Ray Galton

Ray Galton, OBE (17 July 1930 – 5 October 2018) English comedy scriptwriter. He formed a writing partnership with Alan Simpson (2), known professionally as Ray Galton & Alan Simpson. Together they devised and wrote Hancock's Half Hour (1954–1961), the first two series of Comedy Playhouse (1961–1963), and Steptoe and Son (1962–1974).