John Pickard (writer)

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John Pickard (1910-1995) was an Australian actor and writer who moved to the US in 1935 and enjoyed considerable success writing for radio in America. [1]

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Pickard broke into Australian radio as an actor and writer while still in his teens. [2] He appeared in the film The Silence of Dean Maitland but was mostly a radio actor. In America he often worked in collaboration with Frank Provo. [3]

In 1969 they joined the faculty of Simon's Rock College and taught dramatic writing. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "AMERICA ACCLAIMS AUSTRALIAN RADIO ARTIST". Smith's Weekly . Vol. XVII, no. 41. New South Wales, Australia. 7 December 1935. p. 3. Retrieved 22 August 2025– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ Australasian Radio Relay League. (April 12, 1935), "RE-WRITING for RADIO", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-732814724, retrieved 22 August 2025– via Trove
  3. ↑ "Was Young Dr Malone a Quack?". The Berkshire Eagle. 18 September 1963. p. 28.
  4. ↑ "Frank Provo dies at 62". The Berkshire Eagle. 21 November 1975. p. 13.
  5. ↑ "THE RADIO WORLD". Chronicle. Vol. LXXII, no. 3, 834. South Australia. 13 March 1930. p. 31. Retrieved 22 August 2025– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "LISTENING IN ON RADIO". The Labor Daily . No. 3723. New South Wales, Australia. 11 November 1935. p. 8. Retrieved 22 August 2025– via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "Left Law For Radio". The Labor Daily . No. 3490. New South Wales, Australia. 11 February 1935. p. 8. Retrieved 22 August 2025– via National Library of Australia.
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