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name: "Thomas Ellice"
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born: "15 July 1947"
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# Thomas Ellice

Writer. Born 15 July 1947.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 15 July 1947
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0254110/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/191448

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Inspector Morse*](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md) (84)

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## Biography

Thomas Ellice is a British actor and writer. He was born on 15 July 1947 and began his career performing under his birth name, Martin C. Thurley, with television roles including appearances in Softly Softly: Task Force and a recurring part in Penmarric (1979).

He later wrote under the pseudonym Thomas Ellice. His credits include the screenplay for the Inspector Morse episode 'Last Seen Wearing' (1988), the six-episode dramatisation of Devices and Desires (1991), and screenplays for A Touch of Frost and the television film Albert's Memorial (2009). He has been married to actress Jan Francis since 1977; they have two children.

*Sources: imdb.com, tvmaze.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Inspector Morse* (1987), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *A Touch of Frost* (1992), series, Screenplay
- *Devices and Desires* (1991), series, Adaptation
- *Inspector Morse* (1987), series, Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md)
- *Paying Guests (Part 2)* (1986), Writer
- *Paying Guests (Part 1)* (1986), Writer
- *ScreenPlay* (1986), series, Writer
- *Combat* (1985), Writer
- *Mona* (1982), Writer
- *All for Love* (1982), series, Writer
- *The Pigman's Protege* (1982), Writer
- *Going Gently* (1981), Writer
- *The Silence of the Sea* (1980), Writer
- *Penmarric* (1979), series, as Mark Castallack
- *Shall I See You Now?* (1978), as Dr Harwood
- *Premiere* (1977), series, Writer
- *BBC2 Play of the Week* (1977), series, as Fletcher
- *The Sound of Laughter* (1977), series, as Mr Airedale
- *Maidens' Trip* (1977), series, Writer
- *Love's Labour's Lost* (1975), as Dumain
- *The Breakthrough* (1975), as Ken
- *Churchill's People* (1974), series, as John Standfield
- *Playhouse* (1974), series, Ken, Writer
- *Bedtime Stories* (1974), series, as Jonathan Weir
- *Ackerman, Dougall & Harker* (1972), as Peter Murchison
- *Secrets* (1971), as Raymond (as Martin C. Thurley)
- *The Man in My Head* (1971), as Stock
- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as Lord Dumaine

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