Hugh Greene Hugh Greene Sir Hugh Carleton Greene (15 November 1910 – 19 February 1987) was a British journalist and television executive. He was Director-General of the BBC from 1960 to 1969, and is generally credited with modernising an organisation that had fallen behind in the wake of the launch of ITV in 1955. He was the brother of Graham Greene, the English novelist. Greene was born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, one of the four sons and two daughters of Charles Henry Greene, Headmaster of Berkhamsted School. His brothers were novelist Graham Greene, Raymond Greene, a physician and Everest mountaineer, and Herbert Greene,
Robert Greene (dramatist) Elton, its story commencing in 1592 (the year the quotation was written) and featuring Greene as a character (played by Mark Heap). In the Ben Elton-written sitcom, "Upstart Crow", he is portrayed by Mark Heap as being alive following the publication of "Groats-Worth" and a constant obstacle to Shakespeare's success. His most famous song "Weep not my wanton" is a recurring motif in the historical novel "The Grove of Eagles" by Winston Graham. Robert Greene (dramatist) Robert Greene (1558–1592) was an English author popular in his day, and now best known for a posthumous pamphlet attributed to him, "Greene's Groats-Worth