Dick Clement

For people with a similar name, see Richard Clement.

Dick Clement
Born	5 September 1937 (1937-09-05) Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England
Occupation	Screenwriter
Nationality	British
Period	1964–present
Genres	Television
Spouse(s)	Nancy Campbell Clement (1982–present)

Dick Clement, OBE (born 5 September 1937) is an English writer.

Born in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England, Clement was educated at Bishop's Stortford College and is best known for his writing partnership with Ian La Frenais. Generally, Clement and La Frenais write comedies, or dramas with a comic tone. They are known for television series including, The Likely Lads, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Porridge, Lovejoy and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.

They have also written various other works for TV and a number of films, including The Commitments (with Roddy Doyle), Goal!, Flushed Away, Across the Universe and The Bank Job. They also wrote film versions of some of their television successes, which Clement himself usually directed.

Both have been resident in the U.S. since the 1980s and have worked on such series as The Tracey Ullman Show, as well as uncredited script doctoring on films like Never Say Never Again, The Rock (1996) and Bad Boys 2. They also continue to write for British TV. Clement was awarded an OBE in the Queen's 2007 Birthday Honours list.

Writing Credits (with Ian La Frenais)

• The Likely Lads (TV, 1964–1966)
• Not Only... But Also (TV, 1965)
• The Further Adventures of Lucky Jim (TV, 1967)
• Mr. Aitch (TV, 1967)
• Vacant Lot (TV, 1967)
• Otley (1968)
• Hannibal Brooks (1968)
• Villain (1971)
• To Catch a Spy (1972)
• The Two Ronnies (TV, 1972)
• 7 of 1 (TV, 1973)
• Ha-Tarnegol (with Haim Hefer) (1973)
• Thick as Thieves (TV, 1974)
• Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (TV, 1972–1974)
• Porridge (TV series) (1974–1977)
• On the Rocks (TV, 1975–1976)
• Going Straight (TV, 1978)
• The Prisoner of Zenda (1979)
• Porridge (film) (US: Doing Time, 1979)
• The New Adventures of Lucky Jim (TV, 1982)
• Never Say Never Again (with Lorenzo Semple Jr., 1983, uncredited)
• Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (TV, 1983-2004)
• Sunset Limousine (with Wayne Kline, TV, 1983)
• Water (with Bill Persky, 1985)
• Vice Versa (1988)
• The Commitments (with Roddy Doyle, 1991)
• Tracey Ullman: A Class Act (TV, 1992)
• The Old Boy Network (TV, 1992)
• Tracey Ullman Takes On New York (TV, 1993)
• Full Stretch (TV, 1993)
• Lovejoy (TV, 1991-1994)
• Excess Baggage (with Max D. Adams, 1997)
• Still Crazy (1998)
• Tracey Takes On (TV, 1996-1999)
• Goal! The Dream Begins (2005)
• Flushed Away (with Christopher Lloyd, Joe Keenan and William Davies, 2006)
• Across the Universe (2007)
• The Bank Job (2008)
• Killing Bono (with Ben Bond, 2011)

External links

• Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais biography and credits at the British Film Institute's Screenonline
• Dick Clement at the Internet Movie Database