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Wilfred Greatorex (Wilfred Glyn Greatorex) was born on 27 May, 1921 in Liverpool, England, is a British writer. Discover Wilfred Greatorex's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 81 years old?
| Popular As |
Wilfred Glyn Greatorex |
| Occupation |
Television writer, Screenwriter, script editor, Television producer |
| Age |
81 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Gemini |
| Born |
27 May 1921 |
| Birthday |
27 May |
| Birthplace |
Liverpool, England |
| Date of death |
14 October, 2002 |
| Died Place |
Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Nationality |
Liverpool
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Wilfred Greatorex Height, Weight & Measurements
At 81 years old, Wilfred Greatorex height not available right now. We will update Wilfred Greatorex's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Wilfred Greatorex Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Wilfred Greatorex worth at the age of 81 years old? Wilfred Greatorex’s income source is mostly from being a successful writer. He is from Liverpool. We have estimated Wilfred Greatorex's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Not Available |
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Not Available |
| Source of Income |
writer |
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Timeline
Wilfred Glyn Greatorex (27 May 1921 – 14 October 2002 ) was an English television and film writer, script editor and producer.
Born in Liverpool, he was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn.
After wartime service with the RAF, he became a reporter on The Blackburn Times, The Lancashire Evening Post and Reynold's News.
He began his television career at Associated Television.
He was described by The Guardian newspaper as "one of the most prolific and assured of television script-writers and editors from the 1960s into the 1980s".
Starting off as a journalist, he got his big break as a TV writer on Lew Grade's ATV service writing dramas about journalism, such as Deadline Midnight and Front Page Story.
He wrote a number of books, including one about the Battle of Arnhem as ghostwriter for Major General Roy Urquhart.
As a TV script editor he also worked on series such as Danger Man and was also creator/producer of The Inheritors, Hine and The Power Game.
He also wrote the screenplay for the 1969 film Battle of Britain.
And they need to be confronted with other characters just as hard.'' (The Sunday Times, 1972).
In 1977, he came up with the dystopian drama series 1990 for BBC2, starring Edward Woodward.
Greatorex dubbed the series "Nineteen Eighty-Four plus six".
Over its two series it portrayed "a Britain in which the rights of the individual had been replaced by the concept of the common good – or, as I put it more brutally, a consensus tyranny."
The same year he also devised (with Gerard Glaister) the BBC1 wartime drama Secret Army.
The show later inspired the sitcom parody 'Allo 'Allo!.
When talking about his writing style he said "I am opposed to soft-centred characters, which is why I don't create a lot of Robin Hoods. The world's full of hard cases, real villains. And they need to be confronted with other characters just as hard."
His last series for television was Airline in 1982 (starring Roy Marsden).
He was creator of such series as Secret Army, 1990, Plane Makers and its sequel The Power Game, Hine, Brett, Man at the Top, Man From Haven and The Inheritors.
He died in of renal failure in Buckinghamshire in 2002.
''I am opposed to soft-centred characters, which is why I don't create a lot of Robin Hoods.
The world's full of hard cases, real villains.
Papers discovered at a Norfolk auction house in 2011 reveal that 'Hine' had a budget of £84,000, the equivalent of close to £1m some forty years later.
