Jonathan Lynn

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Jonathan Lynn (born 3 April 1943 in Bath, Somerset, England) is an English film director, comedy writer and actor. He is known for directing comedy films like Nuns on the Run and My Cousin Vinny, and for earlier co-creating and co-writing the TV series Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister. Contents [show] Early life[edit]

Lynn was educated at Kingswood School, Bath, between 1954 and 1961, after which he studied Law at Pembroke College, Cambridge (where his uncle, Israeli statesman Abba Eban studied also). There he participated in the Cambridge University Footlights Club revue Cambridge Circus (appearing with the revue in 1964 on Broadway and on The Ed Sullivan Show).[1] Career[edit]

In 1967, he played Motel the tailor in the original West End production of Fiddler on the Roof (production recorded by CBS Records).[2] From the late 1960s, Lynn was appearing in and writing television sitcoms, including the television comedy series Twice a Fortnight with Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Tony Buffery.[3] He also played the Irish medical student Danny Hooley in the second series of the television comedy Doctor in the House in 1970 (Jonathan Lynn returned as Danny Hooley, for one episode of Doctor in Charge, "Should Auld Acquaintance be Forgot?", after Hooley had been working as a doctor). He also wrote some episodes for Doctor at Large, Doctor in Charge, Doctor at Sea and Doctor on the Go.[4] As an actor, his most memorable role was as Beryl's boyfriend Robert in early series of The Liver Birds.[5] As a writer[edit]

As a writer, in addition to episodes in the Doctor TV series, he worked on On the Buses and wrote for Harry Worth before eventually, in partnership with Antony Jay, writing Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister.[6] His later writing credits include the first two films he directed, Clue (1985) and Nuns on the Run (1990).[7] He is also known for his co-writing of the revived Yes, Prime Minister series produced by the BBC on Gold in 2013. As a director[edit]

Lynn has directed numerous films,[8] including: Clue (1985) Nuns on the Run (1990) My Cousin Vinny (1992) The Distinguished Gentleman (1992) Greedy (1994) Sgt. Bilko (1996) Trial and Error (1997) The Whole Nine Yards (2000) The Fighting Temptations (2003) Wild Target (2010) Lynn won praise for his direction of the stage version of Yes, Prime Minister (London, 2010).[9]