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Alan Charles Langley Hackney (born 10 September 1924, Manchester – d. 15 May 2009, Hertfordshire) was an English novelist and screenwriter.〔(at Lasting Tribute site )〕 He was educated at Thornleigh College, Bolton, and while at Manchester University was called up to the army. After demobilisation he proceeded to New College, Oxford where he read Politics, Philosophy and Economics under the tutelage of Isaiah Berlin. He was best known for his two novels ''Private's Progress'' and ''Private Life'', which were both adapted into films, the former as ''Private's Progress'' (1956) and the latter as ''I'm All Right Jack'' (1959). Hackney also co-wrote the script of ''I'm All Right Jack'', which was a satire of trade unions. He was also a frequent contributor to ''Punch''. At around this time the British film industry collapsed and Hackney’s career was never to hit such heights again. A further two children meant that he had to travel to write and he had spells in Canada, Italy (with the RAI TV series ''K 2 +1'', directed by Luciano Emmer, starring the Kessler Sisters and Johnny Dorelli), and Hollywood as well as working for British television and continuing to contribute to ''Punch''. In recent years he worked with the composer Howard Blake on a musical version of ''I'm All Right Jack''. His best-remembered films are ''Two-Way Stretch'' (1960), starring Peter Sellers, and ''You Must Be Joking'' (1965), directed by Michael Winner.〔(Obituary at ''Times Online'' )〕 ==Family== His wife, Peggy, died in 1995. He later lived with the Canadian film producer Daisy de Bellefeuille, whom he nursed through a long illness until her death in 2006. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alan Hackney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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