Norman Hudis (born 1923 in Stepney, England) is a writer for film and TV, he started his writing career on a local newspaper, the Hampstead & Highgate Express. When WWII broke out he joined the RAF and served in the Middle East writing for Air Force News. Like a lot of other post-war writers his first foray into entertainment was writing for camp concerts. 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Stepney is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq... Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... See TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band European networks National In much of Europe television broadcasting has historically been state dominated, rather than commercially organised, although commercial stations have grown in number recently. ... German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ... RAF is an three letter acronym for: Royal Air Force -- the Air Force of the United Kingdom (see also Air Ministry) Red Army Faction (Rote Armee Fraktion) -- a German terror organisation Rigas Autobusu Fabrika -- a factory making buses in Riga, Latvia Rapid Action Force in India Računarski Fakultet RAF... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ...

After the war Hudis decided to become a playwright, unfortunately only one of his plays "Here Is The News" met with critical success. This small success 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. Template:Unsourced A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is someone who writes dramatic literature or drama. ... Pinewood Studios is a major British film studio situated approximately 20 miles west of London among the pine trees on what was the estate of Heatherden Hall, near the village of Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... A screenplay or script is a blueprint for producing a motion picture. ...

Hudis left Pinewood and became a freelance writer, he was soon to become a prolific screenwriter of B movies during the 1950s, he was the writer for the biopic The Tommy Steele Story. Peter Rogers met Hudis in 1957 and offered him the job of writing another screenplay for Tommy Steele (The Duke Wore Jeans), this was directed by Gerald Thomas. A freelancer or (freelance worker) is a self-employed person working in a profession or trade in which full-time employment is also common. ... The term B-movie originally referred to a film designed to be distributed as the lower half of a double feature, often a genre film featuring cowboys, gangsters or vampires. ... The 1950s was the decade spanning the years 1950 to 1959. ... A biographical film or biopic is a film about a particular person or group of people, based on events that actually happened. ... Peter Rogers (born 20 February 1914 in Rochester, Kent) is a British film producer. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tommy Steele (born December 17, 1936 in Bermondsey, London, England) is a British entertainer. ... Gerald Thomas (1920 - 1993) was a British film director. ...

Hudis, now being acquainted with the Carry On producer and director was chosen by them to rewrite the screenplay to R. F. Delderfield's The Bull Boys, he obliged and the screenplay for what was to become the first Carry On (Carry On Sergeant) was born. The Carry On films were a long-running series of British popular low-budget comedy films, directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rogers. ... A film producer creates the conditions for making movies. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Ronald Frederick Delderfield (February 12, 1912 - June 24, 1972) was a popular British novelist and dramatist, many of whose works have been adapted for television and are still widely read. ... Carry On Sergeant is the first Carry On film, and its first public screening was on 1st August 1958 at Screen One, London. ...

Following the success of this Carry On debut, Hudis went on to write a further five Carry Ons, the highpoint being his second one Carry On Nurse which was the top grossing film of 1959. Carry On Nurse is the second Carry On film, released in 1959. ... The difference between turnover and the cost of making a product or providing a service, before taking into account overheads, salaries and wages, and interest payments. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1966 Hudis decided to move permanently to the USA as he'd received lots of offers of work following the commercial success of Carry On Nurse over there. His US TV writing credits include, The Wild Wild West, The F.B.I., The Man From U.N.C.L.E.(The Karate killers), Hawaii Five-O and Cannon. 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... The Wild Wild West Season 1 VHS The Wild Wild West was an American television series that ran on CBS for four seasons (104 episodes) from September 17, 1965 to September 7, 1970. ... The F.B.I. was a television series broadcast on ABC in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... Rare childrens storybook based upon Left to right: David McCallum, Robert Vaughn, and the late Leo G. Carroll. ... (help·info) Hawaii Five-O ran for twelve seasons on CBS television network. ... Cannon was a detective series which ran on CBS from 1971 to 1976. ...

Norman Hudis continues to write for TV and film.

External links

• Norman Hudis at the Internet Movie Database
• Carry On Films at The Whippit Inn Detailed information on the Carry On film series
• What a Carry On A tribute to the Carry Ons and their stars
• Carry On Line: Official Website of the Carry On films Detailed information on the Carry Ons