George Melly(1926-2007)

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Writer
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George Melly was born on 17 August 1926 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Take a Girl Like You (1970), Smashing Time (1967) and Ain't Misbehavin' (1997). He was married to Diana Ashe and Victoria Vaughan. He died on 5 July 2007 in Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK.

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Known for

Take a Girl Like You

5.6

Writer

1970

Smashing Time

5.9

Writer

1967

Ain't Misbehavin'

6.7

TV Mini Series

Bing Williams

A Bit of a Do

7.1

TV Series

Music Department

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Actor

Sunday Best
Podcast Series
- Guest (voice)
- 2002
A Ripe Old Age
Podcast Series
- Guest (voice)
- 2002
Ain't Misbehavin'
6.7
TV Mini Series
- Bing Williams
- 1997
George Melly's Owning Up
Podcast Series
- Narrator (voice)
- 1996
Frank Stubbs Promotes
6.7
TV Series
- Auctioneer
- 1994
Demob
7.7
TV Series
- Marshall Gould
- 1993
The Thief and the Cobbler
7.1
- Dwarf (original version) (voice)
- 1993
Painted Tales
TV Series
- (voice)
- 1990
Death of an Informer
TV Movie
- Mr Melly
- 1976
Sweet Movie
5.9
- 1974
Jackanory
7.1
TV Series
- Storyteller
- 1967

Writer

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Born
- August 17, 1926
- Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Died
- July 5, 2007
- Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK(lung cancer and vascular dementia)
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His books include "Scouse Mouse," "Rum, Bum and Concertina," "Owning Up," "It's All Writ Out for You: Life and Work of Scottie Wilson," "Hooked! Fishing Memories," "Great Lovers," "Revolt into Style: Pop Arts in Britain", "Paris and the Surrealists", "Don't Tell Sybil: Intimate Memoir of E.L.T. Mesens" and "Tribe of One: Great Naive and Primitive Painters of the British Isles"
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