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Jack Rosenthal
Writer, Producer, Additional Credits
Born September 8, 1931Died May 29, 2004 (72 years)
Jack Morris Rosenthal was an English playwright, who wrote 129 early episodes of the ITV soap opera Coronation Street and over 150 screenplays, including original TV plays, feature films, and adaptations.
A street in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester is named after him, appropriately next to a centre of contemporary art, theatre and film that opened in 2015, HOME.
A street in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester is named after him, appropriately next to a centre of contemporary art, theatre and film that opened in 2015, HOME.
Known For
Jack Rosenthal Filmography
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | |
| 1999 | |
| 1997 | Cold Enough for Snow · as Screenplay |
| 1996 | |
| 1993 | |
| 1989 | |
| 1986 | |
| 1985 | Screen One (TV Series) · as Screenplay |
| 1985 | |
| 1984 | |
| 1983 | Yentl · as Screenplay |
| 1982 | |
| 1980 | The Lucky Star · as Screenplay |
| 1979 | |
| 1977 | |
| 1976 | |
| 1976 | |
| 1976 | The Duchess of Duke Street (TV Series) |
| 1975 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Pardon the Expression (TV Series) |
| 1962 | That Was the Week That Was (TV Series) |
| 1961 | Comedy Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) |
| 2003 | Lucky Jim · as Associate Producer |
| 1981 | Continental Divide · as Associate Producer |
| 1970 | The Lovers (TV Series) |
| 1960 | Coronation Street (TV Series) |
| 1997 | Funny Women (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Moving Story (TV Series) · as Written By |
| 1988 | London's Burning (TV Series) · as Based On The Film By |
| 1984 | Arthur's Hallowed Ground · as Script Editor |
| 1983 | Those Glory Glory Days · as Script Editor |
| 1983 | Secrets · as Script Editor |
| 1983 | Forever Young · as Script Editor |
| 1982 | Experience Preferred... But Not Essential · as Story |
| 1970 | The Lovers (TV Series) · as Created By |
| 1960 | Coronation Street (TV Series) · as Written By |
| 1960 | Bootsie and Snudge (TV Series) · as Written By |





















