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- 34 Richie was born on 7 May 2001 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Taliban Richie: Creep (2020), 34 Richie: Splurge (2021) and 34 Richie: 6:34 PM Freestyle (2021). He died on 5 November 2022 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
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A. George Smith was born on 31 July 1875 in Foulsham, Norfolk, England, UK. He was a producer and actor, known for The Feathered Serpent (1934), Easy Riches (1938) and When the Devil Was Well (1937). He was married to Pauline Peters. He died on 30 March 1957 in Johannesburg, South Africa.- Adam Verney was born on 26 August 1944 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Doctor Who (1963), Redcap (1964) and The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder (1969).
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Adrian Vale was born on 5 May 1928 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK. He was a writer, known for ITV Television Playhouse (1955), A HAon is a HAon Sin a HAon (1968) and Inquiry at Lisieux (1963). He was married to Angela Vale. He died on 14 July 2000 in Waltham Forest, London, England, UK.- Aeron Mack was born on 15 March 1965 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. She is an actress, known for Hansel & Gretel (1977).
- Alan Hunter was born on 25 June 1922 in Hoveton St John, Norfolk, England, UK. Alan was a writer, known for Inspector George Gently (2007). Alan was married to Adelaide Cooper. Alan died on 26 February 2005 in Brundall, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Alan Williams was born on 4 November 1969 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
- Alf Kirchen was born on 26 April 1913 in Shouldham, Norfolk, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939). He died on 18 August 1999 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.
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Alfred Hart Miles was born on 3 November 1883 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Alfred Hart died on 3 October 1956 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.- Aline was born in Norfolk, Nebraska to John and Susan Skogstoe. She has an older brother, Martin, and a niece, Adeline. She attended St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota and graduated in 2010 with a B.A. in music. During her time at St. Olaf College she performed with the St. Olaf Choir for three years and toured around the world with this choral ensemble. She returned to Norfolk after graduation and became involved in the local community theater. Her favorite role with NCT was Mrs. Lovett in "Sweeney Todd".
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Allan Glaser is a producer know for the feature films Lust in the Dust, Tab Hunter Confidential, and Tab & Tony.
Glaser was born and raised in Norfolk, VA and attended University of Southern California. While at USC, Glaser was employed at 20th Century Fox, where he ultimately became Director of Acquisitions of feature films.
While in that position he met Tab Hunter. The two formed Fox Run Productions and produced Lust in the Dust, starring Hunter, Divine, and Lainie Kazan. Released in 1985, the film was a hit and landed Glaser a production deal at 20th Century Fox.
Glaser's next film, Dark Horse, was based on a story by Tab Hunter. It starred Mimi Rogers and Ed Begley, Jr., and premiered at Cannes Film Festival.
Glaser convinced Hunter to write his autobiography, which became a New York Times best-seller. They then turned the book into the critically-acclaimed documentary of the same name, Tab Hunter Confidential, which premiered at SXSW 2015 before enjoying a successful run in theaters and then on Netflix.
Between his feature film work, Glaser worked as a production executive for several major studios.
Allan and Tab were life partners from 1983 until 2013, when they married, and then spouses until Hunter's death in 2018.- Actor
Allen Gettel was born on 17 September 1917 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He was an actor. He died on 8 April 2005 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.- Actor
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Originally from Virginia Beach, VA, Alscott is a screenwriter, producer and co-founder of ALCHEMIST Films, a production company based in Los Angeles, CA. After spending almost a decade working in education, his focus shifted to screenwriting, later expanding to producing and video editing. His passion to create stories that tell vivid, authentic and imaginative stories of people from underrepresented backgrounds has driven his work. His production career began in 2014, when he created and executive produced the podcast, 'The Boyz', one of the first Black LGBTQ+ podcasts. Since then, he has written and produced two short films, 'Risk' and 'Everything's Fine', with 'Risk' placing as a semi-finalist at NewFest Alscott served as editor and director of photography on Donja Love's digital series, 'i need space', director of photography and producer on the upcoming digital series, 'Not Looking' and co-creator and executive producer on the digital series, 'Transplants' which serves as ALCHEMIST's first offering. He is committed to amplifying the voices of Black and LGBTQ+ storytellers, networking across with his peers as he continues the important work of sharing our stories.- Alyson Shaffer was born on 17 December 1894 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. She was an editor, known for The Man I Love (1929), The Legion of the Condemned (1928) and The River of Romance (1929). She died in June 1974 in Bronx, New York, USA.
