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Keith Waterhouse

Career

Active from 1961 to 1999, with a break from 1989 to 1998, busiest in 1977 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.8 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Keith Waterhouse Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Scare
    0.7, average 2.6
  • Adrenaline
    2.9, average 4.8
  • Violence
    2.3, average 4.1
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.3, average 1.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Witty Dialogue 4
  • Character-Driven 4
  • British New Wave 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Social Realism 3
  • Nostalgic Charm 2
  • Working-Class Humor 2
  • Character-Driven Comedy 2
  • Classic British Drama 2
  • Dialogue-Driven 2
  • Anthology Series 2
  • Psychological Depth 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

15
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

2 titles · average score 82
Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell (1999)
GoodWatch score 82

Writer

Plunder
Plunder (1990)

TV show

1980s

2 titles
This Office Life
This Office Life (1984)

Writer, Novel

A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special (1980)

Writer

1970s

4 titles · average score 64
Charlie Muffin
Charlie Muffin (1979)
GoodWatch score 65

Writer

Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Saturday, Sunday, Monday (1978)

Writer

The South Bank Show
The South Bank Show (1978)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show

There Is a Happy Land
There Is a Happy Land (1974)

Writer

1960s

7 titles · average score 66
Lock Up Your Daughters
Lock Up Your Daughters (1969)
GoodWatch score 55

Screenplay

Pretty Polly
Pretty Polly (1967)
GoodWatch score 51

Writer

Man in the Middle
Man in the Middle (1964)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay

Billy Liar
Billy Liar (1963)
GoodWatch score 79

Theatre Play, Screenplay

West 11
West 11 (1963)
GoodWatch score 67

Writer

A Kind of Loving
A Kind of Loving (1962)
GoodWatch score 72

Screenplay

Whistle Down the Wind
Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
GoodWatch score 74

Screenplay