Paul O'Loughlin

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Paul O'Loughlin
Maiva Drummond and Paul O'Loughlin.jpg
Paul O'Loughlin in 1947 with wife Maiva Drummond
Born
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation(s)Actor and director
Spouse Maiva Drummond
Military career
Allegiance Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Branch Royal Australian Air Force
Years of servicec1939-1945
Rank Bombardier
Battles / wars World War II

Paul O'Loughlin was an Australian actor and director. He directed some of the first television plays in Australia after having joined the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) in the 1930s. He directed numerous stage plays. [1]

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Biography

O'Loughlin was born and educated in Melbourne and worked in Brisbane and Adelaide. [2]

He served in the RAAF in WWII and married actress Maiva Drummond in 1942. [3] The couple had met in Melbourne in 1935 in the cast of Gregan McMahon's production of W. Somerset Maugham's Sheppey . [4]

He directed the first Australian television drama play The Twelve Pound Look. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "The PRIVATE EYE of TV". ABC Weekly. 20 July 1957. pp. 4–5.
  2. ↑ "PAUL O'LOUGHLIN, PRODUCER". The Northern Champion . Vol. 29. New South Wales, Australia. 13 September 1941. p. 3. Retrieved 31 October 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "My Husband "We've known what it was to struggle for a living"", ABC Weekly, 9 (46), Australian Broadcasting Commission, 15 November 1947, retrieved 1 January 2022
  4. ↑ "Players, Plays and Pictures". The Herald. No. 18, 170. Victoria, Australia. 10 August 1935. p. 28. Retrieved 1 January 2022– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ Vagg, Stephen (30 January 2022). "Forgotten Australian Television Plays: The Twelve Pound Look". Filmink. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
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