Joseph Edward Harold Terry (1885–1939) was an English novelist, playwright, actor and critic who was born in York.
He was a nephew of the actor Eille Norwood.
and a grandson of Sir Joseph Terry.
and became famous for writing two of the longest running plays of the First World War era, The Man Who Stayed at Home (1914) and General Post (1917), which both ran for more than 500 performances.