the Short and the Tall (1959)
Billy Liar (1960)
Whistle Down the Wind (Screenplay)
A Kind of Loving (1962)
Budgie (TV)
Worzel Gummidge (TV)
Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure (1996)
Spouses
Kathleen May Cortens (m. 1954)
Jill Bennett (m. 1962)
Dorothy Kingsmill-Lunn (m. 1966)
Valerie Shute (m. 1973)
Children
4 sons
Willis Edward Hall (6 April 1929 – 7 March 2005) was an English playwright and radio, television and film writer who drew on his working-class roots in Leeds for much of his writing. Willis formed an extremely prolific partnership with his life-long friend Keith Waterhouse producing over 250 works. He wrote plays such as Billy Liar, The Long and the Short and the Tall, and Celebration; the screenplays for Whistle Down the Wind, A Kind of Loving and Alfred Hitchcock's Torn Curtain; and television programmes including Budgie, Worzel Gummidge and Minder. His passion for musical theatre led to a string of hits, including Wind in the Willows, The Card, and George Stiles' and Anthony Drewe's Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure.
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