| Frank
Muir |
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| Nationality - English |
Profession - Author |
| Date of birth - 05 Feb 1920
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Date of death - 1998 |
| Place of birth
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Frank Muir was born in Kent on February 5, 1920. Best known as an English comedy writer, radio and television personality.
Muir joined the Royal Air Force during World War II and became a photographic technician, being posted to Iceland. While there he became involved with the forces own radio station.
began to write comedy for BBC Radio, soon forming a partnership with Denis Norden which was to last for most of his career. Muir and Norden became principal writers for Take It From Here, starring Jimmy Edwards. They created one of the most popular segments from the show, "The Glums". He and Norden continued to write for Edwards when he moved to television with the series Whack-O.
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Muir and Norden were also invited to appear on the newly-formed humorous literary radio quiz My Word!. A feature of the show was the final round, in which Muir and Norden would each tell a long-winded story inspired by a well-known phrase provided by the quizmaster and ending in a terrible pun on the phrase in question.
Frank Muir has written many books for children with his most popular being the 'What-a-Mess' books.
Frank Muir died on January 2, 1998. |
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