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Alan Simpson

Writer/Actor

Alan Simpson was born on November 27, 1929 in Brixton, London, England. He was a writer and actor, known for Sanford and Son (1972), Steptoe and Son (1962) and Steptoe & Son (1972). He was married to Tessa Le Bars and Kathleen (Kate) Phillips. He died on February 8, 2017 in the UK.

Aired
Series Name
Episode Title
Role
15/10/1951
Happy Go Lucky
1
10
Episode 10
Writer
12/11/1951
Happy Go Lucky
1
12
Episode 12
Writer
10/12/1951
Happy Go Lucky
1
14
Episode 14
Writer
23/06/1952
Calling All Forces
1
82
Monday, 23 June 1952
Writer
30/06/1952
Calling All Forces
1
83
Monday, 30 June 1952
Writer
07/07/1952
Calling All Forces
1
84
Monday, 7 July 1952
Writer
14/07/1952
Calling All Forces
1
85
Monday, 14 July 1952
Writer
21/07/1952
Calling All Forces
1
86
Monday, 21 July 1952
Writer
28/07/1952
Calling All Forces
1
87
Monday, 28 July 1952
Writer
23/11/1953
Other Appearances
The Frankie Howerd Show - 1953-11-23
Writer
02/11/1954
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
1
1
The First Night Party
Script & Cast
09/11/1954
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
1
2
The Diamond Ring
Script & Cast
16/11/1954
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
1
3
The Idol
Script & Cast
23/11/1954
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
1
4
The Boxing Champion
Script & Cast
30/11/1954
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
1
5
The Hancock Festival
Script & Cast
07/12/1954
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
1
6
The New Car
Script
14/12/1954
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
1
7
The Department Store Santa
Script & Cast
21/12/1954
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
1
8
Christmas at Aldershot
Script & Cast
28/12/1954
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
1
9
The Christmas Eve Party
Script & Cast
04/01/1955
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
1
10
Cinderella Hancock
Script & Cast
11/01/1955
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
1
11
A Trip to France
Script & Cast
18/01/1955
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
1
12
The Monte Carlo Rally
Script & Cast
25/01/1955
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
1
13
A House on the Cliff
Script & Cast
01/02/1955
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
1
14
The Shekih
Script & Cast
08/02/1955
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
1
15
The Marriage Bureau
Script & Cast
15/02/1955
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
1
16
The End of the Series
Script & Cast
19/04/1955
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
2
1
A Holiday in France
Script & Cast
26/04/1955
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
2
2
The Crown Jewels
Script & Cast
03/05/1955
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
2
3
The Racehorse
Script & Cast
10/05/1955
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
2
4
A Visit to Swansea
Script & Cast
17/05/1955
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
2
5
The Holiday Camp
Script & Cast
24/05/1955
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
2
6
The Chef That Died Of Shame
Script & Cast
31/05/1955
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
2
7
Prime Minister Hancock
Script & Cast
07/06/1955
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
2
8
The Rail Strike
Script & Cast
14/06/1955
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
2
9
The Television Set
Script & Cast
21/06/1955
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
2
10
The Three Sons
Script
28/06/1955
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
2
11
The Marrow Contest
Script & Cast
05/07/1955
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
2
12
The Matador
Script & Cast
19/10/1955
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
3
1
The Pet Dog
Script & Cast
26/10/1955
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
3
2
The Jewel Robbery
Script & Cast
02/11/1955
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
3
3
The Bequest
Script & Cast
09/11/1955
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
3
4
The New Neighbour
Script & Cast
16/11/1955
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
3
5
The Winter Holiday
Script & Cast
23/11/1955
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
3
6
The Blackboard Jungle
Script & Cast
30/11/1955
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
3
7
The Red Planet
Script & Cast
07/12/1955
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
3
8
The Diet
Script & Cast
14/12/1955
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
3
9
A Visit to Russia
Script & Cast
21/12/1955
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
3
10
The Trial of Father Christmas
Script & Cast
28/12/1955
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
3
11
Cinderella Hancock
Script & Cast
04/01/1956
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
3
12
The New Year Resolutions
Script & Cast
11/01/1956
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
3
13
Hancock's Hair
Script & Cast
18/01/1956
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
3
14
The Student Prince
Script & Cast
25/01/1956
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
3
15
The Breakfast Cereal
Script & Cast
01/02/1956
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
3
16
How Hancock Won the War
Script & Cast
08/02/1956
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
3
17
The Newspaper
Script & Cast
15/02/1956
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
3
18
The Greyhound Track
Script & Cast
22/02/1956
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
3
19
The Conjurer
Script & Cast
29/02/1956
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
3
20
The Test Match
Script & Cast
01/07/1956
Other Appearances
House Magazine - 1956-07-01
Writer
20/07/1956
Other Appearances
The Laughtermakers - 1956-07-20
03/08/1956
Hancock's Half Hour (TV)
1
3
The Dancer
Floor Manager
17/08/1956
Hancock's Half Hour (TV)
1
4
The Bequest
31/08/1956
Hancock's Half Hour (TV)
1
5
The Radio Show
Corporal
14/10/1956
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
4
1
Back From Holiday
Script & Cast
21/10/1956
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
4
2
