Tony Hendra
Tony Hendra (* 1941 in Hertfordshire ) is an English satirist and author who works mainly in the USA . He was one of the founders of National Lampoon magazine in 1970 . One of his daughters is the writer Jessica Hendra .
Life
Hendra attended Cambridge University , where he was involved in the Footlights theater club , which at the time also included John Cleese . After completing his studies, he moved to the USA, where he worked as a writer and actor. He appeared in the series Miami Vice and Law & Order as well as in the films This Is Spinal Tap and Jumpin 'Jack Flash, among others. As a screenwriter, for example, he was involved in the comedy film Great White Hype - Eine KOMödie (1996).
Works
- Tales from the Crib (together with Peter Saggets )
- The Messiah of Morris Avenue
- Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul
- The Book of Bad Virtues
- Born to Run Things: An Utterly Unauthorized Biography of George Bush
- Brad '61: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- Not the New York Times (together with Christopher Cerf.Larry Durocher, Josh Feigenbaum, George Plimpton , and Rusty Unger)
- Off the Wall Street Journal and Off the Wall Stret Journal II
- Not the Bible (with Sean Kelly )
- Going Too Far
- The 80's: A Look Back at the Tumultuous Decade 1980-1989 (with Christopher Cerf and Peter Elbling )
- The 90's: A Look Back
- The GIGAWIT Dictionary of the E-nglish Language
Web links
- Tony Hendra in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- New York Times Book Review by Andrew Sullivan of Tony Hendra's book Father Joe
- 'How to Cook Your Daughter': Father Tony
- Tony Hendra in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hendra, Tony |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British satirist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hertfordshire |