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John Osborne

John James Osborne was an English playwright, screenwriter and actor, known for his excoriating prose and intense critical stance towards established social and political norms. The success of his 1956 play Look Back in Anger transformed English theatre.

English

Get Carter

1971
as Kinnear

Flash Gordon

1980
as Arborian Priest

Writer

Episode Play of the Month
Luther
1965
Movie Colonel Redl 1985
Episode Play for Today
The Right Prospectus
1970
Movie The Entertainer 1960
Movie The Entertainer 1960
Movie Look Back in Anger 1989
Movie God Rot Tunbridge Wells! 1985
Movie Look Back in Anger 1959
Movie Hedda Gabler 1981
Movie The Charge of the Light Brigade 1968
Movie England, My England 1995
Movie Tom Jones 1963
Episode After Hours (2015)
Jobless
2015
Episode After Hours (2015)
Float On
2015
Movie Very Like a Whale 1981
Episode Play of the Month
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1976

Crew

Movie The Fantastic Mr Feynman 2013

Guest Star

Episode The Dick Cavett Show
John Osborne
1981
Episode Supernatural (1977)
Lady Sybil
1977