George Melly(1926-2007)

Actor
Writer
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George Melly was born on 17 August 1926 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Take a Girl Like You (1970), 2 Anglaises en délire (1967) and Ain't Misbehavin' (1997). He was married to Diana Ashe and Victoria Vaughan. He died on 5 July 2007 in Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK.

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Known for

Take a Girl Like You (1970)

Take a Girl Like You

5.5

Writer

1970

Lynn Redgrave, Michael York, Ian Carmichael, Irene Handl, Anna Quayle, and Rita Tushingham in 2 Anglaises en délire (1967)

2 Anglaises en délire

5.9

Writer

1967

Ain't Misbehavin' (1997)

Ain't Misbehavin'

6.6

TV Mini Series

Bing Williams

David Jason and Gwen Taylor in A Bit of a Do (1989)

7.1

TV Series

Music Department

Credits

Actor

A Ripe Old Age
Podcast Series
- Guest (voice)
- 2002
Ain't Misbehavin'
6.6
TV Mini Series
- Bing Williams
- 1997
George Melly's Owning Up
Podcast Series
- Narrator (voice)
- 1996
Frank Stubbs Promotes
6.8
TV Series
- Auctioneer
- 1994
Demob
7.7
TV Series
- Marshall Gould
- 1993
Le voleur et le cordonnier
7.1
- Dwarf (original version) (voice)
- 1993
Painted Tales
TV Series
- (voice)
- 1990
Death of an Informer
TV Movie
- Mr Melly
- 1976
Sweet Movie
5.9
- 1974
Jackanory
7.1
TV Series
- Storyteller
- 1967

Writer

George Melly's Owning Up
Podcast Series
- writer
- 1996
Good Ideas of the 20th Century
TV Series
- Writer
- 1994
Moving Art
5.4
TV Mini Series
- script
- 1991
Read All About It
6.9
TV Series
- questions: Quiz of the Week
- 1979
Take a Girl Like You
5.5
- screenplay
- 1970
2 Anglaises en délire
5.9
- Writer
- 1967
Your Sunday Paper
TV Series
- script
- 1967
My Kind Of Folk
TV Series
- narrative script
- 1966

Music Department

Personal details

Born
- August 17, 1926
- Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Died
- July 5, 2007
- Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK(lung cancer and vascular dementia)
Spouses
Other works
His books include "Scouse Mouse," "Rum, Bum and Concertina," "Owning Up," "It's All Writ Out for You: Life and Work of Scottie Wilson," "Hooked! Fishing Memories," "Great Lovers," "Revolt into Style: Pop Arts in Britain", "Paris and the Surrealists", "Don't Tell Sybil: Intimate Memoir of E.L.T. Mesens" and "Tribe of One: Great Naive and Primitive Painters of the British Isles"
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Trivia
He allegedly declined the C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for his services to music in 2001.

Nickname
- Good Time George

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When did George Melly die?
July 5, 2007
How did George Melly die?
Lung cancer and vascular dementia
How old was George Melly when he died?
80 years old
Where did George Melly die?
Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK
When was George Melly born?
August 17, 1926

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