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<p>Style</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use British English|date=October 2020}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2013}}<br /> {{Infobox person<br /> | name = John Fortune<br /> | image =<br /> | image_size =<br /> | caption =<br /> | birth_name = John C. Wood<br /> | birth_date = {{birth date|1939|06|30|df=y}}<br /> | birth_place = [[Bristol]], England<br /> | death_date = {{death date and age|2013|12|31|1939|06|30|df=y}}<br /> | occupation = Satirist, comedian, writer, actor<br /> | spouses = {{marriage|Susan Fry Waldo, aka Susannah Waldo Wood|1962|1976|end=divorce}}&lt;br/&gt; {{marriage|Emma Burge|1995}} <br /> | children = 3<br /> }}<br /> '''John Fortune''' (born '''John C. Wood'''; 30 June 1939 – 31 December 2013) was an English satirist, comedian, writer, and actor, best known for his work with [[John Bird (actor)|John Bird]] and [[Rory Bremner]] on the TV series ''[[Bremner, Bird and Fortune]]''.&lt;ref name=&quot;BFI&quot;&gt;{{cite web | url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/32481 | title=Bremner, Bird and Fortune | publisher=[[British Film Institute]] | work=Film &amp; TV Database | access-date=31 December 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101142653/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/32481 | archive-date=1 January 2014 | url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Early life ==<br /> Fortune was born John Wood in [[Bristol]] in 1939.&lt;ref name=&quot;Kennedy&quot;&gt;{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/31/john-fortune-dies-at-74 | title=John Fortune dies at 74 | newspaper=[[The Guardian]] | date=31 December 2013 | access-date=31 December 2013 | author= Kennedy, Maev | author-link= Maev Kennedy }}&lt;/ref&gt; He was educated at [[Bristol Cathedral School]] and [[King's College, Cambridge]], where he was to meet and form a lasting friendship with John Bird.&lt;ref name=&quot;Kennedy&quot;/&gt; He was a member of the semi-secretive [[Cambridge Apostles]] society, a debating club largely reserved for the brightest students.<br /> <br /> == Career == <br /> Fortune's early work included contributions to [[Peter Cook]]'s [[The Establishment (club)|Establishment Club]] team&lt;ref name=&quot;Kennedy&quot;/&gt; in 1962, and as a regular member of the cast of the BBC-TV satire show ''[[Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life]]'', both alongside [[Eleanor Bron]] and John Bird. Fortune and Bird also worked together on the TV show ''A Series of Birds'' in 1967, and Fortune and Bron wrote and performed a series of sketches for TV in ''[[Where Was Spring?]]'' in 1969. In 1971, with [[John Wells (satirist)|John Wells]], he published the comic novel ''[[A Melon for Ecstasy]]'', about a man who consummates his love affair with a tree. He appeared with [[Peter Sellers]] in a [[Barclays Bank]] television commercial in 1980, shortly before Sellers' death.<br /> <br /> Along with writing several series for the [[BBC]], in 1982 Fortune appeared in an episode of the BBC sitcom ''[[Yes Minister]]'', as an army officer who brings the minister's attention to British-made weapons getting into the hands of terrorists. In 1999, he starred with [[Warren Mitchell]] and [[Ken Campbell (actor)|Ken Campbell]] in ''[[Art (play)|Art]]'' at [[Wyndham's Theatre]] in [[West End theatre|London's West End]].&lt;ref name=&quot;Kennedy&quot;/&gt; He also appeared in the films ''[[Take a Girl Like You (film)|Take A Girl Like You]]'' (1970), in which he shared a TV debate with John Bird, [[Kenny Everett]]'s horror spoof ''[[Bloodbath at the House of Death]]'' (1984), ''[[England, My England]]'' (1995), ''[[Maybe Baby (2000 film)|Maybe Baby]]'' (2000), and ''[[Saving Grace (2000 film)|Saving Grace]]'' (2000), and had a guest part in the sitcom ''[[Joking Apart]].''<br /> <br /> Fortune's other work with John Bird included their series of satirical sketches ''The Long Johns'', in which one interviewed the other in the guise of a senior figure such as a politician, businessman or government consultant. The sketches earned several [[BAFTA award]] nominations, winning the Television Light Entertainment Performance award in 1997.&lt;ref name=&quot;BAFTA1997&quot;&gt;{{cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1997/television/light-entertainment-performance|title=BAFTA Awards – Television {{!}} Light Entertainment Performance in 1997|publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]|access-date=1 January 2014}}&lt;/ref&gt; In one episode, they were two of the very first to predict the [[financial crisis of 2007–2010]] during an episode of ''[[The South Bank Show]]'' broadcast on 14 October 2007.