Alan J.W. Bell
Personal Info
Known For Director
Gender Male
Birthday 1937-11-14
Deathday 2023-10-19 (85 years old)
Place of Birth Battersea, London, England, UK
Also Known As Alan Bell
Alan J.W. Bell
Biography
Alan James William Bell was a British television producer and director. He was born in Battersea, London. He has produced or directed many BBC series since the early 1970s, most notably Last of the Summer Wine, Ripping Yarns and the TV adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Known For
Director
2004
The Best Of Spike Milligan
as Director
1999
Lost for Words
as Director
1989
Peter Cushing: A One Way Ticket to Hollywood
as Director
1988
The Beiderbecke Connection
as Director
1988
Wyatt's Watchdogs
as Director
1984
The Hello Goodbye Man
as Director
1983
Gaskin
as Director
1983
Getting Sam Home
as Director
1982
There's A Lot Of It About
as Director
1981
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
as Director
1981
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Director
1976
Ripping Yarns
as Director
1973
Last of the Summer Wine
as Director
Producer
2004
The Best Of Spike Milligan
as Producer
1983
Getting Sam Home
as Producer
1971
BBC In Concert
as Production Assistant
Actor
2022
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
as Self (archive)
1973
Last of the Summer Wine
as Himself
Creator
1988
Wyatt's Watchdogs
as Creator