Dick Clement

Dick Clement

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Dick Clement, OBE (born 5 September 1937) is an English writer. Born in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England, Clement was educated at Bishop's Stortford College and is best known for his writing partnership with Ian La Frenais. Generally, Clement and La Frenais write comedies, or dramas with a comic tone. They are known for television series including, The Likely Lads, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Porridge, Lovejoy and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. They have also written various other works for TV and a number of films, including The Commitments (with Roddy Doyle), Goal!, Flushed Away, Across The Universe and The Bank Job. They also wrote film versions of some of their television successes, which Clement himself usually directed. Both have been resident in the U.S. since the 1980s and have worked on such series as The Tracey Ullman Show, as well as uncredited script doctoring on films like Never Say Never Again, The Rock (1996) and Bad Boys 2. They also continue to write for British TV. Clement was awarded an OBE in the Queen's 2007 Birthday Honours list.

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Sep 5, 1937
Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK

Movie Credits

An Accidental Studio
An Accidental Studio
2019
My Generation
My Generation
2017
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
Killing Bono
Killing Bono
2011
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
2008
The Bank Job
The Bank Job
2008
Across the Universe
Across the Universe
2007
Flushed Away
Flushed Away
2006
Goal!
Goal!
2005
The Commitments - Looking Back
The Commitments - Looking Back
2004
Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe
Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe
2002
Honest
Honest
2000
Still Crazy
Still Crazy
1998
The Commitments
The Commitments
1991
Vice Versa
Vice Versa
1988
Water
Water
1985
Bullshot
Bullshot
1983
Sunset Limousine
Sunset Limousine
1983
Anyone for Denis
Anyone for Denis
1982
The Prisoner of Zenda
The Prisoner of Zenda
1979
Porridge
Porridge
1979
To Russia... with Elton
To Russia... with Elton
1979
Porridge: The Desperate Hours
Porridge: The Desperate Hours
1976
The Likely Lads
The Likely Lads
1976
Porridge: No Way Out
Porridge: No Way Out
1975
Catch Me a Spy
Catch Me a Spy
1971
Villain
Villain
1971
Ha-Tarnegol
Ha-Tarnegol
1971
A Severed Head
A Severed Head
1971

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