Creswick Jenkinson

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Crewick Jenkinson
Born
Herbert Creswick Jenkinson

(1924-04-14)14 April 1924
Carlton, Victoria, Australia
Died22 July 2013(2013-07-22) (aged 89)
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, producer, director


Herbert Creswick Jenkinson (14 April 1924- 22 July 2013) was an Australian screenwriter, producer and director. As a screenwriter, he wrote the film Captain Thunderbolt (1953) as well as episodes of the TV series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo , [1]

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Jenkinson adapted a number of works for the stage, including the version of The Imaginary Invalid by Molière which was performed by Peter Finch and the Mercury Mobile Players in 1948. This production was seen by Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh and led to Olivier inviting Finch to Australia. [2]

He also worked extensively in radio, including as producer and writer on The Black Museum radio series starring Orson Welles, [3] creator of the drama series Address Unknown, and as a producer for the radio program AM. [4]

Jenkinson was born in Carlton, Victoria andserved in the Australian Navy as a steward from 1942 until 1946. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Skippy at Australian TV
  2. ↑ Stephen Vagg, 'Finch, fry and factories: a brief history of Mercury Theatre,' Australasian Drama Studies, 50, Apr 2007, 18-35
  3. ↑ 'The Black Museum: Murder Most English', By Thomas "Ratman" Swafford, Metropolitan Washington Old Time Radio Club, 2010
  4. ↑ 'AM celebrates 35 years of radio current affairs broadcasting', ABC News Online, Wednesday, September 4, 2002
  5. ↑ Herbert Jenkinson at Nominal Roll
  6. ↑ "Famous Aust. Theatre Stars to Visit Bathurst". The National Advocate . Bathurst, NSW. 7 October 1948. p. 5. Retrieved 25 July 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "Advertising". The Courier-Mail . Brisbane. 19 March 1951. p. 7. Retrieved 25 July 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ Vagg, Stephen (3 November 2025). "Forgotten Australian Films: Captain Thunderbolt". Filmink. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
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