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Ted Lewis (15 January 1940 – 27 March 1982) [1] was a British writer known for his crime fiction. Early life. Alfred Edward Lewis was born in Stretford, Manchester and was an only child. In 1946, the family moved to Barton-upon-Humber in Lincolnshire. As a child, Lewis contracted rheumatic fever and spent almost a year away from school in bed rest.
Jan 21, 2018 · (photo by ted lewis on set of get carter (1971)) When he died in 1982 at the age of 42, the novelist Ted Lewis had achieved some success in “that London” but now lived with his mother in his north Lincolnshire home town of Barton-upon-Humber.
- Benjamin Myers
When visiting the centre admire the wonderful local sketches and fine art that propelled him to manage animation on The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine, wander through where Ted worked, see the dark places he wrote about and hear his jazz.
Conductor, author, clarinetist and singer Ted Lewis (Theodore Leopold Friedman) was a bandleader in vaudeville, films and in nightclubs since 1910, and made many records.
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- August 25, 1971
A fresh biographical sketch about bandleader Ted Lewis, written by music librarian Christopher Popa. The big bands are back in a new and exciting way!
Oct 21, 2017 · Written by Nick Triplow — Meticulous and thorough detective work is at the heart of this compelling and detailed biography of Ted Lewis, the Humberside author of nine novels, who was a huge influence on Brit Noir and remains so for leading names in crime fiction today.
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We got two weeks booking at Hammerstein’s Victoria, which was one of the best places in the country. On that bill of Hammerstein’s that I was on was the late Will Rogers, who was a very dear friend of mine, Ada Overton Walker who was the wife of the famous Williams and Walker were together.
