About

Known credits:
41
Birthday:
1929-12-12
Place of birth:
Fulham, London, England
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John Osborne

Overview

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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, Osborne 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.

 

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Known for

Acting
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1992 The South Bank Show: Noël Coward Actor Self N/A
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1985 A Better Class of Person Actor Narrator N/A
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1980 Flash Gordon Actor Arborian Priest 60
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1978 Tomorrow Never Comes Actor Lyne 58
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1971 Get Carter Actor Kinnear 64
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1970 First Love Actor Maidanov 58
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1968 The Parachute Actor Werner Roger N/A
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1961 A Sunday in September Actor Self N/A
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Directing
2024 Kurt Cobain: Moments That Shook Music Directing Director 58
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2021 The Wedding of the Century Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2024 Kurt Cobain: Moments That Shook Music Writing Writer 58
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2021 The Wedding of the Century Writing Writer N/A
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2016 Branagh Theatre Live: The Entertainer Writing Writer 59
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1995 England, My England Writing Writer 59
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1993 The Entertainer Writing Theatre Play 59
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1993 The Entertainer Writing Writer 59
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1989 Look Back in Anger Writing Writer 58
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1985 Colonel Redl Writing Screenplay 59
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1985 A Better Class of Person Writing Writer N/A
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1985 God Rot Tunbridge Wells! Writing Writer 58
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1981 Hedda Gabler Writing Adaptation 59
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1981 Very Like a Whale Writing Writer 58
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1980 Look Back in Anger Writing Writer 58
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1979 You're Not Watching Me, Mummy Writing Writer N/A
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1976 Almost a Vision Writing Writer N/A
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1974 The Gift of Friendship Writing Writer N/A
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1974 Luther Writing Writer 58
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1974 Ms or Jill and Jack Writing Writer N/A
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1971 The Hotel in Amsterdam Writing Writer N/A
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1970 The Right Prospectus Writing Writer N/A
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1968 Inadmissible Evidence Writing Writer 59
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1968 The Charge of the Light Brigade Writing Writer 59
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1968 Luther Writing Writer N/A
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1963 Tom Jones Writing Screenplay 58
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1960 A Subject of Scandal and Concern Writing Writer N/A
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1960 The Entertainer Writing Theatre Play 59
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1960 The Entertainer Writing Screenplay 59
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1959 Look Back in Anger Writing Theatre Play 59
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Production
2024 Kurt Cobain: Moments That Shook Music Production Producer 58
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Crew
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