Willis Hall

Willis Hall
Willis Hall photographed by Lewis Morley in 1960.
Born	Willis Edward Hall (1929-04-06)6 April 1929 Hunslet, Leeds, England
Died	7 March 2005(2005-03-07) (aged 75) Ghyll Mews, Ilkley, England
Occupation(s)	Playwright, Screenwriter, Author
Notable work	The Long and the Short and the Tall (1959) Billy Liar (1960) Whistle Down the Wind (Screenplay) A Kind of Loving (1962) Budgie (TV) Worzel Gummidge (TV) Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure (1996)
Spouses	Kathleen May Cortens (m. 1954) Jill Bennett (m. 1962) Dorothy Kingsmill-Lunn (m. 1966) Valerie Shute (m. 1973)
Children	4 sons

Willis Edward Hall (6 April 1929 – 7 March 2005) was an English playwright and radio, television and film writer who drew on his working-class roots in Leeds for much of his writing. Willis formed an extremely prolific partnership with his life-long friend Keith Waterhouse producing over 250 works. He wrote plays such as Billy Liar, The Long and the Short and the Tall, and Celebration; the screenplays for Whistle Down the Wind, A Kind of Loving and Alfred Hitchcock's Torn Curtain; and television programmes including Budgie, Worzel Gummidge and Minder. His passion for musical theatre led to a string of hits, including Wind in the Willows, The Card, and George Stiles' and Anthony Drewe's Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure.