What is Walter Harris (author)?
[[File:Walter-harris-author-broadcaster-wikipedia.jpg|thumb|Walter Harris]] '''Walter Harris''' (15 October 1925 – 9 May 2019) was a [[British people|British]] author and broadcaster. He wrote ten books and had many [[poetry]] volumes published. His first book was ''Clovis'' (1970), and his last was ''Godhead'' (2014). He worked for the [[BBC]] and interviewed [[Peter Cook]], [[Dudley Moore]], [[Alan Bennett]] and [[Jonathan Miller]] on the opening night of ''[[Beyond the Fringe]]'', as well as [[Danny Kaye]], [[John Wayne]] and [[W. Somerset Maugham]]. Recordings of his interviews and broadcasts are held at the [[BBC Sound Archive]] and the [[British Library]]. Harris died on 9 May 2019, at the age of 93.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/233430/harris|title=Harris|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=May 2019|access-date=22 May 2019|archive-date=27 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527181456/http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/233430/harris|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{Official website|http://walterharris.co.uk/}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Walter}} [[Category:1925 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:BBC newsreaders and journalists]] [[Category:British journalists]] [[Category:British novelists]] [[Category:British poets]] {{Bio-stub}}