- Amanda Fahy was born on 20 April 1985 in Norfolk, Hertfordshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Ahead of the Class (2005), Grange Hill (1978) and The Bill (1984).
- Amos Lawrence was born on 9 January 1958 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
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Amy Eglen was born on 25 July 1993 in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, UK. Amy is a director, known for No Time to Die (2021), Meg 2: The Trench (2023) and The Aeronauts (2019).- Art Department
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Amy Sutton was born on 25 September 1986 in Norfolk, England, UK. She is known for Patient 17 (2011), The Midnight Beast (2012) and Britain Today Tonight (2017).- Andrew Lees was born on 8 June 1949 in Norfolk, England, UK. He died in December 1994 in Madagascar.
- Andy Adam was born on 9 May 1985 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK. He is an actor, known for I'm Still Here (2013), The Darksiders (2010) and Mourning's Landing (2015).
- Angela Sullivan was born on 9 October 1981 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. She is an actress, known for Shadowhunters (2004) and Skeleton Key (2006).
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Born in Norfolk, Virginia Angelina was raised in a culturally diverse household. Her father, an Italian American and her mother, a first generation Turk.
As a result of her father's extensive military career, she was fortunate enough to start traveling at a very early age. Living in Virginia, New Jersey as well as a 2-year tour in Japan provided Angelina with the perfect introduction to regional cultures and cuisines.
Angelina spent most of her school years growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada. After graduating, she moved with her family to Cyprus, Turkey. It was there that she learned to appreciate the complexity of the Mediterranean lifestyle. She absorbed with enthusiasm what is was like to walk in the footsteps of history. A deep appreciation for life began to grow.
When Angelina returned from overseas, she took a small detour in her 20's to wrestle for a show filming at the Rivera Hotel. The show was called" G.L.O.W. - Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling". Her characters name was "Little Egypt". Angelina had no idea the show would become iconic. During its 4 year run in the United States, it pulled in over 6 million viewers a week. It then went into global syndication and continued to pick up fans over the next 10 years.
Little Egypt along with the other original G.L.O.W girls have become legends in female wrestling and Angelina was only one of five female wrestlers in the industry to be honored at the first ever "Tribute to Women in Wrestling" in 2015 along with Trish Stratus, Amy Dumas, Lisa Moretti, Lisa Varon and Terri Runnels.
Smashing Pumpkins, lead singer, Billy Corgan released his song in September of 2008, titled G.L.O.W, dedicated to the show.
Angelina was asked to co-star in the Smashing Pumpkins short film and music video called "Owata" where she played herself as a wrestling Booker.
With the popularity of Youtube, the show and her work have continued to grow a huge cult following.
Netflix and the executive producers of "Orange is the New Black" are filming their 3rd season of the Emmy award winning show "GLOW" based on the documentary "GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling" in which she produced and starred. The documentary went on to receive several awards including Best Documentary at the San Diego Comic Con, 2012.
In January of 2018, Angelina was asked by ABC's "The Bachelor" to train the bachelorettes in season 22 Episode 3 for a GLOW inspired challenge called G.L.O.B.
In January of 2019 Angelina will be a special guest star for the all new season of "WOW Superheros", airing on AxsTV. She will be giving viewers a behind the scenes look at the making of the show and the personality of the wrestlers.
Angelina continues to stay active in the wrestling community, appearing on several talk radio shows, as well as hosting her own podcast on Afterbuzz TV for the award winning "GLOW- Netflix" series and regularly has cast members on to give an insiders look on the making of.
As the most sought after spokesperson of the "Original GLOW Girls", she continues to be recognized for her achievements in preserving the GLOW brand which led to the current Netflix series.
Angelina is also a professional speaker and mentor and enjoys giving back to the wrestling community.
Residing in Laguna Beach, California, Angelina enjoys traveling around the United States and Europe in search of inspirational cultures. She has written over 300 recipes that were influenced by those travels.
Angelina embraces everyday of her life with found memories and opportunities to grow and share.- Actress
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Ann Wehrer was born on 12 October 1929 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. She was an actress, known for Bike Boy (1967) and Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally (1972). She died on 22 March 2007 in San Francisco, California, USA.- Anna Sewell was born on 20 March 1820 in Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK. She was a writer, known for Black Beauty (1994), Black Beauty (1933) and Your Obedient Servant (1917). She died on 25 April 1878 in Old Catton, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Antony Sendall was born on 1 July 1961 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Man Who Married Himself (2010).
