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	==Life and career==		==Life and career==
	Born in [[w:Stepney\|Stepney]], London, Hudis began his writing career on a local newspaper, the ''[[Hampstead & Highgate Express]]''. When World War II broke out, Hudis joined the [[RAF]] and served in the Middle East writing for ''Air Force News''. Like many other post-war writers his first foray into entertainment was writing for camp concerts. After the war Hudis decided to become a playwright, but only one of his plays ''Here Is The News'' met with critical success. This was enough to get him noticed by [[Pinewood Studios]], who offered him a job as trainee screenwriter. During the two years he spent there he failed to get any of his screenplays into production.		Born in [[w:Stepney\|Stepney]], London, Hudis began his writing career on a local newspaper, the ''[[w:Hampstead & Highgate Express\|Hampstead & Highgate Express]]''. When World War II broke out, Hudis joined the [[w:RAF\|RAF]] and served in the Middle East writing for ''Air Force News''. Like many other post-war writers his first foray into entertainment was writing for camp concerts. After the war Hudis decided to become a playwright, but only one of his plays ''Here Is The News'' met with critical success. This was enough to get him noticed by [[w:Pinewood Studios\|Pinewood Studios]], who offered him a job as trainee screenwriter. During the two years he spent there he failed to get any of his screenplays into production.

	Hudis left Pinewood and became a freelance writer and was soon to become a prolific screenwriter of [[B movies]] during the 1950s. He was the writer for the [[biopic]] ''[[The Tommy Steele Story]]'' (1957). Hudis met the film producer [[Peter Rogers]] in the year of its release who offered him the job of writing another screenplay for [[Tommy Steele]] (''[[The Duke Wore Jeans]]'', 1958), which was directed by [[Gerald Thomas]]. (Peter Rogers' film producer wife [[Betty Box]], who produced the ''[[Doctor ~~series~~\|Doctor]]'' film series, mostly worked with Gerald's brother, the director [[Ralph Thomas]]). The producer and director team of Peter and Gerald chose Hudis to rewrite the screenplay to [[R. F. Delderfield]]'s ''The Bull Boys''. He obliged and the screenplay became the first of the ''[[Carry On (~~series~~)\|Carry On...]]'' film series as ''[[Carry On Sergeant]]''. Following the success of this Carry On début, Hudis wrote a further five Carry On's (''[[Carry On Nurse]]''; ''[[Carry On Teacher]]''; ''[[Carry On Constable]]''; ''[[Carry On Regardless]]'' and ''[[Carry On Cruising]]'') the highpoint being his second, ''Carry On Nurse'', which was the UK's top-grossing film of 1959. Hudis decided to move permanently to the United States in 1966 as he had received offers of work following the successful American release of ''Carry On Nurse''. His American television writing credits include, ''[[The Wild Wild West]]'', ''[[The F.B.I. (TV series)\|The F.B.I.]]'', ''[[The Man From U.N.C.L.E.]]'', ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)\|Hawaii Five-O]]'', ''[[Cannon (TV series)\|Cannon]]'' and ''[[Baretta]]''.		Hudis left Pinewood and became a freelance writer and was soon to become a prolific screenwriter of [[w:B movies\|B movies]] during the 1950s. He was the writer for the [[w:biopic\|biopic]] ''[[w:The Tommy Steele Story\|The Tommy Steele Story]]'' (1957). Hudis met the film producer [[Peter Rogers]] in the year of its release who offered him the job of writing another screenplay for [[w:Tommy Steele\|Tommy Steele]] (''[[w:The Duke Wore Jeans\|The Duke Wore Jeans]]'', 1958), which was directed by [[Gerald Thomas]]. (Peter Rogers' film producer wife [[Betty Box]], who produced the ''[[Doctor in the House (franchise)\|Doctor series]]'' film series, mostly worked with Gerald's brother, the director [[w:Ralph Thomas\|Ralph Thomas]]). The producer and director team of Peter and Gerald chose Hudis to rewrite the screenplay to [[w:R. F. Delderfield\|R. F. Delderfield]]'s ''The Bull Boys''. He obliged and the screenplay became the first of the ''[[Carry On (franchise)\|Carry On...]]'' film series as ''[[Carry On Sergeant]]''. Following the success of this Carry On début, Hudis wrote a further five Carry On films (''[[Carry On Nurse]]''; ''[[Carry On Teacher]]''; ''[[Carry On Constable]]''; ''[[Carry On Regardless]]'' and ''[[Carry On Cruising]]'') the highpoint being his second, ''Carry On Nurse'', which was the UK's top-grossing film of 1959. Hudis decided to move permanently to the United States in 1966 as he had received offers of work following the successful American release of ''Carry On Nurse''. His American television writing credits include, ''[[w:The Wild Wild West\|The Wild Wild West]]'', ''[[w:The F.B.I. (TV series)\|The F.B.I.]]'', ''[[w:The Man From U.N.C.L.E.\|The Man From U.N.C.L.E.]]'', ''[[w:Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)\|Hawaii Five-O]]'', ''[[w:Cannon (TV series)\|Cannon]]'' and ''[[w:Baretta\|Baretta]]''.

