Talbot Rothwell
Talbot Rothwell (born November 12, 1916 in Bromley , Kent as Talbot Nelson Conn Rothwell , † February 28, 1981 in Worthing , Sussex ) was a British writer and screenwriter .
Life
Rothwell initially worked in many different professions, including administrative clerk, pilot and police officer. During the Second World War he became a German prisoner of war . There he began working with Peter Butterworth on entertainment programs for the other prisoners. While Rothwell wrote skits and lyrics, Butterworth acted as an actor. For both of them, this developed into their later work in show business as well as a lifelong collaboration.
After returning to England, Rothwell worked as a stage, film and radio writer. He wrote texts for Terry-Thomas and Ted Ray , among others, and his plays have been performed in London's West End. In 1963 he wrote the script for a comedy about a London taxi driver and his emancipated wife, which he offered to producer Peter Rogers . At that time, Rogers was looking for a new writer for his carry-on ... film series because Norman Hudis , who had already written six comedies for Rogers and his director Gerald Thomas , was no longer available after moving to the USA . The script by Rothwell fit well with the character of the previous films, so Gerald Thomas directed it under the title Carry on Cabby as the seventh film in the series. From then on, Rothwell remained closely connected to Rogers' production staff and wrote 20 additional scripts for carry-on films and two carry-on television specials for Christmas. When cast in the style of Commedia dell'Arte, Rogers and Thomas relied largely on the same actors as Kenneth Williams , Sid James , Kenneth Connor , Joan Sims and Rothwell's friend Peter Butterworth. Rothwell's scripts parodied the James Bond films ( Carry on Spying ) , period films ( Carry on Cleo and Carry on Henry ), adventure films ( Carry on Jack ) , westerns ( Carry on Cowboy ) , horror films ( Carry on Screaming ) , and doctor films ( Carry on Doctor ) as well as numerous everyday situations (such as vacations, dating, strikes and beauty pageants). In 1974 Rothwell wrote his last screenplay for a carry-on film with Carry on Dick about the legendary British mugger Dick Turpin . In 1976, Jack Seddon adapted Rothwell's play on the stage, Carry on England, for the Carry-on series.
In 1977 Rothwell was awarded the OBE Order for his services to the arts . Talbot Rothwell died on February 28, 1981 at the age of 64 after a long illness in Sussex.
Films (selection)
- 1954: One Good Turn
- 1963: It's crazy - those tired taxi drivers (Carry on Cabby)
- 1964: It's crazy - agents on the powder keg (Carry on Spying)
- 1964: It's crazy - a rigged frigate (Carry on Jack)
- 1964: It's crazy - Caesar loves Cleopatra (Carry on Cleo)
- 1965: It's crazy - the brazen cowboy (Carry on Cowboy)
- 1966: It's crazy - Just don't lose your head (Carry on ... Don't Lose Your Head)
- 1967: It's crazy - Alarm im Schuselschloß (Carry on Screaming)
- 1967: It's crazy - no water flows in the desert (Follow That Camel)
- 1967: Carry On Doctor (Carry on Doctor)
- 1968: Everything under control - nobody looks through (Carry on Up the Khyber)
- 1969: The totally crazy camping paradise (Carry on Camping)
- 1969: Carry On Again Doctor (Carry on Doctor again)
- 1969: Up Pompeii! (TV series)
- 1969: Carry On Christmas II
- 1970: The Crazy Queen of the Amazons (Carry on Up the Jungle)
- 1970: Love, Love, etc. (Carry on Loving)
- 1971: Heinrichs Bettgeschichten or How Garlic Came to England (Carry on Henry)
- 1971: A strike rarely comes alone (Carry on at Your Convenience)
- 1972: The Totally Crazy Head Sister (Carry on Matron)
- 1972: Carry On Christmas
- 1973: Voting in English (Carry on Girls)
- 1973: A Crazy Vacation (Carry on Abroad)
- 1973: Carry On Christmas III
- 1974: The total crazy muggers (Carry on Dick)
- 1975: Further up Pompeii!
Web links
- Talbot Rothwell in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography on carryonline.com
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Rothwell, Talbot |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rothwell, Talbot Nelson Conn |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British author and screenwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1916 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bromley , Kent |
DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 1981 |
Place of death | Worthing , Sussex |