John Hay Beith Net Worth

Date Of Birth	April 17, 1876
Place Of Birth	Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
Profession	Writer, Miscellaneous Crew
Star Sign	Aries

#	Fact
1	Awarded the Silver Cross for bravery in action during the First World War.
2	Remembered for his book "The First Hundred Thousand", a collection of humorous sketches of military life in the early days of World War I.
3	In 1917/18, as member of the British Military Mission, he went on a lecture tour of America.
4	From 1938 to 1941 served as director of public relations for the British War Office with the rank of major general.
5	Some of his later plays were written in collaboration with Seymour Hicks, P.G. Wodehouse and A.E.W. Mason.
6	Was chairman of the Society of Authors from 1942 until his death in 1952.
7	He joined Durham School in 1902 as junior science master, and also coached the rugby and boating crews. Durham featured in one of his best books 'The Housemaster' (1938), which includes the famous differentiation between 'funny peculiar' and 'funny ha-ha'.

Title	Year	Status
Sikke'n familie	1963	play
The Sign of Zorro	1958	screenplay - uncredited
Girls at Sea	1958	play
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre	1958	TV Series play - 1 episode
Saturday Playhouse	1958	TV Series play "Off the Record" - 1 episode
The Ship Was Loaded	1957	based on the stage play "Off the Record"
The Fourpenny Box	1956	TV Movie play
Orders Are Orders	1955	play
Off the Record	1950	TV Movie play
Housemaster	1949	TV Movie
Tilly of Bloomsbury	1948	TV Movie play
The Middle Watch	1948	TV Movie play
The Middle Watch	1946	TV Movie play
Tilly of Bloomsbury	1940	play
The Middle Watch	1940	play
Mad Men of Europe	1940
Little Ladyship	1939	TV Movie English version - English version
Nobody Home	1938	writer
Housemaster	1938	novel "The Housemaster" - uncredited / play "Bachelor Born"
A Damsel in Distress	1937	play - uncredited
Troopship	1937
The Frog	1937	adaptation
Sabotage	1936	dialogue
Keep Your Seats, Please!	1936	uncredited
The Man Behind the Mask	1936	dialogue
Secret Agent	1936	dialogue
All at Sea	1936	play "Mr. Faintheart"
The Widow from Monte Carlo	1935	play "A Present from Margate"
Admirals All	1935	play / script
Me and Marlborough	1935	dialogue
The 39 Steps	1935	dialogue
Orders Is Orders	1934	play
I Was a Spy	1933	writer
Leave It to Me	1933	play "Leave It To Psmith"
Midshipmaid Gob	1932	play
Tilly of Bloomsbury	1931	play
The Sport of Kings	1931	play
The Middle Watch	1930	dialogue / play
Tommy Atkins	1928	writer
The Sporting Lover	1926	play "Good Luck"
The Happy Ending	1925	play
Tilly of Bloomsbury	1921
The Common Cause	1919	play "Getting Together"

Title	Year	Status	Character
Male and Female	1919	technical advisor - uncredited
The Little American	1917	technical advisor - uncredited

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