	Hudis continued to write for film, TV and theatre. He was the co-writer of the long-running play ''[[Seven Deadly Sins Four Deadly Sinners]]'',<ref name="Seven Deadly Sins Four Deadly Sinners">{{cite web \|first= \|last= \|url=http://www.sindenproductions.com/7deadlysins4deadlysinners.html\|title=Seven Deadly Sins Four Deadly Sinners\|accessdate=2009-02-14}}</ref> which has played around the world since 2003, and he also wrote the one-man play ''[[Jeffrey Archer's Prison Diaries\|Jeffrey Archer's Prison Diaries by FF 8282]]'', the authorised adaptation of [[w:Jeffrey Archer\|Jeffrey Archer]]'s diaries which were written during his incarceration, both of which are produced by [[w:Marc Sinden Productions\|Marc Sinden Productions]].<ref name="Jeffrey Archer's Prison Diaries by FF8282">{{cite web \|first= \|last= \|url=http://www.sindenproductions.com/jeffrey_archers_prison_diaries.html\|title=Jeffrey Archer's Prison Diaries by FF8282\|website=Sindenproductions.com\|accessdate=2009-02-14}}</ref> He also wrote the semi-autobiographical play ''Dinner with Ribbentrop'' about his time working with the notoriously [[w:anti-Semitic\|anti-Semitic]] actor [[w:Eric Portman\|Eric Portman]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://rudeguerrilla.org/2004season/Ribbentrop/ribbentropreview.html \|title=Dinner with Ribbentrop \|publisher=Rudeguerrilla.org \|date=2004-05-06 \|accessdate=2012-06-11}}</ref> He died at the age of 93 on 8 February 2016.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35531309 \|title=Carry On writer Norman Hudis dies aged 93 - BBC News \|work=BBC News \|date= 9 February 2016\|accessdate=2016-02-11}}</ref> His son, [[Stephen R. Hudis]] is a Hollywood director. His sister Sylvia Holness [Hudis] lives in England. In 2008 Norman Hudis wrote his autobiography ''No Laughing Matter: How I Carried On'', published by Apex Publishing Ltd.		Hudis continued to write for film, TV and theatre. He was the co-writer of the long-running play ''[[w:Seven Deadly Sins Four Deadly Sinners\|Seven Deadly Sins Four Deadly Sinners]]'',<ref name="Seven Deadly Sins Four Deadly Sinners">{{cite web \|first= \|last= \|url=http://www.sindenproductions.com/7deadlysins4deadlysinners.html\|title=Seven Deadly Sins Four Deadly Sinners\|accessdate=2009-02-14}}</ref> which has played around the world since 2003, and he also wrote the one-man play ''[[w:Jeffrey Archer's Prison Diaries\|Jeffrey Archer's Prison Diaries by FF 8282]]'', the authorised adaptation of [[w:Jeffrey Archer\|Jeffrey Archer]]'s diaries which were written during his incarceration, both of which are produced by [[w:Marc Sinden Productions\|Marc Sinden Productions]].<ref name="Jeffrey Archer's Prison Diaries by FF8282">{{cite web \|first= \|last= \|url=http://www.sindenproductions.com/jeffrey_archers_prison_diaries.html\|title=Jeffrey Archer's Prison Diaries by FF8282\|website=Sindenproductions.com\|accessdate=2009-02-14}}</ref> He also wrote the semi-autobiographical play ''Dinner with Ribbentrop'' about his time working with the notoriously [[w:anti-Semitic\|anti-Semitic]] actor [[w:Eric Portman\|Eric Portman]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://rudeguerrilla.org/2004season/Ribbentrop/ribbentropreview.html \|title=Dinner with Ribbentrop \|publisher=Rudeguerrilla.org \|date=2004-05-06 \|accessdate=2012-06-11}}</ref> He died at the age of 93 on 8 February 2016.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35531309 \|title=Carry On writer Norman Hudis dies aged 93 - BBC News \|work=BBC News \|date= 9 February 2016\|accessdate=2016-02-11}}</ref> His son, [[w:Stephen R. Hudis\|Stephen R. Hudis]] is a Hollywood director. His sister Sylvia Holness ({{nee}} Hudis) lives in England. In 2008 Norman Hudis wrote his autobiography ''No Laughing Matter: How I Carried On'', published by Apex Publishing Ltd.

