| 词条 | Ted Willis, Baron Willis |
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Early life and War serviceBorn in Tottenham, Middlesex, Willis was elected Chairman of the Labour League of Youth as the candidate of the left in 1937. In 1941 he became Secretary General of the Young Communist League. He was also drama critic for the Daily Worker[3] Willis enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers in 1939, subsequently serving in the Army Kinematograph Service.[4][4] He often spoke at meetings during the Second World War in favour of opening a second front in order to help the Red Army which was bearing the brunt of the Nazi onslaught. Writing careerHis passion for drama first manifested in plays he wrote for the Unity Theatre, based in a former chapel near St Pancras, during the war. He was best known for writing the television series Dixon of Dock Green, based on the stories of Gordon Snashall, a local Chislehurst policeman with whom he was great friends; the series ran for more than twenty years. He also wrote nine films. He was Chairman of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain from 1958 to 1964. Willis created several British television series such as Virgin of the Secret Service, Hunter's Walk, The Adventures of Black Beauty, Copper's End, Sergeant Cork and Mrs Thursday. He was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's most prolific writer for television, and also wrote 34 stage plays and 39 feature films.[5] Honours and awardsAnnounced on 23 December 1963 he was awarded a life peerage,[6] which was created on 21 January 1964 with the title Baron Willis, of Chislehurst in the County of Kent,[7] on a Labour Party nomination.[8] Willis was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1959 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews in the club at the BBC's Lime Grove Studios, in London's Shepherd's Bush. {{Infobox COA wide|image = |escutcheon = Or a Saltire Gules on a Chief Vert three Fountains |coronet = Coronet of a Baron |crest = In front of a Weeping Willow Tree a Well Head proper |supporters = On either side a Willet (Common Snipe) proper supporting with the beak a Quill Or |motto = Will well [9] }} Personal lifeHe married the actress Audrey Hale in 1944 and they had a son and a daughter.[4] He died of a heart attack at his home in Chislehurst, Kent in December 1992 aged 78,[5] and was buried at Tottenham Cemetery.[10] CreditsSelected plays
Films
Selected TV
References1. ^{{Cite news|title=Obituary:Ted Willis|last=Pattullo|first=Polly|work=The Guardian|location=Manchester|date=23 December 1992}} 2. ^{{Cite news|title=Obituary: Ted Willis|last=Sutton|first=Shaun|work=The Guardian|location=Manchester|date=23 December 1992}} 3. ^https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-lord-willis-1565335.html 4. ^1 {{Cite news|title=Lord Willis: Obituary|work=The Times|location=London|date=23 December 1992}} 5. ^1 2 {{Cite news|title=Creator of Dixon dies aged 78|last=Roberts|first=Alison|work=The Times|location=London|date=23 December 1992}} 6. ^{{London Gazette |issue=43190 |date=23 December 1963 |page=10533 |supp=y}} 7. ^{{London Gazette |issue=43225 |date=21 January 1964 |page=571}} 8. ^{{Cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/12075|work=British Film Institute|title=WILLIS, Ted|accessdate=20 August 2013}} 9. ^http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/lp1958%20w.htm 10. ^{{Find a Grave|13571435|accessdate=7 May 2015}} External links
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