Philip Albright

Philip Albright (died 21 July 1959), was an American actor and writer who worked for a number of years in Australia. He came to Australia in 1949 to appear in Dream Girl on stage and decided to stay, becoming a writer at the ABC, on radio and TV.^[1] He was one of the key radio writers for Ron Roberts Productions.^[2]

He wrote some of the first TV dramas in Australia. He died in 1959 and his play The Break was produced after his death.^[3]

Select Credits

Dream Girl - actor
His Excellency (1958) - TV play - writer
Sorry, Wrong Number (1958) - TV play - writer
Lady in Danger (1959) - TV play - writer
The Skin of Our Teeth (1959) - TV play - writer
Dinner with the Family (1959) - TV play - writer
The Strong Are Lonely (1959) - TV play - writer
Captain Carvallo (1959) - TV play - writer
The Bust (1959) - play - writer
The Break (1962) - play - writer

References

^ "Comedienne resigns from the Colgate Show". The Sun. No. 13, 181. New South Wales, Australia. 29 April 1952. p. 22 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 31 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Phil, Peter. Drama in Silent Rooms: A History of Radio Drama in Australia from the 1920s to the 1970s. Eureka Media. p. 318.
^ "Australian Plays at Union Theatre". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 January 1962. p. 6.

External links

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[1] "Comedienne resigns from the Colgate Show". The Sun. No. 13, 181. New South Wales, Australia. 29 April 1952. p. 22 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 31 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] Phil, Peter. Drama in Silent Rooms: A History of Radio Drama in Australia from the 1920s to the 1970s. Eureka Media. p. 318.

[3] "Australian Plays at Union Theatre". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 January 1962. p. 6.

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