David Nobbs
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- March 13, 1935
- Died
- August 9, 2015 (aged 80)
- Birthplace
- Orpington, Kent, England, UK
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
TV · Writer, Adaptation, Novel · 12 eps
Gentlemen's Relish
Movie · Writer
Great Comedy Moments
Movie · Writer
Cuts
Movie · Writer
The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
TV · Writer, Adaptation, Novel · 7 eps
Love on a Branch Line
TV · Adaptation, Writer · 4 eps
Stalag Luft
Movie · Writer
Rich Tea and Sympathy
TV · Writer · 6 eps
A Bit of a Do
TV · Adaptation, Novel, Writer · 13 eps
The Hello Goodbye Man
TV · Writer · 6 eps
Fairly Secret Army
TV · Writer · 13 eps
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Movie · Screenplay, Novel
Dogfood Dan and the Carmarthen Cowboy
Movie · Writer
The Funny Side of Christmas
Movie · Writer
Plays for Pleasure
TV · Writer · 1 ep
The Glamour Girls
TV · Writer · 13 eps
The Les Dawson Show
TV · Writer · 30 eps
Send in the Girls
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Our Young Mr. Wignall
Movie · Writer
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
TV · Writer, Adaptation · 28 eps
Dawson's Electric Cinema
Movie · Writer
Sounds Like Les Dawson
Movie · Writer
Les Dawson's Christmas Box
TV · Writer · 2 eps
Whoops Baghdad
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Our Kid
TV · Writer · 1 ep
The Two Ronnies
TV · Writer · 23 eps
ITV Playhouse
TV · Writer · 2 eps
That Was the Week That Was
TV · Writer · 21 eps
Armchair Theatre
TV · Writer · 1 ep