	==Selected filmography==		==Selected filmography==

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	* ''[[Breakaway (1955 film)\|Breakaway]]'' (1955)		* ''[[w:Breakaway (1955 film)\|Breakaway]]'' (1955)
	* ''[[Passport to Treason]]'' (1956)		* ''[[w:Passport to Treason\|Passport to Treason]]'' (1956)
	* ''[[Bond of Fear]]'' (1956)		* ''[[w:Bond of Fear\|Bond of Fear]]'' (1956)
	* ''[[High Terrace]]'' (1956)		* ''[[w:High Terrace\|High Terrace]]'' (1956)
	* ''[[West of Suez]]'' (1957)		* ''[[w:West of Suez\|West of Suez]]'' (1957)
	* ''[[The Crooked Sky]]'' (1957)		* ''[[w:The Crooked Sky\|The Crooked Sky]]'' (1957)
	* ''[[Hour of Decision (film)\|Hour of Decision]]'' (1957)		* ''[[w:Hour of Decision (film)\|Hour of Decision]]'' (1957)
	* ''[[Rock Around the World]]'' (1957)		* ''[[w:Rock Around the World\|Rock Around the World]]'' (1957)
	* ''[[Face in the Night]]'' (1957)		* ''[[w:Face in the Night\|Face in the Night]]'' (1957)
	* ''[[Stranger in Town (1957 film)\|Stranger in Town]]'' (1957)		* ''[[w:Stranger in Town (1957 film)\|Stranger in Town]]'' (1957)
	* ''[[The Duke Wore Jeans]]'' (1958)		* ''[[w:The Duke Wore Jeans\|The Duke Wore Jeans]]'' (1958)
	* ''[[Mark of the Phoenix]]'' (1958)		* ''[[w:Mark of the Phoenix\|Mark of the Phoenix]]'' (1958)
	* ''[[Please Turn Over]]'' (1959)		* ''[[w:Please Turn Over\|Please Turn Over]]'' (1959)
	* ''[[No Kidding (film)\|No Kidding]]'' (1960)		* ''[[w:No Kidding (film)\|No Kidding]]'' (1960)
	* ''[[Twice Round the Daffodils]]'' (1962)		* ''[[w:Twice Round the Daffodils\|Twice Round the Daffodils]]'' (1962)
	* ''[[Nurse on Wheels]]'' (1963)		* ''[[w:Nurse on Wheels\|Nurse on Wheels]]'' (1963)
	* ''[[Mister Ten Per Cent]]'' (1967)		* ''[[w:Mister Ten Per Cent\|Mister Ten Per Cent]]'' (1967)
	* ''[[The Karate Killers]]'' (1967)		* ''[[w:The Karate Killers\|The Karate Killers]]'' (1967)
	* ''[[How to Steal the World]]'' (1968)		* ''[[w:How to Steal the World\|How to Steal the World]]'' (1968)
	* ''[[A Monkey's Tale]]'' (1999)		* ''[[w:A Monkey's Tale\|A Monkey's Tale]]'' (1999)
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	'''Norman Hudis''' (27 July 1922 – 8 February 2016) was an English writer for film, theatre and television, and is most closely associated with the first six of the ''[[Carry On (~~series~~)\|Carry On]]...'' film series, for which he wrote the screenplays until he was replaced by [[Talbot Rothwell]].		{{Infobox person

