---
name: "David Nobbs"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-nobbs"
fi1m_id: "david-nobbs"
imdb_id: "nm0633468"
tmdb_id: 158298
wikidata_id: "Q5238053"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "13 March 1935"
died: "9 August 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T10:21:42.038481+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."
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# David Nobbs

## Identity

David Nobbs

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-nobbs
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-nobbs
- **IMDb ID:** nm0633468
- **TMDB ID:** 158298
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5238053
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Nobbs, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5238053, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0633468/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/158298

Writer. Born 13 March 1935 in Orpington, Kent, England, UK. Died 9 August 2015.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 13 March 1935, Orpington, Kent, England, UK
- **Died:** 9 August 2015
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Nobbs, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5238053, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0633468/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/158298

## Biography

David Nobbs was an English comedy writer and novelist. He created and wrote the BBC sitcom *The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin* (1976–79), adapted from his own novels, and later wrote the follow-up series *The Legacy of Reginald Perrin* (1996) and a 2009 remake.

Born in Orpington, Kent, Nobbs was educated at Marlborough College and St John's College, Cambridge. He worked as a reporter for the *Sheffield Star* before beginning his comedy career writing for *That Was the Week That Was* in the early 1960s. He contributed material to performers including Frankie Howerd, Les Dawson, Kenneth Williams and The Two Ronnies. Other notable works include the sitcom *A Bit of a Do* (1989) and the Henry Pratt series of novels. He published an autobiography, *I Didn't Get Where I Am Today*, in 2003.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin* (1976), Fi1m 83, Adaptation, Creator, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fall-and-rise-of-reginald-perrin.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *Reggie Perrin* (2009), series, Writer, Adaptation, Novel, Creator
- *Gentlemen's Relish* (2001), Writer
- *Cuts* (1996), Writer
- *The Legacy of Reginald Perrin* (1996), series, Writer, Adaptation, Novel, Creator
- *Love on a Branch Line* (1994), series, Adaptation, Writer, Creator
- *Stalag Luft* (1993), Writer
- *Rich Tea and Sympathy* (1991), series, Writer, Creator
- *A Bit of a Do* (1989), series, Adaptation, Novel, Writer, Creator
- *Fairly Secret Army* (1984), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Hello Goodbye Man* (1984), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin* (1983), Screenplay, Novel
- *Reggie* (1983), series, Creator
- *The Funny Side of Christmas* (1982), Writer
- *Dogfood Dan and the Carmarthen Cowboy* (1982), Writer
- *Plays for Pleasure* (1981), series, Writer
- *The Glamour Girls* (1980), series, Writer, Creator
- *Send in the Girls* (1978), series, Writer
- *The Les Dawson Show* (1978), series, Writer
- *Our Young Mr. Wignall* (1976), Writer
- *The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin* (1976), series, Writer, Adaptation, Creator — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fall-and-rise-of-reginald-perrin.md)
- *Dawson's Electric Cinema* (1975), Writer
- *Les Dawson's Christmas Box* (1974), series, Writer
- *Sounds Like Les Dawson* (1974), Writer
- *Our Kid* (1973), series, Writer
- *Whoops Baghdad* (1973), series, Writer
- *The Two Ronnies* (1971), series, Writer
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, Writer
- *That Was the Week That Was* (1962), series, Writer
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, Writer

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