Ted Willis, Baron Willis

Edward Henry Willis, Baron Willis (13 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 1914 - 22 ga watan Disamba shekara ta 1992) marubuci wasan kwaikwayo ne na Ingila, marubuci kuma marubucin allo wanda kuma ya kasance mai aiki a siyasa don tallafawa Jam'iyyar Labour .  Ya kirkiro jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin da yawa, gami da wasan kwaikwayo na 'yan sanda na dogon lokaci Dixon na Dock Green .

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An haifi Ted Willis a 55 Stanley Road Harringay, Middlesex,  yaro na uku kuma ɗan na biyu na Alfred John Henry Willis (1882-1957), mai wanke bas wanda daga baya ya zama direban bas, da Maria Harriet, née Meek . Ya tuna cewa lokacin da ya bar makaranta yana da shekaru goma sha huɗu: "Ina da 'tambayar aiki' na biyu tare da Shugaban makarantar. Ya tambaye ni abin da nake so in yi don nan gaba kuma na gaya masa cewa na yi niyyar zama marubuci. Amsarsa ta kasance mai banƙyama sannan ta biyo bayan wannan magana: 'Ba za ku taɓa yin marubuci a cikin shekaru ɗari ba. Ba ku da tunanin shi ko kuma hankali. Ku tafi ku koyi da kyau.'"

An zabi Willis a matsayin Shugaban Kungiyar Matasa ta Labour a matsayin dan takarar hagu a 1937. A shekara ta 1939, tare da yawancin jagorancin League of Youth, ya shiga kungiyar Young Communist League, reshen matasa na Jam'iyyar Kwaminis ta Burtaniya. A shekara ta 1941 ya zama Babban Sakatare na Ƙungiyar Kwaminisanci ta Matasa. Ya kasance mai sukar wasan kwaikwayo ga Daily Worker . 

Willis ya shiga cikin Royal Fusiliers a shekarar 1939, daga baya ya yi aiki a rundunar sojoji ta Kinematograph Service .   Sau da yawa yana magana a tarurruka a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu don nuna goyon bayan buɗe fagen daga na biyu, domin taimakawa rundunar sojojin ja, wadda ke fama da mummunan harin Nazi.

Sha'awarsa ga wasan kwaikwayo ta fara bayyana a cikin wasannin kwaikwayo da ya rubuta wa Unity Theatre, wanda ke cikin wani tsohon chapel kusa da St Pancras, a lokacin yaƙin . Ya fi shahara da rubuta shirin talabijin na Dixon na Dock Green, bisa ga labaran Gordon Snashall, wani ɗan sanda na gida a Chislehurst wanda yake tare da shi amintattu; shirin ya shafe sama da shekaru ashirin. Ya kasance Shugaban Ƙungiyar Marubuta ta Burtaniya daga 1958 zuwa 1964. Willis ya ƙirƙiri wasu shirye-shiryen talabijin na Burtaniya kamar Virgin of the Secret Service, The Adventures of Black Beauty, Sergeant Cork da Mrs Thursday .
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1914