John Gay

Writer 33 / Author / Actor · 1953 – 1998 · 🎬 34 📖 1 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

John Gay was an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera (1728), a ballad opera. The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum, became household names.

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All · 35 🎬 Movies · 34 📖 Books · 1

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Highlights

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

1969

No Way to Treat a Lady

1968

The Power

1968

Frequent Collaborators

Donald Pleasence

3 shared

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Timothy Morand

3 shared

Vincente Minnelli

3 shared

Lee Remick

3 shared

Burt Lancaster

3 shared

Wendy Hiller

2 shared

All decades 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s

🎬 Movies

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

actor

1969

No Way to Treat a Lady

writer

1968

The Power

writer

1968

The Hallelujah Trail

writer

1965

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

writer

1963

Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera

writer

1963

How the West Was Won

writer

1962

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

writer

1962

The Happy Thieves

writer

1961

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