---
name: "Bill Naughton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bill-naughton"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "12 June 1910"
died: "9 January 1992"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T04:40:39.430240+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."
---

# Bill Naughton

Writer. Born 12 June 1910 in Ballyhaunis, Ireland. Died 9 January 1992.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 12 June 1910, Ballyhaunis, Ireland
- **Died:** 9 January 1992
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Naughton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4910314, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0622540/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56108

## 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.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Alfie* (1966), Fi1m 79, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/alfie.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *All in Good Time* (2012), Writer
- *Alfie* (2004), Theatre Play
- *The English Programme* (1976), series, Creator
- *Alfie Darling* (1975), Writer
- *Spring and Port Wine* (1970), Screenplay
- *The Family Way* (1966), Writer
- *Out of Town Theatre* (1966), series, Writer
- *Alfie* (1966), Screenplay — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/alfie.md)
- *Drama 61-67* (1961), series, Writer
- *Honeymoon Postponed* (1961), Writer
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1967: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Alfie*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/bill-naughton