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Alan Melville(1910-1983)

  • Writer
  • Actor
  • Music Department
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Alan Melville was born on 9 April 1910 in Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Beryl Reid (1977), As Long as They're Happy (1955) and The Very Merry Widow and How (1968). He was married to Dorothy Catherine Hicks. He died on 23 December 1983 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK.
BornApril 9, 1910
DiedDecember 23, 1983(73)
BornApril 9, 1910
DiedDecember 23, 1983(73)
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Known for

Beryl Reid (1977)
Beryl Reid
5.3
TV Series
  • Writer
As Long as They're Happy (1955)
As Long as They're Happy
5.1
  • Writer
  • 1955
Moira Lister in The Very Merry Widow and How (1968)
The Very Merry Widow and How
TV Series
  • Writer
Derby Day (1952)
Derby Day
6.4
  • Writer
  • 1952

Credits

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Writer

  • Beryl Reid (1977)
    Beryl Reid
    5.3
    TV Series
    • original script by
    • 1979
  • Paradise Island
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1977
  • Jacques Balutin, Darry Cowl, Jean Lefebvre, Jacqueline Maillan, Maria Pacôme, Fernand Raynaud, and Michel Roux in Au théâtre ce soir (1966)
    Au théâtre ce soir
    7.7
    TV Series
    • play
    • 1975
  • The Brighton Belle
    TV Mini Series
    • writer
    • 1972
  • Cilla Black in Cilla (1968)
    Cilla
    6.7
    TV Series
    • writer: Oh Killiekrankie
    • 1971
  • Der Minister und die Ente
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1970
  • Finder, bitte melden
    TV Movie
    • play comedy (as Allan Melville)
    • 1970
  • Comedy Playhouse (1961)
    Comedy Playhouse
    7.1
    TV Series
    • writer
    • Writer
    • 1966–1970
  • Reginald Barratt, Richard Beckinsale, Freddie Fletcher, Bernard Hepton, Arthur Lowe, Brian Miller, Ron Moody, Jack Rosenthal, Liz Smith, and Paula Wilcox in ITV Playhouse (1967)
    ITV Playhouse
    7.2
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1969
  • Were Those the Days?
    TV Special
    • written by
    • 1969
  • Moira Lister in The Very Merry Widow and How (1968)
    The Very Merry Widow and How
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • writer
    • 1969
  • Right of Way
    TV Special
    • teleplay by
    • 1968
  • Iolanthe
    TV Movie
    • adaptation
    • 1968
  • Misleading Cases (1967)
    Misleading Cases
    8.0
    TV Series
    • television adaptation
    • 1967–1968
  • Moira Lister in The Very Merry Widow (1967)
    The Very Merry Widow
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1967–1968

Actor

  • Julian Glover in By the Sword Divided (1983)
    By the Sword Divided
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Squire Capel
    • 1983
  • The Wednesday Play (1964)
    The Wednesday Play
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Pawnie
    • 1969
  • According to Dora
    TV Series
    • Various
    • 1968–1969
  • Comedy Playhouse (1961)
    Comedy Playhouse
    7.1
    TV Series
    • The Chaise Longue (voice)
    • 1965
  • Dickie Henderson and June Laverick in The Dickie Henderson Show (1960)
    The Dickie Henderson Show
    6.6
    TV Series
    • 1961–1963
  • Benny Hill in A Christmas Night with the Stars (1958)
    A Christmas Night with the Stars
    5.9
    TV Series
    • In performance with Askey Askey
    • 1962

Music Department

  • Cilla Black in Cilla (1968)
    Cilla
    6.7
    TV Series
    • writer: When Hearts Are Trumps
    • 1969
  • The World Our Stage (1958)
    The World Our Stage
    TV Series
    • lyrics: The Curtain's Rising
    • 1958
  • Robert Clary, Alice Ghostley, Ronny Graham, Harry Horner, and Eartha Kitt in New Faces (1954)
    New Faces
    5.3
    • composer: additional numbers
    • 1954
  • Gay's the Word
    TV Movie
    • lyrics by
    • 1952
  • Bet Your Life
    TV Movie
    • lyrics by
    • 1952

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • William Melville Caverhill
  • Born
    • April 9, 1910
    • Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, UK
  • Died
    • December 23, 1983
    • Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
  • Spouse
    • Dorothy Catherine Hicks1983 - ?
  • Other works
    Stage: Wrote "Castle in the Air," performed at the Adelphi Theatre in London, England, with Jack Buchanan, Coral Browne and Irene Manning in the cast. Roy Rich was director.
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    • 2 Print Biographies

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