Ralph Smart


















Ralph Smart
BornRalph Foster Smart
(1908-08-27)27 August 1908
Chingford, England, UK
Died12 February 2001(2001-02-12) (aged 92)
Bowen, Queensland, Australia
OccupationDirector, screenwriter and television producer.
Period1927–1973
GenreComedy, drama, adventure, science fiction
Spouses
  • Leonie Estcourt Barrett (nee Martin)[1]

  • Meg Smart[citation needed]

Children1 child
Relatives
Patsy Smart (sister)

Ralph Foster Smart OAM (27 August 1908 – 12 February 2001) was a film and television producer, director, and writer, born in England to Australian parents.




Contents





  • 1 Biography


  • 2 Selected filmography


  • 3 Writing credits


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links




Biography


He found work in Britain with Anthony Asquith and later alongside the film director Michael Powell, whom he assisted with "Quota quickies": low-budget B-pictures to meet a legal commitment to the British film industry.


During the Second World War, Smart joined the Royal Australian Air Force in 1942 and served until 1945.[2] Afterwards he worked for the Rank Organisation and Ealing Studios, returning to Australia to direct several films beginning with The Overlanders and including Bitter Springs (1950), addressing the mistreatment of young Aborigines.


Back again in Britain, he became an influential figure in ITC television, remembered as the creator and producer of Danger Man, also known as Secret Agent in the United States. He produced, directed or wrote a number of television series and films, including the 1950s series The Adventures of Robin Hood and The Invisible Man.


In 2000 he was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for "services to the development of the Australian film industry."


He retired to Australia, and died on 12 February 2001, in Bowen, Queensland.[3]



Selected filmography



  • A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929) - uncredited


  • Sweet Success (short film; 1936) - director


  • South West Pacific (1943) - actor


  • Island Target (1945) - documentary


  • The Overlanders (1946) - associate producer


  • Bush Christmas (1947) - director, producer, writer


  • Quartet (anthology film, segment The Facts of Life; 1948)


  • A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (1949) - director


  • Curtain Up (1952) - director


  • The Flying Scot (1957) - co-writer


  • The Adventures of Mr. Pastry (1958) - director


  • Robin Hood: The Movie (TV film; 1991) - co-director


Writing credits


































































































Production
Notes
Broadcaster

The Woodpigeon Patrol

  • Feature film (co-written and directed with F.R. Lucas, 1930)
N/A

The Star Reporter

  • Short film (co-written with Philip MacDonald, 1932)
N/A

Hotel Splendide

  • Short film (co-written with Philip MacDonald, 1932)
N/A

C.O.D

  • Feature film (co-written with Philip MacDonald, 1932)
N/A

His Lordship

  • Feature film (1932)
N/A

Born Lucky

  • Feature film (1933)
N/A

The Night of the Party

  • Feature film (co-written with Roland Pertwee, 1935)
N/A

The Phantom Light

  • Feature film (co-written with J Jefferson Farjeon and Austin Melford, 1935)
N/A

Crime Unlimited

  • Feature film (co-written with Brock Williams, 1935)
N/A

Convict 99

  • Feature film (co-written with Cyril Campion, Jack Davis Jr., Marriott Edgar and Val Guest, 1938)
N/A

Alf's Button Afloat

  • Feature film (co-written with Marriott Edgar and Val Guest, 1938)
N/A

The Good Old Days

  • Feature film (co-written with Austin Melford and John Dighton, 1940)
N/A

Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt

  • Feature film (co-written with Marriott Edgar and J.O.C. Orton, 1940)
N/A

Bush Christmas

  • Feature film (also directed, 1947)
N/A

Eureka Stockade

  • Feature film (co-written with Walter Greenwood and Harry Watt, 1949) (additional scenes)
N/A

Bitter Springs

  • Feature film (co-written with Monja Danischewsky and W. P. Lipscomb, 1950)
N/A

Where No Vultures Fly

  • Feature film (co-written with W. P. Lipscomb and Leslie Norman, 1951)
N/A

Never Take No for an Answer

  • Feature film (co-written and directed with Maurice Cloche, 1951)
N/A

Always a Bride

  • Feature film (co-written with Peter Jones, 1953)
N/A

The Adventures of Robin Hood

  • 8 episodes (1956–1957)

ITV

The Flying Scot

  • Feature film (co-written with Norman Hudis and Jan Read, 1957)
N/A

The Adventures of William Tell

  • 12 episodes (also producer, 1958–1959)
ITV

The Invisible Man

  • 6 episodes (also producer, 1959)
ITV

Danger Man

  • 27 episodes (1960–1962)
ITV

Secret Agent

  • 14 episodes (1964–1966)
ITV

Koroshi

  • Television film (1968)
N/A

The Champions

  • "To Trap a Rat" (1968)

  • "Get Me Out of Here!" (1969)

ITV

Riptide

  • 8 episodes (1969)

Seven Network

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

  • "My Late Lamented Friend and Partner" (1969)

  • "But What a Sweet Little Room" (1969)

ITV

The Protectors

  • "The Numbers Game" (1972)
ITV

Elephant Boy

  • 13 episodes (co-written with Tony Morphett, Ted Roberts, David Whitaker and Ian Stuart Black, 1973)
Seven Network


References




  1. ^ Divorce Papers for Ralph Smart and Leonie Estcourt Barrett (nee Martin)


  2. ^ War records of Ralph Smart


  3. ^ David Anthony, 'Bowen boasts movie heritage', Townsville Bulletin, 16 June 2007




External links



  • Ralph Smart on IMDb


  • Ralph Smart at AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource

  • Article linking three seminal TV shows

  • Ralph Smart & Hannah Weinstein & British TV








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