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			'''Norman Hudis''' (27 July 1922 – 8 February 2016) was an English writer for film, theatre and television, and is most closely associated with the first six of the ''[[Carry On (franchise)\|Carry On (series)]]...'' film series, for which he wrote the screenplays until he was replaced by [[Talbot Rothwell]].

	==Life and career==		==Life and career==
	Born in [[Stepney]], London, Hudis began his writing career on a local newspaper, the ''[[Hampstead & Highgate Express]]''. When World War II broke out, Hudis joined the [[RAF]] and served in the Middle East writing for ''Air Force News''. Like many other post-war writers his first foray into entertainment was writing for camp concerts. After the war Hudis decided to become a playwright, but only one of his plays ''Here Is The News'' met with critical success. This was enough to get him noticed by [[Pinewood Studios]], who offered him a job as trainee screenwriter. During the two years he spent there he failed to get any of his screenplays into production.		Born in [[w:Stepney\|Stepney]], London, Hudis began his writing career on a local newspaper, the ''[[Hampstead & Highgate Express]]''. When World War II broke out, Hudis joined the [[RAF]] and served in the Middle East writing for ''Air Force News''. Like many other post-war writers his first foray into entertainment was writing for camp concerts. After the war Hudis decided to become a playwright, but only one of his plays ''Here Is The News'' met with critical success. This was enough to get him noticed by [[Pinewood Studios]], who offered him a job as trainee screenwriter. During the two years he spent there he failed to get any of his screenplays into production.