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Archie Savage made a vital contribution to African-American Dance in the United States. Born in Norfolk, Virginia and raised in New York's Harlem. Archie's first introduction to the world of modern dance came when he joined the "Hemsley Winfield's Dance Troupe" in the 1930's. In 1939, Archie joined the "Katherine Dunham Dance Troupe" and later was a part of a nation wide stage production of "Cabin in the Sky".
He became Ms. Dunham's dance partner and also helped created what is known as the "Afro/Cuban" dance form. He has appeared in 23 films here and abroad and 6 Broadway stage Productions including the original South Pacific.
Archie was a pioneer of the African-American Dance History. His legacy will live on and he will always be remembered for the contribution he made to the world of dance. Archie was 88 years old.- Writer
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Arthur Bryant was born on 18 February 1899 in Dersingham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Rheingold Theatre (1953), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and Colonel Blood (1934). He died on 2 January 1985 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK.- Additional Crew
B.J. Murphy is a writer, author, futurist, poet, and activist. He has done work as a Tech. Adviser for short films and television, is an Ambassador for both the A.I. company Persona and robotics company BodAi, and is a co-author of 'The Future of Business: Critical Insights Into a Rapidly Changing World From 60 Future Thinkers', '50:50 - Scenarios for the Next 50 Years', and 'The Future of AI in Business: Unlocking Human Potential'.
B.J. Murphy has been quoted and interviewed on Psychology Today, VICE Motherboard, the Huffington Post, Russia Today, Al Jazeera, and the Future of Sex. He has attended several podcasts, from Greg Stevens, Future Grind, and The Future Now Show, and has published several articles on Serious Wonder, the Lifeboat Foundation, Humai Technologies, Cyberlife, Fight Back! News, and as an Affiliate Scholar for the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies.- B.J. Upton was born on 21 August 1984 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
- Barbara Leake was born on 14 May 1903 in Hunstanton, Norfolk, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), Dead of Night (1945) and A Study in Terror (1965). She was married to Stafford Byrne. She died on 18 August 1991 in Chichester, Sussex, England, UK.
- Barbara Loynes was born on 3 January 1912 in Walsingham, Norfolk, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Are You Being Served? (1972) and His Lordship Entertains (1972). She died on 25 April 2002 in Barnet, London, England, UK.
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Barbara Perry was born on 22 June 1921 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. She was an actress, known for Trancers (1984), The Back-up Plan (2010) and Mr. Woodcock (2007). She was married to Art Babbitt and Bennett Warren James. She died on 5 May 2019 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Producer
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Barry Mills was born on 28 May 1965 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Fun World (2012), The Rudy and GoGo World Famous Cartoon Show (1995) and TNT 100% Weird (1992).- Actor
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Ben Miller was born on 15 December 1961 in Norfolk, Nebraska, USA. He is an actor and casting director, known for American Macho Buddha (2009), Guiding Light (1952) and Resurrection Man (2009).- Writer
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Benjamin Watson was born on 18 December 1980 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Under Our Skin, Divided Hearts of America (2020) and The NFL on CBS (1956). He is married to Kirsten Watson. They have five children.- Bentley Anderson was born on 8 January 1939 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for George Washington (1984), Another Life (1981) and The F.B.I. Files (1998). He was married to Bentley B. Anderson. He died on 30 March 2011 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
- Bernard Matthews was born on 24 January 1930 in Brooke, Norfolk, England, UK. He died on 25 November 2010 in Great Witchingham, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Bertram Heyhoe was born on 27 October 1903 in Swaffham, Norfolk, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Marvellous History of St. Bernard (1952), The Wooing of Anne Hathaway (1938) and Laugh with Me (1938). He died on 25 December 1989 in Swaffham, Norfolk, England, UK.
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Beth Orton was born on 14 December 1970 in Norfolk, England, UK. She is an actress and composer, known for Vanilla Sky (2001), Stir of Echoes (1999) and Monster (2003). She has been married to Sam Amidon since 2011. They have one child.- Betsy Ann Browser was born on 19 August 1944 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. She was married to Chris Kelley. She died on 16 March 2018 in Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico.
- Bill Alexander was born on 23 February 1948 in Hunstanton, Norfolk, England, UK. He is a director, known for Theatre Night (1985) and Tartuffe, or The Impostor (1983). He has been married to Juliet Harmer since 1977. They have two children.
- Bill LaFleur was born on 25 February 1976 in Norfolk, Nebraska, USA.
