Richard Harris

Writing

Richard Harris

Born 1934-01-01 · London, England, UK

Richard Harris is a British screenwriter and playwright, most active from the early 1960s to the mid-1990s. He wrote primarily for the crime and detective genres, having contributed episodes of series such as The Avengers, The Saint, The Sweeney, Armchair Mystery Theatre, and Target.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Stepping Out poster
5.9

A has-been Broadway performer gives tap lessons to a group of misfits who, through their dance classes, bond and realize what they can achieve.

Stepping Out

1991

Locker Sixty-Nine poster
NR

A shady business man has perpetrated a fraud that has resulted in the death of a large number of people. His business partner has evidence of the fraud and threatens the fraudster with exposure in the event of any further dishonest dealing. But when the fraudster suddenly receives death threats he decides to fake his own murder in a plan both to get his hands on the evidence.

Locker Sixty-Nine

1962

The Last Detective poster
NR

A disrespected but decent detective unravels a cold case about a missing seventeen year old girl while trying to deal with the breakup of his marriage.

The Last Detective

2003

Strongroom poster
6.6

During a bank robbery, the manager and a cashier are locked in the strongroom, while the crooks escape. Later, when the gang realise that their plan to release the pair has gone wrong, they return to the bank to try and release them before the police turn up.

Strongroom

1962

I Start Counting poster
6.5

An English schoolgirl suspects the foster brother she worships is a serial killer.

I Start Counting

1970

Orion's Belt poster
5.7

Live to tell the truth. What can one man do against the most lethal army on earth? Local fishermen/smugglers/tourist guides Tom, Lars and Sverre discover the Soviet Union aren't just mining for coal in the arctic archipelago of Svalbard. This is a secret too big for any of them, and soon they find themselves hunted down by Soviet forces and secret agents.

Orion's Belt

1985

No artwork available
NR

The uneasy relationship between elderly couple Thora Hird and Ron Moody and a cheerful stranger who moves in with them (Ronald Lacey). Written by Richard Harris (not the actor, but the future creator of Man in a Suitcase

Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!

1966

Dog Ends poster
NR

A middle-aged man is feeling the strain of looking after his elderly grandfather, who is demanding and needs a lot of medical treatment. Then a neighbour suggests a painless way to be rid of him. This black comedy is set in the future, where euthanasia is lawful and increasingly common, but it should still, ideally, be voluntary.

Dog Ends

1984

Christine poster
6.0

Dangerous investigates the arson murder of a former lotto winner who is burned to death while drunk in a locked room.

Christine

2004

Tricia poster
10.0

Davies discovers a link between three separate investigations - an armed robbery at a job centre, the disappearance of a pensioner and a routine house burglary.

Tricia

2003

Man Detained poster
6.0

A petty burglar sets a chain of events in motion when he steals some money that the owner doesn't want the authorities to know about.

Man Detained

1961

Outside Edge poster
8.0

The local social cricket team are up to bat and sometimes it seems they are one batsman short of of an eleven. There are good secrets and not so good secrets that come to light during the course of the day. Roger is the ultimate captain rallying his troops whilst ignoring his greatest strength, Miriam, who makes the 'fantastic' teas with or without the 'non-compulsory' help. The days builds to a climax where it seems that everything must change forever. But will it?

Outside Edge

1982

On the Run poster
NR

An ex-con escapes from jail to clear himself about a robbery charge

On the Run

1963

Attempt to Kill poster
NR

A wealthy business man fires one of his employees and becomes the victim of murder attempt. The fired man becomes the prime suspect, but it appears that he himself has been murdered.

Attempt to Kill

1961

How to Make a Bed poster
10.0

George, an aging elderly gentleman, finds himself in the middle of a mid-life crisis. An affair with a younger woman makes him blossom. However, his wife soon finds out what her husband is up to without her and takes this as license to have an affair with a younger man. Turbulent complications are the result, because everyone tries to keep everything a secret from the other. That can only go haywire.

How to Make a Bed

1981

The Main Chance poster
6.0

A wealthy young layabout tries to double cross the master-crook who has engaged him to do a job.

The Main Chance

1964

Is It Something I Said? poster
8.0

A businessman having a nervous breakdown checks in for one last night at a shabby hotel where he composes a suicide note. The hotel owner intervenes and the two men debate and argue the matter.

Is It Something I Said?

1974