What is Tony Garnett?
{{Infobox person | name = Tony Garnett | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date |1936|4|3|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Birmingham]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|1|12|1936|4|3|df=yes}} | death_place = | occupation = Producer, actor | yearsactive = 1960–2006 }}'''Tony Garnett''' (3 April 1936 – 12 January 2020) was a [[British people|British]] producer of movies and television and [[actor]]. He was born in [[Birmingham]]. He acted in mostly TV roles from the late-1950s until the mid-1960s. He is best known for his partnership filmmaker [[Ken Loach]]. With Loach, Garnett's credits include ''[[Cathy Come Home]]'' (1966), ''[[The Big Flame]]'' (1969), ''[[Kes (movie)|Kes]]'' (1969), ''[[Family Life (1971 British movie)|Family Life]]'' (1971) and ''[[Black Jack (1979 movie)|Black Jack]]'' (1979). Garnett's later movie credits include ''[[Prostitute (1980 movie)|Prostitute]]'' (1980), ''[[Handgun (movie)|Handgun]]'' (1983), ''[[Earth Girls Are Easy]]'' (1988) and ''[[Beautiful Thing (movie)|Beautiful Thing]]'' (1996). Garnett died on 12 January 2020, at the age of 83.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/jan/12/tony-garnett-tv-and-film-producer-dies-aged-83|title=Tony Garnett, TV and film producer, dies aged 83|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=13 January 2020|access-date=13 January 2020|author=Skopeliti, Clea}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{IMDb name|id=0307821|name=Tony Garnett}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Garnett, Tony}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Actors from Birmingham]] [[Category:English movie actors]] [[Category:English movie producers]] [[Category:English television actors]] [[Category:English television producers]] {{Bio-stub}}