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John Osborne

John Osborne

Known For Writing
Birthday Dec 12, 1929
Died Dec 24, 1994 (65)
Birthplace Fulham, London, England
Popularity 0.8 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John James Osborne (12 December 1929 – 24 December 1994) was an English playwright, screenwriter, actor and critic of the Establishment. The success of his 1956 play Look Back in Anger transformed English theatre. In a productive life of more than 40 years, Os ... borne explored many themes and genres, writing for stage, film and TV. His personal life was extravagant and iconoclastic. He was notorious for the ornate violence of his language, not only on behalf of the political causes he supported but also against his own family, including his wives and children. Osborne was one of the first writers to address Britain's purpose in the post-imperial age. He was the first to question the point of the monarchy on a prominent public stage. During his peak (1956–1966), he helped make contempt an acceptable and now even cliched onstage emotion, argued for the cleansing wisdom of bad behaviour and bad taste, and combined unsparing truthfulness with devastating wit.   Description above from the Wikipedia article John Osborne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

Flash Gordon

Flash Gordon

1980

as Arborian Priest

Tomorrow Never Comes

Tomorrow Never Comes

1978

as Lyne

Get Carter

Get Carter

1971

as Kinnear

The Parachute

The Parachute

1968

as Werner Roger

England, My England

England, My England

1995

Writer

The Entertainer

The Entertainer

1993

Theatre Play, Writer

Look Back in Anger

Look Back in Anger

1989

Writer

Hedda Gabler

Hedda Gabler

1981

Adaptation

Very Like a Whale

Very Like a Whale

1981

Writer

Look Back in Anger

Look Back in Anger

1980

Writer

Almost a Vision

Almost a Vision

1976

Writer

Luther

Luther

1974

Writer

Ms or Jill and Jack

Ms or Jill and Jack

1974

Writer

The Right Prospectus

The Right Prospectus

1970

Writer

Luther

Luther

1968

Writer

Inadmissible Evidence

Inadmissible Evidence

1968

Writer

Tom Jones

Tom Jones

1963

Screenplay

The Entertainer

The Entertainer

1960

Theatre Play, Screenplay

Look Back in Anger

Look Back in Anger

1959

Theatre Play, Additional Dialogue

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Television Credits

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Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 05, 1993

Great Performances

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 28, 1971

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