Anthony Read
Known for Writing · 11 credits
- Born
- 1935-04-21
- Died
- 2015-11-21
- Place of birth
- Staffordshire, England, UK
Biography
Anthony Read (21 April 1935 – 21 November 2015) was an English television producer, screenwriter, script editor and author. He was principally active in British television from the 1960s to the mid-1980s, which included a period as a script editor and writer of Doctor Who from 1977 to 1979, although he occasionally contributed to televised productions until 1999.
Beginning in the 1980s, he launched a second career as a print author, concentrating largely on World War II histories. He was also a chair of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain. From 2004 he regularly wrote prose fiction, mainly in the form of a revival of his television series The Baker Street Boys (1983).
Known For
Movies (11)
A Matter of Time
2007
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
2006
Getting Blood from the Stones
2007
Defining Shadows
2007
Paris in the Springtime
2005
The Elusive David Agnew
2008
Into the Unknown
2010
Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams
2024
as Self - (archive)
Parrot Fashion
2007
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
1993
as Self - Interviewee
The Humans of Tara
2007
About Anthony Read
Anthony Read (21 April 1935 – 21 November 2015) was an English television producer, screenwriter, script editor and author. He was principally active in British television from the 1960s to the mid-1980s, which included a period as a script editor and writer of Doctor Who from 1977 to 1979, although he occasionally contributed to televised productions until 1999. Beginning in the 1980s, he launched a second career as a print author, concentrating largely on World War II histories. He was also a chair of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain. Fro… With 11 credits spanning from 1993 to 2024, Anthony Read has appeared in 11 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Anthony Read Movies
- A Matter of Time (2007)
- Built for War: The Sontaran Story (2006)
- Getting Blood from the Stones (2007)
- Defining Shadows (2007)
- Paris in the Springtime (2005)
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