David Nobbs
- Writing
- March 13, 1935 · Orpington, Kent, England, UK
- August 9, 2015
Biography
David Gordon Nobbs (13 March 1935 – 8 August 2015) was an English comedy writer, most notable for writing the 1970s television series The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, adapted from his own novels. Nobbs was born in Orpington, Kent. Following an education at Marlborough College and St John's College, Cambridge, he worked as a reporter for The Sheffield Star, before starting his career in comedy as a writer for That Was the Week That Was in the early 1960s. He wrote for many of Britain's comedy performers over the years, including Kenneth Williams, Frankie Howerd, Les Dawson, and The Two Ronnies. Nobbs created the sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976–79), adapted from his own novels, which 'told the story of a man living an escapist fantasy in response to the mundanity of his daily commute'. Nobbs also wrote the comedy-drama programme A Bit of a Do (1989) and the Henry Pratt series of novels, the fourth of which, Pratt à Manger, was published in 2006. His novel It Had to be You was published in 2011.
Known for
Filmography
- Reggie Perrin · Writer, Adaptation
- Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus · Self
- Gentlemen's Relish · Writer
- Cuts · Writer
- The Legacy of Reginald Perrin · Writer, Adaptation
- Love on a Branch Line · Adaptation, Writer
- Stalag Luft · Writer
- Rich Tea and Sympathy · Writer, Creator
- A Bit of a Do · Adaptation, Novel
- Fairly Secret Army · Writer, Creator
- The Hello Goodbye Man · Writer, Creator
- The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin · Screenplay, Novel
- Reggie · Creator
- The Funny Side of Christmas · Writer
- Dogfood Dan and the Carmarthen Cowboy · Writer
- Plays for Pleasure · Writer
- The Glamour Girls · Writer, Creator
- Send in the Girls · Writer
- The Les Dawson Show · Writer
- Our Young Mr. Wignall · Writer
- The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin · Writer, Adaptation
- Dawson's Electric Cinema · Writer
- Les Dawson's Christmas Box · Writer
- Sounds Like Les Dawson · Writer
- Our Kid · Writer
- Whoops Baghdad · Writer
- The Two Ronnies · Writer
- ITV Playhouse · Writer
- That Was the Week That Was · Writer
- Armchair Theatre · Writer