Ray Galton

Raymond Percy "Ray" Galton, OBE (17 July 1930 – 5 October 2018) was an English scriptwriter.

Ray Galton OBE
Born	Raymond Percy Galton (1930-07-17)17 July 1930 Paddington, London, England
Died	5 October 2018(2018-10-05) (aged 88) Paddington, London, England
Occupation	Scriptwriter
Nationality	British
Period	1954–1997
Genre	Television
Notable works	Hancock's Half Hour, Hancock (1954–1961) Comedy Playhouse (1961–63, 1974) Steptoe and Son (1962–74) Get Well Soon (1997).

Galton was best known for the Galton and Simpson comedy writing partnership with Alan Simpson. He, along with Simpson, wrote the BBC sitcom Steptoe and Son (1962–1974), Hancock's Half Hour (1954–1961) and Comedy Playhouse (1961–1975).^[1]

Galton died on 5 October 2018 at his Paddington, London home from dementia, aged 88.^[2]