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Birth Name: Reginald Smythe
Born: 10 July 1917 Died: 13 June 1998
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United Kingdom
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Reg Smythe was born on July 10, 1917 in Hartlepool, County Durham, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Andy Capp (1988), Andy Capp (1972) and The Fantastic Funnies (1980). He died on June 13, 1998 in Hartlepool, England, UK.
Created the comic strip Andy Capp, which first appeared in the Daily Mail on 5 August 1957. When Smythe died in June 1998 he left enough comic strips to last another 18 months.
Served in the British Army from 1936 to 1945. After World War II, he first worked as a clerk before becoming a part-time cartoonist, first publishing his work for The Mirror.
Claimed in 1990, that Andy Capp was syndicated
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