Biography
Overview (3)
| Born | in Crowborough, Sussex, England, UK |
| Died | in London, England, UK (undisclosed) |
| Birth Name | Richard Searle Drewett |
Mini Bio (1)
Richard Drewett was born on October 22, 1935 in Crowborough, Sussex, England as Richard Searle Drewett. He was a producer and editor, known for Clive James on Television (1982), Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage (1984) and Clive James' Postcard from... (1989). He was married to Jill Cuthbert. He died on January 19, 2008 in London, England.
Spouse (1)
| Jill Cuthbert | (1963 - 19 January 2008) (his death) (2 children) |
Trivia (1)
He produced most of the early segments of Michael Parkinson's famous BBC talk-show on British television, including the early one (in the summer of 1971) in which Parkinson interviewed Orson Welles. In conversation with Welles after the show, he mentioned the famous art forger Elmyr de Hory, and it was this casual conversation that gave Welles the original idea for his later film, "F For Fake". Welles always gave him full credit for this, and he both appears in the film and is credited as an associate producer (billed as "Drewett", not "Drewitt", as he also was on the TV show).
