Jimmy Perry (1923–2016)
Auteur van Dad's Army: A Celebration
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Dad's Army: Complete Series 1-9 and Specials [1968 TV Series] (1968) — Creator; Creator — 21 exemplaren
Guinness Book of Sitcoms: Over 1000 Situation Comedies on British TV and Radio in the Last 60 Years (1994) 5 exemplaren
Dad's Army: The Very Best Episodes: Volume 1 (BBC Radio Collection) (2006) — Creator; Creator — 2 exemplaren
Dad's Army: Series 3, episodes 1-3 (The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones/Battle School/The Lion Has Phones- plus… — Creator — 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Perry, James
- Geboortedatum
- 1923-09-20
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2016-10-23
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Geboorteplaats
- Barnes, England
- Opleiding
- Colet Court (preparatory school)
Clark's college
Waring & Gillow (apprenticeship)
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (serviceman’s scholarship) - Beroepen
- comedy writer
- Organisaties
- Home Guard (WWII)
Royal Artillery (Far East)
Butlins holiday camps (redcoat)
Palace theatre, Watford - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Order of the British Empire (1978)
British Comedy Award (lifetime achievement, 2003)
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Good easy listening on a long car trip. Especially good for keeping my parents quiet instead of telling how I should be driving :D
I have read several biographies that are heavily illustrated and they tend to be coffee table books; interesting to browse, but not very informative. I therefore, picked up this tome with some trepidation but, to my surprise, and delight, this turned out to be the exception. The pictures are carefully chosen to add to the story of Jimmy Perry's life and save pages of description: a photograph of his family, friends or work colleagues rather than shovels full of flowery prose.
The autobiography is heavily slanted towards his writing. We get details of his life that lead to the various themes of his comedies, but little about his personal life.
for anybody who likes, Dad's Army, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, or Hi De Hi, there is a wealth of fascinating background information plus an insight in to what it was like to live through the second World War and into the ensuing peace.… (meer)
The autobiography is heavily slanted towards his writing. We get details of his life that lead to the various themes of his comedies, but little about his personal life.
for anybody who likes, Dad's Army, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, or Hi De Hi, there is a wealth of fascinating background information plus an insight in to what it was like to live through the second World War and into the ensuing peace.… (meer)
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- 44
- Ook door
- 2
- Leden
- 281
- Populariteit
- #82,782
- Waardering
- 3.9
- Besprekingen
- 3
- ISBNs
- 52
Great for fans of the Goon Show