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Ian La Frenais

Personal Information

Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birth DateJan 7, 1937 (89 years old)
Zodiac Sign♑Capricorn
Career Span1961 – Present (66 yrs)
Known Credits56 Titles
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Ian La Frenais

Total Works

56

33 movies • 23 shows

Avg Rating

6.7 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

Biography

No biography is currently available for Ian La Frenais.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Flushed Away
6.3
Flushed Away
2006•movie
Role: Screenplay
The Bank Job
6.9
The Bank Job
2008•movie
Role: Screenplay
Across the Universe
7.1
Role: Screenplay
Goal!
6.8
Goal!
2005•movie
Role: Screenplay

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Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 56 titles featuring Ian La Frenais

Flushed Away
6.3
Flushed Away
2006•movie

Role: Screenplay

The Bank Job
6.9
The Bank Job
2008•movie

Role: Screenplay

Across the Universe
7.1

Role: Screenplay

Goal!
6.8
Goal!
2005•movie

Role: Screenplay

The Commitments
7.3
The Commitments
1991•movie

Role: Screenplay

Saturday Night Live
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975•series

Role: Writer

Vice Versa
5.8
Vice Versa
1988•movie

Role: Writer

Still Crazy
6.9
Still Crazy
1998•movie

Role: Writer

Killing Bono
6.2
Killing Bono
2011•movie

Role: Screenplay

Archangel
6.3
Archangel
2005•series

Role: Writer

My Generation
7.0
My Generation
2017•movie

Role: Writer

Porridge
8.2
Porridge
1974•series

Role: Writer

Lovejoy
7.4
Lovejoy
1986•series

Role: Writer

Villain
6.1
Villain
1971•movie

Role: Screenplay

The Prisoner of Zenda
5.7

Role: Screenplay

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
7.9

Role: Writer

Hannibal Brooks
6.4
Hannibal Brooks
1969•movie

Role: Screenplay

Porridge
6.7
Porridge
1979•movie

Role: Writer

Spies of Warsaw
6.6
Spies of Warsaw
2013•series

Role: Writer

Water
6.1
Water
1985•movie

Role: Producer

Otley
6.3
Otley
1969•movie

Role: Screenplay

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
7.7

Role: Writer

The Likely Lads
6.3
The Likely Lads
1976•movie

Role: Writer

The Jokers
6.2
The Jokers
1967•movie

Role: Screenplay

Catch Me a Spy
5.0
Catch Me a Spy
1971•movie

Role: Screenplay

Bullshot
5.8
Bullshot
1983•movie

Role: Producer

Going Straight
7.7
Going Straight
1978•series

Role: Writer

The Virgin Soldiers
6.8

Role: Writer

The Likely Lads
7.3
The Likely Lads
1964•series

Role: Writer

Percy's Progress
4.0
Percy's Progress
1974•movie

Role: Additional Dialogue

A Severed Head
5.2
A Severed Head
1971•movie

Role: Other

An Accidental Studio
6.4

as Self

Omnibus
7.2
1 eps
Omnibus
1967•series

as Self

Wogan
5.6
1 eps
Wogan
1982•series

as Self

Sunset Limousine
4.5
Sunset Limousine
1983•movie

Role: Writer

The South Bank Show
5.6
1 eps
The South Bank Show
1978•series

as Self

To Russia... with Elton
6.8

Role: Director

The Touchables
3.8
The Touchables
1968•movie

Role: Screenplay

Seven of One
7.3
Seven of One
1973•series

Role: Writer

Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
7.8

as Self

Honest
3.0
Honest
2000•movie

Role: Writer

Thick as Thieves
7.5
Thick as Thieves
1974•series

Role: Writer

Spender
7.2
Spender
1991•series

Role: Creator

Joe & David's Magical Sitcom Tour
8.3
1 eps

as Self

Astronauts
7.0
Astronauts
1981•series

Role: Script Editor

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
5.7

as Self

Remembers…
7.5
1 eps
Remembers…
2022•series

as Self

Comedy Playhouse
6.0
Comedy Playhouse
1961•series

Role: Writer

Three Piece Suite
5.5
Three Piece Suite
1977•series

Role: Writer

The Commitments - Looking Back
8.0

as Self

Legends
5.0
1 eps
Legends
2006•series

as Self

Porridge: The Desperate Hours
9.0

Role: Writer

Porridge: No Way Out
10.0

Role: Writer

Porridge
5.0
Porridge
2016•movie

Role: Writer

The Rotters' Club
8.0
The Rotters' Club
2005•series

Role: Adaptation

The Best of Ronnie Barker

Role: Writer