Tudor Gates
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Tudor Gates (1930 - 14 January 2007) was a British screenwriter and trade unionist.
Born in 1930, he was involved in stage management by the early 1950s and began scriptwriting in his spare time. After The Guv'nor was broadcast on television in 1956, he took to writing full time.[1] He worked on the screenplay for Barbarella and a number of Hammer Film Productions, including the The Karnstein Trilogy and Danger: Diabolik. He also wrote for several TV series, including The Sweeney and The Avengers.[2]
In the 1966 UK general election, Gates stood as the Liberal Party candidate in Bethnal Green, and in 1970 he stood in the Isle of Thanet, placing a distant third on both occasions. In February 1974, he came second in Bethnal Green and Bow, losing votes but again coming second in October.
Turning to the stage again in the mid-1970s, Gates wrote Who Saw Him Die?, Aurelia and Who Killed Agatha Christie?.[3]
A lifelong trade unionist, Gates became the President of the Association of Cinematograph Television and Allied Technicians and supported their merger with the Broadcasting and Entertainment Trades Alliance which formed the Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union (BECTU), of which he served as vice president until 2004. A controversial figure, he twice took his union to court, using legislation passed by the Conservative Party in the 1980s. He stood unsuccessfully for the Presidency of BECTU in 2002, 2004 and 2006.[1]
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Vice President of BECTU 1991 - 2004 |
Succeeded by Lawrence Van Reiss |
