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{{short description|American actor and writer}}
{{short description|American actor and writer}}
'''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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230707162 |title=Comedienne resigns from the Colgate Show |newspaper=[[The Sun (Sydney)|The Sun]] |issue=13,181 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=29 April 1952 |accessdate=31 August 2020 |page=22 (LATE FINAL EXTRA) |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> He was one of the key radio writers for Ron Roberts Productions.<ref>{{cite book|page=318|first=Peter|last=Phil|publisher=Eureka Media|title=Drama in Silent Rooms: A History of Radio Drama in Australia from the 1920s to the 1970s}}</ref>
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'''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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230707162 |title=Comedienne resigns from the Colgate Show |newspaper=[[The Sun (Sydney)|The Sun]] |issue=13,181 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=29 April 1952 |accessdate=31 August 2020 |page=22 (LATE FINAL EXTRA) |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> He wrote some of the first TV dramas in Australia. He died in 1959 and his play ''The Break'' was produced after his death.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Australian Plays at Union Theatre|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/121264582/?terms=%22philip%2Balbright%22|date=10 January 1962|page=6|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref>
He wrote some of the first TV dramas in Australia. He died in 1959 and his play ''The Break'' was produced after his death.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Australian Plays at Union Theatre|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/121264582/?terms=%22philip%2Balbright%22|date=10 January 1962|page=6|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref>
==Select Credits==
==Select Credits==
*''Dream Girl'' - actor
*''Dream Girl'' - actor

Revision as of 00:49, 6 November 2020

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

References

  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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