Born in Manchester, England, Ted Lewis (1940–1982) spent most of his youth in Barton-upon-Humber. After graduating from Hull Art School, Lewis moved to London and first worked in advertising before becoming an animation specialist, working on the Beatles’ Yellow Submarine. A pioneer of the British noir school, Lewis authored nine novels, the second of which was famously adapted in 1971 as the now iconic Get Carter, which stars Michael Caine.