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

Inherit the Wind

1988

Uncle Tom's Cabin

1987

Six Against the Rock

1987

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

Inherit the Wind

writer

1988

Uncle Tom's Cabin

writer

1987

Six Against the Rock

writer

1987

Doubletake

writer

1985

Samson and Delilah

writer

1984

Witness for the Prosecution

writer

1982

Ivanhoe

writer

1982

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

writer

1982

The Bunker

writer

1981

Dial M for Murder

writer

1981

Berlin Tunnel 21

writer

1981

A Tale of Two Cities

writer

1980

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