Wilfred Greatorex
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Born: May 27, 1922 - Liverpool
Died: October 14, 2002 - Taplow
An English television and film writer, script editor and producer.
Novels
- 1990 Book 1 and 2
- The Button Zone
- Three Potato, Four
- Crossover
- Ruskin's Berlin
- Freelancers
TV Shows
- Deadline Midnight (1960-61)
- Danger Man (1960-68)
- The Net (1962)
- The Plane Makers(1963-1964)
- Brett (1971)
- Man in a Suitcase (1968)
- The Power Game (1966-1969)
- Big Brother (1970)
- Man At The Top (1970-71)
- Hine (1971)
- Man From Haven(1972)
- The Inheritors (1974)
- Oil Strike North (1975)
- The Mackinnons (1977)
- 1990 (1977-1978)
- Secret Army (1977-79)
- Airline (1982)
Films
- Front Page Story (1954)
- Nobody Runs Forever aka The High Commissioner (1968)
- Battle of Britain (1969)
A Missed Opportunity
Anyone out there know what happened to this fasinating auction lot of material regarding WG? I wonder if it was from his persoanl collection or just a fan.
Bourne End Auction Rooms December 1st 2010, Lot 233: A collection of signed books, pictures and other ephemera relating to Wilfred Creatorex 1922-2002, including TV and film scripts and various signed autographs mainly of people in the TV industry, £s;50-60 Wilfred Greatorex 1922-2002 - was a TV and film writer, script editor, producer and author. He wrote the film script for the Battle of Britain film and the TV series Secret Army.