Kingsley Amis

Novelist

About

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Also Known As

Sir Kingsley Amis

Birth Place

London, England, GB

Died

October 22, 1995

Cause of Death

Complications From Injuries Sustained In A Fall

Filmography

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Tell Me Lies (1968)

Lucky Jim (1957)

Source Material (From Novel)

James Bond: The Secret Life of 007 (1995)

Lucky Jim (2002)

Source Material (From Novel)

Take a Girl Like You (2001)

Source Material (From Novel)

Ending Up (1993)

Source Material (From Novel)

Photos & Videos

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Only Two Can Play (1962) -- (Movie Clip) I'd Love One Of Those

Only Two Can Play (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Welsh Egg On My Face

Family & Companions

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Hilary Anne Bardwell

Wife

Married 1948; divorced 1965; survived him.

Elizabeth Jane Howard

Wife

Novelist. Married 1965; divorced 1983; survived him.

Biography

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Tell Me Lies (1968)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Lucky Jim (1957)

Source Material (From Novel)

Cast (Special)

James Bond: The Secret Life of 007 (1995)

Misc. Crew (Special)

Lucky Jim (2002)

Source Material (From Novel)

Take a Girl Like You (2001)

Source Material (From Novel)

Misc. Crew (TV Mini-Series)

Ending Up (1993)

Source Material (From Novel)

The Green Man (1990)

Source Material (From Novel)

Life Events

Videos

Only Two Can Play (1962) -- (Movie Clip) I'd Love One Of Those Welsh wanna-be lothario and librarian Lewis (Peter Sellers) at work, with client Hyman (noted Sellers pal Graham Stark), then meeting Mrs. Gruffydd-Williams (Mai Zetterling), who takes an interest, in Only Two Can Play, 1962, from the Martin Amis novel.

Only Two Can Play (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Welsh Egg On My Face Very kitchen-sinky business, Welsh librarian Lewis (Peter Sellers) at home with wife Jean (Virginia Maskell) and (uncredited) kids, early in director Sidney Gilliat's Only Two Can Play, 1962, from Bryan Forbes' screenplay and Martin Amis' novel.

Only Two Can Play (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Aberdarcy Literary opening, shot in Swansea, Wales, the very town author Kingsley Amis renamed "Aberdarcy" for his novel, Peter Sellers introduced, plus comic references to E.B. White and James Thurber, and a real citation from Emerson, from Only Two Can Play, 1962, directed by Sidney Gilliat.

Family

Martin Amis

Son

Novelist. Survived him.

Philip Amis

Son

Survived him.

Sally Amis

Daughter

Survived him.

Companions

Hilary Anne Bardwell

Wife

Married 1948; divorced 1965; survived him.

Elizabeth Jane Howard

Wife

Novelist. Married 1965; divorced 1983; survived him.

Bibliography

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