Colin Morris (4 February 1916 – 31 March 1996) was a
British playwright, screenwriter and actor. His best known work was the screen version of ''
Reluctant Heroes'' (1951) based on his own play. As an actor, he appeared in the 1957 film ''
The Silken Affair
''The Silken Affair'' is a 1956 British romantic comedy film directed by Roy Kellino and starring David Niven, Geneviève Page, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Joan Sims, Irene Handl and Ronald Squire. The screenplay concerns an accountant who is creative ...
''. ''Reluctant Heroes'' premiered in 1950 at the
Whitehall Theatre
Trafalgar Theatre is a new West End theatre in Whitehall, near Trafalgar Square, in the City of Westminster, London. It is set to open in spring 2021 following a major multi-million pound restoration project aiming to reinstate it back to its ...
, and was the first of the
Brian Rix company's
Whitehall farces.
[Ray Coone]
Obituary: John Chapman
''The Guardian'', 8 September 2001
Other plays of Morris's include:
* ''
Desert Rats
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After the Muni ...
'' (1945)
* ''Woman at Large'' (English Theatre Guild, 1950)
* ''The Terrible Crime of Mr Bat'' (children's drama; Samuel French, 1950)
* ''Don't Bank On It''
* ''Missing, Believed Married'' (English Theatre Guild, 1951)
* ''Italian Love Story'' (English Theatre Guild, 1955)
* ''This Marriage Business'' (English Theatre Guild, 1956)
Published screenplays include:
* ''Quiet Revolution'' (documentary drama)
References
External links
*
Entry for Morris in the Doolee theatrical database*
1916 births
1996 deaths
British male screenwriters
20th-century British dramatists and playwrights
British male dramatists and playwrights
20th-century British male writers
20th-century British screenwriters
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