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Barry Took (1928–2002)

Writer | Actor | Producer

Trivia:

One of his first jobs was as a comic in Holmfirth in West Yorkshire. He suggested the town as the setting for Last of the Summer Wine to the show's first series producer James Gilbert prior to production. See more trivia »

Born:

in Muswell Hill, North London, England, UK

Died:

(age 73) in London, England, UK
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1979-1980 The Val Doonican Music Show (TV series)
– Episode #4.8 (1980) (special material)
– Episode #4.7 (1980) (special material)
– Episode #4.6 (1980) (special material)
– Episode #4.5 (1980) (special material)
– Episode #4.4 (1980) (special material)
See all 17 episodes »
 
1979 The Basil Brush Show (TV series)
– Episode dated 10 November 1979 (1979) (script)
– Episode dated 3 November 1979 (1979) (script)
 
1976-1978 One-Upmanship (TV series)
– Up Country (1978) (writer)
– Getting Acrossmanship (1976) (writer)
– Up Up and Awaymanship (1976) (writer)
– Housemanship (1976) (writer)
– Who Was that Ladymanship? (1976) (writer)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1977 A Roof Over My Head (TV series)
– Home and Dried (1977) (adaptation)
– Another Fine Mess (1977) (adaptation)
– Not Cricket (1977) (adaptation)
– Learn to Dread One Day at a Time (1977) (adaptation)
– The Sitting Tenant (1977) (adaptation)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1976 N.U.T.S. (TV series)
– Episode #1.6 (1976) (creator)
– Episode #1.5 (1976) (creator)
– Episode #1.4 (1976) (creator)
– Episode #1.3 (1976) (creator)
– Episode #1.2 (1976) (creator)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1975 The Punch Review (TV series)
 
1975 On the Move (TV series)
 
1974 Badger's Set (TV movie)
 
1963-1974 Comedy Playhouse (TV series)
– Howerd's History of England (1974) (writer)
– Tooth and Claw (1969) (writer)
– Stiff Upper Lip (1968) (writer)
– Memoirs of a Chaise Longue (1965) (writer)
– Barnaby Spoot and the Exploding Whoopee Cushion (1965) (writer)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1974 History of England (TV movie)
 
1974 Marty Back Together Again (TV series)
– Episode #1.3 (1974) (writer)
– Episode #1.1 (1974) (writer)
 
1973 It's Lulu (TV series)
– Episode #3.4 (1973) (ballet)
 
1973 Is This a Record? (short)
 
1972 Grubstreet (TV series) (deviser)
 
1972 Scoop (TV series)
– A Surfeit of Boots (1972) (adaptation)
– The Ubiquitous Mr. Baldwin (1972) (adaptation)
– The Scoop (1972) (adaptation)
– Stones £20 (1972) (adaptation)
– The War Torn Ishmaelia (1972) (adaptation)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1971 The Laughing Stock of Television (TV movie)
 
1970 Marty Amok (TV movie)
 
1969-1970 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
– Episode #3.26 (1970) (writer)
– Episode #3.25 (1970) (writer)
– Episode #3.24 (1970) (writer)
– Episode #3.23 (1970) (writer)
– Episode #3.22 (1970) (writer)
See all 16 episodes »
 
1970 Every Home Should Have One
 
1969 The World of Beachcomber (TV series)
– Episode #2.5 (1969) (writer)
– Episode #2.3 (1969) (writer)
– Episode #2.2 (1969) (writer)
 
1968-1969 Marty (TV series)
– Episode dated 17 March 1969 (1969) (written by)
– Episode #2.6 (1969) (writer)
– Episode #2.5 (1969) (writer)
– Episode #2.4 (1968) (writer)
– Episode #2.3 (1968) (writer)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1968 Broaden Your Mind (TV series)
– Episode #1.1 (1968) (additional material)
 
1968 The Harry Secombe Show (TV series)
 
1968 Horne A'Plenty (TV series)
 
1968 Stiff Upper Lip (TV movie)
 
1965-1966 Barney Is My Darling (TV series)
– The Prodigal Son (1966) (writer)
– My Son! My Son! (1966) (writer)
– Weddings, Funerals and Christenings (1966) (writer)
– The Twenty Six Year Itch (1965) (writer)
– The 2000 Pounds a Year Man (1965) (writer)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1965 The New London Palladium Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.1 (1965) (script)
 
1965 The Walrus and the Carpenter (TV series)
– The Secret Life of Gascoigne Quilt (1965) (writer)
– The Quarrel (1965) (writer)
– Luther and the Golden Fleece (1965) (writer)
– Luther Flannery Revisited (1965) (writer)
– The Coffin They Carry You Off In (1965) (writer)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1964 Scott On... (TV series)
– Birds (1964) (writer)
 
1964 Foreign Affairs (TV series)
 
1963 Comedy Four (TV series)
– Home from Home (1963)
– Scoop (1963)
– Fit for Heroes (1963)
– Tea at the Ritz (1963)
 
1960-1963 Bootsie and Snudge (TV series)
– The Pillar Box (1963) (creator / writer)
– A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Firing Squad Today (1962) (creator / writer)
– The Toerag (1962) (creator)
– Lover's Knot (1962) (creator / writer)
– Rear Window (1962) (creator / writer)
See all 31 episodes »
 
1961 Colonel Trumper's Private War (TV series)
– Episode #1.5 (1961) (writer)
– Factory Saboteurs (1961) (writer)
– A Phoney Marks Time (1961) (writer)
– The Spy School (1961) (writer)
– Operation Lubenski (1961) (writer)
 
