A Bit Between the Teeth

Michael Pertwee is one of today's foremost comedy writers. He is responsible for a number of Brian Rix successes, including She's Done It Again! and Don't Just Lie There Say Something! He wrote his first West End play, aged twenty-one, with Guy Beauchamp entitled Death on The Table which was presented at the Strand and in New York in 1938. Among other plays he wrote The Paragon with his father, Roland Pertwee. He wrote the book of the musical The Four Musketeers with Harry Secombe at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The French play, Birds o f Paradise, was adapted by him and enjoyed a successful run at the Garrick Theatre with Moira Lister in 1974. His films include Laughter in Paradise, The Naked Truth, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Strange Bedfellows and Salt and Pepper. He has written much for television and was the originator of British T.V.'s first "soap opera," The Grove Family.