Raymond Menmuir
Raymond Menmuir | |
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Born | Raymond Edward Menmuir 30 September 1930 Perth, Western Australia , Australia |
Died | 26 March 2016 (aged 85) |
Nationality | British |
Occupation(s) | Television director, television producer |
Raymond Edward Menmuir (10 September 1930 – 26 March 2016) was a British-Australian director and producer.
Early life
Menmuir was born in
Work
His first employment was as a reporter at the
He was deeply impressed by European culture, by seeing various films at the 1953 Festival of the Arts in Perth, and then took artistic inspiration from various films including
He originally directed all sorts of programs for the ABC but in October 1959 was assigned to drama full time.[7]
Probably his greatest achievement in these years was the 5 October 1960 live production in prime time of the two-hour epic
In 1961, Menmuir and his then wife Heidi moved to London. Menmuir directed for stage Alan Seymour's play, The One Day of the Year at Theatre Royal Stratford East, which started his association with many production venues.[8]
His productions included:
In 1978, he was offered full freedom of control as producer for London Weekend Television's show, The Professionals.[5]
During several returns to Australia, he was responsible for Ballad for One Gun (1963) (about Ned Kelly), and Special Squad and the movie Fortress for Crawford Productions.[11]
Personal life
In the UK, Menmuir lived in rural Buckinghamshire.
In his later years, Menmuir settled in Australia at Mirrabooka on the western side of Lake Macquarie
Menmuir was married twice. He and his first wife, Heidi (née Isenmann) had a daughter, Anna. He had a daughter, Fiona, and a son, Ian with his second wife, Jennifer (née Cooper) (d. 2010). His partner after this time was the actor and entrepreneur Wendy Blacklock.[12]
Select Credits
- Shadow of Doubt(1957) - TV play
- The Rose and Crown(1957) - TV play
- The Multi-Coloured Umbrella (1958) - TV play
- Citizen of Westminster (1958) - TV play
- Blue Murder (1959) - TV play
- One Bright Day(1959) - TV play
- Bodgie(1959) - TV play
- The Strong Are Lonely (1959) - TV play
- The Life and Death of King Richard II(1960) - TV play
- Close to the Roof (1960) - TV play
- The Dock Brief (1960) - TV play
- The Square Ring (1960) - TV play
- Swamp Creatures (1960) - TV play
- Turning Point(1960) - TV play
- The Sergeant from Burralee (1961) - TV play
- The Right Thing (1963) - TV play
- Ballad for One Gun (1963) - TV play
- Thirty-One Backyards (1965) - TV play
- Headmaster (1977) (TV series)
- The Professionals (1978–83) - TV series
- Who Dares Wins (1982)
- Special Squad(1984) (TV series)
- Fortress (1985)
- C.A.T.S. Eyes (1986–87) (TV Series)
- Gentlemen and Players(1988–89) (TV Series)
References
- ISBN 0-906890-39-X.
- ^ "Raymond Menmuir | TV, Documentary and Other Appearances". AllMovie.
- ^ Cribb, Tim (19 August 1984). "Crawford's Cops Return". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ISBN 9781476670317– via Google Books.
- ^ a b c "Obituary: Raymond Menmuir, Australian TV producer". www.scotsman.com. 17 June 2016.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (29 August 2020). "Annette Andre: My Brilliant Early Australian Career". Filmink.
- ^ "To Concentrate on TV Drama". The Age. 15 October 1959. p. 26.
- ^ Gilbert, W. Stephen (1 April 2015). "Alan Seymour obituary". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "Raymond Menmuir". BFI. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019.
- ^ "The Nine Tailors Part 1 (1974)". BFI. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019.
- ^ "Fortress (1985) - Arch Nicholson | Cast and Crew". AllMovie.
- Sydney Morning Herald, 8 June 2016
External links
- Raymond Menmuir at IMDb
- NFSA - Search Results Raymond Menmuir] at National Film and Sound Archive
- Obituary at Sydney Morning Herald
- Obituary by Storry Walton