	Hudis left Pinewood and became a freelance writer and was soon to become a prolific screenwriter of [[B movies]] during the 1950s. He was the writer for the [[biopic]] ''[[The Tommy Steele Story]]'' (1957). Hudis met the film producer [[Peter Rogers]] in the year of its release who offered him the job of writing another screenplay for [[Tommy Steele]] (''[[The Duke Wore Jeans]]'', 1958), which was directed by [[Gerald Thomas]]. (Peter Rogers' film producer wife [[Betty Box]], who produced the ''[[Doctor series\|Doctor]]'' film series, mostly worked with Gerald's brother, the director [[Ralph Thomas]]). The producer and director team of Peter and Gerald chose Hudis to rewrite the screenplay to [[R. F. Delderfield]]'s ''The Bull Boys''. He obliged and the screenplay became the first of the ''[[Carry On (series)\|Carry On...]]'' film series as ''[[Carry On Sergeant]]''. Following the success of this Carry On début, Hudis wrote a further five Carry On's (''[[Carry On Nurse]]''; ''[[Carry On Teacher]]''; ''[[Carry On Constable]]''; ''[[Carry On Regardless]]'' and ''[[Carry On Cruising]]'') the highpoint being his second, ''Carry On Nurse'', which was the UK's top-grossing film of 1959. Hudis decided to move permanently to the United States in 1966 as he had received offers of work following the successful American release of ''Carry On Nurse''. His American television writing credits include, ''[[The Wild Wild West]]'', ''[[The F.B.I. (TV series)\|The F.B.I.]]'', ''[[The Man From U.N.C.L.E.]]'', ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)\|Hawaii Five-O]]'', ''[[Cannon (TV series)\|Cannon]]'' and ''[[Baretta]]''.		Hudis left Pinewood and became a freelance writer and was soon to become a prolific screenwriter of [[B movies]] during the 1950s. He was the writer for the [[biopic]] ''[[The Tommy Steele Story]]'' (1957). Hudis met the film producer [[Peter Rogers]] in the year of its release who offered him the job of writing another screenplay for [[Tommy Steele]] (''[[The Duke Wore Jeans]]'', 1958), which was directed by [[Gerald Thomas]]. (Peter Rogers' film producer wife [[Betty Box]], who produced the ''[[Doctor series\|Doctor]]'' film series, mostly worked with Gerald's brother, the director [[Ralph Thomas]]). The producer and director team of Peter and Gerald chose Hudis to rewrite the screenplay to [[R. F. Delderfield]]'s ''The Bull Boys''. He obliged and the screenplay became the first of the ''[[Carry On (series)\|Carry On...]]'' film series as ''[[Carry On Sergeant]]''. Following the success of this Carry On début, Hudis wrote a further five Carry On's (''[[Carry On Nurse]]''; ''[[Carry On Teacher]]''; ''[[Carry On Constable]]''; ''[[Carry On Regardless]]'' and ''[[Carry On Cruising]]'') the highpoint being his second, ''Carry On Nurse'', which was the UK's top-grossing film of 1959. Hudis decided to move permanently to the United States in 1966 as he had received offers of work following the successful American release of ''Carry On Nurse''. His American television writing credits include, ''[[The Wild Wild West]]'', ''[[The F.B.I. (TV series)\|The F.B.I.]]'', ''[[The Man From U.N.C.L.E.]]'', ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)\|Hawaii Five-O]]'', ''[[Cannon (TV series)\|Cannon]]'' and ''[[Baretta]]''.

