David Croft
David Croft was a British playwright, television director, composer, screenwriter and actor (1922–2011). He was born in Sandbanks and died in Tavira.
Also recorded as David John Croft · David John Andrew Sharland · Major David John Croft OBE
David Croft
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- Full name
- David John Andrew Sharland.
- Born
- 1922. · Sandbanks.
- Died
- 2011. · Tavira.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- Occupation
- playwright, television director, composer, screenwriter, actor, film director and executive producer.
- Fields
- comedy.
- Education
- Rugby School, Royal Military College and Sandhurst.
- Honours
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
- Languages
- English.
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David Croft was a British playwright, television director, composer, screenwriter and actor (1922–2011). He was born in Sandbanks and died in Tavira.
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Croft worked between 1922 and 2011 across playwright, television director, composer, screenwriter and actor and 4 further recorded occupations. The registers place that work in comedy. This article rests on 7 published texts and 43 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.
David Croft is recorded with the occupation television director. Recorded with the occupation film actor. Classed in the genre comedy. Recorded as playwright, television director, composer, screenwriter and actor. Established in Bibliothèque nationale de France under 14066720z. Established in Library of Congress under no2004097965. Established in Discogs under 886416. Established in FAST under 1774431.
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1922
David Croft was born on 7 September 1922.
2011
Dies at Tavira.
2011
David Croft died on 27 September 2011.
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Sandbanks.
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Tavira.
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scholarly publication
- Croft, David [real name David John Sharland] (1922–2011), comedy writer, director, and producer, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2015
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2072654: David Croft
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Croft, David [real name David John Sharland] (1922–2011), comedy writer, director, and producer, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2015Crossref registry
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David Croft was recorded at birth as David John Andrew Sharland. The authorities additionally record the headings David John Croft, David John Andrew Sharland and Major David John Croft OBE. His recorded language was English. Connected to 2 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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