Roy Clarke
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English comedy writer
Why Is Roy Clarke Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Royston Clarke is an English comedy writer best known for creating the sitcoms Last of the Summer Wine, Keeping Up Appearances, Open All Hours and its sequel series, Still Open All Hours. Early life Clarke was born in Austerfield in the West Riding of Yorkshire. His jobs before becoming a writer included a teacher, a policeman, a taxi driver and a salesman, in addition to being a soldier in the Royal Corps of Signals of the British Army.