	Hudis continued to write for film, TV and theatre. He was the co-writer of the long-running play ''[[Seven Deadly Sins Four Deadly Sinners]]'',<ref name="Seven Deadly Sins Four Deadly Sinners">{{cite web \|first= \|last= \|url=http://www.sindenproductions.com/7deadlysins4deadlysinners.html\|title=Seven Deadly Sins Four Deadly Sinners\|accessdate=2009-02-14}}</ref> which has played around the world since 2003, and he also wrote the one-man play ''[[Jeffrey Archer's Prison Diaries\|Jeffrey Archer's Prison Diaries by FF 8282]]'', the authorised adaptation of [[Jeffrey Archer]]'s diaries which were written during his incarceration, both of which are produced by [[Marc Sinden Productions]].<ref name="Jeffrey Archer's Prison Diaries by FF8282">{{cite web \|first= \|last= \|url=http://www.sindenproductions.com/jeffrey_archers_prison_diaries.html\|title=Jeffrey Archer's Prison Diaries by FF8282\|website=Sindenproductions.com\|accessdate=2009-02-14}}</ref> He also wrote the semi-autobiographical play ''Dinner with Ribbentrop'' about his time working with the notoriously [[anti-Semitic]] actor [[Eric Portman]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://rudeguerrilla.org/2004season/Ribbentrop/ribbentropreview.html \|title=Dinner with Ribbentrop \|publisher=Rudeguerrilla.org \|date=2004-05-06 \|accessdate=2012-06-11}}</ref> He died at the age of 93 on 8 February 2016.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35531309 \|title=Carry On writer Norman Hudis dies aged 93 - BBC News \|work=BBC News \|date= 9 February 2016\|accessdate=2016-02-11}}</ref> His son, [[Stephen R. Hudis]] is a Hollywood director. His sister Sylvia Holness [Hudis] lives in England. In 2008 Norman Hudis wrote his autobiography ''No Laughing Matter: How I Carried On'', published by Apex Publishing Ltd.		Hudis continued to write for film, TV and theatre. He was the co-writer of the long-running play ''[[Seven Deadly Sins Four Deadly Sinners]]'',<ref name="Seven Deadly Sins Four Deadly Sinners">{{cite web \|first= \|last= \|url=http://www.sindenproductions.com/7deadlysins4deadlysinners.html\|title=Seven Deadly Sins Four Deadly Sinners\|accessdate=2009-02-14}}</ref> which has played around the world since 2003, and he also wrote the one-man play ''[[Jeffrey Archer's Prison Diaries\|Jeffrey Archer's Prison Diaries by FF 8282]]'', the authorised adaptation of [[w:Jeffrey Archer\|Jeffrey Archer]]'s diaries which were written during his incarceration, both of which are produced by [[w:Marc Sinden Productions\|Marc Sinden Productions]].<ref name="Jeffrey Archer's Prison Diaries by FF8282">{{cite web \|first= \|last= \|url=http://www.sindenproductions.com/jeffrey_archers_prison_diaries.html\|title=Jeffrey Archer's Prison Diaries by FF8282\|website=Sindenproductions.com\|accessdate=2009-02-14}}</ref> He also wrote the semi-autobiographical play ''Dinner with Ribbentrop'' about his time working with the notoriously [[w:anti-Semitic\|anti-Semitic]] actor [[w:Eric Portman\|Eric Portman]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://rudeguerrilla.org/2004season/Ribbentrop/ribbentropreview.html \|title=Dinner with Ribbentrop \|publisher=Rudeguerrilla.org \|date=2004-05-06 \|accessdate=2012-06-11}}</ref> He died at the age of 93 on 8 February 2016.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35531309 \|title=Carry On writer Norman Hudis dies aged 93 - BBC News \|work=BBC News \|date= 9 February 2016\|accessdate=2016-02-11}}</ref> His son, [[Stephen R. Hudis]] is a Hollywood director. His sister Sylvia Holness [Hudis] lives in England. In 2008 Norman Hudis wrote his autobiography ''No Laughing Matter: How I Carried On'', published by Apex Publishing Ltd.

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'''Norman Hudis''' (27 July 1922 – 8 February 2016) was an English writer for film, theatre and television, and is most closely associated with the first six of the ''[[Carry On (series)|Carry On]]...'' film series, for which he wrote the screenplays until he was replaced by [[Talbot Rothwell]].

==Life and career==
Born in [[Stepney]], London, Hudis began his writing career on a local newspaper, the ''[[Hampstead & Highgate Express]]''. When World War II broke out, Hudis joined the [[RAF]] and served in the Middle East writing for ''Air Force News''. Like many other post-war writers his first foray into entertainment was writing for camp concerts. After the war Hudis decided to become a playwright, but only one of his plays ''Here Is The News'' met with critical success. This was enough to get him noticed by [[Pinewood Studios]], who offered him a job as trainee screenwriter. During the two years he spent there he failed to get any of his screenplays into production.

