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Dick Clement, OBE (born 5 September 1937) is an English writer. Born in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England, Clement was educated at Bishop's Stortford College and is best known for his writing partnership with Ian La Frenais. Generally, Clement and La Frenais write comedies, or dramas with a comic tone. They are known for television series including, The Likely Lads, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Porridge, Lovejoy and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. They have also written various other works for TV and a number of films, including The Commitments (with Roddy Doyle), Goal!, Flushed Away, Across The Universe and The Bank Job. They also wrote film versions of some of their television successes, which Clement himself usually directed. Both have been resident in the U.S. since the 1980s and have worked on such series as The Tracey Ullman Show, as well as uncredited script doctoring on films like Never Say Never Again, The Rock (1996) and Bad Boys 2. They also continue to write for British TV. Clement was awarded an OBE in the Queen's 2007 Birthday Honours list.
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Filmography
all 60
Movies 40
Writer 31
TV Shows 20
Director 11
self 8
Producer 4
Screenplay 2
Creator 2
Sheene (2023)
An Accidental Studio (2019)
My Generation (2017)
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches (2016)
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves (2016)
Back With The Boys Again (2013)
Spies of Warsaw (2013)
Killing Bono (2011)
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation (2008)
The Bank Job (2008)
Across the Universe (2007)
Legends (2006)
Flushed Away (2006)
Goal! (2005)
Drama Connections (2005)
Archangel (2005)
Archangel (2005)
The Rotters' Club (2005)
The Best of Ronnie Barker (2005)
Honest (2000)
Still Crazy (1998)
Excess Baggage (1997)
Tracey Takes On... (1996)
Tracey Ullman Takes on New York (1993)
Tracey Ullman: A Class Act (1993)
The Commitments (1991)
Laat maar zitten (1988)
Vice Versa (1988)
Lovejoy (1986)
Water (1985)
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983)
Bullshot (1983)
Sunset Limousine (1983)
Never Say Never Again (1983)
Anyone for Denis? (1982)
Anyone for Denis (1982)
Wogan (1982)
Astronauts (1981)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1979)
Porridge (1979)
To Russia... with Elton (1979)
Going Straight (1978)
Porridge: The Desperate Hours (1976)
The Likely Lads (1976)
Porridge: No Way Out (1975)
On the Rocks (1975)
Porridge (1974)
Thick As Thieves (1974)
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1973)
Catch Me a Spy (1971)
Villain (1971)
Ha-Tarnegol (1971)
A Severed Head (1971)
Otley (1969)
Hannibal Brooks (1969)
The Jokers (1967)
The Likely Lads (1964)
Comedy Playhouse (1961)
Sean Is Back
I Can't Carry This Anymore
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1937-09-05 (86 years old)
Birth PlaceWestcliff-on-Sea, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire
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