Colin Morris (playwright)

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Colin Morris (4 February 1916 - 31 March 1996) was a British playwright, screenwriter and actor. His best known work was the filmscript for Reluctant Heroes (1951). As an actor he appeared in the 1957 film The Silken Affair.

Reluctant Heroes was originally a play, published in 1951 by the English Theatre Guild. Other plays of Morris's include:

• Woman at large (English Theatre Guild, 1950)
• The Terrible Crime of Mr Bat (children's drama; Samuel French, 1950)
• Don't Bank On It
• Missing, Believed Married (English Theatre Guild, 1951)
• Italian Love Story (English Theatre Guild, 1955)
• This Marriage Business (English Theatre Guild, 1956)

Published screenplays include:

• Quiet Revolution (documentary drama)

External links

• Brief biography
• Entry for Morris in the Doolee theatrical database

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Date of death	31 March 1996
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