Hudis left Pinewood and became a freelance writer and was soon to become a prolific screenwriter of [[B movies]] during the 1950s. He was the writer for the [[biopic]] ''[[The Tommy Steele Story]]'' (1957). Hudis met the film producer [[Peter Rogers]] in the year of its release who offered him the job of writing another screenplay for [[Tommy Steele]] (''[[The Duke Wore Jeans]]'', 1958), which was directed by [[Gerald Thomas]]. (Peter Rogers' film producer wife [[Betty Box]], who produced the ''[[Doctor series|Doctor]]'' film series, mostly worked with Gerald's brother, the director [[Ralph Thomas]]). The producer and director team of Peter and Gerald chose Hudis to rewrite the screenplay to [[R. F. Delderfield]]'s ''The Bull Boys''. He obliged and the screenplay became the first of the ''[[Carry On (series)|Carry On...]]'' film series as ''[[Carry On Sergeant]]''. Following the success of this Carry On début, Hudis wrote a further five Carry On's (''[[Carry On Nurse]]''; ''[[Carry On Teacher]]''; ''[[Carry On Constable]]''; ''[[Carry On Regardless]]'' and ''[[Carry On Cruising]]'') the highpoint being his second, ''Carry On Nurse'', which was the UK's top-grossing film of 1959. Hudis decided to move permanently to the United States in 1966 as he had received offers of work following the successful American release of ''Carry On Nurse''. His American television writing credits include, ''[[The Wild Wild West]]'', ''[[The F.B.I. (TV series)|The F.B.I.]]'', ''[[The Man From U.N.C.L.E.]]'', ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]'', ''[[Cannon (TV series)|Cannon]]'' and ''[[Baretta]]''.

Hudis continued to write for film, TV and theatre. He was the co-writer of the long-running play ''[[Seven Deadly Sins Four Deadly Sinners]]'',<ref name="Seven Deadly Sins Four Deadly Sinners">{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://www.sindenproductions.com/7deadlysins4deadlysinners.html|title=Seven Deadly Sins Four Deadly Sinners|accessdate=2009-02-14}}</ref> which has played around the world since 2003, and he also wrote the one-man play ''[[Jeffrey Archer's Prison Diaries|Jeffrey Archer's Prison Diaries by FF 8282]]'', the authorised adaptation of [[Jeffrey Archer]]'s diaries which were written during his incarceration, both of which are produced by [[Marc Sinden Productions]].<ref name="Jeffrey Archer's Prison Diaries by FF8282">{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://www.sindenproductions.com/jeffrey_archers_prison_diaries.html|title=Jeffrey Archer's Prison Diaries by FF8282|website=Sindenproductions.com|accessdate=2009-02-14}}</ref> He also wrote the semi-autobiographical play ''Dinner with Ribbentrop'' about his time working with the notoriously [[anti-Semitic]] actor [[Eric Portman]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rudeguerrilla.org/2004season/Ribbentrop/ribbentropreview.html |title=Dinner with Ribbentrop |publisher=Rudeguerrilla.org |date=2004-05-06 |accessdate=2012-06-11}}</ref> He died at the age of 93 on 8 February 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35531309 |title=Carry On writer Norman Hudis dies aged 93 - BBC News |work=BBC News |date= 9 February 2016|accessdate=2016-02-11}}</ref> His son, [[Stephen R. Hudis]] is a Hollywood director. His sister Sylvia Holness [Hudis] lives in England. In 2008 Norman Hudis wrote his autobiography ''No Laughing Matter: How I Carried On'', published by Apex Publishing Ltd.

==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[Breakaway (1955 film)|Breakaway]]'' (1955)
* ''[[Passport to Treason]]'' (1956)
* ''[[Bond of Fear]]'' (1956)
* ''[[High Terrace]]'' (1956)
* ''[[West of Suez]]'' (1957)
* ''[[The Crooked Sky]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Hour of Decision (film)|Hour of Decision]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Rock Around the World]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Face in the Night]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Stranger in Town (1957 film)|Stranger in Town]]'' (1957)
* ''[[The Duke Wore Jeans]]'' (1958)
* ''[[Mark of the Phoenix]]'' (1958)
* ''[[Please Turn Over]]'' (1959)
* ''[[No Kidding (film)|No Kidding]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Twice Round the Daffodils]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Nurse on Wheels]]'' (1963)
* ''[[Mister Ten Per Cent]]'' (1967)
* ''[[The Karate Killers]]'' (1967)
* ''[[How to Steal the World]]'' (1968)
* ''[[A Monkey's Tale]]'' (1999)
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0399726|name=Norman Hudis}}

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