---
name: "Barrie Keeffe"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/barrie-keeffe"
fi1m_id: "barrie-keeffe"
imdb_id: "nm0444423"
tmdb_id: 145046
wikidata_id: "Q808912"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "31 October 1945"
died: "10 December 2019"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T09:30:00.631947+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Barrie Keeffe

## Identity

Barrie Keeffe

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/barrie-keeffe
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** barrie-keeffe
- **IMDb ID:** nm0444423
- **TMDB ID:** 145046
- **Wikidata ID:** Q808912
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrie_Keeffe, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q808912, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0444423/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/145046

Writer. Born 31 October 1945 in London, England. Died 10 December 2019.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 31 October 1945, London, England
- **Died:** 10 December 2019
- **Active:** 1970–1980
- **Frequently works with:** [John Mackenzie](https://film.one/person/john-mackenzie.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrie_Keeffe, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q808912, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0444423/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/145046

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Long Good Friday*](https://film.one/film/the-long-good-friday.md) (88)

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## Biography

Barrie Keeffe was an English playwright and screenwriter. Born in London in 1945, he grew up in the east of the city and worked as a journalist on the Stratford Express from 1964 to 1975 before becoming a full-time dramatist.

He wrote numerous stage plays in the 1970s, including *Gotcha* (1976), the *Barbarians* trilogy (1977) and *Sus* (1979). His best-known screen credit is the original screenplay for the gangster film *The Long Good Friday* (1980), directed by John Mackenzie and starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren. He also wrote the screenplay for the 2010 film adaptation of *Sus*.

Keeffe was writer-in-residence at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1978 and received the Edgar Allan Poe Award for his work on *The Long Good Friday*. He died in London in 2019.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Long Good Friday* (1980), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-long-good-friday.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *SUS* (2010), Writer
- *King* (1984), Writer
- *No Excuses* (1983), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Long Good Friday* (1980), Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-long-good-friday.md)
- *Waterloo Sunset* (1979), Writer
- *Hanging Around* (1978), Writer
- *Nipper* (1977), Writer
- *Premiere* (1977), series, Writer
- *It's Not Quite Cricket* (1977), Writer
- *Gotcha / Campion's Interview* (1977), Writer
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, Writer
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, Writer

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