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Jonathan Lynn

  • Born: Apr 03, 1943 in Bath, England
  • Occupation: Director, Writer, Actor
  • Active: '70s-2000s
  • Major Genres: Comedy
  • Career Highlights: My Cousin Vinny, The Whole Nine Yards, Clue
  • First Major Screen Credit: The Internecine Project (1973)

Biography

Jonathan Lynn is better known as a stage, screen, and television director than as an actor. Following his education at Pembroke, Lynn joined the Cambridge Circus satirical revue in the mid-'60s. This led the comic actor to appear on-stage in London and New York. He also occasionally showed up on British television. Lynn became a theater director on the West End and for the Royal Shakespeare Company in the early '70s. He also sometimes worked on Broadway. In 1974, he penned his first screenplay, The Internecine Project. He directed his first feature-length film, Clue, in 1985. Featuring an all-star cast, this mystery-spoof was most memorable for having three separate endings. In the mid-'80s, Lynn earned acclaim for creating the popular British television comedy series Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister (1980 and 1984 respectively). The feature films Lynn directed were primarily comedies and of average or slightly better quality, though he did have a major hit with My Cousin Vinny (1994). ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

 
 
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Jonathan Lynn
Born: 3 April 1943 (1943--) (age 64)
Flag of England Bath, Somerset, England
Occupation
Actor, writer, comedian, film director
Career milestones
Twice a Fortnight (1967)
The Liver Birds (1969-1978)
Doctor in the House (1969-1970)
milestone — as co-writer
Yes Minister (1980-1984) and
Yes, Prime Minister (1986-1988)

Jonathan Lynn (born April 3, 1943) is an English actor, comedy writer, and director.

Born in Bath, England, Lynn was educated at Kingswood School, Bath (1954-1961) after which he studied Law at Pembroke College, Cambridge (where his uncle, Israeli statesman Abba Eban studied also), where he participated in the Cambridge University Footlights Club revue Cambridge Circus (appearing with the revue on Broadway and on The Ed Sullivan Show, in 1964).

From the late 1960s, Jonathan Lynn was appearing in and writing television sitcoms, including the television comedy series Twice a Fortnight with Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Tony Buffery.

He also had a regular role as an Irish medical student named "Danny Hooley" in the television comedy series Doctor in the House (Jonathan Lynn returned as "Danny Hooley", for one episode of "Doctor in Charge", Should Auld Acquaintance be Forgot?, after "Hooley" had been working as a doctor). He also wrote some of the episodes for the series (for "Doctor at Large", "Doctor in Charge", "Doctor at Sea" and "Doctor on the Go").

As an actor, his most memorable role was as Beryl's boyfriend Johnny in early series of The Liver Birds. As a writer, he worked on On the Buses and wrote for Harry Worth before hitting the big time, in partnership with Antony Jay, as writer of the Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister series.

He has directed films including

Further reading

  • Wilmut, Roger (1980). From Fringe to Flying Circus: Celebrating a Unique Generation of Comedy. Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-413-50770-9. 
  • Hewison, Robert (1983). Footlights!: A hundred years of Cambridge comedy. Methuen London. ISBN 978-0-413-51150-8. 

External links


Twice a Fortnight
Graeme Garden — Terry Jones — Jonathan Lynn — Bill Oddie — Michael Palin

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