&lt;ref name=Prophecy&gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/james22| title=The Marx Renaissance|publisher= Project Syndicate|author= James, Harold |date= 25 December 2008|access-date= 31 December 2013}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/the-south-bank-show/the-last-laugh-john-bird-and-john-fortune/episode/1157860/reviews.html |title=The Last Laugh: John Bird and John Fortune Reviews |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604120231/http://www.tv.com/the-south-bank-show/the-last-laugh-john-bird-and-john-fortune/episode/1157860/reviews.html |archive-date= 4 June 2011 }}&lt;/ref&gt; In Fortune's latter years, he featured in the [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] sitcom ''[[Ed Reardon's Week]]'', playing the head of a literary agency and as theatrical agent Mel Simons in a 2008 episode of ''[[New Tricks]]''.<br /> <br /> Fortune died on 31 December 2013, aged 74.&lt;ref name=SkyNews/&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news | title=Comedian John Fortune dies aged 74 | url= http://www.itv.com/news/update/2013-12-31/comedian-john-fortune-dies-aged-74/ | work=[[ITV News]]|date= 31 December 2013| access-date=5 May 2020}}&lt;/ref&gt; His agent Vivienne Clore said he died peacefully, with his wife Emma and dog Grizelle at his bedside.&lt;ref name=SkyNews&gt;{{cite news|title=Comedian John Fortune Dies Aged 74 |url=http://news.sky.com/story/1188861/comedian-john-fortune-dies-aged-74 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131231175655/http://news.sky.com/story/1188861/comedian-john-fortune-dies-aged-74 |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 December 2013 |work=[[Sky News]] |date=31 December 2013 |access-date=31 December 2013 }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Filmography ==<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> |-<br /> ! Year<br /> ! Title<br /> ! Role<br /> ! Notes<br /> |-<br /> |1970|| ''[[Take a Girl Like You (film)|Take a Girl Like You]]'' || Sir Gerald Culthorpe-Jones ||<br /> |-<br /> |1982|| ''[[The Missionary]]'' || Schoolmaster's voice || Voice<br /> |-<br /> |1984|| ''[[Bloodbath at the House of Death]]'' || John Harrison ||<br /> |-<br /> |1987|| ''[[Hardwicke House]]'' || Educational psychologist in Episode 3, “Interview Day” || Only the first two episodes of the series were shown, with the last five pulled. It was scheduled to be screened on ITV on 4 March 1987. In 2019, all seven episodes were uploaded to [[YouTube]].<br /> |-<br /> |1995|| ''[[England, My England]]'' || Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon ||<br /> |-<br /> |1999|| ''The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka: The Mystery of Chopin'' || Second official ||<br /> |-<br /> |2000|| ''[[Saving Grace (2000 film)|Saving Grace]]'' || Melvyn ||<br /> |-<br /> |2000|| ''[[Maybe Baby (2000 film)|Maybe Baby]]'' || Acupuncturist ||<br /> |-<br /> |2001|| ''[[The Tailor of Panama (film)|The Tailor of Panama]]'' || Maltby ||<br /> |-<br /> |2003|| ''[[Calendar Girls]]'' || Frank ||<br /> |-<br /> |2005|| ''[[Match Point]]'' || John the Chauffeur ||<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> == Further reading ==<br /> *{{Cite book|title=Melon for Ecstasy|author1=Wells, John |author2=Fortune, John|year=1971|isbn=978-1853754708}}<br /> *{{Cite book|title=The Long Johns|author1=Bird, John |author2=Fortune, John|publisher=Hutchinson|location=London|year=1996|isbn=978-0-09-180216-5}}<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> * {{IMDb name|0287432}}<br /> * [https://archive.today/20130209030400/http://www.vivienneclore.com/articles/John_187807_28.html John Fortune] at Vivienne Clore<br /> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060925042331/http://www.psa.ac.uk/awards2003/bremner_bird_fortune.htm Bremner, Bird and Fortune, &quot;Best Political Satire -Television, 2003&quot;] – Political Studies Association Awards 2003<br /> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20091003031800/http://www.bafta.org/learning/webcasts/bird-and-fortune,698,BA.html Bird and Fortune: A Life in Television] [[BAFTA]] filmed event, March 2009<br /> * [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-fortune-comedian-and-author-best-known-for-collaborations-and-sketches-that-poked-fun-at-the-powerful-and-selfimportant-9032043.html Obituary] in ''The Independent'' by [[Marcus Williamson]]<br /> <br /> {{British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance}}<br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Fortune, John}}<br /> [[Category:1939 births]]<br /> [[Category:2013 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:20th-century English novelists]]<br /> [[Category:Alumni of King's College, Cambridge]]<br /> [[Category:Best Entertainment Performance BAFTA Award (television) winners]]<br /> [[Category:English male comedians]]<br /> [[Category:English male film actors]]<br /> [[Category:English male radio actors]]<br /> [[Category:English male stage actors]]<br /> [[Category:English male television actors]]<br /> [[Category:English male writers]]<br /> [[Category:English satirists]]<br /> [[Category:People educated at Bristol Cathedral Choir School]]</div>

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