John Howlett (4 April 1940 – 4 March 2019) was an English

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and

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who lived in

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. He started his writing career by co-writing the

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of the 1968

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Education

Howlett attended

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and

Jesus College, Oxford Jesus College (in full: Jesus College in the University of Oxford of Queen Elizabeth's Foundation) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is in the centre of the city, on a site between Turl Street, Ship ...

where he studied history.

Screenwriting Credits

His writing credits cover film and TV and include both writing and adaptation. *1999 '' Doomwatch: Winter Angel'' (TV movie) (writer) *1999 '' Darkness Falls'' (writer) *1993 '' Colpo di coda'' (TV movie) (writer) *1992 '' Touch and Die'' (TV movie) (writer) *1992 '' Bonne chance Frenchie'' (TV mini-series) (adaptation) *1990 '' Where Were You That Night?'' (TV Movie) *1989 '' Crossing the Line'' (TV Series) *1988 ''

Game, Set and Match ''Game, Set and Match'' is a 1988 television serial directed by Ken Grieve and Patrick Lau and written by John Howlett. It is based on the books '' Berlin Game'' (1983), '' Mexico Set'' (1984), and '' London Match'' (1985) by Len Deighton. ...

'' (TV series) *1985 '' Murder of a Moderate Man'' (TV mini-series) *1968 ''

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'' (TV series) *1968 '' if....'' (from an original story called "Crusaders" & script)

Other work

He was also a researcher on the 1975 TV

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'' James Dean: The First American Teenager''. He is the author of the 1980

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, together with a

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and a number of works of fiction. His full book credits are:Amazon catalogue - referenced:Jan 2018
/ref> Fiction *The Christmas Spy (1975) *Tango November (1976) *Maximum Credible Accident (1980) *Orange (1985) *Murder of a Moderate Man (1985) *Cry (1995) *Love Of An Unknown Soldier (2010) *A Long Road Home (2012) *When War Came Again (2012) *First Snow Of Winter (2012) Non fiction *James Dean (1975) *Frank Sinatra (1979) Theatre *''Dean'' - West End musical with Robert Campbell. Subsequently produced in Japan by the Takarazuka Revue *''Lorca'' - Musical with Theo Jaskolkowski & Robert Campbell Radio - (BBC Radio 4) *''Soldier, Poor man, Beggarman, Thief'' *''Next Man Through the Door'' *''Gone for Soldiers'' *''Maximum Credible Accident''

References

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005I4OWWK/ref=docs-os-doi_0

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Howlett, John Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford English screenwriters People from Rye, East Sussex 1940 births 2019 deaths