Glenn Melvyn

Glenn Melvyn (born November 12, 1918 in Manchester , † March 9, 1999 in Surrey ) was a British actor and playwright .

Melvyn was not only an actor and comedian on stage, and very occasionally in film; he also wrote plays himself, such as The Love Match , which premiered in 1953 with his long-time acting partners Arthur Askey and Thira Hird and was one of the first to bring football to the stage. Other farce titles are Who's Your Funny Friend? , Love and Kisses (rewritten into a television series in 1955), and Hot Water . Melvyn is considered to be the discoverer Ronnie Barkers , whom he first met as director of the "Repertory Theater" in Bramhall and who used him in his television program I'm Not Bothered , the follow-up series to Love and Kisses . For many years Melvy was at the "Blackpool Grand Theater".

Filmography (selection)

• 1954: The Love Match (also template, adaptation)
• 1956: Ramsbottom Rides Again (also screenplay)

Web links

• Glenn Melvyn in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Richard William Cox, Dave Russell, Wray Vamplew: Encyclopedia of Football. 2009, p. 91
2. ↑ "Everything I ever knew about comedy I was taught by him," says Barker according to Bob McCabe: The Authorized Biography of Ronnie Barker. 2004, p. 31
3. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ http://www.britishpictures.com/arch_l3.html