About Richard Gregson
Lived 1930 – 2019 (aged 89). Richard Gregson was a British screenwriter and film producer.
Richard John Gregson (5 May 1930 – 21 August 2019)
Gregson was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 33rd Academy Awards for his work on The Angry Silence with his elder brother, Michael Craig, and Bryan Forbes.
Among his clients were Joe Janni, John Schlesinger, and Alan Bates.
Personal life He was born in India to Violet Hanson, a granddaughter of Reginald Hanson, who was Lord Mayor of London from 1886 to 1887, and her second husband, Captain Donald Gregson, formerly of the 3rd Indian Cavalry. In 1933, his uncle, Charlie Hanson, drowned somewhat questionably in the River Thames.
Select credits The Angry Silence (1960) – co-writer Downhill Racer (1969) – producer
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Who was Richard Gregson?
British screenwriter and film producer (1930-2019)
When was Richard Gregson born?
Richard Gregson was born on 5 May 1930 in British Raj, Pune.
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Richard Gregson died on 21 August 2019 in Wales, Whitebrook.
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Richard Gregson was a screenwriter and film producer.
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Richard Gregson was British.
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