walter harris (15 october 1925 – 9 may 2019) was a 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.