Philip Levene

Philip Levene
Born (1926-06-09)9 June 1926
London, England
Died 25 March 1973
London, England
Occupation Television screenwriter, actor, television producer

Philip Levene (9 June 1926 – 25 March 1973) was an English television writer, actor, and producer. He used to work at the morgue before becoming a writer. Levene wrote nineteen episodes of the 1960s British television series The Avengers and served as script consultant for the series in 1968–69.[1] In 1967 and 1968 he created TV series Sanctuary and The First Lady.

He also contributed to British television series The Flying Doctor, The Invisible Man, Quatermass II and films The Firechasers and Deadly Strangers.

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)
  • "The Cybernauts" (1965)
  • "Man-Eater of Surrey Green" (1965)
  • "Two's A Crowd" (1965)
  • "Small Game for Big Hunters" (1966)
  • "From Venus with Love" (1967)
  • "The Fear Merchants" (1967)
  • "Escape in Time" (1967)
  • "The See-Through Man" (1967)
  • "The Hidden Tiger" (1967)
  • "Never, Never Say Die" (1967)
  • "Something Nasty in the Nursery" (1967)
  • "Who's Who?" (1967)
  • "Return of the Cybernauts" (1967)
  • "Death's Door" (1967)
  • "You Have Just Been Murdered" (1967)
  • "Mission: Highly Improbable" (1967)
  • "The Curious Case of the Countless Clues" (1969)
  • "My Wildest Dream" (1969)
  • "Get-a-Way" (1969)
 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". The Avengers Forever!. Retrieved 28 April 2012.

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