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Kenneth Tynan
Birmingham, England, UK
Kenneth Peacock Tynan - was an English theatre critic and writer. Making his initial impact as a critic at The Observer, he praised Osborne's Look Back in Anger (1956), and encour…
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Kenneth Peacock Tynan - was an English theatre critic and writer. Making his initial impact as a critic at The Observer, he praised Osborne's Look Back in Anger (1956), and encouraged the emerging wave of British theatrical talent. In 1963, Tynan was appointed as the new National Theatre Company's literary manager. An opponent of theatre censorship, Tynan was considered by many to be the first person to say "fuck" on British television (although this is now disputed), which was controversial at the time. Later in his life, he settled in California, where he resumed his writing career.
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1972
Oh! Calcutta!
Movie Writer
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1972
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1971
Macbeth
Movie Screenplay
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1971
Film '72
TV show Self
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1969
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
Movie Self
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1969
Freedom to Love
Movie Self
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1968
The Dick Cavett Show
TV show Self - Guest
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1967
One Pair of Eyes
TV show
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1967
Acting in the 60's: Richard Burton
Movie Self - Interviewer
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1966
Great Acting: Laurence Olivier
Movie Self - Interviewer
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1961
The Mike Douglas Show
TV show Self
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1959
The David Susskind Show
TV show Self
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1958
Small World: Vivien Leigh
Movie Self
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1958
Nowhere to Go
Movie Writer
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1958
Small World
TV show Self
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1955
Around the World with Orson Welles
TV show Self — Host
