Biography
Bill Naughton (1910–1992) was an Irish-born British playwright, screenwriter and novelist. Born in Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, Ireland, he moved to Bolton, Lancashire, as a child and worked as a weaver, truck driver and coal bagger before beginning to write short stories and novels in the 1940s.
He is best known for the play Alfie (1963), which originated as a 1962 BBC radio play and which he adapted as the screenplay for the 1966 film starring Michael Caine. Other stage works adapted into films include All in Good Time (filmed as The Family Way, 1966) and Spring and Port Wine (1970). He also contributed to the magazine Lilliput and wrote for radio and television.
