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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John James Osborne (12 December 1929 – 24 December 1994) was an English playwright, screenwriter, actor and critic of the Establishment. The success of his 1956 play Look Back in Anger transformed English theatre. In a productive life of more than 40 years, Osborne explored many themes and genres, writing for stage, film and TV. His personal life was extravagant and iconoclastic. He was notorious for the ornate violence of his language, not only on behalf of the political causes he supported but also against his own family, including his wives and childr…
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- Great Performances (1971) as Self
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) Writer
- ITV Playhouse (1967) Writer
- Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) as Harry Steadman
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) Writer
- Flash Gordon (1980) as Arborian Priest
- Supernatural (1977) as Edward Manners
- Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties (1993) as Self
- The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) Writer
- Tom Jones (1963) Screenplay
- Get Carter (1971) as Kinnear
- Colonel Redl (1985) Screenplay
- First Love (1970) as Maidanov
- Look Back in Anger (1959) Theatre Play
- The Entertainer (1993) Writer
- Branagh Theatre Live: The Entertainer (2016) Writer
- The Entertainer (1960) Screenplay
- Look Back in Anger (1989) Writer
- Hedda Gabler (1981) Adaptation
- God Rot Tunbridge Wells! (1985) Writer
- Inadmissible Evidence (1968) Writer
- A Sunday in September (1961) as Self
- Luther (1968) Writer
- A Better Class of Person (1985) Writer
- Tomorrow Never Comes (1978) as Lyne
- Luther (1974) Writer
- Very Like a Whale (1981) Writer
- You're Not Watching Me, Mummy (1979) Writer
- Ms or Jill and Jack (1974) Writer
- The Right Prospectus (1970) Writer
- The Hotel in Amsterdam (1971) Writer
- A Subject of Scandal and Concern (1960) Writer
- England, My England (1995) Writer
- The Parachute (1968) as Werner Roger
- Look Back in Anger (1980) Writer
- The Gift of Friendship (1974) Writer
- Almost a Vision (1976) Writer
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Selected TV credits: Great Performances (1971), BBC Play of the Month (1965), ITV Playhouse (1967), Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965), ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969).
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