John (Campbell) Wells

British actor, playwright, humorist, and director. He read French and German at Oxford, and taught both languages at Eton (1961–3), while contributing material for revues at the Edinburgh Festival. He was a co-editor of the satirical magazine, Private Eye (1964–7), contributed the supposed diary of Mrs Wilson (prime minister Harold Wilson's wife) and the ‘Dear Bill’ letters, the supposed correspondence of Denis Thatcher (husband of Margaret Thatcher), and in the 1990s partnered John Fortune in a televised series of satirical political dialogues. His plays include Listen to the Knocking Bird (1965), Mrs Wilson's Diary (1968), Anyone for Denis? (1981), in which he played the title role, and A Brand from the Burning (1995), which he also directed. He was highly regarded as a translator of plays and opera from French and German, and he directed a revival of The Mikado in 1989.

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John Wells (1817-1877), a United States Representative from New York John Sullivan Wells, a United States Senator from New Hampshire John Wells (rower), an Olympic rower John Wells (satirist) (1936–1998) British satirist John Wells (rugby) (born 1963), English rugby player and coach John Wells (TV producer), a television producer John Wells (19th century politician) (c.1761–1848), British MP for Maidstone 1820–1830 John Wells (politician), (born 1925), British Conservative MP for Maidstone 1959–1987 John Wells (artist) (1907–2000) Cornish painter John Wells (architect) (Bank of Montréal) John C.