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Edwin Apps

Edwin Apps (14 May 1931 – 16 April 2021) was an English television actor and writer. He appeared in many British and French television series and films, which include Whack-O!, I Thank a Fool, Danger Man, The Avengers, Steptoe and Son, My Wife Next Door, Special Branch, Katts and Dog, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, Vatel, Joséphine, ange gardien, 15 ans et demi and others. He created and co-wrote the 1960s sitcom All Gas and Gaiters (1966–71) with his wife, actress Pauline Devaney. Their joint writing was sometimes credited to the pseudonym John Wraith.

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Edwin Apps (14 May 1931 – 16 April 2021) was an English television actor and writer. He appeared in many British and French television series and films, which include Whack-O!, I Thank a Fool, Danger Man, The Avengers, Steptoe and Son, My Wife Next Door, Special Branch, Katts and Dog, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, Vatel, Joséphine, ange gardien, 15 ans et demi and others. He created and co-wrote the 1960s sitcom All Gas and Gaiters (1966–71) with his wife, actress Pauline Devaney. Their joint writing was sometimes credited to the pseudonym John Wraith.

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