John Sullivan (writer) R.I.P
Posted: April 23rd, 2011, 7:56 am
My apoligies for posting a thread about a writer I'm sure most of you have never heard off, but John Sullivan was IMHO the UKs top comedy writer of sit-coms.
After the sad news of actress Elisabeth Sladen earlier in the week at 63, I've just found out about John's death at 64. One of his earlier successes was Citizen Smith with Robert Lindsay as political activist/layabout Wolfie Smith. Another early work was Dear John with Ralph Bates. He had a big success with Just Good Friends with Paul Nicholas (Keith Lennox in The Jazz Singer)Jan Francis (Champions and Secret Army), who played a one time engaged couple who meet by accident 5-yrs after he dumped her
However, it's for the iconic Fools And Horses he's best known, which starred Sir David Jason as modern day spiv and wannabe yupi Del Boy Trotter and Nicholas Lindhurst as his step brother Rodney, who both later on found love introducing a girl-friend and with to the show. John gave Del Boy catch phrases like You Dipstick and You Plonker when speaking to Rodney and He Who Dares Wins and This Time Next YR We'll Be Millionaires
John after Only Fools And Horses finshed wrote the sequel The Green Green Grass and prequel Rock And Chips. In RAC Nicholas Lindhurst played Freddie The Frog, Rodneys criminal father.
I'll try and find links of his work
After the sad news of actress Elisabeth Sladen earlier in the week at 63, I've just found out about John's death at 64. One of his earlier successes was Citizen Smith with Robert Lindsay as political activist/layabout Wolfie Smith. Another early work was Dear John with Ralph Bates. He had a big success with Just Good Friends with Paul Nicholas (Keith Lennox in The Jazz Singer)Jan Francis (Champions and Secret Army), who played a one time engaged couple who meet by accident 5-yrs after he dumped her
However, it's for the iconic Fools And Horses he's best known, which starred Sir David Jason as modern day spiv and wannabe yupi Del Boy Trotter and Nicholas Lindhurst as his step brother Rodney, who both later on found love introducing a girl-friend and with to the show. John gave Del Boy catch phrases like You Dipstick and You Plonker when speaking to Rodney and He Who Dares Wins and This Time Next YR We'll Be Millionaires
John after Only Fools And Horses finshed wrote the sequel The Green Green Grass and prequel Rock And Chips. In RAC Nicholas Lindhurst played Freddie The Frog, Rodneys criminal father.
I'll try and find links of his work