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This page is for the older Frank Harvey (screenwriter). For his son, (1912-1981) click here: Frank Harvey (English screenwriter)


Frank Harvey (22 December 1885 – 10 October 1965) was as Australian actor, producer and writer born in Jersey, Channel Islands. His father was French, also a man of the stage, (noted for writing the plays Shall We Forgive Her[1], Life and Death[2] and Wed Yet No Wife[3]) born Jean Francois Marie de Soissons de Latanac but Anglicised to "Frank Harvey".[4] When he came to choose his own stage name, he could think of nothing better! (This may have been a legend as his given name was Harvey Ainsworth Hilton. It may be significant that the name he gave the entrepreneur in The Broken Melody was De Latanac)

He studied under Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and played Shakespearean parts in the Lyceum Theatre in London. In 1914 he was engaged by J C Williamson to play in Australia with Nancye Stewart, and did not return to England until 1926.[5]

In 1922 he toured New Zealand with the Emélie Polini troupe.

He married Grace Ackerman in 1910 and divorced her in 1923 on grounds of desertion.[6] On 3 April 1924 he married Rosamond "Bobbie" McMillan, an actress with the Emélie Polini troupe.[7]

By 1930 he was back in Melbourne, working with Campbell Copelin for JCW.[8] In 1934 he wrote and acted for Frank W Thring and Efftee Productions, then for Ken G Hall and Cinesound.

In 1935 he moved to Sydney and began writing and acting for ABC radio. This involvement led to full-time appointment as senior drama producer in 1944, directing such stars as Queenie Ashton (in early episodes of Blue Hills), Lyndall Barbour and Nigel Lovell. Older Australians may remember him as Nestor the story-teller in the Argonauts Club for most of the '40s.[9]

In 1936 he founded a School of Voice Production and Dramatic Art with Claude Flemming.

By the time he retired in 1952 he had directed many hundreds of radio plays. He was appreciated by actors for his wit and communication skills.

A son (1912 – 1981) by his first marriage, also called Frank Harvey, was a British playwright and novelist who wrote the play Saloon Bar and screenplays for British movies including Seven Days to Noon and I'm Alright Jack.[10]

He had a daughter, Helen, by his second wife.

Contents

Bibliography: plays

Cape Forlorn (1931)
The Last Enemy (1932)[11] (later played by a young Laurence Olivier)

Stage appearances

Joseph and His Brethren (1914) w/ Nancye Stewart (her debut)
The Marriage of Kitty (1916) w/ Marie Tempest
Annabelle (1916) w/ Marie Tempest
A Pair of Silk Stockings (1917) w/ Marie Tempest and Nancye Stewart[12]
The Easiest Way (1918) w/ Muriel Starr[13]
The Silent Witness (1919) w/ Muriel Starr[14]
Adam and Eva (1921) w/ Maud Hannaford
Scandal (1922 in New Zealand) w/ Emélie Polini
My Lady's Dress (1923 in New Zealand) w/ Emélie Polini
The Flaw (1923 in New Zealand) w/ Emélie Polini
De Luxe Annie (1923 in New Zealand) w/ Emélie Polini
The Bird of Paradise (1923) w/ Muriel Starr[15]
The Garden of Allah (1924) w/ Muriel Starr
A Royal Divorce (1925) w/ Muriel Starr[16]
So This Is London (1925) w/ Muriel Starr and Mayne Lynton[17]
Secrets (1925)[18]
Within the Law (1925)[19]
Monsieur Beaucaire (1925) w/ Mary Hinton
Seventh Heaven (1925) w/ Remy Carpen
The Silver King (1926) w/ Remy Carpen and Mayne Lynton
East Lynne (1929) in New Zealand w/ Muriel Starr[20]
My Lady's Dress (1931) playing seven different roles w/ Iris Darbyshire
The Calendar (1931) w/ Campbell Copelin and Coral Brown (her debut)
On the Spot (1931) w/ Campbell Copelin[21]
Cape Forlorn (1931) w/ Harvey Adams and Charles Wheeeler (also written by him)
Rope (1932) w/ Campbell Copelin
Mother of Pearl (1934) starring Alice Delysia and Campbell Copelin, (also written and directed by him)
Her Past (1934) starring Alice Delysia and Campbell Copelin (also directed)
Black Limelight (1939) w/ Henry Mollison]] and Lina Basquette at newly opened Minerva Theatre

Filmography: as actor

The Streets of London (1934)
A Ticket in Tatts (1934)
Heritage (1935)

Filmography: as writer

Clara Gibbings (1934)[22]
White Death (1936)
Tall Timbers (1937) also acted
It Isn’t Done (1937) cowriter Carl Dudley also acted
Lovers and Luggers aka Vengeance of the Deep (1937) also acted
The Broken Melody aka The Vagabond Violinist (1938) starring Rosalind Kennerdale (and also acted)[23]
for trivia fans: this movie is notable for appearance of a very young Gough Whitlam![24]
Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938) cowriter Bert Bailey
Let George Do It (1938) cowriter George Wallace
Gone to the Dogs (1939) cowriter George Wallace
Dad Rudd, MP (1940) cowriter Bert Bailey also acted
Mr Chedworth Steps Out (1939)

Radio appearances

(all for ABC radio)

Monsieur Beaucaire (1935)
Scandal(1935)
My Lady's Dress (1935)
Dead or Alive by Edmund Barclay (1936)
The Fire on the Snow (1941 original production by Frank Clewlow) as Robert Falcon Scott
Macbeth (1942?)

Radio Productions

(all for ABC, many hundreds not listed)

Macbeth (1948) with Lloyd Berrell and Lyndall Barbour
Waterloo Bridge (1948) with Max Osbiston

Sources

References

  1. ^ The Advertiser Saturday 13 September 1902
  2. ^ Life and Death poster
  3. ^ The Advertiser Thursday 16 July 1908
  4. ^ IMDb biography of Frank Harvey père
  5. ^ Canberra Times Thursday 17 March 1927
  6. ^ Melbourne Sun Thursday 6 September 1923
  7. ^ Good Iron Mac Peter M Gunnar, Federation Press 1995 ISBN 1862871760
  8. ^ Melbourne Argus Monday 5 January 1931
  9. ^ The Golden Age of the Argonauts Rob Johnson, Hodder & Stoughton 1997 ISBN 0 7336 0528 1
  10. ^ AustLit biography of Frank Harvey
  11. ^ Melbourne Argus Tuesday 26 April 1932
  12. ^ Adelaide Advertiser Thursday 27 September 1917
  13. ^ Adelaide Advertiser Saturday 6 April 1918
  14. ^ Adelaide Advertiser Monday 15 September 1919
  15. ^ Melbourne Argus Saturday 14 April 1923
  16. ^ Melbourne Argus Monday 19 October 1925
  17. ^ Melbourne Argus Saturday 7 March 1925
  18. ^ Melbourne Argus Saturday 4 July 1925
  19. ^ Melbourne Argus Monday 24 August 1925
  20. ^ N T Times Friday 26 September 1930
  21. ^ Melbourne Argus Monday 16 February 1931
  22. ^ IMDb biography of Frank Harvey
  23. ^ http://australianscreen.com.au/titles/the-broken-melody/
  24. ^ The Australian Film and Television Companion Tony Harrison, Simon & Schuster Australia 1994 ISBN 0 7318 0455 4







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