Dick Clement

Dick Clement

1937-09-05 Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK 33 Credits

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Dick Clement, OBE (born 5 September 1937) is an English writer. Born in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England, Clement was educated at Bishop's Stortford College and is best known for his writing partnership with Ian La Frenais. Generally, Clement and La Frenais write comedies, or dramas with a comic tone. They are known for television series including, The Likely Lads, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Porridge, Lovejoy and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. They h...

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An Accidental Studio

An Accidental Studio

2019

as Self

6.4
Acting

Charts the early years of HandMade Films seen through the eyes of the filmmakers, key personnel, and the man who started it all: former Beatle George ...

My Generation

My Generation

2017

Writer, Producer

7.1
Writing Producing

The vivid and inspiring story of British film icon Michael Caine's personal journey through 1960s swinging London.

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches

2016

as Self

Acting

This documentary showcases a number of new clips which have recently come to light from sketches which were thought to have been lost forever, some no...

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

2016

as Self

5.7
Acting

Documentary celebrating the British sitcom and taking a look at the social and political context from which our favourite sitcoms grew. We enjoy a tri...

Killing Bono

Killing Bono

2011

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

The true story of Neil and Ivan McCormick, two Irish brothers who attempt to become rock stars but can only look on as their high school friends U2 be...

Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation

Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation

2008

as Self

7.8
Acting

A documentary about the legendary and influential comedian, actor and writer, who went out from the BBC to conquer Hollywood, but sadly the system qui...

The Bank Job

The Bank Job

2008

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

Terry is a small-time car dealer trying to leave his shady past behind and start a family. Martine is a beautiful model from Terry's old neighbourhood...

Across the Universe

Across the Universe

2007

Screenplay

7.1
Writing

When young dockworker Jude leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in the United States, he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shapi...

Flushed Away

Flushed Away

2006

Screenplay, Story

6.3
Writing

London high-society mouse, Roddy is flushed down the toilet by Sid, a common sewer rat. Hang on for a madcap adventure deep in the sewer bowels of Rat...

Goal!

Goal!

2005

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

Like millions of kids around the world, Santiago harbors the dream of being a professional footballer... However, living in the Barrios section of Los...

The Commitments - Looking Back

The Commitments - Looking Back

2004

as Self

Acting

Documentary about the 1991 film

Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe

Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe

2002

as Self

Acting

TV documentary tracing the life of the comedian and satirist from his school days, through the Cambridge Footlights, to Beyond the Fringe and his part...

Honest

Honest

2000

Writer, Executive Producer

1.7
Writing Producing

In 1960s London, sisters Gerry, Mandy and Jo don male disguises and rob jewelry stores. Gerry also takes a job at a hip magazine in order to scope out...

Still Crazy

Still Crazy

1998

Writer, Executive Producer

6.7
Writing Producing

In the 1970s, Strange Fruit were it. They lived the rock lifestyle to the max, groupies, drugs, internal tension and an ex front man dead from an over...

The Commitments

The Commitments

1991

Screenplay, Co-Producer

7.3
Writing Producing

Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First h...

Vice Versa

Vice Versa

1988

Writer, Producer

5.8
Writing Producing

A mysterious oriental skull transforms a father into his son, and vice versa.

Water

Water

1985

Director, Writer

5.9
Directing Writing

The British governor of a tiny island nation in the Caribbean Commonwealth finds his idyllic existence thrown into chaos when an American drilling com...

Bullshot

Bullshot

1983

Director

5.5
Directing

The dashing Captain Hugh "Bullshot" Crummond - WWI ace fighter pilot, Olympic athlete, racing driver, part-time sleuth and all round spiffing chap - m...

Sunset Limousine

Sunset Limousine

1983

Writer

4.0
Writing

Alan O'Black is a comic who wants to hit it big. But his endless attempts at stardom have worn down his relationship with his ex-girlfriend, Julie. Th...

Anyone for Denis

Anyone for Denis

1982

Director

Directing

Anyone for Denis? is a British video-taped television version of the stage play of the same name broadcast by the ITV network on 28 December 1982. The...

The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda

1979

Screenplay

5.6
Writing

Anthony Hope's classic tale gets a decidedly 'un-classic' treatment at the hands of Peter Sellers. Following the story somewhat, friends of the new Ki...

Porridge

Porridge

1979

Director, Writer

6.7
Directing Writing

Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher. The new prison officer, Beale, makes MacKay look soft and what's more, an es...

To Russia... with Elton

To Russia... with Elton

1979

Director, Writer, Producer

6.4
Directing Writing Producing

Footage of a concert given in Moscow, Russia, by rock singer Elton John.

Porridge: The Desperate Hours

Porridge: The Desperate Hours

1976

Writer

Writing

Fletcher and Godber are in trouble for brewing liquor in the lead-up to Christmas, but are caught up in a hostage situation in the Governor's office.

The Likely Lads

The Likely Lads

1976

Writer

6.1
Writing

With the destruction of their previous neighbourhood has inevitably come the destruction of the lads’ favoured watering hole The Fat Ox. Again, it’s B...

Porridge: No Way Out

Porridge: No Way Out

1975

Writer

Writing

Fletcher discovers that his fellow inmates are planning to escape.

Catch Me a Spy

Catch Me a Spy

1971

Director, Writer

4.6
Directing Writing

While on vacation, a woman's husband is taken by the Russian government. After one attempt fails, she begins looking for a suitable spy to capture and...

Villain

Villain

1971

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

In 1970s London, Scotland Yard orchestrates the downfall of mob boss Vic Dakin after he crosses the line by blackmailing Members of Parliament.

Ha-Tarnegol

Ha-Tarnegol

1971

Script

7.0
A Severed Head

A Severed Head

1971

Director

5.3
Directing

Antonia Lynch-Gibbon, wife of upper-crust wine dealer Martin, falls in love with her husband's best friend, noted psychiatrist Palmer Anderson. While ...

Otley

Otley

1969

Director, Screenplay

6.2
Directing Writing

A petty crook finds himself mistaken for a murderer and a secret agent.

Hannibal Brooks

Hannibal Brooks

1969

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

A POW in World War II is put to work in a Munich zoo, looking after an Asian elephant. The zoo is bombed by the Americans and the director of the zoo ...

The Jokers

The Jokers

1967

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

Brothers Michael and David Tremayne decide to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London, not for criminal purposes, but to make themselves famou...