TEB Clarke

TEB “Tibby” Clarke , actually Thomas Ernest Bennett Clarke (born June 7, 1907 in Watford , † February 11, 1989 in London ) was an English screenwriter.

Life

Clarke studied at Cambridge and then worked as a reporter in Australia , Argentina and London. In 1932 he published his first book and in 1943 came to the Ealing Studios , for which he worked as a screenwriter from then on. Mostly comedies were created. His biggest achievement was winning the Academy Award for Best Screenplay in 1953 for Luck Came Overnight . The other films after his scripts were no longer as successful, at the end of his career only inconsequential children's films were made. In 1961 there was another Oscar nomination for him and Gavin Lambert for sons and lovers .

Filmography (selection)

1947: The Little Detectives (Hue and Cry)
1949: Blockade in London (Passport to Pimlico)
1950: The blue lamp (The blue lamp)
1951: Luck Came Overnight (The Lavender Hill Mob)
1951: Dakapo ( Encore )
1952: Titfield-Express (The Titfield Thunderbolt)
1954: Little jockey really big (The Rainbow Jacket)
1957: Captain Seasick (Barnacle Bill)
1958: Chief Inspector Gideon (Gideon's Day)
1958: Welcome to the Kittchen (Law and disorder)
1958: Two cities (A tale of two cities)
1960: Sons and Lovers (Sons and lovers)
1963: The rocking horse (Horse without a head)
1965: Welcome, Mister B. (A man could get killed)
1978: A hitch in the time
1980: how do you hide a donkey? (High rise donkey)

Web links

TEB Clarke in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 2: C - F. John Paddy Carstairs - Peter Fritz. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 82.

personal data
SURNAME	Clarke, TEB
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Clarke, Thomas Ernest Bennett; Clarke, Tibby
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	June 7, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH	Watford
DATE OF DEATH	February 11, 1989
Place of death	London

[1] Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 2: C - F. John Paddy Carstairs - Peter Fritz. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 82.