Philip Levene

Philip Levene (9 June 1926 – 25 March 1973) was an English television writer, actor, and producer.[1] He trained as an actor at the Webber Douglas School of Dramatic Art and subsequent work included a small role in Brian Rix's long running Whitehall farce Reluctant Heroes in the 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]

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
OccupationTelevision screenwriter, actor, television producer

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 Television
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
  • "Who's Who?" (1967)
 Daffodil

References
  1. "Philip Levene". BFI.
  2. Rubinstein, W.; Jolles, Michael A. (27 January 2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Springer. ISBN 9780230304666 – via Google Books.
  3. Wearing, J. P. (16 September 2014). The London Stage 1950-1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield. 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. Hesse, Beatrix (2 August 2015). The English Crime Play in the Twentieth Century. Springer. ISBN 9781137463043 – via Google Books.
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