John Wells

John Wells

Wells started in cabaret at Oxford and began his television career as a writer on That Was The Week That Was, the 1960s weekly satire show that launched the careers of David Frost and Millicent Martin, among others, and also appeared in the television programme Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life, as well as in The Secret Policeman's Other Ball. Besides making cameo appearances in films such as Casino Royale (1967) and Rentadick (1972), television dramas like Casanova (1987), an episode of Lovejoy (1991) and comedy shows like Yes Minister, he also wrote television scripts and screenplays, such as Princess Caraboo (1994). In 1971, with John Fortune, he published the comedy classic A Melon for Ecstasy, about a man who consummates his love affair with a tree. Wells played the headmaster of Thursgood's Preparatory School in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979). Wells was one of the original contributors to the satirical magazine Private Eye and contributed to Mrs Wilson's Diary, the long-running spoof journal of the wife of Prime Minister Harold Wilson. From 1979 he repeated that success with Dear Bill, a series of letters (co-written with Richard Ingrams) supposedly sent by Denis Thatcher, husband of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, to Bill Deedes. Wells developed the feature into a stage farce, Anyone for Denis?, first performed in 1981, in which he played Denis Thatcher. Co-starring Angela Thorne as Mrs. Thatcher, the play was a major West End hit, toured the UK and was adapted for television.He co-wrote Alice in Wonderland, a musical adaptation of Lewis Carrol’s novel with Carl Davis, which debuted at The Lyric Theatre in the West End, London.[3] Wells also played Denis Thatcher in the Bond movie For Your Eyes Only (1981). In 1991, he and Thorne again played the Thatchers in Dunrulin, a one-off TV sitcom-like satirical look at the couple in retirement.[4] He also voiced Arnold the Elephant, Edward the Monkey and Bert in the children's TV series Charlie Chalk. In 1988, Leonard Bernstein started working on a new version of his much-revised operetta Candide. The author of the original book, Hugh Wheeler, had died, and John Wells was asked to help revise the text.[5] The first production of this "final version", by Scottish Opera, was followed by a "final revised version" in 1989, performances of which have been released on CD and DVD. An insert in the DVD ("Bernstein and Voltaire"), written by Wells, explained what Bernstein had wanted in this final revised version. Wells authored Rude Words in 1991, a history of the London Library, for the institution's 150th anniversary. In 1997, Wells appeared in the BBC situation comedy Chalk as ineffectual headmaster Richard Nixon.[6] His fellow cast members do not recall him being ill on set, but he was too unwell to participate in the second series.[7] Wells' last book, House of Lords, was a best-seller and published a year before his death in 1998. The book is a historical and humorous study of the British peerage system.

  • Popularidad : 3.326
  • Conocido por : Acting
  • Cumpleaños : 1936-11-17
  • Lugar de nacimiento : Ashford, Kent, UK
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John Wells Películas

  • 1981
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    Sólo para sus ojos

    Sólo para sus ojos

    6.526 1981 HD

    El agente 007 debe acudir a recuperar el ATAC, un dispositivo militar secreto de guía por satélite, antes de que sea vendido a los...

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  • 1982
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    Anyone for Denis

    Anyone for Denis

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1985
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    Revolución

    Revolución

    5.3 1985 HD

    Al Pacino es Tom Dobb, un pobre e inculto trampero intentando sacar adelante a su hijo cuando la rebelión estalla en Nueva York. El...

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  • 1985
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    Dutch Girls

    Dutch Girls

    4.4 1985 HD

    En esta comedia, un lujurioso equipo adolescente de hockey británico se dirige a Holanda, donde encuentran algo mucho más interesante...

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  • 1976
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    Let's Sleep On it

    Let's Sleep On it

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1967
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    El magnífico Bobo

    El magnífico Bobo

    6 1967 HD

    Solo una cosa puede impedir que Juan Bautista se convierta en el mejor torero cantante de España: se trata de Olimpia, la mujer más...

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  • 1972
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    Rentadick

    Rentadick

    4.4 1972 HD

    Armitage es el director de una compañía de productos químicos que está a punto de producir un gas que causa incapacidad...

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  • 1968
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    30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!

    30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!

