Chesney and Wolfe

Ronald Chesney (birth name René Cadier; born 1922) and Ronald Wolfe (birth name Harvey Ronald Wolf-Lubbroff; 8 August 1922 – 18 December 2011)^[1] were British TV comedy screenwriters, best known for their popular (and most successful) 1960s and 1970s sitcoms, The Rag Trade (1961–63, 1977–78), Meet the Wife (1963–66), On the Buses (1969–73) and Romany Jones (1972–75).

Wolfe died from head injuries, sustained during a fall at a care home in London on Sunday 18 December 2011.^[1] He was a cousin of actor Warren Mitchell.^[2]

TV credits

• Here's Archie (1956) BBC
• Educating Archie (1958/59) Associated-Rediffusion/ ITV
• The Rag Trade (1961–1963, 1977–1978) BBC TV/LWT
• Comedy Playhouse (Series 3) -"The Bed" (1963, Pilot) BBC
• Meet the Wife (1964–1966) BBC
• Barley Charlie (1964) Nine Network, Australia
• The Bed-Sit Girl (1965/66) BBC
• Sorry I'm Single (1967) BBC
• According To Dora (1968/69) BBC
• Comedy Playhouse (Series 7) – "Wild, Wild Women" (1968, Pilot) BBC
• Wild, Wild Women (1969, series) BBC
• On the Buses (1969–1973) LWT
• The Other Reg Varney (1970, repeated as The Reg Varney Comedy Hour in 1972) LWT
• Romany Jones (1972, Pilot) Thames TV
• Romany Jones (1973–75, series) LWT
• Don't Drink the Water (1974/75) LWT
• Yus, My Dear (1976) LWT
• Comedy Special – "The Boys And Mrs B" (1977, Pilot) BBC
• Watch This Space (1980) BBC
• Take a Letter, Mr. Jones (1981) Southern / ITV
• 'Allo 'Allo! (1989, one episode "Down the Drain", series 5) BBC

Film credits

• I've Gotta Horse (1965)
• On the Buses (1971)
• Mutiny on the Buses (1972)
• Holiday on the Buses (1973)
• Fredrikssons Fabrikk – The Movie (Norway 1994)

References

External links

• Ronald Chesney at the Internet Movie Database
• Ronald Wolfe at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.thejc.com/news/people/42391/ronnie-wolfe-takes-his-buses-down-memory-lane