Philip Levene

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Philip Levene
Born(1926-06-09)9 June 1926
London, England
Died25 March 1973(1973-03-25) (aged 46)
London, England
Alma materWebber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation(s)Television screenwriter, actor, television producer

Philip Levene (9 June 1926 – 25 March 1973) was an English television writer, actor, and producer.

West End from 1950-1954.[2][3] Suffering from chronic ill health, he began writing radio plays in 1956.[2][4] He used to work at the morgue before becoming a writer. Levene wrote nineteen episodes of the 1960s British television series The Avengers (winning a Writer's Guild Award), and served as script consultant for the series in 1968–69.[5][6][7]

In 1967 and 1968 he created the TV series Sanctuary and

The First Lady
.

He also contributed to British television series The Flying Doctor, The Invisible Man and films The Firechasers and Deadly Strangers.[8]

His stage play Kill Two Birds, a thriller with Roger Livesey and Renée Asherson, opened at London's St Martin's Theatre in 1962.[9][10]

Writing credits

Production Notes Broadcaster
Hour of Mystery
  • "Sound Alibi" (1957)
ITV
The Flying Doctor
  • 12 episodes (1959)
 ABC Weekend TV
Passo falso
  • TV Movie/Novel (1959)
The Invisible Man
  • "Shadow on the Screen" (1959)
 ITV
Knight Errant Limited
  • Unknown episodes (1959)
 ITV
Armchair Theatre
  • "Suspicious Mind" (1959)
 ITV
Ein Augenzeuge
  • TV Movie/Novel (1959)
Armchair Mystery Theatre
  • "False Witness" (1960)
 ITV
The Pursuers
  • "Master Key" (1961)
  • "Suspect" (1961)
  • "The Amateur" (1961)
  • "The Gun" (1961)
Drama 61-67
  • "Drama '61: Torment" (1961)
  • "Drama '62: Luck of the Draw" (1962)
  • "Drama '63: Question of Guilt" (1963)
  • "Drama '64: It's Sad About Eddie" (1964)
 ATV
Ghost Squad
  • "The Retirement of the Gentle Dove" (1963)
  • "The Man with the Delicate Hands" (1963)
 ITV
Sospecha
  • "Regalo Postumo" (1964)
  • "La Desconfiada Tia Ellen" (1971)
 TVE
Novela
  • "Doble melodía" (1965)
 TVE
Srecan slucaj
  • TV Movie (1965)
Thirty-Minute Theatre
  • "Parson's Pleasure" (1965)
BBC2
The Avengers 19 episodes (1965–69) ITV
Tante detective
  • TV Movie (1966)
Sanctuary
  • 26 episodes (1967–68; creator)
  • 1 episode (1967; writer)
 ITV
The First Lady
  • 38 episodes (1968–69; co-creator)
BBC1
Who-Dun-It
  • "Murder Impossible" (1969)
 ATV
Mister Jerico
  • TV Movie (1970)
Teatro de misterio
  • "Matar dos pájaros" (1970)
 TVE
The Firechasers
  • Feature film (1971)
 N/A
Suspicion
  • Unknown episodes (1971–72; series deviser)
 ATV
Deadly Strangers
  • Feature film (1975)
 N/A
Diagnosis: Murder
  • Feature film (1975)
 N/A

Acting credits

Production Notes Role
They Can't Hang Me
  • Feature film (1955)
 BBC News Reader (uncredited)
ITV Play of the Week
  • "The Pay Off" (1955)
Quatermass II
  • "The Food" (1955)
 Supervisor
The Vise
  • "Second Sight" (1955)
 Roy Temple
Tales from Soho
  • "Slippy Fives" (1956)
 Manager
ITV Television Playhouse
  • "Morning Departure" (1956)
 Stoker Marks
BBC Sunday Night Theatre
  • "The Fugitive" (1956)
Reach for the Sky
  • Feature film (1956)
 Sgt Williams, Tangmere (uncredited)
X the Unknown
  • Feature film (1956)
 Security Man (uncredited)
The Avengers Daffodil

References

  1. ^ "Philip Levene". BFI. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018.
  2. ^
    ISBN 9780230304666
    – via Google Books.
  3. ISBN 9780810893085
    – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Philip Levene Radio Plays". Diversity Website. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Philip Levene". The Avengers Forever!. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  6. ^ "Writers' Guild Awards 1967".
  7. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Avengers, The (1961-69)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  8. ^ "Philip Levene - Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
  9. ^ "Production of Kill Two Birds, by Philip Levene - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  10. ISBN 9781137463043
    – via Google Books.

External links
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