1960 Ladies and Gentle-Men (TV movie)
 
1960 The Army Game (TV series)
– Emergency Hut 29 (1960) (writer)
– The Feud (1960) (writer)
– Bull by the Horn (1960) (writer)
 
1959 Alfred Marks Time (TV series)
– Episode #4.5 (1959) (writer)
 
1958 Jack Hylton's Monday Show (TV series)
– Episode dated 7 April 1958 (1958) (writer)
– Episode dated 10 February 1958 (1958) (writer)
 
Show ShowActor (6 titles)
1977 Took and Co. (TV series)
 
1976 N.U.T.S. (TV series)
– Episode #1.6 (1976)
– Episode #1.5 (1976)
– Episode #1.4 (1976)
– Episode #1.3 (1976)
– Episode #1.2 (1976)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1971 Private Eye TV (TV movie)
 
1961-1962 Bootsie and Snudge (TV series)
Rev. Pennyfeather
– Punch Up at the Imperial (1962) … Rev. Pennyfeather
– The 'At Home' (1961) … Rev. Pennyfeather
 
1961 Colonel Trumper's Private War (TV series)
– Operation Lubenski (1961)
 
1960 Whack-O! (TV series)
Barry Hayman
– Episode #6.6 (1960) … Barry Hayman
 
Show ShowProducer (5 titles)
1973 Comedy Playhouse (TV series) (producer - 1 episode)
– Elementary My Dear Watson (1973) (producer)
 
1972-1973 But Seriously, It's Sheila Hancock (TV series) (producer - 6 episodes)
– Episode #1.6 (1973) (producer)
– Episode #1.5 (1973) (producer)
– Art for Whose Sake? (1972) (producer)
– Survival in the Face of Other People's Brilliance (1972) (producer)
– Music (1972) (producer)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1972 Grubstreet (TV series) (producer)
 
1968-1969 Horne A'Plenty (TV series) (producer - 2 episodes)
– Episode dated 1 January 1969 (1969) (producer)
– Christmas Horne A'Plenty (1968) (producer)
 
1964 Comedy Workshop: Love and Maud Carver (producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1968 Horne A'Plenty (TV series) (script editor)
 
1961 Colonel Trumper's Private War (TV series) (script editor - 5 episodes)
– Episode #1.5 (1961) (script editor)
– Factory Saboteurs (1961) (script editor)
– A Phoney Marks Time (1961) (script editor)
– The Spy School (1961) (script editor)
– Operation Lubenski (1961) (script editor)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1996 Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (26 titles)
1997-2000 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Kenneth Williams (2000) … Himself
– Benny Hill (1998) … Himself
– Kenny Everett (1997) … Himself
 
1999 Laughter in the House: The Story of British Sitcom (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Unzipped (TV series documentary)
Himself
– TV (1999) … Himself
 
1998 Carry on Darkly (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Kenneth Williams: A Life on the Box (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Funny Women (TV series documentary)
Himself
– June Whitfield (1997) … Himself
 
1997 What a Performance! (TV series)
Himself
– Camp (1997) … Himself
 
1997 25 Years of 'Last of the Summer Wine' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter (video documentary)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
1996 Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams (video documentary)
Himself/Narrator
 
1996 And It's Goodnight from Him: The Very Best of Ronnie Barker (video documentary)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
1995 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Barry Cryer (1995) … Himself
 
1994 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Kenneth Williams (1994) … Himself
 
1990 Life of Python (TV special documentary)
Himself - Comedy Writer and Producer
 
1989 TV Weekly (TV series)
Himself - Presenter
 
1987 New Faces (TV series)
Himself - Judge
– Episode #8.1 (1987) … Himself - Judge
 
1979-1986 Points of View (TV series documentary)
Himself - Presenter
– Episode dated 10 December 1986 (1986) … Himself - Presenter
– Episode dated 24 September 1986 (1986) … Himself - Presenter
– Episode dated 27 May 1986 (1986) … Himself - Presenter
– Episode dated 4 March 1986 (1986) … Himself - Presenter
– Episode dated 7 January 1986 (1986) … Himself - Presenter
See all 62 episodes »
 
1986 Day to Day (TV series)
Himself
– 'Allo 'Allo! (1986) … Himself
 
1983 An Audience with Kenneth Williams (TV movie)
Himself
 
1982 The Marti Caine Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.3 (1982) … Himself
 
1981 Friday Night, Saturday Morning (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.3 (1981) … Himself
 
1980 Look Who's Talking (TV series)
Himself - Interviewee
– Barry Took (1980) … Himself - Interviewee
 
1979 My Music (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.9 (1979) … Himself
– Episode #3.8 (1979) … Himself
– Episode #3.7 (1979) … Himself
– Episode #3.6 (1979) … Himself
– Episode #3.5 (1979) … Himself
 
1976 Looks Familiar (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 12 October 1976 (1976) … Himself - Guest
 
1969 One Pair of Eyes (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Marty Feldman (1969) … Himself
 
1965 The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.7 (1965) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
2011 Points of View (TV series documentary)
 
2008 Legends (TV series documentary)
 
2007 Hitler: The Comedy Years (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2003 30 Years of 'Last of the Summer Wine' (TV documentary)
 
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(1958) He performed in Myer and Grahame's revue, "For Adults Only", at the Fortune Theatre in London, England with Miriam Karlin, Hugh Paddick, Ron Moody, Patricia Lancaster and Richard Waring in the cast. See more »
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Trivia:

One of his first jobs was as a comic in Holmfirth in West Yorkshire. He suggested the town as the setting for Last of the Summer Wine to the show's first series producer James Gilbert prior to production. See more »

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