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Also known as David Gordon Nobbs

British author and scriptwriter (1935-2015)

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Works
81

Top works

  • A Bit of the Do
  • Great humorous stories
  • El regreso de Reginald Perrin
  • Going Gently
  • David Nobbs Backlist S/W

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Film & TV

Orpington, Kent, England, UK

David Gordon Nobbs (13 March 1935 – 8 August 2015) was an English comedy writer, most notable for writing the 1970s television series The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, adapted from his own novels. Nobbs was born in Orpington, Kent. Following an education at Marlborough College and St John's College, Cambridge, he worked as a reporter for The Sheffield Star, before starting his career in…

Known for

  • Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus — Self2008

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Listeners
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Total plays
1,113

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
David
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Petts Wood
Place of death
Harrogate
Occupation
screenwriter
Languages spoken
English language
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birth name
David Gordon Nobbs
member of
Humanists UK
date of birth
1935-03-13
date of death
2015-08-08
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