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The year 1959 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during that year.
William Inglis Lindon Travers was a British actor, screenwriter, director and animal rights activist. Prior to his show business career, he served in the British army with Gurkha and special forces units.
Annette Andre is an Australian actress best known for her work on British television throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
Ronald Grant Taylor was an English-Australian actor best known as the abrasive General Henderson in the Gerry Anderson science fiction series UFO and for his lead role in Forty Thousand Horsemen (1940).
Lorrae Desmond born as Beryl Hunt, was an Australian Gold Logie-award-winning singer, recording artist, radio and television presenter, character actress, and playwright, with a career that spanned over 55 years both locally and the United Kingdom.
Guy Doleman was a New Zealand born actor, active in Australia, Britain and the United States.
Bryan Davies is a British-born Australian pop music singer and entertainer. He appeared on 1960s TV pop shows, Sing! Sing! Sing! and Bandstand. From March 1962, at age 17, he became the youngest person in Australia to host their own TV show, The Bryan Davies Show. The singer issued two albums, On My Way (1965) and Together by Myself (1968). His most popular singles were, "Dream Girl" and "Five Foot Two Eyes of Blue" (October), which both reached the top 4 on the Sydney charts.
The Lorrae Desmond Show was an early black and white, Australian television music and variety show, produced by James Upshaw which aired from 1960 to 1964 on the ABC hosted by singer and entertainer Lorrae Desmond, later best known for her role as Shirley Gilroy in soap opera/serial A Country Practice, who won the Gold Logie for the program. The Lorrae Desmond Show was a similar to The Dinah Shore Show in the US, with emphasis on live performances and dance numbers. The final episode aired on 27 April 1964. Over 20 episodes of the series are held by the National Film and Sound Archive
Hal Lashwood's Alabama Jubilee was an Australian television variety series hosted by Hal Lashwood which aired from 1958 to 1961 on ABC. It was essentially a minstrel show, with some of the performers appearing in blackface makeup. In 1960, it was retitled Hal Lashwood's Minstrels.
Make Ours Music was an Australian music television series which aired from 1958 to circa 1961 on ABC. Produced in Sydney, it also aired in Melbourne. Originally a half-hour series, it later expanded to an hour. Make Ours Music featured a mix of live songs and dance numbers.
Oscar Ralph Whitbread was an English-Australian producer who worked extensively in television.
"The Big Killing" is a 1965 Australian television film which aired on ABC. A murder drama aired in a 70-minute time-slot, it was produced in ABC's Sydney studios. Producer was James Upshaw, whose previous works had included variety series The Lorrae Desmond Show.
Phillip Grenville Mann was an Australian actor, playwright, stage director and manager, and writer.
Patricia Mary Byson Flower was an English Australian writer of plays, television plays and novels.
"Johnny Belinda" was a 1959 Australian TV adaptation of the 1940 play by Elmer Harris which had been filmed in 1948. It was the first "live" one hour drama on commercial television in Australia.
George F. Kerr was an English writer best known for his work in TV. He worked for eight years in British TV as a writer and script editor.
Christopher Muir was an Australian director and producer, notable for his work in TV in the 1950s and 1960s.
William Sterling was an Australian producer and director.
Rodney Scott Kinnear was an Australian director, best known for his work in TV.
Red Peppers is a 1962 Australian TV play based on the play Red Peppers. It aired with the play Family Album. Each play went for half an hour. James Upshaw produced.
References
- ↑ "Friendly fans drive Cheyenne to hilltop". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 27, no. 13. Australia. 2 September 1959. p. 62. Retrieved 1 March 2017– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "T.V. HIGHLIGHTS". The Biz . New South Wales, Australia. 23 December 1959. p. 7. Retrieved 1 March 2017– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "An hour of laughs with Red Skelton". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 31, no. 2. Australia. 12 June 1963. p. 15. Retrieved 1 March 2017– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "FOUR FOR THE SHOW". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 31, no. 8. Australia. 24 July 1963. p. 18. Retrieved 1 March 2017– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Three Spanish Ballets". The Canberra Times . Vol. 38, no. 10, 674. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 23 October 1963. p. 35. Retrieved 1 March 2017– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Teletopics". The Age. 13 October 1966. p. 18.
