Keith (Spencer) Waterhouse
Born Leeds, Yorkshire, 6 February 1929.
Stage Plays
- Billy Liar, with Willis Hall, adaptation of the novel by Waterhouse (produced 1960)
- Celebration: The Wedding and The Funeral, with Willis Hall (produced 1961)
- England, Our England, with Willis Hall, music by Dudley Moore (produced 1962)
- Squat Betty, with Willis Hall (produced 1962)
- The Sponge Room, with Willis Hall (produced 1962)
- All Things Bright and Beautiful, with Willis Hall (produced 1962)
- Come Laughing Home, with Willis Hall (as They Called the Bastard
Stephen,
produced 1964; as Come Laughing Home, produced 1965) - Say Who You Are, with Willis Hall (produced 1965) as Help Stamp Out Marriage (produced 1966)
- Joey, Joey, with Willis Hall, music by Ron Moody (produced 1966)
- Whoops-a-Daisy, with Willis Hall (produced 1968)
- Children's Day, with Willis Hall (produced 1969)
- Who's Who, with Willis Hall (produced 1971)
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, with Willis Hall, adaptation of a play by Eduardo De Filippo (produced 1973)
- The Card, with Willis Hall, music and lyrics by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent, adaptation of the novel by Arnold Bennett (produced 1973)
- Filumena, with Willis Hall, adaptation of a play by Eduardo De Filippo (produced 1977)
- Worzel Gummidge (for children), with Willis Hall, music by Denis King, adaptation of stories by Barbara Euphan Todd (produced 1980)
- Steafel Variations (songs and sketches), with Peter Tinniswood and Dick Vosburgh (produced 1982).
- Lost Empires, with Willis Hall, music by Denis King, adaptation of the novel by J.B. Priestley (produced 1985)
- Mr. and Mrs. Nobody, adaptation of The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith (produced 1986)
- Budgie, with Willis Hall, music by Mort Shuman, lyrics by Don Black (produced 1988)
- Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell (produced 1989)
- Bookends, adaptation of The Marsh Marlowe Letters by Craig Brown (produced 1990)
- Our Song, adaptation of his novel (produced 1992).
Screenplays, with Willis Hall:
- Whistle Down the Wind, 1961
- The Valiant, 1962
- A Kind of Loving, 1963
- Billy Liar, 1963
- West Eleven, 1963
- Man in the Middle, 1963
- Pretty Polly (A Matter of Innocence), 1967
- Lock Up Your Daughters, 1969.
Radio Plays
- The Town That Wouldn't Vote, 1961
- There Is a Happy Land, 1962
- The Woolen Bank Forgeries, 1964
- The Last Phone-In, 1976
- The Big Broadcast of 1922, 1979.
Television Plays
- The Warmonger, 1970
- The Upchat Line series, 1977
- The Upchat Connection series, 1978
- Charlie Muffin, from novels by Brian Freemantle, 1979
- West End Tales series, 1981
- The Happy Apple series, from a play by Jack Pulman, 1983
- This Office Life, from his own novel, 1984
- Charters and Caldicott, 1985
- The Great Paper Chase, from the book Slip Up by Anthony Delano, 1988
- Andy Capp series, 1988;
- Happy Moorings, 1963 with Willis Hall
- How Many Angels, 1964
- Inside George Webley series, 1968
- Queenie's Castle series, 1970
- Budgie series, 1971-72
- The Upper Crusts series, 1973
- Three's Company series, 1973
- By Endeavour Alone, 1973
- Briefer Encounter, 1977
- Public Lives, 1979
- Worzel Gummidge series, from stories by Barbara Euphan Todd, 1979.
Novels
- There Is a Happy Land. 1957.
- Billy Liar. 1959.
- Jubb. 1963.
- The Bucket Shop. 1968; as Everything Must Go, 1969.
- Billy Liar on the Moon. 1975.
- Office Life. 1978.
- Maggie Muggins; or, Spring in Earl's Court. 1981.
- In the Mood. 1983.
- Thinks. 1984.
- Our Song. 1988.
- Bimbo. 1990.
- Unsweet Charity. 1992.
Other Publications
- The Café Royal: Ninety Years of Bohemia, with Guy Deghy. 1955.
- How to Avoid Matrimony: The Layman's Guide to the Laywoman, with Guy Deghy (as Herald Froy). 1957.
- Britain's Voice Abroad, with Paul Cave. 1957.
- The Future of Television. 1958.
- How to Survive Matrimony, with Guy Deghy (as Herald Froy). 1958.
- The Joneses: How to Keep Up with Them, with Guy Deghy (as Lee Gibb). 1959.
- Can This Be Love?, with Guy Deghy (as Herald Froy). 1960.
- Maybe You're Just Inferior: Head-Shrinking for Fun and Profit, with Guy Deghy (as Herald Froy). 1961.
- The Higher Jones, with Guy Deghy (as Lee Gibb). 1961.
- O Mistress Mine: or, How to Go Roaming, with Guy Deghy (as Herald Froy). 1962.
- The Passing of the Third-Floor Buck (Punch sketches). 1974.
- Mondays, Thursdays (Daily Mirror columns). 1976.
- Rhubarb, Rhubarb, and Other Noises (Daily Mirror columns). 1979.
- The Television Adventures [and More Television Adventures] of Worzel
- Gummidge (for children), with Willis Hall. 2 vols., 1979; complete edition, as Worzel Gummidge's Television Adventures, 1981.
- Worzel Gummidge at the Fair (for children), with Willis Hall. 1980.
- Worzel Gummidge Goes to the Seaside (for children), with Willis Hall. 1980.
- The Trials of Worzel Gummidge (for children), with Willis Hall. 1980.
- Worzel's Birthday (for children), with Willis Hall. 1981.
- New Television Adventures of Worzel Gummidge and Aunt Sally (for children), with Willis Hall. 1981.
- Daily Mirror Style. 1981; revised, edition as Waterhouse on Newspaper Style, 1989.
- Fanny Peculiar (Punch columns). 1983.
- Mrs. Footer's Diary. 1983.
- The Irish Adventures of Worzel Gummidge (for children), with Willis Hall. 1984.
- Waterhouse at Large (journalism). 1985.
- The Collected Letters of a Nobody (Including Mr. Footer's Advice to His Son). 1986.
- The Theory and Practice of Lunch. 1986.
- Worzel Gummidge Down Under (for children), with Willis Hall. 1987.
- The Theory and Practice of Travel. 1989.
- English Our English (and How to Sing It). 1991.
- Sharon and Tracy and the Rest: The Best of Keith Waterhouse in the Daily Mail. 1992.
- Editor, with Willis Hall, Writers' Theatre. 1967