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Ronald Searle(1920-2011)

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Ronald Searle was born on 3 March 1920 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Scrooge (1970), The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954) and The Wildcats of St. Trinian's (1980). He was married to Monica Ilse Koenig and Kaye Webb. He died on 30 December 2011 in Draguignan, Var, France.
BornMarch 3, 1920
DiedDecember 30, 2011(91)
BornMarch 3, 1920
DiedDecember 30, 2011(91)
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    • 1 win total

Known for

Alec Guinness, Albert Finney, Richard Beaumont, David Collings, Frances Cuka, Philip DaCosta, Edith Evans, Derek Francis, Gaynor Hodgson, Raymond Hoskins, Gordon Jackson, Roy Kinnear, Michael Medwin, Kenneth More, Laurence Naismith, Suzanne Neve, Anton Rodgers, Paddy Stone, and Kay Walsh in Scrooge (1970)
Scrooge
7.5
  • Additional Crew
  • 1970
George Cole, Joyce Grenfell, and Alastair Sim in The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954)
The Belles of St. Trinian's
6.7
  • Additional Crew(uncredited)
  • 1954
Lisa Vanderpump in The Wildcats of St. Trinian's (1980)
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
3.7
  • Writer
  • 1980
Margaret Rutherford and Alastair Sim in The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
The Happiest Days of Your Life
7.2
  • Art Department
  • 1950

Credits

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  • Dermot Murnaghan in The Big Story (1993)
    The Big Story
    TV Series
    • archive: drawings copyright 1986
    • 1995
  • Alec Guinness, Albert Finney, Richard Beaumont, David Collings, Frances Cuka, Philip DaCosta, Edith Evans, Derek Francis, Gaynor Hodgson, Raymond Hoskins, Gordon Jackson, Roy Kinnear, Michael Medwin, Kenneth More, Laurence Naismith, Suzanne Neve, Anton Rodgers, Paddy Stone, and Kay Walsh in Scrooge (1970)
    Scrooge
    7.5
    • titles designed by
    • 1970
  • Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969)
    Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies
    6.1
    • credit titles designer
    • 1969
  • The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966)
    The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
    5.8
    • poster artist
    • title designer (uncredited)
    • 1966
  • Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)
    Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
    7.0
    • title designer
    • 1965
  • The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's (1960)
    The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
    6.0
    • titles (uncredited)
    • 1960
  • George Cole, Joyce Grenfell, Lionel Jeffries, Sabrina, and Terry-Thomas in Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957)
    Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
    6.4
    • original drawings
    • poster artist
    • titles (uncredited)
    • 1957
  • George Cole, Joyce Grenfell, and Alastair Sim in The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954)
    The Belles of St. Trinian's
    6.7
    • title designer (uncredited)
    • 1954
  • The Horse's Mouth (1953)
    The Horse's Mouth
    6.4
    • poster artist (uncredited)
    • 1953
  • Alec Guinness, Alfie Bass, Stanley Holloway, and Sidney James in The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
    The Lavender Hill Mob
    7.5
    • poster artist (uncredited)
    • 1951

Writer

  • Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, David Tennant, Tamsin Egerton, Juno Temple, Talulah Riley, Ella Smith, Holli Mckee, Gemma Arterton, and Cloi Mckee in St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009)
    St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
    5.3
    • inspired by the original drawings of
    • 2009
  • Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, Russell Brand, Talulah Riley, Amara Karan, and Gemma Arterton in St. Trinian's (2007)
    St. Trinian's
    5.8
    • cartoons
    • 2007
  • Lisa Vanderpump in The Wildcats of St. Trinian's (1980)
    The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
    3.7
    • inspired by the original drawings of the Girls and Staff of St Trinian's
    • 1980
  • The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966)
    The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
    5.8
    • inspired by the original drawings of the Girls and Staff of "St. Trinians"
    • 1966
  • The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's (1960)
    The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
    6.0
    • cartoons
    • 1960
  • George Cole, Joyce Grenfell, Lionel Jeffries, Sabrina, and Terry-Thomas in Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957)
    Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
    6.4
    • cartoons
    • 1957
  • Standard Oil New Jersey Presents Its 75th Anniversary Entertainment
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1957
  • George Cole, Joyce Grenfell, and Alastair Sim in The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954)
    The Belles of St. Trinian's
    6.7
    • inspired by the original drawings of the Girls and Staff of St Trinian's
    • 1954
  • Leisure and Pleasure
    TV Series
    • narrative script
    • 1951–1955

Art Department

  • The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story (1996)
    The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
    7.3
    • featured artist
    • 1996
  • Panorama (1953)
    Panorama
    7.0
    TV Series
    • drawings: refugee
    • 1960
  • On the Twelfth Day... (1955)
    On the Twelfth Day...
    7.1
    Short
    • set designer
    • 1955
  • Leisure and Pleasure
    TV Series
    • artist
    • 1951–1955
  • Margaret Rutherford and Alastair Sim in The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
    The Happiest Days of Your Life
    7.2
    • title backgrounds designed by
    • 1950

Personal details

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  • Born
    • March 3, 1920
    • Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
  • Died
    • December 30, 2011
    • Draguignan, Var, France
  • Spouses
      Monica Ilse Koenig1967 - July 2011 (her death)
  • Other works
    Novel (w/Geoffrey Willans): "Down with Skool!"
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    • 3 Articles

Did you know

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    In 1939 he began serving as a sapper with the 287 Field Company until he was captured by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore in 1942. He was held as a POW in Siam and Malaya until the war ended in 1945.
  • Quotes
    [referring to his imprisonment in Changi Prison, a Japanese Prisoner of War Camp, during World War II] If all your generation - everyone you knew - died when they were nineteen or twenty, you've got the biggest present in the world. You live from day to day thinking "My God, I should have died when I was nineteen and I'm eighty-five now". How many presents can one have in one's life? Every day is a present.

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