- Billy Ray Cyree was born on 30 June 1985 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He is a producer, known for 13 Fanboy (2021).
- Billy West was a daredevil who traveled all over the country performing stunts. His exploits included being buried underground; tied to speeding automobiles, standing blindfolded on airplane wings, and parachuting. In 1924 he survived a 400-foot fall when an airplane stunt went bad.
He was a stunt man for many westerns in the 1920's, and moved on to credited roles in the 1930's. - Bland Holt was born on 24 March 1851 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Breaking of the Drought (1920). He was married to Florence Griffiths Anderson (actress) and Lena Edwin (actress). He died on 28 June 1942 in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia, Bob Supan went to Old Dominion University to earn a degree in Secondary Education English. While there he began acting and it eventually became his life. He appeared in shows such as "Shear Madness" at the Kennedy Center. He met Celia Clark doing a production of Sound of Music. They were married and had a daughter, Lara Supan, on September 20th 1985. Bob and his family moved to Maryland where he joined a DC based Improv group entitled "Now This." He is currently the Assistant Studio Manager for Potomac Talking Books Services in Maryland.- Brandon Vera was born on 10 September 1977 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He is an actor, known for BuyBust (2018), Kamandag (2007) and Day Zero (2022). He has been married to Jessica Vera since 20 April 2018. He was previously married to Kerry Vera.
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Born on the UK Coastline in Great Yarmouth England with his home town being Lowestoft.
He trained at Stagecoach School of Performing Arts while attending regular school at The Grange in his home town of Aylesbury.
He began his film career playing Eddie in a film short called Pure Vengeance alongside Scott Adkins.
He later went on to appeared in BBC2's Masters of Combat as Master Kali's disciple.
He later landed a film role which was to be his First feature film where he played Max Ryan in Jesus The Curry King alongside Pooja Shah, The film was produced by Aylesbury film company and was one of the first films to be screened digitally across cinemas in the UK via Quantum digital.
In 2004, Brendan had one of his first big movie breaks in a film called The Purifiers, where he played Moz alongside Actors like Kevin Mckidd and Dominic Monaghan from Lord of the rings and TV Series Lost.
Following the Purifiers Brendan went on to play Taz (Clifford) his first ever Lead Role in a full length feature film titled Love Struck, alongside Actors like Joey Ansah from the Bourne Ultimatum, The film went on to win Several awards including Best Film in the London Portobello Film Festival which was one of Brendans Proudest moments. Other credits around this time included Band of Brothers, The Avatar, Left For Dead, Starhyke and like most young performers full filled one of his life long dreams of appearing in the Royal Variety Performance.
In 2006-2007 Carr played firm member and boxer Jason in what was likened to be the British Good Fellas, Rise of the Foot Soldier, alongside Craig Fairbrass, Terry Stone, Billy Murrey, Ian Virgo and Rikki Harnett.
Straight from shooting Rise of the foot soldier Brendan Began filming as Lead Actor Ryan on Ten Dead Men, The film starred a whole host of British Talent Including Jason Mazza, Silvio Simac, Lee Latchford Evans and Poojah Shah, Although Brendan played the Lead Actor he Actually only ever says one line in the movie as his thoughts are all Narrated by Horror Movie Legend Pin Head Himself Doug Bradley (Hell Raiser), The movie was Released world wide on DVD in 2008.
in 2010 Brendan played the lead villain and the self proclaimed Lord Tethryn in Movie Warrioress, The movie was not released until 2013.
Brendan has also played Russian Prisoner Boris in Dragon Soccer, and is rumored to have been Cast for 2 Feature films which start shooting 2013-2014 as well as a new Sci-Fi TV Series called Safelight-19 which starts shooting in 2013, Brendan has already starred in the Pilot Episode for Safelight-19 as Martin Black.
Rumors have also spread that he may be playing the Lead Actor in a series spin off from a very well known Xbox computer game, although exact details are unknown.- Producer
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Brian A. Bernhard is a multi-award winning (EMMY, TELLY, various festivals) digital media strategist, producer, director, shooter, designer, illustrator, editor; who has been working in professional broadcast television, movies, motion-graphics & web-video for over fifteen years.
Brian A. Bernhard holds a B.F.A from Virginia Commonwealth University, with a major in sculpture and a minor in painting; as well as, an M.F.A. in Design and Technology from Parsons New School for Design.
