T. E. B. Clarke

Screenwriter

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Also Known As

Clarke ('Tibby'), Thomas Ernest Bennett Clarke

Birth Place

Hertfordshire, England, GB

Born

June 07, 1907

Died

February 11, 1989

Biography

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Former journalist and novelist who, while under contract to Ealing from 1943 to 1957, wrote several of the studio's classic comedies, notably "The Lavender Hill Mob" (1951) for which he won an Academy Award. After leaving Ealing, Clarke collaborated on the excellent screenplay for "Sons and Lovers" (1960)....

Filmography

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High Rise Donkey (1980)

A Hitch in Time (1979)

A Man Could Get Killed (1966)

Sons and Lovers (1960)

Gideon of Scotland Yard (1959)

All at Sea (1958)

Story and Screenplay

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Gideon Of Scotland Yard (1958/9) -- (Movie Clip) He Sounds Like He's Dead

Gideon Of Scotland Yard (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Just A Bit Bent

Bibliography

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"This Is Where I Came In"

T E B Clarke (1974)

"Go South-Go West"

T E B Clarke

Biography

Former journalist and novelist who, while under contract to Ealing from 1943 to 1957, wrote several of the studio's classic comedies, notably "The Lavender Hill Mob" (1951) for which he won an Academy Award. After leaving Ealing, Clarke collaborated on the excellent screenplay for "Sons and Lovers" (1960).

Filmography

Writer (Feature Film)

High Rise Donkey (1980)

A Hitch in Time (1979)

A Man Could Get Killed (1966)

Sons and Lovers (1960)

Gideon of Scotland Yard (1959)

All at Sea (1958)

Story and Screenplay

Law and Disorder (1958)

A Tale of Two Cities (1958)

The Rainbow Jacket (1954)

The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)

[Adapted] "The Ant and the Grasshopper"

The Lavender Hill Mob (1952)

The Lavender Hill Mob (1952)

From Story ("The Lavender Hill Mob")

The Blue Lamp (1950)

The Magnet (1950)

Passport to Pimlico (1949)

Against the Wind (1948)

Hue and Cry (1947)

Johnny Frenchman (1945)

Dead of Night (1945)

Champagne Charlie (1944)

Writer (Special)

The Wide Open Door (1967)

The Horse Without a Head (1963)

Special Thanks (Special)

The Wide Open Door (1967)

The Horse Without a Head (1963)

Life Events

1936

Returned to London and became staff writer on Fleet Street publication, "Daily Sketch"

1941

First documentary script, "For Those in Peril"

1943

Became screenwriter at Ealing Studios

1944

First screenplay for feature film, "Champagne Charlie"

1971

Wrote series, "From a Bird's Eye" for NBC-TV

Videos

Gideon Of Scotland Yard (1958/9) -- (Movie Clip) He Sounds Like He's Dead Stuck at the Yard into the evening Jack Hawkins (title character) hears from Liggot (Frank Lawton) who's wangled the name of the paramour (second-billed Dianne Foster making her first appearance more than hour into the feature, as Joanna Delafield) of their crooked now-deceased colleague, whom he visits and manipulates, in Gideon Of Scotland Yard, 1959, a.k.a Gideon's Day, from the first novel in the series by John Creasey.

Gideon Of Scotland Yard (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Just A Bit Bent Title character Jack Hawkins runs down snitch Birdie (Cyril Cusack) at the London church where he got a job by using the inspector as a reference, squeezing for dirt on a crooked colleague, Jack Watling, Doreen Madden and Henry Longhurst the clergy, John Ford directing in England, in Gideon Of Scotland Yard, 1959.

Gideon Of Scotland Yard (1959) -- (Movie Clip) That Ridiculous Moustache! After domestic episodes, with John Ford shooting on locations around London and at Elstree Studios for Columbia, hero and title character Jack Hawkins drops off his daughter (Anna Massey), grapples with a rookie copper (Andrew Ray) then is greeted by staff, Michael Trubshawe and Frank Lawton, early in Gideon Of Scotland Yard, 1959.

Dead Of Night (1945) -- (Movie Clip) So It Isn't A Dream This Time? Basil Dearden directs this opening bit, as architect Craig (Mervyn Johns), greeted by Foley (Roland Culver) meets Mary Merrall, Googie Withers, Frederick Valk, Antony Baird and Sally Ann Howes, mystery already, in the Ealing Studios light-horror anthology Dead Of Night, 1945.

Lavender Hill Mob, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) We're Both Honest Men Quoting Shakespeare and demonstrating both vocation and avocation, Pendlebury (Stanley Holloway) is attentive enough to catch Holland (Alec Guinness) making a larcenous suggestion, in The Lavender Hill Mob, 1951.

Lavender Hill Mob, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Victims Of The Revolution Alec Guinness (as "Holland") in the marvelous opening scene, made better when Chiquita (Audrey Hepburn in a walk-on!) appears, from the Ealing Studios hit comedy The Lavender Hill Mob, 1951.

Lavender Hill Mob, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Someone Far Bigger Holland (Alec Guinness) and Pendlebury (Stanley Holloway) are not so much lying-in-wait as recruiting, enticing thieves Shorty (Alfie Bass) and Lackery (Sidney James) into their band in The Lavender Hill Mob, 1951.

Lavender Hill Mob, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Many A Rascal Holland (Alec Guinness) continues his flashback narration, leading to a scene introducing Mrs. Chalk (Marjorie Fielding) and cohort-to-be Pendlebury (Stanley Holloway) in the Ealing Studios hit comedy The Lavender Hill Mob, 1951.

Encore (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Find Something Suitable The first meeting of the two brothers in "The Ant And The Grasshopper," the first of three Somerset Maugham stories comprising the feature Encore, 1951, Nigel Patrick as free spirit Tom and Roland Culver his stiffer brother George, screenplay adapted by T.E.B. Clarke.

Tale Of Two Cities, A (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Opening Credits Opening title sequence for the 1958 Rank Organisation production of Charles Dickens' A Tale Of Two Cities, starring Dirk Bogarde and Dorothy Tutin, produced by Betty E. Box.

Tale Of Two Cities, A (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Recalled To Life Sydney Carton (Dirk Bogarde), Jarvis Lowry (Cecil Parker) and the title of the first book of Charles Dickens' novel are introduced in this first scene from the 1958 Rank Organisation production of A Tale Of Two Cities.

Lavender Hill Mob, The - (Original Trailer) An overlooked gold transporter with twenty years service plots to steal a million pounds of gold in the comedy The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) starring Alec Guinness.

Bibliography

"This Is Where I Came In"

T E B Clarke (1974)

"Go South-Go West"

T E B Clarke

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