Hartney Arthur
Hartney Arthur | |
|---|---|
| Born | Hartney J. Arthur 29 December 1917 |
| Died | 24 March 2004 (aged 86) |
| Occupations | Actor, Writer Director |
Hartney J. Arthur (29 December 1917 – 24 March 2004) was an Australian actor, writer and film director, who worked in stage, radio and film.
Biography
[edit | edit source]He was born in Hobart Tasmania, and appeared as a convict boy in For the Term of his Natural Life (1927). He went into work in Sydney radio and theater as a writer, director and actor, and toured New Zealand in the title role of Charley's Aunt. He later directed Peter Finch in Red Sky at Morning (1944) and managed a chain of theaters in New South Wales.[1][2]
In 1949 he moved to the U.S. and worked for the Australian Information Bureau and as a theater and film agent.[3][4] He died in Bethel, Connecticut on 24 March 2004, aged 86.[5]
Select Credits
[edit | edit source]- For the Term of His Natural Life (1927) – film – actor
- Roundabout (1937) – play – actor[6]
- Private Lives by Noël Coward (1939) – play – actor[7]
- A Yank in Australia (1942) – film – actor
- Red Sky at Morning (1944) – film – writer, director
- Flicka Daze – book[8]
- West Side Story (1960) – director of Australian production[9] Hartney is a distant relative of Australian movie producer Phillip Avalon.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 197
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- ^ 'Hartney J. Arthur Obituary', Daily Variety, 26 May 2004
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Hartney Arthur at IMDb
- Hartney Arthur at the Internet Broadway DatabaseLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Hartney J. Arthur[permanent dead link] at National Film and Sound Archive
- Hartney J. Arthur theatre credits at AusStage
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