Anthony Read, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Anthony Read

British writer

Date of Birth: 21-Apr-1935

Place of Birth: United Kingdom

Date of Death: 21-Nov-2015

Profession: screenwriter, writer, historian

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Anthony "Tony" Read (21 April 1935 – 21 November 2015) was a British script editor, television writer and author.
He was principally active in British television from the 1960s to the mid-1980s, although he occasionally contributed to televised productions until 1999.
Beginning in the 1980s, he launched a second career as a print author, concentrating largely on World War II histories.
Since 2004 he regularly wrote prose fiction, mainly in the form of a revival of his television series The Baker Street Boys (1983).