About Hugh Woodhouse
Lived 1934 – 2011 (aged 77). Hugh Woodhouse was a British screenwriter and scriptwriter.
Colin Hugh Kiaran Woodhouse (12 February 1934 – 29 August 2011) was a screenwriter and the younger brother of Martin Woodhouse, also a screenwriter. Together, they wrote 23 episodes of Supercar.
Woodhouse enrolled at St John's College, Cambridge, in 1954.
He co-wrote the BBC children's sitcom Leave It To Pastry (1960), the ITV sitcom Colonel Trumper's Private War (1961), and the comedy films Nearly a Nasty Accident (1961) and Dentist on the Job (1961).
In 2002, he became associated with Cubeword Games Limited, a Shaftesbury-based manufacturer of games and toys. He became a company director on 17 April, and on 7 May, Woodhouse became a secretary.
He died on 29 August 2011, which would have been his brother's 79th birthday.
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Who was Hugh Woodhouse?
British screenwriter (1934–2011)
When was Hugh Woodhouse born?
Hugh Woodhouse was born on 12 February 1934.
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Hugh Woodhouse died on 29 August 2011.
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Hugh Woodhouse was a screenwriter and scriptwriter.
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Hugh Woodhouse was British.
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