was born in London (August 22, 1935), where he still lives. He started attending school only at the age of 10, after the Second World War. He never studied because he started working at the age of 15, tried furrier, machinist, hairdresser and other professions.
 in 1956 he went to Australia as a barber on a liner in the British Merchant Navy. In his free time, he started writing short stories and short stories.in 1979 signed his first contract with BBC television. Since then, a very productive collaboration with various British TV channels began.
 in 1983 HBO released Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson, based on L. Goldstein's play, David and Edward, starring Laurence Olivier and Jackie Gleason. This production won the award for the best TV play of the year.

The play "David and Eduard" is popular and staged all over the world: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Israel, USA, France, Uruguay, Germany and elsewhere. in 2020 A film based on this play (Pan Halpern a pan Johnson) has also been made on Czech television.