James Douglas Grafton Net Worth

James Douglas Grafton Net Worth is
$6 Million

James Douglas Grafton Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

James Douglas "Jimmy" Grafton, (19 May 1916 – 2 June 1986), was a producer, writer and theatrical agent. He served in World War II as an officer in the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment and was awarded the Military Cross for his actions during Operation Market Garden.After the war he worked within his family publican business, taking over as manager at Grafton's pub in London while also acting as a part-time scriptwriter. The pub served as a meeting place for many comedians, including Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers and Michael Bentine. Grafton was instrumental in ensuring the quartet were hired by the BBC for their new programme, eventually called The Goon Show. Grafton also acted as a script editor for the first three series of the show. He continued with scriptwriting for other artistes and acted as Harry Secombe's agent for over 25 years.He died in 1986, at the age of 70.

Date Of BirthMay 19, 1916
Died1986-06-02
Place Of BirthWestminster, London, England, UK
ProfessionWriter, Miscellaneous Crew, Music Department
Star SignTaurus
#Fact
1Scriptwriter for radio and television, also composer of songs and sketches, verses and stories

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Pepys and So to Bed1983TV Movie
Secombe with MusicTV Series writer - 4 episodes, 1981 - 1982 special material - 1 episode, 1980
Sunstruck1972additional material
A Present for DickieTV Series creator - 6 episodes, 1969 - 1970 writer - 6 episodes, 1969 - 1970
Pickwick1969TV Movie adaptation for television
The Harry Secombe Show1968TV Series writer - 1 episode
Mum's Boys1968TV Series writer - 7 episodes
The Dickie Henderson ShowTV Series writer - 64 episodes, 1960 - 1968 executive writer - 16 episodes, 1962 - 1964 script - 1 episode, 1968
Vacant Lot1967TV Series written by - 2 episodes
Gentleman Jim1967TV Movie
Billy Cotton Band ShowTV Series 2 episodes, 1956 - 1961 writer - 99 episodes, 1957 - 1964
SpectacularTV Series writer - 1 episode, 1960 script - 1 episode, 1958
Secombe at Large1959TV Movie
New Look1959TV Series writer - 4 episodes
A Santa for Christmas1957TV Movie
The Saturday Show1957TV Series script - 1 episode
Strictly T-T1956TV Series additional material - 1 episode
The Pat Kirkwood Show1954TV Mini-Series script - 2 episodes
Brass for Brass1954TV Movie script
Down Among the Z Men1952by
Goonreel1952TV Movie
Trial Gallop1952TV Movie devised by / written by
London Entertains1951Documentary additional dialogue / script

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Harry Secombe Show1972-1973TV Series program associate - 12 episodes
Vacant Lot1967TV Series script editor
The Dickie Henderson Half-Hour1959TV Series script associate - 7 episodes

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Sunstruck1972"Come With Me And Be My Love Bugailior Gwyneth Gwyn", "Ging Gang Goola" / writer: "Someday", "Song of Summer Dippy-Diddle-I-Ay"
Davy1958lyrics: "MY WORLD IS YOUR WORLD"
Down Among the Z Men1952lyrics: "If This Is Love", "Down Among the Z Men" - uncredited
London Entertains1951Documentary "At Your Service"

Music Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Mr Tumbleweed1971TV Movie lyrics: title song
Goonreel1952TV Movie lyrics
London Entertains1951Documentary lyrics by

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Sunstruck1972producer
Mr Tumbleweed1971TV Movie associate producer
Down Among the Z Men1952associate producer

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Spike1986TV Movie documentaryHimself
London Entertains1951DocumentaryHimself (uncredited)

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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