Internet movie database, Sept. 5, 2008 (Raymond Briggs; b. 18 Jan. 1934, Wimbledon, London, England; writer, actor)
Wikipedia, Mar. 7, 2017 (Raymond Redvers Briggs (born 18 January 1934) is an English illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist and author who has achieved critical and popular success among adults and children. He is best known in Britain for his story The Snowman, a book without words whose cartoon adaptation is televised and whose musical adaptation is staged every Christmas.)