- Jacques Marin, Darling Lili, 1970. A surprising No – to Blake Edwards and his wife, Julie Andrews – from Alfred Hawthorn Hill, Britain’s first comic created by TV (rather than music-hall and radio). He took his name from Jack Benny.
- Michel Serrault, Le Miraculé, 1986. As popular in in France, as most everywhere else, Hill backed out at the last minute of this Jean-Pierre Mocky farce about the miracles and tourism exploitation of Lourdes.
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