He has created, produced, shot & edited many award winning television series, documentary projects, magazine shows, promotional packages, motion graphics and PSA's for clients such as: 20th Century FOX Studios, Dr. Mark Goulston, All Management Corporation, Plymptoons Studios, eCivis, CUNY TV 75, WNYE TV 25, ABC and many more.
Throughout his career he has interviewed & profiled hundreds of brilliant creative visionaries and has had the opportunity to pick the brains of some of the best minds in the world; as a result he has gained a unique perspective of life and professionalism in the creative production world.
He also has a natural ability to communicate well and collaborate with anyone. He is more then capable of functioning as a member of a strong production team or operating autonomously in order to craft compelling, sharable stories or huge strategic transmedia campaigns. project about the world of physical comedy, vaudeville, circus and clown called "A Fool's Idea". When he is not producing documentaries about brilliant artists, he somehow finds time to continue drawing, painting, shooting photography, occasionally writing music, and making experimental short fiction films.- Brian Aldiss, author of the classic Helliconia trilogy, and the story on which Steven Spielberg's 2001 film AI: Artificial Intelligence was based, was one of Britain's most accomplished and versatile writers of science fiction. In a lifelong and prolific career, Aldiss, who died aged 92, produced more than 40 novels and almost as many short-story collections. An ambitious and gifted writer, with a flowing and inventive literary style, he did not confine himself to science fiction. As well as his prodigious output of SF, he wrote several bestselling mainstream novels, poetry, drama, two autobiographies and several film scenarios. He also edited a huge number of anthologies and produced a body of criticism that was remarkable for its energy and clarity.
He began publishing his stories in the mid-1950s, a time when SF was heavily dominated by US writers schooled in the markets of commercial magazines. Aldiss's work came as a breath of fresh air to a genre beginning to suffocate in its own orthodoxies. He wrote lively, intelligent prose, shot through with subversive humour, linguistic novelty and human observation. He took for his subjects the full range of modern scientific research. As well as the exact sciences, he also plundered speculative, psychological, sociological and sexological areas of inquiry. One of the most exhilarating aspects of reading Aldiss is the diversity of his imagination.
Born in Dereham, Norfolk, he was the son of Stanley Aldiss, who came from a family that ran a draper's shop, and his wife Elizabeth, known as Dot. Brian spent much of his childhood away from his family, deposited first in Framlingham college preparatory school in Suffolk, which he hated and feared, then later, at the outbreak of the second world war, in West Buckland school in Devon, with which eventually he came to terms. In common with many who went to British boarding schools, Aldiss later said that his army experiences, crammed into sweltering troopships and trains, sleeping rough in slit trenches, and so on, were nothing compared to what he had grown up with. From 1943 he served in the Royal Corps of Signals and was shipped out to India. From there he joined the "Forgotten" 14th Army in Burma. He rose to the rank of corporal, which he described as being not as important as a general. It was probably more suited to his individualistic nature, a man who throughout his life was to lead by example, not by command. After the fall of Burma, Aldiss began training for the land assault on the Japanese mainland, but was among the many thousands of young soldiers whose lives, he was later convinced, were saved by the Japanese surrender following the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
When the second world war was over he continued to serve in the far east, particularly on Sumatra, an island of exotic terrain and customs, an experience that influenced much of his work, sometimes explicitly. In the 70s, Aldiss's far east sojourn informed his three Horatio Stubbs novels, which were all bestsellers: The Hand-Reared Boy (1970), A Soldier Erect (1971) and A Rude Awakening (1978). Strong autobiographical themes also ran through his best general fiction, such as Life in the West (1980) and Forgotten Life (1988), and much of his early SF was set in hot climates or jungly environments, notably Non-Stop (1958), The Male Response (1961) and Hothouse (1962).
After demobilisation in 1947, Aldiss settled in Oxford and began work as a bookshop assistant. Under the pseudonym Peter Pica, he contributed a series of fictional sketches to the trade magazine The Bookseller, comically and pointedly describing the life of a bookshop assistant in a provincial town. These became enormously popular with the readership, among whom was Sir Geoffrey Faber, chairman of the publisher of that name.
In this way Aldiss's first book, a collection of the sketches made up into a novel, found its publisher. The Brightfount Diaries (1955) was successful enough to allow him to quit the bookshop, which by then had become odious to him. He was to remain a Faber author for 15 years. From 1957 until 1970 he was in his spare time the literary editor of the Oxford Mail.
