Ian Davidson (scriptwriter)
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Ian Davidson is a British
actor and scriptwriter who worked in British television comedies from the 1960s to the 1980s. He appeared in the same Oxford University revue as Terry Jones
and Michael Palin
of Monty Python
, and is probably best known for his numerous appearances on Monty Python's Flying Circus
. He also had a role in the 2008 film Still Waters Burn.
In his scriptwriting career, Davidson wrote numerous episodes of The Brittas Empire
, The Ronnie Corbett Show, The Ben Elton Show, Dave Allen
,Comrade Dad
and many others. He has also written for Barry Humphries
.
United Kingdom
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actor and scriptwriter who worked in British television comedies from the 1960s to the 1980s. He appeared in the same Oxford University revue as Terry Jones
Terry Jones
Terence Graham Parry Jones is a Welsh comedian, screenwriter, actor, film director, children's author, popular historian, political commentator, and TV documentary host. He is best known as a member of the Monty Python comedy team....
and Michael Palin
Michael Palin
Michael Edward Palin, CBE FRGS is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries....
of Monty Python
Monty Python
Monty Python was a British surreal comedy group who created their influential Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series...
, and is probably best known for his numerous appearances on Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python’s Flying Circus is a BBC TV sketch comedy series. The shows were composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines...
. He also had a role in the 2008 film Still Waters Burn.
In his scriptwriting career, Davidson wrote numerous episodes of The Brittas Empire
The Brittas Empire
The Brittas Empire is a British sitcom created and originally written by Richard Fegen and Andrew Norriss. Chris Barrie plays Gordon Brittas, the well-meaning but incompetent manager of Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre....
, The Ronnie Corbett Show, The Ben Elton Show, Dave Allen
Dave Allen (comedian)
David Tynan O'Mahoney , better known as Dave Allen, was an Irish comedian, very popular in Great Britain, Australia, and Canada in the 1960s and 1970s. He also became known in the United States through repeats of his shows on public television. His career had a major resurgence during the late...
,Comrade Dad
Comrade Dad
Comrade Dad was a BBC television comedy satire series set in 1999 in Londongrad, the capital of communist Britain. The UK has been invaded by the Soviet Union and had been turned into a Communist state...
and many others. He has also written for Barry Humphries
Barry Humphries
John Barry Humphries, AO, CBE is an Australian comedian, satirist, dadaist, artist, author and character actor, best known for his on-stage and television alter egos Dame Edna Everage, a Melbourne housewife and "gigastar", and Sir Les Patterson, Australia's foul-mouthed cultural attaché to the...
.