Ian La Frenais Biography (1937-)

Born January 7, 1937; son of Cyril and Gladys La Frenais; married Doris Vartan, 1984; children: one stepson. Addresses: Agent: Elliot Webb, Broder/Webb/Chervin/Silbermann, 9242 Beverly Blvd., Suite 200, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Gender: Male
Occupation: Writer, producer

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Producer
To Russia ... with Elton, 1979
(With Dick Clement) Porridge (also known as Doing Time), ITC, 1979
Bullshot (also known as Bullshot Crummond), HandMade, 1983
(With Clement) Water, J. Arthur Rank, 1985
(With Clement) Vice Versa, Columbia, 1988
(With Clement) Wilt, 1989
(With Clement and Marc Abraham) The Commitments, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1991
Film Work
Other
Director, To Russia ... with Elton, 1979
Executive producer, Still Crazy, Columbia, 1998
Co-executive producer, Honest, Winchester Films, 2000
Television Work
Series
Creator (with Dick Clement), Lovejoy, BBC, then Arts and Entertainment, 1991
Creator, Spender, BBC, 1991
Supervising producer, Tracey Takes On..., HBO, 1997-1998
Other
Producer, My Wife Next Door (pilot), CBS, 1980
Editor, P.O.S.H., 1982
Supervising producer, The Best of Tracey Takes On... (special), HBO, 1996
Television Appearances
Series
Himself, Whatever Happened to ... Clement and La Frenais?, 1997
Miniseries
Himself, Laughter in the House: The Story of British Sitcom, 1999
Stage Work
Coproducer, Anyone for Denis?, 1982
WRITINGS
Screenplays
(With Dick Clement) The Jokers (based on a story by Michael Winner), Universal, 1967
The Touchables, 1968
(With Clement and Tom Wright) Hannibal Brooks (based on a story byWinner), United Artists, 1969
(With Clement) Otley (based on the novel by Martin Waddell), Columbia, 1969
(With John Hopkins and John McGrath) The Virgin Soldiers (based onthe novel by Leslie Thomas), Columbia, 1970
(With Clement and Al Lettieri) Villain (based on the novel TheBurden of Proof by James Barlow), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1971

(With Clement) Catch Me a Spy (also known as To Catch a Spyand Les doigts croises; based on the novel by George Marton and TiborMeray), J. Arthur Rank, 1971
(With Clement) The Likely Lads (based on the television series Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?), EMI, 1976
(With Clement and Sid Collin) It's Not the Size That Counts (alsoknown as Percy's Progress; based on a story by Harry Corbett), JosephBrenner, 1979
(With Clement; including song "Free Inside") Porridge (also knownas Doing Time), ITC, 1979
(With Clement) The Prisoner of Zenda (based on the novel by Anthony Hope), Universal, 1979
To Russia ... with Elton, 1979
(Uncredited) Never Say Never Again (also known as James Bond 007--Sag niemals nie), 1983
(With Clement) Bullshot (also known as Bullshot Crummond),HandMade, 1983
(With Clement and Bill Persky; including songs) Water, J. Arthur Rank, 1985
(With Clement) Vice Versa, Columbia, 1988
(With Clement) Wilt, 1989
(With Clement and Roddy Doyle) The Commitments (based on the novelby Doyle), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1991
Excess Baggage, Columbia, 1997
(Including songs "Dirty Town" and "A Woman Like That") Still Crazy, Columbia, 1998
The Bank Job, Miramax, 1999
Honest, Winchester Films, 2000
(Uncredited) Pearl Harbor, Buena Vista, 2001
Original draft, Bad Boys II, Sony Pictures Releasing, 2003
Television Series
The Likely Lads, BBC, between 1965 and 1968
The Adventures of Lucky Jim, 1968
(And composer) Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, BBC, between1971 and 1973
Seven of One, BBC, 1973
Thick As Thieves, ITV, 1974
Porridge, BBC, between 1974 and 1977
Comedy Playhouse, 1975
On the Rocks, ABC, between 1976 and 1977
Going Straight, BBC, 1978
(With Dick Clement) Billy, CBS, 1979
Further Adventures of Lucky Jim, 1983
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, between 1983 and 1984
Mog, ITV, 1985
Freddie and Max, 1990
Old Boy Network, 1991
Tracey Takes On..., HBO, 1997-1998
Also writer for the series Lenny Henry Tonite, BBC; Mr. Aitch; Over the Rainbow, ITV; The Other 'Arf, ITV; and The Train Now Standing, ITV.
Television Pilots
with Dick Clement
(And theme music) My Wife Next Door, CBS, 1980
Mr. and Mrs. Dracula, ABC, 1981
There Goes the Neighborhood, NBC, 1982
Television Specials
(With Dick Clement and others) Tracey Ullman: A Class Act, HBO, 1993
"Family Reunion," Tracey Takes On New York, HBO, 1993
The Best of Tracey Takes On..., HBO, 1996
A Tribute to the Likely Lads, ITV, 2002
Television Episodes
Author of "The Judas Pair," Lovejoy, BBC, then Arts and Entertainment.
Television Movies
(With Dick Clement and Wayne Kline) Sunset Limousine, CBS, 1983
Lovejoy: The Lost Colony, Arts and Entertainment, 1994
Stage Plays
Billy, 1974
Other
Author of novelizations of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, The Likely Lads, Porridge, and Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

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