His first SF novel was Non-Stop, about a multigeneration spaceship on a long journey between the stars. This familiar generic material gave free rein to his exuberant imagination, producing a story that not only took on the American genre on its own terms, but which introduced unmistakably British characters who were often stricken with melancholy, mischief and bursts of randiness. Non-Stop is still regarded in the SF world as a classic of its kind.
In 1959, Aldiss received his first international recognition, a special Hugo award from the World Science Fiction Society for "most promising new author of the year" - no comparable Hugo has been awarded since. A few years later, he received a second Hugo, this one for Hothouse. These were what he called his SF years. Throughout the 60s he wrote a number of novels and short stories that were to cement his reputation.
Prime among them was Greybeard (1964), possibly his greatest SF novel: it depicts a world of almost universal sterility, where elderly, childless survivors journey downstream along the Thames in hope of finding signs of new life. Written against the failure of his first marriage, while he was separated from his young children, this novel revealed that ebullience and exotica were not the only weapons in Aldiss's literary armoury, but that he could deal with important tragic themes.
He continued to write traditional SF after that period, but in 1970 he published the first of the Horatio Stubbs novels. The second of them, A Soldier Erect, is a brilliant evocation of the far east war, and one of the few novels to be written about the Burma campaign. His career broadened. The SF became more demanding and experimental: Barefoot in the Head (1969), Frankenstein Unbound (1973) and The Malacia Tapestry (1976), a fantasy partly inspired by the drawings of the 18th-century Italian artists Tiepolo and Maggiotto, a love story set in a city where time has ceased to flow.
In the early 80s, Aldiss embarked on his longest and most sustained work, the Helliconia trilogy: Helliconia Spring (1982), Summer (1983) and Winter (1985). This depiction of a world that circles a double star, where an orbital Great Year lasts long enough for cultures to emerge, prosper and fail, is a subtle, deeply researched and intellectually rigorous work. The Helliconia trilogy has earned its status as a modern classic of SF.
To his friends, Aldiss was often the best of company, a generous man with a well-furnished mind who was amused not only by the follies of the world at large but also by his own. Both his autobiographies, Bury My Heart at WH Smith's (1990) and The Twinkling of an Eye (1998), the former about his professional life, the latter his personal life, are full of honest and sometimes surprising self-appraisals. You sensed he was a man who never lost his curiosity, or his sense of humour. When Aldiss was on his most amusing form, a long evening in a Munich bierkeller could be memorably entertaining, as I discovered in 1987.
More seriously, Aldiss's commitment to literature, and in particular to SF literature, was fierce. In the mid-60s he was instrumental in obtaining a crucial Arts Council grant for New Worlds, the pioneering British SF magazine. All his working life he did much behind the scenes to encourage, support and promote younger writers. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Literary Society in 1989, and was appointed OBE in 2005. He bore these awards, and many others, with pride.
As well as the autobiographies, Aldiss produced a large number of non-fiction works. The first was a travel book, Cities and Stones (1965), a journey through the former Yugoslavia, a country he loved. Most of the rest were arguments about or critical histories of SF, but for all his industrious and often ingenious defence of the stuff in which he excelled, SF remained marginalised. It was an argument he never really won.
His history of the genre, Billion Year Spree, appeared in 1973, with a recast version, Trillion Year Spree, in collaboration with David Wingrove, in 1986. Other books on SF art were published. Late in his career, Aldiss sold the film rights to one of his short stories: Supertoys Last All Summer Long (1969). Stanley Kubrick, fitful genius, was still trying to shape a script to his satisfaction when he died in 1999; Steven Spielberg took over the project, and the film A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) appeared two years later.
Aldiss's astonishingly prolific writing continued until the end of his life. When he was 75 he was awarded the title of Grandmaster by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, obviously because of his past work, but also to celebrate the fact that he would not give up. After that he wrote more novels, two collections of poetry, and An Exile on Planet Earth (2012), a retrospective of his critical essays published by the Bodleian Library. He described Finches of Mars (2012) as his last SF novel. At some point in his few moments of spare time, he also executed some 90 original paintings - these were exhibited at the Jam Factory gallery in Oxford in 2010.
Aldiss was by a long chalk the premier British science fiction writer - that he was also one of the most versatile writers of any kind was a fact that only a comparatively few readers outside the SF field came to discover. His work is still, in this sense, to be discovered.
His first marriage, to Olive Fortescue in 1948, ended in divorce in 1965, after which he married Margaret Manson. She died in 1997. Aldiss was survived by his partner, Alison Soskice, and four children: Clive and Wendy from his first marriage, and Timothy and Charlotte from his second.