---
name: "Ted Lewis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ted-lewis"
fi1m_id: "ted-lewis"
imdb_id: "nm0507794"
tmdb_id: 65366
wikidata_id: "Q3517037"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "15 January 1940"
died: "27 March 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T09:25:22.184869+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."
---

# Ted Lewis

## Identity

Ted Lewis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ted-lewis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ted-lewis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0507794
- **TMDB ID:** 65366
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3517037
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Lewis_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3517037, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0507794/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65366

Writer. Born 15 January 1940 in Manchester, England, UK. Died 27 March 1982.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 15 January 1940, Manchester, England, UK
- **Died:** 27 March 1982
- **Active:** 1962–1971
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Lewis_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3517037, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0507794/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65366

## Biography

Ted Lewis was a British writer of crime fiction. Born Alfred Edward Lewis on 15 January 1940 in Stretford, Manchester, he moved with his family to Barton-upon-Humber in Lincolnshire as a child. He attended Hull College of Art and worked in advertising and animation, including on the 1968 film *Yellow Submarine*, before turning to novels.

His second novel, *Jack's Return Home* (1970), was adapted into the 1971 film *Get Carter*, directed by Mike Hodges and starring Michael Caine. The book was later retitled *Get Carter*. Lewis wrote several other crime novels, including *Plender* (1971), *Jack Carter's Law* (1974) and *GBH* (1980). He also contributed scripts to television series such as *Z Cars*.

Lewis died on 27 March 1982 in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, aged 42.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Get Carter* (1971), Fi1m 86, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/get-carter.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *The Snake* (2006), Novel
- *Get Carter* (2000), Screenplay
- *Hit Man* (1972), Novel
- *Get Carter* (1971), Writer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/get-carter.md)
- *Z-Cars* (1962), series, Writer

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© 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/ted-lewis