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Lionel Bart
Deceased

How Did Lionel Bart Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 68
GenderMaleNationalityUnited KingdomBorn01/08/1930Born inStepney, London, England, UKDied03/04/1999Died inHammersmithCauseliver cancerWikidataQ326299Buried atGolders Green CrematoriumTMDb#9903

Lionel Bart was an English writer and composer of pop music and musicals. He wrote Tommy Steele's "Rock with the Caveman" and was the sole creator of the musical Oliver! (1960). With Oliver! and his work alongside theatre director Joan Littlewood at Theatre Royal, Stratford East, he played an instrumental role in the 1960s birth of the British musical theatre scene after an era when American musicals had dominated the West End.

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Filmography6 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2012The Story of MusicalsSeriesSelf (archive footage)82
1978An Audience with...SeriesSelf48
1968Vive TorbayMovieSelf38
1968One Pair Of Eyes - Who Are The Cockneys Now?MovieSelf38
1967One Pair of EyesSeries37
1962The Merv Griffin ShowSeriesSelf32