    4.2 1968 HD

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  • 1982
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    The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

    The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

    6 1982 HD

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  • 1988
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    Pasión devoradora

    Pasión devoradora

    8 1988 HD

    Cuando a causa de un accidente tres trabajadores de una fábrica de chocolate caen en la masa del producto, los responsables descubren que el...

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  • 1965
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    The Flying Alberts (Brucey Lacey edit)

    The Flying Alberts (Brucey Lacey edit)

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1984
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    Greystoke: La leyenda de Tarzán

    Greystoke: La leyenda de Tarzán

    6.34 1984 HD

    El heredero de la familia Greystoke, John Clayton, huérfano a los pocos meses de nacer, es adoptado por una tribu de simios, entre los que...

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  • 1967
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    Casino Royale

    Casino Royale

    5.3 1967 HD

    James Bond, en su dorado retiro, se deja convencer por una delegación de las grandes potencias para participar en una investigación...

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  • 1970
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    El eroticón

    El eroticón

    4.6 1970 HD

    Teddy trabaja para una empresa de publicidad. Como le parece imposible vender gachas congeladas, decide producir anuncios con carga erótica...

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  • 1978
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    The Light Princess

    The Light Princess

    7 1978 HD

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  • 1976
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    Stones

    Stones

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1985
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    Love's Labour's Lost

    Love's Labour's Lost

    7 1985 HD

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  • 1994
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    La princesa Caraboo

    La princesa Caraboo

    5.4 1994 HD

    Inglaterra, siglo XIX. Una joven vestida con exóticos trajes vaga por los campos plagados de mendigos. Cuando es acusada de mendicidad,...

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  • 1980
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    The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls

    The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls

    1 1980 HD

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  • 1973
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    The Cobblers of Umbridge

    The Cobblers of Umbridge

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1968
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    30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!

    30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!

    4.2 1968 HD

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  • 1982
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    Anyone for Denis

    Anyone for Denis

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1994
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    La princesa Caraboo

    La princesa Caraboo

    5.4 1994 HD

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  • 1972
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    Rentadick

    Rentadick

    4.4 1972 HD

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  • 1969
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    Q...

    Q...

    7.2 1969 HD

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  • 1988
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    Charlie Chalk

    Charlie Chalk

    5.6 1988 HD

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  • 1997
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    Chalk

    Chalk

    6.8 1997 HD

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  • 1975
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    Rumpole of the Bailey

    Rumpole of the Bailey

    7.063 1975 HD

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  • 1992
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    Absolutamente fabulosas

    Absolutamente fabulosas

    7.503 1992 HD

    Repleto de guiños a la cultura popular y un humor tan cruel como honesto acerca del lugar de la mujer madura en la sociedad "liberada" de...

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  • 1983
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    The Irish R.M.

    The Irish R.M.

    5.2 1983 HD

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  • 1986
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    Lovejoy

    Lovejoy

    7.344 1986 HD

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  • 1986
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    Sí, Primer Ministro

    Sí, Primer Ministro

    8.4 1986 HD

    En una extraña cadena de acontecimientos, Jim Hacker se impone como el candidato más firme de su partido para ser elegido Primer...

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  • 1978
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    BBC Television Shakespeare

    BBC Television Shakespeare

    5.2 1978 HD

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  • 1987
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    Rude Health

    Rude Health

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1979
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    Calderero, sastre, soldado, espía

    Calderero, sastre, soldado, espía

    7.509 1979 HD

    George Smiley, un funcionario de alto rango de los servicios de espionaje, caído en desgracia por una desgraciada operación de campo,...

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  • 2023
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    100 años de Warner Bros

    100 años de Warner Bros

    7.654 2023 HD

    Un siglo de películas y televisión. Este especial de cuatro episodios analiza el incomparable impacto global de Warner Bros. en el...

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  • 1982
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    The Kenny Everett Television Show

    The Kenny Everett Television Show

    7 1982 HD

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  • 1974
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    The End Of The Pier Show

    The End Of The Pier Show

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1990
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    Have I Got News for You

    Have I Got News for You

    7.1 1990 HD

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  • 1982
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    Wogan

    Wogan

    4.5 1982 HD

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  • 1982
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    Anyone for Denis?

    Anyone for Denis?

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1987
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    Filthy Rich & Catflap

    Filthy Rich & Catflap

    6.6 1987 HD

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