Anthony John Crosby Marriott JP (17 January 1931 – 17 April 2014) was a British playwright, screenwriter, and stage and television actor.[2]
Anthony Marriott | |
|---|---|
| Born | Anthony John Crosby Marriott 17 January 1931 London, UK[1] |
| Died | 17 April 2014 (aged 83) |
| Education | |
| Spouse |
Heulwen Roberts (died 1999) |
| Children | 3[2] |
As a playwright he was best known as the joint author, with Alistair Foot, of the farce No Sex Please, We're British, which opened at the Strand Theatre, London, on 3 June 1971.[3] It has been performed in 52 countries and on 21 February 1979 became the longest running comedy in the history of world theatre.[4] A film version starring Ronnie Corbett was released in 1973.
In 1967 Marriott was hired by Amicus Productions to rewrite the screenplay penned by Robert Bloch for The Deadly Bees, a film based on the novel A Taste for Honey by Gerald Heard.
Marriott also co-created the long-running British television series Public Eye with Roger Marshall. He never wrote a televised episode for the series, but did write an original novel based on it, Marker Calls the Tune, in 1968.[5] He also wrote television and radio for the BBC and The Rank Organisation.
He lived for many years in Osterley, West London and was a Justice of the Peace.[4]
Other plays
edit- With Alistair Foot, Uproar in the House, Garrick Theatre and Whitehall Theatre, 1967–69
- With John Chapman, Shut Your Eyes and Think of England, Apollo Theatre, 1977
References
edit- ↑ "Tony Marriott – Obituary". The Telegraph. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Weber, Bruce (28 April 2014). "Anthony Marriott, Author of No Sex Please, We're British, Dies at 83". nytimes.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ↑ Langer, Emily (29 April 2014). "Anthony Marriott, Writer of 'No Sex Please, We're British,' Dies at 83". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- 1 2 Anthony Marriott at the Film Reference website
- ↑ "Marker Calls The Tune (Book, 1968) [WorldCat.org]". Archived from the original on 31 December 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
