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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Short description|British TV comedy screenwriters}} {{Infobox person | embed = | honorific_prefix = | name = Chesney and Wolfe | image = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Television screenwriting duo | language = | nationality = British | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | subject = <!-- or: | subjects = --> | movement = | notable_works ={{bulleted|''[[The Rag Trade]]''||''[[Meet the Wife (TV series)|Meet the Wife]]''|''[[On the Buses]]''|''[[Romany Jones]]''}} | spouse = <!-- or: | spouses = --> | partner = <!-- or: | partners = --> | website = <!-- {{URL|example.org}} --> | portaldisp = <!-- "on", "yes", "true", etc.; or omit --> | module = {{Infobox| decat = yes | child = yes | title = '''Ronald Chesney''' | label1 = Birth Name | data1 = RenΓ© Lucien Cadier | label2= Born | data2 ={{Birth_date|1920|5|4|df=yes}} London, England, United Kingdom | label3 = Died | data3 = {{death date and age|2018|4|12|1920|5|4|df=yes}}<br>[[Kingston upon Thames]], London, England, United Kingdom }} | module2= {{Infobox | decat = yes | child = yes | title = '''Ronald Wolfe''' | label1 = Birth Name | data1 = Harvey Ronald Wolfe-Luberoff | label2 = Born | data2 = {{Birth_date|1922|8|8|df=yes}}<br>[[London, England]], United Kingdom | label3 = Died | data3 = {{death date and age|2011|12|18|1922|8|8|df=yes}}<br>London, England, United Kingdom }} }} '''Chesney and Wolfe''', were a British television comedy screenwriting duo consisting of '''Ronald Chesney''' (born '''RenΓ© Lucien Cadier'''; 4 May 1920 β 12 April 2018)<ref name="TimesChesney"/> and '''Ronald Wolfe''' (born '''Harvey Ronald Wolfe-Luberoff''';<ref name="Stage2011">{{cite news |last=Quinn |first=Michael |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2012/ronald-wolfe/ |title=Ronald Wolfe |work=The Stage |date=11 January 2012 |accessdate=25 April 2018}}</ref> 8 August 1922 β 18 December 2011).<ref name = "BBCWolfe">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16239183 |title=On The Buses writer Ronnie Wolfe dies |work=BBC News |date=18 December 2011 |accessdate=23 April 2018}}</ref> They were best known for their [[sitcom]]s ''[[The Rag Trade]]'' (1961β1963, 1977β1978), ''[[Meet the Wife (TV series)|Meet the Wife]]'' (1963β1966), ''[[On the Buses]]'' (1969β1973) and ''[[Romany Jones]]'' (1972β1975). When their partnership began in the mid-1950s, Chesney was already known to the public as a [[harmonica]] player.
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