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name: "Clive Exton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/clive-exton"
fi1m_id: "clive-exton"
imdb_id: "nm0264088"
tmdb_id: 58211
wikidata_id: "Q2979430"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "11 April 1930"
died: "16 August 2007"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T11:40:39.254223+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."
---

# Clive Exton

## Identity

Clive Exton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/clive-exton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** clive-exton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0264088
- **TMDB ID:** 58211
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2979430
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Exton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2979430, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0264088/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58211

Writer. Born 11 April 1930 in Islington, London, England, UK. Died 16 August 2007.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 11 April 1930, Islington, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 16 August 2007
- **Active:** 1970–1990
- **Also known as:** 클라이브 익스턴
- **Frequently works with:** [Bill Craig](https://film.one/person/bill-craig.md), [Brian Eastman](https://film.one/person/brian-eastman.md), [Brian Farnham](https://film.one/person/brian-farnham.md), [David Pirie](https://film.one/person/david-pirie.md), [John Bruce](https://film.one/person/john-bruce.md), [Simon Langton](https://film.one/person/simon-langton.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Exton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2979430, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0264088/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58211

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Agatha Christie's Poirot*](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md) (83)

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## Biography

Clive Exton (born Clive Jack Montague Brooks) was a British screenwriter and playwright. He trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and began his career writing for television anthology series including Armchair Theatre and Play for Today in the 1960s and 1970s.

Exton wrote the screenplays for films such as *10 Rillington Place* (1971) and *The Awakening* (1980), and co-wrote *Red Sonja* (1985). Returning to Britain in the mid-1980s, he became the principal writer for *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989–2001), contributing more than twenty episodes, and wrote all twenty-three episodes of *Jeeves and Wooster* (1990–1993). He also contributed to *Rosemary & Thyme* (2003–2006).

He died in London on 16 August 2007.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), Fi1m 83, Screenplay, Script Consultant — [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

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

- *Rosemary & Thyme* (2003), series, Creator
- *The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells* (2001), series, Writer
- *Anna Lee* (1994), series, Writer
- *Jeeves and Wooster* (1990), series, Writer, Creator
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, Script Consultant, Screenplay — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)
- *The Ruth Rendell Mysteries* (1987), series, Writer
- *Red Sonja* (1985), Screenplay
- *The Awakening* (1980), Writer
- *Henry Intervening* (1979), Writer
- *Casting the Runes* (1979), Writer
- *Stigma* (1977), Writer
- *Premiere* (1977), series, Writer
- *The Crezz* (1976), series, Creator
- *Killers* (1976), series, Writer
- *Shades of Greene* (1975), series, Writer
- *Survivors* (1975), series, Writer
- *The Breakthrough* (1975), Screenplay
- *Playhouse* (1974), series, Adaptation
- *The House in Nightmare Park* (1973), Writer, Producer
- *Friß, Pappi, friß!* (1972), Writer
- *Running Scared* (1972), Screenplay
- *Doomwatch* (1972), Screenplay
- *A Ghost Story for Christmas* (1971), series, Writer
- *The Rainbirds* (1971), Writer
- *10 Rillington Place* (1971), Screenplay
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, Writer
- *Conceptions of Murder* (1970), series, Writer
- *Entertaining Mr. Sloane* (1970), Screenplay
- *Target Generation* (1969), Adaptation
- *Isadora* (1968), Screenplay
- *The Desperate Hours* (1967), Teleplay
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, Writer
- *ABC Stage 67* (1966), series, Writer
- *The Human Voice* (1966), Teleplay
- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, Writer
- *Out of the Unknown* (1965), series, Writer
- *The Three Faces* (1965), Writer
- *The Wednesday Play* (1964), series, Writer
- *The Bone Yard* (1964), Writer
- *The Trial of Dr. Fancy* (1964), Writer
- *Story Parade* (1964), series, Writer
- *Night Must Fall* (1964), Writer
- *A Place to Go* (1963), Writer
- *Out of This World* (1962), series, Writer
- *Drama 61-67* (1961), series, Writer
- *I'll Have You to Remember* (1960), Writer
- *Where I Live* (1960), Writer
- *Theatre Night* (1957), series, as The Hon. Charles Trent-Garby
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, Writer

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