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Ray Galton

Ray Galton

Raymond Percy Galton, OBE (born 17 July 1930 – died 5 October 2018) was an English scriptwriter, best known for the Galton and Simpson comedy writing partnership with <a href="/c/books/credit/24720/alan-simpson/">Alan Simpson</a>. Together they devised and wrote the BBC sitcoms <a href="/c/books/credit/308565/hancocks-half-hour/">Hancock's Half Hour</a> (1954–1961) and Comedy Playhouse (1961–1975), and Steptoe and Son (1962–1974). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Galton