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John James Osborne was an English playwright, screenwriter and actor, known for his excoriating prose and intense critical stance towards established social and political norms. The success of his 1956 play Look Back in Anger transformed English theatre.
Birth Name
John James Osborne
Born
Thursday, 12 December 1929
Died
Saturday, 24 December 1994
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Stingers | Karl Evans | 1998 |
| A Better Class of Person | Narrator | 1985 |
| All the World's a Stage | Self - 1983 | 1984 |
| Flash Gordon | Arborian Priest | 1980 |
| The South Bank Show | Self / Self - Playwright | 1978 |
| Tomorrow Never Comes | Lyne | 1978 |
| Supernatural | Edward Manners | 1977 |
| Arena | Self | 1975 |
| Get Carter | Kinnear / Cyril Kinnear | 1971 |
| First Love | Maidanov | 1970 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Stingers | Karl Evans | 1998 |
| A Better Class of Person | Narrator | 1985 |
| All the World's a Stage | Self - 1983 | 1984 |
| Flash Gordon | Arborian Priest | 1980 |
| The South Bank Show | Self / Self - Playwright | 1978 |
| Tomorrow Never Comes | Lyne | 1978 |
| Supernatural | Edward Manners | 1977 |
| Arena | Self | 1975 |
| Get Carter | Kinnear / Cyril Kinnear | 1971 |
| First Love | Maidanov | 1970 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Werner Roger | 1965 |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | Harry Steadman | 1965 |
| A Sunday in September | Self | 1961 |
| Face to Face | Self | 1959 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1964 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | Won |
