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Born | Thomas Ernest Bennett Clarke 7 June 1907 Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK |
Died | 11 February 1989 Surrey, England, UK |
(aged 81)
Other names | Tibby |
Occupation | Writer, Screenwriter |
Years active | 1944-1980 |
Thomas Ernest Bennett "Tibby" Clarke (7 June 1907 - 11 February 1989) was a movie scriptwriter who wrote several of the Ealing Studios comedies. His scripts always feature careful logical development from a slightly absurd premise to a farcical conclusion. In 1952 he was awarded a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for his script for The Lavender Hill Mob, making him one of just a handful of Britons to receive this award. He continued to work as a scriptwriter after Ealing ceased production in the mid-fifties, his later contributions including Sons and Lovers and the Disney film The Horse without a Head.
Clarke was also a novelist and writer of non-fiction, and was not above presenting his fictions as fact - notably the 1981 book Murder at Buckingham Palace, which purports to tell the story of a hushed-up murder in the Royal residence in 1935. Despite its including 'documentary' photographs, there is no external evidence that the book is anything but pure fiction.
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