Writing

John Sullivan

Born December 23, 1946 · Balham, London, England, UK · Died April 22, 2011

Biography

John Richard Thomas Sullivan was an English TV scriptwriter responsible for several British sitcoms, including Only Fools and Horses, Citizen Smith and Just Good Friends. From working-class South London, Sullivan worked in a variety of low-paid jobs for 15 years before getting his first break writing sketches for The Two Ronnies, which led to writing the sitcom Citizen Smith.