Gerald Durrell
Writer
January 7, 1925 — January 30, 1995 (70 years)
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Gerald Malcolm Durrell, OBE (7 January 1925 – 30 January 1995) was a British naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author, and television presenter. He founded the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and the Jersey Zoo on the Channel Island of Jersey in 1959. His memoirs of his family's years living in Greece were adapted into the television series The Durrells, and he wrote a number of books about his life as an animal collector and enthusiast, the most famous being My Family and Other Animals. He was the youngest brother of novelist Lawrence Durrell.
Gerald Malcolm Durrell, OBE (7 January 1925 – 30 January 1995) was a British naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author, and television presenter. He founded the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and the Jersey Zoo on the Channel Island of Jersey in 1959. His memoirs of his family's years living in Greece were adapted into the television series The Durrells, and he wrote a number of books about his life as an animal collector and enthusiast, the most famous being My Family and Other Animals. He was the youngest brother of novelist Lawrence Durrell.
Filmography
| 2005 | My Family and Other Animals · as Novel |
| 1987 | |
| 1979 | Tarka the Otter · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1978 | The Talking Parcel · as Novel |
| 2019 | What the Durrells Did Next · as Himself (archive Footage) |
| 1987 | Going Live! · as Self |
| 1987 | The Dame Edna Experience · as Self |
| 1985 | Explorer · as Self |
| 1982 | Wogan · as Self |
| 1967 | The World About Us · as Self - Presenter |
| 1965 | Jackanory · as Self - Storyteller |
| 1963 | Telescope · as Self |
| 1962 | Animal Magic · as Self |
| 1955 | This is Your Life (UK) · as Self - Guest |
| 2016 | The Durrells · as Book |
| 1989 | Long Ago and Far Away · as Based On A Book By |
| 1973 | Playhouse · as Story |
| 1965 | Jackanory · as Story |