Larry Stephens (scriptwriter)
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Larry Stephens (died January 1959) was a BBC radio scriptwriter, most popularly known for co-writing The Goon Show with Spike Milligan. Stephens was a regular writer of the show for the first three series and assisted later during Milligan's tougher moments.
Stephens allegedly died while having dinner with Milligan. It was most likely for this reason that the Goon Show episode, "Dishonoured - Again" (broadcast on January 26, 1959) was a remake of the show "Dishonoured" (broadcast on December 14, 1954).[1]
Stephens wrote for a number of popular comedians and shows in the 1950s. He initially wrote for Tony Hancock, in The Tony Hancock Show before Hancock became famous, and was best man at Hancock's first wedding. He also wrote for popular television series such as The Army Game and Bootsie and Snudge.
[edit] Filmography (as writer)
- The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn (1956)
- The Tony Hancock Show (1956) Film
- The Army Game (1957) TV Series
- Bootsie and Snudge (1960)
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| The Goons | Michael Bentine • Spike Milligan • Harry Secombe • Peter Sellers |
| Other Contributors | Ray Ellington • Max Geldray • Wallace Greenslade • Dennis Main Wilson • Larry Stephens • Wally Stott • Eric Sykes • Andrew Timothy |
| Radio and TV Series | The Goon Show • The Telegoons |
| Films | Let's Go Crazy • Penny Points to Paradise • Down Among the Z Men • The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn • The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film |
| Characters | Cast members and their Characters • Major Bloodnok • Bluebottle • Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister • Eccles • Hercules Grytpype-Thynne • Count Jim Moriarty • Neddie Seagoon |
| General information | Episodes and archiving • Running Jokes |
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