Willis Hall

Willis Edward Hall (6 April 1929 – 7 March 2005) was an English playwright and radio, television and film writer who drew on his working-class roots in Leeds for much of his writing. Willis formed an extremely prolific partnership with his life-long friend Keith Waterhouse producing over 250 works. He wrote plays such as ''Billy Liar'', ''The Long and the Short and the Tall'', and ''Celebration''; the screenplays for ''Whistle Down the Wind'', ''A Kind of Loving'' and Alfred Hitchcock's ''Torn Curtain''; and television programmes including ''Budgie'', ''Worzel Gummidge'' and ''Minder''. His passion for musical theatre led to a string of hits, including ''Wind in the Willows'', ''The Card'', and George Stiles' and Anthony Drewe's ''Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure''. Provided by Wikipedia