St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009) as Writer
The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954) as Writer
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957) as Writer
Short Info
Died
December 30, 2011, Draguignan, France
Spouse
Monica Ilse Koenig, Kaye Webb
Fact
France [May 2009]
Ronald Searle was born on March 3, 1920, in Cambridge, England. His parents were both teachers. He had two sisters. Searle was educated at the Cambridge School of Art. He began his career as a cartoonist for the British Army during World War II.
After the war, he worked for several British newspapers, including The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Times. In the 1950s, Searle moved to France, where he worked for Paris Match and Le Monde. He also did illustrations for Life magazine. Searle is best known for his work on the satirical magazine Private Eye.
He also created the characters of St Trinians and Molesworth. Searle was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1986. He died on December 30, 2011, at the age of 91. ..
General Info
Full Name
Ronald Searle
Died
December 30, 2011, Draguignan, France
Profession
Cartoonist, Production Designer
Education
Anglia Ruskin University
Nationality
British
Family
Spouse
Monica Ilse Koenig, Kaye Webb
Accomplishments
Awards
Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year
Movies
St. Trinian's, Painter and Poet, No 4: John Gilpin
[referring to his imprisonment in Changi Prison, a Japanese Prisoner of War Camp, during World War II] If all your generation - everyone you knew - died when they were nineteen or twenty, you've got the biggest present in the world. You live from day to day thinking "My God, I should have died when I was nineteen and I'm eighty-five now". How many presents can one have in one's life? Every day is a present.
Facts
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Fact
1
France [May 2009]
2
He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2004 Queen's New Years Honours list for his services to Art.
3
British artist and cartoonist. His ex-wife, Kaye Webb, was a book-talks broadcaster and authoress.
4
In 1939 he began serving as a sapper with the 287 Field Company until he was captured by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore in 1942. He was held as a POW in Siam and Malaya until the war ended in 1945.
Movies
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
2009
inspired by the original drawings of
St. Trinian's
2007
cartoons
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
1980
inspired by the original drawings of the Girls and Staff of St Trinian's
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
1966
inspired by the original drawings of the Girls and Staff of "St. Trinians"
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
1960
cartoons
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
1957
cartoons
Standard Oil New Jersey Presents Its 75th Anniversary Entertainment
1957
TV Movie
The Belles of St. Trinian's
1954
inspired by the original drawings of the Girls and Staff of St Trinian's
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Scrooge
1970
titles designed by
Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies
1969
credit titles designer
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
1966
title designer - uncredited
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes
1965
titles designed by
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
1960
titles - uncredited
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
1957
original drawings / titles - uncredited
The Belles of St. Trinian's
1954
title designer - uncredited
Art Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Canada Vignettes: Home of the Beaver
1978
Short cartoonist - archive footage, uncredited
On the Twelfth Day...
1955
Short set designer
The Happiest Days of Your Life
1950
title backgrounds designed by
Production Designer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done
1975
The King's Breakfast
1963
Short
Energetically Yours
1957
Short
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Belles of St. Trinian's
1954
Visiting Parent (uncredited)
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Channel 4 News
2010
TV Series
Himself
Omnibus
1972-1975
TV Series documentary
Himself - Interviewee
Standard Oil New Jersey Presents Its 75th Anniversary Entertainment
