Fletcher Markle
Fletcher Markle | |
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Studio One (1948) | |
Born | |
Died | May 23, 1991 Pasadena, California, U.S.[1] | (aged 70)
Occupation(s) | Actor, screenwriter, television producer, television and film director |
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Fletcher Markle (March 27, 1921 – May 23, 1991) was a Canadian actor, screenwriter, television producer and director. Markle began a radio career in Canada, then worked in radio, film and television in the United States.
Films and television
Born in
He worked with a group whose members included
In 1945, Markle received a $1,500 grant from
The group moved to Toronto, and Markle had a role as an actor in Journey Together (1946). Markle then moved to New York City, and although not listed in the credits, contributed to the screenplay for Orson Welles's The Lady from Shanghai (1947).[citation needed]
During his time in New York, he contributed to the
He produced, co-wrote, and had a cameo role in the movie Jigsaw (1949). He directed Nancy Davis, Ray Milland, and John Hodiak in Night into Morning (1951).[8]
During the 1950s and early 1960s, he was a director, producer and host for a number of television series such as Front Row Center and
In 1956, Markle and his wife, Mercedes McCambridge, launched a company to produce feature films and content for independent television. Cubano Productions initially gained rights to 23 stories by Burnham Carter. The stories, which had been published in The Saturday Evening Post, centered around a young Cuban couple and their Cafe Mosca in Havana. They were to form the basis of a 30-minute TV series, Tonight in Havana. Markle and McCambridge also planned to develop the stories into feature films.[9]
Markle returned to radio in late 1978 as one of the writers for Sears Radio Theater.[10]
Markle received an Academy Award nomination for the documentary film The V-1: Story of the Robot Bomb,[1] which he wrote and narrated.[11]
Personal life
Markle married Helen Blanche Willis in Toronto in 1944, and they divorced on June 14, 1949.[12] They had a son, actor and writer Stephen Markle.[1] He later married actress Mercedes McCambridge,[13] and they divorced in 1962[14] after 12 years of marriage, during which he adopted her son.[15] Markle's third marriage was to Dorothy Conradt, from 1963 until his death in 1991.
Death
On May 23, 1991, Markle died at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, California, of heart failure, aged 70.[1]
Filmography
Producer
- Journey Together (1949)
- Jigsaw (Uncredited, 1949)
- Grounds for Marriage (1951)
- Panic! (1 episode, 1958)
- Front Row Center (Unknown episodes, 1949)
- Ford Television Theatre (Unknown episodes, 1952)
- Life With Father (Unknown episodes, 1953)
- Studio One(1 episode, 1953)
- Front Row Center (5 episodes, 1955)
- Colgate Theatre (1 episode, 1958)
- Frances Farmer Presents (Unknown episodes)
- Thriller(8 episodes, 1960)
- Hong Kong (5 episodes, 1961)
- Vacation Playhouse (1 episode, 1965)
- Telescope (8 episodes, 1966-1971)
Director
- Studio One (Unknown episodes)
- Front Row Center (Unknown episodes)
- Jigsaw (1949)
- Night into Morning (1951)
- The Man with a Cloak (1951)
- The Ford Television Theatre (1 episode, 1952)
- Footlights Theater (1 episode, 1953)
- Front Row Center (4 episodes, 1955)
- Rendezvous (Unknown episodes)
- The George Sanders Mystery Theater (8 episodes, 1957)
- Panic! (1 episode, 1958)
- Colgate Theatre (1 episode, 1958)
- Buckskin (1 episode, 1959)
- Thriller(1 episode, 1960)
- Hong Kong (1 episode, 1961)
- Father of the Bride (Unknown episodes)
- The Incredible Journey (1963)
- Vacation Playhouse (1 episode, 1965)
- Telescope (2 episodes, 1964-1966)
- Julia (2 episodes, 1969)
- The Wonderful World of Disney(1 episode, 1977)
Writer
- The Lady from Shanghai (Uncredited, 1947)
- Jigsaw (1949)
- The Wednesday Play (1 episode, 1964)
References
- ^ a b c d Collins, Glenn (1991-05-25). "Fletcher Markle Is Dead at 70; Wrote TV and Radio Dramas". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
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- ^ Vancouver Sun, June 12, 1940, pg. 21
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- ^ a b "Fletcher Markle (1921-1991)". History of Canadian Broadcasting. Canadian Communications Foundation. Archived from the original on March 12, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
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- ^ "Obituaries: Mercedes McCambridge". The Telegraph. 2004-03-19. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
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External links
- Fletcher Markle at IMDb
- Fletcher Markle discography at Discogs
- Fletcher Markle at the Canadian Communications Foundation
- [1] - a video clip with Markle hosting Telescope from the CBC Archives