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Tony Garnett, the actor and producer best known for his collaboration with director Ken Loach on films and TV programmes such as Kes and Cathy Come Home, died yesterday following a short illness at the age of 83.
The news was announced on Twitter by Mr Garnett’s production company World Productions, which called Mr Garnett a “great man and inspirational producer who will sorely missed”.
After a short illness, Tony Garnett, the legendary TV & Film Producer and founder of World Productions, died around midday on January 12.
— World Productions (@worldprods)
Tony was a great man and an inspirational producer who will be sorely missed by everyone who knew him.After a short illness, Tony Garnett, the legendary TV & Film Producer and founder of World Productions, died around midday on January 12.
— World Productions (@worldprods) January 12, 2020
Tony was a great man and an inspirational producer who will be sorely missed by everyone who knew him.
Mr Garnett, who was born in Birmingham, worked with Mr Loach for 13 years on a number of projects including BBC television play Cathy Come Home.
First broadcast in 1966, Cathy Come Home tells the story of a young couple’s descent into homelessness and contributed to the birth of charities including Shelter and Crisis, alongside a number of housing associations.
In 2016, to mark the 50th anniversary of the film, a group of housing associations formed the group Homes for Cathy to highlight housing associations’ role in fighting homelessness.
Mr Garnett also worked with Mr Loach on Up the Junction, which featured a then-illegal abortion, and Kes, the story of a young working-class boy from Yorkshire.
Before working as a producer, Mr Garnett worked as an actor, appearing in the 1962 film The Boys, as well as several other television plays.