Anthony Read

Anthony Read was born on Apr 21, 1935 in UK. Anthony Read's big-screen debut came with in .

Born in the Staffordshire mining village of Cheslyn Hay in Staffordshire on April 21st 1935 Anthony Read studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama and following National Service he worked in Fleet Street. During the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s he was in great demand as a television writer and script editor, working on many popular series. He continued to write for television into the 1990s, although by this time he was better known as a historian and author, with numerous books published, including several co-written with