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Johnny Speight (2 June 1920 – 5 July 1998) was an English television scriptwriter of many classic British sitcoms. Speight emerged in the mid-1950s, writing for radio comics Frankie Howerd , Vic Oliver , Arthur Askey , and Cyril Fletcher .
Johnny Speight was born on 2 June 1920 in Canning Town, London, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Till Death Us Do Part (1965), Privilege (1967) and The Arthur Haynes Show (1956). He was married to Constance Beatrice Barrett.
Johnny Speight (2 June 1920 – 5 July 1998) was an English television screenwriter who wrote many British sitcoms like Till Death Us Do Part and In Sickness and in Health. Speight also wrote some episodes of All in the Family. He wrote for people who had radio shows like Cyril Fletcher and Frankie Howard. He was born in Canning Town, London .
Speight's no doubt sincere if somewhat naive intentions had again backfired. Despite his predilection for comedy, Speight harboured an ambition to write more serious works. His plays The Compartment (BBC, tx 22/8/1961), Playmates (BBC, tx 16/7/1962), both starring Michael Caine , and The Salesman (ITV, tx 30/5/1970) with Ian Holm , were compared to Harold Pinter for their sense of underlying menace.
Nov 26, 1990 · Johnny Speight: And then during that period I wanted to write more serious, because what I was finding was that writing for a comedian like Arthur was a limitation in a' sense that you had to be careful, you found, I was censoring myself, because any blame that came was attached to Arthur, like for instance if that tramp had said bloody wogs, it would have been Arthur Haynes saying them and not a character, not an actor saying them.
Jul 6, 1998 · JOHNNY Speight, the creator of Britain's most infamous television bigot, Alf Garnett, has died after a short illness, writes Chris Starrs. The 78-year-old comedy writer and life-long socialist was ...
Jul 5, 1998 · Johnny Speight. Speight emerged in the mid-1950s, writing for radio comics Frankie Howerd, Vic Oliver, Arthur Askey, and Cyril Fletcher. For television he wrote for Morecambe & Wise, Peter Sellers and The Arthur Haynes Show. Later, he began to write Till Death Us Do Part, which included his most famous creation, the controversial bigot Alf Garnett.