The Bolshoi Ballet
Script & Cast
28/10/1956
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
4
3
Sid James's Dad
Script & Cast
04/11/1956
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
4
4
The Income Tax Demand
Script & Cast
11/11/1956
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
4
5
The New Secretary
Script & Cast
18/11/1956
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
4
6
Michelangelo 'Ancock
Script & Cast
25/11/1956
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
4
7
Anna and the King of Siam
Script & Cast
02/12/1956
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
4
8
Cyrano De Hancock
Script
09/12/1956
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
4
9
The Stolen Petrol
Script & Cast
16/12/1956
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
4
10
The Expresso Bar
Script
23/12/1956
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
4
11
Hancock's Happy Christmas
Script & Cast
30/12/1956
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
4
12
The Diary
Script
06/01/1957
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
4
13
The 13th of the Series
Script
11/01/1957
Hancock (ATV)
2
5
Episode 5
Writer
13/01/1957
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
4
14
Almost A Gentleman
Script
18/01/1957
Other Appearances
A-Z - 1957-01-18
Writer
20/01/1957
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
4
15
The Old School Reunion
Script
25/01/1957
Hancock (ATV)
2
6
Episode 6
Writer
27/01/1957
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
4
16
The Wild Man of the Woods
Script
03/02/1957
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
4
17
Agricultural 'Ancock
Script
10/02/1957
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
4
18
Hancock in the Police
Script
17/02/1957
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
4
19
The Emigrant
Script
24/02/1957
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
4
20
The Last of the McHancocks
Script
01/04/1957
Hancock's Half Hour (TV)
2
1
The Alpine Holiday
15/04/1957
Hancock's Half Hour (TV)
2
2
Lady Chatterley's Revenge
1st Man
14/10/1957
Hancock's Half Hour (TV)
3
3
The Amusement Arcade
Teddy Boy
21/01/1958
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
5
1
The New Radio Series
Script
28/01/1958
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
5
2
The Scandal Magazine
Script
04/02/1958
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
5
3
The Male Suffragette
Script
11/02/1958
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
5
4
The Insurance Policy
Script
18/02/1958
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
5
5
The Publicity Photograph
Script
25/02/1958
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
5
6
The Unexploded Bomb
Script & Cast
04/03/1958
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
5
7
Hancock's School
Script
11/03/1958
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
5
8
Around the World in Eighty Days
Script
18/03/1958
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
5
9
The Americans Hit Town
Script
25/03/1958
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
5
10
The Election Candidate
Script & Cast
01/04/1958
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
5
11
Hancock's Car
Script & Cast
08/04/1958
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
5
12
The East Cheam Drama Festival
Script
15/04/1958
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
5
13
The Foreign Legion
Script
22/04/1958
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
5
14
Sunday Afternoon at Home
Script
29/04/1958
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
5
15
The Grappling Game
Script
06/05/1958
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
5
16
The Junk Man
Script
13/05/1958
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
5
17
Hancock's War
Script
20/05/1958
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
5
18
The Prize Money
Script & Cast
27/05/1958
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
5
19
The Threatening Letters
Script & Cast
03/06/1958
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
5
20
The Sleepless Night
Script
03/08/1958
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
0
1
Welcome to London
Script
25/12/1958
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
0
2
Bill and Father Christmas
Script
25/12/1958
Other Appearances
Christmas Night with the Stars - 1958-12-25
Writer
11/01/1959
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
0
4
The New Secretary
Script
18/01/1959
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
0
5
The Ballet Visit
Script
23/01/1959
Hancock's Half Hour (TV)
4
5
The Flight Of The Red Shadow
Warder/Barracker
25/01/1959
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
0
6
The Election Candidate
Script
13/02/1959
Hancock's Half Hour (TV)
4
8
Matrimony - Almost
20/02/1959
Hancock's Half Hour (TV)
4
9
The Beauty Contest
Dance Hall Attendant
06/03/1959
Hancock's Half Hour (TV)
4
10
The Wrong Man
29/09/1959
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
0
3
The 13th of the Month
Script
06/10/1959
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
6
2
The Childhood Sweetheart
Script
13/10/1959
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
6
3
The Last Bus Home
Script
20/10/1959
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
6
4
The Picnic
Script
27/10/1959
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
6
5
The Gourmet
Script
03/11/1959
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
6
6
The Elopement
Script
10/11/1959
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
6
7
Fred's Pie Stall
Script
17/11/1959
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
6
8
The Waxwork
Script
24/11/1959
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
6
9
Sid's Mystery Tours
Script
01/12/1959
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
6
10
The Fete
Script
08/12/1959
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
6
11
The Poetry Society
Script
15/12/1959
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
6
12
Hancock in Hospital
Script
22/12/1959
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
6
13
The Christmas Club
Script
29/12/1959
Hancock's Half Hour (Radio)
6
14
The Impersonator
Script
02/03/1961
Films
The Rebel
Writer
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