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name: "Willis Hall"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/willis-hall"
fi1m_id: "willis-hall"
imdb_id: "nm0356227"
tmdb_id: 111334
wikidata_id: "Q3569123"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "6 April 1929"
died: "7 March 2005"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T10:43:08.856454+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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# Willis Hall

## Identity

Willis Hall

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/willis-hall
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** willis-hall
- **IMDb ID:** nm0356227
- **TMDB ID:** 111334
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3569123
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Hall, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3569123, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0356227/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/111334

Writer. Born 6 April 1929 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. Died 7 March 2005.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 6 April 1929, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 7 March 2005
- **Active:** 1970–1979
- **Frequently works with:** [Baz Taylor](https://film.one/person/baz-taylor.md), [Christopher Menaul](https://film.one/person/christopher-menaul.md), [Diarmuid Lawrence](https://film.one/person/diarmuid-lawrence.md), [Geoffrey Case](https://film.one/person/geoffrey-case.md), [Gordon Flemyng](https://film.one/person/gordon-flemyng.md), [Jim Hill](https://film.one/person/jim-hill.md), [Kenneth Ives](https://film.one/person/kenneth-ives.md), [Leon Griffiths](https://film.one/person/leon-griffiths.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Hall, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3569123, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0356227/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/111334

## Biography

Willis Hall (6 April 1929 – 7 March 2005) was an English playwright, screenwriter and television writer. Born in Hunslet, Leeds, he left school at 14 and worked in various jobs before national service in the army, during which he began writing plays while stationed in Malaya. After demobilisation he wrote for BBC radio and made his stage debut with the play The Long and the Short and the Tall (1959). He formed a long and prolific partnership with his schoolfriend Keith Waterhouse that produced more than 250 scripts for theatre, film and television.

Hall is known for the stage and screen versions of Billy Liar (1960 play; 1963 film) and the screenplays for Whistle Down the Wind (1961) and A Kind of Loving (1962). His television credits include episodes of Play for Today (1970), Secret Army (1977) and Minder (1979 onwards), as well as series such as Budgie and Worzel Gummidge. He also wrote numerous children's books and several musicals.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Minder* (1979), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/minder.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure* (2020), Writer
- *Worzel Gummidge Down Under* (1987), series, Writer
- *The Return of the Antelope* (1986), series, Writer
- *Mitch* (1984), series, Writer
- *The Road to 1984* (1984), Writer
- *A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special* (1980), Writer
- *Minder* (1979), series, Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/minder.md)
- *The Danedyke Mystery* (1979), Writer
- *Worzel Gummidge* (1979), series, Writer, Creator
- *Hazell* (1978), series, Writer
- *Saturday, Sunday, Monday* (1978), Writer
- *BBC2 Play of the Week* (1977), series, Writer
- *Secret Army* (1977), series, Writer
- *Laurence Olivier Presents* (1976), series, Writer
- *Matchfit* (1976), Writer
- *Red Letter Day* (1976), series, Writer
- *Between the Wars* (1973), series, Writer
- *Our Kid* (1973), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Upper Crusts* (1973), series, Writer, Creator
- *Song at Twilight* (1973), Writer
- *The Villa Maroc* (1972), Writer
- *Budgie* (1971), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Railwayman's New Clothes* (1971), Writer
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, Writer
- *Lock Up Your Daughters* (1969), Screenplay
- *Inside George Webley* (1968), series, Writer
- *For Amusement Only* (1968), series, Writer
- *Pretty Polly* (1967), Writer
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, Writer
- *Man in the Middle* (1964), Screenplay
- *West 11* (1963), Writer
- *Billy Liar* (1963), Screenplay, Theatre Play
- *A Kind of Loving* (1962), Screenplay
- *Whistle Down the Wind* (1961), Screenplay
- *Drama 61-67* (1961), series, Writer
- *The Long and the Short and the Tall* (1961), Story

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