Dennis Potter

Beyond the 'Glee' Club: 10 Musicals It's Cool to Like 12/18/2009

Birthday: May 17, 2035

Certainly one of British television's more colorful characters, playwright, screenwriter, and director Dennis Potter thrived on controversy. Unlike the standard realistic dramas of his peers, Potter's programs complexly blended his personal reminiscence with fantasy and the gritty realities of ordinary British life such as can be seen in his six-part musical drama Pennies From ...more