William Fairchild (sometimes credited as W. E. C. Fairchild) (January 6, 1918 – May 9, 2000)[1] was an English author, playwright, director and screenwriter.[2][3][4] He was married to actress Isabel Dean from 1953 to the early 1970s,[5] and to producer, agent, and writer Robin Dalton from 1992 until his death.[6]
Selected filmography
edit- A Song for Tomorrow (1948) – story, script
- Penny and the Pownall Case (1948) – story, script
- Colonel Bogey (1948) – script
- Badger's Green (1949) – script
- Morning Departure (1950) – script
- The Long Dark Hall (1951) – additional dialogue
- Outcast of the Islands (1951) – script
- The Man with the Gun (1952) – script
- Gift Horse (1952) – script
- The Net (1953) – script
- Malta Story (1953) – script
- Front Page Story (1954) – script
- The Seekers (1954) – script
- Passage Home (1955) – script
- John and Julie (1955) – script, original play, director
- Value for Money (1955) – script
- No Man's Land (1956) (TV) – script, original play
- The Extra Day (1956 – script, director
- The Silent Enemy (1958) – script, director
- The Four Just Men (1959–60) (TV series) – script, director
- The Horsemasters (1961) – script, director
- 199 Park Lane (1965) (TV series) – script, creator
- Do Not Disturb (1965) – original play
- Star! (1968) – script
- The Last Shot You Hear (1969) – original play
- Embassy (1972) – script
- The Darwin Adventure (1972) – script
- The MacKintosh Man (1973) – uncredited writer
- The Sound of Murder (1982) – script, original play
- Invitation to the Wedding (1985) – script
References
edit- ^ "William Fairchild". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "William Fairchild". Archived from the original on 1 August 2018.
- ^ "William Fairchild – Person – National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk.
- ^ "William Fairchild – Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos – AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ^ Vallance, Tom (8 August 1997). "Obituary: Isabel Dean". The Independent. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ Wheatley, Jane (3 March 2017). "How Sydney socialite and film producer Robin Dalton stole the headlines from WWII". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
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