Arthur Watkyn
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Arthur Watkins (1907–1965) was a British writer and public official who served as Secretary of the British Board of Film Censors from 1948 to 1956, succeeding Joseph Brooke Wilkinson in the post, having previously worked at the Home Office. Writing under the name Arthur Watkyn he was also a successful novelist and playwright. A number of his works have been adapted for film and television including his West End hit comedy For Better, for Worse and his 1952 costume play The Moonraker set during the English Civil War. He also enjoyed success with his 1958 comedy Not in the Book. His play Out of Bounds ran for 31 weeks at Wyndham's Theatre in 1962 before being adapted into the West German film A Mission for Mr. Dodd in 1964.
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Chanctonbury, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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1965-07-31
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Arthur Watkins (1907–1965) was a British writer and public official who served as Secretary of the British Board of Film Censors from 1948 to 1956, succeeding Joseph Brooke Wilkinson in the post, having previously worked at the Home Office. Writing under the name Arthur Watkyn he was also a successful novelist and playwright. A number of his works have been adapted for film and television including his West End hit comedy For Better, for Worse and his 1952 costume play The Moonraker set during the English Civil War. He also enjoyed success with his 1958 comedy Not in the Book. His play Out of Bounds ran for 31 weeks at Wyndham's Theatre in 1962 before being adapted into the West German film A Mission for Mr. Dodd in 1964. As a censor he was known for his more liberal treatment of film scripts than his predecessor, and introduced the X certificate in 1951 to allow films of a more adult nature to be screened. He left his post as censor in 1956 to take over as Vice President of the .
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